Top 3000 films of all time the first 600 films -samples

http://wondersinthedark.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/top-3000-films-of-all-time-600-1/
The films I have underscored by bold or in color script are those I wish to view and study,or further analyze especially Hotel Terminus (along with my holocaust studies),Au Revoir les Enfants (France 1987…Louis Malle) for the role of Carmelite Fr Bunel in sheltering Jewish youth during the Nazi occupation of France in a Catholic school which he headed ( his bio is posted to this blog),Of Time and the City (UK 2008…Terence Davies),L’Argent (France 1983…Robert Bresson),Les Parents Terribles (France 1948…Jean Cocteau),Black God, White Devil (Brazil 1964…Glauber Rocha),Les Dames de Bois de Boulogne (France 1945…Robert Bresson),Mildred Pierce (US 1945…Michael Curtiz),I, Claudius (UK-TV 1976…Herbert Wise),Nights of Cabiria (Italy 1956…Federico Fellini),The Day the Earth Stood Still (US 1951…Robert Wise),Ivan’s Childhood (USSR 1962…Andrei Tarkovsky),Our Mutual Friend (UK-TV1998…Julian Faring), Ditte, Child of Man (Denmark 1946…Bjarne Henning-Jansen). My criteria were depth and breath of topics and subject matter, diverse cultural perspectives, and excellent filming and directing by those listed.

Top 3,000 Films of All-Time – 600 – 1
May 12, 2011 by wondersinthedark
by Allan Fish
And we’re there. I’ll just hold back on the top 10 till sometime later today…
600 Aniki Bóbó (Portugal 1942…Manoel de Oliveira)599 Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (France 1988…Marcel Ophuls)598 Heimat 3 (Germany-TV 2004…Edgar Reitz)597 Edvard Munch (TV version) (Norway/Sweden-TV 1974…Peter Watkins)596 The Lady from Shanghai (US 1947…Orson Welles)595 Johann Mouse (US 1952…William Hanna, Joseph Barbera)594 The Sacrifice (Sweden/France 1986…Andrei Tarkovsky)593 The Cranes are Flying (USSR 1957…Mikhail Kalatozov)592 Miller’s Crossing (US 1990…Joel Coen)591 The Life of Oharu (Japan 1952…Kenji Mizoguchi)590 Closer (US/UK 2004…Mike Nichols)589 Mädchen in Uniform (Germany 1931…Leontine Sagan)588 La Ronde (France 1950…Max Ophuls)587 Le Diable au Corps (France 1947…Claude Autant-Lara)586 Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ (US 1925…Fred Niblo)585 E.T: the extra terrestrial (US 1982…Steven Spielberg)584 Johnny Guitar (US 1954…Nicholas Ray)583 Repulsion (UK 1965…Roman Polanski)582 Amadeus: the director’s cut (US 1984/2001…Milos Forman)581 Ossessione (Italy 1942…Luchino Visconti)580 Fight Club (US 1999…David Fincher)579 Les Croix de Bois (France 1932…Raymond Bernard)578 Strike (USSR 1924…Sergei M.Eisenstein)577 La Dolce Vita (Italy 1960…Federico Fellini)576 Tabu (US 1931…Friedrich W.Murnau)575 Au Revoir les Enfants (France 1987…Louis Malle)574 Arsenal (USSR 1928…Alexander P.Dovzhenko)573 Le Corbeau (France 1943…Henri-Georges Clouzot)572 After Life (Japan 1998…Hirokazu Kore-Eda)571 Memento (US 2000…Christopher Nolan)570 1900 (Italy 1976…Bernardo Bertolucci)569 Easy Living (US 1937…Mitchell Leisen)568 Annie Hall (US 1977…Woody Allen)567 Mr Deeds Goes to Town (US 1936…Frank Capra)566 Nixon: the director’s cut (US 1995/2010…Oliver Stone)565 Providence (France/UK 1977…Alain Resnais)564 Far from Heaven (US 2002…Todd Haynes)563 The Girl on the Bridge (France 1999…Patrice Leconte)562 Kings of the Road (West Germany 1976…Wim Wenders)561 Beauty’s Exotic Dance: Torture! (Japan 1977…Noboru Tanaka)560 The Big Lebowski (US 1998…Joel Coen)559 Of Time and the City (UK 2008…Terence Davies)558 Reservoir Dogs (US 1992…Quentin Tarantino)557 The Time to Live and the Time to Die (Taiwan 1985…Hou Hsiao-Hsien)556 Carlos (France-TV 2010…Olivier Assayas)555 L’Argent (France 1983…Robert Bresson)554 Network (US 1976…Sidney Lumet)553 Street of Shame (Japan 1956…Kenji Mizoguchi)552 Rouge (Hong Kong 1987…Stanley Kwan)551 Les Parents Terribles (France 1948…Jean Cocteau)550 The Kid (US 1921…Charles Chaplin)549 La Femme du Boulanger (France 1938…Marcel Pagnol)548 Das Boot: TV version (West Germany-TV 1981…Wolfgang Petersen)
547 Black God, White Devil (Brazil 1964…Glauber Rocha)546 Lonesome (US 1928…Pal Fejos)545 Les Dames de Bois de Boulogne (France 1945…Robert Bresson)544 Police, Adjective (Romania 2009…Corneliu Porumboiu)543 Weekend (France 1967…Jean-Luc Godard)542 The Age of Cosimo de Medici (Italy-TV 1972…Roberto Rossellini)541 Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Italy 1975…Pier Paolo Pasolini)540 Mildred Pierce (US 1945…Michael Curtiz)539 The Testament of Dr Mabuse (Germany 1932…Fritz Lang)538 I, Claudius (UK-TV 1976…Herbert Wise)537 Unforgiven (US 1992…Clint Eastwood)536 You, the Living (Sweden 2007…Roy Andersson)535 Never Weaken (US 1921…Hal Roach)534 Sisters of the Gion (Japan 1936…Kenji Mizoguchi)533 Portrait of Jennie (US 1948…William Dieterle)532 Paprika (Japan 2006…Satoshi Kon)531 Aguirre, Wrath of God (West Germany 1972…Werner Herzog)530 Un Prophète (France 2009…Jacques Audiard)529 The South (Spain 1983…Victor Erice)528 Los Olvidados (Mexico 1950…Luis Buñuel)527 The Day the Earth Stood Still (US 1951…Robert Wise)526 Nights of Cabiria (Italy 1956…Federico Fellini)525 The Way to the Stars (UK 1945…Anthony Asquith)524 Berlin, Symphony of a Great City (Germany 1927…Walter Ruttmann)523 Yojimbo (Japan 1961…Akira Kurosawa)522 Werckmeister Harmonies (Hungary/Germany 2000…Béla Tarr)521 Freaks (US 1932…Tod Browning)520 Ordet (Denmark 1954…Carl T.Dreyer)519 An Age of Kings (UK-TV 1960…Peter Dews, Michael Hayes)518 Out 1 (France 1971…Jacques Rivette)517 Smiles of a Summer Night (Sweden 1955…Ingmar Bergman)516 Kameradschaft (Germany 1931…G.W.Pabst)515 The Public Enemy (US 1931…William A.Wellman)514 Harakiri (Japan 1962…Masaki Kobayashi)513 Horse Feathers (US 1932…Norman Z.McLeod)512 Kes (UK 1969…Ken Loach)511 The Passenger (Italy/US 1975…Michelangelo Antonioni)510 Caché (France 2005…Michael Haneke)509 Little Toys (China 1933…Sun Yu)
508 Ivan’s Childhood (USSR 1962…Andrei Tarkovsky)507 Our Mutual Friend (UK-TV1998…Julian Faring)506 Edna the Inebriate Woman (UK-TV 1971…Ted Kotcheff)505 A One and a Two (Taiwan 2000…Edward Yang)504 An Autumn Afternoon (Japan 1962…Yasujiro Ozu)503 Amores Perros (Mexico 2000…Aléjandro González Iñarritu)502 Ditte, Child of Man (Denmark 1946…Bjarne Henning-Jansen)501 Raise the Red Lantern (China 1991…Zhang Yimou)500 The Smiling Lieutenant (US 1931…Ernst Lubitsch)499 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France 1972…Luis Buñuel)