Films that changed my life

By: Spencer Draper

These are simply the works that changed me irrevocably. In no real particular order-added as they come to me.

• 01
  Live and Let Die
  Guy Hamilton
• 02
  The Man with the Golden Gun
  Guy Hamilton
• 03
  Lawrence of Arabia
  David Lean
• 04
  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  Stanley Kubrick
• 05
  Star Wars
  George Lucas
• 06
  Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
  Irvin Kershner
• 07
  On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  Peter R. Hunt
• 08
  Dr. No
  Terence Young
• 09
  From Russia with Love
  Terence Young
• 10
  Goldfinger
  Guy Hamilton
• 11
  Vertigo
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 12
  2001: A Space Odyssey
  Stanley Kubrick
• 13
  Paths of Glory
  Stanley Kubrick
• 14
  Barry Lyndon
  Stanley Kubrick
• 15
  Eyes Wide Shut
  Stanley Kubrick
• 16
  A Clockwork Orange
  Stanley Kubrick
• 17
  The Killing
  Stanley Kubrick
• 18
  Lolita
  Stanley Kubrick
• 19
  Spartacus
  Stanley Kubrick
• 20
  Killer's Kiss
  Stanley Kubrick
• 21
  The Shining
  Stanley Kubrick
• 22
  Full Metal Jacket
  Stanley Kubrick
• 23
  The Maltese Falcon
  John Huston
• 24
  Casablanca
  Michael Curtiz
• 25
  The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  John Huston
• 26
  Doctor Zhivago
  David Lean
• 27
  The Bridge on the River Kwai
  David Lean
• 28
  Ryan's Daughter
  David Lean
• 29
  Rope
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 30
  North by Northwest
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 31
  Psycho
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 32
  Foreign Correspondent
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 33
  Rear Window
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 34
  The 39 Steps
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 35
  Notorious
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 36
  Frenzy
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 37
  Bride of Frankenstein
  James Whale
• 38
  Dracula
  Tod Browning
• 39
  It's a Wonderful Life
  Frank Capra
• 40
  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  Frank Capra
• 41
  The Night of the Hunter
  Charles Laughton
• 42
  Out of the Past
  Jacques Tourneur
• 43
  Touch of Evil
  Orson Welles
• 44
  Citizen Kane
  Orson Welles
• 45
  Ace in the Hole
  Billy Wilder
• 46
  Sunset Blvd.
  Billy Wilder
• 47
  Double Indemnity
  Billy Wilder
• 48
  The Apartment
  Billy Wilder
• 49
  The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
  Billy Wilder
• 50
  The Manchurian Candidate
  John Frankenheimer
• 51
  Seconds
  John Frankenheimer
• 52
  Jaws
  Steven Spielberg
• 53
  Duel
  Steven Spielberg
• 54
  Raiders of the Lost Ark
  Steven Spielberg
• 55
  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  Steven Spielberg
• 56
  A Matter of Life and Death
  Michael Powell
• 57
  The Pink Panther
  Blake Edwards
• 58
  A Shot in the Dark
  Blake Edwards
• 59
  THX 1138
  George Lucas
• 60
  Bullitt
  Peter Yates
• 61
  The French Connection
  William Friedkin
• 62
  The Wild Bunch
  Sam Peckinpah
• 63
  Straw Dogs
  Sam Peckinpah
• 64
  Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
  Sam Peckinpah
• 65
  A Fistful of Dollars
  Sergio Leone
• 66
  For a Few Dollars More
  Sergio Leone
• 67
  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  Sergio Leone
• 68
  Once Upon a Time in the West
  Sergio Leone
• 69
  Duck, You Sucker
  Sergio Leone
• 70
  Once Upon a Time in America
  Sergio Leone
• 71
  City Lights
  Charlie Chaplin
• 72
  The General
  Buster Keaton
• 73
  His Girl Friday
  Howard Hawks
• 74
  The Philadelphia Story
  George Cukor
• 75
  Bringing Up Baby
  Howard Hawks
• 76
  The Awful Truth
  Leo McCarey
• 77
  Taxi Driver
  Martin Scorsese
• 78
  Mean Streets
  Martin Scorsese
• 79
  Bringing Out the Dead
  Martin Scorsese
• 80
  Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  Terry Gilliam
• 81
  Monty Python's Life of Brian
  Terry Jones
• 82
  Get Carter
  Mike Hodges
• 83
  The Masque of the Red Death
  Roger Corman
• 84
  Prince of the City
  Sidney Lumet
• 85
  The Hill
  Sidney Lumet
• 86
  Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
  George Miller
• 87
  The Godfather
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 88
  The Godfather: Part II
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 89
  The Conversation
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 90
  Apocalypse Now
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 91
  The Curse of Frankenstein
  Terence Fisher
• 92
  8½
  Federico Fellini
• 93
  The 400 Blows
  François Truffaut
• 94
  Shoot the Piano Player
  François Truffaut
• 95
  Day for Night
  François Truffaut
• 96
  Breathless
  Jean-Luc Godard
• 97
  Stray Dog
  Akira Kurosawa
• 98
  Rashômon
  Akira Kurosawa
• 99
  Ikiru
  Akira Kurosawa
• 100
  Seven Samurai
  Akira Kurosawa
• 101
  The Birth of a Nation
  D.W. Griffith
• 102
  The Invisible Man
  James Whale
• 103
  Mad Max
  George Miller
• 104
  Ronin
  John Frankenheimer
• 105
  Marnie
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 106
  Dial M for Murder
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 107
  Blazing Saddles
  Mel Brooks
• 108
  The Lady from Shanghai
  Orson Welles
• 109
  Dark City
  Alex Proyas
• 110
  The Matrix
  Andy Wachowski
• 111
  Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
  Richard Marquand
• 112
  Don't Look Now
  Nicolas Roeg
• 113
  The Man Who Knew Too Much
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 114
  Pinocchio
  Ben Sharpsteen
• 115
  The Big Sleep
  Howard Hawks
• 116
  Sunrise
  F.W. Murnau
• 117
  Being There
  Hal Ashby
• 118
  Solaris
  Andrei Tarkovsky
• 119
  Un chien andalou
  Luis Buñuel
• 120
  Network
  Sidney Lumet
• 121
  Manhattan
  Woody Allen
• 122
  M
  Fritz Lang
• 123
  Blade Runner
  Ridley Scott
• 124
  Chinatown
  Roman Polanski
• 125
  The Third Man
  Carol Reed
• 126
  Detour
  Edgar G. Ulmer
• 127
  Thunderball
  Terence Young
• 128
  The Living Daylights
  John Glen
• 129
  You Only Live Twice
  Lewis Gilbert
• 130
  Diamonds Are Forever
  Guy Hamilton
• 131
  Moonraker
  Lewis Gilbert
• 132
  Licence to Kill
  John Glen
• 133
  Octopussy
  John Glen
• 134
  A View to a Kill
  John Glen
• 135
  For Your Eyes Only
  John Glen
• 136
  Drunken Angel
  Akira Kurosawa
• 137
  Grave of the Fireflies
  Isao Takahata
• 138
  Hard Boiled
  John Woo
• 139
  The Killer
  John Woo
• 140
  The Magnificent Ambersons
  Orson Welles