A selection of films listed according to country (and principal directors). This selection isn’t definitive by any means. But I’m choosing based on a subjective feeling of films I’d like to see at least once
Films in italics have been reviewed on this blog. Films in bold i consider to be unmissable.
SWEDEN
Ingmar Bergman: Summer Interlude (50), Secrets of Women (51), Summer with Monika (52), A Lesson in Love (54), Smiles of a Summer Night (55), The Seventh Seal (57), Wild Strawberries (57), The Virgin Spring (60), Through a Glass Darkly (61), Winter Light (63), The Silence (63), Persona (66), Shame (68), The Passion of Anna (69), Cries & Whispers (72), Scenes of a Marriage (73), Autumn Sonata (78), Fanny & Alexander (82),
Roy Andersson: Songs from the Second Floor (00), You, The Living (07)
Lukas Moodyson: Show me Love (98), Together (00), Lilya 4 Ever (02), A Hole in my Heart (04),
FINLAND
Aki Kaurismaki:Shadows in Paradise (86), The Match Factory Girl (90), Take Care of your Scarf, Tatiana (94), Drifting Clouds (96), The Man Without a Past (02), Lights in the Dusk (06)
GERMANY
Werner Herzog: Even Dwarfs Started Small (70), Fata Morgana (71), Land of Silence of Darkness (71), Aguirre, Wrath of God (72), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (74), Heart of Glass (76), Stroszek (77), Woyzeck (79), Fitzcarraldo (82), Where the Green Ants Dream (84), Cobra Verde (87), Grizzly Man (05)
Wim Wenders; The Golakeepers Fear of the Penalty (72), Alice in the Cities (74), The Wrong Move (75), Kings of the Road (76), The American Friend (77), Paris, Texas (84), Wings of Desire (87)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (72), Fear Eats the Soul (74), The Marriage of Maria Braun (79), Veronika Voss (82)
AUSTRIA
Michael Haneke: Benny’s Video (92), Funny Games (97), Code Unknown (00), The Piano Teacher (01), Hidden (05), The White Ribbon (09)
RUSSIA
Andrei Tarkovsky: Ivans Childhood (62), Andrei Rublev (66), Solaris (72), Mirror (75), Stalker (79), Nostalgia (83), The Sacrifice (86)
Alexandr Sokurov: Mother and Son (97), A Humble Life (97), Father and Son (03), Alexandra (07)
FRANCE
Eric Rohmer: My Night with Maud (69), Claires’s Knee (70), The Marquis of O (76), The Aviators Wife (81), A Good Marriage (82), Pauline at the Beach (83), Full Moon in Paris (84), The Green Ray (86), My Girlfriends Boyfriend (87), A Tale of Springtime (90), A Winters Tale (92), Rendezvous in Paris (95), A Summers Tale (96), An Autumn Tale (98),
Claude Chabrol:
Jean-Luc Godard: Breathless (60), Vivre Sa Vie (62), Bande a Part (64), Alphaville (65), Pierrot Le Feu (65), Weekend (67), Sympathy for the Devil (68)
Francois Truffaut: The 400 Blows (69), Shoot the Pianist (60), Jules et Jim (62), La Peau Douce (64) Small Change (76), The Man Who Loved Women (77)
ITALY
Frederico Fellini: I Vitelloni (53), Nights of Cabria (57), 8 1/2 (63)
ENGLAND
Mike Leigh: Bleak Moments (72), Nuts in May (76), Abigails Party (77), The Kiss of Death (77), Grown Ups (80), Home Sweet Home (82), Meantime (84), High Hopes (88), Life is Sweet (90), Naked (93), Secrets and Lies (96), Career Girls (97), Happy Go Lucky (08), Another Year (10)
Ken Loach: Cathy Come Home (66), Poor Cow (67), Kes (69), Family Life (71), Riff-Raff (91), My Name is Joe (98), Looking for Eric (09)
Terence Davies:
HUNGARY
Bela Tarr
POLAND
Krzysztof Kieslowski: Camera Buff (79), Blind Chance (81), No End (85), Decalog (89), Double Life of Veronique (91), Three Colours: Blue (93), White (94), Red (94)
Andrzej Wajda: A Generation (55), Kanal (57), Ashes and Diamonds (58)
Roman Polanski: Knife in the Water (62), Repulsion (65), Cul-de Sac (66), The Tenant (76)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Milos Forman: Black Peter (64), Blonde in Love (65), The Firemans Ball (67)
JAPAN
Akira Kurosawa: Rashomon (50), Ikuru (52), Seven Samurai (54), Yojimbo (61), Sanjuro (62), Red Beard (65), Dersu Uzala (75), Kagemusha (80), Ran (85)
Ozu:
Kenji Mizoguchi:Sansho The Bailiff (54)
INDIA
Sayjit Ray:
IRAN
Abbas Kiarostami: Where is my Friends Home? (87), Close-Up (90), Through the Olive Trees (94), Taste of Cherry (97), The Wind Will Carry Us (99), Ten (02)
Samira Makhmalbaf:
