The Criterion Collection

Hearts and Minds

Peter Davis

il_conformista: “more depressing than the deer hunter, but still loved it. don't know if i could watch it again, but HIGHLY recommend it”

Harlan County USA

Barbara Kopple

il_conformista: “one of the best documentaries ever made.”

Hard Boiled

John Woo

il_conformista: “one badass cop movie complete with the asian man with awful hair dying the most absurd death.”

Grey Gardens

Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde…

il_conformista: “great but depressing. the raccoons in the attic! gross.”

Grand Illusion

Jean Renoir

il_conformista: “it's good. i'd recommend it (like who hasn't seen this movie?)”

Good Morning

Yasujiro Ozu

il_conformista: “as much as i love ozu, most his films can be a bit heavy, but i just loved how silly this one was. any japanese film with farting is just awesome”

Gimme Shelter

David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin

il_conformista: “the maysles know what's up. i just like how george lucas and walter murch worked on this film, and also the ending, ya know, that whole grim business”

George Washington

David Gordon Green

il_conformista: “blind buy, and i will never again be so foolish. this movie was awful. david gordon green just xeroxed pages from the terrance malick playbook...”

General Idi Amin Dada

Barbet Schroeder

il_conformista: “loved this movie, despite that it was incredibly dark and morbid. but still, loved it.”

Forbidden Games

René Clément

il_conformista: “cute little movie, innocence in contrast with war, blah blah, we get it.”

For All Mankind

Al Reinert

il_conformista: “wonderful film! i love space exploration and nasa, so obviously this movie was amazing to watch. nothing beats space footage shot on film”

The Firemen’s Ball

Milos Forman

il_conformista: “such a great movie, and a lot of fun. i wish they had the milos forman intro from the vhs where he publicly states that his film was not a satire....”

A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman

il_conformista: “all three films are brilliant, and nothing more can be said about them. just great, great dark films.”

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Terry Gilliam

il_conformista: “great film, wonderfully acted, and creatively shot. terry gilliam can nail it sometimes, and other times.... ”

Fat Girl

Catherine Breillat

il_conformista: “good movie, until the end when it just takes a 180 and you're just like, "really? that's where we're going with this?" and you're just confused.”

Fanny and Alexander Box Set

Ingmar Bergman

il_conformista: “long but enjoyable. i think the theatrical version delivers all it needs to. no need to spend another countless hours to watch the tv version.”

F for Fake

Orson Welles

il_conformista: “it's no frozen peas, but it's still an engaging film/documentary/whatever they're calling it”

Eyes Without a Face

Georges Franju

il_conformista: “nice little creepy french horror flick.”

Elevator to the Gallows

Louis Malle

il_conformista: “i used to like this when i was younger, and i'm not sure why. maybe i just liked to ogle a young jeanne moreau”

The Element of Crime

Lars von Trier

il_conformista: “i have no idea what happens in this movie.”

Down by Law

Jim Jarmusch

il_conformista: “fun flick, great cast, decent direction. ”

The Double Life of Véronique

Krzysztof Kieślowski

il_conformista: “thought it would be good like the three colors trilogy, but it was just mediocre. not terrible, but not life changing”

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee

il_conformista: “one of the best american films ever made. this and boyz n' the hood are probably the best films about black culture”

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Luis Buñuel

il_conformista: “it's entertaining. bunuel just being ridiculous”

Dead Ringers

David Cronenberg

il_conformista: “40 dollars well spent. finally, a decent cronenberg movie”

Dazed and Confused

Richard Linklater

il_conformista: “great movie. it's the 90s equivalent of american graffiti, but in the 70s”

Days of Heaven

Terrence Malick

il_conformista: “as much as terrance malick is kind of shitty, gotta love this movie, mainly for the cinematography, but that's nestor almendros workin the magic”

The Darjeeling Limited

Wes Anderson

il_conformista: “your standard wes anderson fare. it's no rushmore, but then again, what is?”

Cries and Whispers

Ingmar Bergman

il_conformista: “not the best bergman film, but still collection worthy”

The Cranes Are Flying

Mikhail Kalatozov

il_conformista: “easily one of the best international films ever made, if not the best soviet film ever made. masterfully shot, and the ending, oh man, the ending!”

