My Favorite Films

by my favorite filmmakers
ANTERO ALLI

Andrei Tarkovsky
THE MIRROR
STALKER
THE SACRIFICE
NOSTALGHIA
ANDREI RUBLEV

Aki Kaurismaki
LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO TO AMERICA
THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL
LA VIE DE BOHEME
DRIFTING CLOUDS
THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST

Michaelangelo Antonioni
RED DESERT
THE PASSENGER
BLOWUP
L'AVVENTURA
ZABRISKIE POINT

Werner Herzog
THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER
LESSONS OF DARKNESS
AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD
NOSFERATU: PHANTOM OF THE NIGHT
THE WHITE DIAMOND

HEART OF GLASS

Terrence Malick
DAYS OF HEAVEN
THIN RED LINE
BADLANDS
THE NEW WORLD
THE TREE OF LIFE

Ingmar Bergman
HOUR OF THE WOLF
CRIES & WHISPERS
SAWDUST AND TINSEL
THE SEVENTH SEAL
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY
THE SILENCE
THE MAGICIAN

Lars Von Trier

MELANCHOLIA
ANTI-CHRIST
EUROPA (aka ZENTROPA)
THE ELEMENT OF CRIME
MEDEA
BREAKING THE WAVES
DOGVILLE

Leos Carax
THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE

POLA X
MAUVAIS SANG
HOLY MOTORS
BOY MEETS GIRL

Alejandro Jodorowsky
EL TOPO
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
SANTA SANGRE
THE DANCE OF REALITY
Guy Maddin
KEYHOLE
BRAND UPON THE BRAIN
DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN'S DIARY
THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD

Lech Majewski
THE ROE'S ROOM
GLASS LIPS
THE MILL & THE CROSS

Louis Malle
BLACK MOON
MY DINNER WITH ANDRE
VANYA ON 42ND STREET
THE FIRE WITHIN
ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS

John Huston

THE MALTESE FALCON

THE MISFITS
THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
REFLECTIONS IN THE GOLDEN EYE
THE DEAD
UNDER THE VOLCANO

Roman Polanski
THE PIANIST
ROSEMARY'S BABY
CHINATOWN
MACBETH
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN
THE NINTH GATE
THE TENANT

Bernardo Bertolucci
THE SHELTERING SKY
LAST TANGO IN PARIS
1900

Terry Gilliam
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS
ADVENTURES OF BARON VON MUNCHAUSEN
BRAZIL
TIDELAND
THE FISHER KING

Jim Jarmusch
DEAD MAN

MYSTERY TRAIN
DOWN BY LAW

Francis Ford Coppola

BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX
THE CONVERSATION
TETRO

Wim Wenders
WINGS OF DESIRE
FARAWAY, SO CLOSE
UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL
DON'T COME KNOCKING
WRONG MOVE

David Lynch
BLUE VELVET
WILD AT HEART
INLAND EMPIRE
MULHOLLAND DRIVE
LOST HIGHWAY

Akira Kurosawa
DREAMS
DERSU UZALA
YOJIMBO

Ken Russell

WOMEN IN LOVE
THE DEVILS OF LOUDON
ALTERED STATES

Also highly recommended...

NOTE: Some links may be broken but soon to be fixed
ROB THE MOB by Raymond De Felitta
THE EAST by Zal Batmanglij
THE PROPOSITION by John Hillcoat
SOUND OF MY VOICE by Zal Batmanglij
THE RECKONING by Paul Guigan
THE GREAT BEAUTY by Paolo Sorrentino
ANONYMOUS by Roland Emmerich
THE MODERNS by Alan Rudolph
THE TEMPTATION OF ST. TONY by Veiko Ounpoo
RENEGADE by Jan Kounen
BLACK SWAN by Darren Aronofsky
THE TEMPEST by Julie Taymor
THE FUGITIVE KIND by Sydney Lumet
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Spike Jonze
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH by Spike Jonze
SPEAKING PARTS by Atom Egoyan
THE LAST WAVE by Peter Weir
FEARLESS by Peter Weir
THE LAST TYCOON by Elia Kazan
THE SNOW WALKER by Charles Martin Smith
BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF by Christophe Gans
ANGEL HEART by Alan Parker
WOODENHEAD by Florian Habicht
SLUMDOG MILLIONARE by Danny Boyle

