David Heslin’s film list: a list of the best 1000 films I have seen, in descending order of preference. 23/6/2018 The films with titles in bold are part of my DVD/VHS collection at the time of printing. Dates before June 2008 may be approximate, but usually accurate to within a week or so. Dates underlined indicate that the film has been seen at the cinema (not necessarily on the date specified). Rating Position Run First TITLE Date Nat. Director Lead Actor/s Time seen 193 31/3 ***** 1 Céline et Julie vont en bateau 1974 FRA Jacques Rivette Juliet Berto 2007 Celine and Julie Go Boating Dominique Labourier ***** 2 Nĕco z Alenky 1988 CZE Jan Švankmajer Kristýna Kohoutová 86 3/9 Camilla Power (voice, 2006 Alice English dub version) Jean-Pierre Léaud 210 17/11 ***** 3 La maman et la putain 1973 FRA Jean Eustache 2009 The Mother and the Whore Bernadette Lafont Emmanuelle Riva 10/8 ***** 4 Hiroshima mon amour 1959 FRA Alain Resnais 91 2007 Hiroshima, My Love Eiji Okada 22/2 ***** 5 Lekce Faust 1994 CZR Jan Švankmajer Petr Čepek 97 2007 Faust Jan Kraus USSR Donatis Banionis 166 1/7 ***** 6 Solyaris 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky 2006 Solaris Anatoly Solonitsyn 140 15/8 ***** 7 Perceval le Gallois 1978 FRA Éric Rohmer Fabrice Luchini 2006 Perceval André Dussollier Jean-Pierre Léaud 743 21/8 ***** 8 Out 1 1971 FRA Jacques Rivette 2009 Juliet Berto 141 ? ***** 9 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 USA Stanley Kubrick Keir Dullea 2000 SWE 169 13/4 ***** 10 Scener ur et äktenstap 1973 Ingmar Bergman Liv Ullman 2006 Scenes from a Marriage Erland Josephson ***** 11 Stalker 1979 USSR Andrei Tarkovsky Aleksandr Kaidanovsky 163 4/7 Anatoly Solonitsyn 2006 Jaroslava Schallerová 12/1 ***** 12 Valerie a týden divů 1970 CZE Jaromil Jireš 77 2009 Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Helena Anýžová 6/12 ***** 13 Eraserhead 1977 USA David Lynch Jack Nance 89 2005 210 24/11 ***** 14 Edvard Munch 1974 NOR Peter Watkins Geir Westby 2009 USSR Ivan Mikolajchuk 2/3 ***** 15 Tini zabutykh predkiv 1964 Sergei Parajanov 97 2014 Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Larisa Kadochnikova 21/9 Magda Vášáryová 165 ***** 16 Marketa Lazarová 1967 CZE František Vláčil 2016 108 13/8 ***** 17 Withnail & I 1987 UK Bruce Robinson Richard E. Grant 2008 Paul McGann MEX Adolfo Jimenez Castro 115 26/10 ***** 18 Post tenebras lux 2012 Carlos Reygadas 2013 Light After Darkness Natalia Acevedo Richard Linklater 3/5 ***** 19 Slacker 1991 USA Richard Linklater 98 2009 Chantal Akerman 8/6 ***** 20 Je, tu, il, elle 1974 BEL/ Chantal Akerman 85 2010 I, You, He, She FRA Niels Arestrup W.GER 110 22/2 ***** 21 Alice in den Stätden 1974 Wim Wenders Rüdiger Vogler 2007 Alice in the Cities Yella Rottländer 104 19/10 ***** 22 Boy Meets Girl 1984 FRA Léos Carax Denis Lavant 2009 Abdellatif Kechiche Adèle Exarchopoulos 179 24/11 ***** 23 La vie d’Adèle – Chapitre 1 & 2 2013 FRA 2013 Blue Is the Warmest Colour Léa Seydoux 124 24/10 ***** 24 Sanatorium pod klepsydrą 1973 POL Wojciech Has Jan Nowicki 2012 The Hour-Glass Sanatorium Tadeusz Kondrat 4/1 ***** 25 Je t’aime, je t’aime 1968 FRA Alain Resnais Claude Rich 91 2010 I Love You, I Love You Olga Georges-Picot 147 19/11 ***** 26 Mulholland Dr. 2001 USA David