My top ten films significantly moved me emotionally or intellectually when I first saw them. They inspired my love of film and encouraged me to explore new areas of film theory.
(in preferential order)
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
2. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
3. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
4. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990)
5. Wings Of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
6. Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
8. Barton Fink (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 1991)
9. Burnt by the Sun (Nikita Mikhalkov, 1994)
10. Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950)
Just missed out: City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931), Bad Boy Bubby (Rolf de Heer, 1993), Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976), Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969), Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999).
Originally appeared here on Senses of Cinema in 2002
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