Drama
Title	Director	Date	Actors	Reason for Seeing / Comments
8 1/2	Federico Fellini	1963		Analysis of the mind of a film-maker. Italian, subtitled.
After Hours	Martin Scorsese	1985	Teri Garr	Depicts a man's strange night in New York City.
All Quiet on the Western Front	Lewis Milestone	1930		Dramatic portrayal of reluctant German foot-soldiers
				during World War I. Won 2 Oscars.
And God Created Woman	Roger Vadim	1956	Brigitte Bardot	Risque romance filmed in the French Riviera.
Autumn Sonata	Ingmar Bergman	1978	Ingrid Bergman	Mother/daughter drama. Swedish, subtitled.
Bad Timing	Nicolas Roeg	1980	Art Garfunkel, Harvey Keitel	Visually unique film about a Psychiatrist and a patient.
Barry Lyndon	Stanley Kubrick	1975	Ryan O'Neal	Drama about 18th Century Irish hero.
Battleship Potemkin	Segei Eisenstein	1925		Infamous silent film about Russian Revolution in 1905.
The Beguiled	Don Siegel	1971	Clint Eastwood	Civil War soldier recovers in girl's school. Intrigue ensues.
Belle De Jour	Luis Buñuel	1967	Catherine Deneuve	New wife works day-shift in brothel. French, subtitled.
The Best Years of Our Lives	William Wyler	1946		3 WWII vets readjust to civilian life. Won 7 Oscars.
Bezhin Meadow	Sergei Eisenstein	1937		Russian farmers under Soviet rule. Russian, subtitled.
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage	Dario Argento	1970		American writer living in Rome witnesses murder.
The Birth of a Nation	D.W. Griffith	1915	Lillian Gish, John Ford	Notorious film about post-Civil War and the KKK
				depicted as heroes. First film shown in White House.
Bloody Mama	Roger Corman	1970	Robert DeNiro, Bruce Dern	The true story of Ma Barker and her gang.
Blowup	Michelangelo Antonioni	1966	Vanessa Redgrave	Surreal mystery/parable about perception and reality.
				Won 2 Oscars.
Bob Le Flambeur	Jean-Pierre Melville	1955		Mystery set in 1950's Paris and French beatniks.
Boxcar Bertha	Martin Scorsese	1972	Barbra Hershey, Carradines	Scorsese's first film, about love-struck criminals.
The Boys From Brazil	Franklin Schaffner	1978	Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck	Drama of Nazi fugitives hiding in S. America in 1970's.
Breathless	Jean-Luc Godard	1960		Gangsters in 1950's Paris. Script written while filming.
Breaking Away	Peter Yates	1979	Dennis Quaid	Coming-of-Age story in small town.Won an Oscar.
A Bridge Too Far	Richard Attenborough	1977	L. Olivier, Sean Connery, Gene Hackman	Drama about Allied air-raids behind German lines.
The Butterfly Affair	Jean Herman	1970	Henri Charriere (The author of "Papillon")	The real Papillon's only film. He died 3 years later.
				French, subtitled. (aka 'Popsy Pop')
Casino	Martin Scorsese	1995	Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles	Scorsese's attempt at a sweeping gangster epic,
				modelled on "The Godfather". Mob violence.
Cat People	Jacques Tourneur	1942		Story of a woman who turns into a panther. Allegory
				of repressed aggressive female sexuality.
Cat People (Remake of the original, 40 years later)	Paul Schrader	1982	Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell	Remake, but not as subtle. More obvious sexual
				reference and more appearances by the panther.
City of Women	Federico Fellini	1980		Man falls asleep and wakes up in an all-female world.
				Follows his effort to escape a Feminist conference.
City Lights	Charlie Chaplin	1931	Charlie Chaplin	Chaplin's most famous film, about a blind flower-girl.
				Silent movie. Music composed by Chaplin.
Color of Money	Martin Scorsese	1986	Paul Newman, Tom Cruise	Sequel to Paul Newman's "The Hustler" from 1961,
				about professional Pool Hall players. Won an Oscar.
Contempt	Jean-Luc Goddard	1963	Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance	A film-maker in France and his strained relationships.
				Modelled after Homer's 'Odyssey'. French, subtitled.
Cool Hand Luke	Stuart Rosenberg	1967	Paul Newman, Dennis Hopper	Story about a rural prison and it's inmates.
Cousin Cousine	Jean Tacchella	1975		Forbidden romance set in France.
The Crowd	King Vidor	1928		Story of a troubled marriage in New York. Silent film.
Delicatessen	Marc Caro	1991		Black comedy about cannibals. French, subtitled.
Detour	Edgar Ulmer	1945		Famous drama about a hitchiker and a "femme fatale".
La Dolce Vita	Federico Fellini	1960		Reporter covers shallow high-society life in Rome.
				Won an Oscar. Italian, subtitled.
Don't Look Back	D.A. Pennebaker	1967	Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Donovan	Poetic, moody documentary about Bob Dylan in 1965.
Double Indemnity	Billy Wilder	1944	Fred MacMurray	Insurance salesman framed by female murderer.
Drugstore Cowboy	Gus Van Sant	1989	Matt Dillon	Road movie about small-time criminals in 1970's.
Dressed to Kill	Brian De Palma	1980	Angie Dickenson, Michael Caine	Psychiatrist & prostitute track serial killer. Tense.
