My Top Ten
I can watch these ten films over and over and over again, and always see something new in them.
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- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantIngrid BergmanClaude RainsThe daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?Hitchcock's best film. I have seen it dozens of times, and never once I have I noticed Hitchcock's cameo. That is how engrossed I am in the film!
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.It would be hard to create a top ten list with only one Hitchcock film. The understated performance by Janet Leigh earned her an Oscar nomination.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth GordonA young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.Far more complex and layered than most give this film credit for, ROSEMARY'S BABY is anchored by the amazing performance of Mia Farrow.
- DirectorHarry KümelStarsDelphine SeyrigJohn KarlenDanielle OuimetWhile passing through a vacation resort, a newlywed couple encounters a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.I saw this film for the first time at the long-gone Bleeker Street Cinema. I have been fascinated by it ever since. The director said he would not have made the film without Delphine Seyrig....and it is easy to see why. There are several different versions of this out there, but if you want to see the theatrical release, track down the Canadian VHS version (long out of print).
- DirectorNicolas GessnerStarsJodie FosterMartin SheenAlexis SmithA thirteen-year-old girl, who lives with her absentee father, befriends a disabled teenage amateur magician and invites him, gradually, into her tenuous struggle against a predatory local neighbor.This film and the next two were all filmed in the autumn of 1976. That must have been quite a time for filmmaking. Jodie Foster's best pre-adult role...better than in TAXI DRIVER.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio BucciAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.I went to see this film in the theater when first released because I liked Joan Bennett. What I saw was a masterpiece. Words cannot do this film justice, it has to be seen.
- DirectorRichard LoncraineStarsMia FarrowKeir DulleaTom ContiAfter her daughter's death, wealthy American homemaker Julia Lofting moves to London to restart her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the ghosts of other children while mourning for her own.A very underrated ghost story, this film was released theatrically in the USA in 1981. I could not see the ending coming. Well worth seeking out!
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony MoranFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.Released to a handful of theaters around Halloween of 1978, this film exploded in 1979 went it went into wide release. I saw it for the first time at a drive-in!
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsMichael CaineAngie DickinsonNancy AllenA mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.The best performance of Angie Dickinson's career. In just one scene, the museum, she shows a wide range of emotions from desire to humiliation, from fear to joy, from boredom to frustration.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsCatherine DeneuveDavid BowieSusan SarandonA love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire (Catherine Deneuve), her cellist companion (David Bowie), and a gerontologist (Susan Sarandon).Catherine Deneuve as a vampire. Need I say more?