Henry Covert.com: April 2015

Yet again.... 555 films, honed down from a massive list of 750 all-time favourites. After many changes from previous such lists, and much brain-wracking, these films, as close to being in order as possible, indeed represent those movies I absolutely rate the highest in my personal pantheon. As always, 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. Judex (Louis Feuillade, 1917)
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 Killer (John Woo, 1989)
23. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1968)
24. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970)
25. Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith, 1997)

26. Vivre sa Vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962)
27. Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973)
28. X2: X-Men United (Bryan Singer, 2003)
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 110^th Street (Barry Shear, 1972)
43. Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988)
44. Mask (Peter Bogdanovich, 1985)
45. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorcese, 1976)
46. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (Ivan Dixon, 1973)
47. Heavy Traffic (Ralph Bakshi, 1973)
48. The Face of Another (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1966)
49. The Fly (David Cronenberg, (1986)
50. The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg, 1983)

51. Hulk (Ang Lee, 2003)
52. A Housekeeper (Claude Berri, 2002)
53. Performance (Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell, 1970)
54. Thief (Michael Mann, 1981)
55. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)
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. Soylent Green (Richard Fleischer, 1973)
72. The Cat O'Nine Tails (Dario Argento, 1971)
73. WR: Mysteries of the Organism (Dusan Makavejev, 1971)
74. Hit Man (George Armitage, 1972)
75. Lord Love a Duck (George Axelrod, 1966)

76. Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, 1981)
77. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
78. Day of the Dead (George Romero,1985)
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. Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963)
100. The Devil in Miss Jones (Gerard Damiano, 1973)

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

126. The Whip and the Body (Mario Bava, 1963)
127. Liquid Sky (Slava Tsukerman, 1982)
128. Clerks II (Kevin Smith, 2006)
129. Candy (Christian Marquand, 1968)
130. Lucifer Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1972)
131. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
132. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)
133. A Dangerous Game (Abel Ferrera, 1993)
134. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)
135. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, 1974)
136. Putney Swope (Robert Downey, Sr., 1969)
137. Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (Benjamin Christensen, 1922)
138. Southern Comfort (Walter Hill, 1981)
139. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart At the River Styx (Kenji Misumi, 1972)
140. American Pop (Ralph Bakshi, 1981)
141. Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori, 1994)
142. Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989)
143. Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
144. Towers Open Fire (Antony Balch, 1963)
145. Out of the Blue (Dennis Hopper, 1980)
146. Watermelon Man (Melvin Van Peebles, 1970)
147. L'Age D'Or (Luis Bunuel, 1930)
148. Get Carter (Mike)Hodges, 1971)
149. Coffy (Jack Hill, 1973)
150. Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato, 1980)

151.The Omega Man (Boris Sagal, 1971)
152. Giants and Toys (Yasuzo Masumura, 1958)
153. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Jamoril Jires, 1970)
154. Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932)
155. X-Men: The Last Stand (Brett Ratner, 2006)
156. Carlito's Way (Brian DePalma, 1993)
157. Blow Out (Brian DePalma, 1981)
158. New Rose Hotel (Abel Ferrara, 1998)
159. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
160. Week End (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967)
161. Fantastic Planet (Rene Laloux, 1973)
162. Once Upon A Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
163. Fingers (James Toback, 1978)
164. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
165. A Better Tomorrow (John Woo, 1986)
166. A Better Tomorrow II (John Woo, 1987)
167. Nadja (Michael Almereyda, 1994)
168. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
169. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (Ted Post, 1970)
170. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (Don Taylor, 1971)
171. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008)
172. Tokyo Drifter (Seijun Suzuki, 1966)
173. Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)
174. Dolemite (D'Urville Martin, 1975)
175. King of New York (Abel Ferrera, 1990)

176. The Moderns (Alan Rudolph, 1988)
177. The Bad Sleep Well (Akira Kurosawa, 1960)
178. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
179. American Splendor (Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, 2003)
180. The Caveman's Valentine (Kasi Lemmons, 2001)
181. Flavia the Heretic (Gianfranco Mingozzi, 1974)
182. Serpico (Sidney Lumet, 1973)
183. Wolfen (Michael Wadleigh, 1981)
184. Temptation of A Monk (Clara Law, 1993)
185. Dust Devil (Richard Stanley, 1992)
186. Moll Flanders (Pen Densham, 1996)
187. Violent City (Sergio Sollima, 1970)
188. Revolver (Sergio Sollima, 1973)
189. A Face in the Crowd (Elia Kazan, 1957)
190. Afraid to Die (Yasuzo Masumura, 1960)
191. Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
192. Oedipus Rex (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1967)
193. Planet of the Vampires (Mario Bava, 1965)
194. Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966)
195. Castle of Blood (Antonio Margheriti, 1963)
196. Teorema (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968)
197. Ashes of Time Redux (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
198. Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki, 1967)
199. The Howling (Joe Dante, 1981)
200. Mallrats (Kevin Smith, 1995)

