Great Films
compiled
by Antero Alli
This is a gathering
of film titles
that
have achieved, for my money,
the highest standards
of craft and originality as
works of visionary cinema.
Each one merits repeat viewings to fully appreciate.
If you cannot see them
at
your local
cinema, rent or buy the dvd.
All film titles
below
act as hyper-links
to
other sites with
more details. I have
rated each film
on
a
scale
of 7 to 11
(biased by my own tastes). The first twelve titles are my all time favorites:
MY TOP TWELVE FILMS (not in order)
THE ROE'S ROOM by Lech Majewski (9)
THE MIRROR by Andrei Tarkovsky (11)
STALKER by Andrei Tarkovsky (10)
UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD by Wim Wenders (9)
THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER by Werner Herzog (11)
CRIES & WHISPERS by Ingmar Bergman (10)
THE ELEMENT OF CRIME by Lars Von Trier (9)
EL TOPO by Alejandro Jodorowsky (10)
CATCH-22 by Mike Nichols (9)
DREAMS by Akira Kurosawa (9)
BLADE RUNNER (director's cut) by Ridley Scott (9)
BLUE VELVET by David Lynch (10)
ANDREI RUBLEV by Andrei Tarkovsky (11)
AMORES PERROS by Alejandro G. Inarritu (8)
BARTON FINK by The Coen Brothers (8)
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES by Andrew Dominik (8)
BEFORE NIGHT FALLS by Julian Schnabel (7)
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY by Julian Schnabel (8)
LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF by Leos Carax (9)
ADAM'S APPLES by Anders Thomas Jensen (7)
ORPHEUS by Jean Cocteau (9)
JULIEN DONKEY-BOY by Harmony Korine (8)
STEPPENWOLF by Fred Haines (8)
THE SACRIFICE by Andrei Tarkovsky (10)
NOSTALGHIA by Andrei Tarkovsky (10)
BLACK MOON by Louis Malle (8)
MY DINNER WITH ANDRE by Louis Malle (9)
VANYA ON 42ND STREET by Louis Malle (8)
WINGS OF DESIRE by Wim Wenders (9)
DON'T COME KNOCKING by Wim Wenders (7)
THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL by Wim Wenders (8)
LESSONS IN DARKNESS by Werner Herzog (7)
AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD by Werner Herzog (9)
NOSFERATU: PHANTOM OF THE NIGHT by Werner Herzog (8)
THE WHITE DIAMOND by Werner Herzog (7)
HEART OF GLASS by Werner Herzog (9)
SAWDUST AND TINSEL by Ingmar Bergman (8)
THE SEVENTH SEAL by Ingmar Bergman (9)
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE by Ingmar Bergman (9)
MEDEA by Lars Von Trier (8)
BREAKING THE WAVES by Lars Von Trier (9)
DOGVILLE by Lars Von Trier (9)
WOMEN IN LOVE by Ken Russell (9)
THE DEVILS OF LOUDON by Ken Russell (8)
ALTERED STATES by Ken Russell (7)
THIN RED LINE by Terrence Malick (9)
BADLANDS by Terrence Malick (8)
THE NEW WORLD by Terence Malik (9)
SATYRICON by Frederico Fellini (9)
JULIET OF THE SPIRITS by Frederico Fellini (10)
WOMAN IN THE DUNES by Hiroshi Teshigahara (9)
APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX by Francis Ford Coppola (9)
WILD AT HEART by David Lynch (8)
INLAND EMPIRE by David Lynch (9)
MULHOLLAND DRIVE by David Lynch (9)
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN by Alejandro Jodorowsky (9)
THE CELL by Tarsem Singh (7)
STARDUST by Matthew Vaughn (7)
THE HOUSE OF SAND by Andrucha Waddington (9)
DECASIA by Bill Morrison (7)
