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Saturday, June 6, 2026


For the tenth annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival, I couldn't think of a better way to pay tribute to the late critic than to lead you right back to his own writing. Having already gathered his decades countdowns in two directories (one text, the other purely image) I'm combining those approaches for this round-up of all his other film and TV reviews published on this site. Since he was as fond of chronology as I am, I've organized them from earliest to latest release. If you have a favorite era, scroll down fast (or control-F a year) and you'll reach it in a moment - but I'd encourage a more leisurely perusal, in order to soak in the full sweep of this cultural history.

Some titles were entries in the multiauthor genre countdown series, some were part of his own exclusive endeavors like "the Fish Obscuro" (which led me to many wonderful cinematic experiences I never would have discovered otherwise). Almost all of these selections were part of his ongoing process, cultivated for an eventual book: simple, straightforward but deeply evocative prose limited to one page but containing volumes.

Rest in peace, Allan; your legacy lives on.

Germinal (1913)



Cops (1922)







Chicago (1927)

Noah's Ark (1928)











Ariane (1931)



Le Million (1931)
















L'Idée (1932)

Liebelei (1932)






Baby Face (1933)



The Bowery (1933)






1860 (1934)

Angèle (1934)

Cleopatra (1934)

Evergreen (1934)

Happiness (1934)






Intermezzo (1936)





Harvest (1937)



Stage Door (1937)












Earth (1939)









Gaslight (1940)





Cat People (1942)











Farrebique (1946)





Ivy (1947)








Raw Deal (1948)












Manèges (1950)





Awaara (1951)


Repast (1951)

Scrooge (1951)








1984 (1954)









Gervaise (1956)




Banka (1957)

I Love Lucy (1951 - 57)



Pyaasa (1957)

Quatermass (1953 - 57)


Fanfare (1958)



Mon Oncle (1958)



Une Vie (1958)





Macario (1960)






El Cid (1961)



Placido (1961)



Elgar (1962)







The Lover (1963)

Culloden (1964)



Manji (1964)






The Visit (1964)


Alphaville (1965)

Black Snow (1965)


Mudhoney (1965)

Rapture (1965)






Pharaoh (1966)


Happy End (1967)


Komissar (1967)


Morning (1967)

Mouchette (1967)


The Affair (1967)









The Plea (1968)

The Prisoner (1967 - 68)









Son of Man (1969)






Lilika (1970)


Up Pompeii (1969 - 70)





Macbeth (1971)

Mandara (1971)

Red Psalm (1971)







The Devil (1972)

The Dupes (1972)



F for Fake (1973)

Hot Winds (1973)


Jail Bait (1973)






Steptoe and Son (1962 - 74)

The World at War (1973 - 74)



Sholay (1975)


Winstanley (1975)


Noroit (1976)




Dad's Army (1968 - 77)








Caligula (1979)

Fawlty Towers (1975 & 1979)


Ripping Yarns (1976 - 79)





The Falls (1980)

The Nest (1980)

Passion (1982)






A Promise (1986)





Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister (1980 - 84 & 1986 - 88)

Blackadder (1983 - 89)

Doctor Who (1963 - 89)


Van Gogh (1991)

London (1994)




Karaoke (1996)



Dark City (1998)


Father Ted (1995 - 98)

Happiness (1998)


People's Century (1995 - 98)

Talking Heads (1988 & 1998)

Election (1999)




Gulag (2000)

Brass Eye (1997 & 2001)


Spaced (1999 - 2001)

Va Savoir (2001)


Hlemmur (2002)



The Office (2001 - 03)


Blackpool (2004)




Auschwitz (2005)


Deadwood (2004 - 06)

Jane Eyre (2006)


Longford (2006)




Life on Mars (2006 - 07)


Rome (2005 - 07)





The Wire (2002 - 08)


Doctor Who (2005 - 09)


Visage (2009)



Carlos (2010)


Doctor Who (2010)





Poetry (2010)

Sherlock (2010 - 12)


The Trip (2010)














War Horse (2011)


Amour (2012)

Doctor Who (2012)



The Master (2012)


The 'Up' Series (1964, 1970, 1977, 1985, 1991, 1998, 2005 & 2012)





Ida (2013)











Mommy (2014)

Mr Turner (2014)




Ex Machina (2015)

Game of Thrones (2011 - 15)


Wolf Hall (2015)

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