Dylan Cave
Collections Development, Curatorial, BFI National Archive
UK
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Man with a Movie Camera | 1929 | Dziga Vertov |
| Singin' in the Rain | 1951 | Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen |
| The Hitch-hiker | 1953 | Ida Lupino |
| Seven Samurai | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa |
| North by Northwest | 1959 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Playtime | 1967 | Jacques Tati |
| My Neighbour Totoro | 1988 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Do the Right Thing | 1989 | Spike Lee |
| Moonlight | 2016 | Barry Jenkins |
| Atlantique | 2019 | Mati Diop |
Comments
Man with a Movie Camera
1929 Ukrainian SSR, USSR
aka Man with a Movie Camera
Seven Samurai
1954 Japan
aka Seven Samurai
My Neighbour Totoro
1988 Japan
aka My Neighbour Totoro
Atlantique
2019 France, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Belgium
aka Atlantics
Further remarks
Ten examples of great cinema.
But, of course, there are many more.