My Favorite Louis Malle Films (New)

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

1.   Lacombe, Lucien (1974)

2.   Murmur of the Heart (1971)

3.   Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

4.   Au revoir les enfants (1987)

5.   Atlantic City (1980)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1.   The Fire Within (1963)

2.   Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

3.   The Lovers (1958)

4.   My Dinner with Andre (1981)

My Favorite Fritz Lang Films (Revised and Updated)

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

1.   M (1931)

2.   Metropolis (1927)

3.   While the City Sleeps (1956)

4.   Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic (1959)

5.   The Big Heat (1953)

6.   The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

7.   Spies (1928)

8.   Die Nibelungen (1924)

9.   Scarlet Street (1945)

10. The Woman in the Window (1944)

11. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)

12. The Blue Gardenia (1953)

13. Rancho Notorious (1952)

14. House by the River (1950)

15. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)

16. Destiny (1921)

17. The Spiders (1919/1920)

18. Harakiri (1919)

19. Liliom (1934)

20. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) (Not the 2009 version)

21. Woman in the Moon (1929)

22. Secret Beyond the Door (1947)

23. Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

24. Ministry of Fear (1944)

25. You Only Live Once (1937)

26. Man Hunt (1941)

27. Human Desire (1954)

28. Western Union (1941)

29. You and Me (1938)

30. The Return of Frank James (1940)

31. Clash by Night (1952)

32. Fury (1936) (No releation to the 1978 or 2014 films)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1.   Cloak and Dagger (1946)

2.   Moonfleet (1955)

3.   American Guerilla in the Philippines (1950)

My Favorite Akira Kurosawa Films (Revised and Updated)

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

1.   Seven Samurai (1954)

2.   Ran (1985)

3.   Madadayo (1993)

4.   Throne of Blood (1957)

5.   Ikiru (1952)

6.   Rashomon (1950)

7.   High and Low (1963)

8.   Kagemusha (1980)

9.   Yojimbo (1961)

10. The Hidden Fortress (1958)

11. Sanjuro (1962)

12. Stray Dog (1949)

13. Red Beard (1965)

14. Dersu Uzala (1975)

15. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

16. The Idiot (1951)

17. I Live in Fear (1955)

18. Rhapsody in August (1991)

19. Dreams (1990)

20. The Lower Depths (1957)

21. Dodes’ka-den (1970)

22. Scandal (1950)

23. The Quiet Duel (1949)

24. Drunken Angel (1948)

25. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)

26. One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

27. Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945)

28. Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

29. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945)

30. The Most Beautiful (1944)

My Favorite Stanley Kubrick Films (Revised and Updated)

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

1.   Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

2.   The Shining (1980)

3.   Barry Lyndon (1975)

4.   2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)  

5.   The Killing (1956)

6.   Dr. Strangelove (1964)

7.   A Clockwork Orange (1971)

8.   Paths of Glory (1957)

9.   Full Metal Jacket (1987)

10. Lolita (1962)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1.   Spartacus (1960)

2.   Killer’s Kiss (1955)

3.   Fear and Desire (1953)

My Favorite Robert J. Flaherty Films (New)

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

1.   Louisiana Story (1948)
(Docufiction)

2.   Nanook of the North (1922)
(Documentary)

3.   Man of Aran (1934)
(Docufiction)

4.   Moana (1926)
(Docufiction)
(No relation to the 2016 Disney film)

5.   The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)
(Co-directed with Curt Oertel and Robert Lyford)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Federico Fellini Films (Revised and Updated)

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

1.   La Dolce Vita (1960)

2.   Nights of Cabiria (1957)

3.   Fellini Satyricon (1969)

4.   La Strada (1954)

5.   8 1/2 (1963)

6.   I Vitelloni (1953)

7.   Amarcord (1973)

8.   Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

9.   The White Sheik (1952)

10. Roma (1972)

11. Variety Lights (1950)
(co-directed with Alberto Lattuada)

12. The Clowns (1970)
(Docufiction)

13. Il bidone (1955)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1.   Spirits of the Dead (1968)
(Segment: “Toby Dammit”)

2.   Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “The Temptation of Dr Antonio”)

3.   Love in the City (1953)
(Segment: “Marriage Agency”)

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

1.   Fellini: A Director’s Notebook (1969)
(Episode of “NBC Experiment in Television”)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1.   And the Ship Sails On (1983)

2.   Intervista (1987)

3.   Ginger and Fred (1986)

My Favorite Stanley Donen Films (Revised and Updated)

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

1.   Singin’ in the Rain (1952) (Co-directed with Gene Kelly)

2.   Staircase (1969)

3.   It’s Always Fair Weather (1955) (Co-directed with Gene Kelly)

4.   Two for the Road (1967)

5.   On the Town (1949) (Co-directed with Gene Kelly)

6.   Charade (1963)

7.   Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

8.   Bedazzled (1967) (Not the 2000 version)

9.   The Pajama Game (1957) (Co-directed with George Abbott)

10. Indiscreet (1958)

11. Damn Yankees (1958) (Co-directed with George Abbott)

12. Funny Face (1957)

13. Royal Wedding (1951)

14. The Grass is Greener (1960)

15. Give a Girl a Break (1953)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1.   Arabesque (1966)

2.   Deep in My Heart (1954)

My Favorite Vittorio de Sica Films (New)

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

1.   Bicycle Thieves (1948)

2.   Umberto D. (1952)

3.   Shoeshine (1946)

4.   Miracle in Milan (1951)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

5.   The Children Are Watching Us (1944)

6.   Two Women (1961)

7.   Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)

8.   The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)

9.   Marriage Italian-Style (1964)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1. Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “La riffa”)

My Favorite Henri-Georges Clouzot Films (New)

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

1.   Quai des Orfevres (1947)

2.   The Wages of Fear (1953)

3.   Les Diaboliques (1955)

4.   Le Corbeau (1943)

5.   The Mystery of Picasso (1956)
(Documentary)