Ecstasy	Gustav Machaty	1932	Hedy Lamarr	Wife of an impotent man has an affair.
Eyes Without a Face	Georges Franju	1959		Story of disfigured woman in a white mask. French.
Exotica	Atom Egoyan	1994		Parallel dramas of 5 people who's lives all eventually
				converge at a bar. Recommended by Gene Siskel
The 400 Blows	Francois Truffaut	1959		Story of kids in Paris neglected by parents. French, subtitled.
The Gang's All Here	Busby Berkeley	1943		Musical about solider who gets engaged then goes to war.
				cultured German commandant. French, subtitled.
The Great Train Robbery	Edwin Porter	1903		First film to tell a story, not just entertain. Silent.
Greed	Von Stroheim	1924		Wife's obsession with money drives husband to
				madness. Originally 8 hours long. Silent.
Heaven's Gate	Michael Cimino	1980	Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken	19th Century American settlers vs. rich tycoons.
Hells Angels on Wheels	Richard Rush	1967	Jack Nicholson	Gas station attendant falls for Hells Angel girl, trouble.
High Noon	Fred Zinnemann	1952	Gary Cooper	Famous Western about crisis of conscience. 4 Oscars.
Hour of the Wolf	Ingmar Bergman	1968	Max von Sydow	Swedish, subtitled. Similar to "Eraserhead".
How Green Was My Valley	John Ford	1941		Drama about Welsh coal miners. Won 5 Oscars.
If	Lindsay Anderson	1968	Malcom McDowell	Story about students who take over boarding school.
Il Mefistofele	Ken Russell	1989		Modern version of Faust's 'Mephistopheles'
The Jazz Singer	Alan Crosland	1927	Al Jolson	The first-ever sound movie.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull	Hall Bartlett	1973		Existential story about a seagull bored with flying.
Julia	Fred Zinnemann	1977	Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep	Mystery/Romance in 1930's Europe during War.
Juliet of the Spirits	Federico Fellini	1965		Psychological mystery about betrayal.
The Killing	Stanley Kubrick	1956		First Kubrik film. Mystery story.
The Killing of Sister George	Robert Aldrich	1968		Story of actor's declining career/romance.
The King of Comedy	Martin Scorsese	1983	Robert DeNiro, Jerry Lewis	How to become a comedian by stalking Jerry Lewis.
The King of New York	Able Ferrara	1990	Christopher Walken, Steve Buscemi	New York mobster battles Columbian rivals.
Klute	Alan Pakula	1971	Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland	Detective searches for missing husband. Won Oscar.
The Last Movie	Dennis Hopper	1971	Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper	Surreal, weird story of film crew in Peruvian village.
The Last Picture Show	Peter Bogdanovich	1971	Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd	Slice of life in small-town Texas. Won 2 Oscars.
The Last Year in Marienbad	Alain Resnais	1961		Mystery of lost memories of a romance.
The Lost Weekend	Billy Wilder	1945		4 days in the life of an alcoholic. Won 4 Oscars.
A Man Called Horse	Elliot Silverstein	1970		English aristocrat captured by Sioux Indians. Not fun.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	John Ford	1962	John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin	Lawyer and gun-slinger civilize the West.
The Manchurian Candidate	John Frankenheimer	1962	Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh	Drama about Korean veteran & his ambitious mother.
Midnight Cowboy	John Schlesinger	1969	John Voight. Hoffman	Drama of male prostitutes in New York. Won 3 Oscars.
The Moon is Blue	Otto Preminger	1953		Story about a woman "flaunting" her virginity.
Ned Kelly	Tony Richardson	1970	Mick Jagger	Life of Australian outlaw, against Irish-British conflict.
Never Cry Wolf	Carroll Ballard	1983		Study of wolves reveals similarities to human society.
The Night of the Hunter	Charles Laughton	1955	Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish	Moody drama about religious fanaticism & hypocricy.
Night on Earth	James Jarmusch	1981	Winona Ryder	5 parallel slice-of-life stories in taxis.
Not Wanted	Ida Lupino	1949		Story of unwed mother and alienation.
On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan	1954	Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger	Drama about New York Unions. Won 8 Oscars.
Outlaw Blues	Richard Heffron	1977	Peter Fonda	Ex-convict become Country-Western singer.
Paint Your Wagon	Joshua Logan	1969	Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin	Musical Western. Clint Eastwood sings.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid	Sam Peckinpah	1973	Kristofferson, Dylan, Rita Coolidge	Drama of the sheriff who tracked down Billy the Kid.
The People vs. Larry Flynt	Milos Forman	1996	Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love	Milos Forman seeks the "edge" of freedom of speech rights.
Performance	Nicolas Roeg	1970	Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg	Psychological drama about criminal hiding out.
Picnic at Hanging Rock	Peter Weir	1975		Eerie mystery about girls who vanished after a picnic.
Place in the Sun	George Stevens	1951	Elizabeth Taylor	Romance amongst the idle rich. Won 8 Oscars.
Play Misty for Me	Clint Eastwood	1971	Clint Eastwood	Suspense about DJ stalked by fan. Eastwood directs.
Prelude to War	Frank Capra	1941		US anti-German & Japanese propaganda film during WWII.
Rashomon	Akira Kurosawa	1950		4 people recall same crime with different details. Oscar
Red Badge of Courage	John Huston	1951		Civil War soldier struggles with courage & fear.
