Critically Recommended Films

A

Airplane! – (1980) Jim Abrahams & David Zucker & Jerry Zucker
Karl May / Der Orientzyklus – (2006) Walter Adler   {radio}
Mar adentro – (2004) Alejandro Amenábar
Being There – (1979) Hal Ashby

B

Good Bye, Lenin! – (2003) Wolfgang Becker
En lektion i kärlek – (1954) Ingmar Bergman
Murder Is Corny – (2002) George Bloomfield   {tv}
Poison à la Carte – (2002) George Bloomfield   {tv}
I'm All Right, Jack – (1959) John Boulting

C

It Happened One Night – (1934) Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – (1936) Frank Capra
Lost Horizon – (1937) Frank Capra
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – (1939) Frank Capra
Meet John Doe – (1941) Frank Capra
It's a Wonderful Life – (1946) Frank Capra
Murder in Mesopotamia – (2001) Tom Clegg   {tv}
The Ides of March – (2011) George Clooney
Le Corbeau – (1943) Henri-Georges Clouzot
Quai des Orfèvres – (1947) Henri-Georges Clouzot
Manon – (1949) Henri-Georges Clouzot
Retour à la vie – (1949) Henri-Georges Clouzot
Le Salaire de la peur – (1953) Henri-Georges Clouzot
Les Diaboliques – (1955) Henri-Georges Clouzot
Blood Simple – (1984) Joel Coen
Raising Arizona – (1987) Joel Coen
Miller's Crossing – (1990) Joel Coen
Barton Fink – (1991) Joel Coen
The Hudsucker Proxy – (1994) Joel Coen
Fargo – (1996) Joel Coen
The Big Lebowski – (1998) Joel Coen
O Brother, Where Art Thou? – (2000) Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
The Man Who Wasn't There – (2001) Joel Coen
Intolerable Cruelty – (2003) Joel Coen
The Ladykillers – (2004) Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men – (2007) Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
The Godfather I – (1972) Francis Ford Coppola
L'Aveu – (1970) Costa Gavras
Adam's Rib – (1949) George Cukor

D

Door to Death – (2001) Holly Dale   {tv}
Christmas Party – (2001) Holly Dale   {tv}
El laberinto del fauno – (2006) Guillermo del Toro
The Manchurian Candidate – (2004) Jonathan Demme
Conversations with God – (2006) Stephen Deutsch
Charade – (1963) Stanley Donen
Ordet – (1955) Carl Theodor Dreyer
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery – (2000) Bill Duke

E

The Pink Panther – (1963) Blake Edwards
A Shot in the Dark – (1964) Blake Edwards
The Party – (1968) Blake Edwards
The Return of the Pink Panther – (1975) Blake Edwards
The Pink Panther Strikes Again – (1976) Blake Edwards
Revenge of the Pink Panther – (1978) Blake Edwards
Trail of the Pink Panther – (1982) Blake Edwards

F

Evil Under the Sun – (2001) Brian Farnham   {tv; bq?}
Prisoner's Base – (2001) Neill Fearnley   {tv}
Noord-Korea – (2001) Raymond Feddema & Peter Tetteroo   {tv; doc}
Inside Job – (2010) Charles H. Ferguson   {doc}
Fight Club – (1997) David Fincher
A Single Man – (2009) Tom Ford
Taking Off – (1971) Miloš Forman
The Manchurian Candidate – (1962) John Frankenheimer
Old Shatterhand – (1964) Hugo Fregonese

G

Michael Clayton – (2007) Tony Gilroy
Durchs wilde Kurdistan – (1965) Franz Josef Gottlieb
Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen – (1965) Franz Josef Gottlieb
Antonia – (1995) Marleen Gorris   {rdgr}
The Bourne Ultimatum – (2007) Paul Greengrass
Death on the Nile – (1978) John Guillermin

H

Kind Hearts and Coronets – (1949) Robert Hamer
The Mirror Crack'd – (1980) Guy Hamilton
Evil Under the Sun – (1982) Guy Hamilton
Papierové hlavy – (1995) Dušan Hanák   {doc}
L.A. Confidential – (1997) Curtis Hanson
Cards on the Table – (2006) Sarah Harding   {tv}
Bringing Up Baby – (1938) Howard Hawks
His Girl Friday – (1940) Howard Hawks
Das Leben der Anderen – (2006) Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
The Secret – (2006) Drew Heriot     {dgt}
Der Untergang – (2004) Oliver Hirschbiegel
The Lodger – (1927) Alfred Hitchcock
Blackmail – (1929) Alfred Hitchcock
Murder! – (1930) Alfred Hitchcock
The Man Who Knew Too Much – (1934) Alfred Hitchcock
The 39 Steps – (1935) Alfred Hitchcock
Young and Innocent – (1937) Alfred Hitchcock
The Lady Vanishes – (1938) Alfred Hitchcock
Jamaica Inn – (1939) Alfred Hitchcock
Rebecca – (1940) Alfred Hitchcock
Foreign Correspondent – (1940) Alfred Hitchcock
Mr. & Mrs. Smith – (1941) Alfred Hitchcock
Suspicion – (1941) Alfred Hitchcock
Saboteur – (1942) Alfred Hitchcock
Shadow of a Doubt – (1943) Alfred Hitchcock
Lifeboat – (1944) Alfred Hitchcock
Spellbound – (1945) Alfred Hitchcock
Notorious – (1946) Alfred Hitchcock
Rope – (1948) Alfred Hitchcock
Stage Fright – (1950) Alfred Hitchcock
Strangers on a Train – (1951) Alfred Hitchcock
I Confess – (1953) Alfred Hitchcock
Dial M for Murder – (1954) Alfred Hitchcock
Rear Window – (1954) Alfred Hitchcock
To Catch a Thief – (1955) Alfred Hitchcock
The Trouble with Harry – (1955) Alfred Hitchcock
The Man Who Knew Too Much – (1956) Alfred Hitchcock
Vertigo – (1958) Alfred Hitchcock
North by Northwest – (1959) Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho – (1960) Alfred Hitchcock
The Birds – (1963) Alfred Hitchcock
Marnie – (1964) Alfred Hitchcock
Torn Curtain – (1966) Alfred Hitchcock
Topaz – (1969) Alfred Hitchcock
Frenzy – (1972) Alfred Hitchcock
Family Plot – (1976) Alfred Hitchcock
Fallen – (1998) Gregory Hoblit
Neberte nám princeznú – (1981) Martin Hoffmeister   {tv}
Sun Valley Serenade – (1941) H. Bruce Humberstone
The Doorbell Rang – (2001) Timothy Hutton   {tv}
Champagne for One – (2001) Timothy Hutton   {tv}
Over My Dead Body – (2001) Timothy Hutton   {tv}
Death of a Doxy – (2002) Timothy Hutton   {tv}

