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)