Lists of Bests: mizoguchi's "Top directors' 5 films" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/56144 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. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:45:33 GMT en-us 0 50 180 50 0 M*A*S*H (1970) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2803643 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Altman</div> McCabe & Mrs. Miller http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45523 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45523"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000063K2Q.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Altman</div> Nashville http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43706 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43706"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305918880.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Altman</div> The Player (Special Edition) (New Line Platinum Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66557 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66557"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780618564.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Altman</div> Short Cuts - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41063 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41063"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000305ZXO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Altman</div> The Travelling Players (O Thiasos [Non-US Format, PAL region 2]) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2944259 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2944259"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01CI6IK5bUL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theo Angelopoulos</div> Landscape in the Mist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222974 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222974"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009WIE7U.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodoros Angelopoulos</div> Ulysses' Gaze http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67120 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67120"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1572524545.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodoros Angelopoulos</div> Eternity and a Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1725752 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1725752"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GDH9K0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodoros Angelopoulos</div> Weeping Meadow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2449789 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2449789"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000J10F7S.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodoros Angelopoulos</div> L'Avventura - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39237 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39237"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RA3DP0KDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelangelo Antonioni</div> La Notte http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45179 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45179"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005AA9S.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelangelo Antonioni</div> L'Eclisse - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45178 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45178"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007989Y8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelangelo Antonioni</div> Blow Up http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42360 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42360"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418wUYu%2BtHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelangelo Antonioni</div> The Passenger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/144362 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/144362"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E33W0I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelangelo Antonioni</div> The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35060 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35060"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305174083.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ingmar Bergman</div> Wild Strawberries - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48289 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48289"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005UQ7T.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ingmar Bergman</div> Persona http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46082 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46082"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000YEEHG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ingmar Bergman</div> Cries & Whispers - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66037 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66037"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005EBSF.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ingmar Bergman</div> Fanny and Alexander (Special Edition Five-Disc Set) - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37355 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37355"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000305ZYS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Diary of a Country Priest - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45619 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45619"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000127IF2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Bresson</div> A Man Escaped http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293121 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293121"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001Y4LE6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Bresson</div> Pickpocket - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63345 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63345"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BB14IA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Au Hasard Balthazar (Criterion Collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86924 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86924"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00092ZLEY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Bresson</div> Mouchette - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2391830 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2391830"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000K0YLX2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Bresson</div> Luis Bunuel's L'Age d'Or http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71365 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71365"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00064AMBM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Los Olvidados http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1397892 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1397892"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FMFNE6.01-AGYW9QFQQMO9R._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Viridiana - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/599628 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/599628"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000C8Q900.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luis Buñuel</div> Belle de Jour http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46263 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46263"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKP9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36011 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36011"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004Z1FM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luis Buñuel</div> The Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47177 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47177"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780022343.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Theodor Dreyer</div> Vampyr http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3858476 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3858476"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518EqoKA4NL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Day of Wrath - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340750 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Theodor Dreyer</div> ORDET Carl Theodor Dreyer (Import) (1955) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3347542 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3347542"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01M0inX94sL.jpg" /></a></div> Gertrud - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340758 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Theodor Dreyer</div> Strike http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49246 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49246"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305908753.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei M. Eisenstein</div> Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925335 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925335"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11V8nhj3TyL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei Eisenstein</div> October (Ten Days That Shook the World) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65901 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65901"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305186774.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grigori Aleksandrov</div> Alexander Nevsky http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67086 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67086"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/630513104X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei M. Eisenstein</div> Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49211 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49211"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305090211.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei M. Eisenstein</div> La Strada - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45192 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45192"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKGQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Federico Fellini</div> Nights of Cabiria - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66052 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66052"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000IOKV.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Federico Fellini</div> La Dolce Vita (2-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36121 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36121"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKGO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Federico Fellini</div> 8 1/2 - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36299 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36299"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005QAPH.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Amarcord (Criterion Collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1603506 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1603506"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000G8NXYQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Federico Fellini</div> Stagecoach http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789122 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789122"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Z324LzrKL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ford</div> The Grapes of Wrath http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63569 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63569"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000DJZ8R.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ford</div> My Darling Clementine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63955 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63955"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JLUH.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ford</div> The Searchers (John Wayne Collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2776192 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2776192"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11hvsEI6aDL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ford</div> The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49000 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49000"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RLcy5a5%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ford</div>