Victor's 101 Favorite Films

**** 101 Favorite Films ****

The main criteria used was could I watch and enjoy the film over multiple viewings. Some films are great but you don’t necessarily want to watch them again. All the films I list here meet the criteria of holding up over time and remain enjoyable through multiple viewings. They are my personal favorites!

It’s an eclectic list including American and International, old and new, drama, mystery/suspense, romance, fantasy, musicals, and comedy.

1. The 39 Steps - Alfred Hitchcock (1935)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000121-39_steps/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GE2V5InwJE
UK

2. The Best Years of Our Lives - William Wyler (1946)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/best_years_of_our_lives/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibI4W7MqEkE
USA

3. My Night at Maud’s (Ma Nuit chez Maud) - Eric Rohmer (1969)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_night_at_mauds/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKzDv3UAGI8
France

4. Whisper of the Heart (Mimi wo sumaseba) If You Listen Closely - Yoshifumi Kondō (2006)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whisper-of-the-heart/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvMn8H9tgjU
Japan

5. Faust - F. W. Murnau (1926)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust_(1926_film)
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sia0SCHsrI
Germany

6. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick  (1968)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000085-2001_a_space_odyssey/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2UWOeBcsJI
UK

7. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Michael Curtiz, William Keighley (1938)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000355-adventures_of_robin_hood/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUDrQZhLWDk
USA

8. It Happened One Night - Frank Capra (1934)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/it_happened_one_night/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0zj9IfYQ0M
USA

9. All About My Mother - Pedro Almodovar (1999)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_about_my_mother/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkUMC5Jw8MA
Spain

10. La Belle Noiseuse – Jacques Rivette (1991)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/la_belle_noiseuse/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ox6Tr8S8I
France

11. Anne of Green Gables – Kevin Sullivan (1985)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1001074-anne_of_green_gables/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czJi_FpLBYY
USA

12. Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vertigo/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWjLMuJgo
USA

13. The Spirit of the Beehive - Victor Erice (1973)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spirit_of_the_beehive/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZnI6ELja0k
Spain

14. North by Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/north-by-northwest/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRfmTpmIUwo
USA

15. An Autumn Tale – Eric Rohmer (1998)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/autumn_tale/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkFnq0r3hHY
France

16. Queen Christina - Rouben Mamoulian (1933)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/queen_christina/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CNpb8G_dus
USA

17. Broken Embraces - Almodovar (2009)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/broken_embraces/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN0SlBE8yGQ
Spain

18. The Verdict - Sidney Lumet (1982)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/verdict/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3aJ3MGghXA
USA

19. Sideways - Alexander Payne (2004)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sideways/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS9ocP6FNvM
USA

20.The Wild Swans (Dikie Lebedi) - Mikhail Tsekhanovski (1962)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Swans_(film)
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG5Nlnicv7w
Russia

21. Bread and Tulips - Silvio Soldini (1999)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bread_and_tulips/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVWLl6TBS1Q
Italy

22. The Hedgehog - Mona Achache (2011)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hedgehog/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQFTEv_41HY
Fance

23. The Names of Love - Michel Leclerc (2010)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_names_of_love/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYSKY7uxooM
France

24. Le Boucher  - Claude Chabrol (1971)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/le-boucher/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFPImaChVHg
France

25. Local Hero - Bill Forsyth (1983)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/local_hero/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4WQZbGMrl4
UK

26. Five Easy Pieces - Bob Rafelson (1970)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/five_easy_pieces/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wtfNE4z6a8
USA

27. Cinema Paradiso - Giuseppe Tornatore (1998)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cinema_paradiso/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2-GX0Tltgw
Italy

28. Silver Linings Playbook - David Russell (2012)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silver_linings_playbook/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj5_FhLaaQQ
USA

29. Alphaville - Jean Luc Godard (1965)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alphaville/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx8ohP7qro4
France

30. Yana's Friends - Arik Kaplun (2000)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/yanas_friends/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib4Nf8FDK40
Israel

31. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Sam Wood (1943)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/for_whom_the_bell_tolls/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok5VxzxjP6w
(*Note: film starts after 4:30 music intro)
USA

32. The Railway Children - Catherine Morshead (2000)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1105025-railway_children/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FsOZyguxqU
UK