TIDELAND by Terry Gilliam (9)
NEVERWAS by Joshua Michael Stern (7)
UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING by Philip Kaufman (8)
THE LIBERTINE by Laurence Dunmore (7)
APOCALYPTO by Mel Gibson (7)
THE FOUNTAIN by Darren Aronofsky (8)
JUDY BERLIN by Eric Mendelsohn (8)
THE TEMPEST by Derek Jarman (7)
BLACK NARCISSUS by Powell and Pressburger (9)
WHY HAS BODHI-DHARMA LEFT FOR THE EAST ? by Bae Yong-Kyun (8)
ROMPER STOMPER by Geoffrey Wright (7)
THE PIANIST by Roman Polanski (8)
TALK TO HER by Pedro Almodovar (7)
BIG FISH by Tim Burton (8)
TEMPEST by Paul Mazursky (9)
JACOB'S LADDER by Adriane Lyne (9)
THREE CROWNS OF THE SAILOR by Raoul Ruiz (8)
SIMON MAGUS by Ben Hopkins (8)
VERA by Francisco Athie (9)
LEOLO by Jean-Claude Lauzon (8)
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE by Krzysztof Kieslowski (8)
THE PASSENGER by Michelangelo Antonioni (8)
MY LIFE AS A DOG by Lasse Hallstrom (8)
THE SHIPPING NEWS by Lasse Hallstrom (7)
ANCHORESS by Chris Newby (9)
CLOSER by MIke Nichols (7)
THE EMERALD FOREST by John Boorman (7)
DEAD MAN by Jim Jarmusch (8)
MIRRORMASK by David McKean (8)
SHORT CUTS by Robert Altman (8)
SHADOWS OF OUR FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS by Sergei Parajanov (7)
SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT by Wojciech Has (9)
GOYA IN BORDEAUX by Carlos Saura (7)
WINTER SLEEPERS by Tom Tykwer (7)
HEAVEN by Tom Tykwer (7)
THE WARRIOR AND THE PRINCESS by Tom Tykwer (7)
HEAVENLY CREATURES by Peter Jackson (8)
THE SHOUT by Jerzy Skolimowsky (9)
LORD OF THE FLIES by Peter Brooks (9)
MARAT SADE by Peter Brooks (9)
VERTIGO by Alfred Hitchcock (9)
NORTHFORK by The Polish brothers (8)
CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI by Robert Wiene (9)
THIN BLUE LINE by Errol Morris (7)
THE UNFORGIVEN by Clint Eastwood (8)
THE PROFESSIONAL by Jean Luc Besson (8)
LE FEMME NIKITA by Jean Luc Besson (8)
WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE by John Cassavettes (9)
FACES by John Cassavettes (9)
A PURE FORMALITY by Giuseppe Tornatore (8)
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA by Francis Ford Coppola (8)
THE COMPANY OF WOLVES by Neil Jordan (8)
RICHARD THE THIRD by Lawrence Olivier (7)
DERSU UZALA by Akira Kurosawa (9)
YOJIMBO by Akira Kurosawa (8)
A MAN ESCAPED by Robert Bresson (9)
O LUCKY MAN! by Lindsay Anderson (7)
THE LAST WAVE by Peter Weir (8)
JFK by Oliver Stone (7)
JESUS OF MONTREAL by Denis Arcand (7)
MEAN STREETS by Martin Scorsese (8)
LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST by Martin Scorsese (8)
ADVENTURES OF BARON VON MUNCHAUSEN by Terry Gilliam (9)
HENRY FOOL by Hal Hartley (8)
NO SUCH THING by Hal Hartley (7)
BRAZIL by Terry Gilliam (9)
THE PIANO by Jane Campion (8)
PROSPERO'S BOOKS by Peter Greenaway (9)
THE WICKER MAN by Robin Hardy (9)
DECONSTRUCTING HARRY by Woody Allen (8)
SLEEPER by Woody Allen (8)
DOMINO by Tony Scott (7)
more to come...
Jean Cocteau's "ORPHEUS" (1949)
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ANTERO
ALLI -- FILMOGRAPHY
completed works, clips, reviews, vision statement
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Music by Alejandro Jodorowsky (from "EL TOPO ")
