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
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}
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
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
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}
Taken at the Flood – (2006) Andy Wilson {tv}
Z
From Here to Eternity – (1953) Fred Zinnemann
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