1990’s Cinema

My Favorite Akira Kurosawa Films

by John Charet

* * * * (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)

My Favorite Stanley Kubrick Films

by John Charet

* * * * (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)

My Favorite Hirokazu Koreeda Films

by John Charet

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

1.   After the Storm (2016)

2.   Still Walking (2008)

3.   After Life (1998)

4.   Like Father, Like Son (2013)
(no relation to the 1987 Dudle Moore film)

5.   Nobody Knows (2004)

6.   Maborosi (1995)

7.   Our Little Sister (2015)

8.   I Wish (2011)

My Favorite Krzysztof Kieslowski Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The Decalogue (1988)
(Polish TV Miniseries)

2.   Three Colors: Red (1994)

3.   Three Colors: Blue (1993)

4.   Three Colors: White (1994)

5.   The Double Life Of Veronique (1991)

6.   A Short Film About Love (1988)

7.   A Short Film About Killing (1988)

8.   No End (1985)

9.   Camera Buff (1979)

10. The Scar (1976)

11. Blind Chance (1987)

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

1.   The Office (1966)

2.   Tramway (1966)

3.   Concert of Requests (1967) 

My Favorite Abbas Kiarostami Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)

2.   Taste of Cherry (1997)

3.   Life, and Nothing More… (1992)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

4.   Close-Up (1990)

5.   Where Is the Friend’s Home? (1987)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

6.   Certified Copy (2010)

7.   Ten (2002)

8.   Like Someone in Love (2012)

9.   Shirin (2008)

10. The Traveler (1974)

11. ABC Africa (2001)
(Documentary)

12. Tickets (2005)
(co-directed with Ermanno Olmi and Ken Loach)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)

1.   Lumiere and Company (1995)
(Segment: “Dinner for One”)

 

My Favorite Jim Jarmusch Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Dead Man (1995)

2.   Paterson (2016)

3.   Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

4.   Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

5.   Down by Law (1986)

6.   The Limits of Control (2009)

7.   Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
(Anthology)

8.   Broken Flowers (2005)

9.   Mystery Train (1989)
(Anthology)

10. Night on Earth (1991)
(Anthology)

11. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

12. The Dead Don’t Die (2019)

13. Permanent Vacation (1980)

14. Gimme Danger (2016)
(Documentary)

15. Year of the Horse (1997)
(Concert Film/Documentary)

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

1.   Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
1a. Segment: Int. Trailer Night (2002)
(Anthology)

My Favorite Derek Jarman Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Blue (1993)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
(no relation to Three Colours: Blue)

2.   War Requiem (1989)

3.   Jubilee (1977)

4.   Edward II (1991)

5.   The Garden (1990)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

6.   The Last of England (1987)

7.   Sebastiane (1976)

8.   Wittgenstein (1993)

9.   Caravaggio (1986)

10. The Tempest (1979)

My Favorite Steve James Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Hoop Dreams (1994)

2.   The New Americans (2004)
(co-directed with Gordon Quinn and Gita Saedi)
(Television)

3.   The Interrupters (2011)

4.   Life Itself (2014)

5.   Stevie (2003)

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

1.   Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016) 

2.   Head Games (2012)

3.   At the Death House Door (2008)

4.   Reel Paradise (2005)

My Favorite Peter Jackson Films

by John Charet

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

1.   They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
(Documentary)

2.   Heavenly Creatures (1994)

3.   Forgotten Silver (1995)
(co-directed with Costa Botes)
(Mockumentary)

4.   Dead Alive (1992)
(a.k.a. Braindead)

5.   Bad Taste (1987)

6.   Meet the Feebles (1989)

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

1.   The Frighteners (1996)

2a. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
2b. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
2c. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

3.   King Kong (2005)