Combined list of Stephan’s recommended films (September 2015) with 100 films (with overlaps deleted) of 100 Essential Films by The National Society of Film Critics
'71 (2014) |
(Nuovo) Cinema Paradiso (1988)--on Netflix streaming |
[Rome] Open City (1945)--view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
12 Angry Men (1957, see also 1997 remake, plus "12", a fascinating 2007 Russian version) |
16 to Life (2009) |
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) |
42nd Street (1933) |
7 Up/28 Up (1985) to 49 Up--on Netflix streaming |
8 1⁄2 (1963, including excellent commentary in Criterion collection release--also can view online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus) --ranked #10 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--see further below. |
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)--on Netflix streaming |
A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010, En Ganske Snill Mann) |
Aaltra (2004) |
Absence of Malice (1981) |
Adam's Apples (Danish-2005) |
Adam's Rib (1949) |
Adaptation (2002) |
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) |
Alien (1979); Aliens (1986) |
All About Eve (1950) |
All About My Mother (1999) |
Amélie (2001) --on Netflix streaming |
An American in Paris (1951) |
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) |
Annie Hall (1977) --on Netflix streaming |
Aparajito (1956--second film in S. Ray's superb Apu Trilogy, with Criterion Collection restoration of the trilogy available in late 2015) |
Apollo 13 (1995) |
Ashes and Diamonds (1958) |
Atlantic City (1981) |
Attack the Block (2011) |
Babette's Feast (1987)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Back to the Future (1985) |
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) |
Bagdad Café |
Barton Fink (1991) |
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) |
Beginners (2011)--on Netflix streaming |
Being John Malkovich (1999) |
Being There (1979) |
Bicycle Thieves (1948)--on Netflix streaming (as Bicycle Thief) |
Big Night (1996) |
Birdman (2014) |
Black Orpheus (1959) --can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Bladerunner (1982; director’s Final Cut, 2007) |
Blame It on Fidel (La Faute à Fidel!, 2006) |
Blazing Saddles (1974) |
Blow Out (1981) |
Blow-Up (1966) |
Blue Jasmine (2013) |
Bonnie And Clyde (1967) |
Born Into Brothels (2005) |
Born Yesterday (1950) |
Brazil (1985) |
Breaking Away (1979) |
Breaking the Waves (1996)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Brick (2005) |
Brief Encounter (1946) |
Bringing Up Baby (1938) |
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) |
Bullitt (1968) |
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) |
Casablanca (1942) |
Castaway (2000) |
Castaway on the Moon (Korea, 2009)--on my to see list |
Charade (1963) |
Chariots of Fire (1981) |
Children of Paradise (1945) |
Chinatown (1974)--on Netflix streaming |
Citizen Kane (1941)--ranked #2 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--see further below. |
City of God (2002)--on Netflix streaming |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) |
Close-up (1990) |
Closely Watched Trains (1967) |
Clueless (1995) |
Cool Hand Luke (1967) |
Cries and Whispers (1972) --can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)--on Netflix streaming |
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) |
Daughters of the Dust (1991) |
Dead Again (1991) |
Death and the Maiden (1994) |
Deliverance (1972) |
Dersu Uzala (1975) |
Diabolique (1955)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Dial M for Murder (1954) |
Diary of a Country Priest (1951) |
Die Hard (1988) . . . |
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985) |
Diner (1982) |
Dirty Harry (1971) |
Diva (1982) |
Divorce Italian Style (1961) --can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Do the Right Thing (1989) |
Don't Tempt Me (Sin Noticias de Dios, 2001) |
Double Indemnity (1944) |
Down by Law (1986) --can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) |
Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition (2010)-on Netflix streaming |
Drive (2011) |
Duck Soup (1933) |
Dumbo (1941) |
Easy A (2010) |
Easy Rider (1969) |
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) |
Educating Rita (1983) |
Enter the Dragon (1973) |
Ex Machina (2015) |
Faces (1968)--view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Fargo (1996) |
Finding Nemo (2003) |
Five Easy Pieces (1970) |
Flirting (1991) |
Frankenstein (1931) and The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) |
Fresh (1994)--on Netflix streaming |
Garden State (2004) |
Gaslight (1944) |
Gates of Heaven (1980) |
Goldfinger (1964) |
Gone With The Wind (1939) |
Goodbye Lenin! (2003) |
GoodFellas (1990) |
Gosford Park (2001) |
