Please help me expand this list:
Tarkovsky:
Stalker
Solaris
Sacrifice
Nostalghia
Parajanov:
Sayat Nova
Tati:
Play Time
Mon Oncle
Tarr:
Satantango
Karhozat
Kwaidan
Aguirre:Wrath of God
2001 Space Oddysey
Much appreciated!!
Moon by Duncan Jones.
shareTree of Life
"Ou sont les neiges d'antant."
My recommendation maybe is weird, but I found ''Runaway Train'' as the closest example of how an Tarkovsky directed action film would be. It's directed by Tarkovsky's ex-colleague, Konchalovsky.
Even though at first there may seem no similarities at all, but there are more than many Tarkovsky moments. And the ending especially. It really felt almost like a true Tarkovsky.
I would recommend it, if only because to see what a movie would approximately look like if Tarkovsky would've made a movie in Hollywood.
(btw, little known fact is that Tarkovsky was searching for work in Hollywood in late 70s. And he was once under consideration to direct Altered States).
Man, Im glad I found this thread. It seems to be full of people with the same taste in movies as me. I thought I had seen all movies worth watching, but thanks to your recomendations I now have my hands full of movies to check out. Me happy!!
shareSo many of my favorites are mentioned here, but I need to add John Ford's movies, especially b/w are visually beautiful, but my fave of his is "The Grapes of Wrath"... it's Dorothea Lange's depression-era photos come to life. The lighting, especially the scene near the beginning when Tom and Casey are talking to Muley in the Joad's abandoned house lit only with a candle, and a 'duster' howling outside. Pure brilliance.
shareA few of my favorite visual beauties:
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Belle de jour (1967)
Gate of Hell (1953)
Le Samourai (1967)
Out of the Past (1947)
L'avventura (1960)
L'eclisse (1962)
Le notti bianche (1957)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
Le plaisir (1952)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Pandora's Box (1929)
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Ordet (1955)
Morning Patrol is an interesting cult movie, and the director definitely had Stalker in mind when he made it.
Apocalyptic scenery is just simply breathtaking.
Dersu Uzala and Desert of the Tartars stand out to me
shareStar Trek: The Motion Picture
Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind
Jason and the Argonauts
Gravity
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Metropolis
Arietty
2012 (LOL)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind
Jason and the Argonauts
Gravity
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Metropolis
Arietty
Pacific Rim
From director Sergei Parajanov:
*The Color of Pomegranates
*Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
*The Legend of Suram Fortress
The first one listed I call the single most beautiful film ever made. I suggest looking up first some poetry by Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova, just to get a nice feel for the world about to be opened up in Color of Pomegranates (1968), if you haven't already seen it. As so many others have commented, this really is a great thread!
I'll tell you something if you won't think I'm crazy...I've got grasshoppers taped to my back.