The Übermensch Movies
These are what Nietzsche would have called Übermensch movies, because they are all brilliant and unique works of art and don't follow the herd strategy of mindless and inferior movies, especially the crappy ones that come out in the theater today (e.g. Transformers).
This is the list (in order) I would recommend to the beginning viewer who wishes to explore great films in a world infested with loads of mindless garbage. This list neither panders to the critics nor the box office. These are simply what I find to be brilliant, beautiful, and essential works of cinematic art.
This is the list (in order) I would recommend to the beginning viewer who wishes to explore great films in a world infested with loads of mindless garbage. This list neither panders to the critics nor the box office. These are simply what I find to be brilliant, beautiful, and essential works of cinematic art.
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- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsLeonard WhitingOlivia HusseyJohn McEneryWhen two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.It is always a challenge when faced with the task of adapting a story that has been told and re-told for centuries, but Italian director Franco Zeffirelli utilized some of the most beautiful music, lighting, sets, and unparalleled actors to bring Shakespeare's most familiar love story to new and sumptuous life.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'Considered the #1 film by AFI and the #2 film by Sight and Sound Magazine, this is probably the most essential movie a viewer must see in order to explore and understand film. Unlike some other movies, this film is in no way underrated and deserves every ounce of praise it receives.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.This horror masterpiece by the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, would define all subsequent movies, though few have reached the same level of greatness as this complex and bizarre tour de force of brilliance. Not only is intellectually stimulating, it is also wildly entertaining; you walk out of the movie is as if you had just gotten off of a roller coaster!
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsIngrid BergmanGregory PeckMichael ChekhovA psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.Perhaps Hitchcock's greatest (and most underrated) masterpiece. Not only is it a beautiful and beautifully shot romance, it was also the first Hollywood film to touch on the subject of psychoanalysis and Freudian psychology, and also contains an infamous dream sequence directed by the surrealist artist Salvador Dali.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.Salvador Dali's collaboration with Luis Buñuel in 1929. This surreal masterpiece contains an infamous scene that sent the audience screaming in panic out of the theater. It still has not lost the power to startle (and even horrify) audiences today. Brilliant, but not for the sensitive viewer.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsVictor SjöströmBibi AnderssonIngrid ThulinAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.A beautiful and heartfelt work of art, also by the great, Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. In this nostalgic masterpiece, Ingmar Bergman once again reflects on life and death is yet another beautiful and surreal tour de force of cinematic art.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.Ingmar Bergman's finest masterpiece and perhaps the finest film of all time, exploring themes of life, death, the human condition, and the nature of God. One of the most beautiful and profound films ever made.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael BatesAlex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.Stanley Kubrick's 1971 masterpiece is a disturbing, political satire and is considered one of the most controversial movies ever made. The film is a surreal depiction of a dystopian future and explores the philosophical notions of justice, society, ethics, and free will.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterWhen a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.A surreal and brilliant insight into the evolution of mankind. Nothing I can say can capture the sheer depth and beauty of this incredible film.
