Taste of Cinema

Taste of Cinema's 10 Essential Films For An Introduction To Cinema du Look
10. Diva (1981)
9. Boy Meets Girl (1984)
8. Subway (1985)
7. Mauvais Sang (1986)
6. 37°2 le matin aka Betty Blue (1986)
5. Le Grand bleu aka The Big Blue (1988)
4. Roselyne et les lions (1989)
3. La Femme Nikita aka Nikita (1990)
2. Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
1. Léon: The Professional (1994)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Gems of World Cinema That Need To Be Rediscovered
1. La Vallee (The Valley…Obscured by Clouds) (France, 1972)
2. La Bete (The Beast) (France-Italy, 1975)
3. Der Dirnenmorder von London (Jack The Ripper) (Germany-Switzerland, 1976)
4. Tanya’s Island (Canada, 1980)
5. Entre Tinieblas (Dark Habits) (Spain, 1983)
6. De Vierde Man (The Fourth Man) (The Netherlands, 1983)
7. Il Diavolo in Corpo (Devil in The Flesh) (Italy, 1986)
8. Dogs in Space (Australia, 1986)
9. Dandy (Germany, 1988)
10. Whoops Apocalypse (England, 1988)
11. Meet The Feebles (New Zealand, 1989)
12. Highway 61 (Canada, 1991)
13. Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf (The Lovers on The Bridge) (France, 1991)
14. Chacun Cherche Son Chat (When The Cat’s Away) (France, 1996)
15. Los Sin Nombre (The Nameless) (Spain, 1999)
16. L’experience Secrete (Renegade aka Blueberry) (France/Mexico/England, 2004)
17. Gusha No Bindume (Hellevator) (Japan, 2004)
18. Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei (The Edukators) (Germany-Austria, 2004)
19. Iron Sky (Germany-Australia-Finland, 2012)
20. Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi (Witching and Bitching) (Spain, 2013)

Taste of Cinema's 15 of The Longest Films That Are Absolutely Worth The Investment
15. Love Exposure (2008)
14. Seven Samurai (1954)
13. The Leopard (1963)
12. Mysteries of Lisbon (2011)
11. Das Boot (1981)
10. Norte, The End of History (2013)
9. Kwaidan (1964)
8. Intolerance (1916)
7. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
6. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
5. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
4. Andrei Rublev (1966)
3. The Best of Youth (2003)
2. Sátántangó (1994)
1. Shoah (1985)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Essential Films For An Introduction To The New French Extremity
15. Sheitan (Kim Chapiron, 2006)
14. Les amants criminels (François Ozon, 1999)
13. Frontier(s) (Xavier Gens, 2007)
12. Calvaire (Fabrice Du Welz, 2004)
11. Ma mère (Christophe Honoré, 2004)
10. Baise-moi (Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi, 2000)
9. Intimacy (Patrice Chéreau, 2001)
8. Dans ma peau (Marina de Van, 2002)
7. Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001)
6. À l’intérieur (Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, 2007)
5. Demonlover (Olivier Assayas, 2002)
4. Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
3. Humanité (Bruno Dumont, 1999)
2. Martyrs (Pascal Laugier 2008)
1. Seul contre tous (Gaspar Noé, 1998)

Taste of Cinema's The 25 Best Fantasy Films For Adults
25. The Magic Flute (1975)
24. I Married A Witch (1942)
23. Beetlejuice (1988)
23. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
22. Blithe Spirit (1945)
21. Portrait of Jennie (1948)
20. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
19. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
18. The Tales of Hoffman (1950)
17. Donkey Skin (1970)
16. The Beauty of the Devil (1952)
15. Black Orpheus (1959)
14. The Princess Bride (1987)
13. The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
12. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
11. Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
10. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
9. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
8. Midnight in Paris (2011)
7. The Thief of Bagdad (1924/1940)
6. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
5. The City of Lost Children (1995)
4. Orpheus (1949)
3. Groundhog Day (1993)
2. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
1. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Taste of Cinema's 17 Essential Movies For An Introduction To Essay Films
1. Man with a Movie Camera (1929) dir. Dziga Vertov
2. A Propos de Nice (1930) dir. Jean Vigo
3. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967) dir. Jean-Luc Godard
4. Walden; Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1969) dir. Jonas Mekas
5. F for Fake (1973) dir. Orson Welles
6. Le Fond de l’air est rouge/A Grin Without a Cat (1977) dir. Chris Marker
7. News From Home (1977) dir. Chantal Akerman
8. Koyaanisqatsi (1982) dir. Godfrey Reggio
9. Handsworth Songs (1987) dir. John Akomfrah
10. Images of the World and the Inscription of War (1989) dir. Harun Farocki
11. Histoire(s) du Cinema (1988-1999) dir. Jean-Luc Godard
12. Close Up (1990) dir. Abbas Kiarostami
13. Blue (1993) dir. Derek Jarman
14. Les glaneurset la glaneuse (2000) dir. Agnes Varda
15. Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) dir. Thom Andersen
16. Two Years at Sea (2011) dir. Ben Rivers
17. Patience (After Sebald) (2012) dir. Grant Gee

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Most Extreme Movies of The 21st Century So Far
30. Love Exposure (Sion Sono, 2008, Japan)
29. Kidnapped (Miguel Ángel Vivas, 2010, Spain)
28. Das Experiment (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2001, Germany)
27. The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodóvar, 2011, Spain)
26. Red White & Blue (Simon Rumley, 2010, UK/US)
25. Bedevilled (Chul-soo Jang, 2010, South Korea)
24. Three…Extremes (Fruit Chan’s segment “Dumplings,” 2004, Hong Kong)
23. In My Skin (Marina de Van, 2002, France)
22. The Chaser (Hong-jin Na, 2008, South Korea)
21. Eden Lake (James Watkins, 2008, UK)
20. Strange Circus (Sion Sono, 2005, Japan)
19. Calvaire (The Ordeal) (Fabrice Du Welz, 2004, Belgium)
18. The Woman (Lucky McKee, 2011, U.S)
17. I Saw the Devil (Kim Jee-woon, 2010, South Korea)
16. Ex Drummer (Koen Mortier, 2007, Belgium)
15. Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997 & 2007, Austria & US)
14. The Loved Ones (Sean Byrne, 2009, Australia)
13. Oldboy (Chan-wook Park, 2003, South Korea)
12. Frontière(s) (Xavier Gens, 2007, France)
11. Wolf Creek (Greg Mclean, 2005, Australia)
10. Cold Fish (Sion Sono, 2010, Japan)
9. Haute Tension (Alexandre Aja, 2003, France)
8. Gozu (Takashi Miike, 2003, Japan)
7. Taxidermia (György Pálfi, 2006, Hungary)
6. Ichi the Killer (Takashi Miike, 2001, Japan)
5. Visitor Q (Takashi Miike, 2001, Japan)
4. Inside (À l’intérieur) (Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury, 2007, France)
3. Martyrs (Pascal Laugier, 2008, France)
2. Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002, France)
1. A Serbian Film (Srdjan Spasojevic, 2010, Serbia)

Taste of Cinema's 25 Great Movies Every Film Student Should See
1. A Trip to the Moon (Dir. Georges Méliès, 1902)
2. The General (Dir. Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman, 1926)
3. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Dir. F.W. Murnau, 1927)
4. The Passion of Jeanne d’Arc (Dir. Carl Th. Dreyer, 1928)
5. Man With a Movie Camera (Dir. Dziga Vertov, 1929)
6. Un Chien Andalou (Dir. Luis Bunuel, 1929)
7. L’Atalante (Dir. Jean Vigo, 1934)
8. Citizen Kane (Dir. Orson Welles, 1941)
9. Rome, Open City (Dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1945)
10. Tokyo Story (Dir. Ozu Yasujiro, 1953)
11. Seven Samurai (Dir. Kurosawa Akira, 1954)
12. The Searchers (Dir. John Ford, 1956)
13. Breathless (Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
14. Psycho (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
15. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Dir. Agnes Varda, 1962)
16. 8 ½ (Dir. Federico Fellini, 1963)
17. Au Hasard Balthazar (Dir. Robert Bresson, 1966)
18. Blow-Up (Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966)
19. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
20. The Godfather and The Godfather Part II (Dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972, 1974)
21. A Woman Under the Influence (Dir. John Cassavettes, 1974)
22. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Dir. Chantal Akerman, 1975)
23. Blue Velvet (Dir. David Lynch, 1986)
24. Taste of Cherry (Dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1997)
25. The Phantom Menace Review (Dir. Mike Stoklasa, 2009)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Must-See Masterpieces of 1980s European Art Cinema
1. The Last Metro (1980)
2. Lola (1981)
3. Man of Iron (1981)
4. Mephisto (1981)
5. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
6. Heimat (1984)
6. Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
7. A Nos Amours (1983)
8. Vagabond (1985)
9. A Room with a View (1985)
10. Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring (1986)
11. Babette’s Feast (1987)
12. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
13. Pelle the Conqueror (1986)
14. The Story of Women (1988)
15. Round Midnight (1986)
16. Monsieur Hire (1989)
17. L’Argent (1983)
18. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
19. Sans Soleil (1983)
20. The Decalogue (1989)

Taste of Cinema's 30 Must-See Masterpieces of 1970s European Art Cinema
1. The Conformist/The Spider’s Stratagem (1970)
2. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
3. Le Boucher (1970)
4. Kes (1970)
5. Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
6. The Emigrants/The New Land (1971/72)
7. WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
8. Murmur of the Heart (1971)
9. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
10. Cries and Whispers (1972)
11. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
12. Chloe in the Afternoon (a.k.a. Love in the Afternoon) (1972)
13. Solaris (1972)
14. Day for Night (1972)
15. The Mother and the Whore (1972)
16. Amarcord (1973)
17. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
18. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
19. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
20. India Song (1975)
21. 1900 (1976)
22. The Ascent (1977)
23. Man of Marble (1977)
24. Seven Beauties (1977)
25. The American Friend (1977)
26. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1977)
27. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
28. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
29. Stalker (1979)
30. Quadrophenia (1979)

Taste of Cinema's 30 Masterpieces of Italian Cinema You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
2. Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973)
3. The War Trilogy (Roberto Rossellini, 1945-1948)
4. Umberto D (Vittorio De Sica, 1952)
5. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
6. Cabiria (Giovanni Pastrone, 1914)
7. Il Posto (Ermanno Olmi, 1961)
8. La grande Guerra (Mario Monicelli, 1959)
9. I Vitelloni (Federico Fellini, 1953)
10. Sciuscià (Vittorio De Sica, 1946)
11. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
12. I bambini ci guardano (Vittorio De Sica, 1944)
13. La Notte (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961)
14. Brutti, sporchi e cattivi (Ettore Scola, 1976)
15. Il Conformista (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)
16. Blood and Black Lace (Mario Bava, 1964)
17. I Soliti Ignoti (Mario Monicelli, 1958)
18. La battaglia di Algeri (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
19. Guardie e Ladri (Mario Monicelli & Steno, 1951)
20. Il Federale (Luciano Salce, 1961)
21. Sedotta e Abbandonata (Pietro Germi, 1964)
22. Il Sorpasso (Dino Risi, 1962)
23. General della Rovere (Roberto Rossellini, 1959)
24. L’eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)
25. Divorzio All’italiana (Pietro Germi, 1961)
26. Ossessione (Luchino Visconti, 1943)
27. I Mostri (Dino Risi, 1963)
28. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
29. Amici Miei (Mario Monicelli, 1975)
30. Roma, ore 11 (Giuseppe De Santis, 1952)

Honorable Mentions:
I pugni in tasca (1965)
Accattone (1961)
Le Amiche (1955)
Padre Padrone ( 1977)
Django (1966)
Il Deserto Rosso (1964)
Un Americano a Roma (1954)
Salò, or the 120 of Sodom (1975)
Napoli Milionaria (1950)
Il Mattatore (1960)

Taste of Cinema's 30 Must-See Masterpieces of 1960s European Art Cinema
1. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
2. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
3. Peeping Tom (1960)
4. La Notte (1961)
5. Viridiana (1961)
6. Divorce, Italian Style (1961)
7. Jules and Jim (1962)
8. Knife in the Water (1962)
9. Ivan’s Childhood (1962)
10. 8 ½ (1963)
11. The Silence (1963)
12. Hands Over the City (1963)
13. The Servant (1963)
14. This Sporting Life (1963)
15. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
16. Before the Revolution (1964)
17. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
18. The Loves of a Blonde (1965)
19. The Shop on Main (High) Street (1965)
20. Persona (1966)
(tie) 21. Repulsion (1965)
(tie) 21. Cul-de-Sac (1966)
22. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
23. Closely Watched (Observed) Trains (1966)
24. Playtime (1967)
25. Belle de Jour (1967)
26. Weekend (1967)
27. My Night at Maud’s (1969)
28. Z (1969)
29. Les Biches (1969)
30. Women in Love (1969)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Essential Films for an Introduction to Yugoslavian Cinema
1. Man is Not a Bird (1965)
2. I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)
3. Innocence Unprotected (1968)
4. Who’s That Singing Over There? (1980)
5. Balkan Express (1983)
6. Balkan Spy (1984)
7. When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
8. Tito and Me (1992)
9. Underground (1995)
10. Pretty Village Pretty Flames (1996)
11. How the War Started on My Island (1997)
12. Beautiful People (1999)
13. No Man’s Land (2001)
14. Fuse (2003)
15. Karaula (2006)
16. Grbavica (2006)
17. The Tour (2008)
18. A Serbian Film (2010)
19. Parade (2011)
20. Cinema Komunisto (2011)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Masterpieces of British Cinema You Shouldn’t Miss
20. This is England (2006)
19. 28 Days Later (2002)
18. Get Carter (1971)
17. The 39 Steps (1935)
16. The Innocents (1961)
15. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
14. Don’t Look Now (1973)
13. Naked (1993)
12. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
11. Kes (1969)
10. The Ladykillers (1955)
9. Withnail & I (1987)
8. Trainspotting (1996)
7. Black Narcissus (1947)
6. Brief Encounter (1945)
5. The Wicker Man (1973)
4. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
3. The Red Shoes (1948)
2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
1. The Third Man (1949)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Masterpieces of Asian Art Cinema Every Movie Fan Should See
1. Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa)
2. Tokyo Story (1953, Yasujiro Ozu)
3. Sansho The Bailiff (1954, Kenji Mizoguchi)
4. A Moment of Innocence (1996, Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
5. Close-Up (1990, Abbas Kiarostami)
6. In The Mood for Love (2000, Wong Karwai)
7. The World (2004, Jia Zhangke)
8. Yi Yi (2000, Edward Yang)
9. The Housemaid (1960, Kim Ki-young)
10. Pather Panchali (1955, Satyajit Ray)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Masterpieces of French Cinema You Shouldn’t Miss
20. Plein Soleil
19. Oscar
18. Les tontons flingueurs
17. Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire
16. La traversée de Paris
15. Le salaire de la peur
14. Le clan des siciliens
13. Classe Tous Risques
12. Le Jour se Lève
11. La Grande Vadrouille
10. Rififi
9. Ascenseur pour l’échafaud
8. Le Samourai
7. Playtime
6. Le Trou
5. A Man Escaped
4. Belle de Jour
3. La Grande Illusion
2. Les Quatre Cents Coups
1. À bout de souffle

Taste of Cinema's 10 Masterpieces of European Art Cinema Every Movie Fan Should See
0. Blow Up (1966, Michelangelo Antonioni)
9. Diary of a Country Priest (1951, Robert Bresson)
8. Belle de Jour (1967, Luis Buñuel)
7. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972, Werner Herzog)
6. The 400 Blows (1959, François Truffaut)
5. Vivre Sa Vie (1962, Jean-Luc Godard)
4. Wild Strawberries (1957, Ingmar Bergman)
3. Stalker (1979, Andrei Tarkovsky)
2. Bicycle Thieves (1948, Vittorio De Sica)
1. 8 ½ ( 1963, Federico Fellini)

Taste of Cinema's The 25 Most Horrifying Non-Horror Movies in Cinema History
25. Midnight Express (Alan Parker, 1978)
24. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
23. Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki, 2004)
22. Nineteen Eighty-Four (Michael Radford, 1984)
21. Zero Day (Ben Coccio, 2003)
20. The Stoning of Soraya M. (Cyrus Nowrasteh, 2008)
19. In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute, 1997)
18. An American Crime (Tommy O’Haver, 2007)
17. The Accused (Jonathan Kaplan, 1988)
16. Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo, 1971)
15. Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972)
14. American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
13. Happiness (Todd Solondz, 1998)
12. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)
11. 127 Hours (Danny Boyle, 2010)
10. Compliance (Craig Zobel, 2012)
9. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)
8. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)
7. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
6. The Grey Zone (Tim Blake Nelson, 2001)
5. Threads (Mick Jackson, 1984)
4. Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
3. The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson, 2004)
2. Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
1. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)

Taste of Cinema's 25 Masterpieces of World Cinema Made During The New Hollywood Era
1. The Red and the White (1967) – Miklos Janscó, Country: Hungary
2. If…. (1968) – Lindsay Anderson, Country: United Kingdom
3. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) – Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Country: Cuba
4. Kes (1969) – Ken Loach, Country: United Kingdom
5. Army of Shadows (1969) – Jean-Pierre Melville, Country: France
6. The Conformist (1970) – Bernardo Bertolucci, Country: Italy
7. A Touch of Zen (1971) – King Hu, Country: Taiwan
8. Duck, You Sucker! (1971) – Sergio Leone, Country: Italy, Spain
9. Walkabout (1971) – Nicolas Roeg, Country: Australia
10. W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) – Dusan Makavajev, Country: Yugoslavia
11. Cries and Whispers (1972) – Ingmar Bergman, Country: Sweden
12. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) – Werner Herzog, Country: West Germany
13. Fist of Fury (1972) – Lo Wei, Country: Hong Kong
14. Lady Snowblood (1973) – Toshiya Fujita, Country: Japan
15. The Harder They Come (1973) – Perry Henzell, Country: Jamaica
16. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) – Victor Erice, Country: Spain
17. Mirror (1974) – Andrei Tarkovsky, Country: U.S.S.R.
18. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) – Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Country: United Kingdom
19. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Country: Italy
20. The Passenger (1975) – Michelangelo Antonioni, Country: Italy
21. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) – Peter Weir, Country: Australia
22. Ceddo (1977) – Ousmane Sembene, Country: Senegal
23. The Tin Drum (1979) – Volker Schlöndorff, Country: West Germany
24. Mad Max (1979) – George Miller, Country: Australia
25. Vengeance Is Mine (1979) – Shohei Imamura, Country: Japan

