The Greatest Films I've Ever Seen

By: Zachary Phillip Brailsf​ord

This is just a short list of those ten films that I think can be constituted as the best ever (for me, obviously). Since I still have much to see, of course, I cannot say that this list will stay the same, but it’s a good depiction of what I think is great right now.

This has been edited to reflect what I currently think is amazing, since, over the last year, I have seen quite a few new films that I feel are deserving of this stature.

NOTE: It is odd, because I usually do not think it wise for someone to reduce himself to only putting one film per director on his list, because, well, if a director made TWO of the greatest films ever, why would he leave it off? That being said, that is essentially what I am doing right now, since I took off Boxing Gym to put in Belfast, Maine.

Savvy

• 01
  Belfast, Maine
  Frederick Wiseman
• 02
  Film socialisme
  Jean-Luc Godard
• 03
  The Mother and the Whore
  Jean Eustache
• 04
  Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
  Chantal Akerman
• 05
  Breaking the Waves
  Lars von Trier
• 06
  The Trial
  Orson Welles
• 07
  Céline and Julie Go Boating
  Jacques Rivette
• 08
  The Terrorizers
  Edward Yang
• 09
  Playtime
  Jacques Tati
• 10
  Goodbye, Dragon Inn
  Tsai Ming-liang