201. Sword of Doom (Kihachi Okamoto, 1966)
202. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
203. The Ninth Configuration (William Peter Blatty, 1980)
204. Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961)
205. Antichrist (Lars von Trier, 2009)
206. Manson (Robert Hendrickson, 1973)
207. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964)
208. The Hand (Oliver Stone, 1981)
209. Death Wish (Michael Winner, 1974)
210. High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood, 1973)
211. It's Alive (Larry Cohen, 1974)
212. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
213. They Live (John Carpenter, 1988)
214. Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter, 1987)
215. God Told Me To (Larry Cohen, 1976)
216. JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
217. Wuthering Heights (Robert Fuest, 1970)
218. Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano, 1993)
219. Fay Grim (Hal Hartley, 2006)
220. Street Smart (Jerry Schatzberg, 1987)
221. Crimes of Passion (Ken Russell, 1984)
222. The People vs Larry Flynt (Milos Forman, 1996)
223. Blind Beast (Yasuzo Masumura, 1969)
224. Suicide Club (Shion Sono, 2001)
225. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)

226. Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook, 2005)
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. Blood and Black Lace (Mario Bava, 1964)
237. Sex and Fury (Noribumi Suzuki, 1973)
238. Punk in London (Wolfgang Buld, 1977)
239. Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967)
240. Silent Running (Douglas Trumbull, 1972)
241. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Kevin Smith, 2001)
242. Heathers (Michael Lehmann, 1988)
243. Gozu (Takashi Miike, 2003)
244. Donkey Skin (Jacques Demy, 1970)
245. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)
246. Last Cannibal World (Ruggero Deodato, 1977)
247. The One-Armed Swordsman (Chang Cheh, 1967)
248. RoGoPaG (Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ugo Gregoretti, 1963)
249. King of Comedy (Martin Scorcese, 1982)
250. Today We Kill... Tomorrow We Die! (Tonino Cervi, 1968)

251. The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
252. Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike, 2001)
253. Blacula (William Crain, 1972)
254. The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)
255. Coonskin (Ralph Bakshi, 1975)
256. Pretty Baby (Louis Malle, 1978)
257. Cannibal Man (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1973)
258. The Heroic Trio (Johnnie To, 1993)
259. Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964)
260. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
261. Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (Minoru Okazaki, 1980)
262. Don't Torture A Duckling (Lucio Fulci, 1972)
263. Ravenous (Antonia Bird, 1999)
264. Charly (Ralph Nelson, 1968)
265. Dark Passage (Delmer Daves, 1947)
266. The Mechanic (Michael Winner, 1972)
267. Fahrenheit 451 (Francois Truffaut, 1966)
268. The Witches (Mauro Bolognini, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti, 1969)
269. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
270. Unbreakable (M Night Shyamalan, 2000)
271. The Lathe of Heaven (Fred Barzyk, David R. Loxton, 1980)4
272. Red (Lucky McKee, Trygve Allister Diesen, 2008)
273. Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962)
274. Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)
273. Succubus (Jess Franco, 1967)
274. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
275. Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915-1916)

276. City of the Living Dead (Lucio Fulci, 1980)
277. The Panic in Needle Park (Jerry Schatzberg, 1971)
278. Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1970)
279. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
280. Meet the Feebles (Peter Jackson, 1989)
281. The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934)
282. Lisa and the Devil (Mario Bava, 1973)
283. Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey, 1962)
284. Black Test Car (Yasuzo Masumura, 1962)
285. Masculin Feminin (Jean-Luc Godard, 1966)
286. A Touch of Zen (King Hu, 1971)
287. A Lizard in A Woman's Skin (Lucio Fulci, 1971)
288. Kill Baby Kill (Mario Bava, 1966)
289. Dr. Strange (Philip DeGuere, 1978)
290. The Story of A Three-Day Pass (Melvin Van Peebles, 1968)
291. The Testament of Orpheus (Jean Cocteau, 1960)
292. Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943)
293. Fireworks (Kenneth Anger, 1947)
294. The Blood of A Poet (Jean Cocteau, 1932)
295. The Human Tornado (Cliff Roquemore, 1976)
296. May (Lucky McKee, 2002)
297. The Cut-Ups (Antony Balch, 1966)
298. The Crow (Alex Proyas, 1994)
299. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
300. Repo Man (Alex Cox, 1984)

