Films that you may write about for your Eng 222 Critical Analysis essay (if you have another suggestion, such as an award-winning film that’s just become available on DVD, ask/let me know in advance)
Some possibilities from some of the films we’ve viewed/studied:
Notorious
Strangers on a Train
Shadow of a Doubt
Journey to Italy--critics' #41 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Umberto D.
Nights of Cabiria
La dolce vita
Black Narcissus
I Know Where I’m Going
The River
Le Samouraï
Late Spring--critics' #15 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
L’avventura--critics' #21 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Shoot the Piano Player
Cléo from 5 to 7
Le mépris (Contempt, 1963)--critics' #21 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
City of God
Tsotsi
Agnès Varda’s Vagabond on Hulu
Barravento (1962)
More possibilities, including films mentioned in our film history text—note that I’ve not specified where these could be found: some are on HuluPlus, some via Netflix, other from UI library’s DVD collection (browse on second floor):
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[Ali:] Fear Eats the Soul (1974)--critics' #93 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Birdman
Children of Men
Chinatown
Chungking Express
Company
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Deliverance
Dil Se
Do the Right Thing
Drive
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ex Machina
Fresh
Her
Ida
In the Mood for Love (2000)--critics' #24 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Lagaan
Lone Star
Margaret
Monsoon Wedding
Mulholland Dr.
Night of the Hunter
Pariah
Persona--critics' #17 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Rachel Getting Married
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Sholay
The Conformist
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos)
Two Days, One Night
Volver
Winter’s Bone
The Godfather and/or The Godfather, Part II
Apocalypse Now
Nashville
The Player
Gosford Park
Annie Hall
Manhattan
What’s Up Doc?
Mean Streets
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
GoodFellas
Larisa Shepitko’s Wings on Hulu
Knife in the Water on Hulu (1962),
Closely Watched Trains on Hulu
Woman in the Dunes on Hulu (1964)
Violence at Noon on Hulu (1966)
The Insect Woman on Hulu
Caché
Run Lola Run
Nikita (aka La Femme Nikita)
Pan’s Labyrinth
Seven Samurai (1954)--critics' #81 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)--critics' #17 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Seventh Sea--critics' #93 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)—via Hulu Plus
Wild Strawberries
Additional well regarded films:
8½ (1963)-ranked by critics as #10 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
12 Angry Men (1957, see also 1997 remake, plus "12", a fascinating 2007 Russian version)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007)--#56 in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)--critics' #84 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)--on Netflix streaming
A One and a Two (1999)--critics' #93 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Almost Famous (2000)--#40 in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
A Serious Man (2009)--#15 of 100 top films of decade (The Film Stage)
Adaptation (2002)--in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain,2001) --#21 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)--on Netflix streaming
Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola, (1979) ranked #14 film of all time in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)--#16 all time film in 2012 Sight & Sound poll--view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus
Babette's Feast (1987)—on HuluPlus
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Before Midnight (2013)
Before Sunrise (1995, first in director Linklater's trilogy, followed by Before Sunset and Before Midnight, spanning 18 years)
Before Sunset (2004)--#11 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Best in Show (2000)--Writers Guild of America voted this #63 funniest screenplay
Bicycle Thieves (1948)--critics' #33 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Black Orpheus (1959) --#154 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus
Bladerunner (1982; director’s Final Cut, 2007)--#69 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Blazing Saddles (1974)--Writers Guild of America voted this #8 funniest screenplay
Blow-Up (1966)--#144 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Blue Jasmine (2013)
Blue Velvet (1986)--#69 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)-
Brazil (1985)
Brick (2005)
Casablanca (1942)--#84 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Children of Men (2006)--#1 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Chinatown (1974)#78 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--on Netflix streaming
(Nuovo) Cinema Paradiso (1988)--on Netflix streaming
City of God (2002)--#3 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)--on Netflix streaming
Clerks (1994)
Collateral (2004)--#19 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Diva (1982)
Don't Look Now (1973)--#127 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Down By Law (1986)
Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition (2010)-on Netflix streaming
Easy A (2010)
Election (1999)--Writers Guild of America voted this #77 funniest screenplay
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)--#5 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Ex Machina (2015)
Fanny & Alexander (1982)--#84
Fargo (1996)--Writers Guild of America voted this #86 funniest screenplay
(Ali) Fear Eats the Soul (1974)--#93 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)--Writers Guild of America voted this #33 funniest screenplay
Finding Nemo (2003)--#29 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)
Gravity (2013)
Groundhog Day (1993)--Writers Guild of America voted this #3 funniest screenplay
High Fidelity (2000)--top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
House of Games (1987)
Imitation of Life (1959)--critics' #93 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
In Bruges (2008)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
In the Mood for Love (2000)--ranked #24 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Jackie Brown (1997)--on Netflix streaming
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (1975)--#35 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--on HuluPlus Criterion Collection
Kill Bill: Vols. 1 and 2 (2003/2004)--on Netflix streaming
Killer of Sheep (1977)
Kontroll (2003)
L'avventura (1961)--also can view online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus)-- ranked #21 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--see further below.