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best Body Horror Films In Cinema History
20. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
19. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
18. The Beast Within (1982)
17. The Beyond (1981)
16. Cabin Fever (2002)
15. Teeth (2007)
14. Re-Animator (1985)
13. The Blob (1988)
12. The Stuff (1985)
11. American Mary (2012)
10. Under The Skin (2014)
9. Alien (1979)
8. Antiviral (2012)
7. From Beyond (1986)
6. Body Melt (1993)
5. The Fly (1958)
4. Altered States (1980)
3. Society (1989)
2. The Thing (1982)
1. Videodrome (1982)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Masterpieces of World Cinema Every Movie Fan Should See
1. Germany – M (Fritz Lang – 1931)
2. Italy – The Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica – 1948)
3. India – The Music Room (Satyajit Ray – 1958)
4. France – La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir – 1937)
5. Japan – Tokyo Story (Yasujirô Ozu – 1953)
6. Russia – The Cranes Are Flying (Mikhail Kalatozov – 1957)
7. Spain – Viridiana (Luis Buñuel – 1961)
8. Sweden – The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman – 1957)
9. United Kingdom – Brief Encounter (David Lean – 1945)
10. United States – Citizen Kane (Orson Welles – 1941)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Essential Comedies From The Early Days Of Cinema
1. The Kid (1921)
2. Safety Last! (1923)
3. The General (1927)
4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
5. Big Business (1929)
6. Le Million (1931)
7. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
8. A Night at the Opera (1935)
9. Modern Times (1936)
10. The Bank Dick (1940)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Great Examples of Hyperlink Cinema Every Film Buff Must Watch
1. Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973)
2. The Phantom of Liberty (Luis Bunuel, 1974)
3. A River Called Titas (Ritwik Ghatak, 1973)
4. Hannah And Her Sisters (Woody Allen, 1986)
5. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
6. Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)
7. Three Colors Trilogy: Red (Kryztof Kieslowski, 1994)
8. Code Unknown (Michael Haneke, 2000)
9. Timecode (Mike Figgis, 2000)
10. Gummo (Harmony Korine, 1997)
11. You, The Living (Roy Andersson, 2007)
12. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
13. Before the Rain (Milcho Manchevski, 1994)
14. Syriana (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)
15. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)
16. Babel (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2006)
17. Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone, 2008)
18. Nine Lives (Rodrigo Garcia, 2005)
19. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
20. Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2000)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Masterpieces of World Cinema Every Movie Fan Should See (Part 2)
1. Denmark – Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer – 1955)
2. France – Breathless (À Bout de Souffle) (Jean-Luc Godard – 1960)
3. Germany – The Blue Angel (Der Blaue Engel) (Josef von Sternberg – 1930)
4. India – Charulata (aka The Lonely Wife) (Satyajit Ray – 1964)
5. Italy – La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini – 1960)
6. Japan – Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) (Akira Kurosawa – 1954)
7. Poland – Ashes and Diamonds (Popiól i diament) (Andrzej Wajda – 1958)
8. Russia – Andrei Rublev (Andrey Rublyov) (Andrei Tarkovsky – 1966)
9. UK – The Third Man (Carol Reed – 1949)
10. US – Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder – 1950)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Essential Films For An Introduction To Hungarian Cinema
15. Time Stands Still (Peter Gothar, 1982)
14. Taxidermia (Gyorgy Palfi, 2006)
13. The Corporal and The Others (Marton Keleti, 1965)
12. Merry-Go-Round (Zoltan Fabri, 1956)
11. The Red and the White (Miklos Jancso, 1967)
10. Love (Karoly Makk, 1971)
9. Satantango (Bela Tarr, 1994)
8. Mephisto (Istvan Szabo, 1981)
7. Men On The Mountain (Istvan Szots, 1942)
6. Son of Saul (Laszlo Nemes, 2015)
5. The Round-Up (Miklos Jancso, 1966)
4. The Witness (Peter Bacso, 1969)
3. Narcissus and Psyche (Gabor Body, 1980)
2. Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr, 2000)
1. The Fifth Seal (Zoltan Fabri, 1976)

Honorable Mentions:
Somewhere in Europe (Geza Radvanyi, 1948)
Professor Hannibal (Zoltan Fabri, 1956)
The Last Goal (Zoltan Fabri, 1963)
Cold days (Andras Kovacs, 1966)
Father (Istvan Szabo, 1966)
The Tóth family (Zoltan Fabri, 1969)
Sindbad (Zoltan Huszarik, 1971)
Colonel Redl (Istvan Szabo, 1985)
Eldorado (Geza Beremenyi, 1988)
My Twentieth Century (Ildiko Enyedi, 1989)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Most Confusing Movies In Cinema History
30. Mr. Nobody – Jaco Van Dormael
29. Kontroll – Nimrod Antal
28. ExistenZ – David Cronenberg
27. Pi – Darren Aronofsky
26. 12 Monkeys – Terry Gilliam
25. Coherence – James Ward Byrkit
24. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Thomas Alfredson
23. Memento – Christopher Nolan
22. Synecdoche New York – Charlie Kaufmann
21. Only God Forgives – Nicholas Winding Refn
20. Upstream Color – Shane Carruth
19. Donnie Darko – Richard Kelly
18. Lost Highway – David Lynch
17. Hukkle – Gyorgy Palfi
16. Under the Skin – Jonathan Glazer
15. Paprika – Satoshi Kon
14. The Matrix Trilogy – The Wachowski Brothers
13. Fellini Satyricon – Federico Fellini
12. Schizopolis – Steven Soderberg
11. Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
10. Even Dwarves Started Small – Werner Herzog
9. Primer – Shane Carruth
8. Naked Lunch – David Cronenberg
7. Cloud Atlas – Larry and Lana Wachowski, Tom Twyker
6. Holy Motors – Leos Carax
5. Hausu – Nobuhiko Obayashi
4. Inland Empire – David Lynch
3. The Mirror – Andrei Tarkovsky
2. Holy Mountain – Alejandro Jodorowsky
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Stanley Kubrick

Taste of Cinema's 12 Essential Films For An Introduction To Turkish Cinema
1. G.O.R.A (2004)
2. Komser Sekspir aka Commissar Shakespeare (2001)
3. Incir Reçeli aka Figs Jam (2011)
4. Sevmek Zamani aka Time to Love (1965)
5. Yazgi aka Fate (2001)
6. Umut aka Hope (1970)
7. Ah güzel Istanbul aka O Beautiful Istanbul (1966)
8. Üç Maymun aka Three Monkeys (2008)
9. Eskiya aka The Bandit (1996)
10. Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalim aka The Girl With The Red Scarf (1978)
11. Sürü aka The Herd (1979)
12. Uzak aka Distant (2002)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Greatest Westerns In Cinema History
30. The Great Train Robbery (1903)
29. The Ox Bow Incident (1943)
28. Django (1966)
27. McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971)
26. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
25. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
24. Hang ‘em High (1968)
23. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
22. Django Kill (1967)
21. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
20. The Shootist (1976)
19. Open Range (2003)
18. Silver Lode (1954)
17. Johnny Guitar (1954)
16. The Wild Bunch (1969)
15. The Naked Spur (1953)
15. The Naked Spur (1953)
14. The Beguiled (1971)
13. Red River (1948)
12. A Bullet for the General (1966)
11. The Searchers (1956)
10. El Dorado (1966)
9. My Darling Clementine (1946)
8. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
7. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
6. The Great Silence (1968)
5. El Topo (1970)
4. High Plains Drifter (1973)
3. Unforgiven (1992)
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
1. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Taste of Cinema's 16 Great Movies That Show You Why 2010 Is a Big Year for Asian Cinema
1. 13 Assassins
2. Poetry
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
4. I Saw the Devil
5. Confessions
6. Bedevilled
7. The Man From Nowhere
8. Cold Fish
9. Outrage
10. The Secret World of Arrietty
11. The Yellow Sea
12. Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City
13. Ip Man 2
14. My Name is Khan
15. True Legend
16. Revenge: A Love Story

Taste of Cinema's 10 Essential Films For An Introduction To Caribbean Cinema
1. Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba) (1964) Mikhail Kalatozov
2. La muerte de un burocrata (Death of a Bureaucrat) (1966) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s
3. Vampiros en la Habana (1985) Juan Padrón
4. Lo que le Pasó a Santiago (Whatever Happened to Santiago) (1989) Jacobo Moreles
5. Celestino y el Vampiro (Celestino and the Vampire) (2003)
6. La Gran Fiesta (The Great Party) (1985) Marcos Zurinaga
7. Dios los cria (…And God Created Them) (1979) Jacobo Morales
8. The Harder They Come (1972) Perry Henzell
9. The Man By The Shore (1993) Raoul Peck
10. Sanky-Panky (2007) José Enrique “Pinky” Pintor

Taste of Cinema's 25 Of The Best Camp Films In Cinema History
25. The First Wives Club (Dir. Hugh Wilson, 1996)
24. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dir. Fran Rubel Kuzui, 1992)
23. Welcome to the Dollhouse (Dir. Todd Solondz, 1995)
22. Johnny Guitar (Dir. Nicholas Ray, 1954)
21. Yentl (Dir. Barbra Streisand, 1983)
20. Barbarella (Dir. Roger Vadim, 1968)
19. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Dir. Russ Meyer, 1970)
18. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Dir. Stephan Elliott, 1994)
17. Imitation of Life (Dir. Douglas Sirk, 1959)
16. Carrie (Dir. Brian De Palma, 1976)
15. The Gang’s All Here (Dir. Busby Berkeley, 1943)
14. Valley of the Dolls (Dir. Mark Robson, 1967)
13. Funny Girl (Dir. William Wyler, 1968)
12. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Dir. Jim Sharman, 1975)
11. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Dir. Russ Meyer, 1965)
10. Female Trouble (Dir. John Waters, 1974)
9. Pink Flamingos (Dir. John Waters, 1972)
8. Beaches (Dir. Gary Marshall, 1988)
7. Showgirls (Dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1995)
6. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Dir. Howard Hawks, 1953)
5. Mommie Dearest (Dir. Frank Perry, 1981)
4. Grey Gardens (Dirs. Albert Maysles and David Maysles, 1975)
3. All About Eve (Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
2. The Wizard of Oz (Dir. Victor Fleming, 1939)
1. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (Dir. Robert Aldrich, 1962)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Greatest Long Takes In Cinema History
15. Oldboy (2003) – The hallway fight scene, 2 minutes 34 seconds
14. Atonement (2007) – Dunkirk scene, 5 minutes 7 seconds
13. Hard Boiled (1992) – Hospital shoot-out, 2 minutes 42 seconds
12. Hunger (2008) – Conversation scene, 16 minutes 30 seconds
11. Tom Yum Goong (The Protector) (2005) – Staircase fight scene, 3 minutes 55 seconds
10. Gravity (2013) – Opening shot, 17 minutes
9. Boogie Nights (1997) – Opening Shot, 2 minutes 54 seconds & New Year’s Eve Scene, 2 minutes 47 seconds
8. Breaking News (2004) – Opening shoot-out, 6 minutes 47 seconds
7. Snake Eyes (1998) – Opening shot, 12 minutes 30 seconds
6. Rope (1948) – Ten takes varying from 7 to 10 minutes each.
5. Children of Men (2006) – Ambush scene, 4 minutes 7 seconds & Battle scene 7 minutes 34 seconds
4. Goodfellas (1990) – Copacabana scene, 3 minutes
3. The Player (1992) – Opening shot, 7 minutes 48 seconds
2. Touch of Evil (1958) – Opening shot, 3 minutes 20 seconds
1. Russian Ark (2002) – The whole damn movie, 87 minutes

Taste of Cinema's 15 Essential Films For An Introduction To The Cinema Of Ealing Studio
15. Meet Mr Lucifer (1953)
14. St Trinian’s (2007)
13. The Lady Killers (1955)
12. The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
11. Whiskey Galore! (1949)
10. The Maggie (1954) (U.S title: High & Dry)
9. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
8. It Always Rains On Sunday (1947)
7. Went the Day Well (1942)
6. The Blue Lamp (1950)
5. No Limit (1935)
4. Dead of Night (1945)
3. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
2. Passport to Pimlico (1949)
1.The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

Taste of Cinema's 14 Essential Films For An Introduction To The Horror Cinema Of Hammer And Amicus
14. I, Monster (Amicus, 1971)
13. The Brides of Dracula (Hammer, 1960)
12. The Land that Time Forgot (Amicus, 1974)
11. The Curse of the Werewolf (Hammer, 1961)
10. The Vault of Horror (Amicus, 1973)
9. The Mummy (Hammer, 1959)
8. Madhouse (Amicus, 1974)
7. Quatermass and the Pit (Hammer, 1967)
6. The City of the Dead (Amicus, 1960)
5. The Devil Rides Out (Hammer, 1968)
4. Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (Amicus, 1965)
3. Horror of Dracula (Hammer, 1958)
2. Tales From the Crypt (Amicus, 1972)
1. Curse of Frankenstein (Hammer, 1957)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Essential Films For An Introduction To German Expressionist Cinema
10. Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination – Warning Shadows (1923)
9. Der Student von Prag – The Student of Prague (Paul Wegener & Stellan Rye & Hanns Heinz Ewers, 1913)
8. Der Müde Tod – Destiny (Fritz Lang, 1921)
7. Der Golem – The Golem (Paul Wegener & Henrik Galeen, 1915)
6. Der Letzte Mann – The Last Laugh (F. W. Murnau, 1924)
5. M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
4. Die Büchse der Pandora – Pandora’s Box (G. W. Pabst, 1929)
3. Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
2. Nosferatu (F. W. Murnau, 1922)
1. Das Cabinet des Dr.Caligari – The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920)

Taste of Cinema's 14 Essential Films For An Introduction To Post-Soviet Russian Cinema
1. Burnt by The Sun (Nikita Mikhalkov, 1994)
2. The Thief (Pavel Chukhrai, 1997)
3. Brother (Aleksei Balabanov, 1997)
4. Russian Ark (Alexander Sokurov, 2002)
5. House of Fools (Andrei Konchalovsky, 2002)
6. The Return (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003)
7. Night Watch (Timur Bekmambetov, 2004)
8. The Italian (Andrei Kravchuk, 2005)
9. Playing The Victim (Kirill Sererebrennikov, 2006)
10. The Island (Pavel Lungin, 2006)
11. Mermaid (Anna Melikyan, 2007)
12. Stilyagi (Valery Todorovsky, 2008)
13. Admiral (Andrei Kravchuk, 2008)
14. Nirvana (Igor Voloshin, 2008)

Taste of Cinema's 16 Essential Films for An Introduction To Greek Cinema
1. Stella (1955), dir. Mihalis Kakogiannis
2. The Ogre of Athens (1956), dir. Nikos Koundouros
3. Never on Sunday (1960), dir, Jules Dassin
4. The Red Lanterns (1963), dir. Vasilis Georgiadis
5. The Travelling Players (1975), dir. Theodoros Angelopoulos
6. The Idlers of the Fertile Valley (1978), dir. Nikos Panayotopoulos
7. Rembetiko (1983), dir. Costas Ferris
8. The Sweet Bunch (1983), dir. Nikos Nikolaidis
9. Matchbox (2002), dir. Yannis Economides
10. A Touch of Spice (2003), dir. Tassos Boulmetis
11. Plato’s Academy (2009), dir. Filippos Tsitos
12. Dogtooth (2009), dir. Giorgos Lanthimos
13. Attenberg (2010), dir. Athina Rachel Tsangari
14. Alps (2011), dir. Giorgos Lanthimos
15. Miss Violence (2013), dir. Alexandros Avranas
16. Xenia (2014), dir. Panos H. Koutras