301. Audition (Takashi Miike, 1999)
302. Black Shampoo (Greydon Clark, 1976
303. Choose Me (Alan Rudolph, 1984)
304. The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorcese, 1988)
305. Judex (Georges Franju, 1963)
306. Porcile (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1969)
307. Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972)
308. Casualties of War (Brian DePalma, 1989)
309. Cobra Verde (Werner Herzog, 1987)
310. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
311. Don't Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)
312. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (Kenji Misumi, 1972)
313. Rosetta (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 1999)
314. Baby Doll (Elia Kazan, 1956)
315. Golden Swallow (Chang Cheh, 1968)
316. Descent (Talia Lugacy, 2007)
317. Dirty Pretty Things (Stephen Frears, 2002)
318. The Saragossa Manuscript (Wojciech Has, 1965)
319. Hero (Zhang Yimou, 2002)
320. Mad Monster Party (Jules Bass, 1967)
321. Q the Winged Serpent (Larry Cohen, 1982)
322. The Belly of an Architect (Peter Greenaway, 1987
323. Fando & Lis (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1968)
324. Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo, 1964)
325. Jubilee (Derek Jarman, 1978)

326. Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures (Marcelo Motta, Jose Mojica Marins, 1976)
327. Superman: The Movie (Richard Donner, 1978)
328. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Richard Brooks, 1977)
329. The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicolas Roeg, 1976).
330. Contraband (Lucio Fulci, 1980)
331. Dragon Inn (Raymond Lee, 1992)
332. Night of the Comet (Thom E. Eberhardt, 1984)
333. Kanto Wanderer (Seijun Suzuki, 1963)
334. A Bay of Blood (Mario Bava, 1971)
335. Baba Yaga (Corrado Farina, 1973)
336. Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955)
337. Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar-wai, 1990)
338. Murder My Sweet (Edward Dymytryk, 1944)
339. The Wizard of Gore (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1970)
340. The Patchwork Girl of Oz (J. Farrell MacDonald, 1914)
341. The Last House on Dead End Street (Roger Watkins, 1977)
342. J.D.'s Revenge (Arthur Marks, 1976)
343. Daughters of Darkness (Harry Kumel, 1971)
344. Vampyres (Jose Larraz, 1974)
345. Shiver of the Vampires (Jean Rollin, 1972)
346. Talk Radio (Oliver Stone, 1988)
347. One on Top of the Other (Lucio Fulci, 1969)
348. Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968)
349. In Cold Blood (Richard Brooks, 1967)
350. The Lady Hermit (Meng Hua Ho, 1971)

351. Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (Shunya Ito, 1972)
352. Sympathy for the Devil (Jean-Luc Godard, 1968)
353. Five Dolls for an August Moon (Mario Bava, 1970)
354. The Harder They Come (Perry Henzell, 1972)
355. The Professionals (Richard Brooks, 1966)
356. Lulu on the Bridge (Paul Auster, 1998)
357. Prospero's Books (1991)
358. A Snake of June (Shinya Tsukamoto, 2002)
359. Tetsuo: the Iron Man (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989)
360. The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997)
361. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
362. Flesh Gordon (Michael Benveniste, Howard Ziehm, 1974)
363. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
364. A Boy and His Dog (L.Q. Jones, 1975)
365. Thor (Kenneth Branagh, 2011)
366. Puce Moment (Kenneth Anger, 1949)
367. Return to Oz (Walter Murch, 1985)
368. Lolita (Adrian Lyne, 1997)
369. The Addiction (Abel Ferrara, 1995)
370. Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas, 1996)
371. Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau, 1946)
372. Tattooed Life (Seijun Suzuki, 1965)
373. Chinese Box (Wayne Wang, 1997)
374. The Devil's Rejects (Rob Zombie, 2005)
375. The Butterfly Ball (Tony Klinger, 1977)

376. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Leonard Nim8y, 1986)
377. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Nicholas Meyer, 1982)
378. Un Chant D'Amour (Jean Genet, 1950)
379. Shadows (John Cassavettes, 1959)
382. Scanners (David Cronenberg, 1980)
383. The Incredible Shrinking Man (Jack Arnold, 1957)
384. The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979)
385. Hell of the Living Dead (Bruno Mattei, 1980)
386. Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (Chang Cheh, 1969)
387. Eyes Without A Face (Georges Franju, 1960)
388. Take A Hard Ride (Antonio Margheriti, 1975)
389. Bury Me An Angel (Barbara Peeters, 1972)
390. Return of the Living Dead (Dan O'Bannon, 1985)
391. Sister Street Fighter (Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, 1974)
392. Watership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978)
393. Dog Star Man (Stan Brakhage, 1962-1964)
394. Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)
395. Koko, A Talking Gorilla (Barbet Schroeder, 1978)
396. Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1996)
397. Full Contact (Ringo Lam, 1992)
398. Mr. Frost (Phillipe Setbon, 1990)
399. Jungle Emperor Leo (Yoshio Takeuchi, 1997)
400. Fellini Satyricon (Federico Fellini, 1970)

401. Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961)
402. Gimme Shelter (Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, 1970)
403. Spasmo (Umberto Lenzi, 1974)
404. The Mansion of Madness (Juan Lopez Moctezuma, 1973)
405. The Last Movie (Dennis Hopper, 1971)
406. Joshua (Larry G. Spangler, 1976)
407. The Stranger's Gundown (Sergio Garrone, 1969)
408. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
409. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (Kenneth Anger, 1954)
410. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)
411. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch, 1999)
412. Hong Kong 1941 (Po-Chih Leong, 1984)
413. Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara, 1992)
414. Gambling City (Sergio Martino, 1975)
415. Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969)
416. La Encadenada (Manuel Mur Oti, 1975)
417. The Glass Ceiling (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1971)
418. Images (Robert Altman, 1972)
419. The Haunted Palace (Roger Corman, 1963)
420. Invitation to A Gunfighter (Richard Wilson, 1964)
421. Down and Dirty Duck (Charles Swenson, 1974)
422. Jane Eyre (Robert Stevenson, 1943)
423. Henry Fool (Hal Hartley, 1997)
424. Ladies and Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains (Lou Adler, 1982)
425. Phantom of the Paradise (Brian DePalma, 1974)

426. Whore (Ken Russell, 1991)
427. Baise-Moi (Virginie Despentes, Coralie, 2000)
428. Short Eyes (Robert M Young, 1977)
429. Casino (Martin Scorcese, 1995)
430. Gun Crazy (Joseph H Lewis, 1950)
431. The Hawks and The Sparrows (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1966)
432. The Honeymoon Killers (Leonard Kastle, 1969)
433. Space Is the Place (John Coney, 1974)
434. Underworld Beauty (Seijun Suzuki, 1958)
435. M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970)
436. Wizards (Ralph Bakshi, 1977)
437. Battlestar Galactica (Richard A Colla, 1978)
438. That Man Bolt (Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich, 1973)
439. Clean (Olivier Assayas, 2004)
440. Forbidden Planet (Fred M Wilcox, 1956)
441. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
442. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)
443. Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997)
444. The Man in the Moon (Robert Mulligan, 1991)
445. Angel Heart (Alan Parker, 1987)
446. Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986)
447. To Live and Die in LA (William Friedkin, 1985)
447. The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
448. Run, Man, Run! (Sergio Sollima, 1968)
449. Zachariah (George Englund, 1971)
450. Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973)

451. The Punk Rock Movie (Don Letts, 1978)
452. Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of A Serial Killer (Nick Broomfield, 1993)
453. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948)
454. Tenebrae (Dario Argento, 1982)
455. His Majesty the Scarecrow of Oz (L. Frank Baum, 1914)
456. Aileen: The Life and Death of A Serial Killer (Nick Broomfield, 2003)
457. Oui, mais... (Yves Lavandier, 2001)
458. Django, Kill! If You Live, Shoot! (Giulio Questi, 1967)
459. Penitentiary (Jamaa Fanaka, 1979)
460. Black Sabbath (Mario Bava, 1963)
461. Female Trouble (John Waters, 1978)
462. Polyester (John Waters, 1980)
463. Season of the Witch (George A Romero, 1972)
464. Shivers (David Cronenberg, 1975)
465. The Bitter Tears of Petra van Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972)
466. Party Girl (Daisy von Scherler Mayer, 1995)
467. Go (Doug Liman, 1999)
468. Nerosubianco (Tinto Brass, 1969)
469. Eve's Bayou (Kassi Lemmons, 1997)
470. Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (Grant Harvey, 2004)
471. Breaking In (Bill Forsyth, 1989)
472. Amateur (Hal Hartley, 1994)
473. Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo, 1971)
474. A Zed and Two Noughts (Peter Greenaway, 1985)
475. The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1974)

