Would Takashi Miike's Dead or Alive count?

Not in order:

Celine and Julie Go Boating

L'avventura

Parsifal (Syberberg)

Stalker

Nostalgia

The Seventh Seal

Werckmeister Harmonies

Seven Samurai

Perceval le Gallois

Thérèse

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Originally posted by Nickel-Z:
Would Takashi Miike's Dead or Alive count?

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Sure, all of Miike's violent, insane films count.

:P Really? It was just all a joke... personally, I found Dead or Alive quite boring.

Well, being an European myself, I congratulate forum member Wong828 (why don't you people submit real names or ones not sounding as if you've just showed up from Mars?) for his (her) exhaustive list (though one or two other people also came up with interesting stuff).

Wong, are you from Japan, Korea, Malasia, etc.?

try:
Fassbinder's QUERELLE (1982)
Bertolucci's THE SPIDER'S STRATAGEM (1970) and THE TRAGEDY OF A RIDICULOUS MAN (1981)
Buñuel's VIRIDIANA (1961)THIS STRANGE PASSION (1953) and THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (1962)
Manoel de Oliveira's MY CASE (1986)
Alain Resnais' MÉLO (1986)
Rohmer's CLAIRE'S KNEE (1970) A SUMMER'S TALE (1996) and A WINTER'S TALE (1992)
Kieslowski's DECALOGUE series (1989)
Wim Wenders' KINGS OF THE ROAD (1976) and ALICE IN THE CITIES (1974)
Kurosawa's DREAMS (1990) and SANJURO (1962)

This is just to name director's from your list.

Try to get your hands on Lisbon Cultural Capital of Europe: 1994's List of the 100 (+ 78) best European movies ever.

thats hard, i dont know always the right titles,because in germany they translate into german, so i m not sure how the original or the english titles are, but i will try it, but i m sorry, if you dontunderstand them...
1. breaking the waves
2. 101 rekyavik
3. talk to her
4. balzac and the little chinese taylor (but the book was of course better)
5. la dentilliere
6. flikkering lights

1.Sansho the Bailiff (Mizoguchi, 1954)
2.Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1974)
3.Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky, 1966/9)
4.L'Avventura (Antonioni, 1960)
5.Maborosi (Kore-eda, 1995)
6.The Green Ray (Rohmer, 1986)
7.Abraham Valley (Oliveira, 1993)
8.Alice in the Cities (Wenders, 1974)
9.Celine and Julie go Boating (Rivette, 1974)
10.Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954)

11.Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953)
12.Rules of the Game (Renoir, 1939)
13.Tales of the Taira Clan (Mizoguchi, 1955)
14.Pather Panchali (Ray, 1955)
15.Late Spring (Ozu, 1949)
16.Story of the Late Chrysanthemums (Mizoguchi, 1939)
17.The Colour of Pomegranates (Paradjanov, 1969)
18.Pierrot le Fou (Godard, 1969)
19.8 1/2 (Fellini, 1963)
20.A Day in the Country (Renoir, 1936)
21.The Double Life of Veronique (Kieslowski, 1991)
22.The Life of Oharu (Mizoguchi, 1952)
23.L'Atalante (Vigo, 1934)
24.Ugetsu Monogatari (Mizoguchi, 1953)
25.Spirit of the Beehive (Erice, 1973)

26.Metropolis (Lang, 1927)
27.Eternity and a Day (Angelopoulos, 1998)
28.Orphée (Cocteau, 1949)
29.Kings of the Road (Wenders, 1976)
30.Pakeezah (Amrohi, 1971)
31.Hiroshima mon Amour (Resnais, 1959)
32.Persona (Bergman, 1966)
33.Claire's Knee (Rohmer, 1970)
34.Stalker (Tarkovsky, 1979)
35.Early Summer (Ozu, 1951)
36.Children of Paradise (Carné, 1945)
37.Casque d'Or (Becker, 1952)
38.My Night with Maud (Rohmer, 1968)
39.Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929)
40.Gertrud (Dreyer, 1964)
41.My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (Rohmer, 1987)
42.Grand Illusion (Renoir, 1937)
43.Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein, 1925)
44.Rosetta (Dardenne bros, 1999)
45.Cloud-Capped Star (Ghatak, 1960)
46.Ulysses' Gaze (Angelopoulos, 1995)
47.Hidden Fortress (Kurosawa, 1958)
48.Alexander Nevsky (Eisenstein, 1938)
49.Senso (Visconti, 1954)
50.The Return (Zvyagintsev, 2003)

+
Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
Tale of Tales (Norstein, 1979)
Madame de (Ophuls, 1953)
Red Sorghum (Zhang Yimou, 1987)
Night of the Shooting Stars (Taviani bros, 1981)
Spies (Lang, 1928)
The Loyal 47 Ronin (Mizoguchi, 1941)
Aguirre Wrath of God (Herzog, 1972)
The Human Condition (Kobayashi, 1959-61)
A Short Film about Love (Kieslowski, 1988)
The Chess Player (Bernard, 1927)
Ivan the Terrible 1+2 (Eisenstein, 1944-6)
Ordet (Dreyer, 1955)
Close Up (Kiarostami, 1990)

In my opinion, when it comes film/sequel combos, Jean De Florette and Manon Des Sources rank among the best pair of films ever made. These films are exceptionally well-made, well-acted, and well-directed. Truly among of the best films in their genre. It's too bad they're out-of-print on DVD.