Taste of Cinema's 15 Essential Films For An Introduction To Iranian Cinema
1. The House is Black (Forough Farrokhzad, 1963)
2. The Brick and The Mirror [aka Brick and Mirror] (Ebrahim Golestan, 1965)
3. The Cow (Daryush Mehrjui, 1969)
4. Still Life (Sohrab Shahid-Saless, 1974)
5. The Runner (Amir Naderi, 1985)
6. The Cyclist (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1987)
7. Close Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)
8. A Moment of Innocence [aka Bread and Flower Pot] (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)
9. Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997)
10. The Apple (Samira Makhmalbaf, 1998)
11. The Color of Paradise (Majid Majidi, 1999)
12. The Day I Became a Woman (Marzieh Meshkini, 2000)
13. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
14. Turtles Can Fly (Bahman Gobadi, 2004)
15. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Greatest War Films In Cinema History
30. Tae Guk Gi: Brotherhood of War (Je-kyu Kang 2004)
29. Jarhead (Sam Mendes 2008)
28. Waltz With Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) (Ari Folman 2008)
27. The Train (John Frankenheimer 1964)
26. The Hill (Sidney Lumet 1965)
25. The Killing Fields (Roland Joffé 1984)
24. The Beast of War (Kevin Reynolds 1988)
23. All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone 1930)
22. From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinneman 1953)
21. The Longest Day (Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki & Gerd Oswald 1962)
20. The Great Escape (John Sturges 1963)
19. Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott 2001)
18. Patton (Franklin J. Schaffner 1970)
17. In Which We Serve (Noel Coward & David Lean 1942)
16. Paisan (Paisà) (Roberto Rossellini 1946)
15. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen 1981)
14. Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata 1988)
13. The Pianist (Roman Polanski 2002)
12. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick 1957)
11. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino 1978)
10. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg 1993)
9. Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean 1957)
8. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg 1998)
7. La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir 1937)
6. Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta) (Roberto Rossellini 1945)
5. Battle for Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri) (Gillo Pontecorvo 1966)
4. Army of Shadows (L’Armée des Ombres) (Jean-Pierre Melville 1969)
3. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick 1987)
2. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick 1998)
1. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola 1979)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Essential Films For An Introduction To Polish Cinema
20. Mother Joan of the Angels – Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1961)
19. The Illumination – Krzysztof Zanussi (1972)
18. A Short Film About Love – Krzysztof Kieslowski (1988)
17. Blind Chance – Krzysztof Kieslowski (1987)
16. The Decalogue – Krzysztof Kieslowski (1988)
15. The Constant Factor – Krzysztof Zanussi (1980)
14. Man of Iron – Andrzej Wajda (1981)
13. The Saragossa Manuscript – Wojciech Has (1964)
12. The Pianist – Roman Polanski (2002)
11.Three Color Trilogy – Krzysztof Kieslowski (1993/94)
10. Eroica – Andrzej Munk (1957)
9. A Short Film About Killing – Krzysztof Kieslowski (1987)
8. Sexmission – Juliusz Machulski (1984)
7. Camera Buff – Krzysztof Kieslowski (1979)
6. Our Folks – Sylwester Checinski (1967)
5. Salto – Tadeusz Konwicki (1965)
4. Giuseppe in Warsaw – Stanislaw Lenartowicz (1964)
3. Knife in the Water – Roman Polanski (1962)
2. Night Train – Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1959)
1. Ashes and Diamonds – Andrej Wajda (1958)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Essential Films For An Introduction To Soviet Cinema
20. Ivan The Terrible (Sergei Eisenstein, 1944)
19. Bed and Sofa (Abram Room, 1927)
18. The Wishing Tree (Tengiz Abuladze, 1976)
17. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Vladimir Menshov, 1979)
16. Alexander Nevsky (Sergei Eisenstein, 1938)
15. Little Vera (Vasili Pichul, 1988)
14. The Diamond Arm (Leonid Gaidai, 1969)
13. The Twelve Chairs (Leonid Gaidai, 1970)
12. Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
11. The Cranes Are Flying (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1957)
10. The Color of Pomegranates (Sergei Parajanov, 1968)
9. Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966)
8. The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)
7. Earth (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1930)
6. Man With a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929)
5. The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (Eldar Ryazanov, 1975)
4. Office Romance (Eldar Ryazanov, 1977)
3. Blue Mountains, or Unbeliavable Story (Eldar Shengelaia, 1983)
2. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
1. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Essential Films For An Introduction To Portuguese Cinema
20. ‘Non’, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar / No, or the Vain Glory of Command (Manoel de Oliveira, 1990)
19. Jaime (António-Pedro Vasconcelos, 1999)
18. Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto / Our Beloved Month of August (Miguel Gomes, 2008)
17. No Quarto da Vanda / In Vanda’s Room (Pedro Costa, 2000)
16. Capitães de Abril / April Captains (Maria de Medeiros, 2000)
15. Os Mutantes / The Mutants (Teresa Villaverde, 1998)
14. Alice (Marco Martins, 2005)
13. Vale Abraão / Abraham’s Valley (Manoel de Oliveira, 1993)
12. Sangue do Meu Sangue / Blood of My Blood (João Canijo, 2011)
11. Os Verdes Anos / The Green Years (Paulo Rocha, 1963)
10. O Sangue / The Blood (Pedro Costa, 1989)
9. Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)
8. Recordações da Casa Amarela / Recollections of the Yellow House (João César Monteiro, 1989)
7. O Leão da Estrela / The Lion of the Star (Arthur Duarte, 1947)
6. José & Pilar (Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, 2010)
5. A Comédia de Deus / God’s Comedy (João César Monteiro, 1995)
4. O Pátio das Cantigas / The Courtyard of the Ballads (Francisco Ribeiro, 1942)
3. O Pai Tirano / The Tyrannical Father (António Lopes Ribeiro, 1941)
2. A Canção de Lisboa / A Song of Lisbon (José Cottinelli Telmo, 1933)
1. Aniki-Bóbó (Manoel de Oliveira, 1942)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Best Directorial Debuts In The History Of Cinema
30. The Virgin Suicides (Dir. Sofia Coppola, 1999)
29. Ratcatcher (Dir. Lynne Ramsay, 1999)
28. Hunger (Dir. Steve McQueen, 2008)
27. Sweetie (Dir. Jane Campion, 1989)
26. Killer of Sheep (Dir. Charles Burnett, 1977)
25. Chocolat (Dir. Claire Denis, 1988)
24. Being John Malkovich (Dir. Spike Jonze, 1999)
23. Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Dir. Glauber Rocha, 1964)
22. Ossessione (Dir. Luchino Visconti, 1943)
21. Strike (Dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
20. Blood Simple (Dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen, 1984)
19. This Sporting Life (Dir. Lindsay Anderson, 1963)
18. Ivan’s Childhood (Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962)
17. La pointe courte (Dir. Agnès Varda, 1955)
16. Reservoir Dogs (Dir. Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
15. Shadows (Dir. John Cassavetes, 1959)
14. Night of the Living Dead (Dir. George Romero, 1968)
13. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Dir. Mike Nichols, 1966)
12. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Dir. Steven Soderbergh, 1989)
11. The Night of the Hunter (Dir. Charles Laughton, 1955)
10. Les quatre cents coups (Dir. François Truffaut, 1959)
9. L’Atalante (Dir. Jean Vigo, 1934)
8. Badlands (Dir. Terrence Malick, 1973)
7. Noz w wodzie (Dir. Roman Polanski, 1962)
6. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)
5. 12 Angry Men (Dir. Sidney Lumet, 1957)
4. Eraserhead (Dir. David Lynch, 1977)
3. L’age d’or (Dir. Luis Buñuel, 1930)
2. Citizen Kane (Dir. Orson Welles, 1941)
1. A bout de souffle (Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Essential Films For An Introduction To Avant-Garde Cinema
20. Quick Billy (Bruce Baillie, 1971)
19. Blue (Derek Jarman, 1993)
18. Anemic Cinema (Marcel Duchamp, 1926)
17. Orpheus (Jean Cocteau, 1950)
16. Serene Velocity (Ernie Gehr, 1970)
15. La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962)
14. Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (Shuji Terayama, 1971)
13. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)
12. Dog Star Man (Stan Brakhage, 1961-1964)
11. Ballet mécanique (Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy, 1924)
10. Flaming Creatures (Jack Smith, 1963)
9. Wavelength (Michael Snow, 1967)
8. Chelsea Girls (Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey, 1966)
7. Pierrot le Fou (Jean Luc Godard, 1962)
6. Zorn’s Lemma (Hollis Frampton, 1970)
5. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
4. Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid, 1943)
3. Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916)
2. Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961)
1. Un chien andalou (Luis Buñuel, 1929)

Taste of Cinema's 25 Essential Films For An Introduction To New Brazilian Cinema
1. Carlota Joaquina – Princesa do Brasil aka Carlota Joaquina – Princess of Brazil (1995)
2. O Quatrilho (1995)
3. Terra Estrangeira aka Foreign Land (1996)
4. O Baile Perfumado aka Perfumed Ball (1997)
5. O que é isso, companheiro? aka Four Days in September (1997)
6. O Caminho dos Sonhos aka Avocado Seed (1998)
7. Central do Brasil aka Central Station (1998)
8. Eu, Tu, Eles aka Me You Them (2000)
9. Abril Despedaçado aka Shredded April (2001)
10. Lavoura Arcaica aka To the Left of The Father (2001)
11. Amarelo Manga aka Mango Yellow (2002)
12. Cidade de Deus aka City of God (2002)
13. O Homem que Copiava aka The Man Who Copied (2003)
14. Casa de Areia aka House of Sand (2005)
15. O ano em que meus pais saíram de férias aka The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)
16. Tropa de Elite aka Elite Squad (2007)
17. Linha de Passe aka Line of Passage (2008)
18. Nosso Lar aka Astral City: A Spiritual Journey (2010)
19. Tropa de elite 2: o inimigo agora é outro aka Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
20. O Palhaço aka The Clown (2011)
21. O Som ao Redor aka Neighboring Sounds (2012)
22. Flores Raras aka The Art of Losing (2013)
23. Tatuagem aka Tattoo (2013)
24. Praia do Futuro aka Future Beach (2014)
25. Hoje eu quero voltar sozinho aka The Way He Looks (2014)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Essential Films For An Introduction To Dutch Cinema
20. Flodder (Dick Maas, 1986)
19. Zusje / Little Sister (Robert Jan Westdijk, 1995)
18. De Vierde Man / The Fourth Man (Paul Verhoeven, 1983)
17. Fanfare (Bert Haanstra, 1958)
16. De Noorderlingen / The Northerners (Alex van Warmerdam, 1992)
15. Als Twee Druppels Water / Like two drops of Water (Fons Rademakers, 1963)
14. Van God Los / Godforsaken (Pieter Kuijpers, 2003)
13. De Lift / The Lift (Dick Maas, 1983)
12. Wilde Mossels / Wild Mussels (Erik de Bruyn, 2000)
11. Ober / Waiter (Alex van Warmerdam, 2006)
10. Zwartboek / Black book (Paul Verhoeven, 2006)
9. De Tweeling / Twin Sisters (Ben Sombogaart, 2002)
8. De Aanslag / The Assualt (Fons Rademakers, 1986)
7. Antonia / Antonia’s Line (Marleen Gorris, 1995)
6. Turks Fruit / Turkish Delight (Paul Verhoeven, 1973)
5. Abel (Alex van Warmerdam, 1986)
4. Karakter / Character (Mike van Diem, 1997)
3. Simon (Eddy Terstall, 2004)
2. Soldaat van Oranje / Soldier of Orange (Paul Verhoeven, 1977)
1. Spoorloos / The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Essential Films For An Introduction To New Mexican Cinema
20. La mujer de Benjamín aka Benjamin’s Woman (Carlos Carrera, 1991)
19. Fecha de caducidad aka Expiration Date (Kenya Márquez, 2011)
18. Los insólitos peces gato aka The Amazing Catfish (Claudia Sainte-Luce, 2013)
17. Por la libre aka Dust to Dust (Juan Carlos de Llaca, 2000)
16. El callejón de los Milagros aka Midaq Alley (Jorge Fons, 1995)
15. Profundo Carmesí aka Deep Crimson (Arturo Ripsten, 1996)
14. El crímen del padre Amaro aka The Crime of Father Amaro (Carlos Carrera, 2002)
13. Morirse en domingo aka Never on a Sunday (Daniel Gruener, 2006)
12. Perfume de violetas aka Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening (Maryse Sistach, 2000)
11. El infierno aka Hell (Luis Estrada, 2010)
10. Después de Lucía aka After Lucía (Michel Franco, 2012)
9. La jaula de oro aka The Golden Dream (Diego Quemada-Díez, 2013)
8. Temporada de patos aka Duck Season (Fernando Eimbcke, 2004)
7. Cronos (Guillermo del Toro, 1992)
6. Post Tenebras Lux (Carlos Reygadas, 2012)
5. Nicotina (Hugo Rodríguez, 2003)
4. La Ley de Herodes aka Herod’s Law (Luis Estrada, 1999)
3. Heli (Amat Escalante, 2013)
2. Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001)
1. Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Hidden Gems of World Cinema That Deserve More Attention
1. Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (Dir. Manoel de Oliveira, 2009)
2. Bitter Rice (Dir. Giuseppe De Santis, 1949)
3. Shirin (Dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 2008)
4. Four Nights of a Dreamer (Dir. Robert Bresson, 1971)
5. Jacquot de Nantes (Dir. Agnes Varda, 1991)
6. Je, Tu, Il, Elle (Dir. Chantal Akerman, 1975)
7. Meek’s Cutoff (Dir. Kelly Reichardt, 2011)
8. Marketa Lazarová (František Vlácil, 1967)
9. The Only Son (Dir. Ozu Yasujiro, 1936)
10. Ossos (Dir. Pedro Costa, 1998)
11. Hawks and Sparrows (Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1966)
12. Frailty (Dir. Bill Paxton, 2002)
13. Sicilia (Dir. Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet, 1999)
14. A Special Day (Dir. Ettore Scola, 1977)
15. Wanda (Dir. Barbara Loden, 1970)

Taste of Cinema's 30 Essential Films For An Introduction To Canadian Cinema
30. Léolo (1992)
29. Winter Kept Us Warm (1965)
28. My Life Without Me (2003)
27. Water (2005)
26. Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
25. Cube (1997)
24. Gabrielle (2013)
23. Les bons débarras/Good riddance (1980)
22. Enemy (2013)
21. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
20. Hard Core Logo (1996)
19. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
18. Dead Ringers (1988)
17. Le Confessionnal (1995)
16. Barney’s Version (2010)
15. C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
14. Eastern Promises (2007)
13. Exotica (1994)
12. The Red Violin (1998)
11. Away from Her (2006)
10. Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
9. Les Invasions Barbares/The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
8. Incendies (2010)
7. Mommy (2014)
6. Le déclin de l’empire américain/The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
5. Videodrome (1983)
4. My Winnipeg (2007)
3. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
2. Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
1. Jesus de Montreal (1989)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Essential Films for an Introduction to Classic South Korean Cinema
15. The Shower (1979, Ko Young-nam)
14. Mulberry (1986, Lee Doo-yong)
13. Night Journey (1977, Kim Soo-yong)
12. A Splendid Outing (1978, Kim Soo-yong)
11. Io Island or Iodo (1977, Kim Ki-young)
10. The Man With Three Coffins (1987, Lee Jang-ho)
9. The Ball Shot By a Midget (1981, Lee Won-see)
8. Woman of Fire (1971 & 1982, Kim Ki-young)
7. The Oldest Son (1984, Lee Doo-yong)
6. The General’s Son (1990, Im Kwon-taek)
5. Chilsu and Mansu (1988, Park Kwang-su)
4. Sopyonje (1993, Im Kwon-taek)
3. The Pollen of Flowers (1972, Ha Kil-jong)
2. The Housemaid (1960, Kim Ki-young)
1. Aimless Bullet (1961, Yoo Hyun-mok)

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best WTF Movie Endings in Cinema History
20. The Host by Joon-ho Bong
19. Nazarin by Luis Bunuel
18. Aguirre the Wrath of God by Werner Herzog
17. The Bicycle Thief by Vittorio de Sica
16. Jules and Jim by Francois Truffaut
15. Y Tu Mamá También by Alfonso Cuarón
14. Z by Costa Gavras
13. The Blue Angel by Josef von Sternberg
12. The Marriage of Maria Braun by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
11. Kanal by Andrzej Wajda
10. Zero for Conduct by Jean Vigo
9. Seven Beauties by Lina Wertmueller
8. Chinatown by Roman Polanski
7. Old Boy by Park Chan Wook
6. Breathless by Jean Luc Goddard
5. Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni
4. Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock
3. La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini
2. Eraserhead by David Lynch
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick

Taste of Cinema's 15 Essential Films For An Introduction To New German Cinema
1. Machorka-Muff (1963)
2. The Young Törless (1966)
3. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
4. World on a Wire (1973)
5. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
6. Under the Pavement Lies the Strand (1975)
7. The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975)
8. The American Friend (1977)
9. Germany in Autumn (1978)
10. The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)
11. The Tin Drum (1979)
12. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
13. Marianne and Juliane (1981)
14. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
15. Paris, Texas (1984)

Taste of Cinema's 30 Essential Films for an Introduction to Italian Cinema
1. L’Inferno (Franceso Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro & Adoldo Padovan, 1911)
2. Thais (Anton Giulia Bragaglia, 1917)
3. Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945)
4. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
5. Umberto D. (Vittorio De Sica, 1952)
6. Big Deal on Madonna St. (Mario Monicelli, 1958)
7. Black Sunday (Mario Bava, 1960)
8. L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
9. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
10. Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, 1960)
11. Divorce Italian Style (Pietro Germi, 1961)
12. La Notte (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961)
13. Salvatore Giuliano (Francesco Rosi, 1962)
14. 8 ½ (Federico Fellini, 1963)
15. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
16. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964)
17. The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
18. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)
19. The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)
20. Il Decamerone (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1970)
21. Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion (Elio Petri, 1970)
22. A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (Lucio Fulci, 1971)
23. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmuller, 1975)
24. Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
25. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978)
26. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
27. Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)
28. Life is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni, 1997)
29. Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone, 2008)
30. The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Best Gangster Movies in Cinema History
30. Salvatore Giuliano (Francesco Rosi, 1962)
29. New World (Hoon-jung Park, 2013)
28. A Better Tomorrow (John Woo, 1986)
27. Tokyo Drifter (Seijun Suzuki, 1966)
26. City of God (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002)
25. Donnie Brasco (Mike Newell, 1997)
24. Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000)
23. Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma, 1993)
22. Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
21. Le Samourai (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)
20. Little Caesar (Mervyn LeRoy, 1931)
19. Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)
18. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
17. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
16. The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
15. Casque D’or (Jacques Becker, 1952)
14. Infernal Affairs (Wai-Keung Lau and Alan Mak, 2002)
13. Bonnie & Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
12. The Killer (John Woo, 1989)
11. Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955)
10. The Public Enemy (William A. Wellman, 1931)
9. Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987)
8. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
7. Miller’s Crossing (Joel Cohen and Ethan Cohen, 1990)
6. Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
5. Scarface (Brian de Palma, 1983)
4. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
3. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
2. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
1. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)

Taste of Cinema's 12 Essential Films For An Introduction To New Norwegian Cinema
12. Elling (2001)
11. Kunsten å Tenke Negativt (The Art of Negative Thinking) (2006)
10. Mannen som Elsket Yngve (The Man Who Loved Yngve) (2008)
9. De Usynlige (Troubled Water) (2008)
8. Max Manus (2008)
7. Trolljegern (Troll Hunter) (2010)
6. Kongen av Bastøy (King of Devil’s Island) (2010)
5. Hodejegerne (Headhunters) (2011)
4. Oslo, 31 August (2011)
3. Kon-Tiki (2012)
2. Død Snø/Død Snø 2 (Dead Snow/Dead Snow 2) (2009/2014) (seen the first but not the second one yet)
1. 1001 Gram (2014)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Best Last Films in Cinema History
30. Querelle (1982) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982)
29. Finally, Sunday! (1983) by François Truffaut (1932–1984)
28. Agantuk aka The Stranger (1991) by Satyajit Ray (1921–1992)
27. Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) by Mike Nichols (1931–2014)
26. The Dead (1987) by John Huston (1906–1987)
25. Lola Montès (1955) by Max Ophüls (1902–1957)
24. Un Flic aka The Cop (1972) by Jean-Pierre Melville (1917–1973)
23. The Sacrifice (1986) by Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986)
22. Gertrud (1964) by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889–1968)
21. Sleuth (1972) by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993)
20. A Passage to India (1984) by David Lean (1908–1991)
19. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) by Sidney Lumet (1924–2011)
18. Street of Shame (1956) by Kenji Mizoguchi (1898–1956)
17. Paprika (2006) by Satoshi Kon (1963–2010)
16. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945) by Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898–1948)
15. The Ascent (1977) by Larisa Shepitko (1938–1979)
14. The Turin Horse (2011) by Béla Tarr (1955- )
13. Three Colours: Red (1994) by Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941–1996)
12. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) by F.W. Murnau (1888–1931)
11. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975)
10. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) by Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999)
9. An Autumn Afternoon (1962) by Yasujirô Ozu (1903–1963)
8. L’argent (1983) by Robert Bresson (1901–1999)
7. F for Fake (1973) by Orson Welles (1915–1985)
6. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) by Luis Buñuel (1900–1983)
5. Le Trou (1960) by Jacques Becker (1906–1960)
4. Fanny and Alexander (1982) by Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007)
3. Come and See (1985) by Elem Klimov (1933–2003)
2. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) by Sergio Leone (1929–1989)
1. Yi Yi (2000) by Edward Yang (1947–2007)