Renaldo & Clara	Bob Dylan	1978	Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Allen Ginsburg	Bob Dylan's "Rolling Thunder Revue" concert tour.
Roma	Federico Fellini	1972		Impressionistic, plot-less images of 1970's Rome.
Rules of the Game	Jean Renoir	1939		A contrast of bourgeoisie and servants in France.
Satyricon	Federico Fellini	1969		Visually elaborate drama about life in ancient Rome.
				Won an Oscar. Italian, subtitled.
Scarface	Howard Hawks	1932	Boris Karloff	Gangster story loosely based on life of Al Capone.
Scorpio Rising	Kenneth Anger	1964		The original music video. 30 minutes long.
Seconds	John Frankenheimer	1966		Man is given new identity but clashes with old life.
Serpico	Sidney Lumet	1973	Al Pacino	True story of New York cop who exposed bad cops.
The Seven Samurai	Akira Kurosawa	1954		Classic, poetic film about 16th century Japanese warriors.
Shallow Grave	Danny Boyle	1994	Ewan McGregor	Same director as "Trainspotting". Stark Scottish crime.
Shane	George Stevens	1953	Jack Palance, Ellen Corby	Gunfighter defends homesteaders in the Old West.
Shock Corridor	Sam Fuller	1963		Journalist goes under cover into asylum, but then goes crazy.
The Shootist	Don Siegel	1976	John Wayne, Ron Howard, Jimmy Stewart	Elderly gunslinger gets cancer and tries to die with dignity.
Sleuth	Joseph Mankiewicz	1972	Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine	Based on play about mystery writer's plot. Many plot twists.
Sorcerer	William Friedkin	1977	Roy Scheider	Truck drivers transport unstable dynamite through forests.
Stagecoach	Stagecoach	1939	John Wayne, John Carradine	Famous Western about passengers in a stagecoach. 2 Oscars.
Stromboli	Roberto Rossellini	1949	Ingrid Bergman	Refugee marries an American fisherman but then gets bored.
Sunset Boulevard	Billy Wilder	1950	Cecil B. DeMille, Buster Keaton	Star from Silent Film era living in the past. 3 Oscars.
Swept Away by an Unusual
Destiny in the Blue Sea
of August	Lina Wertmüller	1975		Cast-away love-story on tropical island.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	John Huston	1948	Humphrey Bogart	3 prospectors looking for gold get greedy. Won 3 Oscars.
Valley of the Dolls	Mark Robson	1967	Sharon Tate, Patty Duke	3 women enter show business & struggle with its excesses.
Wanda Nevada	Peter Fonda	1979	Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Henry Fonda	Drama about a drifter and a young orphan in the Old West.
White Hunter, Black Heart	Clint Eastwood	1990	Clint Eastwood	Drama about director John Huston hunting for elephants.
Who’s That Knocking At My Door?	Martin Scorsese	1968	Harvey Keitel	Scorsese's autobiography, about New York upbringing.
The Wild Angels	Roger Corman	1966	Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern	Story of a motorcycle gang and their outlaw lifestyle.
The Wild One	Laszlo Benedek	1954	Marlon Brando, Lee Marvin	The original outlaw biker film.Brando as brooding rebel.
Women In Love	Ken Russell	1969	Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed	Based on DH Lawrence book about love affairs. Won Oscar.
Zero for Conduct	Jean Vigo	1933		Drama/Comedy about children in a French boarding school.
Action / Adventure
Title	Director	Date	Actors	Reason for Seeing / Comments
Billion Dollar Brain	Ken Russell	1967	Michael Caine, Karl Malden	Art-film about espionage in Scandinavia.
Bridge on the River Kwai	David Lean	1957	Alec Guinness	British POW's in Japan build & destroy bridge. 7 Oscars.
Bullitt	Peter Yates	1968	Steve McQueen, Robert Duvall	Police detective in lots of car chases through San Francisco.
The Burglars	Henri Verneuil	1972	Omar Sharif	Crime mystery in Greece. (aka 'Le Casse')
Casino Royale	Val Guest	1967	Peter Sellers, O. Welles, Woody Allen	Spoof of Bond movies, with many James Bonds.
Colors	Dennis Hopper	1988	Sean Penn, Robert Duvall	Urban street drama in LA. Gangs vs. Cops.
Coogan’s Bluff	Don Siegel	1968	Clint Eastwood	Arizona lawman comes to New York to fight crime.
The Day of the Jackal	Fred Zinnemann	1973
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry	John Hough	1974	Peter Fonda, Susan George	Car-chase movie about a race-car driver & girlfriend.
Dog Day Afteroon	Sidney Lumet	1975	Al Pacino
Dr. No	Terence Young	1962	Sean Connery, Jack Lord	The first James Bond film
The Eiger Sanction	Clint Eastwood	1975	Clint Eastwood
The Enforcer	James Fargo	1976	Clint Eastwood
Fighting Mad	Jonathan Demme	1976	Peter Fonda	Farmer has farm stolen, gets revenge.
First Blood	Ted Kotcheff	1982	Sylvester Stallone
Fist Full of Dollars	Sergio Leone	1964	Clint Eastwood	First of the Italian "Spaghetti Westerns"
For a Few Dollars More	Sergio Leone	1965	Clint Eastwood	Sequel to the above.
