top 10 greatest films
The list I would send to Sight and Sound; in chronological order.
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- Grand Illusion (1937)
- The Rules of the Game (1939)
- Pather Panchali (1955)
- Breathless (1960)
- Jules and Jim (1961)
- The Conformist (1970)
- Cries and Whispers (1972)
- Nashville (1975)
- I'm still trying to decide!
10 "sleepers"
Okay, it's just an excuse to list more titles. Anyway, these are some favourite films that I wouldn't include on a "greatest" list.
- Lola (1961)
- Il Posto (1961)
- Judex (1963)
- Band of Outsiders (1964)
- Martha (1973)
- In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)
- Before Sunrise (1995)
- La Cérémonie (1995)
- Irma Vep (1996)
- I'm still trying to decide!
and more...
Okay, okay, I couldn't resist....Here are more just plain wonderful films.
- Sunrise (1927)
- L'Atalante (1934)
- Children of Paradise (1945)
- Beauty and the Beast (1946)
- Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
- Orpheus (1950)
- Madame de... (1953)
- Ugetsu (1953)
- A Man Escaped (1956)
- Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
- Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
- My Life to Live (1962)
- 8½ (1963)
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
- Persona (1966)
- My Night at Maud's (1969)
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
- La Maman et la putain (1973)
- Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974)
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
- Sátántangó (1973)
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