All good choices from everyone! A few I’ve seen in the past year or two that I’ve enjoyed (in no particular order):
- Touch of Evil, Orson Wells (1958)
- The Third Man, Carol Reed (1949)
- In a Lonely Place, Nicholas Ray (1950)
- Key Largo, John Huston (1948)
- All Quiet on the Western Front, Lewis Milestone (1930)
- Sleepers West, Eugene Forde (1941)
- Yojimbo, Akira Kurosawa (1961)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sidney Lanfield (1939)
- This Gun for Hire, Frank Tuttle (1942)
- The Tragedy of Macbeth, Joel Coen (2021)
I will start with some of mine!
- Strangers on a Train, Alfred Hitchcock (1951)
- Blonde Venus, Joseph Von Sternberg (1932)
- Witness for the Prosecution, Billy Wilder (1957)
- The bad and the Beautiful, Vincent Minelli (1952)
- Hail the Conquering Hero, Preston Surges (1944)
- Ace in the Hole, Billy Wilder (1951)
- Elevator to the Gallows, Louis Malle (1958)
- Rome Open City, Roberto Rossellini (1945)
- The Third Lover, Claude Chabrol (1962)
- The Ascent, Larisa Shepitko (1977)
- Ivan’s Childhood, Andrei Tarkovsky (1962)
- Masculin Feminin, Jean-Luc Godard (1966)
- The Cameraman, Buster Keaton (1928)
- Shock Corridor, Sam Fuller (1963)
- The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin (1925)
Curious about yours ! :)
Okay, my turn…
Are repeat mentions allowed? The posters so far have good taste.
In no particular order, my baker’s dozen:
- Eraserhead (Lynch, 1977)
- The Elephant Man (Lynch, 1980)
- Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
- Le Trou (The Hole), Becker, FRA, 1960
- The Third Man (1949)
- Village of The Damned (1960)
- Casablanca (Really? Thought I’d leave that one out?) (19
- Spellbound (Hitchcock, 1945)
- Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960)
- Fail Safe (Lumet, 1964)
- Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog), Buñuel/Dalí, FRA, 1929
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- The Apartment (1960)
Wait! Wait! I have to repeat-mention 2019’s The Lighthouse!
Great list! You should post frames from some of those that are still missing here :)
Can’t believe I forgot The Apartment from my list! And really I’d include all of these. There’s so many to choose from
I could pick so many. Gonna try to limit it.
- 8 1/2
- Persona
- Los Olvidados
- Harakiri
- The Human Condition Trilogy
- Hiroshima Mon Amour
- Au Hasard Balthazar
- Cleo From 5 to 7
- Seven Samurai
- It’s A Wonderful Life
- Citizen Kane
- City Lights
- Man With a Movie Camera
- La Haine
I really like Francis Ha - not sure why, maybe it’s just the way Greta moves