Addicted to Moving Pictures

Here we go — but keep in mind that these lists reflect only my favorites today and maybe, just maybe, gonna change totally tomorrow …

The Recent Fifteen Good Movies

  1. Vengeance, Hong Kong 2009 · Johnnie To
  2. The Book of Eli, USA 2010 · Albert & Allen Hughes
  3. The Social Network, USA 2010 · David Fincher
  4. Eyes Wide Open, Israel 2009 · Haim Tabakman
  5. Repo Man, USA 2010 · Miguel Sapochnik
  6. Exiled, Hong Kong 2006 · Johnnie To
  7. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, USA 2010 · Edgar Wright
  8. Soff Shavua B’Tel Aviv (Alles für meinen Vater), Israel 2008 · Dror Zahavi
  9. 44 Inch Chest, UK 2010 · Malcolm Venville
  10. Waltz With Bashir, Israel 2008 · Ari Folman
  11. A Serious Man, USA 2009 · Coen Brothers
  12. In The Valley Of Elah, USA 2007 · Paul Haggis
  13. Exit Through the Gift Shop, UK/USA 2010 · Banksy
  14. Where The Wild Things Are, Australia/USA/UK 2009 · Spike Jonze
  15. (500) Days of Summer, USA 2009 · Marc Webb

Fifteen All-Time Favorites

  1. La Haine (Hass), France 1995 · Mathieu Kassovitz
  2. Trouble In Paradise, USA 1932 · Ernst Lubitsch
  3. Blade Runner, USA 1982 · Ridley Scott
  4. Red Belt, USA 2008 · David Mamet
  5. Ninotchka, USA 1939 · Ernst Lubitsch
  6. Design for Living, USA 1933 · Ernst Lubitsch
  7. Do The Right Thing, USA 1989 · Spike Lee
  8. One, Two, Three, USA 1961 · Billy Wilder
  9. Vier Minuten, Germany 2006 · Chris Kraus
  10. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, USA 1980 · Irvin Kershner
  11. Absolute Giganten, Germany 1999 · Sebastian Schipper
  12. Ha Chayim Alpy AGFA (Life According To AGFA), Israel 1992 · Assi Dayan
  13. Paradise Now, NL/ISR/Ger/Fr 2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
  14. Wild Palms, USA 1993 · Kathryn Bigelow, Keith Gordon, Peter Hewitt, Phil Joanou
  15. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, USA 1964 · Stanley Kubrick