Quick Millions

Rowland Brown, 1931, 72 minutes

Short and pungent.

State of Siege

Costa-Gavras, 1972, 121 minutes

Meticulous and damning.

The Masque of the Red Death

Roger Corman, 1964, 90 minutes

Expertly done.

Deep Rising

Stephen Sommers, 1998, 106 minutes

Superb effects.

Drive My Car

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021, 179 minutes

Austere and affecting.

To Live and Die in L.A.

William Friedkin, 1985, 116 minutes

Colossus of cop films.

Friedkin Uncut

Francesco Zippel, 2018, 107 minutes

Informative hagiography.

Kes

Ken Loach, 1969, 112 minutes

Beautifully wrenching.

Wagner & Me

Patrick McGrady, 2010, 89 minutes

Self-indulgent.

Sorcerer (2)

William Friedkin, 1977, 121 minutes

Gorgeous sights and sounds.

Freebie and the Bean

Richard Rush, 1974, 113 minutes

Cringey misfire.

Midnight Movies

Stuart Samuels, 2005, 88 minutes

Requiem for a lost cultural world.

The Driver

Walter Hill, 1978, 91 minutes

Masterpiece of its kind.

Mandingo

Richard Fleischer, 1975, 127 minutes

Camp yet unflinching.

The Big Clock

John Farrow, 1948, 95 minutes

Stylish, clever adaptation.

Shirin

Abbas Kiarostami, 2008, 92 minutes

Entrancing.

Phaedra

Jules Dassin, 1962, 115 minutes

Above all, Mercouri's eyes.

Dames

Ray Enright and Busby Berkeley, 1934, 91 minutes

Joyous and surreal.

Hope Gap

William Nicholson, 2019, 100 minutes

Sensitive, literate and probing.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Cristian Mungiu, 2007, 113 minutes

Tense and unflinching.

Graduation

Cristian Mungiu, 2016, 128 minutes

Engaging moral vortex.

Winter Kills

Richard Richert, 1979, 97 minutes

Convoluted and tedious.

The Fall of the House of Usher

Roger Corman, 1960, 79 minutes

Densely atmospheric with a brilliant climax.

The Anderson Tapes

Sidney Lumet, 1971, 99 minutes

Gritty heist elements with surveillance state overlay.

The Pit and the Pendulum

Roger Corman, 1961, 80 minutes

Expertly done.

The Tomb of Ligeia

Roger Corman, 1964, 81 minutes

Competently creepy.