* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Le Samouraï (1967)
2. Bob le Flambeur (1956)
3. Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
4. Army of Shadows (1969)
5. Le Doulos (1963)
6. Leon Morin, Priest (1961)
7. Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)
8. Le Silence de la Mer (1949)
9. Un Flic (1972)
10. Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
2. Good Sam (1948)
3. An Affair to Remember (1957)
4. My Son John (1952)
5. Love Affair (1939)
6. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
7. Duck Soup (1933)
8. The Awful Truth (1937)
9. The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
10. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
(with assistance from James Anderson)
11. Going My Way (1944)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Red Angel (1966)
2. Giants and Toys (1958)
3. Blind Beast (1969)
4. Black Test Car (1962)
5. Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
6. Manji (1964)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Afraid to Die (1960)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Naked Spur (1953)
2. Winchester ’73 (1950)
3. The Man from Laramie (1955)
4. He Walked by Night (1948)
(uncredited)
(co-directed with Alfred L. Werker)
5. Man of the West (1958)
6. The Far Country (1954)
7. Bend of the River (1952)
8. Men in War (1957)
9. The Furies (1950)
10. Devil’s Doorway (1950)
11. Raw Deal (1948)
12. T-Men (1947)
13. Border Incident (1949)
14. El Cid (1961)
15. God’s Little Acre (1958)
16. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
17. Side Street (1950)
18. Desperate (1947)
19. Railroaded! (1947)
20. Reign of Terror (1949)
(a.k.a. The Black Book)
21. The Tall Target (1951)
22. The Tin Star (1957)
23. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
24. The Last Frontier (1955)
25. Serenade (1956)
26. Thunder Bay (1953)
27. The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
28. Strategic Air Command (1955)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
2. Cimarron (1960)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
2. The Ladykillers (1955)
3. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
4. Whiskey Galore! (1949)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Gun Crazy (1950)
2. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
3. The Halliday Brand (1957)
4. The Big Combo (1955)
5. So Dark the Night (1946)
6. My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Rifleman – Season 1 (1958-1959)
1a. The Safe Guard (1958)
1b. Duel of Honor (1958)
1c. The Deadly Wait (1959)
1d. The Pet (1959)
1e. The Trade (1959)
1f. Boomerang (1959)
1g. Shivaree (1959)
(Television)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Rifleman – Season 2 (1959-1960)
1a. Heller (1960)
1b. The Visitor (1960)
1c. The Fourflusher (1960)
1d. Letter of the Law (1959)
1e. Panic (1959)
1f. The Deserter (1960)
1g. Shotgun Man (1960)
1h. The Patsy (1959)
1i. The Hangman (1960)
1j. Surveyors (1959)
1k. Hero (1960)
1l. The Spoiler (1960)
1m. Eddie’s Daughter (1959)
1n. Day of the Hunter (1960)
(Television)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Petulia (1968)
2. Help! (1965)
3. A Hard Day’s Out (1964)
4. The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
5. The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)
6. How I Won the War (1967)
7a. The Three Musketeers (1973)
7b. The Four Musketeers (1974)
8. Juggernaut (1974)
9. Robin and Marian (1976)
10. Superman II (1980)
(Richard Donner’s 2006 Cut is also great)
* * * * (Out of * * * * ) (Short Cinema)
1. The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959)
(co-directed with Peter Sellers)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Royal Flash (1975)
2. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. M (1931)
2. Spies (1928)
3. Scarlet Street (1945)
4. While the City Sleeps (1956)
5. Liliom (1934)
6. Fury (1936)
7. The Woman in the Window (1944)
8. You Only Live Once (1937)
9. Moonfleet (1955)
10. The Big Heat (1953)
11. Rancho Notorious (1952)
12. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
13. Die Nibelungen (1924)
14. Destiny (1921)
15. The Tiger of Eschnapur/The Indian Tomb (1959)
(a.k.a. Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic)
16. Metropolis (1927)
17. The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
18. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
19. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)
20. You and Me (1937)
21. Clash by Night (1952)
22. Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
23. The Blue Gardenia (1953)
24. Human Desire (1954)
25. House by the River (1950)
26. Ministry of Fear (1944)
27. Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
28. Man Hunt (1941)
29. Western Union (1941)
30. The Return of Frank James (1940)
31. Cloak and Dagger (1946)
32. Woman in the Moon (1929)
33. The Spiders Parts I and II (1919/1920)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Harikari (1919)
2. American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Ran (1985)
2. High and Low (1963)
3. Seven Samurai (1954)
4. Ikiru (1952)
5. Red Beard (1965)
6. Throne of Blood (1957)
7. Rashomon (1950)
8. Yojimbo (1961)
9. The Hidden Fortress (1958)
10. Stray Dog (1949)
11. Madadayo (1993)
12. Kagemusha (1980)
13. Drunken Angel (1948)
14. Sanjuro (1962)
15. Dersu Uzala (1975)
16. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
17. I Live in Fear (1955)
18. Does’ka-den (1970)
19. The Idiot (1951)
20. The Lower Depths (1957)
21. Scandal (1950)
22. The Quiet Duel (1949)
23. One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
24. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
25. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945)
26. Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
27. Sanshiro SUgata Part II (1945)
28. The Most Beautiful (1944)
29. Rhapsody in August (1991)
30. Dreams (1990)
(a.k.a. Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Barry Lyndon (1975)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
4. The Shining (1980)
5. The Killing (1956)
6. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
7. Paths of Glory (1957)
8. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
9. Lolita (1962)
10. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
11. Spartacus (1960)
12. Killer’s Kiss (1955)
13. Fear and Desire (1953)
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