One year, one film:
2000-2010
2010: MYSTERIES OF LISBON
2009: A SERIOUS MAN
2008: BURN AFTER READING
2007: THERE WILL BE BLOOD
2006: PAN'S LABYRINTH
2005: THE SUN
2004: 2046
2003: OLDBOY
2002: FEMME FATALE
2001: A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
2000: EUREKA
1990-1999
1999: TITUS
1998: THE BIG LEBOWSKI
1997: HAPPY TOGETHER
1996: SECRETS & LIES
1995: NIXON
1994: CHUNGKING EXPRESS
1993: THREE COLORS: BLUE
1992: BARAKA
1991: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE
1990: METROPOLITAN
1980-1989
1989: THE DECALOGUE
1988: DEAD RINGERS
1987: THE DEAD
1986: BLUE VELVET
1985: RAN
1984: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
1983: THREE CROWNS OF THE SAILOR
1982: THE THING
1981: BLOW OUT
1980: KAGEMUSHA
1970-1979
1979: STALKER
1978: AUTUMN SONATA
1977: THE LAST WAVE
1976: THE TENANT
1975: BARRY LYNDON
1974: F FOR FAKE
1973: DON’T LOOK NOW
1972: AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD
1971: THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
1970: THE CONFORMIST
1960-1969
1969: ANDREI RUBLEV
1968: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1967: POINT BLANK
1966: WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
1965: CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
1964: THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
1963: CONTEMPT
1962: THE TRIAL
1961: LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
1960: PEEPING TOM
1950-1959
1959: HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR
1958: VERTIGO
1957: NIGHTS OF CABIRIA
1956: BIGGER THAN LIFE
1955: ORDET
1954: SENSO
1953: TOKYO STORY
1952: OTHELLO
1951: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1950: SUNSET BOULEVARD
1940-1949
1949: THE THIRD MAN
1948: THE RED SHOES
1947: THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
1946: GREAT EXPECTATIONS
1945: BRIEF ENCOUNTER
1944: IVAN THE TERRIBLE
1943: DAY OF WRATH
1942: CASABLANCA
1941: CITIZEN KANE
1940: FANTASIA
1930-1939
1939: THE RULES OF THE GAME
1938: ALEXANDER NEVSKY
1937: MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW
1936: MODERN TIMES
1935: BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
1934: THE BLACK CAT
1933: TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE
1932: VAMPYR
1931: THE THREEPENNY OPERA
1930: THE BLUE ANGEL
1920-1929
1929: PANDORA’S BOX
1928: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
1927: NAPOLEON
1926: FAUST
1925: BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
1924: GREED
1923: LA ROUE
1922: NOSFERATU
1921: DESTINY
1920: THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
5 comments:
I don't know how one could settle with one Nicholas Ray. God knows I can't. I have a fondness for In a Lonely Place but Johnny Guitar, On Dangerous Ground, Rebel Without a Cause, and Bigger Than Life are never far from my mind. As a matter of fact, I would have a hell of a time narrowing down a best of list for the 1950's. Vincente Minnelli, Alfred Hitchcock, Nick Ray, Joe Mankiewicz, and Elia Kazan were just on fire that decade.
There are a lot of directors working at the height of their powers in the 50s, and not just the few you mentioned. There's Dreyer, Resnais, Visconti, Welles, and Ozu... it's a hell of a decade for cinema. In the 50s/60s, the medium was taken about as far as it can go.
Yeah what I mention is the tip of the iceberg. I regret not mentioning Kubrick for Paths of Glory.
I just find it refreshing that two Abel Gance films are listed here. Well done.
I managed to see RAN. Watching Lord Hidetora in shock as the castle he occupied was being destroyed and his men was being slaughtered was beautiful. Unfortunately, the transfer I saw on par with VHS. Yeesh.
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