Flores’s Compilation of over 500 Top-Ranked/Selected/Preferred Films, including many from Sight & Sound All-Time Films 2012 Poll, and Criterion Collection films, as well as other choices and “some of my suggestions for writing about [for my film studies students] in bold”
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007)
500 Hundred Days of Summer (2009)
'71 (2014)
[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)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
16 to Life (2009)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) ranked #6 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
42nd Street (1933)
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007)--#56 in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
7 Up/28 Up (1985) to 49 Up--on Netflix streaming
8½(1963, including excellent commentary in Criterion collection release--ranked #10 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
35 Shots of Rum (2009)
Adam's Apples (Danish, 2005)
Almost Famous (2000)--#40 in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)--on Netflix streaming
Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959)
Aparajito (The Undefeated, 1956)
A Prophet (2010)
A Serious Man (2009)--#15 of 100 top films of decade (The Film Stage)
A Simple Plan (1998)
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)--in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)--#90 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Alice in the Cities (1974)
Alien (1979); Aliens (1986)
All About Eve (1950)--Writers Guild of America voted this #96 funniest screenplay
All About My Mother (1999)
Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain,2001) --#21 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Amarcord (1972)--#117 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
An American in Paris (1951)
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)--#235 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
An Education (2009)
Annie Hall (1977)--#127 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll --The Writers Guild of America voted this top funniest screenplay of top 100 comedic films
Aparajito (1956--second film in S. Ray's superb Apu Trilogy, with Criterion Collection restoration of the trilogy available in late 2015)
Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola, (1979) ranked #14 film of all time in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Apollo 13 (1995)
Arrival (2016)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Atlantic City (1981)
Attack the Block (2011)
Andrei Rublev--#26 in Sight & Sound poll--on HuluPlus
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)--#16 all time film in 2012 Sight & Sound poll
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)--#144 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Babette's Feast (1987)
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)--#11 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Beginners (2011)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Being There (1979)
Berlin Alexanderplatz--#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Best in Show (2000)--Writers Guild of America voted this #63 funniest screenplay
Bicycle Thieves (1948)--#33 all film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll/in Criterion collection
Big Night (1996)
Birdman (2014)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Orpheus (1959) --#154 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Bladerunner (1982; director’s Final Cut, 2007)--#69 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Blame It on Fidel (La Faute à Fidel!, 2006)
Blazing Saddles (1974)--Writers Guild of America voted this #8 funniest screenplay
Blow Out (1981)
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)--great documentary
Born Yesterday (1950)
Brazil (1985)
Breaking Away (1979)--Oscar for Best Screenplay
Breaking the Waves (1996)#183 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Breathless (À bout de souffle, 1961)--ranked #13 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--see further below.
Brick (2005)
Brief Encounter (1946)--#154 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Bringing Up Baby (1938)--#110 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Broadcast News (1987)--Writers Guild of America voted this #51 funniest screenplay
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Bullitt (1968)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Casablanca (1942)--#84 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Carol (2015)
Castaway (2000)
Castaway on the Moon (Korea, 2009)--on my to see list
Charade (1963)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Children of Heaven (1997)
Children of Men (2006)--#1 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Chinatown (1974)#78 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Chungking Express (1994)--#144 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
(Nuovo) Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Citizen Kane (1941)--ranked #2 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--see further below.
City Lights (1931)--#50 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
City of God (2002)--#3 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)--#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Close-up (1990)--# 42 all time film in 2012 Sight & Sound poll
Closely Watched Trains (1967)
Clueless (1995)
Collateral (2004)--#19 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Company (2002)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Creed (2015)
Cries and Whispers (1972)--#154 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Daisies (1966)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Dead Again (1991)
Death and the Maiden (1994)
Deliverance (1972)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Diabolique (1955)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Die Hard (1988) . . .