The French Connection	William Friedkin	1971	Gene Hackman
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly	Sergio Leone	1966	Clint Eastwood	The last Eastwood "Spaghetti Western".
The Great Escape	John Sturges	1963	Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson
High-Ballin'	Peter Carter	1978	Peter Fonda	Good 'ol boy truckers battle for king of the road.
Killer Force	Val Guest	1975	Peter Fonda, OJ Simpson, Telly Savales
The Killer	John Woo	1989
Magnum Force	Ted Post	1973	Clint Eastwood, David Soul
Marathon Man	John Schlesinger	1976	Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman	NAZI fugitives involved in 1970's crime rings.
The Naked Prey	Cornel Wilde	1966
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service	Peter Hunt	1969	George Lazenby, Telly Savales	James Bond gets married.
The Osterman Weekend	Sam Peckinpah	1983	Rutger Hauer, Dennis Hopper
Outlaw Josey Wales	Clint Eastwood	1976	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood Western.
Rambo III; First Blood Part III	Peter MacDonald	1988	Sylvester Stallone
Red Sonja	Richard Fleischer	1985	Brigitte Nielsen , Arnold Swarzenegger
Thunderball	Terence Young	1965	Sean Connery
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	Michael Cimino	1974	Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges
Walking Tall	Phil Karlson	1973	Joe Do Baker
Walking Tall Part II	Earl Bellamy	1975	Bo Svenson
Final Chapter - Walking Tall	Jack Starrett	1977	Bo Svenson
The Warriors	Walter Hill	1979		New York gang crosses foreign turf and gets into trouble.
Where Eagles Dare	Brian Hutton	1969	Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton
Comedy
Title	Director	Date	Actors	Reason for Seeing / Comments
And Now for Something Completely Different	Terry Gilliam	1971	Monty Python
A Shot in the Dark	Blake Edwards	1964	Peter Sellers
The Boob Tube	Christopher Odin	1975
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu	Piers Haggard	1980	Peter Sellers
The General	Buster Keaton	1927	Buster Keaton	Comedy about stolen train during Civil War. Silent film.
High Anxiety	Mel Brooks	1977	Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn
Hot Shots	Jim Abrahams	1991	Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges
Hot Shots, Part Deux	Jim Abrahams	1993	Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	Stanley Kramer	1963	Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Micky Rooney
			Phil Silvers, The Three Stooges
Jabberwocky	Terry Gilliam	1977	Monty Python
The Kentucky Fried Movie	John Landis	1977	Forrest J. Ackerman
The Last Remake of Beau Geste	Marty Feldman	1977	Marty Feldman, Anne Margret, Ed McMahon
Life Stinks	Mel Brooks	1971
The Longest Yard	Robert Aldrich	1974	Burt Reynolds, Bernadette Peters	Comedy about convicts playing pro football
The Magic Christian	Joseph McGrath	1969	Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Christopher Lee	Written by John Cleese
Modern Times	Charlie Chaplin	1936
Mother, Jugs & Speed	Peter Yates	1976	Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel
The Party	Blake Edwards	1968	Peter Sellers	Pre-Pink Panther Peter Sellers comedy.
The Pink Panther	Blake Edwards		Peter Sellers, David Niven, Robert Wagner
The Pink Panther Strikes Again	Blake Edwards	1976
The Producers	Mel Brooks	1968	Zero Mostel
Raising Arizona	Joel Cohen	1987	Nicholas Cage, John Goodman	Black comedy about small-time criminals.
The Return of the Pink Panther	Blake Edwards	1974	Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer
The Revenge of the Pink Panther	Blake Edwards	1978	Peter Sellers
Room Service	William Seiter	1938	The Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball
The Rutles
Silent Movie	Mel Brooks	1976	Marty Feldman, Marcel Marceau	An actual silent movie, with only one spoken line.
Sherlock Jr.	Buster Keaton	1924	Buster Keaton
The Sunshine Boys	Herbert Ross	1975	George Burns, Walter Matthau	Based on the play by Neil Simon
Trail of the Pink Panther	Blake Edwards	1982	Peter Sellers, David Niven, Harvey Korman
The Twelve Chairs	Mel Brooks	1970	Dom Deluise
Animation
Title	Director	Date	Actors	Reason for Seeing / Comments
Akira	Katsuhiro Otomo	1988
American Pop	Ralph Bakshi	1981
The Big Freeze	Ralph Bakshi	1971
Cool World	Ralph Bakshi	1992	Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne
Heavy Metal	Gerald Potterton	1981	John Candy
Hey Good Lookin'	Ralph Bakshi	1982
Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat	Robert Taylor	1974
Documentaries
Title	Director	Date	Actors	Reason for Seeing / Comments
Ladies & Gentlemen; The Rolling Stones	Rollin Binzer	1973	The Rolling Stones
The Last Waltz	Martin Scorsese	1978	Bob Dylan & The Band
Nanook of the North	Robert Flaherty	1922		First ever Documentary. About Eskimos.
Let's Spend the Night Together	Hal Ashby	1982	The Rolling Stones
Scenes From the Life of Andy Warhol	Jonas Mekas	1982	Everyone from The Factory
Fantasy / Science Fiction
Title	Director	Date	Actors	Reason for Seeing / Comments
Capricorn One	Peter Hyams	1978	OJ Simpon, Telly Savales	Manned Mars landings are faked by NASA on TV.
DarkStar	John Carpenter	1973		Sci-Fi satire. John Carpenter's first film.
