3 favorite films from A-Z favorite directors
I. Woody Allen
1). Manhattan (1979)
2). Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
3). Zelig (1983)
II. Pedro Almodovar
1). All About My Mother (1999)
2). Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (1988)
3). The Skin I Live In (2011)
III. Pedro Costa
1). Colossal Youth (2006)
2). Ossos (1997)
3). O Sangue (1989)
IV. Bruno Dumont
1). L'Humanite (1999)
2). The Life Of Jesus (1997)
3). Hadewijch (2009)
V. Michael Haneke
1). Funny Games (1997)
2). The Seventh Continent (1989)
3). Benny's Video (1992)
VI. Jim Jarmusch
1). Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
2). Down By Law (1986)
3). Permanent Vacation (1980)
VII. Abbas Kiarostami
1). Close-Up (1990)
2). The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
3). Ten (2002)
VIII. Shane Meadows
1). This Is England (2006)
2). A Room For Romeo Brass (1999)
3). Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
IX. George A. Romero
1). Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
2). Creepshow (1982)
3). Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
X. Todd Solondz
1). Happiness (1998)
2). Life During Wartime (2009)
3). Palindromes (2004)
XI. Quentin Tarantino
1). Reservoir Dogs (1992)
2). Inglourious Basterds (2009)
3). Pulp Fiction (1994)
XII. Andrei Tarkovsky
1). Andrey Rublev (1966)
2). Ivan's Childhood (1962)
3). Stalker (1979)
1). Manhattan (1979)
2). Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
3). Zelig (1983)
II. Pedro Almodovar
1). All About My Mother (1999)
2). Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (1988)
3). The Skin I Live In (2011)
III. Pedro Costa
1). Colossal Youth (2006)
2). Ossos (1997)
3). O Sangue (1989)
IV. Bruno Dumont
1). L'Humanite (1999)
2). The Life Of Jesus (1997)
3). Hadewijch (2009)
V. Michael Haneke
1). Funny Games (1997)
2). The Seventh Continent (1989)
3). Benny's Video (1992)
VI. Jim Jarmusch
1). Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
2). Down By Law (1986)
3). Permanent Vacation (1980)
VII. Abbas Kiarostami
1). Close-Up (1990)
2). The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
3). Ten (2002)
VIII. Shane Meadows
1). This Is England (2006)
2). A Room For Romeo Brass (1999)
3). Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
IX. George A. Romero
1). Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
2). Creepshow (1982)
3). Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
X. Todd Solondz
1). Happiness (1998)
2). Life During Wartime (2009)
3). Palindromes (2004)
XI. Quentin Tarantino
1). Reservoir Dogs (1992)
2). Inglourious Basterds (2009)
3). Pulp Fiction (1994)
XII. Andrei Tarkovsky
1). Andrey Rublev (1966)
2). Ivan's Childhood (1962)
3). Stalker (1979)
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- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonMariel HemingwayThe life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowNick Apollo ForteIn his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowPatrick Horgan"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela PeñaA comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCarmen MauraAntonio BanderasJulieta SerranoA television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasElena AnayaJan CornetA brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
- DirectorPedro CostaStarsVenturaVanda DuarteBeatriz DuarteWith the destruction of Fontainhas nearly complete, the old man Ventura wanders around a bleak housing project and the ruins of the slums, meeting with his kids and old friends.
- DirectorPedro CostaStarsVanda DuarteNuno VazMariya LipkinaA suicidal young woman gives her newborn child up to his deadbeat father in the Fontainhas slums of Lisbon.
- DirectorPedro CostaStarsPedro HestnesNuno FerreiraInês de MedeirosVicente, seventeen, lives with brother Nino, ten-years-old, and his ailing father in a derelict house on the outskirts of the capital. They don't seem to remember their mother, and are very much attached to their father, despite his temper, and his frequent absences from home. One day, the father leaves for good, and Vicente and Nino swear to cover it up. It's their secret. Clara, the primary school assistant, is fascinatingly beautiful, and secretive, and (may be) she knows it aswel. There are other secrets, though: the origin of the money that appears at Vicente's house; the relationship between Vicente's well-to-do uncle and his girlfriend; the relationship between the four people who once played the cards together, and now can't stand each other.
- DirectorBruno DumontStarsEmmanuel SchottéSéverine CaneelePhilippe TullierWhen an 11-year-old girl is brutally raped and murdered in a quiet French village, a police detective who has forgotten how to feel emotions--because of the death of his own family in some kind of accident--investigates the crime, which turns out to ask more questions
- DirectorBruno DumontStarsDavid DoucheMarjorie CottreelKader ChaatoufA social movie about current life in the north of France. Freddy and his friends are all unemployed. They pass away time by wandering around on their motorcycles and by directing their aggressive feelings towards Arab immigrants. Freddy is in love with Marie, a cashier at a local supermarket. When she is proposed to by Kader, a young Arab man, Freddy, and his friends have an idea: they decide to punish Kader for what they call "such a provocation." After they have raped another girl, Marie finally commits to Kader, which seals his fate.
- DirectorBruno DumontStarsJulie SokolowskiKarl SarafidisYassine SalimeA young nun is expelled from a convent because of her extreme devoutness and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsSusanne LotharUlrich MüheArno FrischTwo violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsBirgit DollDieter BernerLeni TanzerA European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsArno FrischAngela WinklerUlrich MüheA 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohn LurieEszter BalintRichard EdsonA New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsTom WaitsJohn LurieRoberto BenigniTwo men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsChris ParkerLeila GastilJohn LurieA young man wanders New York City searching for some meaning in life and encounters many idiosyncratic characters.
- DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsHossain SabzianMohsen MakhmalbafAbolfazl AhankhahThe true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film.
- DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsBehzad DoraniNoghre AsadiRoushan Karam ElmiIrreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
- DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsMania AkbariAmina MaherKamran AdlA visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.
- DirectorShane MeadowsStarsThomas TurgooseStephen GrahamJo HartleyA young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.
- DirectorShane MeadowsStarsMartin ArrowsmithDave BlantDarren CampbellAfter stopping 12 y.o. Romeo and Gavin from being beaten up, Morell drives them home and meets Romeo's adult sister and falls in love. The boys "help" him in his pursuit.
- DirectorShane MeadowsStarsPaddy ConsidineGary StretchToby KebbellA disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDavid EmgeKen ForeeScott H. ReinigerDuring an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsHal HolbrookLeslie NielsenAdrienne Barbeau"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl HardmanA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
- DirectorTodd SolondzStarsJane AdamsJon LovitzPhilip Seymour HoffmanThe lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
- DirectorTodd SolondzStarsShirley HendersonAllison JanneyAlly SheedyFriends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.
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- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
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