Lou Thomas
BFI Digital Production Editor and freelance film critic
UK
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| His Girl Friday | 1939 | Howard Hawks |
| Le Salaire de la peur | 1953 | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Pickpocket | 1959 | Robert Bresson |
| Seven Samurai | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa |
| Paths of Glory | 1957 | Stanley Kubrick |
| Malcolm X | 1992 | Spike Lee |
| The Wild Bunch | 1969 | Sam Peckinpah |
| In the Mood for Love | 2000 | Wong Kar Wai |
| You Were Never Really Here | 2017 | Lynne Ramsay |
| The King of Comedy | 1983 | Martin Scorsese |
Comments
It’s fitting that love and struggle are the dominant themes among my choices, given that the process of choosing was defined by my great love for each film and the agonising struggle to exclude dozens that didn’t quite make it. Such a relief this question comes round only once a decade.