Welcome to May’s list. For those readers that have joined me at wordpress an introduction; Once a month I take each of the films I have seen in the previous four weeks and place them in The List, an ongoing chart in order of preference of the films I have seen since undertaking the hopelies project last year. The top 40 are listed here, with the rest after the jump. 

1. pierrot le fou (jean-luc godard)

2. the 400 blows (francois truffaut)

3. the passenger (michelangelo antonioni) 

4. au hasard balthazar (robert bresson)

5. sunrise (f.w. murnau)

6. goodfellas (martin scorsese)

7. hiroshima mon amour (alain resnais)

8. the outlaw josey wales (clint eastwood)

9. mouchette (robert bresson)

10. citizen kane (orson welles)

 

11. a man escaped (robert bresson)

12. the night of the hunter (charles laughton)

13. i’ve loved you so long (philippe claudel)

14. the wrestler (darren aronofsky) *

15. the last metro (francois truffaut)

16. the king of comedy (martin scorsese)

17. se7en (david fincher 

18. changeling (clint eastwood)

19. milk (gus van sant) *

20. une femme mariee (jean-luc godard)

 

21. hunger (steve mcqueen)

22. doubt (john patrick shanley) *

23. pickpocket (robert bresson)

24. stolen kisses (francois truffaut)

25. chinatown (roman polanski)

26. love on the run (franois truffaut)

27. bottle rocket (wes anderson)

28. gran torino (clint eastwood *

29. bed and board (francois truffaut)

30.a time to love and a time to die (douglas sirk)

 

31. twelve monkeys (terry gilliam)

32. red desert (michelangelo antonioni)

33. mon oncle antoine (claude jutra)

34. bronco billy (clint eastwood) 

35. faust (f.w. murnau)

36. l’argent (robert bresson) 

37. unforgiven (clint eastwood)

38. synecdoche new york (charlie kaufman)

39. blue collar (paul schrader)

40. shadow of a doubt (alfred hitchcock)

 

41. revolutionary road (sam mendes) * 

42. antoine and colette (francois truffaut) 

33. che – part one (steven soderbergh) *

44. five easy pieces (bob rafelson)

45. alone across the pacific (kon ichikawa)

46. the visitor (tom mccarthy)

47. f for fake (orson welles)

48. gomorrah (matteo garrone)

49. traffic (steven soderbergh)

50. western union (fritz lang)

 

51. lancelot du lac (robert bresson)

52. days of heaven (terence malick)

53. the brothers bloom (rian johnson) 

54. the station agent (tom mccarthy)

55. OSS 117 : cairo nest of spies (michel hazanavicius)

56. fury (fritz lang)

57. the element of crime (lars von trier)

58. the shining (stanley kubrick)

59. thunderbolt and lightfoot (michael cimino)

60. rear window (alfred hitchcock)

 

61. the dark knight (christopher nolan)

62. wall-e (andrew stanton)

63. the silence of the lambs (jonathan demme)

64. advise and consent (otto preminger)

65. slumdog millionaire (danny boyle) *

66. the electric horseman (sydney pollack) *

67. the shop on main street (ján kadár and elmar klos)

68. rosemary’s baby (roman polanski)

69. we own the night (james gray)

70. the curious case of benjamin button (david fincher) *

 

71. frost/nixon (ron howard) *

72.let the right one in (tomas alfredson) *

73. man on wire (james marsh)

74. rome, open city (rossellini)

75. blow up (michelangelo antonioni)

76. the limey (steven soderbergh)

77. high plains drifter (clint eastwood)

78. che – part two (steven soderbergh) * 

79. spellbound (alfred hitchcock)

80. before the devil knows youre dead (sidney lumet)

 

81. the adventures of baron munchausen (terry gilliam)

82. casablanca (michael curtiz)

83. the usual suspects (bryan singer)

84. lars and the real girl (craig gillespie)

85. how the west was won (john ford, henry hathaway & george marshall)

86. europa (lars von trier)

87. la ricotta (pier paolo pasolini)

88. blindness (fernando meirelles)

89. killer’s kiss (stanley kubrick)

90. letters from iwo jima (clint eastwood)

 

91. out of sight (steven soderbergh)

92. jcvd (mabrouk el mechri) *

93. dirty harry (don siegal)

94. mad detective (johnnie to & wai ka fa)

