I do feel strongly about most all of the purple ones, but a fair number of them I really disliked, and not just Tarantino and Van Sant, whom I'm pretty much ready to give up on.
I'll make bigger the ones I really liked.
- Mulholland Drive David Lynch, U.S. 2001 2808
- In the Mood for Love Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong 2000 2687
- Yi Yi Edward Yang, China 2000 1833
- Syndromes and a Century Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand/Austria/France 2006 1738
- There Will Be Blood P. T. Anderson, U.S. 2007 1664
- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Cristi Puiu, Romania 2005 1407A History of Violence David Cronenberg, U.S./Canada 2005 1303
- A History of Violence David Cronenberg, U.S./Canada 2005 1303
- Tropical Malady Apichatpong Weerasethakul, France/Thailand/Italy/Germany 2004 1301
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Cristi Mungiu, Romania 2007 1249
- The New World Terrence Malick, U.S. 2005 1223
- Platform Jia Zhangke, Hong Kong/Japan/France 2000 1206
- Zodiac David Fincher, U.S. 2007 1143
- The Intruder Claire Denis, France 2004 1110
- The Son Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France 2002 1089
- Dogville Lars von Trier, Denmark/Sweden/France/U.K./Germany/Nethe
rlands 2003 1084 - Caché Michael Haneke, France/Austria/Germany/Italy 2005 1083
- Kings and Queen Arnaud Desplechin, France 2005 1080
- Elephant Gus Van Sant, U.S. 2003 1036
- The Royal Tenenbaums Wes Anderson, U.S. 2001 1007
- Before Sunset Richard Linklater, U.S. 2004 1005
- Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki, Japan 2001 1000
- The Gleaners and I Agnès Varda, France 2000 985
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan 2003 975
- The World Jia Zhangke, China/Japan/France 2004 974
- Talk to Her Pedro Almodóvar, Spain 2002 973
- Inland Empire David Lynch, U.S./France/Poland 2006 960
- Still Life Jia Zhangke, China/Hong Kong 2006 934
- Colossal Youth Pedro Costa, France/Portugal/Switzerland 2006 929
- Russian Ark Alexander Sokurov, Russia/Germany 2002 870
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence Steven Spielberg, U.S. 2001 850
- In Praise of Love Jean-Luc Godard France/Switzerland 2001 834
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry, U.S. 2004 832
- No Country for Old Men Joel & Ethan Coen, U.S. 2007 791
- Werckmeister Harmonies Béla Tarr, Hungary/Italy/Germany/France 2000 778
- Grizzly Man Werner Herzog, U.S./Canada 2005 777
- Three Times Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan 2005 767
- Café Lumière Hou Hsiao-hsien, Japan/Taiwan 2003 761
- Regular Lovers Philippe Garrel, France 2005 759
- Blissfully Yours Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand/France 2002 713
- I'm Not There Todd Haynes, U.S./Germany 2007 703
- 2046 Wong Kar Wai, China/Hong Kong/France 2005 700
- In Vanda's Room Pedro Costa, Portugal/Germany/Switzerland 2000 654
- Los Angeles Plays Itself Thom Andersen, U.S. 2003 649
- Millennium Mambo Hou Hsiao-hsien, France/U.S./Spain/Greece 2001 636
- La Commune (Paris, 1871) Peter Watkins, France 2000 632
- The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, U.S. 2009 623
- Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood, U.S. 2004 607
- What Time Is It There? Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France 2001 600
- demonlover Olivier Assayas, France 2002 583
- The Headless Woman Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/Spain/France/Italy 2009 581
- La Captive Chantal Akerman, France/Belgium 2000 580
- Esther Kahn Arnaud Desplechin, France/U.K. 2000 579
- Notre musique Jean-Luc Godard, France/Switzerland 2004 562
- Distant Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey 2002 559
- Saraband Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 2003 553
- The Holy Girl Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/Italy/Netherlands/Spain 2004 550
- Y Tu Mamá También Alfonso Cuarón, Mexico 2001 537
- Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee, U.S. 2005 537
- Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón, Japan/U.K./U.S. 2006 537
- Ten Abbas Kiarostami, France/Iran/U.S. 2002 527
- Silent Light Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Netherlands 2007 527
- La ciénaga Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/Spain 2001 511
- L'Enfant Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France 2005 511
- Star Spangled to Death Ken Jacobs, U.S. 2004 508
- Flight of the Red Balloon Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan/France 2008 498
- RR James Benning, U.S. 2007 491
- The House of Mirth Terence Davies, U.K./France/Germany/U.S. 2000 484
- 25th Hour Spike Lee, U.S. 2002 469
- 35 Shots of Rum Claire Denis, France/Germany 2008 460
- Summer Hours Olivier Assayas, France 2009 453
- The Host Bong Joon-ho, South Korea 2007 441
- Adaptation Spike Jonze, U.S. 2002 438
- Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola, U.S./Japan 2003 435
