American Filmmakers

My Favorite Buster Keaton Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The General (1926)
(co-directed with Clyde Bruckman)

2.   Sherlock Jr. (1924)

3.   The Navigator (1924)
(co-directed with Donald Crisp)

4.   Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
(co-directed with Charles Reisner)

5.   The Cameraman (1928)
(co-directed with Edward Sedgwick)

6.   Our Hospitality (1923)
(co-directed with John G. Blystone)

7.   Seven Chances (1925)

8.   Go West (1925)

9.   Three Ages (1923)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (1917-1923)

1.   One Week (1920)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

2.   The Scarecrow (1920)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

3.   The Goat (1921)
(co-directed with Malcolm St. Clair)

4.   Cops (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

5.   The Playhouse (1921)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

6.   The High Sign (1921)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

7.   Neighbors (1920)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

8.   The Electric House (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

9.   The Boat (1921)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

10. Hard Luck (1921)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

11. Convict 13 (1920)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

12. The Love Nest (1923)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

13. The Blacksmith (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

14. The Paleface (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)
(no relation to the Bob Hope movie)

15. The Haunted House (1921)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

16. Day Dreams (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

17. The Balloonatic (1923)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

18. My Wife’s Relations (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

19. The Frozen North (1922)
(co-directed with Edward F. Cline)

20. The Rough House (1917)
(co-directed with Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (1934-1937) (Educational Pictures)

1.   Grand Slam Opera (1936)
(co-directed with Charles Lamont)

2.   Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
(co-directed with Charles Lamont)

3.   One Run Elmer (1935)
(allegedly, Charles Lamont co-directed)

4.   Allez Oop (1935)
(co-directed with Charles Lamont)

5.   The Gold Ghost (1934)
(co-directed with Charles Lamont)

6.   Blue Blazes (1936)
(co-directed with Raymond Kane)

7.   Mixed Magic (1936)
(co-directed with Raymond Kane)

8.   Tars and Stripes (1935)
(co-directed with Charles Lamont)

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

1.   College (1927)
(co-directed with James W. Horne)

My Favorite Phil Karlson Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The Phenix City Story (1955)

2.   99 River Street (1953)

3.   Gunman’s Walk (1958)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

4.   Kansas City Confidential (1952)

5.   Scandal Sheet (1952)

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

1.   The Brothers Rico (1957)

2.   5 Against the House (1955)

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 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 Tobe Hooper Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

2.   Salem’s Lot (1979)
(TV miniseries)

3.   Poltergeist (1982)

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

1.   Tales from the Crypt (1991)
1a. Episode: “Dead Wait”
(Cable/Television)

2.   Body Bags (1993)
2a. Segment: “Eye”
(Anthology Film)

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

1.   The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

2.   The Funhouse (1981)

My Favorite Alfred Hitchcock Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Vertigo (1958)

2.   Marnie (1964)

3.   Family Plot (1976)

4.   Under Capricorn (1949)

5.   The Birds (1963)

6.   The Wrong Man (1956)

7.   The Trouble with Harry (1955)

8.   Psycho (1960)

9.   Rear Window (1954)

10. Frenzy (1972)

11. I Confess (1953)

12. Strangers on a Train (1951)

13. Rope (1948)

14. Notorious (1946)

15. North by Northwest (1959)

16. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

17. The Lady Vanishes (1938)

18. Sabotage (1936)
(I watched it online)

19. The 39 Steps (1935)

20. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

21. Stage Fright (1950)

22. Lifeboat (1944)

23. Rebecca (1940)

24. Foreign Correspondent (1940)

25. To Catch a Thief (1955)

26. Dial M for Murder (1954)

27. Suspicion (1941)

28. Young and Innocent (1937)
(I watched it online)

29. Rich and Strange (1931)
(I watched it online)

30. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
(no relation to the 2005 film)

31. Murder! (1930)

32. Blackmail (1929)

33. The Ring (1927)

34. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

35. Topaz (1969)

36. Spellbound (1945)

37. Torn Curtain (1966)

38. Saboteur (1942)

39. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – Season 1 (1962)
39a. Episode: “I Saw the Whole Thing”
(Television)

40. The Paradine Case (1947)

41. Secret Agent (1936)
(I watched it online)

42. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

43. Number 17 (1932)
(I watched it online)

44. The Manxman (1929)
(I watched it online)

45. The Farmer’s Wife (1928)
(I watched it online)

46. Downhill (1927)

47. Champagne (1928)
(I watched it online)

48. Easy Virtue (1928)
(I watched it online)

49. Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
(I watched it online)

