Tuesday, September 2, 2014

555 Films That Freak Me Out

Once more into the breach, I suppose. Below are 555 films, honed down from a list of my 750 all-time favourite films that I had intended to post. There are many changes from previous such lists, but after much brain-wracking, I suppose these films, as close to being in order as possible, indeed represent those movies I absolutely rate the highest in my personal pantheon. All are indelibly etched onto my brainpan - regardless of genre, length, or what some might deem "good taste".

1. 2046 (Wong Kar-wai, 2004)
2. Dawn of the Dead (George Romero, 1978)
3. X-Men (Bryan Singer, 2000)
4. Oldboy (Park chan-wook, 2003)
5. Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1994)
6. Superfly (Gordon Parks Jr., 1972)
7. Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966)
8. Tristana (Luis Bunuel, 1970)
9. Orpheus (Jean Cocteau, 1950)
10. Sweet Movie (Dusan Makavejev, 1974)


11. The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)
12. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (Peter Greenaway, 1989)
13. Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972)
14. Possession (Andrzej Zulawski, 1981)
15. Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1964)
16. Night of the Living Dead (George Romero, 1968)
17. The Killer (John Woo, 1989)
18. Cutter's Way (Ivan Passer, 1981)
19. Bad Timing (Nicolas Roeg, 1980)
20. Cannibal Apocalypse (Antonio Margheriti, 1980)
21. The Idiot (Akira Kurosawa, 1951)
22. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1968)
23. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970)
24. Vivre sa Vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962)
25. Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith, 1997)


26. Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973)
27. X2: X-Men United (Bryan Singer, 2003)
28. Judex (Louis Feuillade, 1917)
29. Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn, 1973)
30. Drugstore Cowboy (Gus van Sant, 1989)
31. Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)
32. El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970)
33. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972)
34. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
35. Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002)
36. The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992)
37. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (David Lynch (1992)
38. Blue Collar (Paul Schrader, 1978)
39. Messiah of Evil (Willard Huych, 1973)
40. Querelle (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982)
41. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974)
42. Across 110th Street (Barry Shear, 1972)
43. Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988)
44. Mask (Peter Bogdanovich, 1985)
45. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorcese, 1976)
46. Hulk (Ang Lee, 2003)
47. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (Ivan Dixon, 1973)
48. Heavy Traffic (Ralph Bakshi, 1973)
49. The Face of Another (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1966)
50. The Fly (David Cronenberg, (1986)


51. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)
52. A Housekeeper (Claude Berri, 2002)
53. Performance (Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell, 1970)
54. Thief (Michael Mann, 1981)
55. The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg, 1983)
56. Candyman (Bernard Rose, 1992) 
57. Black Jesus (Valerio Zurlini, 1968)
58. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (J. Lee Thompson, 1972)
59. The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946)
60. The Beyond (Lucio Fulci, 1981)
61. 1984 (Michael Radford, 1984)
62. Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
63. Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960)
64. Alucarda (Juan Lopez Moctezuma, 1977)
65. Fritz the Cat (Ralph Bakshi, 1972)
66. Truck Turner (Jonathan Kaplan, 1974)
67. Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi, 2004)
68. Secretary (Steven Shainberg, 2002)
69. The Fountain (Darren Aaronofsky, 2006)
70. The Last Man on Earth (Ubaldo Ragona, 1964)
71. The Cat O'Nine Tails (Dario Argento, 1971)
72. WR: Mysteries of the Organism (Dusan Makavejev, 1971)
73. Hit Man (George Armitage, 1972)
74. Lord Love a Duck (George Axelrod, 1966)
75. Soylent Green (Richard Fleischer, 1973)


76. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
77. Day of the Dead (George Romero,1985)
78. Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, 1981)
79. The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951)
80. Black Caesar (Larry Cohen, 1973)
81. Hell Up in Harlem (Larry Cohen, 1973)
82. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
83. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
84. Thriller – A Cruel Picture (Bo Arne Vibenius, 1973)
85. Siegfried (Fritz Lang, 1924)
86. Kriemhild's Revenge (Fritz Lang, 1924)
87. Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992)
88. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975)
89. Faster Pussycat... Kill! Kill! (Russ Meyer, 1965)
90. INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch, 2006)
91. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
92. Lady Snowblood (Toshiya Fujita, 1973)
93. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982)
94. Welcome Home Brother Charles (Jamaa Fanaka, 1975)
95. Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)
96. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
97. The Duellists (Ridley Scott, 1977)
98. Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
99. Bully (Larry Clark, 2001)
100. The Devil in Miss Jones (Gerard Damiano, 1973)


