Here are some of my favourite films. This is not a definitive list; it’s a work in progress. New titles and screengrabs will be added from time to time.
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Black Narcissus (1947)
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993)
Dead of Night (1945)
Written on the Wind (1956)
Written on the Wind (1956)
Black Narcissus (1947)
La peau douce (1964)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Paprika (2006)
Le samouraï (1967)
Daughters of Darkness (aka Les lèvres rouges) (1971)
Dead of Night (1945)
Modesty Blaise (1966)
Histoires Extraordinaires (aka Spirits of the Dead) (Fellini segment) (1968)
Vertigo (1958)
Funny Face (1957)
Funny Face (1957)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Chinatown (1974)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Team America: World Police (2004)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Il conformista (aka The Conformist) (1970)
Chinatown (1974)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Inferno (1980)
King of New York (1990)
Rear Window (1954)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (aka Spirited Away) (2001)
The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968)
The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Night of the Demon (1957)
The Rebel (1961)
Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In) (2008)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
La vie double de Véronique (aka The Double Life of Veronique) (1991)
Dance of the Vampires (aka The Fearless Vampire Killers) (1967)
Dance of the Vampires (aka The Fearless Vampire Killers) (1967)
Black Swan (2010)
Near Dark (1987)
Phantom Lady (1944)
To Live and Die in LA (1985)
Plein soleil (aka Purple Noon) (1960)
Infernal Affairs (aka Mou gaan dou) (2002)
Body Heat (1981)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Body Heat (1981)
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
13 Assassins (2010)
Manhunter (1986)
Paprika (2006)
Barton Fink (1991)
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (aka The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) (1966)
Kairo (aka Pulse) (2001)
Operazione paura (aka Kill, Baby… Kill!) (1966)
I tre volti della paura (aka Black Sabbath) (1963)
Il gattopardo (aka The Leopard) (1963)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
I Married a Witch (1942)
Lady Vengeance (2005)
Scanners (1981)
Clans of Intrigue (1977)
eXistenZ (1999)
The Magic Blade (1976)
The Innocents (1961)
The New One-Armed Swordsman (aka La rage du tigre) (1971)
The Mission (1999)
Le mépris (1963)
Le mépris (1963)
Le mépris (1963)
The Dead Zone (1983)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
The Fury (1978)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Le mépris (1963)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Orphée (1950)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
Manhunter (1986)
Theatre of Blood (1973)
Videodrome (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
Murder by Decree (1979)
eXistenZ (1999)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Kurenai no buta (aka Porco Rosso) (1992)
Demonlover (2002)
eXistenZ (1999)
Barton Fink (1991)
Blades of Glory (2007)
Die Büchse der Pandora (aka Pandora’s Box) (1929)
El Cid (1961)
Céline et Julie vont en bateau (aka Celine and Julie Go Boating) (1974)
Céline et Julie vont en bateau (aka Celine and Julie Go Boating) (1974)
Ikiru (1952)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Green for Danger (1946)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
King Kong (1933)
Lady Vengeance (2005)
Les enfants terribles (1950)
Ugetsu monogatari (1953)
Seppuku (aka Harakiri) (1962)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tonari no Totoro (aka My Neighbour Totoro) (1988)
MULTIGLOM 
Galaxy Quest – brilliant!
That’s a terrific list. Loved your BFI book on The Thing. After all these years I still notice little details in Carpenter’s masterpiece (and I’m pretty convinced Childs has been infected at the end)
You have impeccable taste madam, I’ve enjoyed every single film on the list
Great to see 3 John Carpenter films in there. Have you seen “Prince of Darkness” recently? Although hoakey in places, It does hold up. It’s the most underrated of all his films
Love your choices, ma’am. Pretty much all of these are in my Pinterest film section.
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Since I ditched Twitter I’ve been missing daily dose of Billson downunder. Welcome to WordPress. 🙂
PS: I forgot to mention the list: lovely and eclectic. I’m surprised that ‘Citizen Kane’ is absent but you have great taste in horror movies. A woman after my own heart. Er… not literally.
Why do so many people rate CK so highly? I mean it’s a good film but jeez does it go on a bit
First time I saw CK (around age of 16) I thought it was OK, but wasn’t bowled over. Later I began to appreciate the screenplay, story structure and technique – all of which have been used so often by other film-makers since it was made that they don’t seem special any more. But as I get older, the story starts to grip me more on an emotional level – something about the choices you make in your life, the roads not travelled etc. I suspect that in another couple of decades it might end up being one of my favourite films.
Great list – haven’t encountered anyone in the blogging world who has added Ugetsu as their favourite film, very impressed. And thank you for the Twitter follow, by the way!
That settles it Anne. If I wasn’t already married I’d be down on one knee begging to marry you and your film taste. What Saturday nights we’d have. Sigh…
Great list! Nice to see a few nods to Cronenberg there. I’m looking forward to watching A Matter of Life and Death – it’s on of Ian’s recommendations for the 101 Films podcast. Also nice to see Galaxy Quest up there! An underrated film.
You like ‘Dead of Night’! I LOVE that you like ‘Dead of Night’!
Hey Multiglom, Great List. I was checking out wordpress sites and got here. Check out my site it-films.com for documentaries and films. It might be useful to you.
Great list of which I’ve seen about 70%, so thanks for the remaining suggestions. Seeing Billion Dollar Brain pop up (w/ the ever so lovely Francoise Dorleac in the screen-grab) reminds me to check that one out ASAP: Caine, Dorleac, and a jobbing Ken Russell on his best behavior, I’ve been meaning to catch it for ages….
Billion Dollar Brain is my favourite Harry Palmer movie (though I do like The Ipcress File a lot) and quite insane. I especially like the opening credits (courtesy the great Maurice Binder).
Harry Potter v. Harry Palmer: “button mushrooms, sir, you should try them for school dinner.”
When I first saw the frame from ‘Synecdoche New York’ I thought it was from ‘Mrs Doubtfire’. Oops.
One still from The Conformist and I shamefully realise how much time I’ve wasted watching utter crap these past few years.
Hmm yes, The Conformist will do that for you.
You have Le Mépris twice.
Excellent! Means now there’s room for one of the favourites I forgot to include.
This ain’t the first time Alain Delon’s had a gun pointed at him.