- Gerry Gus Van Sant, U.S. 2002 433
- Private Fears in Public Places Alain Resnais, France/Italy 2006 430
- My Winnipeg Guy Maddin, Canada 2007 430 (in process of viewing)
- Punch-Drunk Love P.T. Anderson, U.S. 2002 426
- Fat Girl (A ma soeur!) Catherine Breillat, France/Italy 2001 422
- The Departed Martin Scorsese, U.S./Hong Kong 2006 422
- Far From Heaven Todd Haynes, U.S./France 2002 421
- Donnie Darko Richard Kelly, U.S. 2001 413
- Moolaadé Ousmane Sembene, Burkina Faso/Morocco/Tunisia/Cameroon/France 2004 410
- Woman on the Beach Hong Sang-soo, South Korea 2006 407
- Memories of Murder Bong Joon-ho, South Korea 2003 405
- West of the Tracks Wang Bing, China 2003 398
- Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt, U.S. 2008 395
- Trouble Every Day Claire Denis, France/Germany/Japan 2001 390
- Femme Fatale Brian De Palma, U.S./France 2002 386
- Songs from the Second Floor Roy Andersson, Sweden 2000 386
- Letters from Iwo Jima Clint Eastwood, U.S. 2006 379
- Gran Torino Clint Eastwood, U.S. 2008 375
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Andrew Dominik, U.S. 2007 374
- Last Days Gus Van Sant, U.S. 2005 368
- The Man Without a Past Aki Kaurismäki, Finland/Germany/France 2002 368
- When the Levees Broke Spike Lee, U.S. 2006 360
- The Best of Youth Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy 2003 358
- Turning Gate Hong Sang-soo, South Korea 2002 356
- 24 City Jia Zhangke, China/Hong Kong/Japan 2008 352
- In the City of Sylvia José Luis Guerín, Spain/France 2007 352
- The White Ribbon Michael Haneke, Austria/Germany/France/Italy 2009 348
- La libertad Lisandro Alonso, Argentina 2001 344
- Nobody Knows Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan 2004 343
- The Pianist Roman Polanski, France/Poland/Germany/U.K. 2002 343
- The Duchess of Langeais Jacques Rivette, France/Italy 2007 343
- Pan’s Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro, Mexico/Spain/U.S. 2006 335
- WALL·E Andrew Stanton, U.S. 2008 331
- Pulse Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan 2001 329
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Quentin Tarantino, U.S. 2003 328
- A Christmas Tale Arnaud Desplechin, France 2008 326
- Time Out Laurent Cantet, France 2001 326
- Police, Adjective Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania 2009 325
- Secret Sunshine Lee Chang-dong, South Korea 2007 324
- Mystic River Clint Eastwood, U.S./Australia 2003 323
- Morvern Callar Lynne Ramsay, U.K./Canada 2002 321
- Va Savoir Jacques Rivette, France/Italy/Germany 2001 321
- Head-On Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey 2004 319
- Tarnation Jonathan Caouette, U.S. 2003 318
- Hunger Steve McQueen, U.K. 2008 310
- Miami Vice Michael Mann, U.S./Germany 2006 309
- Los muertos Lisandro Alonso, Argentina/France/Netherlands 2004 306
- Eureka Shinji Aoyama, Japan/France 2000 305
- Irreversible Gaspar Noé, France 2002 305
- Black Book Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands/Germany/Belgium 2006 304
- The Lives of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany 2006 303
- The Secret of the Grain Abdellatif Kechiche, France 2007 301
- Oldboy Park Chan-wook, South Korea 2003 300 (Emil loved that one.)
- The Piano Teacher Michael Haneke, Germany/Poland/France/Austria 2001 300
- The Lady and the Duke Eric Rohmer, France 2001 299
- The Incredibles Brad Bird, U.S. 2004 292
- Mysterious Object at Noon Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand 2000 292
- Death Proof Quentin Tarantino, U.S. 2007 288
- Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson, Sweden 2008 287
- Ghost World Terry Zwigoff, U.S./U.K. 2001 275
- Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman, Israel/France/Germany 2008 274
- Dancer in the Dark Lars von Trier, Denmark/Germany/Netherlands/U.S./U.K. 2000 273
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Quentin Tarantino, U.S. 2004 273
- Spider David Cronenberg, U.K./Canada 2002 272
- Friday Night Claire Denis, France 2002 271
- Memento Christopher Nolan, U.S. 2000 270
- United Red Army Kôji Wakamatsu, Japan 2007 269
- I Don't Want to Sleep Alone Tsai Ming-liang, Malaysia/China/Taiwan/France/Austria 2007 264
- Still Walking Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan 2008 262
- Paranoid Park Gus Van Sant, France/U.S. 2007 262
- Wild Grass Alain Resnais, France/Italy 2009 261
- Divine Intervention Elia Suleiman, France/Morocco/Germany/Palestine 2002 261
- Gosford Park Robert Altman, U.K./U.S./Italy 2001 260
- Collateral Michael Mann, U.S. 2004 259
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher, U.S. 2008 254
- 13 Lakes James Benning, U.S. 2004 254
- Dog Days Ulrich Seidl, Austria 2001 251
I always suspect these sorts of posts are of limited interest to others, but if you have anything to offer about any of the movies, I'd like to hear. Hou Hsiao-hsien is all over this list, which makes me think I should make a point to see some of his. But there's an awful lot of Gus on here too.