L'Eclisse (1962)--#73 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus
La Dolce Vita (1960)--#39 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Late Spring--Ozu Yasujiro (1949) #15 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll,
Le Mépris ((1963)--ranked #21 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Le Petit Soldat (1960)
Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in, 2008)--#33 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)--on Netflix streaming
Lone Star (1996)
Lost in Translation (2003)--#12 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Manhattan (1979)--#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll; Writers Guild of America voted this #81 funniest screenplay
Memento (2000)--#7 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Minority Report (2002)--#31 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Moulin Rouge (2001)--in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)--#28 Sight&Sound poll--Criterion collection edition out mid-to-late fall 2015
Nashville (1975)--#73 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
No Country for Old Men (2007)--#2 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
North by Northwest (1959)--#53 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Notorious (1946)--#171 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) --#27 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road, 1955—first film in Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy)-critics' -#41 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--Criterion issued new restorations/editions of the trilogy in November 2015
Pickpocket (1959)--critics' #63 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)-on Hulu Plus
Pierrot le Fou (1965)--#42 in 2012 Sight & Sound poll
Psycho (1960)--#35 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Pulp Fiction (1994)--#127 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--on Netflix streaming
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Raging Bull (1980)--#53 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Rashomon (1950)--critics' #24 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Sidewalls (Medianeras, 2011)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)--in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Some Like It Hot (1959)--#42 in 2012 Sight & Sound poll; Writers Guild of America voted this #2 funniest screenplay
Son of Rambow (2007)
Spirited Away (2001)--#54 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage);#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll; #2 in Time Out's top 100 animated films
Stalker (1979)--#29 Sight & Sound poll
Stranger than Fiction (2006)
Submarine (2011)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)--critics' #63 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Talk to Her (2002)
Taxi Driver (1976) --#31 in Sight & Sound poll
The 400 Blows (1959)--critics' #39 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Battle of Algiers (1966)--#48 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--online via Hulu subscription
The American Friend (1977)
The Conformist (1970)--#102 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Dark Knight (2008)--#43 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Godfather (1972)--ranked #21 (tied) all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Godfather Part II (1974)--#31 in Sight & Sound poll
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968)
The Graduate (1967)
The Great Beauty (2013) "La grande bellezza"-on Hulu Plus
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen, 2006)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)--#63 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)--#20 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage); Writers Guild of America voted this #98 funniest screenplay
The Searchers (1956) ranked #7 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Seventh Seal (1958)--#93 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus
The Shining (1980)--#154 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Squid and the Whale (2005)--#13 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)--#81 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Station Agent (2003)--in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
The Trip (2010)--on Netflix
The Usual Suspects (1995)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)--Writers Guild of America voted this #11 funniest screenplay
Three Colours: BLUE(1993)--#127 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll; Three Colours: WHITE (1994), Three Colours: RED(1994)#35 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--can view these via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus
Tootsie (1982)
Two Days, One Night (2014)--on Netflix streaming
Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)--critics' #50 all-time best film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Under the Skin (2013)
Viridiana (1961)--#110 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Volver (2006)--#49 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Wall-E (2008)--#16 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)--#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
What's Up, Doc? (1972)--Writers Guild of America voted this #58 funniest screenplay
Wild Strawberries (1959)--#63 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus
Wings of Desire (1988)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus
Winter's Bone (2010)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)--#26 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)