50. Jamaica Inn (1939)
(I watched it online)

51. The Skin Game (1931)
(I watched it online)

52. Mary (1931)

53. The Pleasure Garden (1925)
(I watched it online)

54. Juno and the Paycock (1930)
(I watched it online)

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

1.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 1 (1955)
1a. Episode: “Revenge”
1b. Episode: “Breakdown”
1c. Episode: “The Case of Mr. Pelham”
(Television)

2.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 2 (1956/1956/1957)
2a. Episode: “Wet Saturday”
2b. Episode: “Mr. Blanchard’s Secret”
2c. Episode: “One More Mile to Go”
(Television)

3.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 3 (1957/1958/1958)
3a. Episode: “The Perfect Crime”
3b. Episode: “Lamb to the Slaughter”
3c. Episode: “Dip in the Pool”
(Television)

4.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 4 (1958/1959)
4a. Episode: “Poison”
4b. Episode: “Banquo’s Chair”
(Television)

5.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 5 (1959)
5a. Episode: “Arthur”
5b. Episode: “The Crystal Trench”
(Television)

6.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 6 (1960/1961)
6a. Episode: “Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat”
6b. Episode: “The Horseplayer”
(Television)

7.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 7 (1961)
7a. Episode: “Bang! You’re Dead”
(Television)

My Favorite Walter Hill Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The Warriors (1979)

2.   Deadwood – Season 1 (2004)
2a. Episode 1: Pilot (2004)
(Cable/Television)

3.   Southern Comfort (1981)

4.   The Driver (1978)

5.   Hard Times (1975)

6.   The Long Riders (1980)

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

1.   Tales from the Crypt – Season 2 (1990)
1a. Episode 2: Cutting Cards (1990)
(Cable/Television)

2.   Tales from the Crypt – Season 1 (1989)
2a. Episode 1: The Man Who Was Death (1989)
(Cable/Television)

3.   Tales from the Crypt – Season 3 (1991)
3a. Episode 12: Deadline (1991)
(Cable/Television)

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

1.   Bullet to the Head (2012)

2.   Wild Bill (1995)

3.   48 Hrs. (1982)

4.   Broken Trail (2006)
(Miniseries)
(Cable/Television)

5.   Undisputed (2002)

6.   Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

7.   Trespass (1992)

8.   Streets of Fire (1984)

9.   Extreme Prejudice (1987)

10. Johnny Handsome (1989)

11. Last Man Standing (1996)

My Favorite Monte Hellman Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

2.   The Shooting (1966)

3.   Cockfighter (1974)

4.   Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)

5.   Iguana (1988)

6.   China 9, Liberty 37 (1978)

7.   Road to Nowhere (2010)

My Favorite Howard Hawks Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Rio Bravo (1959)

2.   El Dorado (1966)

3.   Hatari! (1962)

4.   Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

5.   Monkey Business (1952)
(no relation to the 1931 film)

6.   The Big Sky (1952)

7.   Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

8.   Scarface (1932)

9.   Bringing Up Baby (1938)

10. To Have and Have Not (1944)

11. Red River (1948)

12. His Girl Friday (1940)

13. Twentieth Century (1934)

14. Ball of Fire (1941)

15. I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

16. The Big Sleep (1946)

17. Red Line 7000 (1965)

18. Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

19. Man’s Favorite Sport? (1964)

20. Come and Get It (1936)
(co-directed with William Wyler)

21. Ceiling Zero (1936)

22. Barbary Coast (1935)

23. The Criminal Code (1931)

24. The Dawn Patrol (1930)

25. A Girl in Every Port (1928)
(I watched it online)

26. Paid to Love (1927)
(I watched it online)

27. Fig Leaves (1926)
(I watched it online)

28. The Thing from Another World (1951)
(he may or may not have co-directed it with Christian Nyby)

29. Air Force (1943)

30. Corvette K-225 (1943)
(he may or may not have co-directed it with Robert Rosson)

31. The Crowd Roars (1932)

32. Tiger Shark (1932)

33. Rio Lobo (1970)

34. A Song Is Born (1948)

35. Sergeant York (1941)

36. Today We Live (1933)

37. The Road to Glory (1936)

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

1.   O. Henry’s Full House (1952)
(Segment: “The Ransom of Red Chief”)