Autumn 2023

BA Filmmaking Recommendations: A global list of films to watch

The BA Filmmaking team have curated a diverse and extensive collection of (mostly) feature films that
encompass a global perspective, tracing the evolution of cinema as an art form from its inception in 1895
with the Lumiere brothers to the present-day. We've assembled this selection for your exploration, but
please don't feel obligated to view every film. While not every movie may resonate with all of you, it's
important that you become acquainted with them. Establishing contexts for your work and developing
dialogues with filmmakers from various eras can play a pivotal role in shaping unique methods,
techniques and philosophies in your filmmaking

IMPORTANT NOTE: Some of these films have mature content or problematic themes which might be
upsetting, disturbing or controversial. If this is of concern to you, I would suggest before watching any of
them, you undertake some initial research to understand the nature of their content and context. And as
always, the film team are here to discuss any of these films with you.

1. Arrival of a Train, etc. (Lumière Brothers, 1895)

2. Trip to the Moon (George Melies, 1902)
3. Birth of a Nation (D. W. Griffith, 1915)
4. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1922)
5. Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922)
6. Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty, 1922)
7. Dr Mabuse the Gambler (Fritz Lang, 1922)
8. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
9. Metropolis (Fritz Lang 1927)
10. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F. W. Murnau, 1927)
11. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)
12. Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertoz, 1929)
13. Un Chien Andalou (Luis Buñuel, 1929)
14. A propos de Nice (Jean Vigo, 1930)
15. M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
16. Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932)
17. The Blood of a Poet (Jean Cocteau, 1932)
18. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
19. Zéro de conduite (Jean Vigo, 1934)
20. Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)
21. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (Shōfu Mizoguchi, 1939)
22. The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)
23. Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943)
24. Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945)
25. Dead of Night (anthology; various directors, 1945)
26. A Matter of Life and Death (Powell & Pressburger, 1946)
27. T-Men (Anthony Mann, 1947)
28. Raw Deal (Anthony Mann, 1948)
29. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
30. They Live by Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948)
31. Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950)
32. Winchester ‘73 (Anthony Mann 1950)
33. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
34. In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950)
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35. Diary of a Country Priest (Robert Bresson, 1950)

36. Orphée (Jean Cocteau, 1950)
37. A Portrait of Ga (Margaret Tait, 1952)
38. Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953)
39. Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu, 1953)
40. The Earrings of Madame De… (Max Ophüls, 1953)
41. Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray,1954)
42. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
43. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick, 1955)
44. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
45. Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955)
46. Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
47. The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955)
48. Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
49. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956)
50. Bob le Flambeur / Bob the Gambler (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956)
51. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
52. The Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
53. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
54. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
55. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
56. Nazarin (Luis Buñuel, 1959)
57. The 400 Blows (Francois Truffaut, 1959)
58. À bout de souffle (Jean Luc Godard, 1959)
59. L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
60. Peeping Tom (Micheal Powell, 1960)
61. Accattone (Pier Paolo Passlini, 1961)
62. La Jetee (Chris Marker, 1962)
63. Dog Star Man: Part 1 (Stan Brakhage, 1962)
64. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, 1962)
65. Cléo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)
66. The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer, 1962)
67. The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1963)
68. Blow Job (Andy Warhol, 1963)
69. Shock Corridor (Sam Fuller 1963)
70. The Naked Kiss (Sam Fuller, 1964)
71. Dr Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
72. Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo, 1964)
73. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
74. Persona (Ingrid Bergman, 1966)
75. Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966)
76. Tokyo Drifter (Seijun Suzuki, 1966)
77. The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
78. Blow Up (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966)
79. The War Game (Peter Watkins, 1966)
80. Closely Watched Trains (Jirí Menzel, 1966)
81. Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967)
82. Le Samouraï (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)
83. The Hour of the Furnace (Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino, 1968)
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84. If (Lindsey Anderson, 1968)

85. Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)
86. Le Boucher (Claude Chabrol, 1970)
87. The Last Movie (Dennis Hopper, 1971)
88. Pink Flamingos (John Waters, 1972)
89. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Rainer-Werner Fassbinder, 1972)
90. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
91. Badlands (Terrance Malick, 1973)
92. Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
93. Love and Anarchy (Lina Wertmüller, 1973)
94. The Parallax View (Alan J. Pakula 1974)
95. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer-Werner Fassbinder, 1974)
96. A Women Under The Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
97. Alice in den Städten / Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974)
98. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
99. The Gambler (Karel Reisz, 1974)
100. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
101. Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)
102. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Akerman, 1975)
103. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
104. The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975)
105. Daguerréotypes (Agnès Varda, 1975)
106. The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)
107. The Girl Chewing Gum (John Smith, 1976)
108. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese 1976)
109. The Tenant (Roman Polanski, 1976)
110. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
111. Jubilee (Derek Jarman, 1978)
112. The Driver (Walter Hill, 1978)
113. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
114. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)
115. The Warriors (Walter Hill 1979)
116. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
117. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
118. Das book (Wolfgang Peterser, 1981)
119. Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1981)
120. Born in Flames (Lizzie Borden, 1983)
121. Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1983)
122. Strangers Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, 1984)
123. The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
124. Handsworth Songs (John Akomfrah, 1984)
125. Repo Man (Alex Cox, 1984)
126. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
127. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
128. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
129. The Black Tower (John Smith, 1987)
130. Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, 1988)
131. A Short Film About Killing (Krzysztof Kieślowski 1988)
132. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
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133. Blue Steel (Kathryn Bigelow, 1989)

134. Close-up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)
135. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)
136. The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992)
137. Bad Lieutenant (Abe Ferrara, 1992)
138. Man Bites Dog (Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel & Benoît Poelvoorde, 1992)
139. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)
140. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
141. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
142. La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
143. Fargo (Joel Coen, 1996)
144. Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997)
145. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999)
146. Ratcatcher (Lynee Ramsey, 1999)
147. Boys Don’t Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)
148. The Matrix (Lana & Lilly Wachowski, 1999)
149. The Gleaners and I (Agnes Varda, 2000)
150. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai, 2000)
151. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (Wang Bing, 2002)
152. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)
153. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, 2002)
154. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
155. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
156. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
157. Caché Hidden - (Michael Haneke, 2005)
158. The Fall (Tarsem, 2006)
159. Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006)
160. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
161. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
162. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
163. Hunger (Steve Mcqueen, 2008)
164. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2008)
165. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)
166. Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009)
167. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)
168. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi 2011)
169. Ida (Pawel Pawilkowski, 2011)
170. Play (Ruben Östlund, 2011)
171. 5 Broken Cameras (Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi, 2011)
172. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)
173. Wrong (Quentin Dupieux, 2012)
174. The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012)
175. Paradise: Love (Ulrich Seidl 2012)
176. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)
177. The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013)
178. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013)
179. Omar (Hany Abu-Assad, 2013)
180. Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel, 2013)
181. Frances Ha (Greta Gerwig, 2013)
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182. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

183. Night Will Fall (Andre Singer, 2014)
184. Force Majeure (Ruben Östlund, 2014)
185. The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015)
186. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
187. Under the Shadow (Babak Anvari 2016)
188. Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)
189. Good Time (Josh & Benny Safdie, 2017)
190. The Other Side of the Wind (Orson Welles, 2018)
191. Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley, 2018)
192. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
193. The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019)
194. Bait (Mark Jenkin, 2019)
195. Nomadland (Chloé Zhao, 2020)
196. Another Round (Thomas Vinterberg, 2020)
197. The Hole (Michelangelo Frammartino, 2021)
198. Pacification (Albert Serra, 2022)
199. Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook, 2022)
200. Women Talking (Sarah Polley, 2022)

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