101. Flash Gordon (Mike Hodges, 1980)
102. Keoma (Enzo Castellari, 1976)
103. The Big Bird Cage (Jack Hill, 1972)
104. The World of Suzie Wong (Richard Quine, 1960)
105. Freeway (Matthew Bright, 1996)
106. Deadbeat at Dawn (Jim Van Bebber, 1988)
107. Foxy Brown (Jack Hill, 1974)
108. Minnie and Moskowitz (John Cassavettes, 1971)
109. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
110. Scarface (Brian DePalma, 1983)
111. The Mack (Michael Campus, 1973)
112. Four of the Apocalypse (Lucio Fulci, 1975)
113. Belle du Jour (Luis Bunuel, 1967)
114. Immortal (ad vitam) (Enki Bilal, 2004)
115. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsey, 2002)
116. American Movie (Chris Smith, 1999)
117. Brotherhood of the Wolf (Christophe Gans, 2001)
118. Martin (George A Romero, 1976)
119. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
120. Sid and Nancy (Alex Cox, 1986)
121. M Butterfly (David Cronenberg, 1993)
122. Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983)
123. Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963)
124. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)
125. High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)


126. Liquid Sky (Slava Tsukerman, 1982)
127. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Jamoril Jires, 1970)
128. Candy (Christian Marquand, 1968)
129. Lucifer Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1972)
130. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
131. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)
132. A Dangerous Game (Abel Ferrera, 1993)
133. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, 1974)
134. Putney Swope (Robert Downey, Sr., 1969)
135. Southern Comfort (Walter Hill, 1981)
136. Clerks II (Kevin Smith, 2006)
137. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart At the River Styx (Kenji Misumi, 1972)
138. American Pop (Ralph Bakshi, 1981)
139. Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori, 1994)
140. Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989)
141. Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
142. The Whip and the Body (Mario Bava, 1963)
143. Towers Open Fire (Antony Balch, 1963)
144. Out of the Blue (Dennis Hopper, 1980)
145. Watermelon Man (Melvin Van Peebles, 1970)
146. L'Age D'Or (Luis Bunuel, 1930)
147. Get Carter (Mike)Hodges, 1971)
148. Coffy (Jack Hill, 1973)
149. Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (Benjamin Christensen, 1922)
150.The Omega Man (Boris Sagal, 1971)


151. Giants and Toys (Yasuzo Masumura, 1958)
152. Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932)
153. X-Men: The Last Stand (Brett Ratner, 2006)
154. American Splendor (Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, 2003) 
155. Blueberry (Jan Kounen , 2004)
156. Carlito's Way (Brian DePalma, 1993)
157. Blow Out (Brian DePalma, 1981) 
158. King of New York (Abel Ferrera, 1990)
159. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
160. Week End (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967)
161. Fantastic Planet (Rene Laloux, 1973)
162. The Bad Sleep Well (Akira Kurosawa, 1960)
163. Once Upon A Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
164. Fingers (James Toback, 1978)
165. The Caveman's Valentine (Kasi Lemmons, 2001)
166. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
167. A Better Tomorrow (John Woo, 1986)
168. A Better Tomorrow II (John Woo, 1987)
169. Nadja (Michael Almereyda, 1994)
170. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
171. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
172. Moll Flanders (Pen Densham, 1996)
173. Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)
174. The Moderns (Alan Rudolph, 1988)
175. Flavia the Heretic (Gianfranco Mingozzi, 1974)

175. Serpico (Sidney Lumet, 1973)
176. Wolfen (Michael Wadleigh, 1981)
177. Temptation of A Monk (Clara Law, 1993)
178. Dust Devil (Richard Stanley, 1992)
179. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (Ted Post, 1970)
180. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (Don Taylor, 1971)
181. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008)
182. Tokyo Drifter (Seijun Suzuki, 1966)
183. Violent City (Sergio Sollima, 1970)
184. Revolver (Sergio Sollima, 1973)
185. A Face in the Crowd (Elia Kazan, 1957)
186. Afraid to Die (Yasuzo Masumura, 1960)
187. Dolemite (D'Urville Martin, 1975)
188. Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
189. Oedipus Rex (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1967)
190. Planet of the Vampires (Mario Bava, 1965)
191. Teorema (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968)
192. The Cut-Ups (Antony Balch, 1966)
193. Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966)
194. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
195. The Ninth Configuration (William Peter Blatty, 1980)
196. Castle of Blood (Antonio Margheriti, 1963)
197. King of Comedy (Martin Scorcese, 1982)
198. Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki, 1967)
199. Mallrats (Kevin Smith, 1995)
200. Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato, 1980)


