Ian Freer
Contributing Editor, EMPIRE
UK
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| The Cat Concerto | 1947 | William Hanna, Joseph Barbera |
| Singin' in the Rain | 1951 | Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen |
| The 400 Blows | 1959 | François Truffaut |
| American Graffiti | 1973 | George Lucas |
| Apocalypse Now | 1979 | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Raging Bull | 1980 | Martin Scorsese |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | Steven Spielberg |
| Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | 1985 | Paul Schrader |
| Distant Voices, Still Lives | 1988 | Terence Davies |
| Before Sunrise | 1995 | Richard Linklater |
Comments
I can't tell you how thrilled I am to vote in Sight & Sound's Greatest Films Of All Time poll. Fifteen-year-old me would have never believed it.
I always liked François Truffaut's conception of a 'great' film, that it conveys an idea of the world and an idea of cinema or that it expresses the agony or the ecstasy of a film's making. So I've picked films, a mixture of bona fide classics and personal favourites, that tick at least one of those boxes. As with everyone, this list could be completely different tomorrow – Meshes Of The Afternoon, La Belle et la Bête , Seven Samurai, Amarcord, any number of Spielbergs, Gregory's Girl, The Draughtsman's Contract, Lady Bird, There Will Be Blood, Portrait of a Lady on Fire – but today I'll live with this ten.