The Best Films Of All Time !!!
"Film will only become an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper." - Jean Cocteau
"Hollywood has melted everyone's brains. In the old days you had one murder and that was enough for a story. Now you have to kill 300,000 people just to get the audience's attention." - Aki Kaurismaki
This list is NOT in any order of preference or ranking.
All foreign films have English subtitles.
"Hollywood has melted everyone's brains. In the old days you had one murder and that was enough for a story. Now you have to kill 300,000 people just to get the audience's attention." - Aki Kaurismaki
This list is NOT in any order of preference or ranking.
All foreign films have English subtitles.
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- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartJean ArthurClaude RainsA naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.James Stewart
A classic portrayal of the well worn tale of the young, naïve idealist who takes on the corrupt Establishment. - DirectorJean RenoirStarsMarcel DalioNora GregorPaulette DubostA bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.This film was booed in Paris when it was released in 1939, and the critics in 1939 all gave it a thumbs down because it hit too close to home in its portrayal of the phoniness of French social norms of the day. After running only a few weeks in 1939, it disappeared until being re-re-released in the 1950's and has been very favorably considered a Renoir classic since then both by film fans and by film critics.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'Orson Welles.
- DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsAleksandr AntonovVladimir BarskiyGrigoriy AleksandrovIn the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.silent film.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.screenplay: Stanley Kubrick et al.
dir: Stanley Kubrick.
available at Amazon.com Instant Video. - DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsSergey DreydenMariya KuznetsovaLeonid MozgovoyA 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.The first and only film in the History Of World Cinema that was filmed in just one continuous take. That is, there are NO edit breaks in this film because the camera was turned on at the start of filming and was not turned off until 90 minutes later when the film was finished.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsVivien LeighMarlon BrandoKim HunterDisturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.Marlon Brando. Vivian Leigh. Karl Malden.
Tennessee William's play. - DirectorElia KazanStarsJames DeanRaymond MasseyJulie HarrisTwo brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.James Dean,
James Dean gives a brilliant portrayal of the classic dilemma of a boy who just can't get his father's approval & validation, no matter how hard he tries. - DirectorEndre HulesStarsEndre HulesZsolt LászlóBea MelkviThere were two brothers - two dancers - in Communist Hungary. One defected, the other stuck it out. One gave his soul to commerce, the other to the Party. After twenty years, they meet again. And the dance begins.dir: Endre Hules.
screenplay: Endre Hules.
lead actor: Endre Hules.
available at Fandor.com.
20 Stars !!! - DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsAgata KuleszaAgata TrzebuchowskaDawid OgrodnikA novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.dir Pawel Pawlikowski.
screenplay: Pawel Pawlikowski et al.
available at Fandor.com.
20 Stars !!! - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonLiv UllmannMargaretha KrookA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.Available at Criterion.com/Hulu.
The very best Ingmar Bergman film that I've seen yet. Heavy psychological storyline. Radical editing that complements the intensely psychological character of this screenplay. Never have seen another film that I could say has more artistic merit than this one. Liv Ullman as Lisbeth doesn't speak even one word for the entire film. Must see this film if only because it is so unique-You'll never view another one quite like it. - DirectorTed KotcheffStarsIngrid BergmanA monologue of a woman talking on the phone with her longterm lover who is about to marry another girl.A one character play written by Jean Cocteau in 1930 & first performed on stage in Paris in 1930.
Available on YouTube-search:
"The Human Voice TV 1966 Ingrid Bergman".
On YouTube channel "cris313nes's channel". - DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloCarlo VerdoneSabrina FerilliJep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.dir: Paulo Sorrentino.
screenplay: Paulo Sorrentino et al.
available at Fandor.com.
20 Stars !!! - DirectorLouis MalleStarsCatherine DemongeotPhilippe NoiretHubert DeschampsWith her mother away for the weekend, a brash and precocious ten-year-old country girl sets out to explore Paris during a Métro strike under her uncle's not-so-watchful eye. But can a little girl cause so much chaos in the city centre?dir: Louis Malle.
screenplay (adaptation): Louis Malle.
available at Criterion.com/Hulu. - DirectorVilgot SjömanStarsLena NymanVilgot SjömanBörje AhlstedtTold in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.dir: Vilgot Sjoman.
screenplay: Vilgot Sjoman.
available at Criterion.com/Hulu. - DirectorVilgot SjömanStarsMaj HulténVilgot SjömanLena NymanTold in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) deals with topics such as class society, religion, sex, contraceptives, and the Swedish prison Kumla.dir: Vilgot Sjoman.
screenplay: Vilgot Sjoman.
available at Criterion.com/Hulu. - DirectorJean-Luc GodardJean-Pierre GorinStarsYves MontandJane FondaVittorio CaprioliGodard examines the structure of movies, relationships and revolutions through the life of a couple in Paris.dir: Jean-Luc Godard.
Writer: Jean-Luc Godard et al.
available at Criterion.com/Hulu. - DirectorFritz LangStarsPaul RichterMargarete SchönTheodor LoosSiegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, sets off on a treacherous journey to the Kingdom of Burgundy to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Princess Kriemhild.silent film.
Available on Fandor.com under the title of Siegfried.
run time is actually 148 minutes.
Part 1 of the 2 part epic Die Nibelungen. - DirectorDelbert MannStarsErnest BorgnineBetsy BlairEsther MinciottiA middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.Ernest Borgnine
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobert De NiroKevin BaconBrad PittAfter a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge.Brad Pitt. Kevin Bacon. Robert De Niro.
An innovative, creative, & well thought out variation of the age old revenge story. - DirectorRichard BrooksStarsElizabeth TaylorPaul NewmanBurl IvesBrick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.Paul Newman. Elizabeth Taylor. Burl Ives.
Tennessee William's play. - DirectorMartin RittStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardAnthony FranciosaAccused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.Paul Newman. Joanne Woodward. Orson Welles.
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordRobert ShawTwo grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Paul Newman. Robert Redford.
- DirectorTim RobbinsStarsSusan SarandonSean PennRobert ProskyA nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.Susan Sarandon. Sean Penn.