Gravity (2013) |
Greed (1924) |
Groundhog Day (1993) |
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) |
Happy Together (1997) |
Harlan County, USA (1976) |
Headhunters (2011, Hodejegerne) |
Henry V (1989) |
Her (2013) |
High Noon (1952) --on Netflix streaming |
His Girl Friday (1940)--on Netflix streaming |
Holiday (1938) |
Hoop Dreams (1994) |
Hot Fuzz (2007) |
House of Games (1987) |
I vitelloni (1953) --can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Ida (2014)--on Netflix streaming |
Ikiru (1952, reviewed 1960)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Il Postino (The Postman) (1994) |
In Bruges (2008) |
In the Heat of the Night (1967) |
Interiors (1978) |
It Happened One Night (1934) |
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) |
Jackie Brown (1997)--on Netflix streaming |
Jailhouse Rock (1957) |
Japanese Story (2003) |
Jar City (Mýrin, 2006) |
Jaws (1975) |
Ju Dou (1990), Raise the Red Lantern (1991), Red Sorghum (1987) |
Kill Bill: Vols. 1 and 2 (2003/2004)--on Netflix streaming |
Killer of Sheep (1977, Shot in 16mm, restored to 35mm by UCLA Film and Television Archive, 2007) |
Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit, 1976) |
Kitchen Stories (Salmer fra kjøkkenet, 2003) |
Kontroll (2003) |
L.A. Confidential (1997) |
L'Auberge Espagnole (2002) |
L'Eclisse (1962)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
La Dolce Vita (1959) |
La Femme Nikita (1991) |
La Jetée (1963, 27 minutes) |
La Lectrice (1988) |
La Notte (1961) can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
La Strada (1955) and Nights of Cabiria (1957) |
Landscape in the Mist (1988) |
Lars and the Real Girl (2007) |
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) |
Le Petit Soldat (1960) |
Le samouraï (1967) |
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) |
Les Miserables (2012) |
Les Vampires (1915) |
Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in, 2008)--on Netflix streaming |
Letter to Brezhnev (1985) |
Lilies of the Field (1963) |
Little Big Man (1970) |
Living in Oblivion (1995) |
Los Olvidados (1950) |
M (1931,1933) --can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
M*A*S*H (1970) |
Major Barbara (1941)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Man with a Movie Camera (1929)--ranked #8 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--see further below. |
Manhattan (1979) |
Margaret (2011, see also extended version) |
Margin Call (2011) |
Metropolis (1927)--on Netflix streaming |
Midnight in Paris (2011) |
Mister Roberts (1955) |
Modern Times (1936) |
Moneyball (2011) |
Monsieur Hire (1989) |
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) |
Moonstruck (1987) |
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980) |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) |
Mud (2012) |
Mulholland Dr. (2001) |
Muscle Shoals (2013) |
My Beautiful Laundrette (1986) |
My Dinner With Andre (1981)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
My Fair Lady (1964) |
My Life as a Dog (1987)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Mystery Train (1989)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Nashville (1975) |
Network (1976) |
Never on Sunday (1960) |
Night of the Living Dead (1968) |
Ninotchka (1939) |
North by Northwest (1959) |
Nosferatu (1922) |
Notorious (1946) |
Now, Voyager (1942) |
Old Boy (2003) |
On the Waterfront (1954) |
On The Waterfront (1954) |
Once (2007) |
Ossessione (1942) |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
Pandora's Box (1928) |
Pariah (2011)--on Netflix streaming |
Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road, 1955—first film in Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy) |
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Pinocchio (1940) |
Psycho (1960) |
Pulp Fiction (1994)--on Netflix streaming |
Purple Noon (1960)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Pygmalion (1938)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
Raging Bull (1980) |
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
Rain Man (1988) |
Raising Arizona (1987) |
Rashomon (1951)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Rear Window (1954) |
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) |
Red Desert (1964)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Repo Man (1984) |
Risky Business (1983) |
Roger & Me (1989) |
Roman Holiday (1953) |
Rome Open City (1945)--view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Run Lola Run (1998) |
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) |
Sans Soleil (1983--#3 on Sight and Sound 2014 poll of greatest documentaries)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Schindler's List (1993) |
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) |
