September 2009

Sat

September 12, 2009

Movies

Top 10 Greatest Cinematographers
87 Comments
Cinematography is, in many ways, a thankless job. Everyone knows what their basic purpose is, how important it is to the film, and how visual images are often the most memorable, and yet many would struggle to name even... Read more
— by JT

Recent comment by Michael Booth

Any list that fails to mention Jack Cardiff is quite pointless

Fri

September 11, 2009

Entertainment

12 Facts About Star Wars You Probably Don’t Know
204 Comments
In July 1973, George Lucas was an unknown director working on a low budget 1960s nostalgia film called "American Graffiti". He approached Universal studios to see if they were interested in a film called, "Star... Read more
— by Lyrebyrd

Recent comment by Name

this suck c***

Thu

September 10, 2009

Bizarre

10 Extremely Weird Religions
407 Comments
We have previously published a variety of lists on strange religious practices, and weird cults, but not a list of bizarre religions. This list is designed to fill the gap by discussing ten religions that most of us... Read more
— by JFrater

Recent comment by jammy927

An educated, rational and merciful religious person - if only all religious people were like you...

Wed

September 9, 2009

Miscellaneous

20 More Things That Are Not What They Seem
193 Comments
Following on from the original list of 25 things that are not what they seem, we are presenting another 20 items whose names are not entirely suitable or are just outright wrong. Feel free to name any others you can... Read more
— by JFrater

Recent comment by Parad0xfool

Pretty cool list!

Tue

September 8, 2009

Movies

Top 10 Films Featuring Mental Illness
269 Comments
It has been some time since we had our last film list so I thought it appropriate to publish one today. The thing I like most about this contributed list is that all of the films on it are exceptional movies and I... Read more
— by Georgia

Recent comment by Invisible Apple

The film version didn't really focus on it though. The book, however

Mon

September 7, 2009

Religion

Top 10 Mysteries of the Bible
377 Comments
The Bible is a source of inerrant truth to over a billion humans but with a book (or more literally a set of books) of this age, speculation arises as to the facts contained therein. This list looks at some of the... Read more
— by JFrater

Recent comment by Mangesh

Actually Bible talks about 6000 yrs back from the creation of the world. and there was the last creation is Man(male...

Sun

September 6, 2009

Entertainment

Top 10 Greatest Chess Players in History
255 Comments
There is no doubt that throughout the history of chess there have been many superb players who have reshaped and redefined the way the game is played. This list is an attempt to examine and categorize the greatest of... Read more
— by Iakhovas

Recent comment by chess assassin

I looked at the list and I think that the computer Deep Blue should not be included. Its win against...

Sat

September 5, 2009

Bizarre

10 Bizarre Cases of Identity Theft
74 Comments
We've all heard the stories about identity theft – your brother's credit card numbers were used to rack up $7000 in software purchases overseas, or your best friend found her taxes had already been filed by someone... Read more
— by ErinR

Recent comment by Les

Is #4 Bat Boy from the Weekly World News?

Fri

September 4, 2009

Fact & Fiction

Top 15 Facts You Probably Don’t Know
153 Comments
Here at listverse we love fun facts. But even more than fun facts, we love unknown facts - things which make us seem a little smarter than the average person when we pull them out at parties. This list looks at 10... Read more
— by JFrater

Recent comment by crystalclark16

i really didnt know most of those facts, so that was very interesting. i really liked the one about adolf...

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