The Movies that I appreciate...

Ordered by the firstname of the Director


Abbas Kiarostami
Bad ma ra khahad bord (1999)
... aka The Wind Will Carry Us (Canada: English title) (USA)
... aka Vent nous emportera, Le (France)

Alejandro González Iñárritu
21 Grams (2003)
11'09''01 - September 11 (2002) (segment "Mexico")
... aka 11 minutes 9 secondes 1 image (France)
... aka 11 septembre 2001 (Iran: Farsi title)
... aka 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (France)
... aka Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (France)
... aka September 11 (USA)
The Hire: Powder Keg (2001)

Brother Coen
The Big Lebowski (1998) (as Roderick Jaynes)
Fargo (1996) (as Roderick Jaynes)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) (as Roderick Jaynes)

Bryan Singer
The Usual Suspects (1995)
... aka Üblichen Verdächtigen, Die (Germany)

Cédric Klapisch
Auberge espagnole, L' (2002)
... aka Pot Luck (Canada: English title) (UK)
... aka Auberge espagnole, L' (USA)
... aka Casa de locos, Una (Spain)
... aka Euro Pudding (International: English title)
... aka The Spanish Apartment (USA)

Christopher Nolan
Memento (2000)

Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
"The Blues" (2003) (mini) TV Series (episode "Piano Blues")
Mystic River (2003)
Unforgiven (1992)

Cristi Puiu
Un cartus de kent si un pachet de cafea (2004)
... aka Cigarettes and Coffee (Europe: English title: Berlin film festival title) (International: English title)

Danis Tanovic
No Man's Land (2001)
... aka Nikogarsnja zemlja (Slovenia)
11'09''01 - September 11 (2002) (segment "Bosnia-Herzegovina")
... aka 11 minutes 9 secondes 1 image (France)
... aka 11 septembre 2001 (Iran: Farsi title)
... aka 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (France)
... aka Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (France)
... aka September 11 (USA)

Darren Aronofsky
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
... aka Delusion Over Addiction

David Yates
Sex Traffic (2004) (TV)

Emir Kusturica
Underground (1995)
... aka Bila jednom jedna zemlja (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Serbian title: subtitle)
... aka Il était une fois un pays, Il (France)
... aka Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

Fernando Meirelles
Cidade de Deus (2002)
... aka City of God (International: English title) (UK)
... aka Cité de Dieu, La (France)
... aka God's Town (International: English title)

Giuseppe Tornatore
Leggenda del pianista sull'oceano, La (1998) (written by)
... aka The Legend of 1900 (USA)
... aka The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean (USA)
Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) (screenplay) (story)
... aka Cinema Paradiso (France) (USA)
... aka Cinema Paradiso: The New Version (USA: director's cut)

Guy Ritchie
Snatch. (2000) (written by)
... aka Snatch: Pigs and Diamonds (International: English title)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
... aka Two Smoking Barrels (USA)

Hirokazu Koreeda
Wandafuru raifu (1998)
... aka After Life (USA)
... aka Afterlife (UK)
... aka Wonderful Life (literal title)

Jean-Pierre Jeunet& Marc Caro
Delicatessen (1991)

Jin-ho Hur
Bomnaleun ganda (2001)
... aka Haru no hi wa sugiyuku (Japan)
... aka One Fine Spring Day (International: English title)
Palwolui Christmas (1998)
... aka Christmas in August

Jianqi Huo
Nashan naren nagou (1999)
... aka Postmen in the Mountains (International: English title)

Majid Majidi
Baran (2001)
Rang-e khoda (1999)
... aka The Color of Paradise (USA)
... aka The Colour of Paradise (Australia)
Bacheha-Ye aseman (1997)
... aka The Children of Heaven (USA)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Nicolas Philibert
Être et avoir (2002)
... aka To Be and to Have (International: English title)

Percy Adlon
Out of Rosenheim (1987)
... aka Bagdad Cafe (USA)

Pierre Uytterhoeven
Un homme et une femme, 20 ans déjà (1986) (adaptation & dialogue)
... aka A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (Canada: English title) (USA)

