My Favorite Michelangelo Antonioni Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

Most of the Michelangelo Antonioni films listed here are ones I saw on a home video format (Blu-Ray and DVD in this case. Nevertheless, some of these I watched online.

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

  1. L’Eclisse (1962)
  2. Zabriskie Point (1970)
  3. L’Avventura (1960)
  4. The Passenger (1975)
  5. Red Desert (1964)
  6. Michelangelo Eye to Eye (2004)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  7. Identification of a Woman (1982)
  8. Beyond the Clouds (1995)
  9. The Mystery of Oberwald (1980)
  10. La Notte (1961)
  11. Blow-Up (1966)
  12. Le Amiche (1955)
  13. Story of a Love Affair (1950)
  14. Il Grido (1957)
  15. The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
  16. I Vinti (1953)
  17. Chung Kuo, Cina (1972)
    (Documentary)
    (Television)
  18. People of the Po Valley (1947)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  19. N.U. (1948)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  20. Love in the City (1953)
    Segment: Attempted Suicide
    (Short Cinema)
  21. Seven Reeds, One Suit (1949)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  22. Eros (2004)
    Segment: The Dangerous Thread of Things
    (Short Cinema)

10 thoughts on “My Favorite Michelangelo Antonioni Films (2023 Edition)”

  1. I would be fine with both ‘The Passenger’, and ‘Blow Up’. But I went to the cinema to see ‘Zabriskie Point’, and I have to say it was of little interest to me, John.
    Best wishes, Pete.

  2. I love every single Michelangelo Antonioni film that I have seen, which is probably not surprising to you Pete 🙂 Did you ever see any of his Italian works? 🙂

  3. mine are quite different . i did not include the ones i have not seen.
    Red Desert
    L’Avventura
    L’Eclisse
    Blow-Up
    La Notte
    The Passenger
    Zabriskie Point
    Il Grido
    The Lady Without Camelias
    Le Amiche
    Story of a Love Affair
    Chung Kuo, Cina
    Eye to Eye
    I Vinti
    Identification of a Woman
    The Mystery of Oberwald
    Love in the City
    Eros
    Beyond the Clouds

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  4. Nice ranking there Bill 🙂 Antonioni’s use of color in Red Desert is every bit as expressive there as it is in his black-and-white films. I wish I could find that 2004 Antonioni documentary Eye to Eye somewhere online. Any further thoughts? 🙂 Also, did you know that legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa labeled Red Desert as one of his many favorite films? 🙂

    Update: I just found out that Eye to Eye was a special feature on the Eros DVD that I have owned during the past 17 years and watched it and loved it 🙂

  5. I saw ‘L’Avventura’ at the National Film Theatre in London in the late 1960s. I was a fan of Monica Vitti at the time, but I can hardly remember the film now.

  7. I saw Eye to Eye in a cinema that was showing it one time only at 10 am for two dollars. I am not much of a fan of his last two features, and this short was so sad and beautiful that I could hardly stand it. Very hard to list his films in order of subjective taste, as he is (along with John ford) my most highly revered director,. This year I rewatched all his films I could get my hands on. I hadnt heard that Kurosawa was such a fan of Red Desert.

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