Lucia Nagib
Professor in Film, University of Reading
UK
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| L' EMPIRE DES SENS | 1976 | Nagisa Oshima |
| Tokyo Story | 1953 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Ossessione | 1943 | Luchino Visconti |
| The 400 Blows | 1959 | François Truffaut |
| Atanarjuat The Fast Runner | 2001 | Zacharias Kunuk |
| Metropolis | 1927 | Fritz Lang |
| In film nist | 2011 | Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmaseb |
| MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM | 1931 | Leontine Sagan |
| Pather Panchali | 1955 | Satyajit Ray |
| DEUS E O DIABO NA TERRA DO SOL | 1964 | Glauber Rocha |
Comments
L' EMPIRE DES SENS
The greatest erotic film of all times.
Tokyo Story
Ozu's greatest masterpiece and a watershed in world cinema.
Ossessione
The perfect marriage of the lower depths and high art. The operatic foundation of neo-realism.
The 400 Blows
The initiator and greatest masterpiece of the French nouvelle vague.
Atanarjuat The Fast Runner
The film that wrote the history of the Inuit people. The best indigenous film I have ever seen.
Metropolis
The best sci-fi of all times.
In film nist
When film changes into real life and vice versa. A brilliant summary of what Iranian cinema is, is not, and could have been.
MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM
A foundational lesbian film, of high aesthetic ambition and achievement.
Pather Panchali
The extraordinary birth of realism in Indian cinema.
DEUS E O DIABO NA TERRA DO SOL
The revolutionary film at the heart of the Cinema Novo movement.
Further remarks
Heartbroken for all the films I had to leave out.