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.
Ikiru
1952) - 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