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (The Big-Hearted Will Take Away the Bride, 1995)
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985)
Diner (1982)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Diva (1982)
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Do the Right Thing (1989)--#127 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Don't Look Now (1973)--#127 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Don't Tempt Me (Sin Noticias de Dios, 2001)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Down by Law (1986)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) --#117 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll; Writers Guild of America voted this #7 funniest screenplay
Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition (2010)
Drive (2011)
Duck Soup (1933)
Dumbo (1941)
Easy A (2010)
Easy Rider (1969)
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Educating Rita (1983)
Election (1999)--Writers Guild of America voted this #77 funniest screenplay
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)--#5 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Ex Machina (2014)
Faces (1968)--#183 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Fanny & Alexander (1982)--#84 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--in theatrical version but ALSO in television version)
Fargo (1996)--Writers Guild of America voted this #86 funniest screenplay
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)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Flirting (1991)
Frankenstein (1931) and The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Fresh (1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)--Writers Guild of America voted this #53 funniest screenplay
Garden State (2004)
Gaslight (1944)
Gates of Heaven (1980)--great, fascinating documentary
Germany Year Zero (1948)--#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Gertrud (1964)--#42 in 2012 Sight & Sound poll
Get Carter (1971)
Get Out (2017)
Ghost World (2001)
Goldfinger (1964)
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)
GoodFellas (1990) --#171 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Gosford Park (2001)
Gravity (2013)
Greed (1925)--#84 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Groundhog Day (1993)--Writers Guild of America voted this #3 funniest screenplay
Half-Nelson (2006)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Happy Together (1997)
Harlan County, USA (1976)
Headhunters (2011, Hodejegerne)
Henry V (1989)
Her (2013)
High Fidelity (2000)--top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
High Noon (1952)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)--#127 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
His Girl Friday (1940)--#171 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--on Netflix streaming; Writers Guild of America voted this #21 funniest screenplay
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1998)
Holiday (1938)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Hoosiers (1986)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
House of Games (1987)
Ida (2013)
I vitelloni (1953)
Ida (2014)
If (1968)
Ikiru (1952, reviewed 1960)--#127 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
I Know Where I’m Going(1945)
Il Postino (The Postman) (1994)
Imitation of Life (1959)--#93 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Inception (2010)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
In the Mood for Love (2000)--ranked #24 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
In Bruges (2008)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Interiors (1978)
It Follows (2014)
It Happened One Night (1934)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Japanese Story (2003)
Jar City (Mýrin, 2006)
Jaws (1975)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (1975)--#35 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Journey to Italy (1954)--#41 in 2012 Sight & Sound poll--view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus
Ju Dou (1990), Raise the Red Lantern (1991), Red Sorghum (1987)
Juno (2007)
Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003/There May or May Not Be a Tomorrow)
Kes (1969)--#235 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Kill Bill: Vols. 1 and 2 (2003/2004)
Killer of Sheep (1977, Shot in 16mm, restored to 35mm by UCLA Film and Television Archive, 2007)--#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit, 1976)--#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Kitchen Stories (Salmer fra kjøkkenet, 2003)
Knife in the Water (Nóz w wodzie, 1962)
Kontroll (2003)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
L'Age d'Or (1930)--#110 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
L'Argent (1983)--#127 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
L'Atalante (1934)--ranked #12 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--see further below.
L'Auberge Espagnole (2002)
L'Avventura (1961)-- ranked #21 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--see further below.
