The Criterion Collection

greatest march through Russian history ever rendered through religious icons. master and commander of soul searching.

if ever there was gathered a group of uber talent that never slept in the cross hairs of post war Vienna

one of the most beautiful and haunting stories to come out of post war Italy. Fellini was unstoppable for a decade starting with The White Shiek. this is his one film that comes back time and again

the Polish auteur Kieslowski at the top of his craft. served as the basic inspration for his colors trilogy. a perfect marriage of director and lead actress on a plane touching the unimaginable

good old Fritz at his best right before he headed for these national shores called Los Angeles

so good it was immitated and renamed 25 years later

film noir London style with protaginist as nasty as they come. that laugh.........by he who laughs last

one of the best anti - war films ever. true marvel of inspiration in black and white

great cross cultural love story amid the ashes of apocalyptic ruins with signs of new life budding out. hopefully events portrayed here will never reoccur

last glance at a Berlin that we will never see again

imagine a Paris that never existed except for a few short years in the life of a French mime. no doubt a big influence on the creation of Synecdoche New York.

best of the Wilder bunch

3 films super imposed over each other gets creepy real quick only Lars can do

the best film to come out of the Paris Match making.

as perfect of a crime/courtroom drama to ever come out any decade. Otto Preminger stacked a wonderful deck as close to real life events on record as possible. this is great stuff.

Charles Laughton as director of a small bag of a coins get tough and sweet, rallies the crew, turns a noir parable into a life defining cinematic message.

this could easily be my # 1 also. a master plan executed to perfection on the chaos of love, living, and the unlikelihood of coincidence

very powerful propaganda right under Stalin's nose

one of the early really scary ones.

getting the most out of all available support tools to tell the tale of he whom was called but never made it to those distant, near shores of battle.