Favorite Movies by One Hundred Directors

(a fairly random assortment of favorite movies by filmmakers whose work is meaningful to me, arranged alphabetically by director)

  1. Woody Allen: Manhattan

  2. Pedro Almodóvar: Pain and Glory

  3. Robert Altman: The Player

  4. Paul Thomas Anderson: Magnolia

  5. Wes Anderson: Rushmore

  6. Denys Arcand: Jesus of Montreal

  7. Sean Baker: The Florida Project

  8. Noah Baumbach: Mistress America

  9. Ingmar Bergman: Wild Strawberries

  10. Luc Besson: Léon: The Professional

  11. Danny Boyle: 28 Days Later

  12. Robert Bresson: Au Hasard Balthazar

  13. Albert Brooks: Mother

  14. Luis Buñuel: The Exterminating Angel

  15. Tim Burton: Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

  16. Juan José Campanella: Son of the Bride

  17. Leos Carax: Holy Motors

  18. John Carpenter: The Thing

  19. Charlie Chaplin: City Lights

  20. Joel and Ethan Coen: A Serious Man

  21. Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather

  22. Sofia Coppola: Lost in Translation

  23. David Cronenberg: A History of Violence

  24. Cameron Crowe: Say Anything…

  25. Alfonso Cuarón: Children of Men

  26. Frank Darabont: The Mist

  27. Guillermo del Toro: The Devil’s Backbone

  28. Brian De Palma: The Untouchables

  29. Jacques Doillon: Ponette

  30. Clint Eastwood: Unforgiven

  31. Victor Erice: The Spirit of the Beehive

  32. David Fincher: The Social Network

  33. Bill Forsyth: Local Hero

  34. Stephen Frears: The Grifters

  35. Terry Gilliam: Twelve Monkeys

  36. Jonathan Glazer: Sexy Beast

  37. Michel Gondry: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  38. Keith Gordon: The Chocolate War

  39. Luca Guadagnino: Call Me By Your Name

  40. Hal Hartley: Trust

  41. Kore-eda Hirokazu: After Life

  42. Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window

  43. Nicole Holofcener: Lovely and Amazing

  44. Mamoru Hosoda: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

  45. Ron Howard: Splash

  46. John Hughes: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

  47. James Ivory: A Room with a View

  48. Peter Jackson: Heavenly Creatures

  49. Bong Joon-ho: Mother

  50. Spike Jonze: Being John Malkovich

  51. Mike Judge: Office Space

  52. Miranda July: Me and You and Everyone We Know

  53. Wong Kar-wai: In the Mood for Love

  54. Elia Kazan: East of Eden

  55. Ki-duk Kim: 3-Iron

  56. Harmony Korine: Mister Lonely

  57. Stanley Kubrick: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

  58. Akira Kurosawa: Ikiru

  59. Ang Lee: The Ice Storm

  60. Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing

  61. Richard Linklater: Dazed and Confused

  62. Kenneth Lonergan: You Can Count On Me

  63. David Lowery: A Ghost Story

  64. Sidney Lumet: Running on Empty

  65. David Lynch: The Straight Story

  66. Guy Maddin: My Winnipeg

  67. Louis Malle: Au revoir les enfants

  68. Terence Malick: The Tree of Life

  69. Anthony Minghella: The English Patient

  70. Hayao Miyazaki: Kiki’s Delivery Service

  71. Lukas Moodysson: Show Me Love

  72. Mike Nichols: The Graduate

  73. Christopher Nolan: The Prestige

  74. Danny and Oxide Chung Pang: The Eye

  75. Alexander Payne: Election

  76. Sydney Pollack: Tootsie

  77. Sam Raimi: A Simple Plan

  78. Harold Ramis: Groundhog Day

  79. Satyajit Ray: Apur Sansar

  80. Rob Reiner: Stand by Me

  81. Alain Resnais: Je t’aime, je t’aime

  82. Nicolas Roeg: The Man Who Fell to Earth

  83. John Sayles: City of Hope

  84. Julian Schnabel: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

  85. Martin Scorsese: Goodfellas

  86. Ridley Scott: Alien

  87. Jim Sheridan: In America

  88. Steven Soderbergh: Out of Sight

  89. Steven Spielberg: Raiders of the Lost Ark

  90. Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs

  91. Joachim Trier: Reprise

  92. François Truffaut: Small Change

  93. Gus Van Sant: Elephant

  94. Denis Villeneuve: Incendies

  95. Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

  96. Peter Weir: Picnic at Hanging Rock

  97. Wim Wenders: Paris, Texas

  98. James Whale: Bride of Frankenstein

  99. Billy Wilder: The Apartment

  100. Terry Zwigoff: Ghost World

— October 27, 2021


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