HEAD-ON by Fatih Akin

IN JULY by Fatih Akin
JULIEN DONKEY-BOY by Harmony Korine
MISTER LONELY by Harmony Korine
GUMMO by Harmony Korine
SYNECDOCHE NY by Charlie Kaufman
THE BIG KNIFE by Robert Aldrich
WINTER SLEEPERS by Tom Tykwer
HEAVEN by Tom Tykwer
THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR by Tom Tykwer
BLADE RUNNER (director's cut) by Ridley Scott
THE CLAIM by Michael Winterbottom
BUTTERFLY KISS by Michael Winterbottom
CODE 46 by Michael Winterbottom
IN BRUGES by Martin McDonagh
BEFORE NIGHT FALLS by Julian Schnabel
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY by Julian Schnabel
LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF by Leos Carax
ADAM'S APPLES by Anders Thomas Jensen
ORPHEUS by Jean Cocteau
I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! by Powell/Pressburger
AMORES PERROS by Alejandro G. Inarritu
BARTON FINK by The Coen Brothers
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES by Andrew Dominik
CATCH-22 by Mike Nichols
STEPPENWOLF by Fred Haines
SATYRICON by Frederico Fellini
JULIET OF THE SPIRITS by Frederico Fellini
THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
LOLA by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

WOMAN IN THE DUNES by Hiroshi Teshigahara

THE FALL by Tarsem Singh
THE HOUSE OF SAND by Andrucha Waddington
DECASIA by Bill Morrison
NEVERWAS by Joshua Michael Stern
UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING by Philip Kaufman
THE LIBERTINE by Laurence Dunmore
APOCALYPTO by Mel Gibson
THE FOUNTAIN by Darren Aronofsky
JUDY BERLIN by Eric Mendelsohn
BLACK NARCISSUS by Powell and Pressburger
WHY HAS BODHI-DHARMA LEFT FOR THE EAST ? by Bae Yong-Kyun
ROMPER STOMPER by Geoffrey Wright
TALK TO HER by Pedro Almodovar
BIG FISH by Tim Burton
TEMPEST by Paul Mazursky
JACOB'S LADDER by Adriane Lyne
THREE CROWNS OF THE SAILOR by Raoul Ruiz
SIMON MAGUS by Ben Hopkins
VERA by Francisco Athie
LEOLO by Jean-Claude Lauzon
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE by Krzysztof Kieslowski
THE PASSENGER by Michelangelo Antonioni
MY LIFE AS A DOG by Lasse Hallstrom
THE SHIPPING NEWS by Lasse Hallstrom
ANCHORESS by Chris Newby
CLOSER by MIke Nichols
THE EMERALD FOREST by John Boorman
MIRRORMASK by David McKean
SHORT CUTS by Robert Altman

SHADOWS OF OUR FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS by Sergei Parajanov

SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT by Wojciech Has
THE HOUR-GLASS SANATORIUM by Wojciech Has
HEAVENLY CREATURES by Peter Jackson
THE SHOUT by Jerzy Skolimowsky
LORD OF THE FLIES by Peter Brooks
MARAT SADE by Peter Brooks
VERTIGO by Alfred Hitchcock
NORTHFORK by The Polish brothers
CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI by Robert Wiene
THIN BLUE LINE by Errol Morris
THE UNFORGIVEN by Clint Eastwood
THE PROFESSIONAL by Jean Luc Besson
LE FEMME NIKITA by Jean Luc Besson
WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE by John Cassavettes
FACES by John Cassavettes
A PURE FORMALITY by Giuseppe Tornatore
THE COMPANY OF WOLVES by Neil Jordan
RICHARD THE THIRD by Lawrence Olivier
A MAN ESCAPED by Robert Bresson
O LUCKY MAN! by Lindsay Anderson
JFK by Oliver Stone
JESUS OF MONTREAL by Denis Arcand
MEAN STREETS by Martin Scorsese
LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST by Martin Scorsese
HENRY FOOL by Hal Hartley
THE PIANO by Jane Campion
PROSPERO'S BOOKS by Peter Greenaway
THE WICKER MAN by Robin Hardy
DECONSTRUCTING HARRY by Woody Allen

SLEEPER by Woody Allen

DOMINO by Tony Scott

more to come...