Greek Films
My suggestions for Greek films:
- Anything directed by Nikos Papatakis (but esp.
The Photograph- 1987) The Ogre of Athens- 1956A Neighborhood Named 'The Dream'- 1961- Some cult classics like:
Let the Women Wait!- 1998Cheap Smokes- 2001Matchbox- 2003Tsiou- 2005
Other Films
Anything made by:
- Stanley Kubrick (esp.
2001: A Space Odyssey- 1968 andThe Shining- 1980) - Akira Kurosawa (esp.
Ikiru1952) - Coen brothers (esp.
The Big Lebowski- 1998 andNo Country for Old Men- 2007)
Mostly anything made by:
- Michel Gondry (esp.
The Science of Sleep- 2006) - Edgar Wright (esp.
Shaun of the Dead- 2004 andHot Fuzz- 2007) - Terry Gilliam
- Ken Loach (esp.
Sorry We Missed You- 2019) - Luis Buñuel (esp.
The Exterminating Angel- 1962)
Other suggestions:
Drama
Network- 1976Midnight Express- 1978Under Fire- 1983La Haine- 1995Ponette- 1996Trainspottings- 1996 & 2017Biutiful- 2010Le Havre- 2011The Selfish Giant- 2013Frances Ha- 2013Calvary- 2014Spotlight- 2015Embrace of the Serpent- 2015The Florida Project- 2017
Thriller
Falling Down- 1993Memento- 200010 Cloverfield Lane- 2016It Comes at Night- 2017The Lighthouse- 2019
Romance
Pierrot le Fou- 1965Paris, Texas- 1984Wristcutters: A Love Story- 2007Amour- 2012
Action - Adventure
The Bridge on the River Kwai- 1957Lawrence of Arabia- 1962Blade Runner- 1982Oldboy- 2003One Cut of the Dead- 2017
Fantasy
Delicatessen- 1991The City of Lost Children- 1995Donnie Darko- 2001Pan's Labyrinth- 2006
Comedy
Monty Python and the Holy Grail- 1975This Is Spinal Tap- 1984Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny- 2006Black Dynamite- 2009What We Do in the Shadows- 2014
Animation
- Anyting made by Hayao Miyazaki (esp.
Spirited Away- 2001 andPrincess Mononoke- 1997) Persepolis- 2007The Breadwinner- 2017- The Irish Folklore Trilogy
The Secret of Kells- 2009Song of the Sea- 2014Wolfwalkers- 2020
Documentary
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse- 1991To Be and to Have- 2002Fahrenheit 9/11- 2004
So bad it's good
Hot Wheels: World Race- 2003Fateful Findings- 2013