Contempt – Jean-Luc Godard (France)
The Lives of Others – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany)
The Last Days Of Disco – Whit Stillman (United States)
La Sierra – Margarita Martinez (Columbia)
Come and See – Elem Klimov (Russia)
Man, those constraints are easy considering I almost always list Sans Soleil (essay film) and Born in Flames (helmed by a woman) amongst my lists.
Leaving,
L’Eclisse
Stalker
and Tokyo Godfathers
to round it up.
—PolarisDiB
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, France)
Antichrist (Lars Von Trier, Denmark)
Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, USA)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy – UK)
The Messenger (Oren Moverman – Israel)
The Thin Red Line (Malick, 1998) – USA
Stalker (Tarkovsky, 1979) – RUSSIA
Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau, 1946) – FRANCE
Lessons of Darkness (Herzog, 1991) – GERMANY
The Piano (Campion 1993) – NEW ZEALAND
The Mystery of Picasso (Clouzot, 1956) – France
I Shot Andy Warhol (Harron, 1996) – Canada
Last Tango in Paris (Bertolucci, 1972) – Italy
Black Rain (Imamura, 1988) – Japan
The Match Factory Girl (Kaurismaki, 1990) – Finland’
Not all films are in my decisive “favorites” lists but these are mostly runners-up and still great films to me.
Tokyo Story (Ozu)
8 1/2 (Fellini)
The Lady Eve (Sturges)
Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse (Varda)
Whisky (Rebella/Stoll)
I have an issue with the constraints though. The films should be from four different continents rather than five different countries.
- Reds
- Time Stands Still
- A New Leaf (E. May)
- Millhouse (doc)
- The Godfather
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Wellington, New Zealand
Nora inu – Tokyo, Japan
Yi Yi – Shanghai, China
Ravenous – London, UK
Crumb – Philadelphia, US
Aww yeah, Ravenous is great.
It was one of those that left me dreaming about it for days until I broke down and purchased it.
Kings of the Road – Wim Wenders (West Germany)
Je Tu Il Elle – Chantal Akerman (France)
Winter Light – Ingmar Bergman (Sweden)
God’s Country – Louis Malle (United States)
Tokyo Twilight – Yasujiro Ozu (Japan)
Eureka (Nicolas Roeg, 1983)
Duck You Sucker (Sergio Leone, 1971)
Fritz the Cat (Ralph Bakshi, 1972)
Fata Morgana (Werner Herzog, 1971)
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (Jill Sprecher, 2001)
Two or Three Things I Know About Her – Jean-Luc Godard
Les Rendez-Vous d’Anna – Chantal Akerman
M – Fritz Lang
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie – Luis Bunuel
L’Avventura – Michelangelo Antonioni
Fanny and Alexander – Ingmar Bergman – Sweden
Naked – Mike Leigh – United Kingdom
My Neighbor Totoro – Hayao Miyazaki – Japan
Lost in Translation – Sophia Copolla – United States
In the Mood for Love – Wong Kar Wai – China
Le diable, probablement – France – Robert Bresson
Lilith – USA – Robert Rossen
L’Amour braque – (born in) Poland – Andrzej Zulawski
Andrei Rublyov – Russia – Andrei Tarkovsky
The House is Black – Iran – Woman – Essay – Forough Farrokhzad
Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard
Fallen Angels, Wong Kar-wai
The House is Black, Forough Farrokhzad
La Dolce Vita, Federico Fellini
Persona, Ingmar Bergman
The Red Shoes – UK – Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
Annie Hall – USA – Woody Allen
Fanny and Alexander – Sweden – Ingmar Bergman
The Piano – New Zealand – Jane Campion (woman)
Histoire(s) du Cinema – France – Jean-Luc Godard (documentary/essay)
The Intruder (Denis)
Wednesday (Kossakovsky)
The Spirit of the Beehive (Erice)
Kiss Me Deadly (Aldrich)
Sansho the Bailiff (Mizoguchi)
comeandsee
The Ascent – Larisa Shepitko (Ukraine)
El Sol del Membrillo – Victor Erice (Spain)
Weekend – Jean luc Godard (France)
Red Desert – Michelangelo Antonioni (Italy)
The Marriage of Maria Braun – Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Germany)