J

The Silent Speaker – (2002) Michael Jaffe   {tv}
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain – (2001) Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Betrayal – (1983) David Jones

K

On the Waterfront – (1954) Elia Kazan
Inherit the Wind – (1960) Stanley Kramer
Judgment at Nuremberg – (1961) Stanley Kramer
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – (1964) Stanley Kubrick
A Clockwork Orange – (1971) Stanley Kubrick
The Shining – (1980) Stanley Kubrick

L

My Man Godfrey – (1936) Gregory La Cava
Hangmen Also Die! – (1943) Fritz Lang
Eeny Meeny Murder Mo – (2001) John L'Ecuyer   {tv}
Disguise for Murder – (2001) John L'Ecuyer   {tv}
Too Many Clients – (2002) John L'Ecuyer   {tv}
Before I Die – (2002) John L'Ecuyer   {tv}
Help Wanted, Male – (2002) John L'Ecuyer   {tv}
Wag the Dog – (1997) Barry Levinson
12 Angry Men – (1957) Sidney Lumet
Network – (1976) Sidney Lumet

M

The Mystery of the Blue Train – (2005) Hettie MacDonald   {tv}
The Ladykillers – (1955) Alexander Mackendrick
Bridget Jones's Diary – (2001) Sharon Maguire
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud – (1958) Louis Malle
American Beauty – (1999) Sam Mendes
Murder by Death – (1976) Robert Moore

N

The Graduate – (1967) Mike Nichols
Closer – (2004) Mike Nichols
Memento – (2000) Christopher Nolan

P

Mrs McGinty's Dead – (2008) Ashley Pearce   {tv}
Into the Wild – (2007) Sean Penn
Cop Killer – (2002) John R. Pepper   {tv}
Immune to Murder – (2002) John R. Pepper   {tv}
Der Ölprinz – (1965) Harald Philipp
After the Funeral – (2006) Maurice Phillips   {tv}
Tootsie – (1982) Sydney Pollack

R

Groundhog Day – (1993) Harold Ramis
Ordinary People – (1980) Robert Redford
Der Schatz im Silbersee – (1962) Harald Reinl
Winnetou 3. Teil – (1965) Harald Reinl
Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten – (1968) Harald Reinl
La Règle du jeu – (1939) Jean Renoir
Auf dem Kriegspfad – (1999) Peter Ristau   {tv}
The Front – (1976) Martin Ritt
L'Ami de mon amie – (1987) Éric Rohmer
Play It Again, Sam – (1972) Herbert Ross
Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage – (2005) Marc Rothemund

S

Flow: For Love of Water – (2008) Irena Salina     {doc}
The King of Comedy – (1983) Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas – (1990) Martin Scorsese
Джентльмены удачи – (1971) Александр Серый
The Usual Suspects – (1995) Bryan Singer
Der Schut – (1964) Robert Siodmak
Der Schatz der Azteken – (1965) Robert Siodmak
Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes – (1965) Robert Siodmak
Iné svety – (2006) Marko Škop     {doc; ext}
Motherhunt – (2002) Alan Smithee   {tv}
Schindler's List – (1993) Steven Spielberg
Saving Private Ryan – (1998) Steven Spielberg
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side – (1992) Norman Stone   {tv}
Vratné lahve – (2007) Jan Svěrák

T

Sling Blade – (1996) Billy Bob Thornton
The Next Witness – (2002) James Tolkan   {tv}
Die Like a Dog – (2002) James Tolkan   {tv}
La mariée était en noir – (1968) François Truffaut

V

A Nero Wolfe Mystery – (2001–2) [Various]     {tvs}
Paris, je t'aime – (2006) [Various]
Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand – (1966) Alfred Vohrer
Jak utopit dr. Mráčka aneb Konec vodníků v Čechách – (1974) Václav Vorlíček

W

The Lost Weekend – (1945) Billy Wilder
Sunset Boulevard – (1950) Billy Wilder
The Seven Year Itch – (1955) Billy Wilder
Witness for the Prosecution – (1957) Billy Wilder
The Apartment – (1960) Billy Wilder
The Fortune Cookie – (1966) Billy Wilder
Peril at End House – (2000) Enyd Williams   {radio; ab}
Death on the Nile – (2004) Andy Wilson   {tv}
Taken at the Flood – (2006) Andy Wilson   {tv}
Executive Suite – (1954) Robert Wise
Atonement – (2007) Joe Wright

Z

From Here to Eternity – (1953) Fred Zinnemann

See Also

• Films Recommended by Friends   (a.k.a. film2.avenarius.sk)
• Films to Watch
• Films to Find
• Films to Find Later
• Films Watched

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	exceptional	jedinečné	brillant
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	poor	slabé	schwach
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