My Favorite Errol Morris Films

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

1.   The Thin Blue Line (1988)

2.   Gates of Heaven (1978)

3.   The Fog of War (2003)

4.   Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)

5.   Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

6.   The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography (2017)

7.   Vernon, Florida (1981)

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

1.   Tabloid (2010)

2.   Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

3.   The Unknown Known (2013)

4.   A Brief History of Time (1991)

My Favorite Hayao Miyazaki Films

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

1.   Spirited Away (2001)

2.   My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

3.   The Wind Rises (2013)

4.   Princess Mononoke (1997)

5.   Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

6.   Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

7.   Porco Rosso (1992)

8.   Castle in the Sky (1986)

9.   Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

10. Ponyo (2008)

11. The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

My Favorite Vincente Minnelli Films

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

1.   Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 

2.   Lust for Life (1956)

3.   Home from the Hill (1960)

4.   Some Came Running (1958)

5.   The Band Wagon (1953)

6.   The Cobweb (1955)

7.   Madame Bovary (1949)

8.   The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

9.   The Bad and the Beautiful (1950)

10. Father of the Bride (1950)

11. An American in Paris (1951)

12. Gigi (1958)

13. The Pirate (1948)

14. Yolanda and the Thief (1945)

15. Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)

16. Goodbye Charlie (1964)

17. Designing Woman (1957)

18. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963)

19. Tea and Sympathy (1956)

20. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)

21. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)

22. The Clock (1945)

23. The Sandpiper (1965)

24. Cabin in the Sky (1943)

25. A Matter of Time (1976)

26. Bells are Ringing (1960)

27. The Reluctant Debutante (1958)

28. Brigadoon (1954)

29. Father’s Little Dividend (1951)

30. Kismet (1955)

31. Undercurrent (1946)

32. I Dood It (1943)

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

1.   Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
(Segments: “This Heart of Mine”, “Limehouse Blues”, “A Great Lady Has an Interview”, “The Babbit and the Bromide” and “Beauty”)

2.   The Story of Three Loves (1953)
(Segment: “Mademoiselle”)
(Anthology Film)

3.   Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
(Judy Garland sequences)
(Uncredited)

4.   Lovely to Look At (1952)
(Fashion Show sequences)
(Uncredited)

My Favorite George Miller Films

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

1.   Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

2.   Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

3.   Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

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

1.   Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
(Segment: “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”)
(
Anthology Film)

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

1.   Mad Max (1979)

My Favorite Jean-Pierre Melville Films

* * * * (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)

My Favorite Yasuzo Masumura Films

* * * * (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)

My Favorite Chris Marker Films

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

1.   Sans Soleil (1983)
(Documentary)

2.   La Jetee (1962)
(Live-Action Short)

3.   Level Five (1997)
(Documentary)

4.   The Last Bolshevik (1992)
(Documentary)

5.   One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (1999)
(Documentary)

6.   A Grin Without a Cat (1977)
(Documentary)

7.   Le Joli Mai (1963)
(Documentary)

8.   A.K. (1985)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Terrence Malick Films

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

1.   The Tree of Life (2011)

2.   The New World (2005)

3.   The Thin Red Line (1998)

4.   Days of Heaven (1978)

5.   A Hidden Life (2019)

6.   Badlands (1973)

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

1.   Knight of Cups (2015)

2.   To the Wonder (2012)

3.   Song to Song (2017)