Coup de torchon

Bertrand Tavernier

il_conformista: “great little french film that not a lot of people know of.”

Coup de grâce

Volker Schlöndorff

il_conformista: “wonderfully shot and brilliantly acted. you wanna talk about brilliant long takes? that last shot needs to be discussed more than "children of men"”

Contempt

Jean-Luc Godard

il_conformista: “it was all right, could have picked a better leading lady, but the film motif was nice. typical godard”

La commare secca

Bernardo Bertolucci

il_conformista: “cool to see a great director's first film, but it wasn't as great as i would have expected. seemed more like a de sica flick.”

Closely Watched Trains

Jiří Menzel

il_conformista: “cute, adorable and bittersweet movie. it's really good.”

Clean, Shaven

Lodge Kerrigan

il_conformista: “little weird, but good. could have used a sodomy scene with ving rhames, but hey,what're you gonna do?”

Chasing Amy

Kevin Smith

il_conformista: “one of those movies you love when you're in 8th grade, and it kind of just sticks around in your collection”

Le cercle rouge

Jean-Pierre Melville

il_conformista: “fun little french crime film. gotta love delon”

By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One

Stan Brakhage

il_conformista: “love me some stan brakhage. cat's cradle, come on, it's soooo good. too bad everyone tried to rip him off. looking at you, mr. david fincher”

Burden of Dreams

Les Blank

il_conformista: “nothing better to see than herzog completely lose his mind and attempt to make fitzcaraldo, which wasn't even that good of a movie. good doc btw”

Breathless

Jean-Luc Godard

il_conformista: “film school 101. you have to know how editing works before you can break the rules. hey, this used to be my all time favorite movie. still good”

The BRD Trilogy

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

il_conformista: “love, love, loved those three movies.”

Brazil

Terry Gilliam

il_conformista: “braaaaazil! where hearts were entertained in june... they really need to get on the ball and release this in blu-ray.”

Bottle Rocket

Wes Anderson

il_conformista: “eh, i enjoyed it.”

Black Orpheus

Marcel Camus

il_conformista: “i had a great time watching this one. everything was so vibrant, yet so sad”

Billy Liar

John Schlesinger

il_conformista: “just a great, fun film. super british, but in a good way; that's for true.”

Bicycle Thieves

Vittorio De Sica

il_conformista: “i mean, it's really only memorable for the ending, but what an ending.”

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

il_conformista: “loooooooong”

Beauty and the Beast

Jean Cocteau

il_conformista: “just a beautifully made film. Henri Alekan, you are awesome”

Beastie Boys Video Anthology

Various

il_conformista: “RIP MCA. i just love the beastie boys, so when this dvd came out when i was 13, i nearly died. it's just sooooo good!”

The Battle of Algiers

Gillo Pontecorvo

il_conformista: “brilliant filmmaking. kids, you could learn a thing or two from uncle gillo”

Band of Outsiders

Jean-Luc Godard

il_conformista: “mildly entertaining, to say the least”

Ballad of a Soldier

Grigori Chukhrai

il_conformista: “quaint little soviet film.”

Bad Timing

Nicolas Roeg

il_conformista: “got halfway through this one, and i'm like, "meh. walkabout was better"”

Autumn Sonata

Ingmar Bergman

il_conformista: “take two powerhouse swedish actresses, throw in bergman's usual depressing stories, and look what we get.”

Au hasard Balthazar

Robert Bresson

il_conformista: “a lot of my friends hated this, called it pretentious and whatnot, but it was freaking fantastic. haters gonna hate...”

Army of Shadows

Jean-Pierre Melville

il_conformista: “melville usually is a safe bet, but this one.... oh boy.”

Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films

Andrzej Wajda

il_conformista: “like i get it, seeing war through the polish resistance fighters and whatnot, ultra postwar, yada yada... could not hold my interest ”

And the Ship Sails On

Federico Fellini

il_conformista: “i honestly don't know what happens in this movie. like, there's a rhino or something?”

And God Created Woman

Roger Vadim

il_conformista: “you really only watch this for brigette bardot, and even then you're thoroughly unimpressed”