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mizoguchi's "Top directors' 5 films"

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Mainly setting aside personal taste, I’ve tried to come with something like an objective list of 35- now 36 (Shimizu added)- critically admired +/or widely popular international directors, and the films that may perhaps best represent them.

  1. 1.
    M*A*S*H (1970)
    by Robert Altman

  2. 2.
    McCabe & Mrs. Miller
    by Robert Altman

  3. 3.
    Nashville
    by Robert Altman

  4. 5.
    Short Cuts (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Altman

  5. 6.
    The Travelling Players (O Thiasos [Non-US Format, PAL region 2])
    by Theo Angelopoulos

  6. 7.
    Landscape in the Mist
    by Theodoros Angelopoulos

  7. 8.
    Ulysses' Gaze
    by Theodoros Angelopoulos

  8. 9.
    Eternity and a Day
    by Theo Angelopoulos

  9. 10.
    Weeping Meadow, The

  10. 11.
    L'Avventura (The Criterion Collection)
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

  11. 12.
    La Notte
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

  12. 13.
    L'Eclisse (The Criterion Collection)
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

  13. 14.
    Blow Up

  14. 15.
    The Passenger
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

  15. 17.
    Wild Strawberries (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ingmar Bergman

  16. 18.
    Persona
    by Ingmar Bergman

  17. 21.
    Diary of a Country Priest (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Bresson

  18. 22.
    A Man Escaped
    by Robert Bresson

  19. 23.

  20. 24.
    Au Hasard Balthazar (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Bresson

  21. 25.
    Mouchette (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Bresson

  22. 26.
    Luis Bunuel's L'Age d'Or
    by Luis Buñuel

  23. 27.

  24. 28.

  25. 29.
    Belle de Jour

  26. 31.
    The Passion of Joan of Arc (The Criterion Collection)
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer

  27. 32.
    Vampyr (The Criterion Collection)
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer

  28. 33.
    Day of Wrath - Criterion Collection
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer

  29. 35.
    Gertrud - Criterion Collection
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer

  30. 36.
    Strike
    by Sergei M. Eisenstein

  31. 37.
    Battleship Potemkin (The Special Edition)
    by Sergei Eisenstein

  32. 38.
    October (Ten Days That Shook the World)
    by Grigori Aleksandrov

  33. 39.
    Alexander Nevsky
    by Dmitri Vasilyev

  34. 40.
    Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 1
    by Sergei M. Eisenstein

  35. 41.
    La Strada (The Criterion Collection)
    by Federico Fellini

  36. 44.
    8 1/2 (The Criterion Collection)
    by Federico Fellini

  37. 45.

  38. 46.
    Stagecoach
    by John Ford

  39. 47.
    The Grapes of Wrath
    by John Ford

  40. 48.
    My Darling Clementine

  41. 49.
    John Wayne: The Searchers
    by John Ford

  42. 50.
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  43. 51.
    À bout de souffle (Breathless)
    by Jean-Luc Godard

  44. 53.
    Contempt (Import NTSC All Regions)
    by Jean-Luc Godard

  45. 55.
    Weekend
    by Jean-Luc Godard

  46. 56.
    Scarface
    by Howard Hawks

  47. 57.
    Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Howard Hawks

  48. 58.
    The Big Sleep
    by Howard Hawks

  49. 59.
    Red River
    by Arthur Rosson

  50. 60.

  51. 61.
    The 39 Steps (The Criterion Collection)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  52. 62.
    Rear Window (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  53. 63.
    Vertigo (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  54. 64.
    North By Northwest
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  55. 65.
    Psycho (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  56. 66.
    A Short Film About Love
    by Krzysztof Kieslowski

  57. 67.
    A Short Film About Killing

  58. 69.
    Blue
    by Krzysztof Kieslowski

  59. 70.
    Red

  60. 71.
    Paths of Glory
    by Stanley Kubrick

  61. 73.
    2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Stanley Kubrick

  62. 74.
    The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Stanley Kubrick

  63. 75.
    Barry Lyndon

  64. 76.

  65. 77.
    Ikiru (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa

  66. 78.
    Seven Samurai (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa

  67. 80.
    Ran (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa

  68. 81.
    Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
    by Fritz Lang

  69. 82.
    M (The Criterion Collection)
    by Fritz Lang

  70. 83.
    The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (The Criterion Collection)
    by Fritz Lang

  71. 84.
    Fury
    by Fritz Lang

  72. 85.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

  73. 88.

