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 |