Great Movies To Watch

Usually when I like a movie it’s because of the director and when director is great, most of their movies are worth watching. Here’s my most favorite ones.

• Akira Kurosawa

  • Seven Samurai (1954)
  • Yojimbo (1961)

• Alan Parker

  • Angel Heart (1987)
  • Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982)
  • Midnight Express (1978)
  • Birdy (1984)
  • Road to Wellville (1994)

• Alejandro Jodorowsky

  • Santa Sangre (1989)
  • The Holy Mountain (1973)
  • El Topo (1970)

• Andrei Tarkovsky

  • Stalker (1979)
  • Solaris (1972)
  • Andrei Rublev (1966)
  • Nostalghia (1983)
  • The Sacrifice (1986)

• Ari Aster

  • Beau is Afraid (2023)

• Barry Levinson

  • Rain Man (1988)

• Bernardo Bertolucci

  • Last Tango in Paris (1972)
  • The Dreamers (2003)
  • Stealing Beauty (1996)

• Bong Joon-ho

  • Parasite (2019)
  • Snowpiercer (2013)

• Bryan Singer

  • The Usual Suspects (1995)

• Charles Crichton

  • A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

• Christopher Nolan

  • Memento (2000)
  • Inception (2010)

• Coline Serreau

  • La Belle Verte (1996)

• Daniels

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

• Danny Boyle

  • Trainspotting (1996)

• Darren Aronofsky

  • Pi (1998)
  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)

• Dave McKean

  • Mirror Mask (2005)

• David Benioff and D. B. Weiss

  • Game of Thrones (2011)

• David Cronenberg

  • Naked Lunch (1991)
  • eXistenZ (1999)

• David Lynch

  • Blue Velvet (1986)
  • Dune (1984)
  • Lost Highway (1997)
  • Wild at Heart (1990)
  • Mulholland Drive (2001)
  • Inland Empire (2006)
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
  • Twin Peaks (1990)

• Denis Villeneuve

  • Arrival (2016)
  • Dune (2021)

• Emir Kusturica

  • Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
  • Underground (1995)
  • Arizona Dream (1992)

• Federico Fellini

  • 8½ (1963)
  • Amarcord (1973)
  • City of Women (1980)
  • And a Ship Sails On (1983)

• Francis Ford Coppola

  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • The Godfather II (1974)
  • Rumble Fish (1983)

• Frank Darabont

  • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

• Georgiy Daneliya

  • Kin-dza-dza! (1986)

• Giuseppe Tornatore

  • Cinema Paradiso (1988)
  • A Pure Formality (1994)

• Gus Van Sant

  • My Own Private Idaho (1991)
  • Good Will Hunting (1997)

• Guy Ritchie

  • Snatch (2000)
  • Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

• Harold Ramis

  • Groundhog Day (1993)
  • As Good As It Gets (1997)

• James Cameron

  • Aliens (1986)
  • Terminator 2 (1991)

• Jean-Jacques Beineix

  • Betty Blue (1986)

• Jean-Pierre Jeunet

  • Amelie (2001)
  • A Very Long Engagement (2004)
  • Alien: Resurection (1997)

• Jennifer Baichwal

  • Manufactured Landscapes (2006)

• Jim Jarmusch

  • Ghost Dog (1999)
  • Dead Man (1995)
  • Down by Law (1986)
  • Night on Earth (1991)

• Joel and Ethan Coen

  • Barton Fink (1991)
  • Fargo (1996)
  • The Big Lebowski (1998)

• Jonathan Demme

  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

• Kim Ki-duk

  • Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

• Krzysztof Kieślowski

  • The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
  • Three Colors: Blue, Red, White (1995)

• Liliana Cavani

  • The Night Porter (1974)

• Luc Besson

  • The Fifth Element (1997)
  • Leon: The Professional (1994)

• Luca Guadagnino

  • Call Me by Your Name (2017)

• Luis Bunuel

  • Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (1972)
  • That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

• Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet

  • Delicatessen (1991)
  • The City of Lost Children (1995)

• Martin McDonagh

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

• Matthew Barney

  • Drawing Restraint 9 (2005)

• Michel Gondry

  • Mood Indigo (2013)
  • The Science of Sleep (2006)

• Milos Forman

  • Taking Off (1971)
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

• Norman Jewison

  • Other People's Money (1991)

• Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

  • Last Life in the Universe (2003)

• Peter Greenaway

  • The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
  • Prospero's Books (1991)
  • The Pillow Book (1996)

• Philip Kaufman

  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

• Philippe de Broca

  • King of Hearts (1966)

• Quentin Tarantino

  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Reservoir Dogs (1992)

• Richard Linklater

  • Boyhood (2014)

• Ridley Scott

  • Blade Runner (1982)
  • Alien (1979)
  • Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
  • Martian (2015)

• Rob Reiner

  • The Princess Bride (1987)
  • When Harry Met Sally (1989)

• Robert Zemeckis

  • Forest Gump (1994)

• Ryusuke Hamaguchi

  • Drive My Car (2021)

• Sam Mendes

  • American Beauty (1999)

• Sergio Leone

  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  • Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

• Spike Jonze

  • Being John Malkovich (1999)
  • Her (2013)

• Stanley Kubrick

  • Dr. Strangelove (1964)
  • A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  • The Shining (1980)

• Steven Spielberg

  • Catch Me If You Can (2002)

• Terry Gilliam

  • The Fisher King (1991)
  • Brazil (1985)
  • 12 Monkeys (1995)
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

• The Wachowskis

  • The Matrix (1999)

• Tim Burton

  • Big Fish (2003)

• Tom Tykwer

  • Run Lola Run (1998)
  • The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
  • Winter Sleepers (1997)

• Wes Anderson

  • The Grand Hotel Budapest (2014)
  • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
  • Isle of Dogs (2018)
  • Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
  • French Dispatch (2021)
  • Asteroid City (2023)

• Wim Wenders

  • Wings of Desire (1987)
  • Far Away, So Close! (1993)
  • Until the End of the World (1991)

• Wong Kar-Wai

  • 2046 (2004)
  • In the Mood for Love (2000)
  • Chungking Express (1994)
  • Happy Together (1997)
  • Days of Being Wild (1990)
  • Fallen Angels (1995)
  • Ashes of Time (1994)
  • As Tears Go By (1988)

• Woody Alen

  • Midnight in Paris (2011)
  • Small Time Crooks (2000)
  • Bullets over Broadway (1994)