The Definitive Film List

I've compiled a list of the films I most love/respect/am effected by, and here it is. As this blog is added to, links to my reviews will be added to this master list of my favourite cinema, and as I see more movies this list will be added to.

~#~

28 Days Later... (2002, Danny Boyle, UK)

28 Weeks Later (2007, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, UK)

3 Women (1977, Robert Altman, USA)

~A~

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006, Jonathan Levine, USA)

American Psycho (2000, Mary Harron, USA)

Antichrist (2009, Lars von Trier, Denmark)

Anthropophagus (1980, Joe D'Amato, Italy)

Away from Her (2006, Sarah Polley, Canada)

~B~

Bad Boy Bubby (1993, Rolf De Heer, Australia)

Batman Returns (1992, Tim Burton, USA)

Battle Royale (2000, Kinji Fukasaku, Japan)

Beetle Juice (1988, Tim Burton, USA)

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970, Russ Meyer, USA)

The Birds (1963, Alfred Hitchcock, USA)

Black Christmas (1974, Bob Clark, Canada)

The Blair Witch Project (1999, Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez, USA)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967, Arthur Penn, USA)

Boogie Nights (1997, Paul WS Anderson, USA)

Boys Don't Cry (1999, Kimberley Pearce, USA)

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, Blake Edwards, USA)

Breaking the Waves (1996, Lars von Trier, Denmark)

The Brood (1979, David Cronenberg, Canada)

Bubba Ho-Tep (2002, Don Coscarelli, USA)

~C~

Cabaret (1972, Bob Fosse, USA)

Cape Fear (1991, Martin Scorsese, USA)

Carrie (1976, Brian De Palma, USA)

Cecil B. DeMented (2000, John Waters, USA)

The Center of the World (2001, Wayne Wang, USA)

Chinatown (1974, Roman Polanski, USA) 

Chopper (2000, Andrew Dominik, Australia)

A Clockwork Orange (1971, Stanley Kubrick, UK)

Combat Shock (1986, Buddy Giovanazzo, USA)

The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989, Peter Greenaway, UK)

~D~

Dancer in the Dark (2000, Lars von Trier, Denmark)

Dawn of the Dead (2004, Zack Snyder, USA)

Day of the Dead (1985, George A Romero, USA)

The Departed (2006, Martin Scorses, USA)

Desperate Living (1977, John Waters, USA)

The Devil's Rejects (2005, Rob Zombie, USA)

A Dirty Shame (2004, John Waters, USA)

Dogville (2003, Lars von Trier, Denmark)

Donkey Punch (2008, Oliver Blackburn, UK)

Donnie Darko (2001, Richard Kelly, USA)

Drag Me to Hell (2009, Sam Raimi, USA)

Dumplings (2004, Fruit Chan, Hong Kong)

~E~

Eden Lake (2008, James Watkins, UK)

Election (1999, Alexander Payne, USA)

Elegy (2008, Isabelle Coixet, USA)

The Evil Dead (1981, Sam Raimi, USA)

The Exorcist (1973, WIlliam Friedkin, USA)

Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanely Kubrick, UK)

~F~

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965, Russ Meyer, USA)

Female Trouble (1974, John Waters, USA)

The Fly (1986, David Cronenberg, USA)  

Freaks (1932, Tod Browning, USA)

Freeway (1996, Matthew Bright, USA)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez, USA)

Funny Games (1997, Michael Haneke, Austria)

~G~

Ghosts... of the Civil Dead (1988, John Hillcoat, Australia)

The Graduate (1967, Mike Nichols, USA) 

Gremlins (1984, Joe Dante, USA)

Gummo (1997, Harmony Korine, USA)

~H~

Hairspray (1988, John Waters, USA)

Happiness (1998, Todd Solondz, USA)

Heathers (1989, Michael Lehhmann, USA)

Hellraiser (1987, Clive Barker, USA)

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986, John McNaughton, USA)

High Tension (2003, Alexandre Aja, France)

The Hills Have Eyes (1977, Wes Craven, USA)

The Horde (2009, Yannick Dahan & Benjamin Rocher, France)

Hotel Rwanda (2004, Terry George, USA)

House of 1000 Corpses (2003, Rob Zombie, USA)

Husbands and Wives (1992, Woody Allen, USA)

~I~

I Heart Huckabees (2004, David O. Russell, USA)

I Stand Alone (1998, Gaspar Noe, France)

Inferno (1980, Dario Argento, Italy)

Inland Empire (2006, David Lynch, USA)

Inside (2007, Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury, France)

Irreversible (2002, Gaspar Noe, France)

