My Favorite Preston Sturges Films (Revised and Updated)

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

1.   The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)

2.   The Lady Eve (1941)

3.   The Palm Beach Story (1942)

4.   Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

5.   Christmas in July (1940)

6.   Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

7.   The Great McGinty (1940)

8.   Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

9.   The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)

10. The Great Moment (1944)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

11. The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

 

My Favorite Zack Snyder Films (New)

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

1.   Sucker Punch (2011)

2.   Watchmen (2009)

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

1.   Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

2.   Man of Steel (2013)

3.   Justice League (2017)

4.   Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)
(Animated Film)

5.   300 (2006)
(he did not direct the equally very good sequel)

6.   Dawn of the Dead (2004)

My Favorite Douglas Sirk Films (Revised and Updated)

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

1.   Imitation of Life (1959)

2.   The Tarnished Angels (1957)

3.   A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)

4.   Written on the Wind (1956)

5.   All That Heaven Allows (1955)

6.   Magnificent Obsession (1954)

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

1.   Interlude (1957)

2.   There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

3.   All I Desire (1953)

5.   Shockproof (1949)

6.   Lured (1947)

My Favorite David O. Russell Films (New)

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

1.   Three Kings (1999)

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

1.   American Hustle (2013)

2.   Joy (2015)

3.   The Fighter (2010)

4.   Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

5.   Flirting with Disaster (1996)

6.   I Heart Huckabees (2004)

7.   Spanking the Monkey (1994)
(Yes that is the actual title of the film)

My Favorite Jean Renoir Films (Revised and Updated)

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

1.   Grand Illusion (1937)

2.   The Rules of the Game (1939)

3.   A Day in the Country (1936) (Short Film)

4.   The River (1951)

5.   The Southerner (1945)

6.   The Golden Coach (1952)

7.   La Chienne (1931)

8.   The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)

9.   Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)

10. La Bete Humaine (1938)

11. Toni (1935)

12. French Cancan (1954)

13. Picnic on the Grass (1959)

14. The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1970) (TV Film)

15. The Lower Depths (1936)

16. Elena and Her Men (1956)

17. La Marseillaise (1938)

18. The Elusive Corporal (1962)

19. The Diary of a Chambermaid (1945)

20. The Testament of Doctor Cordelier (1959) (TV Film)

My Favorite Max Ophuls Films (Revised and Updated)

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

1.   The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)

2.   The Reckless Moment (1949)
(I watched it on TCM a few years back)

3.   La Ronde (1950)

4.   Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

5.   Le Plaisir (1952)

6.   Caught (1949)

7.   Lola Montes (1955)

8.   Liebelei (1933)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

9.   La Signora di Tutti (1934)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

10. The Exile (1947)
(I watched it on TCM a while back)