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My 20 Favorite Films

as at August 2003

Peter Faris QC

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Rank Title - English Title - Original Director Country Year
1 400 Blows Quatre cents coups, Les François Truffaut France 1959
2 Breathless À bout de souffle Jean-Luc Godard France 1960
3 Casablanca - Michael Curtiz USA 1942
4 Les Enfants du Paradis Children of Paradise Marcel Carné France 1945
5 Blade Runner - Ridley Scott USA 1982
6 Blues Brothers, The - John Landis USA 1980
7 Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino USA 1994
8 Seven Samurai Shichinin no samurai Akira Kurosawa Japan 1954
9 Third Man, The - Carol Reed UK 1949
10 Life of Brian - Terry Jones UK 1979
11 Not One Less Yi ge dou bu neng shao Yimou Zhang China 1999
12 Dr Strangelove - Stanley Kubrick UK 1964
13 Jules and Jim Jules et Jim François Truffaut France 1962
14 Night at the Opera, A - Sam Wood USA 1935
15 Rashômon Rashômon Akira Kurosawa Japan 1950
16 Maltese Falcon, The - John Huston USA 1941
17 Big Sleep, The - Howard Hawks USA 1946
18 The Leopard Gattopardo, Il Luchino Visconti Italy 1963
19 Raise the Red Lantern Da hong deng long gao gao gua Yimou Zhang China 1991
20 Shanghai Triad Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao Yimou Zhang China 1995