Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Sam Peckinpah, 1974

Claire's Knee

2. Claire’s Knee Eric Rohmer, 1970

Faces

3. Faces John Cassavetes, 1968

Eyes Without a Face

4. Eyes Without a Face Georges Franju, 1960

Eyes Wide Shut

5. Eyes Wide Shut Stanley Kubrick, 1999

Adam's Rib

6. Adam’s Rib George Cukor, 1949

Reflections in a Golden Eye

7. Reflections in a Golden Eye John Huston, 1967

Heart of Glass Herzog

8. Heart of Glass Werner Herzog, 1976

1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

9. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse Fritz Lang, 1960

Baby Face Nelson

10. Baby Face Nelson Don Siegel, 1957

True Heart Susie

11. True Heart Susie D.W. Griffith, 1919

Cool Hand Luke

12. Cool Hand Luke Stuart Rosenberg, 1967

A Face in the Crowd

13. A Face in the Crowd Elia Kazan, 1957

Murmur of the Heart Louis Malle

14. Murmur of the Heart Louis Malle, 1971

Fists in the Pocket Marco Bellocchio

15. Fists in the Pocket Marco Bellocchio, 1965

La peau douce The Soft Skin

16. The Soft Skin François Truffaut, 1964

The Beat That My Heart Skipped Jacques Audiard

17. The Beat That My Heart Skipped Jacques Audiard, 2005

Baby Face

18. Baby Face Alfred E. Green, 1933

Nil By Mouth

19. Nil by Mouth Gary Oldman, 1997

5 Fingers

20. 5 Fingers Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1952

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