Honourable Mentions:
1. Robert Altman’s A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
2. Jean Renoir’s The Vanishing Corporal (1962)
3. Luchino Visconti’s L’innocente (1976)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Great Action B-Movies Worth Your Time
10. Under Siege (1992)
9. Universal Soldier (1992)
8. Commando (1985)
7. The Running Man (1987)
6. Army of One (also known as Joshua Tree) (1993)
5. Sudden Death (1995)
4. Time Cop (1994)
3. Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
2. Hard Target (1993)
1. Predator (1987)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Dark Indie Movies from 2005 to 2015 Worth Your Time
10. Sun Don’t Shine (2012)
9. Father’s Day (2011)
8. The Den (2013)
7. Mulberry St. (2006)
6. Right At Your Door (2007)
5. The Bunny Game (2010)
4. Silver Bullets (2011)
3. Jug Face (2013)
2. Midnight Son (2011)
1. Expressway To Your Skull (2015)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Hard Sci-fi Movies of All Time
10. The Martian (2015)
9. Interstellar (2014)
8. Gravity (2013)
7. Moon (2009)
6. Man from Earth (2007)
5. Children of Men (2006)
4. Gattaca (1997)
3. Solaris (1972)
2. Marooned (1969)
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Neo-Noir Films of The 2010s (So Far)
10. Blue Ruin (2013)
9. Man From Reno (2014)
8. The Town (2010)
7. Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
6. Victoria (2015)
5. Looper (2012)
4. Drive (2011)
3. Nightcrawler (2014)
2. Glass Chin (2014)
1. Inherent Vice (2014)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Movies Set Among Ruins
1. Germany Year Zero (Rossellini, 1948)
2. Spring in a Small Town (Mu Fei, 1948)
3. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)
4. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)
5. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
6. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (Peter Jackson, 2001-2003)
7. Still Life (Jia Zhangke, 2006)
8. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
9. Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
10. Phoenix (Christian Petzold, 2014)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Most Controversial Movies About Religion
10. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
9. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
8. The Omen (1976)
7. Haxan (1922)
6. The Exorcist (1973)
5. Dogma (1999)
4. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
3. Life of Brian (1979)
2. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
1. The Devils (1971)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best British Films of 2015
15. The Danish Girl
14. Man Up
13. Testament of Youth
12. Life
11. Spectre
10. The Falling
9. The Lobster
8. Brooklyn
7. Macbeth
6. 45 Years
5. Slow West
4. Amy
3. Kingsman: The Secret Service
2. High Rise
1. Ex Machina

Taste of Cinema's 10 Underappreciated French-Language Movies That Deserve Classic Status
10. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
9. Time To Leave (2005)
8. A Monster In Paris (2011)
7. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
6. District 13 (2004)
5. Tom At The Farm (2013)
4. The Painting (2011)
3. Tomboy (2011)
2. Tell No One (2006)
1. In The House (2012)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Action Movies That Revolutionized The Genre
1. The Great Train Robbery
2. Stagecoach
3. Seven Samurai
4. Bullitt
5. Dr No
6. The Wild Bunch
7. Enter the Dragon
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark
9. The Terminator
10. The Killer
11. Die Hard
12. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
13. The Matrix
14. The Dark Knight
15. Mad Max: Fury Road

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Most Visually Stunning European Films of the Last 5 Years
1. Leviathan (2014)
2. Ida (2013)
3. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
4. The Great Beauty (2013)
5. Mustang (2014)
6. Pina (2011)
7. Melancholia (2011)
8. Shame (2011)
9. A Coffee In Berlin / Ah Boy (2012)
10. Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
11. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
12. Elena (2011)
13. Broken (2012)
14. Mood Indigo ?(2013)
15. Son of Saul? (2015)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best Throwback Horror/Sci-fi Films of The Past Decade
1. Slither (2006)
2. The Guest (2014)
3. Crawl (2011)
4. The Devil’s Rock (2011)
5. Pacific Rim (2013)
6. Call of Cthulhu (2005)
7. The Final Girls (2015)
8. Iron Sky (2012)
9. The Hole (2009)
10. La Antena (2007)
11. Chillerama (2011)
12. Amer (2009)
13. It Came from Yesterday (2011)
14. Girl House (2014)
15. The Whisperer in the Dark (2011)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Great Forgotten Films Featuring Award Winning Actors
10. Mickey Rourke-Year of the Dragon
9. Robert Duvall-The Outfit
8. Paul Newman-Harper
7. Kevin Spacey-Margin Call
6. Robert De Niro-Bloody Mama
5. Spencer Tracy-Boys Town
4. Humphrey Bogart-Angels With Dirty Faces
3. Gene Hackman-Night Moves
2. Walter Matthau-Charley Varrick
1. John Travolta-Blow Out

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best Movies of 2006
20. Thank You For Smoking
19. Dreamgirls
18. Half Nelson
17. Borat
16. Brick
15. Inside Man
14. Casino Royale
13. Letters from Iwo Jima
12. Little Miss Sunshine
11. An Inconvenient Truth
10. Notes on a Scandal
9. Babel
8. United 93
7. The Queen
6. Volver
5. The Lives of Others
4. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. The Prestige
2. The Departed
1. Children of Men

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Movies About Capital Punishment
10. The Life Of David Gale (2003)
9. True Crime (1999)
8. Return To Paradise (1998)
7. Dead Man Walking (1995)
6. Let Him Have It (1991)
5. Monster’s Ball (2001)
4. The Green Mile (1999)
3. Death By Hanging (1968)
2. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
1. Paths of Glory (1957)

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best Movies of 2009
20. Moon
19. The Road
18. The Hurt Locker
17. Zombieland
16. Black Dynamite
15. Enter the Void
14. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
13. Hunger
12. The Secret in Their Eyes
11. A Single Man
10. The Messenger
9. A Serious Man
8. Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. Fish Tank
6. District 9
5. Mother
4. Inglourious Basterds
3. Thirst
2. Antichrist
1. The White Ribbon

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Most Visually Stunning Iranian Films
1. Have You Another Apple? (Bayram Fazli, 2006)
2. Unwished (Borzo Niknejad, 2015)
3. I Am Diego Maradona (Bahram Tavakoli, 2015)
4. There Are Things You Don’t Know (Fardin Saheb-Zamani, 2010)
5. A Cube of Sugar (Reza Mirkarimi, 2011)
6. Gabbeh (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)
7. The Queen (Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar, 2013)
8. The Snow on The Pines (Peyman Moaadi, 2012)
9. The Day Goes and The Night Comes (Omid Bonakdar and Keyvan Ali-Mohammadi, 2011)
10. Mourning (Morteza Farshbaf, 2011)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Great Satire Movies on American Life in Decline
1. Wild in The Streets (1968)
2. Joe (1970)
3. Death Race 2000 (1975)
4. Desperate Living (1977)
5. Repo Man (1984)
6. Amazon Women on The Moon (1987)
7. Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
8. Pump Up The Volume (1990)
9. Doom Generation (1995)
10. Citizen Ruth (1996)
11. Mars Attacks! (1996)
12. Starship Troopers (1997)
13. Dogma (1999)
14. Team America: World Police (2004)
15. For Your Consideration (2006)
16. Idiocracy (2006)
17. Choke (2008)
18. God Bless America (2011)
19. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
20. Hits (2014)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Iranian Films of The 21st Century
1. Under the Skin of the City (Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, 2001)
2. Iron Island (Mohammad Rasoulof, 2005)
3. The Willow Tree (Majid Majidi, 2005)
4. Santouri (Dariush Mehrjui, 2007)
5. About Elly (Asghar Farhadi, 2009)
6. Facing Mirrors (Negar Azarbayjani, 2011)
7. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
8. Fish and Cat (Shahram Mokri, 2013)
9. Melbourne (Nima Javidi, 2014)
10. Tales (Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, 2014)

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best Indie Movies of 2015
20. Grandma
19. Queen of Earth
18. The Wolfpack
17. White God
16. Mommy
15. The Salvation
14. Appropriate Behaviour
13. Wild Tales
12. Jauja
11. Trainwreck
10. 45 Years
9. Girlhood
8. Ex Machina
7. Slow West
6. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
5. Amy
4. The Duke of Burgundy
3. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
2. Tangerine
1. It Follows

Taste of Cinema's 20 Under-the-Radar Movies That May Become Future Classics
1. The Borderlands (Elliot Goldner)
2. Bellamy (Claude Chabrol)
3. The Ninth Gate (Roman Polanski)
4. Zelig (Woody Allen)
5. The Lady And The Duke (Eric Rohmer)
6. A Scene By The Sea (Takeshi Kitano)
7. Exhibition (Joanna Hogg)
8. Shirin (Abbas Kiarostami)
9. Story Of My Death (Albert Serra)
10. Valhalla Rising (Nicolas Winding Refn)
11. Confessions Of An Opium Eater (Albert Zugsmith)
12. They Live (John Carpenter)
13. Privilege (Peter Watkins)
14. The Sorcerers (Michael Reeves)
15. Sleeping Sickness (Ulrich Kohler)
16. Chung Kuo China (Michelangelo Antonioni)
17. Psy-Warriors (Alan Clarke)
18. Queimada (Gillo Pontecorvo)
19. From What Is Before (Lav Diaz)
20. The Sun (Alexander Sokurov)

Taste of Cinema's 10 So Bad They’re Good Movies [Not The Room] You Need to See
1. Dangerous Men (2005)
2. The Astrologer (1975)
3. The Apple (1980)
4. The Visitor (1979)
5. Roar (1981)
6. Things (1989)
7. Lady Terminator (1989)
8. Death Spa (1989)
9. Pieces (1982)
10. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Great Tragedies Disguised as Horror Movies
1. Frankenstein (1931)
2. Freaks (1932)
3. Ugetsu (1953)
4. The Innocents (1961)
5. The Last Man On Earth (1964)
6. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
7. The Last House on the Left (1972)
8. Don’t Look Now (1973)
9. The Wicker Man (1973)
10. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
11. The Fly (1986)
12. Pet Sematary (1989)
13. The Orphanage (2007)
14. The Mist (2007)
15. Let the Right One In (2008)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Great 2015 Movies That Won’t Get Nominated For The Academy Awards
10. Slow West (John Maclean, 2015)
9. Mississippi Grind (Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, 2015)
8. Mistress America (Noah Baumbach, 2015)
7. Dope (Rick Famuyiwa, 2015)
6. Goodnight Mommy (Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, 2014)
5. Tangerine (Sean Baker, 2015)
4. Advantageous (Jennifer Phang, 2015)
3. Ex Machina (Alex Garland, 2015)
2. It Follows (David Robert Mitchell, 2014)
1. Que Horas Ela Volta? aka The Second Mother (Anna Muylaert, 2015)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Movies Featuring Evil Children
10. Children of the Corn
9. Sinister
8. Orphan
7. The Bad Seed
6. Village of the Damned
5. Pet Sematary
4. The Grudge (Ju-On)
3. The Omen
2. The Ring (Ringu)
1. The Exorcist

Honorable mentions
Halloween (young Michael Myers)
Toy Story
Dawn of the Dead
Kids
Interview with the Vampire
It’s Alive
Joshua
The Shining (evil twins)
V: The Final Battle

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Chinese-Language Films of 2015
10. SPL 2: A Time for Consequences (Cheang Pou Soi)
9. Monster Hunt (Raman Hui)
8. The Taking of Tiger Mountain (Tsui Hark)
7. Wolf Totem (Jean-Jacques Annaud)
6. The Dead End (Gao Baoping)
5. Go Away Mr. Tumor (Han Yan)
4. Saving Mr. Wu (Ding Sheng)
3. Mr. Six (Guan Hu)
2. Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke)
1. The Assassin (Hou Hsiao Hsen)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Mind-Twisting Movies That Are Worth Your Time
15. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene; 1920)
14. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1979)
13. Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr; 2000)
12. Adaptation (Spike Jonze; 2002)
11. El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky; 1970)
10. The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry; 2004)
9. Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais; 1961)
8. Holy Motors (Leos Carax; 2012)
7. That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Bunuel; 1977)
6. Memento (Christopher Nolan; 2000)
5. Fight Club (David Fincher; 1999)
4. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick; 1980)
3. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick; 1968)
1. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch; 2001)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Movies Featuring Both Live Action and Animation
10. Osmosis Jones (Bobby & Peter Farrelly, 2001)
9. Enchanted (Kevin Lima, 2007)
8. Space Jam (Joe Pytka, 1996)
7. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Edgar Wright, 2010)
6. Heavy Traffic (Ralph Bakshi, 1973)
5. Alice (Jan Svankmajer, 1988)
4. Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, 1964)
3. James and the Giant Peach (Henry Selick, 1996)
2. Pink Floyd – The Wall (Alan Parker, 1982)
1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Robert Zemeckis, 1988)

Taste of Cinema's 25 Cult Fantasy Films That Are Worth Your Time
1. Die Nibelungen (1924)
2. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
3. Loves of Hercules (1960)
4. Atlas (1961)
5. Seven Faces of Dr. Lao (1963)
6. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
7. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
8. The Trip (1967)
9. Barbarella (1968)
10. The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
11. Holy Mountain (1973)
12. Zardoz (1974)
13. The Noah (1975)
14. Wizards (1977)
15. Forbidden Zone (1980)
16. Heavy Metal (1981)
17. Clash of the Titans (1981)
18. Deathstalker (1983)
19. Krull (1983)
20. Barbarian Queen (1985)
21. Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity (1987)
22. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
23. Paperhouse (1988)
24. Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)
25. The Tune (1992)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best Suburban Gothic Films
15. Kill List (2011)
14. Poltergeist (1982)
13. Excision (2012)
12. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
11. Carrie (1976)
10. Heathers (1988)
9. American Beauty (1999)
8. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
7. A History of Violence (2005)
6. Halloween (1978)
5. Donnie Darko (2001)
4. Happiness (1998)
3. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
2. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
1. Blue Velvet (1986)

Honourable Mentions:
Lolita (1962)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
The Stepfather (1987)
The 'Burbs (1988)
Parents (1989)
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
Serial Mom (1994)
Little Children (2006)
The Girl Next Door (2007)
Snowtown (2011)
The Babadook (2014)
It Follows (2015)
Suburban Gothic (2015)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Great Indie Western Movies Worth Your Time
1. El Topo (1970)
2. Dead Man (1995)
3. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
4. The Proposition (2005)
5. The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008)
6. Meek’s Cutoff (2010)
7. Casa de mi Padre (2012)
8. The Salvation (2014)
9. Slow West (2015)
10. Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best Horror Movies of 2015
15. Last Shift
14. Hellion
13. Dark Was The Night
12. Infini
11. Bloodsucking Bastards
10. Suburban Gothic
9. Wolfcop
8. Deathgasm
7. The Voices
6. Cooties
5. The Final Girls
4. The Nightmare
3. We Are Still Here
2. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
1. It Follows

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Most Visually Stunning Horror Movies Ever
20. A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003)
19. The Haunting (1963)
18. Eraserhead (1977)
17. Cat People (1942)
16. Thirst (2009)
15. Don’t Look Now (1973)
14. Kwaidan (1964)
13. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
12. The Others (2001)
11. Antichrist (2009)
10. Goodnight Mommy (2015)
9. The Innocents (1961)
8. It Follows (2015)
7. Nosferatu (1922)
6. The Cell (2000)
5. Suspiria (1977)
4. Let The Right One In (2008)
3. Under The Skin (2013)
2. The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (2005)
1. The Shining (1980)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Pre-Romero Zombie Movies
10. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
9. King of the Zombies (1941)
8. Terror Creatures From the Grave (1965)
7. Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
6. The Ghost Breakers (1940)
5. The Walking Dead (1936)
4. White Zombie (1932)
3. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
2. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
1. I Walked With A Zombie (1943)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Iranian Films of 2015
10. Nahid (Ida Panahandeh)
9. Unwished (Borzo Niknejad)
8. Crazy Castle (Abolhassan Davoodi)
7. Muhammad: The Messenger of God (Majid Majidi)
6. What’s the Time in Your World? (Safi Yazdanian)
5. I am Diego Maradona (Bahram Tavakoli)
4. The Sale (Hossein Shahabi)
3. The Man Who Became A Horse (Amir-Hossein Saghafi)
2. Sky Reaches the Earth (Hossein Rajabian)
1. Taxi Tehran (Jafar Panahi)

Honorable Mension
1- Fish & Cat
2- What's the time in your world?
3-Minor Leap down
4-Parviz
5-Absolute Rest

Taste of Cinema's 15 Great Movies That Are Physically and Emotionally Demanding
15. Baise-moi (2000)
14. Amour (2012)
13. Shame (2011)
12. Antichrist (2009)
11. Skammen aka Shame (1968)
10. Man Bites Dog (1992)
9. Trouble Every Day (2001)
8. Under The Skin (2013)
7. The Turin Horse (2011)
6. Possession (1981)
5. Irreversible (2002)
4. Bad Lieutenant (1992)
3. Calvaire (2004)
2. The Tribe (2014)
1. Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Most Visually Stunning East Asian Movies of All Time
1. In the Mood for Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai)
2. Dolls (2002, Takeshi Kitano)
3. Three Times (2005, Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
4. Harakiri (1962, Masaki Kobayashi)
5. Ugetsu monogatari (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi)
6. Branded to Kill (1967, Seijun Suzuki)
7. Raise the Red Lantern (1991, Zhang Yimou)
8. A Bittersweet Life (2005, Kim Jee-woon)
9. Woman in the Dunes (1964, Hiroshi Teshigahara)
10. Goyokin (1969, Hideo Gosha)
11. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring (2003, Kim Ki-duk)
12. Dreams (1990, Akira Kurosawa)
13. A Touch of Zen (1971, King Hu)
14. Oldboy (2003, Park Chan-wook)
15. Charisma (1999, Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Dark and Thought Provoking Japanese Animated Films Worth Your Time
. Ghost in the Shell
2. Evangelion
3. Psycho-Pass
4. Serial Experiments: Lain
5. Steins;Gate
6. Princess Mononoke
7. Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuioku-hen
8. Shinsekai Yori
9. Baccano!
10. The Running Man

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best European Films of 2015
1. The Lobster (Greece) – Yorgos Lanthimos
2. Youth (Italy) – Paolo Sorrentino
3. Son of Saul (Hungary) – Laszlo Nemes
4. Victoria (Germany) – Sebastian Schipper
5. Mustang (Turkey) – Denis Gamze Erguven
6. Love (France) – Gaspar Noe
7. Rams (Iceland) – Grimur Hakonarson
8. 45 Years (Great Britain) – Andrew Haigh
9. Room (Ireland) – Lenny Abrahamson
10. Aferim! (Romania) – Radu Jude
11. My Skinny Sister (Sweden) – Sanna Lenken
12. Body (Poland) – Malgoszata Szumowska
13. Ma Ma (Spain) – Julio Medem
14. The High Sun (Croatia) – Dalibor Matanic
15. The Wave (Norway) – Roar Uthaug

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Blaxploitation Films of All Time
10. Blacula (William Crain, 1972)
9. Live and Let Die (Guy Hamilton, 1973)
8. Super Fly (Gordon Parks Jr., 1972)
7. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
6. Black Belt Jones (Robert Clouse, 1974)
5. Across 110th Street (Barry Shear, 1972)
4. Cooley High (Michael Schultz, 1975)
3. The Mack (Michael Campus, 1973)
2. Foxy Brown (Jack Hill, 1974)
1. Shaft (Gordon Parks, 1971)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Australian Films of The 21st Century
1. Chopper (2000, Andrew Dominik)
2. Wolf Creek (2005, Greg Mclean)
3. The Proposition (2005, John Hillcoat)
4. The Black Balloon (2008, Elissa Down)
5. Beautiful Kate (2009, Rachel Ward)
6. Samson and Delilah (2009, Warwick Thornton)
7. Animal Kingdom (2010, David Michod)
8. Predestination (2014, Spierig brothers)
9. The Babadook (2014, Jennifer Kent)
10. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, George Miller)

