Death in Venice: No 14 best arthouse film of all time
Luchino Visconti, 1971
Battleship Potemkin: No 18 best arthouse film of all time
Sergei Eisenstein, 1925
The Passion of Joan of Arc: No 22 best arthouse film of all time
Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928
La Dolce Vita: No 23 best arthouse film of all time
Federico Fellini, 1960
The Stoning of Soraya M – review
The true story of an atrocity in Iran makes for intense viewing, says Philip French
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow – review
Philip French appauds a remarkable documentary about the work of German artist Anselm Kiefer
Breathless (A Bout de Souffle): No 4 best romantic film of all time
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
Jules and Jim: No 10 best romantic film of all time
François Truffaut, 1962
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: No 14 best romantic film of all time
Jacques Demy, 1964
A Town Called Panic – review
Philip French applauds eccentric French animation A Town Called Panic
Buried
Philip French enjoys a story of premature burial that goes beyond mere chills
Little Big Soldier
A Chinese Don Quixote and Sancho Panza? Give us a break, says Philip French
Police, Adjective
Philip French is fascinated by a Romanian police procedural thriller
True Legend
Philip French enjoys one of the best action sequences he's ever seen in True Legend
The film that changed my life: Mike Newell
La Grande Illusion, Jean Renoir's classic first world war film, had a galvanising effect on the 15-year-old Mike Newell, discovers Jessica Hopkins