178. Fitzcarraldo

 Peru/West Germany 1982

 DIR Werner Herzog

 177. Viridiana

 Spain/Mexico 1961

 DIR Luis Bunuel

 176. Three Colours: Red

 Poland/France/Switzerland 1994

 DIR Krzysztof Kieslowski

 175. Hiroshima, My Love

 USA 1959

 DIR Alain Resnais

 174. Grave Of The Fireflies

 Japan 1988

 DIR Isao Takahata

 173. Jaws

 USA 1975

 DIR Steven Spielberg

 172. Inglorious Basterds

 USA/Germany 2009

 DIR Quentin Tarantino

 171. The Bodyguard

 Japan 1961

 DIR Akira Kurosawa

 170. Greed

 Germany/Italy/Austria 1924

 DIR Erich von Stroheim

 169. Pierrot le fou

 France/Italy 1965

 DIR Jean-Luc Godard

 168. The Silence Of The Lambs

 USA 1991

 DIR Jonathan Demme

 167. Bonnie And Clyde

 USA 1967

 DIR Arthur Penn

 166. Rio Bravo

 USA 1959

 DIR Howard Hawks

 165. The Battle Of Algiers

 Italy/Algeria 1966

 DIR Gillo Pontecorvo

 164. The Pianist

 France/Poland/Germany/UK 2002

 DIR Roman Polanski

 163. Raiders Of The Lost Ark

 USA 1981

 DIR Steven Spielberg

 162. Amelie

 France/Germany 2001

 DIR Jean-Pierre Jeunet

 161. An Andalusian Dog

 France 1929

 DIR Luis Bunuel

It portrays would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, who has to pull a steamship over a steep hill in order to access a rich rubber territory.

'As a document of a quest and a dream, and as the record of man's audacity and foolish, visionary heroism, there has never been another movie like it.' Roger Ebert

Valentine Dusot (Irene Jacob) works as a model and has to deal with her emotionally infantile but possessive boyfriend. Valentine accidentally runs over a dog. She tracks down the owner, a reclusive retired judge, Joseph Kern (Jean-Louis Trintignant).

'This is the kind of film that makes you feel intensely alive while you're watching it.' Roger Ebert

 

 

 

The film tells the story of two plots to assassinate the Nazi Germany political leadership.

'Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds is a big, bold, audacious war movie that will annoy some, startle others and demonstrate once again that he’s the real thing, a director of quixotic delights.' Roger Ebert

 

 

 

Having been pulled from her training at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia, Clarice Starling seeks the advice of Hannibal Lecter, an imprisoned cannibal, for help in apprehending a serial killer known only as "Buffalo Bill".

'Classy storytelling and unforgettable characterisation.' Film4

The film follows Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the notorious bank robbers who operated in the central United States during the Great Depression. The couple meet when Clyde (Warren Beatty) tries to steal Bonnie's mother's car.

'Proof that the 1960s ended with a bang. For many, the film of the decade.' Film4

 

 

Władysław Szpilman, a famous Polish Jewish pianist, sees his whole world collapse with the outbreak of World War II and the invasion of Poland.

'This is not a thriller, and avoids any temptation to crank up suspense or sentiment; it is the pianist's witness to what he saw and what happened to him.' Roger Ebert

 

It tells the story of a shy waitress, played by Audrey Tautou, who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better, while struggling with her own isolation. Amélie has grown up isolated from other children.

'There is no denying that Amélie is, to paraphrase its title, fabulous.' Elvis Mitchell

 

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 179. Last Year At Marienbad

 France/Italy 1961

 DIR Alain Resnais

 180. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

 USA 1982

 DIR Steven Spielberg