Taste of Cinema's 25 Great 70s Cult Movies You Might Not Have Seen
1. Multiple Maniacs (1970)
2. Duck, You Sucker AKA A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
3. Red Sun (1971)
4. Pink Angels (1972)
5. Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
6. The Italian Connection AKA Hired to Kill (1972)
7. The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
8. The Baby (1973)
9. The Candy Snatchers (1973)
10. Phase IV (1974)
11. Flesh Gordon (1974)
12. The Arena (1974)
13. Big Bad Mama (1974)
14. The Streetfighter (1974)
15. Cockfighter (1974)
16. Black Belt Jones (1974)
17. House of Whipcord (1974)
18. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
19. Coonskin (1975)
20. Lisztomania (1975)
21. The Man from Hong Kong AKA Dragon Flies (1975)
22. Fight for Your Life (1977)
23. Fingers (1978)
24. Disco Godfather (1979)
25. Over the Edge (1979)

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best Taiwanese Movies of All Time
1. Dragon Inn (King Hu, 1967)
2. A Touch of Zen (King Hu, 1971)
3. A Time to Live, a Time to Die (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1985)
4. Taipei Story (Edward Yang, 1985)
5. The Terrorizers (Edward Yang, 1986)
6. A City of Sadness (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1989)
7. A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, 1991)
8. Rebels of the Neon God (Tsai Ming Liang, 1992)
9. The Puppetmaster (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1993)
10. A Confucian Confusion (Edward Yang, 1994)
11. The Hole (Tsai Ming Liang, 1998)
12. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
13. Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000)
14. Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2001)
15. Good Bye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming Liang, 2003)
16. Cape No. 7 (Te Sheng Wei, 2008)
17. You Are the Apple of My Eye (Giddens Ko, 2011)
18. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Te Sheng Wei, 2011)
19. Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming Liang, 2013)
20. Kano (Chi Hsiang Ma, 2014)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best British Horror Films of the Past Decade
15. Mum & Dad (2008)
14. Attack the Block (2011)
13. A Lonely Place to Die (2011)
12. Stitches (2012)
11. Doomsday (2008)
10. Triangle (2009)
9. Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
8. The Awakening (2011)
7. Eden Lake (2008)
6. Sightseers (2012)
5. Black Death (2010)
4. Under the Skin (2013)
3. Woman in Black (2012)
2. The Descent (2005)
1. Kill List (2011)

Taste of Cinema's 25 Cult Cop Movies That Are Worth Your Time
1. Big Store (1941)
2. Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
3. Female Jungle (1956)
4. World of the Depraved AKA Mundo Depravados (1967)
5. Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
6. Across 110th Street (1972)
7. Gore Gore Girls (1972)
8. High Crimes AKA La polizia incrimina la legge assolve (1973)
9. The Offence (1973)
10. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
11. Man on the Roof (1976)
12. God Told Me To (1976)
13. Mad Max (1979)
14. Cruising (1980)
15. Bad Timing (1980)
16. City on Fire AKA Lung foo fong wan (1987)
17. Angel Heart (1987)
18. The Hidden (1988)
19. Dead Heat (1988)
20. Maniac Cop (1988)
21. Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D (1990)
22. Hard Boiled (1992)
23. Bad Lieutenant (1992)
24. Insomnia (1997)
25. Infernal Affairs (2002)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Great Philosophical Movies That Question Reality
10. Mr. Nobody
9. Picnic at Hanging Rock
8. Inception
7. Pi
6. 8 ½
5. Solaris
4. Persona
3. Synecdoche, New York
2. Barton Fink
1. The Matrix

Taste of Cinema's 25 Cult Occult Movies That Are Worth Your Time
1. Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
2. The Undead (1957)
3. Curse of the Demon AKA Night of the Demon (1957)
4. Black Sunday (1960)
5. Manos, The Hands of Fate (1966)
6. The Witches (1966)
7. Something Weird (1967)
8. The Conqueror Worm AKA Witchfinder General (1968)
9. The Devil Rides Out AKA The Devil’s Bride (1968)
10. The Dunwich Horror (1970)
11. Equinox (1970)
12. The Devils (1971)
13. Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)
14. Psychomania AKA The Death Wheelers (1973)
15. Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1973)
16. Race With the Devil (1975)
17. The Devil’s Rain (1975)
18. Satan’s Cheerleaders (1977)
19. Demons (1985)
20. The Prince of Darkness (1987)
21. Blood Diner (1987)
22. Believers (1987)
23. Night of the Demons (1988)
24. Witchery AKA Witchcraft (1988)
25. Black Devil Doll (2007)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Great Movies Featuring Minimalist Storytelling
1. Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, 1984)
2. For Ellen (So Yong Kim, 2012)
3. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)
4. 25 Watts (Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, 2001)
5. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, 2012)
6. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)
7. Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman, 1963)
8. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (Michael Haneke, 1994)
9. Once (John Carney, 2007)
10. Mutum (Sandra Kogut, 2007)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best South Korean Films of 2015
10. The Beauty Inside (Baik)
9. Collective Invention (Kwon Oh Kwang)
8. Shoot Me in the Heart (Mun Che Yong)
7. Assassination (Choi Dong Hoon)
6. Coin Locker Girl (Han Ju Hee)
5. Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong Sang Soo)
4. The Throne (Lee Joon Ik)
3. Madonna (Shin Su Won)
2. Veteran (Ryoo Seung Wan)
1. Ode to My Father (JK Youn)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Best Japanese Cult Films of All Time
1. Gate of Flesh (Seijun Suzuki, 1964)
2. The Embryo Hunts in Secret (Koji Wakamatsu, 1966)
3. Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki, 1967)
4. Kuroneko (Kaneto Shindo, 1968)
5. Funeral Parade of Roses (Toshio Matsumoto, 1969)
6. Horrors of Malformed Men (Teruo Ishii, 1969)
7. Blind Woman’s Curse (Teruo Ishii, 1970)
8. Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1970)
9. Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Shuji Terayama, 1971)
10. Ecstasy of the Angels (Koji Wakamatsu, 1972)
11. Hiroshima Death Match (Kinji Fukasaku, 1973)
12. Lady Snowblood (Toshiya Fujita, 1973)
13. Sex and Fury (Norifumi Suzuki, 1973)
14. House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)
15. Star of David: Beauty Hunting (Norifumi Suzuki, 1979)
16. Hunter in the Dark (Hideo Gosha, 1979)
17. Burst City (Sogo Ishii, 1982)
18. Tetsuo trilogy (Shinya Tsukamoto 1989, 1992, 2009)
19. Violent Cop (Takeshi Kitano, 1989)
20. Full Metal Yakuza (Takashi Miike, 1997)
21. Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
22. Monday (Sabu, 2000)
23. Party 7 (Katsuhito Ishii, 2000)
24. Ichi the Killer (Takashi Miike, 2001)
25. Visitor Q (Takashi Miike, 2001)
26. Suicide Club (Sion Sono, 2002)
27. A Snake of June (Shinya Tsukamoto, 2002)
28. Flower and Snake (Takashi Ishii, 2004)
29. Pussy Soup (Minoru Kawasaki, 2008)
30. Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl (Yoshihiro Nishimura, 2009)

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best Movies Based On Fairy Tales
20. Ever After (1998)
19. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
18. Pinocchio (1940)
17. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
16. The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013)
15. The Tale of the Fox (1930)
14. The Princess Bride (1987)
13. The Snow Queen (1957)
12. Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
11. Donkey Skin (1970)
10. Son of the White Mare (1981)
9. The Little Mermaid (1989)
8. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
7. Valerie and her Week of Wonders (1970)
6. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
5. Alice (1988)
4. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
3. The Red Shoes (1948)
2. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Forgotten Sci-Fi Movies from the 1980s Worth Your Time
10. Virus (1980)
9. Chopping Mall (1986)
8. Enemy Mine (1985)
7. Explorers (1985)
6. Bad Taste (1987)
5. The Quiet Earth (1985)
4. The Final Countdown (1980)
3. Miracle Mile (1988)
2. Alien Nation (1988)
1. Outland (1981)

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best Outback Gothic Films
20. Black Water (2007)
19. Lake Mungo (2008)
18. Wolf Creek (2005)
17. The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
16. Van Diemen’s Land (2009)
15. The Loved Ones (2009)
14. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
13. Razorback (1984)
12. Ten Canoes (2006)
11. The Proposition (2005)
10. The Hunter (2011)
9. Long Weekend (1978)
8. Snowtown (2011)
7. Shame (1988)
6. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
5. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
4. Walkabout (1971)
3. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2. Wake in Fright (1971)
1. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Honourable Mentions:
Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
The Last Wave (1977)
Mad Max (1979)
My Brilliant Career (1979)
Road Games (1981)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Japanese Story (2003)
Jindabyne (2006)
Rouge (2007)
Beautiful Kate (2009)
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Sampson and Delilah (2009)
Tracks (2013)
The Rover (2014)
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)

Taste of Cinema's 25 Cult Nazi Movies That Are Worth Your Time
1. Triumph of the Will AKA Triumph des Willens (1935)
2. Invisible Agent (1942)
3. Der Verlorene (1951)
4. Frozen Dead (1967)
5. Five for Hell AKA Pyatero iz Ada (1969)
6. The Damned (1969)
7. Love Camp 7 (1969)
8. Night Porter (1974)
9. Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975)
10. Salon Kitty (1976)
11. SS Experiment Camp AKA SS Experiment Love Camp (1976)
12. Beast in Heat AKA SS Hell Camp (1977)
13. Shock Waves (1977)
14. Helga la louve de Stilberg AKA Bloody Camp (1978)
15. Nathalie: Escape from Hell (1978)
16. Inglorious Bastards (1978)
17. Death Ship (1980)
18. Zombie Lake (1981)
19. Oasis of the Zombies (1982)
20. The Keep (1983)
21. Top Secret! (1984)
22. Surf Nazis Must Die! (1987)
23. Elves (1989)
24. Gitler Kaput! AKA Hitler Goes Kaput (2008)
25. Dead Snow (2009)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Most Visually Stunning Sci-fi Movies of All Time
15. Gattaca
14. Under the Skin
13. Wall-E
12. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
11. Dark City
10. Sunshine
9. Her
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. Gravity
6. Children of Men
5. Solaris
4. Metropolis
3. Stalker
2. Blade Runner
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey

Taste of Cinema's The 25 Best French Romantic Films of All Time
1. L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
2. Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau, 1946)
3. Casque d’Or (Jacques Becker, 1952)
4. The Earrings of Madame de…. (Max Ophuls, 1953)
5. Hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais, 1959)
6. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
7. Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961)
8. Jules and Jim (Francois Truffaut, 1962)
9. Bay of Angels (Jacques Demy, 1963)
10. A Man and a Woman (Claude Lelouch, 1966)
11. Claire’s Knee (Eric Rohmer, 1970)
12. The Mother and the Whore (Jean Eustache, 1973)
13. Tess (Roman Polanski, 1979)
14. A nos amours (Maurice Pialat, 1983)
15. Mauvais Sang (Leos Carax, 1986)
16. Monsieur Hire (Patrice Leconte, 1989)
17. The Hairdresser’s Husband (Patrice Leconte, 1990)
18. The Lovers on the Bridge (Leos Carax, 1991)
19. Bitter Moon (Roman Polanski, 1992)
20. A Heart in Winter (Claude Sautet, 1992)
21. Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993)
22. Wild Reeds (Andre Techine, 1994)
23. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
24. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)
25. Rust and Bone (Jacques Audiard, 2012)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best Directorial Debuts of The 21st Century
15. George Washington (2000)
14. House of Sand and Fog (2003)
13. Primer (2004)
12. 13 Tzameti (2005)
11. Man Push Cart (2005)
10. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
9. The Lives of Others (2006)
8. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
7. District 9 (2009)
6. Moon (2009)
5. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
4. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
3. The Babadook (2014)
2. Nightcrawler (2014)
1. EX Machina (2015)

Honorable Mentions
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005 – Tommy Lee Jones)
Fateless (2005 – Lajos Koltai)
A Single Man (2009 – Tom Ford)
The Whistleblower (2010 – Larysa Kondracki)
Waar (2013 – Hassan Rana)
The Day I Became a Woman (2000 – Marzieh Meshkini)
Poetical Refugee – (2000 – Abdellatif Kechiche)
Monster (2002 – Vadim Perelman)
Maria Full of Grace (2004 – Joshua Marston)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011 – Angelina Jolie)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Legendary Movies That Initiated Important Film Movements
1. The 400 Blows
2. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
3. Aguirre, Wrath of God
4. Festen (The Celebration)
5. Boat People
6. Rome, Open City
7. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
8. Rome ‘78
9. The Hour of the Furnaces
10. Bonnie and Clyde

Taste of Cinema's 10 Lesser-Known Samurai Movies Worth Your Time
1. A Diary of Chuji’s Travels (1927, Daisuke Ito)
2. 47 Ronin (1941, Kenji Mizoguchi)
3. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945, Akira Kurosawa)
4. Vendetta of a Samurai (1952, Kazuo Mori)
5. Daibosatsu Toge (1960, Kenji Misumi) AKA Satan's Sword
6. Musashi Miyamoto series (1-5) (1961-71, Tomu Uchida)
7. 47 Samurai (1962, Hiroshi Inagaki) AKA Chushingura
8. Sword of the Beast (1965, Hideo Gosha)
9. Samurai Rebellion (1967, Masaki Kobayashi)
10. Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970, Kihachi Okamoto)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Dark Romantic Films That Are Worth Your Time
1. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
2. Wild at Heart (1990)
3. The Favour, The Watch and The Very Big Fish (1991)
4. Dracula (1992)
5. Love and A .45 (1994)
6. Sweethearts (1997)
7. Your Friends and Neighbors (1998)
8. B. Monkey (1998)
9. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
10. Cruel Intentions (1999)
11. Piano Teacher (2001)
12. One Night at Mccool’s (2001)
13. The Rules of Attraction (2002)
14. Seeing Other People (2004)
15. Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006)
16. Downloading Nancy (2008)
17. Mr. Nobody (2009)
18. Lucky (2011)
19. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
20. Hard Drive (2014)

Taste of Cinema's 25 New Hollywood Era Films That Projected the Hopes and Fears of the Times
1. The Graduate (1967) – Mike Nichols
2. David Holzman’s Diary (1967) – Jim McBride
3. Night of the Living Dead (1968) – George A. Romero
4. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) – Roman Polanski
5. Faces (1968) – John Cassavetes
6. The Wild Bunch (1969) – Sam Peckinpah
7. Little Big Man (1970) – Arthur Penn
8. Wanda (1970) – Barbara Loden
9. Gimme Shelter (1970) – Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
10. M*A*S*H (1970)
11. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971) – Melvin Van Peebles
12. Deliverance (1972) – John Boorman
13. Mean Streets (1973) – Martin Scorsese
14. Scarecrow (1973) – Jerry Schatzberg
15. The Exorcist (1973) – William Friedkin
16. Hearts and Minds (1974) – Peter Davis
17. Lenny (1974) – Bob Fosse
18. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – Tobe Hooper
19. Death Wish (1974) – Michael Winner
20. Jaws (1975) – Steven Spielberg
21. Nashville (1975) – Robert Altman
22. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) – Sidney Lumet
23. Taxi Driver (1976) – Martin Scorsese
24. Sorcerer (1977) – William Friedkin
25. Apocalypse Now (1979) – Francis Ford Coppola

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best Movies Made By Directors Over The Age of 75
15. “A Fish Called Wanda” by Charles Crichton (78 years old)
14. “The Strange Case of Angelica” by Manoel De Oliveira (102 years old)
13. “Family Plot” by Alfred Hitchcock (77 years old)
12. “The Martian” by Ridley Scott (78 years old)
11. “Gran Torino” by Clint Eastwood (79 years old)
10. “Carnage” by Roman Polanski (78 years old)
9. “The Dead” by John Huston (81 years old)
8. “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” by Sidney Lumet (83 years old)
7. “Gosford Park” by Robert Altman (76 years old)
6. “Saraband” by Ingmar Bergman (85 years old)
5. “Venus in Fur” by Roman Polanski (81 years old)
4. “Midnight in Paris” by Woody Allen (76 years old)
3. “L’Argent” by Robert Bresson (82 years old)
2. “That Obscure Object of Desire” by Luis Bunuel (77 years old)
1. “Ran” by Akira Kurosawa (75 years old)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Best Movies That Take Place Within 24 Hours
1. 12 Angry Men (1957)
2. Rashomon (1950)
3. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
4. Run Lola Run (1998)
5. ‘Before’ Trilogy (Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (2013)
6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
7. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
8. Irréversible (2002)
9. Funny Games (1997)
10. Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
11. Rope (1948)
12. Nine Queens (2000)
13. Do The Right Thing (1989)
14. After Hours (1985)
15. Clerks (1994)
16. The Celebration (1998)
17. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (2007)
18. Magnolia (1999)
19. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
20. A Single Man (2009)
21. Die Hard (1988)
22. High Noon (1952)
23. Oslo, August 31st (2011)
24. Glengarry Glenn Ross (1992)
25. Groundhog Day (1993)
26. Fruitvale Station (2013)
27. La Haine (1995)
28. Alien (1979)
29. Cléo From 5 to 7 (1962)
30. American Graffiti (1973)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Spanish Films of the 21st Century
1. Mondays in the Sun (Los Lunes Al Sol, Fernando León de Aranoa, 2002)
2. Pellet (El Bola, Achero Mañas, 2000)
3. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno, Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
4. My Life Without Me (Mi Vida Sin Mi, Isabel Coixet, 2003)
5. The Others (Los Otros, Alejandro Amenábar, 2001)
6. Flowers (Loreak, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga, 2014)
7. To Return (Volver, Pedro Almodóvar, 2006)
8. Marshland (La Isla Mínima, Alberto Rodríguez, 2014)
9. Cell 211 (Celda 211, Daniel Monzón, 2009)
10. Common Wealth (La Comunidad, Álex De La Iglesia, 2000)

