* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
(co-directed with Terry Gilliam)
2. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
3. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)
Musical
My Favorite Peter Jackson Films
* * * * (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)
My Favorite Howard Hawks Films
* * * * (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”)
My Favorite Jean-Luc Godard Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Goodbye to Language (2014)
2. In Praise of Love (2001)
3. Histoire(s) du cinema (1988/1989/1997/1998)
(Documentary)
4. Passion (1982)
5. Number Two (1975)
6. Weekend (1967)
7. Film Socialisme (2010)
8. Here and Elsewhere (1974)
9. King Lear (1987)
10. La Chinoise (1967)
11. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967)
12. Made in U.S.A. (1966)
13. Masculin Féminin (1966)
14. A Married Woman (1964)
15. Alphaville (1965)
16. Hail Mary (1985)
17. Every Man for Himself (1980)
18. Le Gai savoir (1969)
19. Tout va bien (1972)
20. Notre musique (2004)
21. Contempt (1963)
22. Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
23. Breathless (1960)
24. Pierrot le fou (1965)
25. Band of Outsiders (1964)
26. JLG/JLG – Self-Portrait in December (1994)
(Documentary)
27. Oh Woe Is Me (1993)
28. Les Carabiniers (1963)
29. Le Petit Soldat (1960)
30. Detective (1985)
31. First Name: Carmen (1983)
32. For Ever Mozart (1996)
33. Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
34. Keep Your Right Up (1987)
35. A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Aria (1987)
(Segment: “Armide”)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958)
2. A Story of Water (1958)
(co-directed with Francois Truffaut)
3. All the Boys Are Called Patrick (1957)
My Favorite Allan Dwan Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Silver Lode (1954)
2. Driftwood (1947)
3. Robin Hood (1922)
4. Slightly Scarlet (1956)
5. Manhandled (1924)
6. Zaza (1923)
7. The Iron Mask (1929)
8. A Modern Musketeer (1917)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
2. Heidi (1937)
My Favorite Stanley Donen Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Two for the Road (1967)
2. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
(co-directed with Gene Kelly)
3. Charade (1963)
4. It’s Always Fair Weather (1955)
(co-directed with Gene Kelly)
5. Funny Face (1957)
6. On the Town (1949)
(co-directed with Gene Kelly)
7. The Pajama Game (1957)
(co-directed with George Abbott)
8. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
9. Royal Wedding (1951)
10. Staircase (1969)
11. Bedazzled (1967)
12. Damn Yankees! (1958)
(co-directed with George Abbott)
13. The Grass Is Greener (1960)
14. Indiscreet (1958)
15. Once More, with Feeling! (1960)
16. Give a Girl a Break (1953)
17. Surprise Package (1960)
18. Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
19. Fearless Fagan (1952)
20. Deep in My Heart (1954)
21. Kiss Them for Me (1957)
22. Arabesque (1966)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Little Prince (1974)
2. Movie Movie (1978)
3. Lucky Lady (1975)
My Favorite Brian De Palma Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Fury (1978)
2. Femme Fatale (2002)
3. Blow Out (1981)
4. Dressed to Kill (1980)
5. Carrie (1976)
6. Hi, Mom! (1970)
7. Casualties of War (1989)
8. Sisters (1972)
9. Body Double (1984)
10. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
11. Raising Cain (1992)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Greetings (1968)
2. Carlito’s Way (1993)
3. Scarface (1983)
4. The Untouchables (1987)
My Favorite Jacques Demy Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
2. Model Shop (1969)
3. A Room in Town (1982)
4. Lola (1961)
5. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
6. Bay of Angels (1962)
7. Donkey Skin (1970)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Seven Deadly Sins (1961)
(Segment: “Lust”)
(Anthology Film)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
My Favorite George Cukor Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
2. Bhowani Junction (1956)
3. Adam’s Rib (1949)
4. A Star Is Born (1954)
5. Les Girls (1957)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. A Double Life (1947)
2. Edward, My Son (1949)
3. The Actress (1953)
4. The Marrying Kind (1952)
5. Pat and Mike (1952)
6. Holiday (1938)
7. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
8. Love Among the Ruins (1975)
(Television)
9. The Women (1939)
10. Travels with My Aunt (1972)
11. It Should Happen to You (1954)
12. The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
13. Born Yesterday (1950)
14. Gaslight (1944)
15. A Woman’s Face (1941)
16. Camille (1936)
17. Little Women (1933)
18. Dinner at Eight (1933)
19. David Copperfield (1935)
My Favorite Francis Ford Coppola Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. The Conversation (1974)
3a. The Godfather (1972)
3b. The Godfather Part II (1974)
3c. The Godfather Part III (1990)
4. Rumble Fish (1983)
5. The Cotton Club (1984)
6. One from the Heart (1981)
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