476. Living in Oblivion (Tom DiCillo, 1995)
477. Gregory's Girl (Bill Forsyth, 1981)
478. Hannie Caulder (Burt Kennedy, 1971)
479. What Have You Done to Solange? (Massimo Dallamano, 1972)
480. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (Richard Blackburn, 1973)
481. Beatrice Cenci (Lucio Fulci, 1969)
482.. Force of Evil (Abraham Polonsky, 1948)
483. Werewolf Shadow (Leon Klimovsky, 1971)
484. Shock Treatment (Jim Sharman, 1980)
485. No One Heard the Scream (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1973)
486. Blackmail Is My Life (Kenji Fukasaku, 1968)
487. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
488. Myra Breckinridge (Michael Sarne, 1970)
489. Deadly Sweet (Tinto Brass, 1967)

490. Mama und Papa (Kurt Kren, 1964)
491. Ana (Kurt Kren, 1964)
492. Romper Stomper (Geoffrey Wright, 1992)
493. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, 2014)
494. The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960)
495. The Last House on the Left (Wes Craven, 1972)
496. Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (Robert Taylor, 1974)
497. The Pitfall (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1962)
498. Woyczek (Werner Herzog, 1979)
499. Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by A Thread (Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, 1974)

500. Salo, Or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)

501. Witch from Nepal (Siu-Tung Ching, 1985)
502. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
503. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Bunuel, 1962)
504. The Long Hair of Death (Antonio Margheriti, 1964)
505. Tombs of the Blind Dead (Armando de Ossorio, 1972)
506. Web of the Spider (Antonio Margheriti, 1971)
507. Targets (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968)
508. Nightmare Castle (Mario Caiano, 1965)
509. Fox and His Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975)
510. La Grande Boufee (Marco Ferreri, 1973)
511. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavettes, 1974)
512. The Pyjama Girl Case (Flavio Mogherini, 1977)
513. Spider Baby (Jack Hill, 1968)
514. Electra Glide in Blue (James William Guercio, 1973)
515. Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977)
516. Jigoku (Nobuo Nakagawa, 1960)
517. Un Chien Andalou (Luis Bunuel, 1929)
518. Peace Hotel (Ka-Fai Wai, 1995)

519. Sick Girl (Lucky McKee, 2006)
520. It Lives Again (Larry Cohen, 1978)
521. Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, 1976)
522. Roseland (Fredric Hobbs, 1971)
523. For A Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone, 1965)
524.Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon, 1998)
525. Straight Time (Ulu Grosbard, 1978)

526. Red Lion (Kihachi Okamoto, 1969)
527. Django Strikes Again (Nello Rosati, 1987)
528. Escape from New York (John Carpenter, 1981)
529. The Velvet Vampire (Stephanie Rothman, 1971)
530. She-Devils on Wheels (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1968)
531. Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
532. Vigilante (William Lustig, 1983)
533. Mannaja (Sergio Martino, 1977)
534. Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949)
535. Frankenstein: The True Story (Jack Smight, 1973)
536. Female Yakuza Tale (Teruo Ishii, 1973)
537. Blood Sabbath (Brianne Murphy, 1972)
538. I Spit on Your Grave (Meir Zarchi, 1978)
539. Black Sunday (Mario Bava, 1960)
540. Le Jardin des Supplices (Christian Gion, 1976)
541. Gojira (Ishiro Honda, 1954)
542. The Magic Cloak of Oz (J. Farrell MacDonald, 1914)
543. Stereo (David Cronenberg, 1969)
544. Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg, 1970)
545. Hercules in the Haunted World (Mario Bava, 1961)
546. Death Laid An Egg (Giulio Questi, 1968)
547. Murder in A Blue World (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1973)
548. Pena de Muerte (Jorge Grau, 1973)
549. The Night Stalker (John Llewellyn Moxey, 1972)
550. Invocation of My Demon Brother (Kenneth Anger, 1969)

551. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstien, 1925)
552. Emma Mae (Jamaa Fanaka, 1976)
553. Case of the Bloody Iris (Giuliano Carmineo, 1972)
554. Akira (Katsuhiro Ohtomo, 1988)
555. Carrie (Brian DePalma, 1976)

As with last year's list, I dedicate this list to fellow film fanatic friends Bill White, Sean Levin, Michael T Jones, Tim McLain, 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.