
- Harold and Maude Hal Ashby
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show Jim Sharman
- Almost Famous: Untitled Cameron Crowe
- The Exorcist: The Version You’ve Never Seen William Friedkin
- The Birds Alfred Hitchcock
- La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc Carl Dreyer
- The Fisher King Terry Gilliam
- The Strawberry Statement Stuart Hagmann
- Buffalo ‘66 Vincent Gallo
- Pieces of April Peter Hedges
- Uptown Girls Boaz Yakin
- Tarzan Kevin Lima, Chris Buck
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Jacques Demy
- Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore
- Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Ninth Configuration William Peter Blatty
- The Rules of Attraction Roger Avary
- Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook
- Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone
- Schindler’s List Steven Spielberg
- V for Vendetta James McTeigue
- Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee
- Tideland Terry Gilliam
- Whistle Down the Wind Bryan Forbes
- Artificial Intelligence: AI Steven Spielberg
- The Iron Giant Brad Bird
- A Home at the End of the World Michael Mayer
- Vol. 2 Quentin Tarantino
- Man on Fire Tony Scott
- The Innocents Jack Clayton
- Moulin Rouge! Baz Luhrmann
- Palindromes Todd Solondz
- Millions Danny Boyle
- Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore
- The End of the Affair [1999] Neil Jordan
- Felicia’s Journey Atom Egoyan
- Girl, Interrupted James Mangold
- Marnie Alfred Hitchcock
- Carrie Brian De Palma
- The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Nicholas Gessner
- Heavenly Creatures Peter Jackson
- Mandy aka Crash of Silence Alexander Mackendrick
- Two for the Road Stanley Donen
- Robin and Marian Richard Lester
- Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle Eric Rohmer
- Niagara Niagara Bob Gosse
- Show Me Love/ Fucking Åmål Lukas Moodysson
- May Lucky McKee
- Limelight Charlie Chaplin
- The Big Sleep [1946] Howard Hawks
- Citizen Kane Orson Welles
- Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock
- The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola
- Les Yeux Sans Visage Georges Franju
- Pink Floyd The Wall Alan Parker
- A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick
- The Truman Show Peter Weir
- Moonlight Mile Brad Silberling
- Run Lola Run Tom Tykwer
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson
- Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton
- Ed Wood Tim Burton
- The Girl on the Bridge Patrice Leconte
- Bringing Out the Dead Martin Scorsese
- The Ninth Gate Roman Polanski
- Fight Club David Fincher
- Vanilla Sky Cameron Crowe
- The Prestige Christopher Nolan
- The Fountain Darren Aronofsky
- Shame Ingmar Bergman
- Yentl Barbra Streisand
- Easy Rider Dennis Hopper
- Once Upon a Time in the West Sergio Leone
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Stanley Kubrick
- The Wizard of Oz Victor Fleming
- Dawn of the Dead [1978] George Romero
- Léon: The Professional Luc Besson
- All That Jazz Bob Fosse
- The Hudsucker Proxy Joel Coen
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry
- Breaking the Waves Lars Von Trier
- I Am Sam Jessie Nelson
- South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut Trey Parker
- In America Jim Sheridan
- Basquiat Julian Schnabel
- Spirited Away Hiyao Miyazaki
- Donnie Darko [Theatrical Cut] Richard Kelly
- Riding in Cars with Boys Penny Marshall
- Strictly Ballroom Baz Luhrmann
- Silent Hill Christophe Gans
- City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime Charlie Chaplin
- Torch Song Trilogy Paul Bogart
- Clerks. Kevin Smith
- Flashdance Adrian Lyne
- Scarface [1983] Brian De Palma
- Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone
- Dancer in the Dark Lars Von Trier
- Little Children Todd Field
- The Misfits John Huston
- Once John Carney
- Mischief Night Penny Woolcock
- Aliens James Cameron
- Castle in the Sky Hayao Miyazaki
- A Little Princess [1995] Alfonso Cuaron
- The Fox and the Hound Ted Berman, Richard Rich, and Art Stevens
- Casper Brad Silberling
- His Girl Friday Howard Hawks
- Network Sidney Lumet
- Into the Wild Sean Penn
- Control”:http://ambival.net/movies/control-2007 [2007] Anton Corbijn
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tim Burton
- The Nightmare Before Christmas Henry Selick
- Lilo & Stitch Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
- Bubba Ho-Tep Don Coscarelli
- Shoot the Moon Alan Parker
- The Bad News Bears [1976] Michael Ritchie
- Marathon Man John Schlesinger
- The Karate Kid John G. Avildsen
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Colin Higgins
- My Life Without Me Isabel Coixet
- The School of Rock Richard Linklater
- Dogville Lars Von Trier
- Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton
- Frantic Roman Polanski
- The Thomas Crown Affair [1999] John McTiernan
- Man on the Moon Milos Forman
- Frankie and Johnny Garry Marshall
- Dog Day Afternoon Sidney Lumet
- Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg
- Addams Family Values Barry Sonnenfeld
- The Piano Jane Campion
- The Doors Oliver Stone
- The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton
- A Star is Born [1937] William A. Wellmann
- The Red Shoes Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
- The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day James Cameron
- Fargo The Coen Brothers
- Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis
- Lolita [1962] Stanley Kubrick
- The Breakfast Club John Hughes
- Finding Neverland Marc Forster
- Blow Ted Demme
- Zoolander Ben Stiller
- The Shipping News Lasse Hallström
- Gone With the Wind Victor Fleming
- Amélie Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter
- Pay it Forward Mimi Leder
- The Nines John August
- The Golden Compass Chris Weitz
- 30 Days of Night David Slade
- Sunshine [2007] Danny Boyle
