* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Pulse (2001)
2. Cure (1997)
3. Creepy (2016)
4. Tokyo Sonata (2008)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Penance (2012)
(Japanese TV Miniseries)
2. Seance (2000)
(Japanese TV Film)
Mystery
My Favorite Akira Kurosawa Films
* * * * (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
* * * * (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 Satoshi Kon Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Animation/Anime)
1. Paprika (2006)
2. Millennium Actress (2001)
3. Perfect Blue (1997)
4. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
My Favorite Kim Jee-woon Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Bittersweet Life (2005)
2. The Age of Shadows (2016)
3. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
2. I Saw the Devil (2010)
3. The Last Stand (2013)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)
1. Three (2002)
(Segment: “Memories”)
My Favorite Krzysztof Kieslowski Films
* * * * (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 Jim Jarmusch Films
* * * * (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 Tobe Hooper Films
* * * * (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
* * * * (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 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”)
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