Nicolas Rapold
Critic and editor
USA
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Faces | 1968 | John Cassavetes |
| Near Death | 1989 | Frederick Wiseman |
| News from Home | 1976 | Chantal Akerman |
| North by Northwest | 1959 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Pickpocket | 1959 | Robert Bresson |
| The Shining | 1980 | Stanley Kubrick |
| Toni Erdmann | 2016 | Maren Ade |
| Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | 2010 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
| Wavelength | 1967 | Michael Snow |
| Within Our Gates | 1919 | Oscar Micheaux |
Comments
All the usual caveats. This becomes necessarily arbitrary and incomplete because for a number of my favorite directors, I would need to choose the whole body of work rather than single out a single film. Consider them beyond great.