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mizoguchi's "Top directors' 5 films"

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.

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M*A*S*H (1970)
by Robert Altman
 
2. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
by Robert Altman
 
3. Nashville
by Robert Altman
 
4. The Player (Special Edition) (New Line Platinum Series)
by Robert Altman
 
5. Short Cuts - Criterion Collection
by Robert Altman
 
6. The Travelling Players (O Thiasos [Non-US Format, PAL region 2])
by Theo Angelopoulos
 
7. Landscape in the Mist
by Theodoros Angelopoulos
 
8. Ulysses' Gaze
by Theodoros Angelopoulos
 
9. Eternity and a Day
by Theodoros Angelopoulos
 
10. Weeping Meadow
by Theodoros Angelopoulos
 
11. L'Avventura - Criterion Collection
by Michelangelo Antonioni
 
12. La Notte
by Michelangelo Antonioni
 
13. L'Eclisse - Criterion Collection
by Michelangelo Antonioni
 
14. Blow Up
by Michelangelo Antonioni
 
15. The Passenger
by Michelangelo Antonioni
 
16. The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection
by Ingmar Bergman
 
17. Wild Strawberries - Criterion Collection
by Ingmar Bergman
 
18. Persona
by Ingmar Bergman
 
19. Cries & Whispers - Criterion Collection
by Ingmar Bergman
 
20. Fanny and Alexander (Special Edition Five-Disc Set) - Criterion Collection  
21. Diary of a Country Priest - Criterion Collection
by Robert Bresson
 
22. A Man Escaped
by Robert Bresson
 
23. Pickpocket - Criterion Collection  
24. Au Hasard Balthazar (Criterion Collection)
by Robert Bresson
 
25. Mouchette - Criterion Collection
by Robert Bresson
 
26. Luis Bunuel's L'Age d'Or  
27. Los Olvidados  
28. Viridiana - Criterion Collection
by Luis Buñuel
 
29. Belle de Jour  
30. The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie - Criterion Collection
by Luis Buñuel
 
31. The Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection
by Carl Theodor Dreyer
 
32. Vampyr  
33.
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Day of Wrath - Criterion Collection
by Carl Theodor Dreyer
 
34. ORDET Carl Theodor Dreyer (Import) (1955)  
35.
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Gertrud - Criterion Collection
by Carl Theodor Dreyer
 
36. Strike
by Sergei M. Eisenstein
 
37. Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W)
by Sergei Eisenstein
 
38. October (Ten Days That Shook the World)
by Grigori Aleksandrov
 
39. Alexander Nevsky
by Sergei M. Eisenstein
 
40. Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 1
by Sergei M. Eisenstein
 
41. La Strada - Criterion Collection
by Federico Fellini
 
42. Nights of Cabiria - Criterion Collection
by Federico Fellini
 
43. La Dolce Vita (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Federico Fellini
 
44. 8 1/2 - Criterion Collection  
45. Amarcord (Criterion Collection)
by Federico Fellini
 
46. Stagecoach
by John Ford
 
47. The Grapes of Wrath
by John Ford
 
48. My Darling Clementine
by John Ford
 
49. The Searchers (John Wayne Collection)
by John Ford
 
50. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
by John Ford
 
This is mizoguchi's list. Only mizoguchi can edit it. You can make your own version of this list.
Created by mizoguchi on Jun 08, 2008.