Slant Magazine's 100 Essential Films



  • Les Vampires (1915)
  • Broken Blossoms (1919)
  • Foolish Wives (1922)
  • Faust (1926)
  • Hindle Wakes (1927)
  • The Cameraman (1928)
  • The Crowd (1928)
  • The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) [Epstein]
  • Spione (1928)
  • Earth (1930)
  • An American Tragedy (1931)
  • Que Viva Mexico! (1932)
  • Freaks (1932)
  • Love Me Tonight (1932)
  • The Black Cat (1934)
  • The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
  • Gueule d'Amour (1937)
  • Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
  • Stage Door (1937)
  • Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
  • The Mortal Storm (1940)
  • To Be or Not to Be (1942)
  • The Leopard Man (1943)
  • Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
  • Portrait of Jennie (1948)
  • Saint Francis, God's Jester (1950)
  • In a Lonely Place (1950)
  • Ace in the Hole (1951)
  • The Life of Oharu (1952)
  • Le Plaisir (1952)
  • I Confess (1953)
  • The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
  • Autumn Leaves (1956)
  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
  • Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
  • Imitation of Life (1959)
  • The Ladies Man (1961)
  • Cleo from 5-7 (1962)
  • Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
  • Winter Light (1962)
  • Charulata – The Lonely Wife (1964)
  • Gertrud (1964)
  • Yearning (1964)
  • 7 Women (1966)
  • Curse of the Dead (1966)
  • Masculine, Feminine (1966)
  • Point Blank (1967)
  • The Shooting (1967)
  • Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
  • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  • Hi Mom! (1970)
  • The Lickerish Quartet (1970)
  • Trash (1970)
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
  • A New Leaf (1971)
  • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
  • Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974)
  • Lancelot du Lac (1974)
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
  • Jeanne Dielman (1975)
  • The Passenger (1975)
  • Xala (1975)
  • Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
  • F for Fake (1974)
  • The Tenant (1976)
  • Killer of Sheep (1977)
  • In the Year of the 13 Moons (1978)
  • Stalker (1979)
  • The Big Red One (1980)
  • Possession (1981)
  • Fitzcarraldo (1982)
  • Tenebrae (1982)
  • Ballad of Narayama (1983)
  • Day of the Dead (1985)
  • Empire of the Sun (1987)
  • Yeelen (1987)
  • Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
  • A Short Film About Killing (1988)
  • Close-Up (1990)
  • A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
  • Hard Boiled (1992)
  • Husbands and Wives (1992)
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
  • The Puppetmaster (1993)
  • Sátántangó (1994)
  • Dead Man (1995)
  • Showgirls (1995)
  • Underground (1995)
  • Crash (1996)
  • Hana-Bi (1997)
  • Mother and Son (1997)
  • Beloved (1998)
  • The Hole (1998)
  • Velvet Goldmine (1998)
  • Beau Travail (1999)
  • Platform (2000)
  • À Ma Soeur (2001)
  • Pulse (2001)
  • Twentynine Palms (2003)
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