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TOP-TEN FILM LISTS BY FILM DIRECTORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
When not planning or making movies film directors see movies too. Here are a few favorite movie lists from directors around the world past and present. These lists - unless otherwise noted - are comprised from the 1992 Sight & Sound Poll and the 1995 Time Out Poll.
Pedro Almodovar
01. Journey to Italy
02. Leave Her to Heaven
03. Opening Night
04. The Apartment
05. To Be or Not to Be
06. El
07. The Rules of the Game
08. The Quiet Man
09. Out of the Past
10. North by Northwest
Allison Anders
01. All That Heaven Allows
02. Alice in The Cities
03. The Hours and Times
04. The Man From Laramie
05. Letter From and Unknown Woman
06. A Hard Day's Night
07. Woman on The Beach
08. Naked
09. The Age of Innocence
10. There's Always Tomorrow
John Carpenter
01. Only Angels Have Wings
02. Chimes at Midnight
03. Rio Bravo
04. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
05. Chinatown
06. Bringing Up Baby
07. The Searchers
08. The Exterminating Angel
09. Scarface (Hawks)
10. Vertigo
Jackie Chan
01. The General
02. City Lights
03. Rocky
04. War & Peace
05. Seven Samurai
06.Gone With The Wind
07. Jurassic Park
08. My Fair Lady
09. Pocketful of Miracles
10. Lawrence of Arabia
Federico Fellini
01. Maciste all'inferno
02. City Lights
03. Fra' Diavolo
04. Frankenstein (Whale)
05. Stagecoach
06. Paisan
07. 2001: A Space Odyssey
08. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
09.Toto e Peppino divisi a Berlino
10. Intervista
Atom Egoyan
01. Vertigo
02. Last Year at Marienbad
03. India Song
04. Wavelength
05. Color of Pomegranates
06. La Notte
07. Rosemary's Baby
08. Taxi Driver
09. La Dolche Vita
10. The Conversation
Jean Luc Godard.
From 1960 Cahiers du Cinema poll about the time he made Breathless.
01. Les Bonnes Femmes
02. The Savage Innocents
03. Give a Girl a Break
04. Sansho Dayu
05. Moonfleet
06. Nazarin
07. Poem of the Sea
08. Psycho
09. Le Testament d'Orphee
10. Tirez sur le pianiste
Terry Gilliam
01. Citizen Kane
02. Seven Samurai
03. The Seventh Seal
04. 8 1/2
05. 2001: A Space Odyssey
06. Sherlock Jr
07. Pinocchio
08. The Children of Paradise
09. One-Eyed Jacks
10. The Apartment
Peter Greenaway
01. Last Year at Marienbad
02. Breathless
03. La Notte
04. Rules of the Game
05. The Seventh Seal
06. Strike
07. Throne of Blood
08. Fellini's Cassanova
09. 8 1/2
10. The Maquise of O...
Krzysztof Kielowski
01. La Strada
02. Kes
03. A Condemned Man Escapes
04. 400 Blows
05. Citizen Kane
06. The Kid
07. Ivan's Childhood
08. Musicians
09. The Pram
10. Intimate Lightning
Martin Scorsese
Best of the 1990’s presented on Ebert’s show in 1999.
01. Horse Thief (1986)
02. The Thin Red Line (1998)
03. A Borrowed Life (1994)
04. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
05. Bad Lieutenant (1992)
06. Breaking the Waves (1996)
07. Bottle Rocket (1996)
08. Crash (1996)
09. Fargo (1996)
10. Heat (1995)
Andrei Tarkovsky
From the 1972 Sight and Sound Poll.
01. Le Journal d’un curé de campagne
02. Winter Light
03. Nazarin
04. Wild Strawberries
05. City Lights
06. Ugetsu Monogatari
07. Seven Samurai
08. Persona
09. Mouchette
10. Woman of the Dunes (Teshigahara)
John Woo
01. Citizen Kane
02. 2001: A Space Odyssey
03. Le Samourai
04. Lawrence of Arabia
05. Mean Streets
06. The Wild Bunch
07. The Godfather Part II
08. Seven Samurai
09. West Side Story
10. Raging Bull
Billy Wilder
01. The Best Years of Our Lives
02. Bicycle Thieves
03. The Bridge on The River Kwai
04. The Conformist
05. Diabolique
06. La Dolche Vita
07. 42nd Street
08. Grand Illusion
09. Seduced and Abandoned
10. The Shop Around the Corner