201. Ashes of Time Redux (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
202. The Hand (Oliver Stone, 1981)
203. Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961)
204. Antichrist (Lars von Trier, 2009)
205. Manson (Robert Hendrickson, 1973)
206. Sword of Doom (Kihachi Okamoto, 1966)
207. The Mechanic (Michael Winner, 1972)
208. Death Wish (Michael Winner, 1974)
209. Blind Beast (Yasuzo Masumura, 1969)
210. High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood, 1973)
211. Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook, 2005)
212. It's Alive (Larry Cohen, 1974)
213. Crimes of Passion (Ken Russell, 1984)
214. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
215. They Live (John Carpenter, 1988)
216. God Told Me To (Larry Cohen, 1976)
217. Suicide Club (Shion Sono, 2001)
218. JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
219. Wuthering Heights (Robert Fuest, 1970)
210. Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano, 1993)
221. Fay Grim (Hal Hartley, 2006)
222. Street Smart (Jerry Schatzberg, 1987)
223. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964)
224. The People vs Larry Flynt (Milos Forman, 1996)
225. Ravenous (Antonia Bird, 1999)

226. Charly (Ralph Nelson, 1968)
227. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (Hugh Hudson, 1984)
228. Incubus (Leslie Stevens, 1966)
229. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgoisie (Luis Bunuel, 1972)
230. Goodbye Uncle Tom (Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi, 1971)
231. Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)
232. Lenny (Bob Fosse, 1974)
233. Venus in Furs (Jess Franco, 1969)
234. Brainstorm (Douglas Trumbull, 1983)
235. Companeros (Sergio Corbucci, 1970)
236. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
237. Donkey Skin (Jacques Demy, 1970)
238. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)
239. Blood and Black Lace (Mario Bava, 1964)
240. Sex and Fury (Noribumi Suzuki, 1973)
241. Punk in London (Wolfgang Buld, 1977)
242. Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967)
243. The Howling (Joe Dante, 1981)
244. The One-Armed Swordsman (Chang Cheh, 1967)
245. RoGoPaG (Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ugo Gregoretti, 1963)
246. Today We Kill... Tomorrow We Die! (Tonino Cervi, 1968)
247. Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike, 2001)
248. Blacula (William Crain, 1972)
249. The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)
250. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Kevin Smith, 2001)

251. Heathers (Michael Lehmann, 1988)
252. Audition (Takashi Miike, 1999)
253. Last Cannibal World (Ruggero Deodato, 1977)
254. Coonskin (Ralph Bakshi, 1975)
255. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
256. The Panic in Needle Park (Jerry Schatzberg, 1971)
257. Pretty Baby (Louis Malle, 1978)
258. The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
259. Cannibal Man (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1973)
260. The Heroic Trio (Johnnie To, 1993)
261. Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964)
262. Hong Kong 1941 (Po-Chih Leong, 1984)
263. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
264. Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (Minoru Okazaki, 1980)
265. Don't Torture A Duckling (Lucio Fulci, 1972)
266. Dark Passage (Delmer Daves, 1947)
267.Fahrenheit 451 (Francois Truffaut, 1966)
268. Spider-Man 3 (Sam Raimi, 2007)
269. The Witches (Mauro Bolognini, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti, 1969)
270. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
271. Unbreakable (M Night Shyamalan, 2000)
272. The Lathe of Heaven (Fred Barzyk, David R. Loxton, 1980)4

273. Red (Lucky McKee, Trygve Allister Diesen, 2008)
274. Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962)
275. Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)

276. Succubus (Jess Franco, 1967)
277. The Crow (Alex Proyas, 1994)
278. City of the Living Dead (Lucio Fulci, 1980)
270. Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1970)
280. The Last House on Dead End Street (Roger Watkins, 1977)
281. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)

282. Meet the Feebles (Peter Jackson, 1989)
283. The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934)
284. Lisa and the Devil (Mario Bava, 1973)
285. Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey, 1962)
286. Black Test Car (Yasuzo Masumura, 1962)
287. Masculin Feminin (Jean-Luc Godard, 1966)
288. A Touch of Zen (King Hu, 1971)
289. Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972)
290. A Lizard in A Woman's Skin (Lucio Fulci, 1971)
291. Kill Baby Kill (Mario Bava, 1966)
292. Dr. Strange (Philip DeGuere, 1978)
293. Don't Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)
294. The Testament of Orpheus (Jean Cocteau, 1960)
295. Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943)
296. Fireworks (Kenneth Anger, 1947)
297. Invocation of My Demon Brother (Kenneth Anger, 1969)
298. The Blood of A Poet (Jean Cocteau, 1932)
299. The Human Tornado (Cliff Roquemore, 1976)
300. May (Lucky McKee, 2002)

301. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
302. The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorcese, 1988)
303. The Story of A Three-Day Pass (Melvin Van Peebles, 1968)
304. Porcile (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1969)
305. Silent Running (Douglas Trumbull, 1972)
306. Casualties of War (Brian DePalma, 1989)
307. Cobra Verde (Werner Herzog, 1987)
308. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
309. Judex (Georges Franju, 1963)
310. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (Kenji Misumi, 1972)
311. Black Shampoo (Greydon Clark, 1976
312. Choose Me (Alan Rudolph, 1984)
313. The Saragossa Manuscript (Wojciech Has, 1965)
314. Gozu (Takashi Miike, 2003)
315. New Rose Hotel (Abel Ferrara, 1998)
316. Hero (Zhang Yimou, 2002)
317. Mad Monster Party (Jules Bass, 1967)
318. Q the Winged Serpent (Larry Cohen, 1982)
319. The Belly of an Architect (Peter Greenaway, 1987
320. Clean (Olivier Assayas, 2004)
321. Fando & Lis (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1968)
322. Dirty Pretty Things (Stephen Frears, 2002)
323. Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo, 1964)
324. Rosetta (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 1999)
325. Descent (Talia Lugacy, 2007)

326. Thor (Kenneth Branagh, 2011)
327. Baby Doll (Elia Kazan, 1956)
328. Golden Swallow (Chang Cheh, 1968)
329. Jubilee (Derek Jarman, 1978)
330. Superman: The Movie (Richard Donner, 1978)
331. Repo Man (Alex Cox, 1984)
332. The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicolas Roeg, 1976).
333. Contraband (Lucio Fulci, 1980)
334. Dragon Inn (Raymond Lee, 1992)
335. Night of the Comet (Thom E. Eberhardt, 1984)
336. Kanto Wanderer (Seijun Suzuki, 1963)
337. A Bay of Blood (Mario Bava, 1971)
338. Baba Yaga (Corrado Farina, 1973)
339. Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955)
340. Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar-wai, 1990)
341. Murder My Sweet (Edward Dymytryk, 1944)
342. The Wizard of Gore (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1970)
343. Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter, 1987)
344. J.D.'s Revenge (Arthur Marks, 1976)
345. Daughters of Darkness (Harry Kumel, 1971)
346. Vampyres (Jose Larraz, 1974)
347. Shiver of the Vampires (Jean Rollin, 197 )
348. Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures (Marcelo Motta, Jose Mojica Marins, 1976)
349. One on Top of the Other (Lucio Fulci, 1969)
350. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (Kenneth Anger, 1954)

351. Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (Shunya Ito, 1972)
352.The Lady Hermit (Meng Hua Ho, 1971)
353. Sympathy for the Devil (Jean-Luc Godard, 1968)
354. Five Dolls for an August Moon (Mario Bava, 1970)
355. Blood Sabbath (Brianne Murphy, 1972)
356. The Professionals (Richard Brooks, 1966)
357. Lulu on the Bridge (Paul Auster, 1998)
358. Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968)
359. In Cold Blood (Richard Brooks, 1967)
360. Tetsuo: the Iron Man (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989)
361. Talk Radio (Oliver Stone, 1988)
362. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Richard Brooks, 1977)
363. Flesh Gordon (Michael Benveniste, Howard Ziehm, 1974)
364. The Patchwork Girl of Oz (J. Farrell MacDonald, 1914)
365. A Boy and His Dog (L.Q. Jones, 1975)
366. The Patchwork Girl of Oz (J. Farrell MacDonald, 1914)
367. A Boy and His Dog (L.Q. Jones, 1975)
368. Prospero's Books (1991)
369. Puce Moment (Kenneth Anger, 1949)
370. Return to Oz (Walter Murch, 1985)
371. Lolita (Adrian Lyne, 1997)
372. The Addiction (Abel Ferrara, 1995)
373. Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas, 1996)
374. Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau, 1946)
375. The Harder They Come (Perry Henzell, 1972)