~J~

Jackie Brown (1997, Quentin Tarantino, USA)

Jindabyne (2006, Ray Lawrence, Australia)

~K~

Kids (1995, Larry Clark, USA)

~L~

The Last House on the Left (1972, Wes Craven, USA)

Lilya 4-ever (2002, Lukas Moodysson, Sweden)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986, Frank Oz, USA)

Lolita (1962, Stanley Kubrick, UK)

Long Weekend (1978, Colin Eggleston, Australia)

Look Both Ways (2005, Sarah Watt, Australia)

Lost Highway (1997, David Lynch, USA)

Lust Caution (2007, Ang Lee, Hong Kong)

~M~

Manhattan (1979, Woody Allen, USA)

Mars Attacks! (1996, Tim Burton, USA)

Martin (1977, George A Romero, USA)

Martyrs (2008, Pascal Laugier, France)

May (2003, Lucky McKee, USA)

Mulholland Dr. (2001, David Lynch, USA)

Multiple Maniacs (1970, John Waters, USA)

My Summer of Love (2004, Pawel Pawlikowski, UK)

~N~

Naked (1993, Mike Leigh, UK)

Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone, USA)

Network (1976, Sydney Lumet, USA)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, Wes Craven, USA)

~O~

Once Were Warriors (1994, Lee Tamahori, New Zealand)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, Milos Forman, USA)

One Missed Call (2004, Takashi Miike, Japan)

The Others (2001, Alejandro Amenebar, USA)

~P~

The Painted Veil (2006, John Curran, UK)

Pecker (1998, John Waters, USA)

Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985, Tim Burton, USA)

Phantasm (1979, Don Coscarelli, USA)

Phenomena (1985, Dario Argento, USA)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, Peter Weir, Australia)

Pink Flamingos (1972, John Waters, USA)

Pleasantville (1998, Frank Oz, USA)

Pretty Baby (1978, Louis Malle, USA)

The Proposition (2005, John Hillcoat, Australia)

Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock, USA)

~R~

Rabid (1977, David Cronenberg, Canada)

Rachel Getting Married (2008, Jonathan Demme, USA)

Repulsion (1965, Roman Polanski, UK)

Rope (1948, Alfred Hitchcock, USA)

Rosemary's Baby (1968, Roman Polanski, USA)

~S~

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy)

Scarface (1983, Brian De Palma, USA)

Scary Movie (2000, Keenan Ivory Wayans, USA)

Secrets & Lies (1996, Mike Leigh, UK)

Serial Mom (1994, John Waters, USA)

A Serbian Film (2010, Srdjan Spasojevic, Serbia)

Series 7: The Contenders (2001, Daniel Minahan, USA)

Severance (2006, Christopher Smith, UK)

The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick, USA)

Shivers (1975, David Cronenberg, Canada)

Shortbus (2006, John Cameron Mitchell, USA)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme, USA)

Sleepaway Camp (1983, Robert Hiltzik, USA)

Smiley Face (2007, Gregg Araki, USA)  

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937, David Hand, USA)

Somersault (2004, Cate Shortland, Autralia)

South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, USA)

The Stendhal Syndrome (1996, Dario Argento, Italy)

The Stepford Wives (1975, Bryan Forbes, USA)

Strange Days (1995, Kathryn Bigelow, USA)

Stuck (2007, Stuart Gordon, USA)

Suburban Mayhem (2006, Paul Goldman, Australia)

Suspiria (1977, Dario Argento, Italy)

~T~

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003, Ji-Woon Kim, South Korea)

Tenebre (1982, Dario Argento, Italy)

The Terminator (1984, James Cameron, USA)  

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, James Cameron, USA)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974, Tobe Hooper, USA)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986, Tobe Hooper, USA)

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969, Sydney Pollack, USA)

Three Kings (1999, David O. Russell, USA)

To Die For (1995, Gus van Sant, USA)

Total Recall (1990, Paul Verhoeven)

Trainspotting (1996, Danny Boyle, UK)

True Romance (1993, Tony Scott, USA)

Turkey Shoot (1982, Brian Trenchard Smith, Australia)

Two Hands (1999, Gregor Jordan, Australia)

~V~

Velvet Goldmine (1998, Todd Haynes, USA)

Videodrome (1983, David Cronenberg, Canada)

The Virgin Suicides (1999, Sophia Coppola, USA)

Volver (2006, Pedro Almovadar, Spain)

~W~

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962, Robert Aldrich, USA)

The Wicker Man (1973, Robin Hardy, UK)

Wild at Heart (1990, David Lynch, USA)

~Y~

Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001, Alfonso, Cuaron, Mexico)