- From Hell Hughes Brothers
- Bubble Boy Blair Hayes
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon Niels Mueller
- The Martins Tony Grounds
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Stephen Hopkins
- The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich Oliver Hirschbiegel
- A Very Long Engagement Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Jersey Girl Kevin Smith
- Napoleon Dynamite Jared Hess
- Say Anything … Cameron Crowe
- Darwin’s Nightmare Hubert Sauper
- Innocence Lucile Hadzihalilovic
- Kung Fu Hustle Stephen Chow
- Spider-Man 2 Sam Raimi
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Alfonso Cuaron
- Night Watch Timur Bekmambetov
- The Incredibles Brad Bird
- Crash [2004] Paul Haggis
- Shaun of the Dead Edgar Wright
- 28 Days Betty Thomas
- The Last House on the Left Wes Craven
- Casualties of War Brian De Palma
- Straw Dogs Sam Peckinpah
- Sling Blade Billy Bob Thornton
- Hamlet Kenneth Branagh
- Dirty Pretty Things Stephen Frears
- Equilibrium Kurt Wimmer
- Panic Room David Fincher
- Cannibal Holocaust Ruggero Deodato
- The Battleship Potemkin Sergei Eisenstein
- Ever After Andy Tennant
- Drop Dead Fred Ate De Jong
- Jungle Fever Spike Lee
- Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner
- The Shining Stanley Kubrick
- The Sandpiper Vincente Minnelli
- Pocahontas Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Neil Jordan
- Home for the Holidays Jodie Foster
- Twelve Monkeys Terry Gilliam
- A Woman is a Woman (Une Femme est Une Femme) Jean-Luc Godard
- West Side Story Robert Wise
- Being There Being There
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Andrew Dominik
- Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick
- Proof John Madden
- Rent Chris Columbus
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix David Yates
- Nanny McPhee Kirk Jones
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith George Lucas
- Lord of War Andrew Niccol
- Rebel Without a Cause Nicolas Ray
- The Third Man Carol Reed
- Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock
- The Age of Innocence Martin Scorsese
- The Champ Franco Zefferelli
- The Wicker Man Robin Hardy
- Bonnie and Clyde Arthur Penn
- Amistad Steven Spielberg
- The Ice Storm Ang Lee
- Titanic [1997] James Cameron
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Milos Forman
- Week End Jean-Luc Godard
- Chaplin Richard Attenborough
- Heathers Michael Lehman
- Roger and Me Michael Moore
- The Fabulous Baker Boys Steve Kloves
- Kiki’s Delivery Service Hiyao Miyazaki
- The Hours Stephen Daldry
- Corrina, Corrina Jessie Nelson
- Nine Lives [2005] Roderigo Garcia
- Annie [1999] Rob Marshall
- Toy Story 2 John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich
- Junebug Phil Morrison
- Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson
- ... And Justice for All Norman Jewison
- Dirty Dancing Emile Ardolino
- Godspell David Greene
- Paper Moon Peter Bogdanovich
- Sky West and Crooked aka Gypsy Girl John Mills
- The Brave One [2007] Neil Jordan
- Meet the Robinsons Stephen J. Anderson
- The Bad Seed Mervyn LeRoy
- The Family Way Roy Boulting
- My Name is Nobody Tonino Valerii
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Sergio Leone
- Unforgiven Clint Eastwood
- The Shawshank Redemption Frank Darabont
- To Kill a Mockingbird Robert Mulligan
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John Ford
- The Sixth Sense M. Night Shyamalan
- Dodson’s Journey Gregg Champion
- The Princess Diaries Garry Marshall
- Candleshoe Norman Tokar
- The English Patient Anthony Minghella
- It Happened One Night Frank Capra
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June 30th, 2006 at 2:46 am
[...] It’s not a movie I could watch with any real frequency, there’s too much here, it could drive a person crazy, as I said earlier there are so many ways to view it and take it in, it’s the kind of movie it would take me a whole fan commentary to cover fully; but there is simply no other movie like it, the use of sound is completely arresting, it takes my breath away, the range of creative ideas almost rivals Citizen Kane, and I’d be a fool not to force it into my top 100 list. If anyone else out there has been holding off a repeat viewing like I was, trust me: now’s the time. [...]
August 13th, 2006 at 11:52 pm
[...] There’s just too much here for me to even know where to start writing so I’ll just scatter my thoughts in rough. It’s yet another in my current spate of movies I know I loved the last time I saw them but the fact is, “last time” is getting to be nearly a decade ago in some cases, lol, so I’m just checking. My bulletproof defence of this movie as an entry in my Top 100 list, and a good place to start, is that, hey, if you’re gonna make a list of the best movies ever, you have to have a Marilyn Monroe movie in there; and while this movie ain’t exactly Marilyn (that would be Some Like It Hot, if you wanna go in that direction), it is without a doubt the best work she did. [...]
March 21st, 2007 at 3:49 am
[...] I’m sure my opinion will lose a lot of respect when I say this (lol like it has a lot to lose) ... but this is now one of my ten favourite movies ever, and it damn near tops the bunch. There’s just so much in this movie that hits me in the places I want movies to hit me. The Dakota tea-cup ride scenes hit me in a really personal place so hard, that look on her face that’s just like, typical, one week early to ride, pulling the glasses down over her eyes so Brittany Murphy can’t see her tearing up; and later when they finally ride it, both of them working out years of frustration on the wheel and each other; and like, I guess I can’t deny that where I am in life right now makes the whole “grow up” theme resonate deeper too, Murphy’s response to somebody telling her, “But this isn’t you!” – “I can’t afford ‘me’ anymore …”. [...]