Death Race 2000	Paul Bartel	1975	David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone
Donovan's Brain	Felix Feist	1953		Steven King recommended
The First Men in the Moon	Bruce Gordon	1919
Food of the Gods
Forbidden Planet	Fred Wilcox		Leslie Nielsen	Sci-Fi version of Shakespear's "The Tempest"
Futureworld	Richard Heffron	1976	Peter Fonda, Yul Brynner
Idaho Transfer	Peter Fonda	1974	Keith Carradine
Jacob's Ladder	Adrian Lyn	1990	Tim Robbins, Ving Rhames
Legend	Ridley Scott	1985	Tom Cruise, Tim Curry
The Man Whe Fell to Earth	Nicolas Roeg	1976	David Bowie
Metropolis	Fritz Lang	1926
Outland	Peter Hyams	1981	Sean Connery, John Ratzenberger
Rollerball	Norman Jewison	1975	James Caan
Running Man	Paul Michael Glaser	1987	Schwarzenegger, Mick Fleetwood, Dweezil Zappa
THX 1138	George Lucas	1970	Robert Duvall
Trip to the Moon		1899
Westworld	Miachael Crichton	1973	Yul Brenner
Scary Movies
Title	Director	Date	Actors	Reason for Seeing / Comments
Arnold	Georg Fenday	1973	Elsa Lanchester (see below)
Black Sunday	Mario Bava	1960		Italian, subtitled. Tim Burton's favorite horror film.
Bride of Frankenstein	James Whale	1935	Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester
The Cat and the Canary	Radley Metzger	1979
The Crawling Hand	Herbert Strock	1963	Alan Hale (The Skipper on 'Gilligan's Island')
The Curse of Frankenstein	Terence Fisher	1957	Peter Cushing
Dead Ringers	David Cronenberg	1988	Jeremy Irons
Dracula	Tod Browning	1931	Bela Lugosi
The Evil of Frankenstein	Freddie Franics	1964	Hammer Film Productions
Fiend Without a Face	Arthur Crabtree	1958
Frankenstein	James Whale	1932	Boris Karloff
Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell	Terence Fisher	1974	Peter Cushing	The last Frankenstein film from Hammer Productions
The Fury	Brian De Palma	1978	Kirk Douglas
Halloween	John Carpenter	1978	Jamie Lee Curtis
The Hand	Oliver Stone	1981	Michael Caine
The Hills Have Eyes	Wes Craven	1978
The Howling	Joe Dante	1981	John Carradine, Forrest J. Ackerman (book customer)
To Kill a Clown	George Bloomfield	1972	Alan Alda	Couple in troubled marriage stranded on island with psycho.
The Last House on the Left	Wes Craven	1972
The Hunger	Tony Scott	1983	David Bowie, Susan Sarandon	Story about female vampires.
The Mephisto Waltz	Paul Wendkos	1971	Alan Alda	Journalist is lured in to evil cult. Pre-MASH Alda.
Night of the Living Dead	George Romero	1968
A Nightmare on Elm Street	Wes Craven	1984	Johnny Depp
Son of Frankenstein	Bela Lugosi	1939
The Tennant	Roman Polanski	1976		(aka "Le Locataire")
Trog	Freddie Francis	1970	Joan Crawford	Joan Crawford's last film
Nosferatu	F.W Murnau	1922	Max Schreck	The orginal Dracula film, and the weirdest.
Race With the Devil	Jack Starrett	1975	Peter Fonda, Loretta Swit	Couples pursued by cult members.
The Revenge of Frankenstein	Terence Fisher	1958	Peter Cushing
Sssssss	Bernard Kowalski	1973		(aka "SSSSnake")
The Terror	Roger Corman & Coppola	1963	Boris Karloff & Jack Nicholson	Filmed in 4 days.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Tobe Hooper	1974
Wolfen	Michael Wadleigh	1981
Midnight Movies
Title	Director	Date	Actors	Reason for Seeing / Comments
The Outlaws is Coming	Normann Maurer	1965	The Three Stooges, Emil Sitka, Adam West
Snow White and the Three Stooges	Walter Lang	1961	The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze	Norman Mauer
The Three Stooges In Orbit	Edward Bernds	1962	The Three Stooges, Emil Sitka
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules	Edward Bernds	1962	The Three Stooges, Emil Sitka
The Three Stooges Meet the Gunslingers		1964
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein	Charles Barton	1948	Abbott, Costello, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers	Fred Sears	1956
Phantasm	Don Coscarelli	1979
Prophecy	John Frankenheimer	1979
Dawn of the Dead	George Romero	1978
Nightwing	Arthur Hiller	1979
Freaks	Tod Browning	1932
The Invisible Man	James Whale	1933
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf-Man	Roy William Neill	1943	Bela Lugosi (as Frankenstein)
Frankenstein 1970	Howard Koch	1958	Boris Karloff
Straw Dogs	Sam Peckinpah	1971	Dustin Hoffman
Strait-Jacket	William Castle	1964	Joan Crawford
Dementia-13	Francis Ford Coppola	1963		Coppola's very first feature film.
Repulsion	Roman Polanski	1965		Polanski's first English-language film.
The Thing	Christian Nyby	1951		Also directed by Howard Hawks.
Lady in a Cage	Walter Grauman	1964	Scatman Crothers
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	Robert Aldrich	1962
Them!	Gordon Douglas	1954		Look for a young Leonard Nimoy at a teletype.