Richard Kelly
Donnie Darko (2001)

Richard Linklater
Waking Life (2001)

Roman Polanski
The Pianist (2002)
... aka Pianist, Der (Germany)
... aka Pianista (Poland)
... aka Pianiste, Le (France)
Locataire, Le (1976)
... aka The Tenant (USA)

Shunji Iwai
Love Letter (1995)
... aka Letters of Love (USA)
... aka When I Close My Eyes

Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List (1993)
Empire of the Sun (1987)

Sylvain Chomet
Triplettes de Belleville, Les (2003)
... aka The Triplets of Belleville (International: English title) (USA)
... aka Belleville Rendez-Vous (UK)

Tim Burton
Big Fish (2003)

Tony Kaye
American History X (1998)


Stephen Frears
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Takeshi Kitano
Hana-bi (1997)
... aka Fireworks
Dolls (2002)

Vittorio De Sica
Ladri di biciclette (1948)
... aka Bicycle Thieves (UK)
... aka The Bicycle Thief (USA)

Wen Jiang
Guizi lai le (2000) (producer)
... aka Devils on the Doorstep (International: English title)
Yangguang Canlan de Rizi (1994)
... aka In the Heat of the Sun
Yangguang Canlan de Rizi (1994)
... aka In the Heat of the Sun

Wim Wenders
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
... aka Buena Vista Social Club (France)

Woody Allen
Take the Money and Run (1969)

Yimou Zhang
Huozhe (1994)
... aka Lifetimes
... aka Living
... aka To Live
... aka Woot jeuk (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
You hua hao hao shuo (1997)
... aka Keep Cool

ZhangKe Jia
Zhantai (2000)
... aka Platform (France)
Xiao Wu (1997)
Xiao Shan Hui Jia


Ordered by the firstname of the Actor

Al Pacino
Scent of a Woman (1992) .... Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade
Heat (1995) .... Neil McCauley

Brad Pitt
Ocean's Eleven (2001) .... Rusty Ryan
... aka 11 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka O11 (USA: informal short title)
Spy Game (2001) .... Tom Bishop
Snatch. (2000) .... Mickey O'Neil
... aka Snatch: Pigs and Diamonds (International: English title)
Meet Joe Black (1998) .... Joe Black
Seven Years in Tibet (1997) .... Heinrich Harrer
A River Runs Through It (1992) .... Paul Maclean
Se7en (1995) .... Detective David Mills
Legends of the Fall (1994) .... Tristan Ludlow

Dustin Hoffman
Sleepers (1996) .... Danny Snyder
Rain Man (1988) .... Raymond Babbitt

Jack Nicholson
The Shining (1980) .... Jack Torrance
... aka Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) .... Randle Patrick McMurphy

Jacques Villeret
Dîner de cons, Le (1998) .... François Pignon
... aka The Dinner Game (Canada: English title) (International: English title) (USA)
Enfants du marais, Les (1999) .... Riton
... aka Children of the Marshlands (Australia)
... aka The Children of the Marshland (UK)

Jean Reno
Léon (1994) .... Leon
... aka Leon (UK)
... aka The Cleaner
... aka The Professional (USA)
Grand bleu, Le (1988) .... Enzo Molinari
... aka The Big Blue (UK) (USA)
... aka Grand bleu, version intégrale, Le (France: director's cut)
... aka Grand bleu, version longue, Le (France: director's cut)

Nicolas Cage
City of Angels (1998) .... Seth
... aka Stadt der Engel (Germany)

Robert De Niro
Heat (1995) .... Neil McCauley
The Mission (1986) .... Rodrigo Mendoza
Once Upon a Time in America (1984) .... David 'Noodles' Aaronson
... aka C'era una volta in America (Italy)
Raging Bull (1980) .... Jake La Motta
The Deer Hunter (1978) .... Michael Vronsky
Taxi Driver (1976) (as Robert DeNiro) .... Travis Bickle

Tom Hanks
Philadelphia (1993) .... Andrew Beckett
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) .... Sam Baldwin
Forrest Gump (1994) .... Forrest Gump