red firecracker green firecracker, inglorious basterds, inside i’m dancing and attack the block :O)
Based on the Tarkovsky, Bergman and Sokurov films high on your list, I’d recommend Bela Tarr (Werckmeister Harmonies, Damnation, Satantango, Family Nest) and Sarunas Bartas (The Corridor, Freedom).
Also: He Who Is Slapped (Sjostrom), Decalogue/Three Colors Trilogy (Kieslowski), A Woman Under The Influence (Cassavettes).
I don’t think I saw these in your list (I hope), but here are a few that I think you’d like:
The American Astronaut
Elevator to the Gallows
Knife in the Water
Bob le Flambeur
Last Life in the Universe
I’ve seen the Kieslowski films and I’ve seen a Tarr film but only Werckmeister. (Liked it, didn’t love it) Also seen the Cassavettes. Yet to see anything by Bartas, will add that to the to do list and haven’t seen He Who is Slapped. Seen Inglorious from the first list but will consider the others. Red FIrecracker Green Firecracker looks really interesting.
Thanks for the recommendations Nick. Seen the middle 3, like the Polanski and the Melville a great deal, though not enough for the list. Actually my least favorite Malle. Haven’t seen the other two and will attempt to do so.
Just based on your inclusion of Don’t Look Know, and the Lynch and Bunuel films you mentioned, I’m thinking maybe some old-school David Cronenberg, maybe Videodrome?? And with the Capra, Stevens and Lubitsch picks you made, maybe Lubitsch’s Heaven Can Wait?? Impressive list of favorites.
I have seen Lubitsch’s Heaven Can Wait, another like but not love. Haven’t seen much old school Cronenberg, mostly just the newer stuff. I did just recently see the Dead Zone and loved it though and Videodrome is on my to watch list.
Anyone else?
Hiroshi Teshigahara: Pitfall
Face of Another
Kon Ichikawa: Fires on the Plain
Ozu: Tokyo Story
I don’t know if I repeated one of your titles, but here are some if you are interested in some Japanese films.
Andrei Tarkovsky: Ivan’s Childhood
Noticed one Kim ki-duk film (Time) on your list. Have you seen his others? I’m a fan of 3-Iron and Samaritan Girl especially. I also mostly like the rest of his stuff….
Seen Fires on the Plain and Tokyo Story. Wasn’t impressed by either. Did like Fires on the Plain but only to a point. The other Teshigahara films are good ideas though as if Ivan’s Childhood, only Tarkovsky I’ve yet to see. As for Kim, I have seen several of his other films but have yet to see either 3-Iron or Samaritan Girl so I’ll ut those on my list.
After looking at your favorites, I came up with a ridiculously long list. I apologize for the exuberant length. (keep in mind that i didn’t go through it to see if there were any duplicates that you’ve already seen and rated). Feel free to contact me about any on the list:
2001: A Space Odyssey
25th Hour; Summer of Sam
400 blows, the
9/11 (Naudet bros)
a bronx tale
a clockwork orange
a fish called wanda
a love song for bobby long
a perfect world
a single man
ace in the hole
adulthood
after hours
aguirre the wrath of god
ali fear eats the soul
alice (svankmajer)
all about eve
all about my mother
amandla
american history x
amores perros
an american werewolf in london
an angel at my table
angel heart
apocalypse now
apostle, the
badlands
battle of Algiers, the
beautiful thing
before the rain
being john malkovich
belle de jour
ben x
best in show
betty blue
bicycle thief, the
big sleep, the
birds, the
birdy
black girl (ousmane sembene)
black hawk down
black orpheus
black snake moan
blade runner (director’s cut)
blue velvet
bluebeard
bonnie and clyde
boogie nights
born in flames
born into brothels
bound
boys don’t cry
boyz n the hood
brazil
breaking the waves
breathless
bridge on the river kwai, the
bridge, the
brother from another planet, the
buena vista social club
butch cassidy and the sunset kid
c.r.a.z.y
caged
chaser, the
children of men
color purple, the
conformist, the
conversation, the
cooley high
crimes of passion
crossing guard, the
crying game, the
dark days
darwin’s nightmare
dead girl, the (moncrieff)
dead man (jarmusch)
dead ringers
deer hunter, the
devil’s backbone, the
DiG!
diner
dirty dozen, the
dogtown and z-boys
doom generation, the
down by the law
dreamers, the
drool
drugstore cowboy
earrings of madame de, the
easy rider
edge of heaven, the
edukators, the
el topo
election
elling
end of the century – the ramones
eraserhead
europa europa
existenz
frantic
freestyle: the art of rhyme
fresh
frida
friday night lights
full battle rattle
fulltime killer
garden state
gattaca
ghost dog: the way of the samurai
gimme shelter
good bye, lenin!
the freshest kids: a history of the b-boys
goodfellas
gothic
great happiness space, the
half nelson
hangover, the
happiness
harder they come, the
harold and maude
head-on
heathers
heavenly creatures
hedwig and the angry inch
high art
high noon
holy mountain
house of flying daggers
human stain, the
humboldt county
hunger
hustle and flow
if…
ikiru
in the loop
in the mood for love
in this world
johns
jules and jim
kalifornia
killer of sheep
killers, the
killing fields, the
kinamand
king of kong, the
king of Scotland, the
kiss of the spider woman
klute
kwaidan
L.I.E.
l’avventura
la dolce vita
la femme nikita
la haine
la promesse
lady in a cage
ladyhawke
last detail, the
last emperor, the
last life in the universe
last seduction, the
last temptation of Christ, the
lawrence of arabia
le jetee/sans soleil
le petit lieutenant
lenny
leolo
life aquatic, the
life is beautiful
lifeboat
lilya-4-ever
little miss sunshine
live flesh
lives of others, the
long way round (docu series)
lord of the flies
lost weekend, the
lovely and amazing
machuca
maid, the
man on fire
man on wire
manchurian candidate, the
maria full of grace
matchstick men
matewan
mean streets
menace II society
mildred pierce
monsieur ibrahim
monster
moolade
moon
motorcycle diaries, the
munich
murder of emitt till, the
muriel’s wedding
my cousin vinny
mysterious skin
naked kiss, the
nashville
network
night and fog
night porter, the
nightwatch (Bekmambetov)
north by northwest
nortorious
o brother, where art thou
one flew over the cukoo’s nest
orphanage, the
outlaw josie wales, the
ox-bow incident, the
pandorum
panic in needle park, the
panic in the streets
paprika
paradise lost: child murders at robin hood
paradise now
parallax view, the
paris, texas
pee-wee’s big adventure
piano teacher, the
planet of the apes
pledge, the
poison
proposition, the
pu-239
public enemy, the
quadrophenia
quills
rabbit proof fence
rachel getting married
raging bull
raise the red lantern
raising victor vargas
ratcatcher
rebel without a cause
rec/rec2
red
renegade (jan kounen)
repo man
revanche
revolver
right at your door
rocco and his brothers
romeo is bleeding
rules of the game, the
rumble fish
saturday and sunday morning
saved!
searching for the wrong-eyed jesus
secrets and lies
serpent and the rainbow, the
seventh seal, the
seventh sign, the
shadows
shawshank redemption, the
shotgun stories
show me love
sid & nancy
sin nombre
slc punk
sling blade
slums of beverly hills
smoke signals
sometimes in april
spacked out
spellbound
stalker, the
stand by me
stander
stay
stepford wives, the
strange days
stranger than paradise
stroszek
suburbia
summer ‘04
summer of sam
sunshine
sweet hearafter, the
sweet smell of success
sweet sweetbacks badasssss song
syriana
taking of pelham one two three, the
taxi driver
taxi to the darkside
teorema
teresa & isabelle
terribly happy
the clash: westway to the world
the filth and the fury: a sex pistols films
the leopard (italian version)
the pusher trilogy (renfn)
the trial (welles)
there will be blood
therese and isabelle
third man, the
this is england
three days of the condor
three faces of eve, the
three kings
three o’clock high
through a glass darkly
thx 1138
time of the wolf
timecrimes
tito and me
together
tom dowd and the language of music
tracey fragments, the
trainspotting
true romance
turkish delight
tyson
under the skin
unforgiveable blackness
usual suspects, the
v for vendetta
waco: the rules of engagement
waltz with bashir
warriors, the
wassup rockers
welcome to the dollhouse
what ever happened to baby jane?
what’s love got to do with it
when night is falling
when we were kings
white heat
wicker man, the
willy wonka & the chocolate factory
wings of desire
winter’s bone
wrestler, the
xxy
y tu mama tambien
zabriskie point
zelig
zero effect
Bing147
I had a boring afternoon so decided to put together a list of my top films. Yes, its completely pointless but as I said, I was bored and I like making lists. I was wondering if based upon it though anyone could recommend some films, which might make it slightly less pointless, lol.
225. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)
224. Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964)
223. Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
222. Out of the past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
221. Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)
220. From Russia With Love (Terence Young, 1963)
219. Voyage to Italy (Roberto Rossellini, 1954)
218. Reds (Warren Beatty, 1981)
217. Time (Ki-duk Kim, 2006)
216. White Material (Claire Denis, 2009)
215. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
214. Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)
213. Kings of the Road (Wim Wenders, 1976)
212. A Married Couple (Allan King, 1969)
211. The Go Between (Joseph Losey, 1970)
210. Broken Blossoms (DW Griffith, 1918)
209. Il Posto (Ermanno Olmi, 1961)
208. Cleo From 5 to 7 (Agnes Varda, 1962)
207. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934)
206. Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, 1964)
205. Pauline at the Beach (Eric Rohmer, 1983)
204. Seven Days in May (John Frankenheimer, 1964)
203. Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1996)
202. Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966)
201. Life is Sweet (Mike Leigh, 1990)
200. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
199. Mephisto (Istvan Szabo, 1981)
198. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
197. Contempt (Jean Luc Godard, 1963)
196. The Furies (Anthony Mann, 1950)
195. Our Hospitality (John Blystone, 1923)
194. The Son (Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, 2002)
193. Fearless (Peter Weir, 1993)
192. The Red and the White (Miklos Jancso, 1968)
191. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)
190. Castle of Purity (Arturo Ripstein, 1973)
189. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols, 1966)
188. The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)
187. Hana-Bi (Kateshi Kitano, 1997)
186. The Unbelievable Truth (Hal Hartley, 1989)
185. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974)
184. Short Cuts (Robert Altman, 1993)
183. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
182. The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan Jose Campanella, 2009)
181. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
180. The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940)
179. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982)
178. Le Plaisir (Max Ophuls, 1952)
177. Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939)
176. The More the Merrier (George Stevens, 1943)
175. A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)
174. Mon oncle d’Amerique (Alain Resnais, 1980)
173. Sanjuro (Akira Kurosawa, 1962)
172. My Life as a Dog (Lasse Hallstrom, 1985)
171. LA Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
170. The Barbarian Invasions (Denys Arcand, 2003)
169. The Widow of St Pierre (Patrice Leconte, 2000)
168. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, 1975)
167. Forbidden Games (Rene Clement, 1952)
166. Le Boucher (Claude Chabrol. 1970)
165. Lacombe, Lucien (Louis Malle, 1974)
164. A Mighty Wind (Christopher Guest, 2003)
163. Close Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)
162. Punch Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
161. Faces (John Cassavetes, 1968)
160. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Bunuel, 1962)
159. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007)
158. The Golden Thread (Ritwik Ghatak, 1965)
157. The Hustler (Robert Rossen, 1961)
156. After Hours (Martin Scorsese, 1985)
155. Moolaade (Ousmane Sembene, 2004)
154. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Shane Black, 2005)
153. The Lion in Winter (Anthony Harvey, 1968)
152. Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943)
151. My Night at Maud’s (Eric Rohmer, 1969)
150. Two For the Road (Stanley DOnen, 1967)
149. A Face in the Crowd (Elia Kazan, 1957)
148. Lost in Translation (Sophia Coppola, 2003)
147. Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)
146. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982)
145. Goodbye Solo (Ramin Rahrani, 2008)
144. Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994)
143. Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Jacques becker, 1954)
142. Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)
141. Time Out (Laurent Cantet, 2001)
140. Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
139. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
138. Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)
137. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
136. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
135. Late Marriage (Dover Koshashvili, 2001)
134. Dr Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
133. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
132. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
131. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
130. All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone, 1930)
129. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)
128. Waltz With Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008)
127. The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer, 1986)
126. La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
125. Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
124. The Gold Rush (Charles Chaplin, 1925)
123. The Fog of War (Errol Morris, 2003)
122. Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
121. The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960)
120. In the Mood For Love (Kar Wai Wong, 2000)
119. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
118. Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (HC Potter, 1948)
117. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
116. Shame (Ingmar Bergman, 1968)
115. Pandora’s Box (GW Pabst, 1929)
114. The Last Metro (Francois Truffaut, 1980)
113. The Proposition (John Hillcoat, 2005)
112. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy, 2010)