376. The Butterfly Ball (Tony Klinger, 1977)
377. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
378. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Leonard Nim8y, 1986)
379. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Nicholas Meyer, 1982)
380. Un Chant D'Amour (Jean Genet, 1950)
381. Tattooed Life (Seijun Suzuki, 1965)
382. Chinese Box (Wayne Wang, 1997)
383. The Devil's Rejects (Rob Zombie, 2005)
384. Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986)
385. To Live and Die in LA (William Friedkin, 1985)
386. Scanners (David Cronenberg, 1980)
387. The Incredible Shrinking Man (Jack Arnold, 1957)
388. The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979)
389. Hell of the Living Dead (Bruno Mattei, 1980)
390. Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (Chang Cheh, 1969)
391. Eyes Without A Face (Georges Franju, 1960)
392. Take A Hard Ride (Antonio Margheriti, 1975)
393. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)
394. The Mansion of Madness (Juan Lopez Moctezuma, 1973)
395. The Last Movie (Dennis Hopper, 1971)
396. Bury Me An Angel (Barbara Peeters, 1972)
397. Jungle Emperor Leo (Yoshio Takeuchi, 1997)
398. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
399. Watership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978)
400. Dog Star Man (Stan Brakhage, 1962-1964)

401. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (Richard Blackburn, 1973)
402. Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997)
403. Joshua (Larry G. Spangler, 1976)
404. Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973)
405. The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997)
406. Shadows (John Cassavettes, 1959)
407. Angel Heart (Alan Parker, 1987)
408. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
409. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
410. Koko, A Talking Gorilla (Barbet Schroeder, 1978)
411. Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1996)
412. Full Contact (Ringo Lam, 1992)
413. The Stranger's Gundown (Sergio Garrone, 1969)
414. Peace Hotel (Ka-Fai Wai, 1995)
415. Zachariah (George Englund, 1971)
416. Django Strikes Again (Nello Rosati, 1987)
417. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch, 1999)
418. The Night Stalker (John Llewellyn Moxey, 1972)
419. Mr. Frost (Phillipe Setbon, 1990
420. Escape from New York (John Carpenter, 1981)
421. Return of the Living Dead (Dan O'Bannon, 1985)
422. The Velvet Vampire (Stephanie Rothman, 1971)
423. Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961)
424. Gimme Shelter (Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, 1970)
425. Spasmo (Umberto Lenzi, 1974)

426. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)
427. Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon, 1998)
428. Sister Street Fighter (Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, 1974)
429. Straight Time (Ulu Grosbard, 1978)
430. The Honeymoon Killers (Leonard Kastle, 1969)
431. Space Is the Place (John Coney, 1974)
432. Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)
433. Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara, 1992)
434. Gambling City (Sergio Martino, 1975)
435. Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969)
436. La Encadenada (Manuel Mur Oti, 1975)
437. The Glass Ceiling (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1971)
438. Images (Robert Altman, 1972)
439. The Haunted Palace (Roger Corman, 1963)
440. Invitation to A Gunfighter (Richard Wilson, 1964)
441. Down and Dirty Duck (Charles Swenson, 1974)
442. Jane Eyre (Robert Stevenson, 1943)
443. Henry Fool (Hal Hartley, 1997)

444. Ladies and Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains (Lou Adler, 1982)
445. Phantom of the Paradise (Brian DePalma, 1974)
446. Whore (Ken Russell, 1991)
447. Baise-Moi (Virginie Despentes, Coralie, 2000)
448. Short Eyes (Robert M Young, 1977)
449. Casino (Martin Scorcese, 1995)
450. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

451. The Man in the Moon (Robert Mulligan, 1991)
452. Gun Crazy (Joseph H Lewis, 1950)
453. The Hawks and The Sparrows (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1966)
454. It Lives Again (Larry Cohen, 1978)
455. Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, 1976)
456. Underworld Beauty (Seijun Suzuki, 1958)
457. M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970)
458. Wizards (Ralph Bakshi, 1977)
459. Battlestar Galactica (Richard A Colla, 1978)
460. That Man Bolt (Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich, 1973)
461. She-Devils on Wheels (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1968)
462. Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
463. The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
464. Blackmail Is My Life (Kenji Fukasaku, 1968)
465. Forbidden Planet (Fred M Wilcox, 1956)
466. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
467. Myra Breckinridge (Michael Sarne, 1970)
468. Sick Girl (Lucky McKee, 2006)
469. Vigilante (William Lustig, 1983)
470. Deadly Sweet (Tinto Brass, 1967)
471. Mannaja (Sergio Martino, 1977)
472. Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949)
473. Frankenstein: The True Story (Jack Smight, 1973)
474. Female Yakuza Tale (Teruo Ishii, 1973)
475. No One Heard the Scream (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1973)