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best Japanese Animated Movies of All Time
1. Taro the Dragon Boy (Kirio Urayama, 1979)
2. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyzaki, 1984)
3. Vampire Hunter D (Toyoo Ashida, 1985)
4. Wings of Honneamise (Hiroyuki Yamaga, 1987)
5. Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988)
6. Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, 1988)
7. Kiki’s Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, 1989)
8. Ninja Scroll (Yoshiaki Kawajiri, 1993)
9. Patlabor 2: The Movie (Mamoru Oshii, 1993)
10. Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1995)
11. Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997)
12. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
13. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Hiroyuki Okiura, 1999)
14. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
15. The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Shinkai Makoto, 2004)
16. Mind Game (Masaaki Yuasa, Kôji Morimoto, 2004)
17. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Mamoru Hosoda, 2006)
18. Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006)
19. 5 Centimeters Per Second (Makoto Shinkai, 2007)
20. Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda, 2009)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Japanese Films of 2015
10. Assassination Classroom (Eichiro Hasumi)
9. An (Naomi Kawase)
8. Miss Hokusai (Keiichi Hara)
7. Journey to the Shore (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
6. The Boy and the Beast (Mamoru Hosoda)
5. Makeroom (Kei Morikawa)
4. Parasyte (Takeshi Yamazaki)
3. The Whispering Star (Sion Sono)
2. Little Forest (Junichi Mori)
1. Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Koreeda)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Non-Holiday Themed Movies Featuring Snow Or Winter
1. A Simple Plan
2. Fargo
3. The Shining
4. Snowpiercer
5. Misery
6. Groundhog Day
7. The Thing
8. Alive
9. Die Hard II
10. The Gold Rush

Taste of Cinema's 20 Great Movies With Very Little Dialogue
20. Los Muertos (2004)
19. Badlands (1973)
18. Alice (1988)
17. The Bear (1988)
16. All is Lost (2013)
15. Elephant (2003)
14. WALL•E (2008)
13. Playtime (1967)
12. Solaris (1972)
11. There Will Be Blood (2007)
10. Eraserhead (1977)
9. Walkabout (1971)
8. Corn Island (2014)
7. A Man Escaped (1956)
6. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
5. The Driver (1978)
4. Under the Skin (2013)
3. The Silence (1963)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
1. Le Samuraï (1967)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Great Movies Where Protagonist Gets Used For Evil Reasons
1. Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964)
2. The Addiction (Abel Ferrara, 1995)
3. The Servant (Joseph Losey, 1963)
4. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)
5. Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju, 1960)
6. The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988)
7. Martyrs (Pascal Laguier, 2008)
8. Oldboy (Park Chan Wook, 2006)
9. Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997)
10. A Snake of June (Shinya Tsukamoto, 2002)
11. The Terrorist (Santosh Sivan, 1997)
12. Blind Beast (Yasuzo Masumura, 1969)
13. Sion Sono’s Hate Trilogy: Love Exposure (2008), Cold Fish (2010), Guilty of Romance (2011)
14. A Serbian Film (Srban Spasojevic, 2010)
15. Strange Circus (Sion Sono, 2005)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best South Korean Revenge Movies
10. Bad Guy
9. The Yellow Sea
8. Secret Sunshine
7. A Bittersweet Life
6. Bedevilled
5. Pieta
4. The Man From Nowhere
3. Mother
2. I Saw The Devil
1. Park Chan-Wook’s Trilogy

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best Shaw Brothers Martial Arts Movies
1. Come Drink with Me (1966)
2. Golden Swallow 1968
3. The Boxer from Shantung 1972
4. Flying Guillotine 1974
5. Executioners from Shaolin 1977
6. Five Deadly Venoms 1978
7. Deadly Mantis AKA Shaolin Mantis 1978
8. Shaolin Challenges Ninja AKA Heroes of the East 1978
9. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin AKA Shaolin Master Killer 1978
10. Dirty Ho 1979
11. Return to the 36th Chamber AKA Return of the Master Killer 1980
12. Crippled Avengers AKA Return of the Five Deadly Venoms 1978
13. Fist of the White Lotus aka Clan of the White Lotus 1980
14. Legendary Weapons of China 1982
15. Five Element Ninjas AKA Chinese Super Ninjas 1982
16. House of Traps 1982
17. Demon of the Lute 1983
18. Eight Diagram Pole Fighter 1984
19. Master Strikes Back 1984
20. Return of the Bastard Swordsman 1984

Taste of Cinema's 15 Great Mockumentaries That Are Worth Your Time
15. Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
14. I’m Still Here (2010)
13. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
12. Forgotten Silver (1995)
11. Bob Roberts (1992)
10. Fear of a Black Hat (1993)
9. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
8. Kenny (2006)
7. Waiting for Guffman (1997)
6. What We Do In The Shadows (2014)
5. Best In Show (2000)
4. Man Bites Dog (1992)
3. A Necessary Death (2008)
2. Zelig (1983)
1. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Genre-Bending East Asian Movies That Are Worth Your Time
1. Save the Green Planet! (Joon-Hwan Jang, 2003)
2. The Good, The Bad, The Weird (Jee-woon Kim, 2008)
3. The Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike, 2001)
4. A Chinese Ghost Story (Siu-Tung Ching, 1987)
5. All about Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai, 2001)
6. Daisy (Wai-Keung Lau, 2006)
7. Love Exposure (Sion Sono, 2008)
8. Hausu (Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, 1977)
9. Welcome to Dongmakgol (Kwang-Hyun Park, 2005)
10. Memories of Matsuko (Tetsuya Nakashima, 2006)
11. Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano, 1993)
12. Aa Bakudan (Kihachi Okamoto, 1964)
13. Death by Hanging (Nagisha Ôshima, 1968)
14. Nowhere to Hide (Myung-se Lee, 1999)
15. My Left Eye Sees Ghosts ( Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai, 2002)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best Movies Based on TV Shows
1. Twilight Zone: The Movie
2. The Fugitive
3. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
4. Serenity
5. Wayne’s World
6. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
7. The Addams Family Values
8. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
9. In the Loop
10. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
11. Traffic
12. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
13. Pennies From Heaven
14. Head
15. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Taste of Cinema's 14 Famous Horror Movies You Might Not Know Were Based On True Events
14. Borderland (2007)
13. The Girl Next Door (2007)
12. The Conjuring (2013)
11. The Strangers (2008)
10. Wolf Creek (2005)
9. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
8. Them (2006)
7. Eaten Alive (1977)
6. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
5. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
4. The Amityville Horror (1979)
3. Jaws (1975)
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
1. The Exorcist (1973)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Films Banned by the Legion of Decency That Are Worth Your Time
1. Last Tango in Paris (Bertolucci, 1972)
2. Pink Flamingos (Waters, 1972)
3. Spartacus (Kubrick, 1960)
4. The Exorcist (Friedkin, 1973)
5. Jules and Jim (Truffaut, 1962)
6. Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1975)
7. 8 ½ (Fellini, 1963)
8. Blowup (Antonioni, 1966)
9. The Wicker Man (Hardy, 1973)
10. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone, 1967)
11. M (Lang, 1931)
12. Breathless (Godard, 1960)
13. Rosemary’s Baby (Polanski, 1968)
14. Rififi (Dassin, 1955)
15. Viridiana (Buñuel, 1961)
16. And God Created Woman (Vadim, 1956)
17. Psycho (Hitchcock,1960)
18. I Am Curious (Yellow) (Sjöman, 1967)
19. A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, 1971)
20. Los Olvidados (Buñuel, 1950)

Taste of Cinema's 30 Influential Movies Every Film Fan Should See
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Stanley Kubrick. (1968, USA)
2. 8 ½, by Federico Fellini. (Otto E Mezzo, 1963, Italy, France)
3. Andrei Rublev, by Andrei Tarkovsky. (Andrey Rublyov, 1966, Soviet Union)
4. L’Avventura, by Michelangelo Antonioni. (1960, Italy)
5. Battleship Potemkin, by Sergei Eisenstein. (Bronenosets Patyomkin, 1925, Soviet Union)
6. The Birth Of A Nation, by D. W. Griffith. (1915, USA)
7. Breathless, by Jean-Luc Godard. (À Bout De Souffle, 1960, France)
8. Un Chien Andalou, by Luis Buñuel. (1929, France)
9. Citizen Kane, by Orson Welles. (1941, USA)
10. Days Of Heaven, by Terrence Malick. (1978, USA)
11. Diary Of A Country Priest, by Robert Bresson. (Journal D’Un Cure De Campagne, 1951, France)
12. Fireworks, by Kenneth Anger. (1947, USA)
13. The Godfather, Part II; by Francis Ford Coppola. (1974, USA)
14. Goodfellas, by Martin Scorsese. (1990, USA)
15. Journey To Italy, by Roberto Rossellini. (Viaggio In Italia, 1954, Italy)
16. The Kid, by Charlie Chaplin. (1921, USA)
17. Nosferatu, by F. W. Murnau. (Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens, 1922, Weimar Republic)
18. Paisan, by Roberto Rossellini. (Paisà, 1946, Italy)
19. Olympia, by Leni Riefenstahl. (1938, Germany)
20. The Passion Of Joan Of Arc, by Carl Theodor Dreyer. (La Passion De Jeanne D’Arc, 1928, France)
21. Persona, by Ingmar Bergman. (1966, Sweden)
22. Psycho, by Alfred Hitchcock. (1960, USA)
23. Rashomon, by Akira Kurosawa. (1950, Japan)
24. Sátántangó, by Béla Tarr. (1994, Hungary)
25. Seven Samurai, by Akira Kurosawa. (Shichinin No Samurai, 1954, Japan)
26. Workers Leaving The Lumière Factory In Lyon, by Louis Lumière. (La Sortie De L’Usine Lumière À Lyon, 1895, France)
27. Stagecoach, by John Ford. (1939, USA)
28. Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans, by F. W. Murnau. (1927, USA)
29. Tokyo Story, by Yasujiro Ozu. (Tokyo Monogatari, 1953, Japan)
30. A Trip To The Moon, by Georges Méliès. (Le Voyage Dans La Lune, 1902, France)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Modern Ambient Films
1. Slacker (1991, Richard Linklater)
2. Wittgenstein (1993, Derek Jarman)
3. Taste Of Cherry (1997, Abbas Kiorastami)
4. Gerry (2002, Gus Van Sant)
5. Twentynine Palms (2003, Bruno Dumont)
6. Trash Humpers (2009, Harmony Korine)
7. Limits Of Control (2009, Jim Jarmusch)
8. Police, Adjective (2009, Corneliu Porumboiu)
9. The Turin Horse (2011, Bela Tarr)
10. The Master (2012, Paul Thomas Anderson)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Best Hong Kong Movies of All Time
1. One-Armed Swordsman (Cheng Chang, 1967)
2. The Arch (Tang Shu Shuen, 1968)
3. Fist of Fury (Wei Lo, 1972)
4. Master of the Flying Guillotine (Jimmy Wang, 1976)
5. Drunken Master (Woo Ping Yuen, 1978)
6. Heroes of the East (Lau Kar Leung, 1978)
7. The Prodigal Son (Sammo Hung, 1981)
8. Boat People (Ann Hui, 1982)
9. Project A (Jackie Chan, 1983)
10. The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (Lau Kar Leung, 1984)
11. A Better Tomorrow (John Woo, 1986)
12. Police Story 2 (Jackie Chan, 1988)
13. The Killer (John Woo, 1989)
14. Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar Wai, 1990)
15. Once Upon a Time in China (Tsui Hark, 1991)
16. Center Stage (Stanley Kwan, 1991)
17. Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992)
18. Chungking Express (Wong Kar Wai, 1994)
19. Endless Love (Derek Yee, 1994)
20. Fist of Legend (Gordon Chan, 1994)
21. A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora’s Box (Jeffrey Lau, 1995)
22. Comrades: Almost a Love Story (Peter Chan, 1996)
23. Made in Hong Kong (Fruit Chan, 1997)
24. The Mission (Johnnie To, 1999)
25. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai, 2000)
26. Infernal Affairs (Wai Keung Lau, 2002)
27. 2046 (Wong Kar Wai, 2004)
28. Kung Fu Hustle (Stephen Chow, 2004)
29. Election (Johnnie To, 2005)
30. Ip Man (Wilson Yip, 2008)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Great Horror Movies That Play on Gendered Fears
1. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)
2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
3. Psycho (1960)
4. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
5. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
6. Black Christmas (1974)
7. Carrie (1976)
8. Alien (1979)
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
10. High Tension (2003)
11. The Descent (2005)
12. Antichrist (2009)
13. Under The Skin (2013)
14. The Babadook (2014)
15. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Best Romantic Movies of All Time
1. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931)
2. L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
3. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
4. Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953)
5. The Earrings of Madame De…. (Max Ophuls, 1953)
6. All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk, 1955)
7. Pyaasa (Guru Dutt, 1955)
8. Hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais, 1959)
9. Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961)
10. La Notte (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961)
11. Gertrud (Carl Theoder Dreyer, 1964)
12. A Man and a Woman (Claude Lelouch, 1966)
13. Eros Plus Massacre (Yoshishige Yoshida, 1969)
14. Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1970)
15. Death in Venice (Luchino Visconti, 1971)
16. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974)
17. In the Realm of the Senses (Nagisa Oshima, 1976)
18. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
19. Monsieur Hire (Patrice Leconte, 1989)
20. A Short Film About Love (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1989)
21. The Lovers on the Bridge (Leos Carax, 1991)
22. Bitter Moon (Roman Polanski, 1992)
23. A Heart in Winter (Claude Sautet, 1992)
24. Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)
25. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
26. Fucking Amal (Lukas Moodysson, 1998)
27. The Road Home (Zhang Yimou, 1999)
28. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
29. Birth (Jonathan Glazer, 2004)
30. Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Indie Horror Movies of The Last 5 Years
1. Frankenstein’s Army (2013, Richard Raaphorst)
2. The Sacrament (2013, Ti West)
3. Snowtown (2011, Justin Kurzel)
4. Kill List (2011, Ben Wheatley)
5. Spring (2014, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead)
6. The Babadook (2014, Jennifer Kent)
7. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014, Ana Lily Amirpour)
8. We Are Still Here (2015, Ted Geoghegan)
9. The Innkeepers (2012, Ti West)
10. Resolution (2013, Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Classic Horror Films That Shape Spain’s Suppressed Reality
1. Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (La Torre de los Siete Jorobados, Edgar Neville, 1944)
2. The Awful Dr. Orloff (Gritos en la Noche, Jesús Franco, 1962)
3. The Diabolical Dr. Z (Miss Muerte, Jesús Franco, 1965)
4. Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror (La Marca del Hombre Lobo, Enrique Eguiluz, 1968)
5. The Werewolf versus the Vampire Woman (La Noche de Walpurgis, León Klimovsky, 1971)
6. Cannibal Man (La Semana del Asesino, Eloy de la Iglesia, 1972)
7. Return of the Evil Dead (El Ataque de los Muertos Sin Ojos, Amando de Ossorio, 1973)
8. The Ghost Galleon (El Buque Maldito, Amando de Ossorio, 1974)
9. The Legend of Blood Castle (Ceremonia Sangrienta, Jorge Grau, 1973)
10. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (No Profanar el Sueño de los Muertos, Jorge Grau, 1974)
11. It Happened At Nightmare Inn (Una Vela Para El Diablo, Eugenio Martín, 1973)
12. Trip to Beyond (Viaje al Más Allá, Sebastián D’Arbó, 1980)
13. Pieces (Mil Gritos Tiene La Noche, Juan Piquer Simón, 1982)
14. Howl of the Devil (El Aullido del Diablo, Paul Naschy, 1987)
15. Slugs (Slugs, Muerte Viscosa, Juan Piquer Simón, 1988)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Greatest Scottish Movies of All Time
15. Sunshine on Leith (2013)
14. Restless Natives (1985)
13. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
12. Under The Skin (2013)
11. Sweet Sixteen (2002)
10. The 39 Steps (1935)
9. Whisky Galore (1949)
8. Shallow Grave (1994)
7. Filth (2013)
6. Culloden (1964)
5. Gregory´s Girl (1981)
4. Ratcatcher (1999)
3. Local Hero (1984)
2. Trainspotting (1995)
1. The Wicker Man (1973)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Classic Films That Still Feel Modern Today
10. Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960)
9. 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957)
8. Fantasia (Norm Ferguson and Company, 1940)
7. Le Bonheur (Agnes Varda, 1965)
6. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956)
5. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
4. The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
3. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
2. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
1. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)

Taste of Cinema's 25 Great Cult Revenge Movies That Are Worth Your Time
1. Freaks (1932)
2. 2000 Maniacs (1964)
3. Point Blank (1967)
4. She Freak (1967)
5. The Great Silence AKA IL Grande Silenzio (1968)
6. Get Carter (1971)
7. Last House on the Left (1972)
8. Lady Snowblood AKA Shurayukihime (1973)
9. Sex and Fury (1973)
10. Coffy (1973)
11. Thriller: A Cruel Picture AKA They Call Her One Eye (1973)
12. Theatre of Blood (1973)
13. Blacker Than the Night AKA Más negro que la noche? (1975)
14. The Oily Maniac (1976)
15. Rolling Thunder (1977)
16. I Spit on Your Grave AKA Day of the Woman (1978)
17. Ms. 45 AKA Angel of Vengeance (1981)
18. Stryker’s War AKA Thou Shalt Not Kill…Except (1985)
19. Death on a Rainy Sunday AKA Mort un dimanche de pluie (1986)
20. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
21. Dead Man’s Shoes (2004)
22. The Horseman (2008)
23. Vengeance AKA Fuk Sau (2009)
24. I Saw the Devil (2010)
25. Blue Ruin (2013)

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best French Comedy Movies of All Time
20. Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez series (Jean Girault, 1964-1982)
19. Antoine et Antoinette (Jacques Becker, 1947)
18. On connaît la chanson (Alain Resnais, 1997)
17. Le père Noël est une ordure (Jean-Marie Poiré, 1982)
16. Boudu sauvé des eaux (Jean Renoir, 1932)
15. Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (Alain Chabat, 2002)
14. Le dîner de cons (Francis Veber, 1998)
13. Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis (Dany Boon, 2008)
12. Le corniaud (Gérard Oury, 1965)
11. La traversée de Paris (Claude Autant-Lara, 1956)
10. Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (Yves Robert, 1972)
9. Les tontons flingueurs (Georges Lautner, 1963)
8. Intouchables (Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano, 2011)
7. Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
6. La cage aux folles (Édouard Molinaro, 1978)
5. Le Roman d’un tricheur (Sascha Guitry, 1936)
4. Oscar (Édouard Molinaro, 1967)
3. Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958)
2. La Grande Vadrouille (Gérard Oury, 1966)
1. Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Werewolf Movies Every Horror Fan Should See
10. Ginger Snaps (2000)
9. Silver Bullet (1985)
8. The Beast Within (1982)
7. The Howling (1981)
6. The Wolf Man (1941)
5. Dog Soldiers (2002)
4. Werewolf of London (1935)
3. Curse of The Werewolf (1961)
2. The Company of Wolves (1984)
1. An American Werewolf in London

