My 100-ish Favorite Films

These are my forever fluctuating 100 favorite films, listed alphabetically. Comments/recommendations are welcome.

8 1/2 (1963) - Fellini
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35 Rhums (2008) - Denis
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A Nous Amours (1983) - Pialat
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The Act of Killing/The Look of Silence (2013, 2014) - Oppenheimer
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Alien (1979) - Scott
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Les Amants du Pont-Neuf/Lovers on the Bridge (1991) - Carax
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Andrei Rublev (1966) - Tarkovsky
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L'année dernière à Marienbad/Last Year at Marienbad (1962) - Resnais
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Arabian Nights: Vol. 1, 2, 3 (2015) - Gomes
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Ash is Purest White (2018) - Jia
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Beau Travail (1999) - Denis
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Bis ans Ende der Welt/Until the End of the World (1991) - Wenders
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Blade Runner (1982) - Scott
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Born in Flames (1983) - Borden
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Burning (2018) - Lee
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Café Lumière (2003) - Hou
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Céline et Julie vont en bateau/Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) - Rivette
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Certified Copy (2010) - Kiarostami
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Crash (1997) - Cronenberg
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La double vie Veronique/Double Life of Veronique (1991) - Kieslowski
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Die Dreigroschenoper/The Threepenny Opera (1931) - Pabst
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Eden (2014) - Hansen-Løve
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Gondry
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Fallen Angels (1995) - Wong
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Few of Us (1996) - Bartas
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The Fog (1980) - Carpenter
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Fontainhas Trilogy (1997, 2000, 2006) - Costa
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Gespenster/Ghosts (2005) - Petzold
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Goodbye Dragon Inn (2003) - Tsai
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Der Himmel über Berlin/Wings of Desire (1987) - Wenders
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Hiroshima mon amour (1959) - Resnais
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Histoire(s) du cinema (1988-98) - Godard
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Hors Satan/Outside Satan (2011) - Dumont
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Die innere Sicherheit/The State I Am In (2001) - Petzold
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India Song (1975) - Duras
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Innocence (2004) - Hadzihalilovic
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Institute Benjamenta (1995) - The Quays
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Irma Vep (2022) - Assayas
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Je Vous Salue, Marie/Hail Mary (1985) - Godard
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Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle/The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) - Herzog
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Un Lac/The Lake (2008) - Grandrieux
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Leviathan (2012) - Catraing-Taylor, Paravel
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Limbo (1999) - Sayles
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Liquid Sky (1982) - Tsukerman
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Long Day's Journey into Night (2018) - Bi
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Maborosi (1995) - Kore Eda
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Malina (1991) - Schroeter
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Melancholia (2011) - von Trier
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Millenium Mambo (2001) - Hou
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Mon Oncle d'Amerique/My American Uncle (1980) - Resnais
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Morvern Callar (2002) - Ramsay Morvern Callar

Los Muertos/The Deads (2004) - Alonso
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Mulholland Dr. (2000) - Lynch
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Night and the City (1950) - Dassin
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La niña santa/The Holy Girl (2004) - Martel
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Nosferatu, Phantom der Nacht (1979) - Herzog
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Nouvelle Vague (1990) - Godard
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O Sangue (1989) - Costa
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Only God Forgives (2013) - Refn
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974) - Terayama
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Peppermint Candy (1999) - Lee
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Peppermint Frappé (1967) - Saura 50819955136_9c7497328e_o

Pickup on South Street (1953) - Fuller
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Possession (1981) - Zulawski
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The Red Shoes (1948) - Powell/Pressburger
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Remorques/Stormy Waters (1941) - Gremillon
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Rocco e i suoi fratelli/Rocco and His Brothers (1960) - Visconti
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La Rose de Fer/Iron Rose (1973) - Rollin
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Running in Madness, Dying in Love (1969) - Wakamatsu
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Sans Soleil/Sunless (1983) - Marker
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Sans toit ni loi/Vagabond (1985) - Varda
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Såsom i en spegel/Through a Glass Darkly (1961) - Bergman
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Sedmikrásky/Daisies (1966) - Chytilova
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Sleep Has Her House (2016) - Barley
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Solaris (1972) - Tarkovsky
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Stoker (2013) - Park
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Stromboli (1950) - Rosselini
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Stroszek (1977) - Herzog
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Suspiria (1977) - Argento
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Synecdoche, New York (2008) - Kaufman
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Terrorizers (1986) - Yang
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The Thing (1982) - Carpenter
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Touki Bouki (1973) - Mambéty
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Toute une nuit (1982) - Akerman
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Tren de Sombras/Train of Shadows (1997) - Guerin
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The Trial (1963) - Welles
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Trys dienos/Three Days (1992) - Bartas
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Twin Peaks: The Return Ep.8 (2017) - Lynch
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Typhoon Club (1985) - Sômai Screen Shot 2023-06-07 at 10.44.03 AM Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Weerasethakul
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Under the Skin (2013) - Glazer
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Vertigo (1958) - Hitchcock
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La ville de pirates/City of Pirates (1983) - Ruiz
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Vtackovia, Siroty a Blazni/Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) - Jakubisko
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Week End (1967) - Godard
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Werckmeister harmóniák (2000) - Tarr
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White Material (2009) - Denis
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Woman in the Dunes (1964) - Teshigahara
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The List Updated on 1/27/22

6 comments:

  1. great list Dustin, I havent seen much pre-1980 and this puts my lists to shame. Now I am seriously going to hunt for some of those that I have not seen.

    Rena
    http://www.walterosborne.com/author/rena/

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  2. Thanks for your kind words. The list keeps fluctuating, so please visit from time to time.

    Best,
    D

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  3. i've been visiting this list for two years now, trying to find time looking for the titles you've mentioned. it's a beautiful list, and it's my favorite.

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    1. Thanks for your comment. Let me know if there are any titles you can't find. I may be able to help.

      Best,
      D

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  4. I noticed you have two films on your list starring Richard Widmark, Night and The City and Pick Up on South Street. The former is one of my favorite examples of noir fatalism. I almost weep at the end when the near hysterical Harry Fabian finally managed to pull off a get-rich-quick scheme.

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  5. Thanks. Already love some, and I've bookmarked half a dozen. In return:

    On Body and Soul (Hungary 2017)
    Loveless (Russia 2017)
    One Fine Spring Day (Korea 2001)
    Winter Sleep (Turkey 2014)
    Omar (Palestine 2013)
    Beanpole (Russia 2019)
    The Great Beauty (Italy 2013)
    The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium 2012)
    Three Colors Blue (Poland but set France 1993)
    You Won't Be Alone (Macedonia 2022)
    Worst Person in the World (Norway 2021)
    Lust, Caution (Taiwan 2007)
    Air Doll (Japan 2009)
    Let the Right One In (Sweden 2008)
    Heartstone (Iceland 2016)
    4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Romania 2007)
    Something Useful (Turkey 2017)
    Paris, 13th District (France 2021)
    A Separation (Iran 2011)
    Happy as Lazzaro (Italy 2018)
    Late Autumn (Korea set USA 2010
    I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (Korea 2006)

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