  74. 89.
    Lawrence of Arabia (Single-Disc Edition)
    by David Lean

  75. 91.
    Eraserhead
    by David Lynch

  76. 92.
    The Elephant Man

  77. 93.
    Blue Velvet (Special Edition)

  78. 94.
    Mulholland Dr.
    by David Lynch

  79. 95.
    Inland Empire
    by David Lynch

  80. 96.
    Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
    by Hayao Miyazaki

  81. 97.
    My Neighbor Totoro
    by Hayao Miyazaki

  82. 98.
    Princess Mononoke
    by Hayao Miyazaki

  83. 99.
    Spirited Away
    by Hayao Miyazaki

  84. 100.
    Howl's Moving Castle
    by Hayao Miyazaki

  85. 101.
    Osaka Elegy (Naniwa Ereji) - 1936
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

  86. 102.
    The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

  87. 103.
    The Life of Oharu (1952) (Import All Region)
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

  88. 104.
    Ugetsu (The Criterion Collection)
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

  89. 106.
    Nosferatu (The Ultimate Two-Disc Edition)
    by F.W. Murnau

  90. 107.
    The Last Laugh
    by F.W. Murnau

  91. 108.
    Faust
    by F.W. Murnau

  92. 109.
    Sunrise (1927)
    by F.W. Murnau

  93. 110.
    Tabu (1931)
    by F.W. Murnau

  94. 111.
    Liebelei (1933)
    by Max Ophuls

  95. 113.
    La Ronde
    by Max Ophuls

  96. 115.
    Lola Montes

  97. 116.
    I Was Born, But...
    by Yasujiro Ozu

  98. 117.
    Late Spring (The Criterion Collection)
    by Wim Wenders

  99. 118.
    Early Summer (The Criterion Collection)
    by Yasujiro Ozu

  100. 119.
    Tokyo Story (The Criterion Collection)
    by Yasujirô Ozu

  101. 122.

  102. 123.
    Black Narcissus (The Criterion Collection)
    by Emeric Pressburger

  103. 124.
    The Red Shoes - Criterion Collection
    by Michael Powell

  104. 126.
    Pather Panchali
    by Satyajit Ray

  105. 127.
    Aparajito

  106. 128.
    The World of Apu [VHS]
    by Satyajit Ray

  107. 129.
    Charulata [VHS]
    by Satyajit Ray

  108. 130.
    Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)
    by Satyajit Ray

  109. 131.
    Boudu Saved from Drowning (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean Renoir

  110. 132.
    Partie de Campagne (A Day in the Country) (1936)
    by Jean Renoir

  111. 133.
    Grand Illusion (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean Renoir

  112. 135.
    The River (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean Renoir

  113. 136.
    Mean Streets (Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

  114. 138.
    Raging Bull (Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

  115. 139.
    GoodFellas
    by Martin Scorsese

  116. 140.
    The Departed (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

  117. 141.
    Jaws (Widescreen Anniversary Collector's Edition)
    by Laurent Bouzereau

  118. 142.
    Raiders of the Lost Ark - Widescreen Version (1981)
    by Steven Spielberg

  119. 143.
    E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

  120. 144.
    Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

  121. 145.
    Saving Private Ryan (Single-Disc Special Limited Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

  122. 146.
    Reservoir Dogs (1992)
    by Quentin Tarantino

  123. 147.
    Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Quentin Tarantino

  124. 148.
    Jackie Brown (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Quentin Tarantino

  125. 149.
    Kill Bill - Volume One
    by Quentin Tarantino

  126. 150.
    Kill Bill - Volume Two
    by Quentin Tarantino

  127. 151.
    Andrei Rublev (The Criterion Collection)
    by Andrey Tarkovskiy

  128. 152.
    Solaris (The Criterion Collection)
    by Andrey Tarkovskiy

  129. 153.
    The Mirror
    by Andrey Tarkovskiy

  130. 154.
    Stalker
    by Andrey Tarkovskiy

  131. 155.
    The Sacrifice
    by Andrey Tarkovskiy

  132. 156.
    The 400 Blows (The Criterion Collection)
    by François Truffaut

  133. 157.
    Shoot the Piano Player (The Criterion Collection)
    by François Truffaut

  134. 158.
    Jules and Jim (The Criterion Collection)
    by François Truffaut

  135. 160.
    Day for Night
    by François Truffaut

  136. 161.
    The Blue Angel
    by Josef von Sternberg

  137. 162.
    Morocco
    by Josef von Sternberg

  138. 163.
    Shanghai Express - (Russian Import - PAL DVD)
    by Josef von Sternberg

  139. 165.
    The Devil is a Woman
    by Josef von Sternberg

  140. 166.
    Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Orson Welles

  141. 167.
    The Magnificent Ambersons (1942, Region 2)
    by Orson Welles

  142. 168.
    The Lady from Shanghai
    by Orson Welles

  143. 169.

  144. 170.
    Chimes At Midnight

  145. 171.
    Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Billy Wilder

  146. 172.
    The Lost Weekend
    by Billy Wilder

  147. 173.
    Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder

  148. 174.
    Some Like It Hot
    by Billy Wilder

  149. 175.
    The Apartment (Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder

  150. 176.
    ?
    Japanese Girls at the Harbour
    by Hiroshi Shimizu

  151. 177.
    ?
    Arigato San (by Shimizu)

  152. 178.
    ?
    Children of the Wind (Shimizu)
    by Hiroshi Shimizu

  153. 179.
    ?
    Masseurs and a Woman (Shimizu)

  154. 180.
    ?
    Ornamental Hairpin (Shimizu)

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