Seven Beauties (1976) |
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) |
Shane (1953) |
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Shrek (2001) |
Sidewalls (Medianeras, 2011) |
Singin' in the Rain (1952) |
Sleeper (1973) |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938) |
Some Like It Hot (1959) |
Son of Rambow (2007) |
Spirited Away (2001) |
Stagecoach (1939)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Stalag 17 (1953) |
Stand By Me (1986) |
Star Wars (1977); STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) |
Stop Making Sense (1984) |
Stranger than Fiction (2006) |
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Strangers on a Train (1951) |
Strictly Ballroom (1992) |
Submarine (2011) |
Sullivan's Travels (1941) |
Sunrise (1927) |
Sunset Boulevard (1950) |
Swept Away (By an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August) (1974) |
Swimming Pool (2003) |
Swing Time (1936) |
Talk to Her (2002) |
Taxi Driver (1976) |
The African Queen (1952) |
The American Friend (1977) |
The Awful Truth (1937) |
The Bank Dick (1940) |
The Battleship Potemkin (1925) |
The Big Sleep (1946) |
The Birds (1963) |
The Birth Of A Nation (1915) |
The Breakfast Club (1985) |
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) |
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) |
The Conversation (1974)--on Netflix streaming |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) |
The Decalogue (1988) |
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) |
The Entertainer (1960) |
The Exorcist (1973) |
The French Connection (1971) |
The Full Monty (1997) |
The General (1927) |
The Girl in the Cafe (2005) |
The Godfather (1972) |
The Godfather Part II (1974) |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968) |
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) |
The Graduate (1967) |
The Human Stain (2003) |
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) |
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen, 2006) |
The Maltese Falcon (1941) |
The Man With a Movie Camera (1929) |
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) |
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
The Night of the Hunter (1955) |
The Opposite of Sex (1998) |
The Page Turner (2007) |
The Palm Beach Story (1942) |
The Passenger (1975) |
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) |
The Philadelphia Story (1940) |
The Piano (1993) |
The Pink Panther (1964) |
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) |
The Public Enemy (1931) |
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) |
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) |
The Rules of the Game (1939) |
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966) |
The Science of Sleep (2006) |
The Searchers (1956) |
The Secret in Their Eyes (2009, El Secreto de Sus Ojos) |
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002) |
The Seventh Seal (1958)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) |
The Silence (1963)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
The Station Agent (2003) |
The Terminator (1984) |
The Thief of Bagdad (1924) |
The Thin Blue Line (1988)--on Netflix streaming |
The Third Man (1949) |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) |
The Tree of the Wooden Clogs (1979) |
The Trip (2010)--on Netflix |
The Usual Suspects (1995) |
The Virgin Spring (1960) |
The Wild Bunch (1969) |
The Wizard of Oz (1939) |
The World of Apu (Aparajito (1959--third film in S. Ray's superb Apu Trilogy, with Criterion Collection restoration of the trilogy available in late 2015) |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) |
This is Spinal Tap (1984) |
Through a Glass Darkly(1961)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
To Catch a Thief (1955) |
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) |
Tokyo Story (1953) |
Tootsie (1982) |
Top Hat (1935) |
Touch Of Evil (1958) |
Toy Story (1995) |
Trouble in Paradise (1932) |
Tsotsi (2005) |
Ugetsu Monogatori (1953) |
Under the Skin (2013) |
Unforgiven (1992) |
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) |
Vernon Florida (1982) |
Vertigo (1958)--ranked #1all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--see further below. |
Wait Until Dark (1967) |
Waking Life (2001) |
West Side Story (1961) |
What Just Happened (2008) |
What's Up, Doc? (1972) |
When Harry Met Sally (1989) |
Wild Strawberries (1959)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Winchester '73 (1950) |
Wings of Desire (1988)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Winter Light (1962)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus |
Winter's Bone (2010) |
Women in Love (1970) |
Written on the Wind (1956) |
Young Frankenstein (1974) |