the list - april 2009

welcome to the monthly update of the list folks, which is now reaching great heights in terms of the number of films that make it up! its getting more and more difficult every month, as inserting films into the list is an incredibly time consuming task believe it or not. im going to aim to put the list up on the first monday of each month from now on. having watched some great films this month theres plenty of movement at the top, with a few additions at the bottom too.

1. pierrot le fou (jean-luc godard)
2. the 400 blows (francois truffaut)
3. the passenger (michelangelo antonioni)
4. au hasard balthazar (robert bresson)
5. sunrise (f.w. murnau)
6. hiroshima mon amour (alain resnais)
7. the outlaw josey wales (clint eastwood)
8. mouchette (robert bresson)
9. citizen kane (orson welles)
10. a man escaped (robert bresson)

11. the night of the hunter (charles laughton)
12. i've loved you so long (philippe claudel)
13. the wrestler (darren aronofsky) *
14. the last metro (francois truffaut)
15. se7en (david fincher)
16. hunger (steve mcqueen)
17. doubt (john patrick shanley) *
18. pickpocket (robert bresson)
19. stolen kisses (francois truffaut)
20. chinatown (roman polanski)

21. love on the run (franois truffaut)
22. milk (gus van sant) *
23. bottle rocket (wes anderson)
24. gran torino (clint eastwood *
25. bed and board (francois truffaut)
26. twelve monkeys (terry gilliam)
27. red desert (michelangelo antonioni)
28. mon oncle antoine (claude jutra)
29. bronco billy (clint eastwood)
30. faust (f.w. murnau)

31. l'argent (robert bresson)
32. unforgiven (clint eastwood)
33. shadow of a doubt (alfred hitchcock)
34. revolutionary road (sam mendes) *
35. antoine and colette (francois truffaut)
36. gomorrah (matteo garrone)
37. traffic (steven soderbergh)
38. che - part one (steven soderbergh) *
39. f for fake (orson welles)
40. changeling (clint eastwood)

41. five easy pieces (bob rafelson)
42. alone across the pacific (kon ichikawa)
43. the visitor (tom mccarthy)
44. western union (fritz lang)
45. lancelot du lac (robert bresson)
46. days of heaven (terence malick)
47. the brothers bloom (rian johnson)
48. the station agent (tom mccarthy)
49. synecdoche new york (charlie kaufman)
50. OSS 117 : cairo nest of spies (michel hazanavicius)

51. fury (fritz lang)
52. the element of crime (lars von trier)
53. the shining (stanley kubrick)
54. rear window (alfred hitchcock)
55. the dark knight (christopher nolan)
56. wall-e (andrew stanton)
57. the silence of the lambs (jonathan demme)
58. advise and consent (otto preminger)
59. slumdog millionaire (danny boyle) *
60. the electric horseman (sydney pollack) *

61. the shop on main street (ján kadár and elmar klos)
62. rosemary's baby (roman polanski)
63. frost/nixon (ron howard) *
64. man on wire (james marsh)
65. rome, open city (rossellini)
66. blow up (michelangelo antonioni)
67. the limey (steven soderbergh)
68. high plains drifter (clint eastwood)
69. che - part two (steven soderbergh) *
70. spellbound (alfred hitchcock)

71. before the devil knows youre dead (sidney lumet)
72. the adventures of baron munchausen (terry gilliam)
73. casablanca (michael curtiz)
74.the curious case of benjamin button (david fincher) *
75. the usual suspects (bryan singer)
76. lars and the real girl (craig gillespie)
77. how the west was won (john ford, henry hathaway & george marshall)
78. europa (lars von trier)
79. la ricotta (pier paolo pasolini)
80. blindness (fernando meirelles)

81. killer's kiss (stanley kubrick)
82.letters from iwo jima (clint eastwood)
83. out of sight (steven soderbergh)
84. jcvd (mabrouk el mechri) *
85. dirty harry (don siegal)
86. mad detective (johnnie to & wai ka fa)
87. the idiot (akira kurosawa)
88. in bruges (martin mcdonough)
89. tideland (terry gilliam)
90. play misty for me (clint eastwood)

91. hellboy - the golden army (guillermo del toro)
92. bolt 3D (disney) *
93. pale rider (clint eastwood)
94. breezy (clint eastwood)
95. the inheritors (eugenio polgovsky) *
96. the pianist (roman polanski)
97. time bandits (terry gilliam)
98. a. effect (mike ott) *
99. withnail & i (bruce robinson)
100. the terminator (james cameron)

101. the wizard of oz (victor fleming)
102. capturing the friedmans (andrew jarecki)
103. monty python's life of brian (terry jones)
104. gone baby, gone (ben affleck)
105. terminator 2 : judgment day (james cameron)
106. firefox (clint eastwood)
107. the chorus (christophe barratier)
108. hancock (peter berg)
109. iron man (jon favreau)
110. saboteur (alfred hitchcock)

111. the gauntlet (clint eastwood)
112. the day the earth stood still (robert wise)
113. rope (alfred hitchcock)
114. total recall (paul verhoeven)
115. wanted (timur bekmambetov)
116. the international (tom twyker) *
117. mallrats (kevin smith)
118. die hard (john mctiernan)
119. the dreamers (bernardo bertolucci)
120. magnum force (ted post)

121. casino royale (martin campbell)
122. monsters vs. aliens (rob letterman) *
123. carny (sheldon wilson) *
124. valkyrie (bryan singer)
125. personal services (terry jones) *
126. the reader (steven daldry) *
127. space cowboys (clint eastwood)
128. the young victoria (jean-marc vallée) *
129. watchmen *
130. body of lies (ridley scott)

131. solaris (steven soderbergh)
132. hancock (peter berg)
133. the trouble with harry (alfred hitchcock)
134. indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull (steven spielberg)
135. the hunt for red october (john mctiernan)
136. the puffy chair (duplass brothers)
137. "the birds" (alfred hitchcock)
138. i am legend (francis lawrence)
139. the rock (michael bay)
140. quantum of solace (marc forster)

141. superbad (greg motola)
142. frenzy (alfred hitchcock)
143. transformers (michael bay)
144. the magnificent ambersons (orson welles)
145. speed (jan de bont)
146. goldeneye (martin campbell)
147. australia (baz luhrmann)
148. star trek - the motion picture (robert wise)
149. happy-go-lucky (mike leigh)
150. coogans bluff (don siegal)

151. the enforcer (james fargo)
152. joe kidd (john sturges)
153. spider-man 3 (sam raimi)
154. dear wendy (thomas vinterberg)
155. night watch (timur bekmambetov)
156. judge dredd (danny cannon)
157. robocop 3 (fred dekker)
158. terminator 3 : rise of the machines (jonathan mostow)
159. armageddon (michael bay)
160. strangers on a train (alfred hitchcock)

161. jamaica inn (alfred hitchcock)
162. robocop 2 (irvin kershner)
163. my bloody valentine (patrick lussier) *
164. OMG/HAHAHA (morgan jon fox) *
165. a nightmare on elm street 4 (renny harlin)
166. a nightmare on elm street (wes craven)
167. awaydays (pat holden) *
168. zack and miri make a porno (kevin smith)
169. goldfinger (guy hamilton)
170. a nightmare on elm street 2 (jack sholder)

171. you only live twice (lewis gilbert)
172. mad max - beyond thunderdome (george miller & george ogilvie)
173. die another day (lee tamahori)
174. a nightmare on elm street 3 (chuck russell)
175. a nightmare on elm street 5 (stephen hopkins)
176. a nightmare on elm street 6 (rachel talalay)
177. W. (oliver stone)