Martin	George Romero	1978
Dracula	John Badham	1979	Frank Langela
Curse of the Demon	Jacques Tourneur	1957		(aka "Night of the Demon")
Dead of Night	Alberto Cavalcanti	1945
The Creeping Unknown	Val Guest	1955		(aka "The Quartermass Experiment")
Enemy From Space	Val Guest	1957		(aka "Quartermass 2")
The Navy vs. The Night Monsters	Michael Hoey	1966
Eaten Alive	Tobe Hooper	1976
The Brood	David Cronenberg	1979
They Came From Within	David Cronenberg	1975		(aka "Shrivers")
Rabid	David Cronenberg	1977	Marilyn Chambers
The Body Snatcher	Robert Wise	1945	Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi	Story by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes	Robert Fuest	1971	Vincent Price
Horrors of the Black Museum	Arthur Crabtree	1959
The Day Mars Invaded the Earth	Maury Dexter	1962
Phase IV	Saul Bass	1973		Invasion of ants from space.
The Last Man on Earth	Ubaldo Ragona	1964	Vincent Price	Italian, subtitled.
The Omega Man	Boris Sagal	1971	Charlton Heston	Remake of "The Last Man on Earth"
The Forbin Project	Joseph Sargent	1969		(aka "Colossus: The Forbin Project")
The Beginning of the End	Bert Gordon	1957		Attack of giant grasshoppers.
Tarantula	Jack Arnold	1955		Young Clint Eastwood as a jet pilot near the film's end.
The Incredible Shrinking Man	Jack Arnold	1957
The H-Man	Ishiro Honda	1958		Japanese, subtitled. (aka "Bijo to Ekitainingen")
The Mysterians	Ishiro Honda	1957		Japanese, subtitled. (aka "Chikyu Boeigun")
Night of the Lepus	William Claxton	1972		The world is menaced by 6-foot-tall bunnies.
The Atomic Kid	Leslie Martinson	1954	Mickey Rooney
The Andromeda Strain	Robert Wise	1971		Written by Michael Crichton.
It! The Terror From Beyond Space	Edward Cahn	1958
The Horror of Party Beach	Del Tenney	1964
The Stepford Wives	Bryan Forbes	1975	Tina Louise (Ginger on "Gilligan's Island")
When a Stranger Calls	Fred Walton	1979
Wait Until Dark	Terence Young	1967		Scary story about a blind woman.
Coma	Michael Crichton	1978	Tom Selleck (minor role)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Richard Brooks	1977	Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, LeVar Burton
The Haunting	Robert Wise	1963
The Bad Seed	Mervyn LeRoy	1956
Night Watch	Brian Hutton	1973	Elizabeth Taylor
I Bury the Living	Albert Band	1958
Macabre	William Castle	1958	Ellen Corby
I Saw What You Did	William Castle	1965
Shanks	William Castle	1974	Marcel Marceau	William Castle's last film. Surreal, with little dialogue.
The Giant Spider Invasion	Bill Rebane	1975	Alan Hale (The Skipper on "Gillugan's Island")	The giant spider is really a fur-covered VW.
Squirm	Jeff Lieberman	1976
X--The Man With X-Ray Eyes	Roger Corman	1963
Attack of the Crab Monsters	Roger Corman	1957
The Little Shop of Horrors	Roger Corman	1960	Jack Nicholson	Filmed in 2 days.
The Masque of the Red Death	Roger Corman	1964	Vincent Price	Surreal version of Poe story. Filmed by Nicolas Roeg.
The Wild Angels	Roger Corman	1966	Peter Fonda & Bruce Dern
Not of This Earth	Roger Corman	1957
The Trip	Roger Corman	1967	Peter Fonda	Written by Jack Nicholson
The Crawling Eye	Quentin Lawrence	1958
Eye of the Cat	David Lowell Rich	1969		(aka "Wylie")
Willard	Daniel Mann	1971	Ernest Borgine
Ben	Phil Karlson	1972		Sequel to "Willard". Song by young Michael Jackson.
Robot Monster	Phil Tucker	1953		The Director attempted suicide after abysmal reviews.
The Fog	John Carpenter	1980	Jamie Lee Curtis
The Brain From Planet Arous	Natah Juran	1957
The Deadly Mantis	Nathan Juran	1957		Filmed using Tonka toys for city buses.
It Came From Outer Space	Jack Arnold	1953		Written by Ray Bradbury.
The Black Scorpion	Edward Ludwig	1957
Caltiki, The Immortal Monster	Riccardo Freda	1959		Italain, subtitled.
X the Unknown	Leslie Norman	1956
The Manster	George Breakston	1960		Japanese Jeckyll & Hyde, but with 2 heads.
Teenage Monster	Jacques Marquette	1957
The Attack of the 50 Foot Woman	Nathan Juran	1958
The Amazing Colossal Man	Bert Gordon	1957
Ruby	Curtis Harrington	1977	Piper Laurie
Billy the Kid Meets Dracula	William Beaudine	1966	John Carradine
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein	William Beaudine	1966
The Swarm	Irwin Allen	1978	Michael Cain, Slim Pickins, Henry Fonda
I Married a Monster From Outer Space	Gene Fowler	1958
Ritual	Hal Holbrook	1977		(aka "The Creeper")
Planet of the Vampires	Mario Bava	1965		(aka "The Demon Planet")
The Monster From Green Hell	Kenneth Crane	1958		Same Producer for Robot Monster.
