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the first 49 1 / 3
of Woody Allen’s movies
The Periods & Moviemaking Path of the Artist
The First 49
1
/
3
of Woody Allen’s Movies
astounding masterpieces
(top tier)
superbly excellent movies
(2nd tier)
extremely good movies
(3rd tier)
quite good movies
(4th tier)
fairly good movies
(5th tier)
slightly good movies
(6th tier)
somewhat interesting
(7th tier)
nearly merely diverting
(8th tier)
35
1
/
3
comedies
2 drama-
cum
-comedies
12 dramas
1969
1971
1972
1973
1975
1977
1978
1979
1980
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2020
#48
#47
#42
#43
#38
#4
#35
#1
#7
#40
#32
#29
#28
#3
#9
#41
#33
#17
#38v
#10
#12
#15
#23
#6
#49
#11
#5
#19
#14
#31
#36
#34
#30
#44
#26
#16
#39
#13
#8
#25
#18
#20
#45
#2
#37
#21
#27
#24
#46
#22
Woody Allen’s 1st moviemaking period
the farcical period, 1969-1975
(5 comedies)
Woody Allen’s 2nd moviemaking period
the comedic masterpieces period, 1977-1998
(19
1
/
3
comedies)
(1 drama-
cum
-comedy)
(3 dramas)
Woody Allen’s 3rd moviemaking period
the interregnum period, 1999-2004
(4 comedies)
(1 drama-
cum
-comedy)
(1 drama)
Woody Allen’s 4th moviemaking period
the dramatic masterpieces period, 2005-2013
(4 comedies)
(5 dramas)
Woody Allen’s 5th moviemaking period
the most recent period, 2014-2020 (so far)
(3 comedies, so far)
(3 dramas, so far)
#48
#47
#42
#43
#38
#4
#35
#1
#7
#40
#32
#29
#28
#3
#9
#41
#33
#17
#38v
#10
#12
#15
#23
#6
#49
#11
#5
#19
#14
#31
#36
#34
#30
#44
#26
#16
#39
#13
#8
#25
#18
#20
#45
#2
#37
#21
#27
#24
#46
#22
34th best
comedy
(1969)
Take the
Money and
Run
33rd best
comedy
(1971)
Bananas
28th best
comedy
(1972)
Everything
You Always
Wanted to
Know about
Sex*
(*But Were
Afraid to Ask)
29th best
comedy
(1973)
Sleeper
25th best
comedy
(1975)
Love and Death
3rd best
comedy
masterpiece
(1977)
Annie Hall
11th best
drama
(1978)
Interiors
greatest
comedy
masterpiece
(1979)
Manhattan
6th best
comedy
masterpiece
(1980)
Stardust
Memories
27th best
comedy
(1982)
A Midsummer
Night’s Sex
Comedy
21st best
comedy
(1983)
Zelig
19th best
comedy
(1984)
Broadway
Danny Rose
18th best
comedy
(1985)
The Purple
Rose of Cairo
2nd best
comedy
masterpiece
(1986)
Hannah and
Her Sisters
7th best
comedy
masterpiece
(1987)
Radio Days
12th best
drama
(1987)
September
10th best
drama
(1988)
Another
Woman
ranked just
behind 25th
best comedy
(1989)
Oedipus Wrecks
(a vignette; one
of three that
comprise the
anthology movie
New York
Stories
)
greatest drama-
cum
-comedy
masterpiece
(1989)
Crimes and
Misdemeanors
8th best
comedy
masterpiece
(1990)
Alice
or (original
working title)
The Magical
Herbs of Dr.
Yang
10th best
comedy
masterpiece
(1991)
Shadows and
Fog
12th best
comedy
masterpiece
(1992)
Husbands and
Wives
16th best
comedy
(1993)
Manhattan
Murder
Mystery
5th best
comedy
masterpiece
(1994)
Bullets over
Broadway
35th best
comedy
(1994)
Don’t Drink
the Water
(a made-for-TV
movie; the only
one)
9th best
comedy
masterpiece
(1995)
Mighty
Aphrodite
4th best
comedy
masterpiece
(1996)
Everyone Says
I Love You
(a musical
comedy; the
only musical)
13th best
comedy
masterpiece
(1997)
Deconstructing
Harry
11th best
comedy
masterpiece
(1998)
Celebrity
9th best
drama
(1999)
Sweet and
Lowdown
23rd best
comedy
(2000)
Small Time
Crooks
22nd best
comedy
(2001)
The Curse of
the Jade
Scorpion
20th best
comedy
(2002)
Hollywood
Ending
30th best
comedy
(2003)
Anything Else
2nd best drama-
cum
-comedy
(2004)
Melinda and
Melinda
4th best
drama
masterpiece
(2005)
Match Point
26th best
comedy
(2006)
Scoop
3rd best
drama
masterpiece
(2007)
Cassandra’s
Dream
2nd best
drama
masterpiece
(2008)
Vicky Cristina
Barcelona
17th best
comedy
(2009)
Whatever
Works
5th best
drama
masterpiece
(2010)
You Will Meet
a Tall Dark
Stranger
14th best
comedy
(2011)
Midnight in
Paris
31st best
comedy
(2012)
To Rome with
Love
greatest
drama
masterpiece
(2013)
Blue Jasmine
24th best
comedy
(2014)
Magic in the
Moonlight
6th best
drama
(2015)
Irrational Man
8th best
drama
(2016)
Café Society
7th best
drama
(2017)
Wonder Wheel
32nd best
comedy
(2018)
A Rainy Day
in New York
15th best
comedy
(2020)
Rifkin’s
Festival
Our rating and rankings
(Playing
the Parlor
Game :
Estimating & Investigating, Debating & Evaluating, Ranking & Rating the Movies
•
our rating among eight tiers:
top:
astounding masterpiece
2nd:
superbly excellent movie
3rd:
extremely good movie
4th:
quite good movie
5th:
fairly good movie
6th:
slightly good movie
7th:
somewhat interesting
8th:
nearly merely diverting
•
our overall ranking among all
49 1 / 3
movies
•
our ranking:
C:
among the
35 1 / 3
comedies
Dc C:
between the two drama-cum -comedies
D:
among the 12 dramas
We see five periods, so far, during which Woody Allen has made these movies:
1st:
the farcical period, 1969-1975
2nd:
the comedic masterpieces period, 1977-1998
3rd:
the interregnum period, 1999-2004
4th:
the dramatic masterpieces period, 2005-2013
5th:
the most recent period, 2014-2020 (so far)
We will traverse the path that his moviemaking has taken
(more
to
come
[
graph by the editor
]
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