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
L'Eclisse (1962)--#73 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
La Dolce Vita (1960)--#39 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Lady Bird (2017)
La Ceremonie (1995)
La Femme Nikita (1991)
La Jetée (1963, 27 minutes)--#50 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
La La Land (2016)
La Lectrice (1988)
La Notte (1961)
La Strada (1955)--#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll and Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Landscape in the Mist (1988)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)--#102 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Late Spring--Ozu Yasujiro (1949) #15 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)--#81 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Le Mépris ((1963)--ranked #21 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
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)--#33 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Letter to Brezhnev (1985)
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Little Big Man (1970)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)--Writers Guild of America voted this #64 funniest screenplay
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Los Olvidados (1950)
Lost in Translation (2003)--#12 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
M (1931,1933)--#56 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Magnolia (1999)
Man on Wire (2008)--'amazing documentary (The Film Stage top 100 films of decade)
Marshland (La isla mínima, 2014)
M*A*S*H (1970)--Writers Guild of America voted this #48 funniest screenplay
Major Barbara (1941)--can view this via online streaming with subscription to HuluPlus
Manhattan (1979)--#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll; Writers Guild of America voted this #81 funniest screenplay
Margaret (2011, see also extended version)
Margin Call (2011)
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
Medium Cool (1969)
Melancholia (2011)--#235 Paisà
Memento (2000)--#7 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)--#102 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Metropolis (1927) #35 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Minority Report (2002)--#31 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Mirror (1974)--ranked #17 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Mister Roberts (1955)
Modern Times (1936)--#63 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Moneyball (2011)
Monsieur Hire (1989)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Moonlight (2016)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Moonstruck (1987)--Writers Guild of America voted this #70 funniest screenplay
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
Moulin Rouge (2001)--in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mud (2012)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)--#28 Sight&Sound poll
Muscle Shoals (2013)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1986)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)--Writers Guild of America voted this #83 funniest screenplay
My Darling Clementine (1946)--#235 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
My Dinner With Andre (1981)
My Fair Lady (1964)
My Life as a Dog (1987)
My Neighbour Totoro (1988)--#154 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll; #3 in Time Out poll of top 100 animaed films
Mystery Train (1989)
Nashville (1975)--#73 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Network (1976)
Never on Sunday (1960)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Ninotchka (1939)
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
Nosferatu (1922)
Notorious (1946)--#171 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Now, Voyager (1942)
Old Boy (2003)--#8 in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
On the Waterfront (1954)
On The Waterfront (1954)
Once (2007)--in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Once Upon a Time in America (1983)--#154 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)--#78 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Ordet (1955)
Ossessione (1942)
Out of the Past (1947)--#183 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Paisà (1946)--#202 Paisà
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) --#27 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Pandora's Box (1928)
Pariah (2011)
Paris, Texas (1984, including Criterion Collection version with director Wim Wenders' commentary)#183 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road, 1955—first film in Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy)--#42 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--Criterion issued new restorations/editions of the trilogy in November 2015
Performance (1970)
Persona (1967) --ranked #17 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--see further below.
Personal Shopper (2017)
Phantom Thread (2017)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Pierrot le fou (1965)--#42 in 2012 Sight & Sound poll
Pinocchio (1940)
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)--Writers Guild of America voted this #36 funniest screenplay
Platform (2000)
Play Time (1967)--tied for #42 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Police, Adjective (2009)
Princess Mononoke (1997, animated)
Psycho (1960)--#35 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Pulp Fiction (1994)--#127 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Purple Noon (1960)
Pygmalion (1938)
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Raging Bull (1980)--#53 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Rain Man (1988)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Rashomon (1951)--ranked # 26 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Rear Window (1954)--#53 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Red Desert (1964)--#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Red River (1947)--#235 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Repo Man (1984)
Revanche (2008)
Ringu (1998)
Risky Business (1983)
Roger & Me (1989)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Rome Open City (1945)--#183 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Run Lola Run (1998)
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
The Salesman (2016)
Sans Soleil (1983--#3 on Sight and Sound 2014 poll of greatest documentaries)--#69 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Sátántangó (1994)--#35 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Schindler's List (1993)
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Seven Beauties (1976)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shane (1953)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)--Writers Guild of America voted this #50 funniest screenplay
Sherlock Jr (1924)--#59 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Shrek (2001)
Sidewalls (Medianeras, 2011)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)--ranked #20 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Sinister (2012) --one critic calls it the top horror film of the past decade
Sleeper (1973)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)--in top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
