Movie selection
Below is a selection of movies which I consider particularly important. This page is a WORK IN PROGRESS.
Michelangelo Antonioni
- L'avventura (1960)
- L'eclisse (1962)
- Blow Up (1966)
- Zabriskie Point (1970) - review
- Professione: Reporter (1975)
Luis Buñuel
- Un Chien Andalou (1929)
- L'Age d'Or (1930)
- El (1953)
- Viridiana (1961)
- The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- Bella De Jour (1967)
- That Obscure Object Of Desire (1977)
Charlie Chaplin
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- City Light (1931)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
- Limelight (1952)
Joel Coen
- Blood Simple (1984)
- Fargo (1996)
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
Francis Ford Coppola
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Conversation (1974)
- The Godfather: Part II (1974)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
David Cronenberg
- Videodrome (1983)
- Dead Ringers (1988)
- Naked Lunch (1991)
- A History of Violence (2005)
Vittorio De Sica
- Ladri Di Biciclette (1948)
- Umberto D. (1952)
Federico Fellini
- I Vitelloni (1953)
- La Strada (1954)
- Il Bidone (1955)
- Le Notti Di Cabiria (1957)
- La Dolce Vita (1960)
- 8 1/2 (1963)
- Amarcord (1974)
Werner Herzog
- Aguirre: Wrath Of God (1972)
- Woizek (1979)
- Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979)
- Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Alfred Hitchcock
- Rear Window (1954)
- The Birds (1963)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Amores Perros (2000)
- 21 Grams (2003)
- Babel (2006)
Jim Jarmusch
- Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
- Down By Law (1986)
- Night on Earth (1991)
- Dead Man (1995)
Stanley Kubrik
- Paths Of Glory (1957)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- Lolita (1962)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- The Shining (1980)
- Eyes Wide Shot (1999)
Sergio Leone
- C'Era Una Volta Il West (1968)
- C'Era Una Volta In America (1984)
David Lynch
- Eraser Head (1977)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Lost Highway (1997)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Vangelo Secondo Matteo (1964)
- Teorema (1968)
Sam Peckinpah
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Straw Dogs (1971)
- Convoy (1978)
Roman Polanski
- Rosemary Baby (1968)
- Chinatown (1974)
Roberto Rossellini
- Roma Città Aperta (1945)
- Paisà (1946)
Martin Scorsese
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Raging Bull (1980)
- After Hours (1985)
Andrei Tarkovsky
- Solaris (1972)
- Stalker (1979)
Wim Wenders
- Paris Texas (1983)
- Wings Of Desire (1987)
And (chronological order):
- F.W. Murnau: Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
- Buster Keaton: Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
- Buster Keaton: The General (1927)
- Fritz Lang: M (1931)
- James Whale: Frankenstein (1931)
- Leo McCarey: Duck Soup (1933)
- James Whale: Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- John Ford: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- Orson Welles: Citizen Kane (1941)
- Dino Risi: Il Sorpasso (1962)
- Marco Bellocchio: I Pugni In Tasca (1965)
- George A. Romero: The Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
- Ken Russell: Devils (1971)
- Steven Spielberg: Duel (1971)
- Steven Spielberg: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- John Boorman: Deliverance (1972)
- Victor Erice: The Spirit Of The Beehive (1973)
- Terrence Malick: Badlands (1973)
- Milos Forman: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- Ettore Scola: Una Giornata Particolare (1977)
- Paolo Taviani: Padre Padrone (1977)
- Ermanno Olmi: L'Albero Degli Zoccoli (1978)
- Nanni Moretti: Ecce Bombo (1978)
- Ridley Scott: Alien (1979)
- Steven Spielberg: Indiana Jones: Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
- Ridley Scott: Blade Runner (1982)
- Terry Gilliam: Brazil (1985)
- Nanni Moretti: La Messa È Finita (1985)
- John Huston: The Dead (1987)
- Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Emil Kusturica: Underground (1995)
- Lars Von Trier: Breacking The Waves (1996)
- Todd Solondz: Happiness (1998)
- Neil LaBute: Nurse Betty (2000)
- Christopher Nolan: Memento (2001)
- Darren Aronofsky: Requiem For A Dream (2001)
- Woody Allen: Match Point (2005)
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