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The philosopher names Trouble in Paradise “Ernst Lubitsch’s ultimate masterpiece,” praises Peter Weir’s early films, and calls the final scene of City Lights “the most sublime ending.”

The director of Creep, The Overnight, and Corporate Animals calls Wings of Desire the film that made him want to make movies, talks about his belated discovery of All That Jazz, and pays tribute to Wes Anderson.

The visionary filmmaker bags favorite movies by Michelangelo Antonioni, Robert Bresson, Byron Haskin, and Terrence Malick.

The actor, who stars in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, highlights a Clu Gulager performance that the director recommended to him, recounts how his wife introduced him to An Unmarried Woman, and shares his mother’s favorite movie

The writer and director of Safe, Carol, and May December describes the influence that Brief Encounter and Beau travail have had on his work, praises classic Douglas Sirk movies as “the most perfect films ever made,” and gives a shout-out...

The actor and director praises Midnight Cowboy as “a miracle of a movie,” calls James Stewart his favorite actor, and talks about discovering John Cassavetes’s films in his teenage years.

The director of She Came to Me and Personal Velocity talks about the most disturbing films she has ever seen, the sad humor of Miloš Forman, and the poetic-realist masterpiece that might be her favorite movie of all time.

The actor and comedian gravitates to 1940s film noir, the “weirdly timely” shock comedy of John Waters, and movies with memorable soundtracks.

The acclaimed photographer and music video director, whose film work includes Control and Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis), highlights favorite movies by Wim Wenders, Martin Scorsese, and Paweł Pawlikowski.

During a trip to what he calls our “city of movies,” the director of Afire talked about the jazzy qualities of Steven Soderbergh’s films, the inspiration he has taken from Preston Sturges, and an overpoweringly erotic moment in Stromboli.