In a week whear first place votes aren’t supported by everyone, a surprising choice tops the week’s vote. In eighth, Battle of Algiers earned a solid, but unspectacular 14 points. Tied with 16 points each for sixth place were Saturday Night Fever and Three Days of the Condor. In fifth with 17 points was The Conversation. The Producers came in fourth with 19 points while second and third place candidates tied with 20 points each. Those finishers were Lovers and Other Strangers and Marathon Man That left, with only 22 points, Cries and Whispers taking the top position. Cries and Whispers 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.

• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• Arthur (1981)
• Broadcast News (1987)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• Hoosiers (1986)
• The Right Stuff (1983)

This Week’s Category: Academy Awards Nominees, 7th Decade (1988 through 1997)