Top ten favourite new films are listed in a different colour font. Films I consider to be masterpieces have the letter M written after the title in red.
City of God (Brazil) M
Gangs of New York
About Schmidt
Catch Me If You Can
Three Colours: Red (France)
Punch-Drunk Love
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Far From Heaven
Adaptation
The Pianist
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Bowling For Columbine (Documentary)
Sunset Boulevard (1950) M
Russian Ark (Russia)
The Seventh Seal (1957) (Sweden) M
In This World
Intacto (Spain)
Persona (1966) (Sweden) M
X-Men 2
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Secretary
Matrix Reloaded
Wild Strawberries (1957) (Sweden) M
The Leopard (1963) (Italy) M
Ripley’s Game
Charlie’s Angels 2
El Crimen del Padre Amaro (Mexico)
Le Cercle Rouge (France) (1970)
Terminator 3
Hulk
Rodger Dodger
Swimming Pool (France)
Cypher
Pirates of the Carribean
Spirited Away (Japan) (Animation) M
Belleville Rendezvous (France) (Animation)
Respiro (Italy)
Two Stage Sisters (China) (1964)
Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (France) (1953)
Day of Wrath (Denmark) (1943) M
Yellow Earth (China) (1984)
Kill Bill
Intolerable Cruelty
Made in Hong Kong (Hong Kong) (1997)
Matrix Revolutions
Suzhou River (China) (2000)
La Trilogie: One (France)
Vendredi Soir (France)
Master and Commander
Together (Sweden)
Time of the Wolf (France)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King M