33. Swallows and Amazons - Claude Whatham  (1974)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/swallows_and_amazons/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtYAuodb47U
UK

34. Gadjo Dilo - Tony Gatlif  (1997)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crazy_stranger/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERxlo6F4sWo
France

35. Tango – Carlos Saura (1998)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1084081-tango/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN-koOtjnjs
Argentina

36. 8 ½ - Fellini (1963)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/8-12/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1vPYKniKxU
Italy

37. The Wind - Victor Sjostrom (1927)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1023740-wind/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQYX1BNJCXM
USA

38. Late Spring - Yasujiro Ozu (1949)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/late_spring/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kswwLFUcEpA
Japan

39. The Sound of Music - Robert Wise (1965)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sound_of_music/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikpj24WMOLw
USA

40. Notorious – Alfred Hitchcock (1946)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1015287-notorious/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrXM7dC9PoQ
USA

41. True Grit - Henry Hathaway  (1969)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/true_grit/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57yGBikRJec
USA

42. Soul Kitchen – Fatih Akın (2009)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kitchen-party1997/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLD1PmR4cFU
Germany

43. The Never Ending Story - Wolfgang Petersen (1984)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_neverending_story_1984/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3DcWtkKeIY
Germany

44. The Man Who Planted Trees (L'Homme qui plantait des arbres) - Frédéric Back (1987)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lhomme-qui-plantait-des-arbres-the-man-who-planted-trees/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzjqptmoEqE
Canada

45. Lonesome Dove - Simon Wincer (1989)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lonesome_dove/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L8PsjZyBtM
Australia/USA

46. Laura - Otto Preminger. (1944)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1012007-laura/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6f8jRplej8
USA

47. It's a Wonderful Life - Frank Capra (1946)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1010792-its_a_wonderful_life/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ne13Zft9Q
USA

48. Tootsie - Sidney Pollack (1982)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tootsie/
Film/Clip/Trailer; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUPNBJhUZE8
USA

49. Himalaya - Eric Valli (1999)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/himalaya/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H6FHXs5jac
France

50. Rachel, Rachel - Paul Newman (1968)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rachel_rachel/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Prr7qECdA
USA

51. Into The West - Mike Newell (1993)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1046771-into_the_west/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVbyIE7hBAw
Ireland

52. The Secret of Roan Inish - John Sayles (1994)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-secret-of-roan-inish/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4wJesHBvcY
Ireland

53. My Favorite Year - Richard Benjamin (1982)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_favorite_year/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjNQ2Jkiio
USA

54. Enchanted April - Mike Newell (1992)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/enchanted_april/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDzsxbMgv-U
UK

55. Diary of a Lost Girl - G.W. Pabst (1929)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/diary-of-a-lost-girl/
film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTlcKlKXPu0
German/USA

56. Dances With Wolves - Kevin Costner (1990)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dances_with_wolves/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9ICbZVs9TU
USA

57. Miracle on 34th Street - George Seaton (1947)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1013970-miracle_on_34th_street/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2YgjSA8Dg
USA

58. Persona – Ingmar Bergman (1966)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/persona/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOqmVD8jTnc
Sweden

59. Starlight Hotel - Sam Pillsbury (1987)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/starlight_hotel/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lHBq_G7Yzk
Australia

60. The Grocer’s Son - Eric Guirado (2007)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grocers_son/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irQe15YYWgY
France

61. The Way - Emilio Estevez (2011)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_way_2011/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hy54CpKeqk
USA

62/63. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the Swedish version by Niels Arden Oplev
 2009 and the American version by David Fincher 2011 are both good)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_girl_with_the_dragon_tattoo/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_girl_with_the_dragon_tattoo_2009/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KBPru-Pu5Q
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6j_3-2fTxQ
Sweden/USA

64. Bringing Up Baby - Howard Hawks (1938)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bringing_up_baby/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jm9EUvwFj4
USA

65. A Journey to Avebury - Derek Jarman (1971)
http://www.fandor.com/films/a_journey_to_avebury
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMWBR5lKgRo
(* Note: Sound track has been added. There’s no sound track on original film. Turn sound off to get the original silent version.)
UK

66. The Red Book - Janie Geiser (1994)
http://www.fandor.com/films/the_red_book
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUK9yy7OBgE
USA

