Great films from around the world
A list of great and invaluable films made over years of cinema's history, watching which should give you a fictional, but more relevant, degree of education.
Some of them are acclaimed classics, some not so. Some have been extremely popular, some may not have been. But all are interesting films.
Directors:
Werner Herzog: 12 films
Akira Kurosawa: 9 films
Alfred Hitchcock & Takashi Miike: 8 films
Martin Scorsese: 6 films
Satyajit Ray, Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovskiy: 5 films each
Wong Kar-Wai, Julio Medem, Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Pedro Almodovar, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Sergio Leone, Shion Sono, Francis Ford Coppola, David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick: 3 films each
Decades:
'00s: 1
'20s: 3
'30s: 3
'40s: 11
'50s: 23
'60s: 42
'70s: 30
'80s: 30
'90s: 40
'00s: 55
'10s: 31
Earliest film: A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Newest film: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017)
Some of them are acclaimed classics, some not so. Some have been extremely popular, some may not have been. But all are interesting films.
Directors:
Werner Herzog: 12 films
Akira Kurosawa: 9 films
Alfred Hitchcock & Takashi Miike: 8 films
Martin Scorsese: 6 films
Satyajit Ray, Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovskiy: 5 films each
Wong Kar-Wai, Julio Medem, Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Pedro Almodovar, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Sergio Leone, Shion Sono, Francis Ford Coppola, David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick: 3 films each
Decades:
'00s: 1
'20s: 3
'30s: 3
'40s: 11
'50s: 23
'60s: 42
'70s: 30
'80s: 30
'90s: 40
'00s: 55
'10s: 31
Earliest film: A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Newest film: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017)
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- DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsEiji OkadaKyôko KishidaKôji MitsuiAn entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.Hitchcock was also a master of setting a film's mood right. This is a great example. If he missed a step, this could've ended all wrong, like its remake.
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsÁlex AnguloArmando De RazzaSantiago SeguraBent on committing as many sins as possible to avert the birth of the beast, a Catholic priest teams up with a Black Metal aficionado and an Italian connoisseur of the occult. Now, he must become an unrelenting sinner. Is there still hope?Mad, mad caper where Satan gets involved.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsHarriet AnderssonGunnar BjörnstrandMax von SydowRecently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.Of Bergman, god and spiders. An outstanding film.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneYutaka SadaTatsuya NakadaiAn executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.My favourite Kurosawa film. It has all three of his primary actor-collaborators in Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai, and is a police procedural, mystery and social comment. Even one of the former three makes a movie watchable and to do well even one of the latter three is difficult.
- DirectorPhilip RidleyStarsViggo MortensenLindsay DuncanJeremy CooperIn the 1950s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.A pleasant surprise. Very odd movie but one of the best.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya NakadaiA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.A cracking film which was so good, even the brilliant Fistful of Dollars comes a comfortable second.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsChhabi BiswasGangapada BasuPadmadeviDepicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.Satyajit Ray at his best. A story of a long and constant slide down in the echelons of erstwhile India.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill ShepherdA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.A great study of loneliness.
- StarsArtur BarcisOlgierd LukaszewiczOlaf LubaszenkoTen television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogKlaus KinskiClaudia CardinaleThe love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
- DirectorSingeetam Srinivasa RaoStarsKamal HaasanAmala AkkineniTinnu AnandAn unemployed graduate who coincidentally encounters a rich unconscious man, and takes over his lifestyle by keeping him a prisoner. However, he is in for a twist as a contract killer is after him, assuming him to be the affluent man.A silent movie in the true spirit of the old Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd comedies. It is good that Kamal Hassan is a rightful heir to those three and Bangalore of the 80s was something else.
- DirectorKanti ShahStarsMithun ChakrabortyMukesh RishiMohan JoshiWhen a coolie's family is murdered by a group of gangsters and politicians, he swears revenge on them.Not just a C-movie, but an Indian C-movie. And yet, it remains memorable for its use of language and a joyously vulgar sense of rhythm.
- 19641h 35mPG8.3 (520K)97MetascoreDirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling HaydenAn unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
- DirectorMani RatnamStarsKamal HaasanSaranya PonvannanDelhi GaneshA common man's struggles against a corrupt police force put him on the wrong side of the law. He becomes a don, who is loved and respected by many, but his growing power and influence exact a heavy toll.A Godfather-inspired Tamil gangster movie, it uses melodrama and towering lead performance to stand on its own two feet.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHitoshi TakagiNoriko HidakaChika SakamotoWhen two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella CarellIn post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
- DirectorKundan ShahStarsNaseeruddin ShahRavi BaswaniBhakti BarveTwo photographers, who are employed by a magazine editor to expose the scandalous activities of the rich, come across corruption by a builder and accidentally photograph a murder.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiRuy GuerraHelena RojoIn the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogScott RowlandStefan PashovFilm-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- DirectorRamin BahraniStarsSouleymane Sy SavaneRed WestDiana Franco GalindoTwo men form an unlikely friendship that will change both of their lives forever.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisBill StrotherA boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.