Arnold's Picks

(in no particular order)

  1. The Two Of Us (1967) d. Claude Berri, w/ Michel Simon, Charles Denner
  2. The King Of Hearts (1966) d. Phillipe de Broca, w/ Alan Bates, Genvieve Bujold, Pierre Brasseur
  3. Tom Jones (1963) d. Tony Richardson, w/ Albert Finney, Susannah York, Dame Edith Evans, Hugh Griffith
  4. Zorba The Greek (1964) d. Michael Cacoyannis, w/ Anthony Quinn,  Alan Bates, Irene Papas
  5. Amarcord (1973) d. Federico Fellini
  6. Little Big Man (1970) d. Arthur Penn, w/ Dustin Hoffman, Chief Dan George, Jeff Corey, Faye Dunaway
  7. East-West (1999) d. Regis Warnier, w/ Catherine Deneuve, Oleg Menshikov, Sandrine Bonnaire, Sergei Bodrov, Jr.
  8. The Ruling Class (1972) d. Peter Medak, w/ Peter O’Toole, Alistair Sim
  9. Incendies (2010), d. Denis Villeneuve w/ Lubna Abazal
  10. Amelie (2001) d. Jean-Pierre Jeunet,  w/ Audrey Tatou, Matthieu Kassovitz
  11. Antonia’s Line (1995) d. Marleen Gorris, w/ Willeke van Ammelrooy
  12. Barry Lyndon (1975) d. Stanley Kubrick, w/ Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson
  13. The Battle Of Algiers (1965) d. Gillo Pontecorvo, w/ Brahim Haggiag
  14. The Black Stallion (1979) d. Carroll Ballard, w/ Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr
  15. Dr. Strangelove (1964)  d. Stanley Kubrick, w/ Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens
  16. Elling (2002) d. Petter Naes, w/ Per Christian Ellesfen, Sven Nordin
  17. Fanny and Alexander (1988) d. Ingmar Bergman
  18. Harry and Tonto (1974) d. Paul Mazursky,  w/ Art Carney
  19. Hearts and Minds (1974) d. Peter Davis
  20. Il Postino (The Postman) (1994) d. Michael Radford,  w/ Massimo Troisi, Phillipe Noiret, Maria Grazia-Cucinotta
  21. Money, Money, Money (L’Aventure C’est L’Aventure) (1972), d. by Claude Lelouch, w/ Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Charles Gerard, Charles Denner
  22. Monsoon Wedding (2001), d. by Mira Nair, w/ Nasseerudin Shah, Shefali Shetty
  23. On Borrowed Time (1939) d. Harold S. Bucquest,  w/ Lionel Barrymore, Jr., Beulah Bondi, Cedric Hardwicke
  24. Paths of Glory (1957) d. Stanley Kubrick, w/ Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou
  25. Salaam Bombay (1988) d. Mira Nair, w/ Shafiq Syed
  26. Sling Blade (1996) d. Billy-Bob Thornton, w/ Billy Bob Thornton, John Ritter, Lucas Black
  27. Tender Mercies (1983) d. Bruce Beresford, w/ Robert Duvall, Tess Harper
  28. Breaker Morant (1986) d. Bruce Beresford, w/ Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown
  29. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) d. Ermanno Olmi, w/ Luigi Ornaghi
  30. Umberto D (1952) d. Vittorio DeSica, w/ Carlo Battisti
  31. Under The Sun (1998) d. Colin Nutley, w/ Rolf Lasgaard, Helena Bergstrom, Johan Widerberg
  32. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) d. Michael Curtiz, w/ James Cagney, Rosemary DeCamp, Walter Huston
  33. Bye Bye Braverman (1968) d. Sydney Lumet, w/ George Segal, Jack Warden, Phyllis Newman, Joseph Wiseman, Zohra Lampert
  34. City Lights (1931) d. Charles Chaplin, w/ Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill
  35. A Man For All Seasons (1966) d. Fred Zinnemann, w/ Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo Mckern
  36. The Last Emperor (1987) d. Bernardo Bertolucci, w/ John Lone, Peter O’Toole
  37. Prisoner of the Mountains (1996) d. Sergei Bodrov w/ Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov, Jr.
  38. Witness For The Prosecution d. Billy Wilder w/ Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich
  39. Rosemary’s Baby (1969) d. Roman Polanski, w/ Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon, John Cassavetes
  40. The Pianist (2002) d. Roman Polanski, Adrian Brody
  41. Mephisto (1981) d. Istvan Szabo, w/ Klaus Maria Brandauer
  42. Start The Revolution Without Me (1970) d. Bud Yorkin, w/ Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith
  43. The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo (Man Som Hatar Kvinnor) (2009)- dir. Niels Arden Oplev, w/ Noomi Rapace
  44. Popi (1969) d. Arthur Hiller, w/ Alan Arkin, Rita Moreno
  45. Miller’s Crossing (1990) d. Joel and Ethan Coen, w/ Albert Finney, Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro
  46. The Conversation (1974) d. Francis Ford Coppola, w/ Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford
  47. Bella Martha (Mostly Martha) (2001) d. Sandra Nettlebeck, w/ Martina Gedeck, Sergio Castellitto
  48. Big Night (1996) d. Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci, w/ Stanley Tucci, Tony Shaloub, Ian Holm, Isabella Rossellini, Minnie Driver, Campbell Scott
  49.  My Architect (2003) d. Nathaniel Kahn
  50.  The Sea Inside (2004) d. Alejandro Aménabar w/Javier Bardem
  51.  Matewan (1987) d. John Sayles w/ Chris Cooper, David Strathairn
  52.  Rashomon (1950) d. Akira Kurosawa w/ Toshiro Mifune
  53.  Best Boy (1979) d. Ira Wohl
  54.  Moonlight (2016), d. Barry Jenkins w/ Mahershala Ali
  55.  El labyrinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) (2006) d. Guillermo del Toro w/ Sergi Lopez
  56.  The Lives Of Others (2006) d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck w/ Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Muhe

 

 

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Best Closing Line- Tom Jones (1963)