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Best American Road Movies of The 1970s
1. Five Easy Pieces – Bob Rafelson – 1970
2. Duel – Steven Spielberg – 1971
3. Two Lane Blacktop – Monte Hellman – 1971
4. Vanishing Point – Richard C. Sarafian – 1971
5. The Getaway – Sam Peckinpah – 1972
6. Badlands – Terrence Malick – 1973
7. Deadhead Miles – Vernon Zimmerman – 1973
8. Electra Glide in Blue – James William Guercio – 1973
9. The Last Detail – Hal Ashby – 1973
10. Paper Moon – Peter Bogdanovich – 1973
11. Payday – Daryl Duke – 1973
12. Scarecrow – Jerry Schatzberg – 1973
13. Slither – Howard Zieff – 1973
14. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia – Sam Peckinpah – 1974
15. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry – John Hough – 1974
16. Gone in 60 Seconds – H.B. Halicki – 1974
17. Harry and Tonto – Paul Mazursky – 1974
18. Road Movie – Joseph Strick – 1974
19. The Sugarland Express – Steven Spielberg – 1974
20. Thieves Like Us – Robert Altman – 1974
21. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot – Michael Cimino – 1974
22. Death Race 2000 – Paul Bartel – 1975
23. Race with the Devil – Jack Starrett – 1975
24. Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins – Dick Richards – 1975
25. The Gumball Rally – Chuck Bail – 1976
26. Jackson County Jail – Michael Miller – 1976
27. Grand Theft Auto – Ron Howard – 1977
28. Night Drive – E.W. Swackhamer – 1977
29. Smokey and the Bandit – Hal Needham – 1977
30. The Driver – Walter Hill – 1978

Taste of Cinema's 15 Great Movies That Caused Unexpected Controversy
1. Melancholia (2011)
2. Rififi (1955)
3. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
4. Aladdin (1992)
5. License to Kill (1989)
6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
7. The Outlaw (1943)
8. Los Olvidados (1954)
9. Brief Encounter (1945)
10. Blue Valentine (2010)
11. Paths of Glory (1958)
12. Enter the Dragon (1974)
13. Titicut Follies (1967)
14. The Kiss (1896)
15. Fight Club (1999)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Great Post-70s Movies That Evoke The 1970s Style
1. Zodiac (2007, Dir. David Fincher)
2. Killing Them Softly (2012, Dir. Andrew Dominik)
3. Frances Ha (2013, Dir. Noah Baumbach)
4. Killer Joe (2011, Dir. William Friedkin)
5. Bringing Out the Dead (1999, Dir. Martin Scorsese)
6. Sling Blade (1996, Dir. Billy Bob Thornton)
7. Up In The Air (2009, Dir. Jason Reitman)
8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2013, Dirs. Anthony and Joe Russo)
9. Out of Sight (1997, Dir. Steven Soderbergh)
10. Mud (2012, Dir. Jeff Nichols)
11. Nightcrawler (2014, Dir. Dan Gilroy)
12. The Ides of March (2011, Dir. George Clooney)
13. Inherent Vice (2014, Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
14. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, Dir. Andrew Dominik)
15. A Most Violent Year (2014, Dir. J.C. Chandor)

Taste of Cinema's 12 Movies That Are Unmissable For Philosophy Lovers
1. Nostalghia (1983)
2. Yi Yi (2000)
3. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
4. Sideways (2004)
5. Pi (1998)
6. Barcelona (1994)
7. Poetry (2010)
8. The Better Angels (2014)
9. Cache (2005)
10. Hot Rod (2007)
11. The Secret in their Eyes (2009)

12. Cool Hand Luke (1967)Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best Russian Films of The 21st Century
20. Everybody Dies But Me (Valeriya Germanika, 2008)
19. Faust (Aleksandr Sokhurov, 2011)
18. Euphoria (Ivan Vrypaev, 2013)
17. Leviathan (Andrei Zvyaginstev, 2014)
16. How I Ended This Summer (Aleksei Popogrebski, 2010)
15. Paper Soldier (Aleksey German, 2008)
14. Cargo 200 (Aleksei Balabanov, 2007)
13. The Island (Pavel Lungin, 2006)
12. Mermaid (Anna Melikyan, 2007)
11. Mongol (Sergei Bodrov, 2007)
10. Hipsters (Valery Todorovsky, 2008)
9. Elena (Andrei Zvyaginstev, 2011)
8. The Italian (Andrei Kravchuk, 2005)
7. Shultes (Bakur Bakuradze, 2008)
6. House of Fools (Andrei Konchalovsky, 2002)
5. Wild Field (Mikhail Kalatozishhvili, 2008)
4. Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokhurov, 2002)
3. War (Aleksei Balabanov, 2002)
2. The Cuckoo (Aleksandr Rogozhkin, 2002)
1. The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2003)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Best Romantic Movies of The 21st Century
1. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
2. Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)
3. Birth (Jonathon Glazer, 2004)
4. 5 Centimeters Per Second (Makoto Shinkai, 2004)
5. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
6. My Summer of Love (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2004)
7. The Holy Girl (Lucrecia Martel, 2004)
8. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)
9. 2046 (Wong Kar-wai, 2004)
10. Four Nights With Anna (Jerzy Skolimowski, 2008)
11. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
12. Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2006)
13. The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Davies, 2011)
14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
15. Blue is the Warmest Colour (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013)
16. Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2005)
17. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
18. The Consequences of Love (Paolo Sorrentino, 2004)
19. Vanishing Waves (Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper, 2012)
20. Lantana (Ray Lawrence, 2001)
21. Atonement (Joe Wright, 2011)
22. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
23. Amour (Michael Haneke, 2012)
24. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
25. Gloria (Sebastian Lelio, 2013)
26. Love Exposure (Sion Sono, 2008
27. Bad Guy (Kim Ki-duk, 2001)
28. Baran (Majid Majidi, 2001)
29. Turn Left, Turn Right (Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai, 2003)
30. Ain’t Them Bodies Saint (David Lowery, 2013)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Movie Masterpieces Too Unsung To Be Widely Regarded
1. Thief (1981, Michael Mann)
2. The Mission (1999, Johnnie To)
3. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, Jacques Demy)
4. Seconds (1966, John Frankenheimer)
5. Raw Deal (1948, Anthony Mann)
6. Deep Red (1975, Dario Argento)
7. Sherlock Jr. (1924, Buster Keaton)
8. Rolling Thunder (1977, John Flynn)
9. The Oyster Princess (1919, Ernst Lubitsch)
10. Come Drink With Me (1966, King Hu)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Horror Movies Based on The Works of Stephen King
10. Pet Sematary (1989)
9. 1408 (2007)
8. Salem’s Lot (1979)
7. It (1990)
6. The Mist (2007)
5. The Dead Zone (1983)
4. Carrie (1976)
3. Storm of the Century (1999)
2. Misery (1990)
1. The Shining (1980)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Classic Movies of the Grotesque You Shouldn’t Miss
15. Darkness / Light / Darkness (1989)
14. Satyricon (1969)
13. Marquis (1989)
12. Visitor Q (2001)
11. Eraserhead (1977)
10. Videodrome (1983)
9. Naked Lunch (1991)
8. Santa Sangre (1989)
7. Evil Dead II (1987)
6. A Zed and Two Noughts (1985)
5. I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse (1973)
4. La Grande Bouffe (1973)
3. Gummo (1997)
2. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
1. Pink Flamingos (1972)

Taste of Cinema's The 14 Best Greek Movies of The 21st Century
1. Dogtooth (2009)
2. Alps (2011)
3. A Touch of Spice (2003)
4. Miss Violence (2013)
5. Strella (2009)
6. ?he Enemy Within (2013)
7. Matchbox (2002)
8. Stratos (2014)
9. Norway (2014)
10. Attenberg (2010)
11. Unfair World (2011)
12. Xenia (2014)
13. One Day in August (2001)
14. Wednesday 04:45 (2015)

Taste of Cinema's The 16 Most Cynical Christmas Movies of All Time
1. Scrooged (1988)
2. Stalag 17 (1953)
3. The Apartment (1960)
4. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
5. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
6. Batman Returns (1992)
7. The Ref (1994)
8. Bad Santa (2003)
9. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
10. The Family Stone (2005)
11. In Bruges (2008)
12. A Christmas Tale (2008)
13. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
14. Happy Christmas (2014)
15. Tangerine (2015)
16. Krampus (2015)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Great Horror Movies That Mess With Your Head
1. Audition (Takashi Miike, 1999)
2. Bug (William Friedkin, 2006)
3. Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)
4. A Field In England (Ben Wheatley, 2013)
5. High Tension (Alexandre Aja, 2003)
6. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
7. Resolution (Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, 2012)
8. A Tale Of Two Sisters (Jee-woon Kim, 2003)
9. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
10. Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Films of The Australian New Wave
1. Wake in Fright (Ted Kotcheff, 1971)
2. Sunday Too Far Away (Ken Hannam, 1975)
3. Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir 1975)
4. The Devil’s Playground (Fred Schepisi, 1976)
5. Mad Max (George Miller, 1979)
6. Gallipoli (Peter Weir, 1981)
7. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (George Miller, 1981)
8. The Man from Snowy River (George T. Miller, 1982)
9. The Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir, 1982)
10. The Year My Voice Broke (John Duigan, 1987)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Misunderstood Horror Movies That Are Actually Worth Seeing
1. A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
2. Jason X (2001)
3. Night of The Creeps (1986)
4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
5. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
6. House on Haunted Hill (1999)
7. Christine (1983)
8. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
9. Lifeforce (1985)
10. The Woman In Black (2012)
11. Maniac Cop (1988)
12. The Cottage (2012)
13. Trick R Treat (2007)
14. The Evil Dead (2013)
15. Maniac (2012)

Taste of Cinema's The 35 Best Polish Movies of All Time
1. The Dybbuk (1937). Dir. by Michal Waszynski
2. The Ghosts (1938). Dir. by Eugeniusz Cekalski and Karol Szolowski
3. The Last Stage (1948). Dir. by Wanda Jakubowska
4. Wajda’s War Trilogy: A Generation (1954),
4. Wajda’s War Trilogy: Kanal (1956),
4. Wajda’s War Trilogy: Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
5. Eroica (1958). Dir. by Andrzej Munk
6. Dom (1958). Dir. by Jan Lenica and Walerian Borowczyk
7. The Last Day of Summer (1958). Dir. by Tadeusz Konwicki
8. Night Train (1959). Dir. by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
9. Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960). Dir. by Aleksander Ford
10. Mother Joan of the Angels (1961). Dir. by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
11. Knife in the Water (1962). Dir. by Roman Polanski
12. The Passenger (1963). Dir. by Andrzej Munk
13. The Saragossa Manuscript (1964). Dir. by Wojciech Has
14. Identification Marks: None (1964). Dir. by Jerzy Skolimowski
15. Salto (1965). Dir. by Tadeusz Konwicki
16. Pharaoh (1966). Dir. by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
17. The Devil (1972). Dir. by Andrzej Zulawski
18. The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973). Dir. by Wojciech Has
19. The Story of Sin (1975). Dir. by Walerian Borowczyk
20. The Promised Land (1975). Dir. By Andrzej Wajda
21. Man of Marble (1977). Dir. By Andrzej Wajda
22. Camera Buff (1979). Dir. by Krzysztof Kieslowski
23. Tango (1980). Dir. by Zbigniew Rybcszynski
24. The Constant Factor (1980). Dir. by Krzysztof Zanussi
25. The Decalogue (1989). Dir. by Krzysztof Kieslowski
26. Escape from the Liberty Cinema (1990). Dir. By Wojciech Marczewski
27. The Double Life of Veronique (1991). Dir. by Krzysztof Kieslowski
28.  Fotoamator (1998). Dir. by Dariusz Jablonski
29. Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000). Dir. by Krzysztof Zanussi
30. The Cathedral (2002). Dir. by Tomasz Baginski
31. An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God (2003). Dir. by Jerzy Hoffman
32. Glass Lips (2007). Dir. by Lech Majewski
33. In Darkness (2011). Dir. by Agnieszka Holland
34. Venice (2010). Dir. by Jan Jakub Kolski
35. Ida (2013). Dir. by Pawel Pawlikowski

Taste of Cinema's 10 Great Horror Movies from The Last Decade You Might Have Missed
1. Lovely Molly (2011)
2. Kill List (2011)
3. The Loved Ones (2009)
4. Grave Encounters (2011)
5. The Tall Man (2012)
6. Starry Eyes (2014)
7. Splinter (2008)
8. The Innkeepers (2011)
9. The Taking Of Deborah Logan (2014)
10. Inside (À l’intérieur) (2007)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Black and White Films With The Most Beautiful Widescreen Composition
1. The Big Trail (1930)
2. The Elephant Man (1981)
3. The Innocents (1961)
4. Compulsion (1959)
5. Manhattan (1979)
6. Kuroneko (1968)
7. L’Avventura (1960)
8. Last Year at Marienbad (1962)
9. The Tarnished Angels (1958)
10. The Longest Day (1962)
11. In Cold Blood (1967)
12. High and Low (1960)
13. The Red and the White (1967)
14. Advise and Consent (1969)
15. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
16. I Am Cuba (1964)
17. Yojimbo (1961)
18. Onibaba (1964)
19. Lola (1960)
20. Suture (1994)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Horror Films That Take Place on Christmas
1. Profondo Rosso aka Deep Red (Dario Argento, 1975)
2. À L’Intérieur aka Inside (Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, 2007)
3. Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)
4. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (Jalmari Helander, 2010)
5. El Día de la Bestia aka The Day of the Beast (Álex De La Iglesia, 1995)
6. Silent Night, Deadly Night (Charles E. Sellier, 1984)
7. Black Christmas (Bob Clark, 1974)
8. Dead End (Jean-Baptiste Andrea and Fabrice Canepa, 2003)
9. 3615 code Père Noël aka Game Over (René Manzor, 1990)
10. Christmas Evil (Lewis Jackson, 1980)
BONUS: Treevenge (Jason Eisener, 2008)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Most Visually Stunning Animated Movies Ever Made
15. Paprika
14. Grave of the Fireflies
13. Prince of Egypt
12. The Adventures of Prince Achmed
11. Wall-E
10. The Lion King
9. The Nightmare Before Christmas
8. Song of the Sea
7. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
6. Waltz with Bashir
5. Fantastic Mr Fox
4. Akira
3. Fantasia
2. Spirited Away
1. The Garden of Words

Taste of Cinema's The 40 Best Japanese Movies of All Time
40. The Family Game (Yoshimitsu Morita, 1983)
39. Youth of the Beast (Seijun Suzuki, 1967)
38. The Burmese Harp (Kon Ichikawa, 1956)
37. Early Summer (Yasujirô Ozu, 1951)
36. Giants and Toys (Yasukô Masumara, 1958)
35. Samurai Rebellion (Masaki Kobayashi, 1967)
34. Onibaba (Kaneto Shindô, 1964)
33. Twenty-Four Eyes (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1954)
32. Humanity and Paper Balloons (Sadao Yamanaka, 1937)
31. Love and Honor (Yôji Yamada, 2006)
30. Hana-bi (Takeshi Kitano, 1997)
29. Children of Hiroshima (Kaneto Shindô, 1952)
28. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008)
27. High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
26. The Ballad of Narayama (Shôhei Imamura, 1983)
25. Goyôkin (Hideo Gosha, 1969)
24. The Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii, 2004)
23. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Mikio Naruse, 1960)
22. Floating Clouds (Mikio Naruse, 1955)
21. A Fugitive from the Past (Tomu Uchida, 1965)
20. Departures (Yôjirô Takita, 2008)
19. Sansho The Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)
18. Intentions of Murder (Shôhei Imamura, 1964)
17. The Face of Another (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1966)
16. The Twilight Samurai (Yôji Yamada, 2002)
15. Battles Without Honor and Humanity Saga (Kenji Fukasaku, 1973-1974)
14. The Sword of Doom (Kihachi Okamoto, 1966)
13. Like Father, Like Son (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2013)
12. Fires on the Plain (Kon Ichikawa, 1959)
11. Funeral Parade of Roses (Toshio Matsumoto, 1969)
10. Pitfall (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1962)
9. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Schrader, 1985)
8. Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953)
7. Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2004)
6. The Human Condition Trilogy (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959-1961)
5. Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964)
4. Tokyo Story (Yasujirô Ozu, 1953)
3. Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962)
2. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
1. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)

Honorable Mentions
I Was Born, but… (1932)
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Ran (1985)
Dreams (1993)
Stray Dog (1949)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Throne of Blood (1957)
Yojimbo (1961)
Life of O’Haru (1952)
Graveyard of Honor (1975)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Great Non-English Language Gangster Films Worth Your Time
15. Election (2005) (Hong Kong)
14. Tsotsi (2005) (South Africa)
13. Pusher (1996) (Denmark)
12. Tokyo Drifter (1966) (Japan)
11. Sin Nombre (2009) (Mexico)
10. A Bittersweet Life (2005) (South Korea)
9. Sonatine (1993) (Japan)
8. Infernal Affairs (2002) (Hong Kong)
7. Gomorrah (2008) (Italy)
6. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) (India)
5. Rififi (1955) (France)
4. Oldboy (2003) (South Korea)
3. Breathless (1960) (France)
2. City of God (2002) (Brazil)
1. A Prophet (2009) (France)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Horror Movies Directed By Women
10. American Mary (Jen Soska, Sylvie Soska)
9. Blood Diner (Jackie Kong)
8. In My Skin (Marina de Van)
7. Slumber Party Massacre (Amy Jones)
6. Pet Sematary (Mary Lambert)
5. Chained (Jennifer Lynch)
4. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (Ana Lily Amirpour)
3. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow)
2. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent)
1. American Psycho (Mary Hannon)

Taste of Cinema's The 30 Best Films Starring Mostly Non-Professional Actors
30. Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989)
29. Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950)
28. Ponette (Jacques Doillon, 1996)
27. Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, 1984)
26. Closely Watched Trains (Jirí Menzel, 1966)
25. Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)
24. Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone, 2008)
23. Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)
22. Padre Padrone (Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, 1977)
21. I Am Cuba (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964)
20. Beasts Of The Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin, 2012)
19. Stroszek (Werner Herzog, 1977)
18. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
17. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Aki Kaurismäki, 1989)
16. City Of God (Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund, 2002)
15. Come And See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
14. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)
13. Sátántangó (Béla Tarr, 1994)
12. Accattone (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1961)
11. The Battle Of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
10. Where Is The Friend’s Home? (Abbas Kiarostami, 1987)
9. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959)
8. The Tree Of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978)
7. Punishment Park (Peter Watkins, 1971)
6. The Spirit Of The Beehive (Víctor Erice, 1973)
5. The Firemen’s Ball (Miloš Forman, 1967)
4. La Promesse (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 1996)
3. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956)
2. Paisan (Roberto Rossellini, 1946)
1. Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Great Movies That Masterfully Blend Black & White With Color
1. Raging Bull (1980)
2. Schindler’s List (1993)
3. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
4. Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
5. Wings of Desire (1987)
6. Ivan the Terrible Part II (1948)
7. Andrei Rublev (1966)
8. She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
9. JFK (1991)
10. (tie) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
10. (tie) The Blue Bird (1939)
11. Pleasantville (1998)
12. Rumble Fish (1983)
13. Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
14. If…(1969)
15. A Man and a Woman (1966)

