brian howell I am a cinema (not quite film) enthusiast. Here are some movies that have had a great influence at different stages in my life.

Most influential:

  1. Eyes Wide Shut - Stanley Kubrick
  2. The Handmaiden - Park Chan-wook
  3. Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki
  4. Gattaca - Andrew Niccol
  5. Ghost in the Shell - Mamoru Oshii
  6. The Fellowship of the Ring - The Two Towers - The Return of the King - Peter Jackson
  7. Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve
  8. Dune - Denis Villeneuve
  9. Tar - Todd Field
  10. Persona - Ingmar Bergman
  11. Pi - Darren Aronofsky
  12. A Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Céline Sciamma
  13. Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  14. Mullholland Drive - David Lynch
  15. Paprika - Satoshi Kon
  16. The Color of Pomegranates - Sergei Parajanov
  17. Eraserhead - David Lynch
  18. Ex Machina - Alex Garland
  19. Blade Runner - Ridley Scott
  20. The Prestige - Christopher Nolan
  21. Lost Highway - David Lynch
  22. The Wind Rises - Hayao Miyazaki
  23. Lawrence of Arabia - David Lean
  24. Your Name - Makoto Shinkai
  25. Call Me By Your Name - Luca Guadagnino
  26. Whiplash - Damien Chazelle
  27. Babylon - Damien Chazelle
  28. Dune - David Lynch
  29. Knight of Cups - Terrence Malick
  30. Mother! - Darren Aronofsky
  31. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - David Fincher
  32. The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson
  33. No Country for Old Men - Joel and Ethan Coen
  34. My Neighbor Totoro - Hayao Miyazaki
  35. Blue Velvet - David Lynch
  36. In the Mood for Love - Wong Kar-wai
  37. Annihilation - Alex Garland
  38. Leon: The Professional - Luc Besson
  39. Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola
  40. Silence - Martin Scorsese
  41. Oldboy - Park Chan-wook
  42. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick
  43. The World of Tomorrow - Don Hertzfeldt
  44. Gladiator - Ridley Scott
  45. Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller
  46. Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
  47. Thin Red Line - Terrence Malick
  48. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg
  49. Jurassic Park - Steven Spielberg
  50. The Gentlemen - Guy Ritchie