Fave Films
This is not a ‘best of’ list — only some of my personal favourites. Below you’ll find my top ten list, as well a few runners-up.
Top 10 Films
- Baraka Ron Fricke, 1992
- The Tenant Roman Polanski, 1976
- The Haunting Robert Wise, 1963
- Fight Club David Fincher, 1999
- Frankenstein James Whale, 1931
- Come and See Elim Klimov, 1985
- Delicatessen Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1991
- Memento Chris Nolan, 2000
- Last Tango in Paris Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972
- Singapore Sling Nikos Nikolaidis, 1990
Other Favourites
- Intolerance D. W. Griffith, 1916
- The Phantom of the Opera Rupert Julian, 1925
- Metropolis Fritz Lang, 1926
- Sunrise F.W. Murnau, 1927
- All Quiet on the Western Front Lewis Milestone, 1930
- M Fritz Lang, 1931
- Freaks Tod Browning, 1932
- The Bride of Frankenstein James Whale, 1935
- The Rules of the Game Jean Renoir, 1939
- Citizen Kane Orson Welles, 1941
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1943
- House of Frankenstein Erle C. Kenton, 1944
- Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton, 1955
- The Seventh Seal Ingmar Bergman, 1956
- I Am Cuba Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964
- Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick, 1964
- The War Game Peter Watkins, 1965
- Repulsion Roman Polanski, 1965
- Blow Up Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966
- Persona Ingmar Bergman, 1966
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Sergio Leone, 1966
- The Fireman’s Ball Milos Forman, 1968
- 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick, 1968
- Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger, 1969
- Deep End Jerzy Skomilowski, 1970
- Catch 22 Mike Nichols, 1970
- The Conformist Bernardo Bertolucci, 1971
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Luis Bunuel, 1972
- Pink Flamingos John Waters, 1972
- The Godfather Francis Ford Coppola, 1972
- The Exorcist William Freidkin, 1973
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, 1974
- A Woman Under the Influence John Cassavetes, 1974
- Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese, 1976
- Eraserhead David Lynch, 1978
- Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola, 1979
- Scum Alan Clarke, 1980
- Raging Bull Martin Scorsese, 1980
- The Road Warrior George Miller, 1981
- The Evil Dead Sam Raimi, 1982
- Blood Simple Joel Coen, 1984
- A Company of Wolves Neil Jordan, 1984
- A Zed and Two Noughts Peter Greenaway, 1985
- The Sacrifice Andrej Tarkovski, 1986
- No Surrender Peter Smith, 1986
- Down By Law Jim Jarmusch, 1986
- Gothic Ken Russell, 1987
- Decalogue Krysztof Kieslowski, 1987
- Tales From Gimli Hospital Guy Maddin, 1988
- Time of the Gypsies Emir Kusturica, 1989
- Last Exit To Brooklyn Uli Edel, 1989
- Miller’s Crossing Joel Coen, 1990
- The Rapture Michael Tolkin, 1991
- Lessons In Darkness Werner Herzog, 1992
- Dead Alive Peter Jackson, 1992
- Unforgiven Clint Eastwood, 1992
- Blue Krysztof Kieslowski, 1992
- Naked Mike Leigh, 1993
- Schindler’s List Steven Spielberg, 1993
- Se7en David Fincher, 1995
- Living In Oblivion Tom DiCillo, 1995
- Hard Core Logo Bruce McDonald, 1996
- Trainspotting Danny Boyle, 1996
- Crash David Cronenberg, 1996
- Pi Darren Aronofsky, 1998
- Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg, 1998
- The Blair Witch Project Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, 1999
- Titus Julie Taymor, 1999
- Sleepy Hollow Tim Burton, 1999
- American Beauty Sam Mendes, 2000
- The Filth and the Fury Julien Temple, 2000
- Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Zacharias Kunuk, 2001
- Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore, 2002
- Bloody Sunday Paul Greengrass, 2002
- The Far Side of the Moon Robert Lepage, 2003
- The Corporation Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott, 2003
- Father and Son Alekandr Sokurov, 2003
- Sideways Alexander Payne, 2004
- The Machinist Brad Anderson, 2004
- Downfall Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004
- Crash Paul Haggis, 2004
- C.R.A.Z.Y. Jean-Marc Vallee, 2005
- United 93 Paul Greengrass, 2006
- Children of Men Alfonso Cuaron, 2006