Havent seen as many as I would like to...so the list is bound to keep changing...but for now...
(In no particular order)

1. Hiroshima Mon Amour - Renais
2. Rashomon - Kurosawa
3. Throne of Blood - Kurosawa
4. Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise - Bunuel
5. Nights of Cabiria - Fellini
6. Kadosh - Amos Ghitai
7. Talk to Her - Almodovar
8. Story of floating weeds - Ozu
9. Babette's Feast - Gabriel Axel
10. That Obscure Object of Desire - Bunuel
11. Wild Strawberries - Bergman
12. Nostalghia - Tarkovsky

Well Yous Truly, that's a fine-looking list you've got there. Make sure that you update it as you view more. Have you seen any other Kurosawa, Bergman, Fellini, Bunuel or Almodovar?
I certainly recommend Seven Samurai, The Seventh Seal, La Dolce Vita, Belle de Jour and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, at least for starters. Welcome to the site!

Hi Mark...

Thanks

Gonna watch Ran tonight! Saw Almodovar's All about my Mother recently and Fellini's La Dolce Vita about a month ago!!

I had been looking around for this kind of a forum for a long time now and am mighty glad I stumbled on to this!!

Watch out for more from me...

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MY TOP TEN: TITLES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES!
3. Little Otik (Svankmajer, CZ)

It's nice to see Svankmajer made someone's list! Although I'm not sure I'd put Little Otik (Otesánek) on my top 10 list of favorite films, Jan Svankmajer definitely makes the list of top 10 favorite directors/animators.
I've been an old Gilliam fan for years, and finally came across Svankmajer. Wow! I highly recommend watching his shorts and feature-lengths if you haven't already.

Some amazing films mentioned so far. This is a tough one. But, in no particular order some of my faves are:
Eyes Without a Face, Jules and Jim, Atanarjuat, Lulumba, The Celebration, City of God, Throne of Blood, L'Avventura, Sunless, Ichi the Killer, Amores Perros.
Anytime I watch any of these films I get goosebumps.

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Not a top ten but a few films i havent seen mentioned.

1. L'Haine (French)
2. The Vanishing (original Dutch version)
3. Anyway The Wind Blows (Belgian)-

I don't have the time nor inclination to list all my favorites or a true best of list, so these 11 are the ones that came to me first.

1. La Dolce Vita
2. Farewell My Concubine
3. Belle de Jour
4. 8 1/2
5. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring
6. Contempt
7. Stray Dog
8. Seventh Seal
9. The Bicycle Thief
10. Day for Night
11. Andrei Rublev

I know there are great films and directors I have left off, but like I said, those 11 came quickly.

Thank you, . I just watched La Dolce Vita again and was more impressed than ever. The only one I haven't seen is #5.

1. L' Avventura
2. Cleo From 5 to 7
3. Persona
4. Osama
5. Maria Full of Grace
6. El Norte
7. Ordet
8. Vagabond
9. Salaam Bombay!
10. The 400 Blows

Tahnks for all the recommendations and for fuelling my film addiction even more.Hoping to see more French films (Tati, Godard) and perhaps Kurosawa and many more. My memory is failing me right now but the first few that come to mind are (in no Particular order):
1. Afterlife - Hirokazu
2. Amorres Perros
3. City of God
4. Barbarian Invasions (not foreign to me but to most of you)
5. Rabbit Proof Fence
6. Naked (or almost anything by Mike Leigh)
7. 2046 - Wong Kar Wai
8. Hard Boiled - John Woo
9. Spirited Away
10.Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring
11.All About my Mother
12.The Bicycle Thief
13.The Documentary about the 72 Munich Olympics Hostage taking (can't remember title)
14. Carandiru (Brazil)- best prison film I've ever seen
15. Baraka
16. The Sea Inside
17. Before Night Falls
18. Downfall
19. Goodbye Lenin
20. Children of Heaven

I know most of these are more recent and am hoping to add to this list many of people's suggestions in the coming months!

-la avventura(antonionni)
-8 1/2(felinni)
-la dolce vita (felinni)
-cinema paradiso (guiseppe tornatore)
-in the mood for love (wong kar wai)
-the dreamers(bernardo bertoluicci)
-happy together(wong kar wai)
-the bicycle thief (vittorio de sica)
-persona(ingmar bergman)
-rashomon(akira kurosawa)

also some of my faves that are not on my top ten list

-run lola run
-happy together
-city of god
-ran
-spirited away
-y tumama tambien
-7 samurai
-todo sombre mi madre
-bad education
-fanny and alexander
-umberto d.
-the motorcycle diaries
-amelie

Apocalypsis now
La famiglia (Ettore Scola)
The godfather II