Critically Recommended Films

A

• Airplane! – (1980) Jim Abrahams & David Zucker
• Mar Adentro – (2004) Alejandro Amenábar

B

• Good Bye, Lenin! – (2003) Wolfgang Becker

C

• It Happened One Night – (1934) Frank Capra
• Lost Horizon – (1937) Frank Capra
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – (1939) Frank Capra
• It's a Wonderful Life – (1946) Frank Capra
• Murder in Mesopotamia – (2001) Tom Clegg   {tv}
• Le Corbeau – (1943) 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
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? – (2000) Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• The Godfather I – (1972) Francis Ford Coppola
• L'Aveu – (1970) Costa Gavras

D

• The Manchurian Candidate – (2004) Jonathan Demme
• Conversations with God – (2006) Stephen Deutsch
• Charade – (1963) Stanley Donen

F

• Evil Under the Sun – (2001) Brian Farnham   {tv; bq?}
• The Manchurian Candidate – (1962) John Frankenheimer

H

• The Mirror Crack'd – (1980) Guy Hamilton
• Evil Under the Sun – (1982) Guy Hamilton
• Cards on the Table – (2006) Sarah Harding   {tv}
• Bringing up Baby – (1938) Howard Hawks
• Das Leben der anderen – (2006) Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
• The Secret – (2006) Drew Heriot   {dgt}
• The Man Who Knew Too Much – (1934) Alfred Hitchcock
• The 39 Steps – (1935) Alfred Hitchcock
• The Lady Vanishes – (1938) Alfred Hitchcock
• Jamaica Inn – (1939) Alfred Hitchcock
• Suspicion – (1941) Alfred Hitchcock
• Shadow of a Doubt – (1943) Alfred Hitchcock
• Notorious – (1946) Alfred Hitchcock
• Rope – (1948) Alfred Hitchcock
• Strangers on a Train – (1951) Alfred Hitchcock
• Dial M for Murder – (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
• Fallen – (1998) Gregory Hoblit

J

• Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain – (2001) Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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
• The Shining – (1980) Stanley Kubrick

L

• Hangmen Also Die! – (1943) Fritz Lang
• 12 Angry Men – (1957) Sidney Lumet
• Network – (1976) Sidney Lumet

M

• The Mystery of the Blue Train – (2006) Hettie MacDonald   {tv}
• Ascenseur pour l'échafaud – (1958) Louis Malle

N

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

P

• After the Funeral – (2006) Maurice Phillips   {tv}
• Tootsie – (1982) Sydney Pollack

R

• Groundhog Day – (1993) Harold Ramis
• The Front – (1976) Martin Ritt
• Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage – (2005) Marc Rothemund

S

• The Usual Suspects – (1995) Bryan Singer
• The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side – (1992) Norman Stone   {tv}

W

• The Lost Weekend – (1945) Billy Wilder
• Sunset Boulevard – (1950) 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}
• Taken at the Flood – (2006) Andy Wilson   {tv}

Z

• From Here to Eternity – (1953) Fred Zinnemann

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See also:

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