95. the idiot (akira kurosawa)

96. in bruges (martin mcdonough)

97. tideland (terry gilliam)

98. play misty for me (clint eastwood)

99. hellboy – the golden army (guillermo del toro)

100. bolt 3D (disney) *

 

101. pale rider (clint eastwood)

102. breezy (clint eastwood)

103. the inheritors (eugenio polgovsky) *

104. the pianist (roman polanski)

105. they live! (john carpenter)

106. time bandits (terry gilliam)

107. a. effect (mike ott) *

108. withnail & i (bruce robinson)

109. the terminator (james cameron)

110. muriel, ou le temps d’un retour (alain resnais)

 

111.sleeping beauty (disney)

112. the wizard of oz (victor fleming)

113. capturing the friedmans (andrew jarecki)

114. monty python’s life of brian (terry jones)

115. gone baby, gone (ben affleck)

116. terminator 2 : judgment day (james cameron)

117. firefox (clint eastwood)

118. the chorus (christophe barratier)

119. iron man (jon favreau)

120. saboteur (alfred hitchcock)

 

121. the gauntlet (clint eastwood)

122. blood work (clint eastwood)

123. the day the earth stood still (robert wise)

124. rope (alfred hitchcock)

125. total recall (paul verhoeven)

126. wanted (timur bekmambetov)

127. the international (tom twyker) *

128. mallrats (kevin smith)

129. die hard (john mctiernan)

130. the dreamers (bernardo bertolucci)

 

131. magnum force (ted post)

132. casino royale (martin campbell)

133. X-men origins – Wolverine (gavin hood) *

134. monsters vs. aliens (rob letterman) *

135. carny (sheldon wilson) *

136. valkyrie (bryan singer)

137. personal services (terry jones) *

138. the reader (steven daldry) *

139. space cowboys (clint eastwood)

140. the blob (irvin s. yeaworth jr.)

 

141. the young victoria (jean-marc vallée) *

142. crank (mark neveldine and brian taylor)

143. watchmen *

144. body of lies (ridley scott)

145. solaris (steven soderbergh)

146. hancock (peter berg)

147. the trouble with harry (alfred hitchcock)

148. indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull (steven spielberg)

149. the hunt for red october (john mctiernan)

150. the puffy chair (duplass brothers)

 

151. “the birds” (alfred hitchcock)

152. i am legend (francis lawrence)

153. the rock (michael bay)

154. quantum of solace (marc forster)

155. superbad (greg motola)

156. frenzy (alfred hitchcock)

157. rollerball (norman jewison)

158. the magnificent ambersons (orson welles)

159. speed (jan de bont)

160. goldeneye (martin campbell)

 

161. two mules for sister sara (don siegel)

162. australia (baz luhrmann)

163. star trek – the motion picture (robert wise)

164. happy-go-lucky (mike leigh)

165. coogans bluff (don siegal)

166. the enforcer (james fargo)

167. joe kidd (john sturges)

168. spider-man 3 (sam raimi)

169. dear wendy (thomas vinterberg)

170. night watch (timur bekmambetov)

 

 

 

171. judge dredd (danny cannon)

172. transformers (michael bay)

173. crank 2 : high voltage (mark neveldine and brian taylor)  *

174. the beguiled (don siegel)

175. robocop 3 (fred dekker)

176. terminator 3 : rise of the machines (jonathan mostow)

177. armageddon (michael bay)

178. strangers on a train (alfred hitchcock)

179. jamaica inn (alfred hitchcock)

180. robocop 2 (irvin kershner)

 

181. my bloody valentine (patrick lussier) *

182. OMG/HAHAHA (morgan jon fox) *

183. a nightmare on elm street 4 (renny harlin)

184. a nightmare on elm street (wes craven)

185. awaydays (pat holden) *

186. zack and miri make a porno (kevin smith)

187. goldfinger (guy hamilton)

188. a nightmare on elm street 2 (jack sholder)

189. you only live twice (lewis gilbert)

190. mad max – beyond thunderdome (george miller & george ogilvie)

 

191. die another day (lee tamahori)

192. observe and report (jody hill) *

193. a nightmare on elm street 3 (chuck russell)

194. a nightmare on elm street 5 (stephen hopkins)

195. a nightmare on elm street 6 (rachel talalay)

196. W. (oliver stone)