James Hansen's Journal

OKay, here it is. The longest post I will ever post! Due to the requests of a few people, namely Char and Amie, I have below a huge list of films that everyone MUST see. Basically, if you see these you will have a crash course in film history not to mention seeing over 100 great films. Now I know some of these people won't enjoy and if you don't, let me know and I'll tell you while I value it. However, these are all important films. The older one are pretty much the basics for any film course, the more modern ones...well I have my own opinions on. But here they are. And aren't I so nice, I put them in chronolgical order, with the directors name out beside it so you can easily find it. Many films will have the same director because there are some directors you should just see a lot of, but I did not list those separately because, well, that would have been an even bigger pain in the butt. So here they are! (An asterick denotes that I own them)

1. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915) Directed by DW Griffith*
2. THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920) Directed by Robert Wiene*
3. THE LAST LAUGH (1924) Directed by FW Murnau
4. METROPOLIS (1927) Directed by Fritz Lang*
5. THE GENERAL (1927) Directed by Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton
6. THE WIND (1928) Directed by Victor Sjostrom
7. THE MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929) Directed by Dziga Vertov
8. UN CHIEN ANDALOU (1929) Directed by Luis Bunuel
9. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) Directed by Lewis Milestone
10. THE BLUE ANGEL (1930) Directed by Josef Von Sternberg
11. CITY LIGHTS (1931) Directed by Charlie Chaplin
12. M (1931) Directed by Fritz Lang
13. HORSE FEATHERS (1932) Directed by Norman McLeod
14. DUCK SOUP (1933) Directed by Leo McCarey
15. ZERO FOR CONDUCT (1933) Directed by Jean Vigo
16. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) Directed by Frank Capra
17. L'ATALANTE (1934) Directed by Jean Vigo
18. GRAND ILLUSION (1937) Directed by Jean Renoir
19. MODERN TIMES (1937) Directed by Charlie Chaplin
20. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) Directed by Victor Fleming*
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940) Directed by John Ford
22. HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) Directed by Howard Hawks*
23. CITIZEN KANE (1941) Directed by Orson Welles
24. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) Directed by John Huston
25. CASABLANCA (1942) Directed by Michael Curtiz
26. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) Directed by Billy Wilder
27. NOTORIOUS (1946) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
28. THE BICYCLE THIEF (1948) Directed by Vittorio De Sica
29. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) Directed by Billy Wilder*
30. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951) Directed by John Huston
31. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952) Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
32. I VITELLONI (1953) Directed by Frederico Fellini
33. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) Directed by Howard Hawks
34. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) Directed by Elia Kazan
35. REAR WINDOW (1954) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
36. THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) Directed by Akira Kurosawa
37. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) Directed by David Lean
38. THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957) Directed by Ingmar Bergman
39. WILD STRAWBERRIES (1957) Directed by Ingmar Bergman
40. VERTIGO (1958) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
41. FLOATING WEEDS (1959) Directed by Yasujiro Ozu
42. SHADOWS (1959) Directed by John Cassavetes*
43. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) Directed by Billy Wilder
44. THE 400 BLOWS (1959) Directed by Francois Truffaut
45. THE APARTMENT (1960) Directed by Billy Wilder
46. BREATHLESS (1960) Directed by Jean Luc Godard
47. WEST SIDE STORY (1961) Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise
48. YOJIMBO (1961) Directed by Akira Kurosawa
49. DR. NO (1962) Directed by Terence Young
50. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Directed by David Lean*
51. 8 1/2 (1963) Directed by Frederico Fellini
52. SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963) Directed by Sam Fuller
53. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) Directed by Stanley Kubrick*
54. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1965) Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
55. PERSONA (1966) Directed by Ingmar Bergman*
56. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966) Directed by Mike Nichols
57. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967) Directed by Arthur Penn
58. THE GRADUATE (1967) Directed by Mike Nichols
59. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
60. FACES (1968) Directed by John Cassavetes*
61. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
62. HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) Directed by Hal Ashby
63. CRIES AND WHISPERS (1972) Directed by Ingmar Bergman
64. DELIVERANCE (1972) Directed by John Boorman
65. THE GODFATHER (1972) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
66. PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) Directed by John Waters*
67. BADLANDS (1973) Directed by Terrence Malick
68. CHINATOWN (1974) Directed by Roman Polanski
69. HEARTS AND MINDS (1974) Directed by Peter Davis
70. A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974) Directed by John Cassavetes*
71. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) Directed by Mel Brooks*
72. JAWS (1975) Directed by Steven Spielberg
73. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST (1975) Directed by Milos Forman*
74. MARATHON MAN (1976) Directed by John Schlesinger
75. NETWORK (1976) Directed by Sidney Lumet
76. 3 WOMEN (1977) Directed by Robert Altman
77. ANNIE HALL (1977) Directed by Woody Allen
78. ERASERHEAD (1977) Directed by David Lynch*
79. STAR WARS EPISODE 4: A NEW HOPE (1977) Directed by George Lucas*
80. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
81. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) Directed by Steven Spielberg
82. FANNY AND ALEXANDER (1982) Directed by Ingmar Bergman
83. STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1983) Directed by Jim Jarmusch
84. BRAZIL (1985) Directed by Terry Gilliam
85. BLUE VELVET (1986) Directed by David Lynch*
86. FULL METAL JACKET (1987) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
87. ALICE (1988) Directed by Jan Svankmejer
88. DEAD RINGERS (1988) Directed by David Cronenberg*
89. WINGS OF DESIRE (1988) Directed by Wim Wenders
90. WOMAN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (1988) Directed by Pedro Almodovar
91. DO THE RIGHT THING (1989) Directed by Spike Lee
92. GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1989) Directed by Isao Takahata
93. SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (1989) Directed by Steven Soderbergh
94. GOOD FELLAS (1990) Directed by Martin Scorsese
95. BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991) Directed by John Singleton
96. SLACKER (1991) Directed by Richard Linklater
97. MALCOLM X (1992) Directed by Spike Lee*
98. RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) Directed by Quentin Tarantino*
99. THE PIANO (1993) Directed by Jane Campion
100. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993) Directed by Steven Spielberg
101. PHILADELPHIA (1993) Directed by Jonathan Demme
102. ED WOOD (1994) Directed by Tim Burton
103. PULP FICTION (1994) Directed by Quentin Tarantino*
104. FARGO (1996) Directed by Joel Coen*
105. BREAKING THE WAVES (1996) Directed by Lars Von Trier
106. BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997) Directed by PT Anderson*
107. MA VIE EN ROSE (1997) Directed by Alain Berliner
108. THE SWEET HEREAFTER (1997) Directed by Atom Egoyan
109. TASTE OF CHERRY (1997) Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
110. THE CELEBRATION (1998) Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
111. BUFFALO '66 (1998) Directed by Vincent Gallo
112. HAPPINESS (1998) Directed by Todd Solondz
113. PLEASANTVILLE (1998) Directed by Gary Ross
114. PI (1998) Directed by Darren Aronofsky*
115. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (1999) Directed by Spike Jonze*
116. THE INSIDER (1999) Directed by Michael Mann
117. MAGNOLIA (1999) Directed by PT Anderson*
118. SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER, AND UNCUT (1999) Directed by Trey Parker*
119. THE WIND WILL CARRY US (1999) Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
120. GEORGE WASHINGTON (2000) Directed by David Gordon Green
121. AMELIE (2001) Directed by Jean Pierre Jeunet
122. MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001) Directed by David Lynch*
123. WAKING LIFE (2001) Directed by Richard Linklater*
124. WINGED MIGRATION (2001) Directed by Jacques Perrin
125. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (2001) Directed by Alfonso Cuaron*
126. RUSSIAN ARK (2002) Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov
127. TALK TO HER (2002) Directed by Pedro Almodovar
128. ELEPHANT (2003) Directed by Gus Van Sant
129. LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003) Directed by Sofia Coppola
130. BAADASSSSS! (2004) Directed by Mario Van Peebles*
131. THE BROWN BUNNY (2004) Directed by Vincent Gallo
132. DOGVILLE (2004) Directed by Lars Von Trier*
133. HOTEL RWANDA (2004) Directed by Terry George
134. PRIMER (2004) Directed by Shane Carruth
135. DOWNFALL (2005) Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel

If you have any questions or comments on the films, please put comments on this board and let's start a huge board on these! I spent an hour typing this so you better print these off and use them or something!!! Enjoy the list and enjoy cinema! Rock hard!!!

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