Tourist Trap	David Schmoeller	1979
The Cassandra Crossing	George Cosmatos	1976		A Disaster film.
Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory	Paolo Heusch	1961		(aka "Lycanthropus")
Sisters	Brian DePalma	1973	Margot Kidder	(aka "Blood Sisters")
Isle of the Snake People	Jack Hill	1968	Boris Karloff
The Night Stalker (TV movie)	John Llewellyn Moxey	1972	Larry Linville	Based on book, "The Kolchak Tapes" by Jeff Rice.
The Night Strangler (TV movie)	Dan Curtis	1973		Sequel to "The Night Stalker".
Trilogy of Terror (TV movie)	Dan Curtis	1975		Watch for "Night Stalker" in Drive-In theater.
Asylum	Roy Ward Baker	1972	Peter Cushing, Brit Eklund	(aka "House of Crazies")
Burnt Offerings	Dan Curtis	1976	Burgess Meredith
Burn Witch Burn	Sidney Hayers	1962		(aka "Night of the Eagle")
Creature From the Black Lagoon	Jack Arnold	1954
The Day of the Triffids	Steve Sekely	1962
Doctor Terror's House of Horrors	Freddie Francis	1965	Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland	(aka "The Blood Suckers")
The Deadly Bees	Freddie Francis	1966		Ron Wood at beginning, far right in band The Birds.
Deep Red	Dario Argento	1976		Italian, subtitled. (aka "Profondo Roso")
Diabolique	Henri-Georges Clouzot	1955
Don't Look Now	Nicholas Roeg	1973	Donald Sutherland	Written by Daphne du Maurier.
The Exterminating Angel	Luis Buñuel	1962		Mexico. Surreal. (aka "El Angel exterminador")
Frenzy	Alfred Hitchcock	1972		Written by Anthony Shaffer.
The Fury	Brian DePalma	1978	Amy Irving. Kirk Douglas
Gorgo	Eugene Lourie	1961		British attempt at Godzilla
The House That Dripped Blood	Peter Duffell	1970	Christopher Lee
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte	Robert Aldrich	1964	Bette Davis, Bruce Dern, Ellen Corby
I Saw What You Did	William Castle	1965		Phone-tag turns real.
The Killer Shrews	Ray Kellogg	1959
Last Summer	Frank Perry	1969
Let's Scare Jessica to Death	John Hancock	1971
Night Must Fall	Karel Reisz	1964
No Way to Treat a Lady	Jack Smight	1968	Rod Steiger
Panic in the Year Zero	Ray Milland	1962
Cars That Ate Paris	Peter Weir	1974
Race With the Devil	Jack Starrett	1975	Peter Fonda, Loretta Swit
Freebie and the Bean	Richard Rush	1974	Loreta Swit
Seance on a Wet Afternoon	Bryan Forbes	1964	Richard Attenboroough
Seizure	Oliver Stone	1974		Oliver Stone's first film.
The Tomb of Ligeia	Roger Corman	1965	Vincent Price
Village of the Damned	Wolf Rilla	1960
Fire Maidens From Outer Space	Cy Roth	1956
Missle to the Moon	Richard Cunha	1959
The Phantom Planet	Willaim Marshall	1961
Queen of Outer Space	Edward Bernds	1958	Zsa Zsa Gabor
World Without End	Edward Bernds	1956
Twelve to the Moon	David Bradley	1960
They Came From Beyond Space	Freddie Francis	1967
The Space Children	Jack Arnold	1958
Project Moon Base	Richard Talmadge	1953		Written by Robert Heinlein.
Conquest of Space	Baron Haskin	1955
Nightmare	Freddie Francis	1964
AIP Films:
Dragstrip Girl	Edward Cahn	1957
Dillinger	Max Nosseck	1945
Beach Blanket Bingo	William Asher	1965	Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini	William Asher	1965	Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello
The Attack of the Giant Leeches	Bernard Kowalski	1959
Terror From the Year 5000	Robert Gurney	1958
The Brain Eaters	Bruno VeSota	1958	Leonard Nimoy (as Prof. Cole)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf	Gene Fowler	1957	Michael Landon
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein	Herbert Strock	1957
Invasion of the Saucer Men	Edward Cahn	1957
The Eye Creatures	Larry Buchanan	1965		Remake of "Invasion of the Saucer Men "
Invasion of the Star Creatures	Bruno VeSota	1962
The Conqueror Worm	Michael Reeves	1968	Vincent Price	Based on a true story.
Avant Garde Films
Title	Director	Date	Actors	Reason for Seeing / Comments
200 Motels	Frank Zappa	1971	Mothers of Invention, Keith Moon
Anima Mundi	Godfrey Reggio	1991
The Chelsea Girls	Andy Warhol	1967	Nico, International Velvet
Dynamite Chicken	Ernest Pintoff	1967	John Lennon, Joan Baez, Yoko Ono, Andy Warhol
Eraserhead	David Lynch	1976	Jack Nance
Evidence	Godfrey Reggio	1995
Andy Warhol's Flesh	Paul Morrissey	1968		No script was used. All dialogue was improvised.
Andy Warhol's Trash	Paul Morrissey	1970		No script was used. All dialogue was improvised.