Lynch Naomi Watts 2005 Aleksandr Sokurov Aleksei Ananischnov 19/7 ***** 27 Mat i syn 1997 RUS 71 2008 Mother and Son Gudrun Geyer 2/9 USSR/ 125 ***** 28 Nostalghia 1983 Andrei Tarkovsky Oleg Yankovsky 2006 Nostalgia ITA Erland Josephson 13/8 ***** 29 Sedmikrásky 1966 CZE Věra Chytilová Ivana Karbanová 74 2010 Daisies Jitka Cerhová W.GER 22/3 176 ***** 30 Im Lauf der Zeit 1976 Wim Wenders Rüdiger Vogler 2007 Kings of the Road Hanns Zischler W.GER Hans-Jürgen Syberberg 442 24/12 ***** 31 Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland 1977 Harry Baer 2015 Hitler: A Film from Germany Peter Kern ***** 32 Zánik domu Usherů 1981 CZE Jan Švankmajer Petr Čepek 15 ? The Fall of the House of Usher (voice) 10/8 ***** 33 Frances Ha 2012 USA Noah Baumbach Greta Gerwig 86 2013 150 7/1 ***** 34 Du côté d’Orouët 1971 FRA Jacques Rozier Danièle Croisy 2017 Near Orouet Françoise Guégan 15/8 ***** 35 Stranger Than Paradise 1984 USA Jim Jarmusch John Lurie 89 2007 15/3 François Bégaudeau 124 ***** 36 Entre les murs 2008 FRA Laurent Cantet 2009 The Class Laura Baquela 183 14/7 ***** 37 Les amants réguliers 2005 FRA Philippe Garrel Louis Garrel 2012 Regular Lovers Clotilde Hesme 12/8 USSR Anatoli Solonitsyn 185 ***** 38 Andrei Rublev 1966 Andrei Tarkovsky 2006 Michelangelo Antonioni David Hemmings 111 7/1 ***** 39 Blow-Up 1966 UK 2006 Vanessa Redgrave 1/8 126 ***** 40 Mon oncle d’Amérique 1980 FRA Alain Resnais Roger Pierre 2008 My American Uncle Gérard Depardieu 133 23/9 ***** 41 El sol del membrillo 1992 SPA Víctor Erice Antonio López 2015 The Quince Tree Sun Marina Moreno 105 16/12 ***** 42 Le charme discret de la borgeoisie 1972 FRA Luis Buñuel Fernando Rey 2006 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Delphine Seyrig 113 6/10 ***** 43 Conte d’été 1996 FRA Éric Rohmer Melvil Poupaud 2006 A Summer’s Tale Amanda Langlet Nobuhiko Obayashi 8/12 ***** 44 Hausu 1977 JAP Kimiko Ikegami 88 2010 House Kumiko Ohba 252 6/12 ***** 45 L’amour fou 1969 FRA Jacques Rivette Bulle Ogier 2011 Mad Love Jean-Pierre Kalfon SWE 21/1 ***** 46 Persona 1966 Ingmar Bergman Liv Ullmann 83 2006 Bibi Andersson 180 23/12 ***** 47 Inland Empire 2006 USA David Lynch Laura Dern 2007 Emmanuelle Béart 236 18/2 ***** 48 La belle noiseuse 1991 FRA Jacques Rivette 2006 The Beautiful Troublemaker Michel Piccoli 13/4 ***** 49 Pauline à la plage 1983 FRA Éric Rohmer Amanda Langlet 95 2006 Pauline at the Beach Pascal Greggory 110 4/8 ***** 50 1984 1984 UK Michael Radford John Hurt 2005 31/3 Jean-Pierre Dardenne 104 ***** 51 Le fils 2002 BEL Olivier Gourmet 2007 The Son Luc Dardenne Morgan Marinne W.GER Rainer Werner Fassbinder 4/3 ***** 52 Angst essen Seele auf 1974 Brigitte Mira 92 2007 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul El Hedi ben Salem Catherine Deneuve 9/6 ***** 53 Les parapluies de Cherbourg 1964 FRA Jacques Demy 91 2016 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Nino Castelnuovo 8/7 USSR Margarita Terekhova 108 ***** 54 Zerkalo 1974 Andrei Tarkovsky 2006 The Mirror Ignat Daniltsev 20/5 Bernardo Bertolucci 129 ***** 55 Ultimo tango a Parigi 1972 FRA Marlon Brando 2006 Last Tango in Paris Maria Schneider Emmanuelle Riva 127 3/8 ***** 56 Amour 2012 FRA Michael Haneke 2012 Love Jean-Louis Trintignant W.GER 128 11/11 ***** 