Partial Filmography
Drama
12 Years a Slave (2013)
2001: A Space Odyssey (US, 1968)
American Beauty (US, 1999)
American History X (US, 1998)
Amores Perros (Mexico, 2002)
All About Eve (US, 1950)
The Andalusian Dog (France, 1929)
Argo (2012)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (France,
1987)
The Bicycle Thief (Italy, 1948)
Before Midnight (2013)
Blue Jasmin (2013)
Blue Velvet (US, 1986)
Casablanca (US)
Cinema Paradiso (Italy)
Das Boot (Germany, 1981)
Do the Right Thing (US)
Drugstore Cowboys (US)
Citizen Kane (US)
Elizabeth (US)
Farewell My Concubine (China)
The Godfather Trilogy (US)
The Graduate (US)
Gravity (2013)
Her (2013)
Happiness (US)
Jean de Florette (France)
The Kings Speech (2010)
Lianna (US)
Lincoln (2012)
Lost in Translation ( US, 2003)
Mad Max (US, 1979)
Matewan (US)
My Brilliant Career (New Zealand)
Ordinary People (US)
Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Persona (Denmark, 1966)
The Piano (US)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (New
Zealand)
Philomena (2013)
Potemkin (USSR, 1925)
Raging Bull (US)
Raise the Red Lantern (China)
Ran (Japan)
The Seven Samurai (Japan, 1954),
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Sunset Boulevard (US, 1950)
Taxi Driver (US, 1976)
That Obscure Object of Desire
(Spain, 1977)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexico, 2001)
Comedy
The African Queen (US, 1951)
The Apartment (US, 1960)
Being There (1979)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Caddyshack (US, 1980)
Dr. Strangelove, or, How I learned to
Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964)
Fargo (US, 1996)
The Gods Must Be Crazy
(Botswana, 1980)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Harold and Maude (US, 1971)
The King of Hearts (France, 1966)
Married to the Mob (
Ma Vie En Rose (France, 1996)
MASH (US, 1970)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(UK, 1975)
My Life as a Dog (Denmark, 1985)
Manhattan (US, 1979)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
To Die For (US, 1995)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (US,
1988)
Thriller
The Searchers (1956)
Chinatown
City of God (2001)
Jaws
The Maltese Falcon
Hitchcock
North by Northwest
Rear Window
Vertigo
Psycho
DePalma
Body Double
Femme Fatale
Rebecca (US, 1940)
The Silence of the Lambs
Touch of Evil
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
War
Documentary
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Paris is Burning (1990)
The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
The Thin Blue Line (US, 1988)
The Times of Harvey Milk (US, 1984)
Science Fiction
Alien (US, 1974)
Bladerunner
Brazil (UK, 1985)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(US, 1977)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (US,
1956)
Metropolis (Germany, 1927)
Star Wars (US, 1977)
Western
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid (US, 1969)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(Italy, 1966)
Apocalypse Now
Bridge On the River Kwai
The Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
Hope and Glory
Life is Beautiful (Italy,
Platoon
Patton (US, 1976)
Ran (Japan
The Thin Red Line
The Director as Auteur
A director is considered to have the
status of auteur when he or she has
creative control over his/her films,
has final decision making power and
has an identifiable style from film to
film.
Examples:
Hitchcock
Brian de Palma
Oliver Stone
Ingmar Bergman
Woody Allen
Kirosawa
Stanley Kubrick
Blake Edwards
Martin Scorcese
The Coen Brothers
Websites for further research:
www.imdb.com
http://movies.newyorktimes.com
*This is only a suggested list, but is,
by no means, comprehensive.