Some Like It Hot (1959)--#42 in 2012 Sight & Sound poll; Writers Guild of America voted this #2 funniest screenplay
Son of Rambow (2007)
Son of Saul (2015)
Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
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
Stagecoach (1939)
Stalker (1979)--#29 Sight & Sound poll
Stalag 17 (1953)
Stand By Me (1986)
Star Wars (1977); STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)
Still Life (2006)
Stop Making Sense (1984)--great documentary of Talking Heads concert
Story of the Late Chrysanthemums (1939)--#183 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Stranger than Fiction (2006)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Submarine (2011)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)--Writers Guild of America voted this #35 funniest screenplay
Summer Hours (2009)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) ranked #5 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Sunset Boulevard (1950)--#63 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)--#171 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
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) --#31 in Sight & Sound poll
The 400 Blows (1959, Les Quatre cents coups, including excellent Criterion Collection critic's commentary) #39 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The African Queen (1952)
The American Friend (1977)
The Apartment (1960)--#127 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Artist (2011)
The Babadook (2014)
The Bank Dick (1940)
The Battleship Potemkin (1925) ranked #11 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Battle of Algiers (1966)--#48 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Big Lebowski (1998)--Writers Guild of America voted this #13 funniest screenplay
The Big Sick (2017)
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 Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)--#235 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
The Color of Paradise (1999)
The Conformist (1970)--#102 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Conjuring (2013)
The Conversation (1974)--#183 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Decalogue (1988)
The Dark Knight (2008)--#43 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
The Descendants (2011)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)--#183 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)--#45 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)--#235 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Entertainer (1960)
The Exorcist (1973)
The French Connection (1971)
The Full Monty (1997)
The General (1926)--#34 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Girl in the Cafe (2005)
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 Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
The Graduate (1967)--Writers Guild of America voted this #27 funniest screenplay
The Great Beauty (2013) "La grande bellezza"
The Headless Woman (2008)
The Human Stain (2003)
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Lady Eve (1941)--#110 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll; Writers Guild of America voted this #32 funniest screenplay
The Last Seduction (1994)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)--#93 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen, 2006)
The Lizard (2004)
The Lost Honor of Katherina Blum (1975)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)--#81 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)--#117 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Man With a Movie Camera (1929) ranked #8 all time film in Sight & Sound poll
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
The Master (2012)
The Naked City (1948)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)--#63 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Opposite of Sex (1998)
The Page Turner (2007)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
The Passenger (1975)--#110 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) ranked #9 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
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 Queen of Versailles (2012)--documentary
The Red Shoes (1948)
The River (1951)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)--#20 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage); Writers Guild of America voted this #98 funniest screenplay
The Rules of the Game (1939, La Regle du Jeu), ranked #4 all time film in Sight and Sound 2012 poll
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966)
The Salesman (2016)
Satya (1998)
The Science of Sleep (2006)
The Searchers (1956) ranked #7 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Second Awakening of Christina Klages (1977)
The Secret in Their Eyes (2009, El Secreto de Sus Ojos)
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)
Seven Samurai (1956)--ranked #17 all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Seventh Seal (1958)--#93 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Shoah (1985) #29 Sight and Sound Poll
The Shining (1980)--#154 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Silence (1963)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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 Terminator (1984)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
The Thin Blue Line (1988)--#235 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--superb documentary
The Third Man (1949)--#73 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Tree of the Wooden Clogs (1979)
The Trip (2010)--on Netflix
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)--#171 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Vanishing (1988)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
The Wild Bunch (1969)--#84 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The Wizard of Oz (1939)--#144 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
The World of Apu (Aparajito (1959--#235 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--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)--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
Through a Glass Darkly(1961)
Time Crimes (2007)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Be or Not To Be (1942)--#144 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Tokyo Story (1953) ranked #3 all time film in Sight&Sound 2012 poll
Toni Erdmann (2016)--one of my favorite films
Tootsie (1982)--Writers Guild of America voted this #5 funniest screenplay
Top Hat (1935)
Touch Of Evil (1958)--#57 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Toy Story (1995)
Tropical Malady (2005)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)--#117 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Tsotsi (2005)
Two Days, One Night (2014)
Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967)--#102 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Ugetsu (Ugetsu Monogatori, 1953)--#50 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Umberto D.(1952)
Un chien andalou (1928)--#93 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Under the Skin (2013)
Unforgiven (1992)
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
Vernon Florida (1982)--quirky, great documentary
Vertigo (1958)--ranked #1all time film in Sight & Sound 2012 poll--see further below.