57 Der Himmel über Berlin 1987 Wim Wenders Bruno Ganz 2006 Wings of Desire Solveig Dommartin 10/6 ***** 58 News from Home 1976 BEL/ Chantal Akerman N/A 85 2010 USA 15/12 ***** 59 Structrula krysztalu 1969 POL Krzystof Zanussi Jan Myslowicz 74 2010 The Structure of Crystal Andrzej Zarnecki 14/8 ***** 60 La jalousie 2013 FRA Philippe Garrel Louis Garrel 77 2014 Jealousy Olga Milshtein Heather Matarazzo 21/6 ***** 61 Welcome to the Dollhouse 1995 USA Todd Solondz 88 2011 **** ½ 10/7 62 Irma Vep 1996 FRA Olivier Assayas Maggie Cheung 99 2006 **** ½ 16/1 63 Nuit et brouillard 1956 FRA Alain Resnais Michel Bouquet 31 2010 Night and Fog (voice) **** ½ 105 6/12 64 Institute Benjamenta, or This 1995 UK/ Stephen Quay Mark Rylance 2008 Dream People Call Human Life GER Timothy Quay Alice Krige **** ½ 144 17/12 65 Das weisse Band 2009 GER Michael Haneke Christian Friedel 2009 The White Ribbon Leonie Benesch **** ½ USSR 11/3 66 Sayat Nova 1968 Sergei Parajanov Sofiko Chiaureli 74 2014 The Colour of Pomegranates Melkon Alekyan **** ½ POR/ 152 20/11 67 Manoel dans l’île des merveilles 1984 Raúl Ruiz Ruben de Freitas 2016 Manoel on the Island of Marvels FRA Marco Paulo de Freitas **** ½ W.GER Christian Heinisch 126 21/6 68 Klassenverhältnisse 1984 Danièle Huillet 2015 Class Relations Jean-Marie Straub Harun Farocki 26/2 **** ½ Jean-Claude Brialy 104 69 Le fantôme de la liberté 1974 FRA Luis Buñuel 2007 The Phantom of Liberty Michel Piccoli **** ½ Walerian Borowczyk Lisbeth Hummell 18/11 70 La bête 1975 FRA 93 2008 The Beast Pierre Benedetti **** ½ W.GER Bruno Schleinstein 108 25/11 71 Stroszek 1976 Werner Herzog 2006 **** ½ 115 ? 72 Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975 AUS Peter Weir Rachel Roberts 2000 **** ½ 25/9 73 A Married Couple 1969 CAN Allan King Billy Edwards 97 2015 **** ½ 145 27/1 74 Werckmeister harmóniák 2000 HUN Béla Tarr Lars Rudolph 2010 The Werckmeister Harmonies Hanna Schygulla **** ½ 117 15/7 75 Caché 2005 FRA Michael Haneke Daniel Auteuil 2006 Hidden Juliette Binoche **** ½ USSR Konstantin Lopushansky 23/3 76 Pisma myortvogo cheloveka 1986 Rolan Bykov 87 2018 Letters from a Dead Man Viktor Mikhaylov **** ½ 103 21/11 77 Skammen 1968 SWE Ingmar Bergman Max Von Sydow 2008 Shame Liv Ullman **** ½ 28/2 78 Stardust Memories 1980 USA Woody Allen Woody Allen 89 2009 **** ½ Johannes Kuhnke 118 22/10 79 Turist 2014 SWE Ruben Östlund 2014 Force Majeure Lisa Loven Kongsli **** ½ Patrick Bokanowski 9/5 80 L’ange 1983 FRA Jacques Faure 70 2015 The Angel Rita Renoir **** ½ Jens Jørgen Thorsen 23/11 81 Stille dage i Clichy 1970 DEN Paul Valjean 91 2012 Quiet Days in Clichy Wayne Rodda **** ½ Michelangelo Antonioni 117 9/1 82 Il deserto rosso 1964 ITA Monica Vitti 2010 Red Desert Richard Harris **** ½ 137 14/9 83 Il vangelo secondo Matteo 1964 ITA Pier Paolo Pasolini Enrique Irazoqui 2007 The Gospel According to Saint Matthew Settimio Di Porto **** ½ Giorgio Albertazzi 7/8 84 L’année dernière à Marienbad 1961 FRA Alain Resnais 94 2007 Last Year at Marienbad Delphine Seyrig **** ½ SWE Rebecka Liljeberg 25/11 85 Fucking Åmål 1998 Lukas Moodysson 89 2006 Show Me Love Alexandra Dahlström **** ½ 104 13/11 86 The Crowd 1928 USA King Vidor James Murray 2013 **** ½ 87 Meshes of the Afternoon 1943 USA Maya Deren Maya Deren