Film Canon | Amazing Films
In Order of Excellence
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Goundry (2004)
A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour,
but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.
but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Ang Lee (2000)
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous,
physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
3. Mulholland Dr. - David Lynch (2001)
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic,
she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
4. Blue Velvet - David Lynch (1986)
The gruesome discovery of a severed human ear he found in a field leads a young man on a dark and dangerous journey
into a dark and sinister underworld that exists in his hometown.
into a dark and sinister underworld that exists in his hometown.
5. M - Fritz Lang (1931)
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
6. Requiem for a Dream - Darren Aronofsky (2000)
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island individuals are shattered when their addictions become stronger.
7. Heat - Michael Mann(1995)
A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist.
8. Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943)
A solitary flower on a long driveway, a key falling, a door unlocked, a knife in a loaf of bread,
a phone off the hook: discordant images a woman sees as she comes home.
a phone off the hook: discordant images a woman sees as she comes home.
9. Blood of a Poet - Jean Cocteau (1932)
A young artist draws a face at a canvas on his easel. Suddenly the mouth on the drawing comes into life and starts talking.
10. Snatch - Guy Ritchie (2000)
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers,
and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
11. The Fighter - David O. Russell (2010)
A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.
12. The Matrix - Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski (1999)
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.
13. American Beauty - Sam Mendes (1999)
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis,
decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.
decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.
14. Traffic - Steven Sodebergh (2000)
A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs,
only to discover that his teenage daughter is an addict.
only to discover that his teenage daughter is an addict.
15. Up in the Air - Jason Reitman (2009)
With a job that has him traveling around the country firing people,
Ryan Bingham leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him.
Ryan Bingham leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him.
16. Desperado - Robert Rodriguez (1995)
A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.
17. Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson (1999)
An epic mosaic of several interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
18. Beauty and the Beast - Jean Cocteau (1946)
Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur until their father's merchant ships were lost at sea.
19. The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions.
20. Children of Men - Alfonso Cuaron (2006)
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate,
a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea,
where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea,
where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
21. Notorious - Alfred Hitchcock (1946)
A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
22. The Lower Depths - Akira Kurosawa (1957)
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot.
Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
23. Se7en - David Fincher (1995)
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.
24. Man Bites Dog - Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel (1992)
In this dark satire, a film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routines.
But complications set in when the film crew loses their abjectness and begin lending a hand.
But complications set in when the film crew loses their abjectness and begin lending a hand.
25. I Am Cuba - Mikhail Kalatozov (1964)
This study of Cuba--partially written by renowned poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko -
captures the island just before it made the transition to a post-revolutionary society.
captures the island just before it made the transition to a post-revolutionary society.
26. Gummo - Harmony Korine (1997)
Lonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.
27. Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino (1992)
After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
28. Dracula - Francis Ford Coppola (1992)
The vampire comes to England to seduce a visitor's fiancée and inflict havoc in the foreign land.
29. Triumph of the Will - Leni Riefenstahl (1935)
The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
30. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom - Pier Paolo Pasolini (1975)
Four fascist libertines round up 9 teenages boys and girls
and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental and sexual torture.
and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental and sexual torture.