Andy Warhol's Heat	Paul Morrissey	1972		No script was used. All dialogue was improvised.
Andy Warhol's Frankenstein	Paul Morrissey	1974
Andy Warhol's Dracula	Paul Morrissey	1974
Andy Warhol's Bad	Jed Johnson	1977
How I Won the War	Richard Lester	1967	John Lennon
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome	Kenneth Anger	1954
Invocation of my Demon Brother	Kenneth Anger	1969	Kenneth Anger, Manson Family	Music written by Mick Jagger.
Koyaanisqatsi	Godfrey Reggio	1983
The Loves of Ondine	Andy Warhol	1967		Film was originally 25 hours long.
Lucifer Rising	Kenneth Anger	1973	Kenneth Anger, Marianne Faithful
Powaqqatsi	Godfrey Reggio	1988
Scorpio Rising	Kenneth Anger	1964
Stranger Than Paradise	Jim Jarmusch	1984
Un Chien Andalou	Salvador Dali	1928	Salvador Dali
Uncle Meat	Frank Zappa	1987	Frank Zappa
Women in Revolt	Paul Morrissey	1972
Cult Films / Low Budget
Title	Director	Date	Actors	Reason for Seeing / Comments
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes	John De Bello	1978		Intelligent tomatoes stalk the Earth.
- Return of the Killer Tomatoes!	John De Bello	1988		More tomatoe silliness.
- Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!	John De Bello	1990		Even more silliness.
- Killer Tomatoes Eat France!	John De Bello	1991		Will it ever end?
Barb Wire	David Hogan	1996	Pamela Anderson
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Vixens	Russ Meyer	1979		Written by Roger Ebert.
The Blob
Beware! The Blob	Larry Hagman	1972	Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Burgess Meredith	(aka 'Son of Blob') See Randy Stonehill get blobbed.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls	Russ Meyer	1970	Pam Grier	Written by Roger Ebert.
The Big Doll House	Jack Hill	1971	Pam Grier
Blackenstein	William Levey	1973		Black version of Frankenstein.
Blacula	William Crane	1972		Black version of Dracula.
Blind Date	Niko Mastorakis	1984	Marina Sirtis	(aka "Deadly Seduction")
Bolero	John Derek	1984	Bo Derek
Caged Heat	Jonathan Demme	1974
Caligula	Bob Guccione	1980	Malcom McDowell, Peter O’Toole
Candy Goes to Hollywood	Gail Palmer	1979	Wendy O. Williams
Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town	Dan Hoskins	1989	Billy Bob Thorton
Death Wish 3	Michael Winner	1985	Charles Bronson, Marina Sirtis
The Devil in Miss Jones	Gerard Damiano	1973
Dr. Death: Seeker of Souls	Eddie Saeta	1973	Moe Howard	Moe's last film appearance. Minor role.
Doctor You've Got to Be Kidding	Peter Tewksbury	1967	Bill Bixby, Nichelle Nichols
Dracula vs. Frankenstein	Adam Adamson	1971	Lon Chaney Jr, Forrerst J. Ackerman
Enter the Dragon	Robert Clouse	1973	Bruce Lee
Les Expériences érotiques de Frankenstein	Jess Franco	1972
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!	Russ Meyer	1965
Five Minutes to Love	John Hayes	1963	Rue McClanahan
Foxy Brown	Jack Hill	1974	Pam Grier
The Happy Hooker	Nicholas Sgarro	1975
Head	Bob Rafelson	1968	The Monkees, Frank Zappa	Written by Jack Nicholson
Hollywood After Dark	John Hayes	1961	Rue McClanahan	(aka "Walk the Angry Beach")
House of Dracula's Daughter	Gordon Hessler	1973	David Carradine, John Carradine
The Incredible Melting Man	William Sachs	1977
Mesa of Lost Women	Ron Ormond	1953		Written by Ed Wood.
Mondo Trasho	John Waters	1969	Divine
Naked Obsession	Dan Golden	1991
Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell	Brett Piper	1991
The Playgirls and the Bellboy	Francis Ford Coppola	1962
Reefer Madness	Louis Gasnier	1936		Early anti-drug film. (aka "Tell Your Children")
Schlock	John Landis	1971	John Landis, Forrest J. Ackerman	(aka "The Banana Monster")
Scream, Blacula, Scream	Bob Kelljan	1973	Pam Grier
Shaft	Gordon Parks	1971
Shaft’s Big Score	Gordon Parks	1972
Tonight For Sure	Francis Ford Coppola	1961		Produced by Roger Corman.
Tower of Terror	Jim Wynorski	1990	Forrest J. Ackerman	(aka "Hard to Die")
The Trip	Roger Corman	1967	Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern	(writtten by Jack Nicholson)
Truck Turner	Jonathan Kaplan	1974	Isaac Hayes, Nichelle Nichols, Scatman Crothers
Waxwork II: Lost in Time	Anthony Hickox	1992	David Carradine, Marina Sirtis
Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman	William Levey	1970	Dyanne Thorne
The Wicked Lady	Michael Winner	1983	Faye Dunaway, Marina Sirtis, Prunella Scales
The Wild Wild Woman of Batwoman	Jerry Warren	1966		(aka "She Was a Hippie Vampire")
Women in Cages	Gerardo De Leon	1971	Pam Grier
Up!	Russ Meyer	1976		(Written by Roger Ebert)