Eckhard Haschen
critic and curator
Germany
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Trouble in Paradise | 1932 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Partie de campagne | 1936 | Jean Renoir |
| Laura | 1944 | Otto Preminger |
| Lola Montès | 1955 | Max Ophuls |
| Written on the Wind | 1956 | Douglas Sirk |
| Vertigo | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Rio Bravo | 1958 | Howard Hawks |
| Peeping Tom | 1960 | Michael Powell |
| The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | 1964 | Jacques Demy |
| Céline and Julie Go Boating | 1974 | Jacques Rivette |
Comments
In chronological order:
The 11th (not just to complete a football team or the time span) would be: Les Nuits de la pleine lune (Rohmer). And the five substitute players: Seventh Heaven (Borzage), L'Atalante (Vigo), In a Lonely Place (Ray), Some Came Running (Minnelli), Femme Fatale (De Palma). And still only a few Western countries and only films by white men. There are, of course, essential films from many more parts of the world and by women, so make it 25, 30, 50, 100 or, better still, 250 titles next time!