Well, I reckon I've given you a lot of recommendations for this list over the past few months or so.

But hey, it won't hurt to add a few more!

And maybe I can also remind you of the importance of some previous recommendations. Ahem.

Here are some movies you ought to consider because I think they're good and might deserve a place on some kind of a list but then again who knows?:

(Note: it's possible you've seen some of these, and it's also possible that you've told me you've seen some of these, but I forgot)


Metropolis, M, You Only Live Once, Fury, The Big Heat - all directed by Fritz Lang.

Merchant Of Four Seasons, Marriage Of Maria Braun - both directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

The Great Dictator - Charles Chaplin.

The Asphalt Jungle - John Houston.

Force Of Evil - Abraham Polonsky

Johnny Guitar, The Lusty Men - both directed by Nicholas Ray

Sullivan's Travels - Preston Sturges

The Roaring Twenties, White Heat - both directed by Raoul Walsh.

A Woman Under The Influence - John Cassavetes

The Gunfighter, Jesse James - both directed by Henry King

Hamlet - Laurence Olivier

This Gun For Hire - Frank Tuttle

La Strada - Federico Fellini

The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis - Vittorio De Sica

Frankenstein - James Whale

Last Year At Marienbad - Alain Resnais

That'll do for now. When I think of some more I'll post them up.