67. Contempt - Jean Luc Godard (1963)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/contempt/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wjDWnKTROI
France

68. Babettes Gæstebud (Babette's Feast) - Gabriel Axel (1987)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/babettes_feast/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f_dFZj-1tI

Denmark/France

69. The Graduate - Mike Nichols (1967)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/graduate/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJVsiqUEcWA
USA

70. The Big Country – William Wyler (1958)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/big_country/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vQencmvKvQ
USA

71. Two for the Road - Stanley Donen (1967)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/two_for_the_road/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HPtSGg2b4s
USA

72. Breakfast At Tiffany’s - Blake Edwards (1961)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/breakfast_at_tiffanys/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JfS90u-1g8
USA

73. Julie and Julia – (2009)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/julie_and_julia/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjvJHsJD8ic
USA

74. A Summer’s Tale – Eric Rohmer (1996)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/summers_tale/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOfrMoMTy-M
France

75. Diary of a Country Priest (journal d’un cure_de campagne) - Robert Bresson (1951)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/journal_dun_cure_de_campagne/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://mubi.com/films/diary-of-a-country-priest
France

76. Valentin - Alejandro Agresti (2002)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1132409-valentin/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lZcJ7O9JuE
Argentina

77. Eat Drink Man Woman - Ang Lee (1994)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eat_drink_man_woman/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yicBx-okC3k
Taiwan

78. Casablanca - Michael Curtiz (1942)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1003707-casablanca/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esb_R8IPZ8k
USA

79. The Well Digger’s Daughter - Daniel Auteuil (2012)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_well_diggers_daughter/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMwIK7u1iT8
France

80. A Little Romance - George Roy Hill (1979)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1012506-little_romance/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPI1IRjonRE
USA

81.  From Russia with Love - Terence Young (1963)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_russia_with_love/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqAOf66o1Wg

82. It’s A wonderful Life – Frank Capra (1946)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1010792-its_a_wonderful_life/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewe4lg8zTYA
USA

83. A Few Good Men – Rob Reiner (1992)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/few_good_men/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2F4VcBmeo
USA

84. City Lights - Charlie Chaplin (1931)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/city_lights/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_vqnySNhQ0
USA

85. American Graffiti - George Lucas (1973)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_graffiti/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8TDBSlgFAw
USA

86. Star Wars - George Lucas (1977)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIzAaY2Jm-s
USA

87. Far from the Madding Crowd  - John Schlesinger (1967)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1007105-far_from_the_madding_crowd/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2iidg8Ce7Y
UK

88. All About Eve - Joseph L. Mankiewicz  (1950)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000626-all_about_eve/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGw_IrlApGM
USA

89. The Seven Samuri - Akira Kurosawa (1954)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1018639-seven_samurai/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnRUHtSgJ9o
Japan

90. La Strada - Fellini (1954)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/la_strada/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jSewbxyHYM
Italy

91. The Horror of Dracula – Terence Fisher (1961)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/horror_of_dracula/
Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTbY0BgIRMk
UK

92. My Man Godfrey – Gregory La Cava(1936)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1014536-my_man_godfrey/
Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMAdQFN1nOQ
USA

93. Diabolique (Les Diaboliques) - Georges Cluzot (1954)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1032980-diabolique/
Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdiybpH6wEQ

94.  L'Avventura (The Adventure) - Antonioni (1960)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lavventura/
Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itDMoOKCT-0
Italy

95. Beauty and The Beast (La Belle et la bête) (1946)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1946_film)
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.criterion.com/films/177-beauty-and-the-beast
France

96. Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) (1994)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1058966-red/
Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXNjdrYzxys
France

97. Sunset Boulevard - Billy Wilder (1950)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sunset_boulevard/
Flim/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzYqUpV_B-A
USA

98. L'Etoile de Mer - Man Ray (192)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%89toile_de_mer
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/letoile-de-mer/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7PQvkYYikU
France

99. Some Like It Hot - George Archainbaud (1959)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/some_like_it_hot/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F34Dhzluf4M
USA

100. La Dolce Vita – Fellini (1960)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dolce_vita/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_yA53yXrgY
Italy

101. The African Queen - John Huston (1951)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/african_queen/
Film/Clip/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kno7sZsqWzE
USA