"Have You Seen...?" - A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films by David Thomson

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David Thomson responds to the question "What movies should I watch" with this list of 1000 films. In alphabetical order.

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  1. 1.
    Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
    by Charles Barton
  2. 2.
    Ace in the Hole
    by Billy Wilder
  3. 3.
    Act of Violence (1948)
    by Fred Zinnemann
  4. 4.
    Adam's Rib

  5. 5.
    Adaptation (Superbit Collection)
    by Spike Jonze
  7. 7.
    Advise and Consent
    by Otto Preminger
  8. 8.
    ?
    The African Queen
    by John Huston
  9. 9.
    Luis Bunuel's L'Age d'Or
    by Luis Buñuel
  10. 10.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog
  11. 11.
    Air Force

  12. 12.
    Alexander Nevsky - Criterion Collection
    by Sergei Eisenstein
  13. 13.
    Alice Adams
    by George Stevens
  14. 14.
    Alien (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott
  15. 15.
    Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by James Cameron
  16. 16.
    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  17. 17.
    All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal Cinema Classics)
    by Lewis Milestone
  18. 18.
    All That Jazz - Music Edition

  19. 19.
    All the King's Men

  21. 21.
    Alphaville (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean-Luc Godard
  23. 23.
  24. 24.
    American Beauty (Widescreen Edition)
    by Sam Mendes
  25. 25.
    American Gigolo
    by Paul Schrader
  26. 26.
  27. 27.
    An American in Paris

  28. 28.
    ?
    An American Romance (1944)
    by King Vidor
  29. 29.
    Le Amiche
    by Michelangelo Antonioni
  30. 30.
    ?
    L'amore
    by Roberto Rossellini
  31. 31.
    ?
    L'Amour Fou
    by Jacques Rivette
  32. 32.
    The Saga of Anatahan
    by Josef von Sternberg
  33. 33.
    Anatomy of a Murder

  34. 34.
    Andrei Rublev (The Criterion Collection)
    by Andrey Tarkovskiy
  35. 35.
    Angel Face
    by Otto Preminger
  36. 36.
    Angels With Dirty Faces
    by Bobby Connolly
  37. 37.
    Anna Christie
    by Clarence Brown
  38. 38.
    Annie Hall
    by Woody Allen
  39. 39.
    A Nos Amours (The Criterion Collection)
    by Maurice Pialat
  40. 40.
    Apache
    by Robert Aldrich
  41. 41.
    The Apartment (Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder
  43. 43.
    Applause
    by Rouben Mamoulian
  45. 45.
    L'Arroseur arrosé (1895)
    by Louis Lumière
  46. 46.
    Elevator to the Gallows (The Criterion Collection)
    by Louis Malle
  47. 47.
    Ashes and Diamonds - Criterion Collection
    by Andrzej Wajda
  48. 48.
    ?
    The Asphalt Jungle

  49. 49.
    L' Atalante
    by Jean Vigo
  50. 50.
    Atlantic City

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Created by IYG on Oct 22, 2008.
 

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Bruce Ruble

2010 Paperback Edition — 1 year ago

Five movies were added to the 2010 paperback edition—Birth (2004), Faithless (2000), Red Riding (2009), The Thin Red Line (1998) & Zulu (1964).

At least three were removed—The Big Red One (1980), The Thomas Crowne Affair (1968) & Zabriskie Point (1970). There must be two more, since there are still 1000 films listed in the 2010 edition, but I haven’t found them.

Dec 27, 10:16AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

IYG

List is complete — 3 years ago

List is complete

Nov 10, 10:59AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

IYG

More than 1000 films — 3 years ago

David Thomson lists Ivan the Terrible Parts I & II together, they have a single entry here but he also combines Abel Gance’s two versions of J’Accuse! as one entry. I have them here as two unless someone wants to change it so both are as one entry.

Oct 27, 03:23PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

mizoguchi

Untitled — 3 years ago

His selection is not only of personal favourites but includes plenty of well-known or important films he’s not too keen on at the expense of some he likes a lot more. He’s very weak on Africa, Latin America, parts of Asia; he’s really a Hollywood and classics guy. He loves Renoir, Hawks, Mizoguchi, not keen on Ford and Fellini. But once you get past the limitations, the book is marvellous- superbly written and brimming with the knowledge and confidence from so many years’ experience. Highly recommended.

Oct 22, 04:11PM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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