CINEMA CLUB WATCHLIST
A selection of 100 crucial films we love, presented in no particular order. Enjoy!
title | year | genre | director |
Blade Runner | 1982 | Sci-Fi | Ridley Scott |
The Wiz | 1978 | Fantasy | Sidney Lumet |
The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | Fantasy | Victor Fleming |
The Goonies | 1985 | Adventure | Richard Donner |
Gremlins | 1984 | Fantasy/Horror | Joe Dante |
The Blues Brothers | 1980 | Comedy/Adventure | John Landis |
This is Spinal Tap | 1984 | Comedy | Rob Reiner |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | Comedy | Gilliam/Jones |
Alice | 1988 | Fantasy | Jan Svankmajer |
Bugsy Malone | 1976 | Comedy | Alan Parker |
Mad Max | 1979 | Sci-Fi/Action | George Miller |
The Road Warrior | 1981 | Sci-Fi/Action | George Miller |
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | 1985 | Sci-Fi/Action | Miller/Ogilvie |
Mad Max Fury Road | 2015 | Sci-Fi/Action | George Miller |
Repo Man | 1984 | Sci-Fi/Comedy | Alex Cox |
Suburbia | 1983 | Drama | Penelope Spheeris |
Time Bandits | 1981 | Fantasy/Adventure | Gilliam/Palin |
Brazil | 1985 | Sci-Fi | Terry Gilliam |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | 1988 | Fantasy/Adventure | Terry Gilliam |
Delicatessen | 1991 | Comedy | Jeunet/Caro |
City of Lost Children | 1995 | Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Jeunet/Caro |
Dr. Strangelove | 1964 | Comedy | Stanley Kubrick |
A Clockwork Orange | 1971 | Sci-Fi | Stanley Kubrick |
2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | Sci-Fi | Stanley Kubrick |
Akira | 1988 | Sci-Fi | Katsuhiro Otomo |
The Thing | 1982 | Sci-Fi/Horror | John Carpenter |
Alien | 1979 | Sci-Fi/Horror | Ridley Scott |
Aliens | 1986 | Sci-Fi/Action | James Cameron |
Terminator | 1984 | Sci-Fi | James Cameron |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | Sci-Fi/Action | James Cameron |
Predator | 1987 | Sci-Fi/Action | John McTiernan |
Conan the Barbarian | 1982 | Fantasy | John Milius |
Wizards | 1977 | Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Ralph Bakshi |
The Hobbit | 1977 | Fantasy | Rankin/Bass |
Lord of the Rings | 1978 | Fantasy | Ralph Bakshi |
Return of the King | 1979 | Fantasy | Rankin/Bass |
My Neighbor Totoro | 1988 | Fantasy | Hayao Miyazaki |
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind | 1984 | Sci-Fi | Hayao Miyazaki |
Spirited Away | 2001 | Fantasy | Hayao Miyazaki |
Castle in the Sky | 1986 | Fantasy | Hayao Miyazaki |
Porco Rosso | 1992 | Adventure | Hayao Miyazaki |
Howl's Moving Castle | 2004 | Fantasy | Hayao Miyazaki |
Galaxy Express 999 | 1979 | Sci-Fi | Rintaro |
Sleeping Beauty | 1959 | Fantasy | Clyde Geronimi |
Pinocchio | 1940 | Fantasy | Sharpsteen/Luske |
Dracula | 1931 | Horror | Tod Browning |
Frankenstein | 1931 | Sci-Fi/Horror | James Whale |
The Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 | Sci-Fi/Horror | James Whale |
The Wolf Man | 1941 | Horror | George Waggner |
The Invisible Man | 1933 | Sci-Fi/Horror | James Whale |
The Mummy | 1932 | Horror | Karl Freund |
Creature From the Black Lagoon | 1954 | Horror | Jack Arnold |
The Evil Dead | 1981 | Horror | Sam Raimi |
Evil Dead II | 1987 | Horror/Comedy | Sam Raimi |
Amy of Darkness | 1992 | Comedy/Fantasy | Sam Raimi |
Friday the 13th | 1980 | Horror/Slasher | Sean S. Cunningham |
Friday the 13th Part III | 1982 | Horror/Slasher | Steve Miner |
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | 1984 | Horror/Slasher | Joseph Zito |
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | 1986 | Horror/Slasher | Tom McLoughlin |
Halloween | 1978 | Horror/Slasher | John Carpenter |
Halloween II | 1981 | Horror/Slasher | Rick Rosenthal |
Halloween III: Season of the Witch | 1982 | Horror/Slasher | Tommy Lee Wallace |
Texas Chainsaw Massacre | 1974 | Horror/Slasher | Tobe Hooper |
Return of the Living Dead | 1985 | Horror/Comedy | Dan O'Bannon |
Dead Alive / Braindead | 1992 | Horror/Comedy | Peter Jackson |
Creepshow | 1982 | Horror | George Romero |
Dawn of the Dead | 1978 | Horror | George Romero |
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers | 1978 | Sci-Fi/Horror | Philip Kaufman |
Jaws | 1975 | Horror | Steven Spielberg |
Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | Action/Adventure | Steven Spielberg |
Jurassic Park | 1993 | Sci-Fi/Adventure | Steven Spielberg |
The Dark Knight | 2008 | Drama/Action | Christopher Nolan |
Airplane! | 1980 | Comedy | Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker |
The Producers | 1967 | Comedy | Mel Brooks |
Blazing Saddles | 1974 | Comedy | Mel Brooks |
Ghostbusters | 1984 | Comedy/Adventure | Ivan Reitman |
Little Shop of Horrors | 1986 | Sci-Fi/Comedy | Frank Oz |
The Seven Samurai | 1954 | Drama/Samurai | Akira Kurosawa |
Throne of Blood | 1957 | Drama/Samurai | Akira Kurosawa |
Godzilla | 1954 | Sci-Fi | Ishiro Honda |
Drunken Master | 1978 | Action/Comedy | Yuen Woo-Ping |
Hard Boiled | 1992 | Action | John Woo |
Taxi Driver | 1976 | Drama | Martin Scorsese |
The Seventh Seal | 1957 | Drama | Ingmar Bergman |
Parasite | 2019 | Thriller | Bong Joon-ho |
Rear Window | 1954 | Mystery/Thriller | Alfred Hitchcock |
Psycho | 1960 | Horror | Alfred Hitchcock |
Shogun Assassin | 1980 | Drama/Action | Misumi/Houston |
An American Werewolf in London | 1981 | Horror | John Landis |
Ichi, the Killer | 2001 | Action | Takashi Miike |
Leon the Professional | 1994 | Action | Luc Besson |
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | 1971 | Fantasy | Mel Stuart |
Night of the Hunter | 1955 | Drama/Thriller | Charles Laughton |
Desk Set | 1957 | Romantic Comedy | Walter Lang |
Bell, Book & Candle | 1958 | Drama | Richard Quine |
Some Like It Hot | 1959 | Romantic Comedy | Billy Wilder |
Pulp Fiction | 1994 | Drama | Quentin Tarantino |
Star Wars | 1977 | Fantasy/Adventure | George Lucas |
The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | Fantasy/Adventure | Irvin Kershner |
Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Fantasy/Adventure | Richard Marquand |