Taste of Cinema's The 25 Best Movies of 1976
25. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes)
24. Small Change (Francois Truffaut)
23. Next Stop, Greenwich Village (Paul Mazursky)
22. The Seven Percent Solution (Herbert Ross)
21. Robin and Marian (Richard Lester)
20. The Front (Martin Ritt)
19. 1900 (Bernardo Bertolucci)
18. The Omen (Richard Donner)
17. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood)
16. Carrie (Brian DePalma)
15. Cousin, Cousine (Jean-Charles Tacchella)
14. The Missouri Breaks (Arthur Penn)
13. Family Plot (Alfred Hitchcock)
12. The Shootist (Don Siegel)
11. The Bad News Bears (Michael Ritchie)
10. Silver Streak (Arthur Hiller)
9. Bound for Glory (Hal Ashby)
8. Face to Face (Ingmar Bergman)
7. Rocky (John Avildsen)
6. The Tenant (Roman Polanski)
5. All the President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula)
4. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmuller)
3. Marathon Man (John Schlesinger)
2. Network (Sidney Lumet)
1. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Forgotten Thrillers from The 1980s Worth Your Time
10. Best Seller (1987)
9. Shoot to Kill (1988)
8. Black Moon Rising (1986)
7. The Mean Season (1985)
6. Southern Comfort (1981)
5. Dreamscape (1984)
4. The Star Chamber (1983)
3. The Stunt Man (1980)
2. Blue Thunder (1983)
1. Runaway Train (1985)

Taste of Cinema's The 11 Best Movies about Virtual Reality
11. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
10. Summer Wars (2009)
9. The Science of Sleep (2006)
8. Total Recall (1990)
7. Strange Days (1995)
6. Waking Life (2001)
5. Tron (1989)
4. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
3. Videodrome (1983)
2. Inception (2010)
1. The Matrix (1999)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best Horror Movies of The 1970s
15. Island of the Damned (1976)
14. Deep Red (1975)
13. The Devils (1971)
12. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
11. Carrie (1976)
10. Don’t Look Now (1973)
9. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
8. Suspiria (1977)
7. Halloween (1978)
6. The Wicker Man (1973)
5. The Omen (1976)
4. Jaws (1975)
3. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
2. Alien (1979)
1. The Exorcist (1973)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Great Kung Fu Movies Hollywood Should Start Studying
1. The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984, Lau Kar-leung)
2. The Prodigal Son (1981, Sammo Hung)
3. Dragons Forever (1988, Sammo Hung)
4. Clan of the White Lotus (1980, Lo Lieh)
5. Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976, “Jimmy” Wang Yu)
6. Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1979, John Woo)
7. Five Element Ninjas (1982, Chang Cheh)
8. Five Deadly Venoms (1978, Chang Cheh)
9. Legendary Weapons of China (1982, Lau Kar-leung)
10. The Big Boss (1971, Lo Wei)

Taste of Cinema's 30 Great Psychological Horror Movies You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Black Christmas (1974)
2. Eraserhead
3. The Innkeepers
4. Inland Empire
5. The Brood
6. The Babadook
7. Kill List
8. Antichrist
9. Peeping Tom
10. The Haunting (1963)
11. Audition
12. Carnival of Souls
13. Eyes Without a Face
14. Hour of the Wolf
15. Onibaba
16. The Black Cat (1981)
17. Possession
18. Jacob’s Ladder
19. Cat People (1942)
20. The Changeling
21. Devil’s Backbone
22. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
23. Repulsion
24. Bug
25. Les Diaboliques
26. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
27. The Skin I Live In
28. Don’t Look Now
29. The Orphanage
30. The Others

Taste of Cinema's 30 Visually Stunning Films Depicting The Beauty of Women
1. The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)
2. The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)
3. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai, 2000)
4. Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964)
5. Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953)
6. In the Realm of the Senses (Nagisa Oshima, 1976)
7. Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964)
8. The Three Colors Trilogy (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993-1994)
9. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
10. The Innocent (Luchino Visconti, 1976)
11. Last Year At Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961)
12. Daisies (Vera Chytilova, 1966)
13. Szinbad (Zoltan Huszarik, 1971)
14. L’Avventura, La Notte, L’Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960-1962)
15. Marketa Lazarova (Frantisek Vlacil, 1967)
16. Under the Skin (Jonathon Glazer, 2013)
17. Chungking Express (Wong Kar Wai, 1994)
18. Mandala (Akio Jissoji, 1971)
19. Fucking Amal (Lukas Moodysson, 1998)
20. Mauvais Sang (Leos Carax, 1986)
21. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)
22. Faust (Alexandar Sokurov, 2011)
23. Gloria (Sebastian Lelio, 2013)
24. Melancholia (Lars Von Trier, 2011)
25. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011)
26. My Summer of Love (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2004)
27. Eros Plus Massacre (Yoshishige Yoshida, 1969)
28. Siddheshwari (Mani Kaul, 1989)
29. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Jaromil Jires, 1970)
30. Vanishing Waves (Kristina Buozyte & Bruno Samper, 2012)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Animated Movies You Will Love If You Like Studio Ghibli’s Movies
20. Rail of the Star: A True Story of Children
19. A Tree of Palme
18. Green Legend Ran
17. Tamako Love Story
16. Giovanni’s Island
15. Night on the Galactic Railroad
14. Hoshizora no Violin
13. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
12. Nitaboh
11. Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade
10. You Are Umasou
9. Summer Days With Coo
8. Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
7. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
6. A Letter to Momo
5. Summer Wars
4. 5 Centimeters Per Second
3. The Boy and the Beast
2. Sinbad: The Flying Princess and the Secret Island
1. Wolf Children

Taste of Cinema's 15 Great Horror Movies That Tap Into Existential Fears
1. The Birds (1963)
2. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
3. Don’t Look Now (1973)
4. Eraserhead (1977)
5. Long Weekend (1978)
6. Alien (1979)
7. The Thing (1982)
8. The Vanishing (1988)
9. Ring (1998)
10. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
11. Martyrs (2008)
12. The Children (2008)
13. Antichrist (2009)
14. Under The Skin (2014)
15. It Follows (2015)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Movies That Looked Great At The Toronto International Film Festival
15. Freeheld
14. The Meddler
13. About Ray
12. Heart of a Dog
11. Beast of No Nation
10. Youth
9. Truth
8. Spotlight
7. Summertime (La Belle Saison)
6. Room
5. The Witch
4. Son of Saul
3. The Danish Girl
2. Black Mass
1. The Martian

Taste of Cinema's 15 Horror Movies Which Unmask the Fears of Different Generations
1. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922, Weimar Republic)
2. Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922, Sweden/Denmark)
3. Dracula (1958, UK)
4. Eyes Without A Face (1960, France)
5. Onibaba (1964, Japan)
6. Night of the Living Dead (1968, USA)
7. The Wicker Man (1973, UK)
8. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974, USA)
9. Suspiria (1977, Italy)
10. Cronos (1993, Mexico)
11. Suicide Club (2002, Japan)
12. Wolf Creek (2005, Australia)
13. The Host (2006, South Korea)
14. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014, USA/Iran)
15. It Follows (2015, USA)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best British Comedy Movies of All Time
15. Death at a Funeral (Frank Oz, 2007)
14. 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2002)
13. The Full Monty (Peter Cattaneo, 1997)
12. The World’s End (Edgar Wright, 2013)
11. Life is Sweet (Mike Leigh, 1990)
10. Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, 1951)
9. Four Lions (Christopher Morris, 2010)
8. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
7. A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton, John Cleese, 1988)
6. The Ladykillers (Alezander Mackendrick, 1955)
5. Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007)
4. Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)
3. Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
2. Withnail & I (Bruce Robison, 1987)
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, 1975)

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best Movies About One-Sided Love
1. A Short Film About Love (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988)
2. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
3. Death in Venice (Luchino Visconti, 1971)
4. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931)
5. Fucking Amal (Lukas Moodysson, 1998)
6. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
7. Four Nights With Anna (Jerzy Skolimowski, 2008)
8. Monsieur Hire (Patrice Leconte, 1989)
9. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
10. The Road Home (Zhang Yimou, 1999)
11. Love Exposure (Sion Sono, 2008)
12. Malena (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2000)
13. Baran (Majid Majidi, 2001)
14. Turn Left, Turn Right (Johnie To, Wai Ka-fai, 2003)
15. The Consequences of Love (Paolo Sorrentino, 2004)

Taste of Cinema's The 16 Best Indie Comedies of The Last Decade
1. Junebug (2005) – Phil Morrison
2. Smiley Face (2007) – Gregg Araki
3. Juno (2007) – Jason Reitman
4. Happy- Go-Lucky (2008) – Mike Leigh
5. (500) Days of Summer (2009) – Marc Webb
6. Tiny Furniture (2010) – Lena Dunham
7. Submarine (2010) – Richard Ayoade
8. Klown (2010) – Mikkel Norgaard
9. Damsels in Distress (2011) – Whit Stillman
10. Sightseers (2012) – Ben Wheatley
11. Frances Ha (2012) – Noah Baumbach
12. Computer Chess (2013) – Andrew Bujalski
13. We Are the Best (2013) – Lukas Moodysson
14. Obvious Child (2014) – Gillian Robespierre
15. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) – Taika Waititi, Jermaine Clement
16. Frank (2014) – Lenny Abrahamson

Taste of Cinema's The 15 Best Hong Kong Action Movies
1. Time and Tide (Tsui Hark, 2000)
2. A Better Tomorrow (John Woo, 1986)
3. Project A (Jackie Chan, 1983)
4. SPL (Wilson Yip, 2005)
5. Once Upon A Time in China 2 (Tsui Hark, 1992)
6. Exiled (Johnnie To, 2006)
7. Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973)
8. Ip Man (Wilson Yip, 2008)
9. The Killer (John Woo, 1989)
10. Drunken Master (Woo Ping Yuen, 1978)
11. 7 Swords (Tsui Hark, 2005)
12. Police Story (Jackie Chan, 1985)
13. One-Armed Swordsman (Cheh Chang, 1967)
14. Fist of Legend (Gordon Chan, 1994)
15. Dragon (Peter Chan, 2011)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Movies Referring to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
1. The Lego Movie (2014)
2. Strangers on a Train (1951)
3. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
4. Interstellar (2014)
5. Shutter Island (2010)
6. The Village (2004)
7. The Matrix (1999)
8. Stranger than Fiction (2006)
9. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
10. The Truman Show (1998)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Great Siege Movies That Are Worth Your Time
20. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
19. You’re Next (2011)
18. The Mist (2007)
17. Serenity (2005)
16. Panic Room (2002)
15. Home Alone (1990)
14. Dredd (2012)
13. Tremors (1990)
12. Funny Games (1997)
11. Attack the Block (2011)
10. Rio Bravo (1959)
9. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
8. M (1931)
7. Aliens (1986)
6. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
5. Die Hard (1988)
4. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
3. Green Room (2015)
2. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
1. Seven Samurai (1954)

Taste of Cinema's 10 Forgotten Thrillers from The 1970s Worth Your Time
10. The Driver (1978)
9. Demon Seed (1977)
8. The Seven-Ups (1973)
7. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
6. Magic (1978)
5. The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
4. Two-Minute Warning (1976)
3. Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
2. The Parallax View (1974)
1. Sorcerer (1977)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Sci-fi Comedy Movies of All Time
10. The World’s End (Edgar Wright, 2013)
9. Re-Animator (Stuart Gordon, 1985)
8. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herek, 1989)
7. Repo Man (Alex Cox, 1984)
6. Spaceballs (Mel Brooks, 1987)
5. Sleeper (Woody Allen, 1973)
4. Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997)
3. Galaxy Quest (Dean Parisot, 1999)
2. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
1. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)

Taste of Cinema's The 12 Best Contemporary Japanese Family Dramas
12. One Litre Of Tears (Riki Okamura, 2009)
11. Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers (Daihachi Yoshida, 2009)
10. Bunny Drop (Sabu, 2011)
9. Hanging Garden (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2005)
8. Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2004)
7. Kaasan Mom’s Life (Shotaro Kobayashi, 2011)
6. Still Walking (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008)
5. Like Father, Like Son (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2013)
4. Rebirth (Izuru Narushima, 2011)
3. Always Sunset on Third Street (Takashi Yamazaki, 2005)
2. Departures (Yojiro Takita, 2008)
1. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008)

Taste of Cinema's 20 Weird Japanese Films That Are Worth Your Time
1. Survival Style 5+ (Gen Sekiguchi, 2004)
2. Yakuza Apocalypse (Takashi Miike, 2015)
3. The Calamari Wrestler (Minoru Kawasaki, 2005)
4. Big Man Japan (Hitoshi Matsumoto, 2007)
5. Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike, 2002)
6. Executive Koala (Minoru Kawasaki, 2006)
7. The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (Kazuo Hara, 1987)
8. R100 (Hitoshi Matsumoto, 2013)
9. Funky Forest (Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine, Shunichiro Miki, 2005)
10. House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)
11. Symbol (Hitoshi Matsumoto, 2009)
12. Thermae Romae (Hideki Takeuchi, 2012)
13. Picnic (Shunji Iwai, 1996)
14. Paco and the Magical Book (Tetsuya Nakashima, 2008)
15. Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats (Yosuke Fujita, 2014)
16. Fish Story (Yoshihiro Nakamura, 2009)
17. Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (Katsuhito Ishii, 1999)
18. Blessing Bell (Sabu, 2002)
19. Instant Swamp (Satoshi Miki, 2009)
20. Scabbard Samurai (Hitoshi Matsumoto, 2010)

Taste of Cinema's The 25 Best High School Movies of All Time
1. American Graffiti
2. American Pie
3. Back to the Future
4. Blue is the Warmest Color
5. Boyz N the Hood
6. The Breakfast Club
7. Carrie
8. Clueless
9. Dazed and Confused
10. Dead Poets Society
11. Donnie Darko
12. Election
13. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
14. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
15. Grease
16. Heathers
17. Hoop Dreams
18. Napoleon Dynamite
19. Pretty in Pink
20. Rebel Without a Cause
21. Risky Business
22. Rushmore
23. Say Anything…
24. Sixteen Candles
25. Superbad

Taste of Cinema's 30 Great Movies About Unrequited Love Worth Your Time
30. Head-On (2004)
29. The Notebook (2004)
28. Pretty in Pink (1986)
27. Broadcast News (1987)
26. The Fly (1986)
25. The Remains of the Day (1993)
24. A Short Film About Love (1988)
23. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
22. The Story of Adele H. (1975)
21. The Children of Paradise (1945)
20. The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
19. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
18. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
17. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
16. The English Patient (1996)
15. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
14. L’Eclisse (1962)
13. Paris, Texas (1984)
12. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
11. Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
10. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
9. Happy Together (1997)
8. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
7. In the Mood for Love (2000)
6. Carol (2015)
5. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
4. Casablanca (1942)
3. Jules et Jim (1961)
2. Annie Hall (1977)
1. Brief Encounter (1945)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Best Horror Movies Adapted from or Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft’s Works
10. Dagon (2001)
9. The Haunted Palace (1963)
8. Castle Freak (1995)
7. The Evil Dead (1981)
6. From Beyond (1986)
5. The Thing (1982)
4. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
3. Re-Animator (1985)
2. Alien (1979)
1. The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

Taste of Cinema's 15 Lesser-Known Yet Great Movies By Well-Known Directors
1. Much Ado About Nothing by Joss Whedon
2. Jacquot de Nantes by Agnès Varda
3. Duck, You Sucker by Sergio Leone
4. The Seventh Continent by Michael Haneke
5. One, Two, Three by Billy Wilder
6. Taking Off by Miloš Forman
7. Tokyo Twilight by Yasujiro Ozu
8. Monsieur Verdoux by Charles Chaplin
9. The Last Wave by Peter Weir
10. The Scar by Krzysztof Kieslowski
11. Near Dark by Kathryn Bigelow
12. The Lower Depths by Akira Kurosawa
13. The King of Comedy by Martin Scorsese
14. Face to Face by Ingmar Bergman
15. Life, and Nothing More… by Abbas Kiarostami

Taste of Cinema's 15 Forgotten Movie Masterpieces From The 1980s
1. The Stunt Man (1980)
2. S.O.B. (1981)
3. Cutter’s Way (1981)
4. Prince of the City (1981)
5. One From the Heart (1982)
6. The Dresser (1983)
7. Crimes of Passion (1984)
8. Body Double (1984)
9. Streets of Fire (1984)
10. Birdy (1984)
11. After Hours (1985)
12. Runaway Train (1985)
13. Heaven Help Us (1985)
14. Made in Heaven (1987)
15. Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

Taste of Cinema's 30 Underappreciated 21st Century American Movies Worth Your Time
30. Men, Women, & Children (2014)
29. Sonny (2002)
28. Lollilove (2004)
27. Give ‘em Hell Malone (2009)
26. Redacted (2007)
25. Chained (2012)
24. Milius (2013)
23. Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012)
22. Automata (2014)
21. Septien (2011)
20. Tusk (2014)
19. The Stickup (2002)
18. In Memoriam (2011)
17. True Adolescents (2009)
16. Blue Car (2002)
15. Lost River (2015)
14. Happy Campers (2001)
13. Palindromes (2004)
12. Life During Wartime (2009)
11. The Drop (2014)
10. Mister Lonely (2007)
9. Big Fan (2009)
8. Joe (2014)
7. The Walker (2007)
6. The Killer Inside Me (2010)
5. Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
4. In Your Eyes (2014)
3. Afternoon Delight (2013)
2. Human Nature (2001)
1. Ask Me Anything (2014)

Taste of Cinema's The 10 Worst Best Pictures of The Last 30 Years
1. Out Of Africa (1985)
2. Driving Miss Daisy (1990)
3. Dances With Wolves (1991)
4. The English Patient (1996)
5. Shakespeare In Love (1998)
6. Gladiator (2000)
7. Chicago (2002)
8. Crash (2005)
9. The Hurt Locker (2009)
10. The King’s Speech (2010)

Taste of Cinema's The 20 Most Underappreciated Japanese Films of The 21st Century
1. Tony Takitani (Jun Ichikawa, 2004)
2. Vengeance Can Wait (Masanori Tominaga, 2010)
3. Moon and Cherry (Yuki Tanada, 2004)
4. The Dark Harbour (Takatsugu Naito, 2009)
5. Summer Time Machine Blues (Katsuyuki Motohiro, 2005)
6. I am an S+M Writer (Ryuichi Hiroki, 2000)
7. Blue Spring (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2001)
8. 2LDK (Yukihiko Tsutsumi, 2003)
9. Snakes and Earrings (Yukio Ninagawa, 2008)
10. Zen (Banmei Takahashi, 2009)
11. Shangri-La (Takashi Miike, 2002)
12. The Blue Light (Yukio Ninagawa, 2003)
13. Rockers (Takanori Jinnai, 2003)
14. Ain’t No Tomorrows (Yuki Tanada, 2008)
15. 9 Souls (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2003)
16. Monday (Sabu, 2000)
17. Harmful Insect (Akihiko Shiota, 2001)
18. All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai, 2001)
19. Adrift in Tokyo (Satoshi Miki, 2007)
20. Eureka (Shinji Aoyama, 2000)