476. Run, Man, Run! (Sergio Sollima, 1968)
477. Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
478. The Punk Rock Movie (Don Letts, 1978)
479. Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of A Serial Killer (Nick Broomfield, 1993)
480. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948)
481. Tenebrae (Dario Argento, 1982)
482. His Majesty the Scarecrow of Oz (L. Frank Baum, 1914)
483. Aileen: The Life and Death of A Serial Killer (Nick Broomfield, 2003)
484. Oui, mais... (Yves Lavandier, 2001)
485. Django, Kill! If You Live, Shoot! (Giulio Questi, 1967)
486. Penitentiary (Jamaa Fanaka, 1979)
487. Black Sabbath (Mario Bava, 1963)
488. Female Trouble (John Waters, 1978)
489. Polyester (John Waters, 190)
490. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
491. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
492. The Bitter Tears of Petra van Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972)
493. Party Girl (Daisy von Scherler Mayer, 1995)
494. Go (Doug Liman, 1999)
495. Dogma (Kevin Smith, 1999)
496. Nerosubianco (Tinto Brass, 1969)
497. Eve's Bayou (Kassi Lemmons, 1997)
498. Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (Grant Harvey, 2004)
499. Breaking In (Bill Forsyth, 1989)
500. Salo, Or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)


501. The Doll Squad (Ted V Mikels, 1973)
502. Amateur (Hal Hartley, 1994)
503. Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo, 1971)
504. A Zed and Two Noughts (Peter Greenaway, 1985)
505. The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977)
506. Demonlover (Olivier Assayas, 2002)
507. Irreversible (Gaspar Noe, 2002)
508. Roseland (Fredric Hobbs, 1971)
509. For A Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone, 1965)
510. Mother, Jugs, & Speed (Peter Yates, 1976)
511. Case of the Bloody Iris (Giuliano Carmineo, 1972)
512. Texas Adios (Ferdinando Baldi, 1966)
513. Akira (Katsuhiro Ohtomo, 1988)
514. Gregory's Girl (Bill Forsyth, 1981)
515. Hannie Caulder (Burt Kennedy, 1971)
516. What Have You Done to Solange? (Massimo Dallamano, 1972)
517. Carrie (Brian DePalma, 1976)
518. Beatrice Cenci (Lucio Fulci, 1969)
519. Force of Evil (Abraham Polonsky, 1948)
520. Werewolf Shadow (Leon Klimovsky, 1971)
521. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
522. I Spit on Your Grave (Meir Zarchi, 1978)
523. Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008)
524. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
525. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavettes, 1974)


526. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Tobe Hooper, 1986)
527. The Apostle (Robert Duvall, 1997)
528. Apocalypse Now Redux (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
529. Mama und Papa (Kurt Kren, 1964)
530. Ana (Kurt Kren, 1964)
531. Romper Stomper (Geoffrey Wright, 1992)
532. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, 2014)
533. The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960)
534. The Last House on the Left (Wes Craven, 1972)
535. Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (Robert Taylor, 1974)
536. The Pitfall (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1962)
537. Woyczek (Werner Herzog, 1979)
538. Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by A Thread (Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, 1974)
539. Witch from Nepal (Siu-Tung Ching, 1985)
540. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
541. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Bunuel, 1962)
542. The Long Hair of Death (Antonio Margheriti, 1964)
543. Tombs of the Blind Dead (Armando de Ossorio, 1972)
544. Web of the Spider (Antonio Margheriti, 1971)
545. Targets (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968)
546. Nightmare Castle (Mario Caiano, 1965)
547. Fox and His Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975)
548. La Grande Boufee (Marco Ferreri, 1973)
549. Battles Without Honor & Humanity (Kenji Fukasaku, 1973)
550. The Pyjama Girl Case (Flavio Mogherini, 1977)


551. Spider Baby (Jack Hill, 1968)
552. Electra Glide in Blue (James William Guercio, 1973)
553. Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977)
554. Jigoku (Nobuo Nakagawa, 1960)
555. Un Chien Andalou (Luis Bunuel, 1929)

I dedicate this list to fellow film fanatic friends Bill White, Sean Levin, Michael T Jones, and Scott "Vesbius Flestrin" Mosley. And, of course, to the wonderful woman who watches all this with me: Sarah L Covert. 

Comments and brickbats welcome.

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