Viridiana (1961)--#110 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Volver (2006)--#49 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Wadjda (2013)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Waking Life (2001)
Wall-E (2008)--#16 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)--#202 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
West Side Story (1961)
What Just Happened (2008)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)--Writers Guild of America voted this #58 funniest screenplay
When Harry Met Sally (1989)--Writers Guild of America voted this #15 funniest screenplay
Whiplash(2014)
White Material (2009)
Wild Strawberries (1959)--#63 in Sight & Sound 2012 poll
Winchester '73 (1950)
Wings (1966)
Wings of Desire (1988)
Winter Light (1962)
Winter's Bone (2010)
Withnail and I (1987)
Women in Love (1970)
Written on the Wind (1956)
Yeelen(1987)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)--#26 of top 100 films of decade (The Film Stage)
Young Frankenstein (1974)--Writers Guild of America voted this #6 funniest screenplay
[I know, I should get around to integrating the list below into the list above!]
Antonioni’s Blow-Up (1966) or L’avventura (1966)
Truffaut’s Day for Night, Shoot the Piano Player or The 400 Blows (1959), or Antoine and Colette, Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board, or Love on the Run
Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) or Vagabond (1985) or La Pointe Courte (1956)
Godard’s Contempt (Le Mépris, 1963) or Breathless (1960) or Pierrot le fou
Frears's My Beautiful Laundrette
Wilder's Some Like It Hot (1959)
Wenders's Alice in the Cities (1974) or Paris, Texas (1984), or Wings of Desire (1987)
Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), or Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Menzel's Closely Watched Trains(1966)
Wexler's
Loach's Kes (1970)
Jutra's Mon oncle Antoine (1971)
Egoyan's the sweet hereafter
Fassbinder's Ali Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Erice's Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Hood's Tsotsi (2005)
Meirelles's City of God (2002)
Anderson's
Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham (2002) or Bhaji on the Beach
Rocha's Barravento
Semebene's Moolaadé (2004)
Haneke's Caché (2004)
Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Kieślowski's Three Colors: Blue
Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love (2000) or The Chungking Express (1994)
Hunt's Frozen River (2008)
Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise (1994)
Tarantino's Jackie Brown (1997)
Demange's '71 (2014)
Lee's Do the Right Thing
Dardenne brothers' Two Days, One Night (2014), or La Promesse, or L'Enfant
Demme's Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Linklater's Before Sunrise (1995) or Before Sunset (2004) or Before Midnight
Allen's Manhattan or Annie Hall
Nolan's Memento
Yates's Breaking Away (1979)
Chazelle'sor
Granik's Winter's Bone (2010)
Alfredson's Let the Right One In (2008)
Amirpour's A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Iñárritu's Birdman (Or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)--2014
Jonze's Her (2013) or Adaptation
Bertolucci's The Conformist
Makhmalbaf's The Silence
Campanella's El Secreto de Sus Ojos
Chopra's Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (The Big-Hearted Will Take Away the Bride)
Varma's Satya
Nair's Monsoon Wedding
Gowariker's Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Varma's Company
Advani's Kal Ho Naa Ho (There May or May Not Be a Tomorrow)
Zhao's The Rider (2018)
Garland's Annihilation (2018)
Heller's Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)