The lower vote-getters were closer in totals, but the top two were the clear favorites. Tied for 7th place are Picnic and The Snake Pit with 11 points each. In sixth with 13 points is Forbidden Planet followed two points higher by Lust for life which in turn is two points lower than fourth-place The Caine Mutiny with 17 points. The Heiress places third with 22 points. Losing out by three, a sizable, but expected margin, The Red Shoes takes second with 26 points with The African Queen reigning the week with 29 points. The African Queen wins and goes into my queue.

Here’s the deal: every week, I will be calling for suggestions of films to be added to my Netflix queue. Each person makes one suggestion and one alternate (in case I have seen one of your suggestions). The next week, when I call for new suggestions, we begin a one-week voting period to select the film to be placed immediately into my Netflix queue to be reviewed the weekend after (because I’ll already have my Netflix queue selections for the coming weekend). Then, you’ll find out what I thought in my weekly Morning After feature on Monday morning.

Sometimes a genre gets stuck in the rotation and it makes for a rough viewing schedule. Starting this week, I’m going to be asking for suggestions that fit a specific genre so each week can be a bit spicy. The genre or event listed each week will be posted at the end of this post.

To help decide what to pick, here is a list of what I’ve seen (or at least that I have personally logged).

Full List of Films I’ve Seen (updated through 3/10/11; a small number of titles may be missing still)
Here’s what you need to post today (and through next Wednesday):

1. Below, please provide your suggestions to add to my Netflix queue.
2. Next, please rate each of the following entries in order of preference. Item 1 will be most preferred, 2 next most preferred and so forth.

• Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
• The Defiant Ones (1958)
• The Dirty Dozen (1967)
• Inherit the Wind (1960)
• The Night of the Iguana (1964)
• Seven Days in May (1964)
• Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

This Week’s Category: Academy Awards Nominees, 5th Decade (1968 through 1977)