111. McCabe and Mrs Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
110. Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray, 1956)
109. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
108. Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)
107. Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981)
106. The Set Up (Robert Wise, 1949)
105. Fury (Fritz Lang, 1936)
104. The Sacrifice (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986)
103. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
102. The White Balloon (Jafar Panahi, 1995)
101. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
100. Night and the City (Jules Dassin, 1950)
99. The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1939)
98. L’Enfant (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2005)
97. Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004)
96. Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
95. The Flight of the Red Balloon (Hsiao-hsien Hou, 2007)
94. Cul-de-sac (Roman Polanski, 1966)
93. Chungking Express (Kar Wai Wong, 1994)
92. The Milky Way (Luis Bunuel, 1969)
91. The Patsy (King Vidor, 1928)
90. Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)
89. My Dinner With Andre (Louis Malle, 1981)
88. Days of Being Wild (Kar Wai Wong, 1990)
87. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
86. La Strada (federico Fellini, 1954)
85. Mauvais Sang (Leos Carax, 1986)
84. Three Times (Hsiao-hsien Hou, 2005)
83. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)
82. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
81. You, the Living (Roy Andersson, 2007)
80. Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936)
79. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
78. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
77. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
76. Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, 1997)
75. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Andersson, 2001)
74. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)
73. Pickup on South Street (Samuel Fuller, 1953)
72. A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin, 2008)
71. The Fire Within (Louis Malle, 1963)
70. The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin, 1940)
69. His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
68. Jules and Jim (Francois Truffaut, 1962)
67. The Last Temtation of Christ (Martin Scorsese, 1988)
66. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
65. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
64. Sullivan’s Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)
63. Trust (Hal Hartley, 1990)
62. The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen, 1985)
61. Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources (Claude Berri, 1986)
60. Warrendale (Allan King, 1967)
59. Alphaville (Jean Luc Godard, 1965)
58. Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)
57. Some Like it Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
56. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
55. Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961)
54. The Cloud Capped Star (Ritwik Ghatak, 1960)
53. Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)
52. Mulholland Dr (David Lynch, 2001)
51. Le Samourai (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)
50. The Crowd (King Vidor, 1927)
49. Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974)
48. This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
47. Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
46. Smiles of a Summer Night (Ingmar Bergman, 1955)
45. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
44. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
43. Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch, 1999)
42. No Country For Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)
41. Sleuth (Joseph L Mankiewicz, 1972)
40. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
39. Outcast of the Islands (Carol Reed, 1952)
38. Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
37. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
36. Down By Law (Jim Jarmusch, 1986)
35. Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962)
34. Mother and Son (Aleksandr Sokurov, 1997)
33. California Split (Robert Altman, 1974)
32. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
31. That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Bunuel, 1977)
30. The Twilight Samurai (Yoji Yamada, 2002)
29. The Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937)
28. Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938)
27. Memories of Murder (Joon-ho Bong, 2003)
26. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
25. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
24. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
23. Barton Fink (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1991)
22. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
21. High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
20. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
19. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
18. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
17. City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931)
16. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
15. The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana, 2003)
14. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
13. A City of Sadness (Hsiao-hsien Hou, 1989)
12. Scenes From a Marriage (Ingmar Bergman, 1973)
11. Au Revoir Les Enfants (Louis Malle, 1987)
10. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
9. Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)
8. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
7. Vivra Sa Vie (Jean Luc Godard, 1962)
6. Make Way For Tomorrow (Leo McCarey, 1937)
5. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
4. The Phantom of Liberty (Luis Bunuel, 1974)
3. Samurai Rebellion (Masaki Kobayashi, 1967)
2. Le Trou (Jacques Becker, 1960)
1. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)