My Favorite Mohsen Makhmalbaf Films (New)

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1.   A Moment of Innocence (1996)

2.   Gabbeh (1996)

3.   The Silence (1998)

4.   The Cyclist (1989)

5.   Kandahar (2001)

6.   Boycott (1985)

7.   Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)

8.   Marriage of the Blessed (1989)

9.   The Actor (1993)

10. Sex & Philosophy (2005)

Note: If their is a Mohsen Makhmalbaf you do not see on there that is because I have not seen them yet and speaking of which, I would love to see The Gardner and his more recent film The President get a Blu-ray/DVD release.

My Favorite Guy Maddin Films (New)

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1.   My Winnipeg (2007) (Part Documentary)

2.   Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)

3.   Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)

4.   The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

5.   Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002)

6.   Archangel (1990)

7.   Careful (1992)

8.   Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988)

9.   Keyhole (2011)

10. Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997)

Note: I plan on seeing Maddin’s The Forbidden Room when it opens here in Illinois. I am hoping it will come before the end of 2015. 🙂

My Favorite Chris Marker Films (New)

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1.   La Jetee (1962) (Short)

2.   Sans Soleil (1983) (Documentary)

3.   One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (1999) (Documentary)

4.   Grin Without a Cat (1977) (Documentary)

5.   A.K. (1985) (Documentary)

My Favorite Fritz Lang Films (Revised and Updated)

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1.   M (1931)

2.   Metropolis (1927)

3.   While the City Sleeps (1956)

4.   Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic (1959)

5.   The Big Heat (1953)

6.   The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

7.   Spies (1928)

8.   Die Nibelungen (1924)

9.   Scarlet Street (1945)

10. The Woman in the Window (1944)

11. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)

12. The Blue Gardenia (1953)

13. Rancho Notorious (1952)

14. House by the River (1950)

15. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)

16. Destiny (1921)

17. The Spiders (1919/1920)

18. Harakiri (1919)

19. Liliom (1934)

20. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) (Not the 2009 version)

21. Woman in the Moon (1929)

22. Secret Beyond the Door (1947)

23. Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

24. Ministry of Fear (1944)

25. You Only Live Once (1937)

26. Man Hunt (1941)

27. Human Desire (1954)

28. Western Union (1941)

29. You and Me (1938)

30. The Return of Frank James (1940)

31. Clash by Night (1952)

32. Fury (1936) (No releation to the 1978 or 2014 films)

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

1.   Cloak and Dagger (1946)

2.   Moonfleet (1955)

3.   American Guerilla in the Philippines (1950)

My Favorite Akira Kurosawa Films (Revised and Updated)

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1.   Seven Samurai (1954)

2.   Ran (1985)

3.   Madadayo (1993)

4.   Throne of Blood (1957)

5.   Ikiru (1952)

6.   Rashomon (1950)

7.   High and Low (1963)

8.   Kagemusha (1980)

9.   Yojimbo (1961)

10. The Hidden Fortress (1958)

11. Sanjuro (1962)

12. Stray Dog (1949)

13. Red Beard (1965)

14. Dersu Uzala (1975)

15. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

16. The Idiot (1951)

17. I Live in Fear (1955)

18. Rhapsody in August (1991)

19. Dreams (1990)

20. The Lower Depths (1957)

21. Dodes’ka-den (1970)

22. Scandal (1950)

23. The Quiet Duel (1949)

24. Drunken Angel (1948)

25. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)

26. One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

27. Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945)

28. Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

29. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945)

30. The Most Beautiful (1944)

My Favorite Stanley Kubrick Films (Revised and Updated)

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1.   Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

2.   The Shining (1980)

3.   Barry Lyndon (1975)

4.   2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)  

5.   The Killing (1956)

6.   Dr. Strangelove (1964)

7.   A Clockwork Orange (1971)

8.   Paths of Glory (1957)

9.   Full Metal Jacket (1987)

10. Lolita (1962)

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

1.   Spartacus (1960)

2.   Killer’s Kiss (1955)

3.   Fear and Desire (1953)

My Favorite Krzysztof Kieslowski Films (New)

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1.   The Decalogue (1989) (Mini-Series)

2.   A Short Film About Killing (1988)

3.   Three Colors Trilogy (1993-1994)
Blue (1993)
White (1994)
Red (1994)

4.   The Double Life of Veronique (1991)

5.   A Short Film About Love (1988)

My Favorite Abbas Kiarostami Films (Revised and Updated)

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1.   The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)

2.   Close-Up (1990) (Part Documentary)

3.   Life, and Nothing More… (1992) (Part Documentary)

4.   Where is the Friend’s Home? (1987)

5.   Taste of Cherry (1997)

6.   Ten (2002)

7.   Through the Olive Trees (1994)

8.   The Traveler (1974)

9.   Certified Copy (2010)

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

1.   10 on Ten (2004) (Documentary)

2.   Homework (1989) (Documentary)

3.   ABC Africa (2001) (Documentary)

4.   Like Someone in Love (2012)

5.   Shirin (2008)

6.   Five (2003) (Documentary)

My Favorite Buster Keaton Films (Revised and Updated)

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1.   Sherlock Jr. (1924)

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

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

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

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

6.   Seven Chances (1925)

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

8.   Go West (1925)

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

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

1.   Buster Keaton: Short Films Collection – 1920-1923 (2011)

2.   Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts – 1934-1937 (2011)