Hollywood Director Quentin Tarantino has compiled his own top 11 best films of all time. Tactfully he did not include his own films in the list.
11 Jaws (1975), Directed by Steven Spielberg
The action of the movie takes place over five days — on the island of Amity, where a small resort town is located. In this quiet and sunny place, there were terrible tragic events, which began in the early morning, when the local police chief Martin Brody and his assistant find the remains of the girl’s body on the beach. She was the first victim of a great white shark that appeared off the coast of Amity…
Every day the number of victims of the bloodthirsty shark continues to increase. Will the brave shark hunter, world war II veteran, and fisherman Quint be able to catch and kill a man-eating shark on his boat? Martin Brody and Matt Hooper, an expert from the national Institute of Oceanography, who arrived on the island, go on a dangerous sea expedition with him.
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
10 Five Graves to Cairo (1943), Directed by Billy Wilder
Second world war. British soldier John Bramble finds himself alone in a small town located among the Sands of the Sahara. German occupation forces enter the city. To avoid capture, he poses as a dead employee of the small hotel “the Empress of Britain”, which belongs to Farid.
He gradually comes to trust the French housekeeper Mouche, who deeply despises the British for abandoning the French troops at Dunkirk. Later, the hotel becomes the headquarters of General Rommel. Bramble learns that by posing as a servant, he is in even greater danger, since the deceased was an agent who worked for the Nazis. Having managed to convince the Germans that he was working for them, Bramble is assigned to go to Cairo and prepare for the invasion of German troops.
Stars: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff
9 Unfaithfully Yours (1948) Directed by Preston Sturges
British symphony orchestra director Sir Alfred De Carter, who works under contract with the best orchestras in America, is incredibly talented, but… in addition to the director’s talent, nature gave him an increased sense of jealousy for his wife Daphne.
Starring: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee
8 Carrie (1976) Directed by Brian De Palma
Quiet, timid and trusting Carrie is bullied at school and at home. A child who is naturally kind becomes withdrawn and gloomy.
At the same time, the girl discovers strange and terrible powers in herself… And those who are preparing another cruel joke on Carrie, not even suspecting how it will end for them…
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
7 Pandora’s Box (1929) Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
The film tells about a girl who is equally sexually attractive to both men and women, a hunter for a rich “patron”
Starring: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer; Original title: Die Büchse der Pandora
6 Five Fingers of Death (1972) Directed by Chang-hwa Jeong
Chao Chi Hao – a student in a martial arts school, showing great promise. After going to a tournament in another city, leaving behind his favorite girl and teacher, he stops at a local kung fu school, where he finds out that the upcoming competition, it turns out, will not be completely honest – representatives of a competing school go to great lengths to eliminate the obvious leaders of the tournament before it begins, for which they hire several first-class fighters, catching competitors in dark streets.
Starring: Lieh Lo, Ping Wang, Hsiung Chao; Original title: Tian xia di yi quan
5 His Girl Friday (1940) Directed by Howard Hawks
Walter Berne is the newspaper’s editor – in – chief, and Hildy Johnson is his ex-wife and best reporter. She comes to tell Walter that she is getting married and leaving the paper.
A hardened cynic, he still loves Hildy, and does not want to lose the best employee, so he gives her the last task – to interview the condemned to death Murphy. This will be her best story, the pinnacle of her career.
Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
4 Taxi Driver (1976) Directed by Martin Scorsese
Vietnam war veteran Travis Bickle drives his lone taxi through the night streets of an endless city, and a grim panorama of human sins unfolds before him. As an old Testament prophet, he hopes that one day the heavens will send a saving rain that will cleanse new York of its age-old filth.
And when hope dies, only hatred remains. A shower of fire will descend on the heads of sinners. The taxi driver will take care of it.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd
3 Blow Out (1981) Directed by Brian De Palma
Jack is a sound engineer at a movie studio that makes b-grade horror movies. One day, while working on another movie, he hears strange sounds and records them. It turns out that this is the sound of a gunshot and a broken tire of a car that was involved in an accident that killed a candidate for President of the United States. Jack has proof that the car crash wasn’t an accident, and there’s a whole political group against him.
Starring: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow
2 Rio Bravo (1959) Directed by Howard Hawks
The Sheriff of the small town of Rio Bravo, John T. Chance, arrests the killer. The brother of the arrested man, a known bandit, gathers the most desperate thugs from all over the district for his release.
The city is overrun with criminals, but Chance accepts the challenge. Only a drunk, a singer, and a young but fast shooter come to the Sheriff’s aid. A handful of daredevils stand for the right cause…
Starring: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson
1 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Directed by Sergio Leone
In the midst of a civil war, a mysterious shooter wanders the Wild West. He has no home, no friends, no companions until he meets two strangers who are just as ruthless and cynical.
By the will of fate, three men are forced to join forces in search of stolen gold. But working together is not a good thing for such notorious thugs as they are. The companions soon realize that in their daring and dangerous journey through a war – torn country, the most important thing is to trust no one and keep a gun ready if you want to stay alive.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef; Original title: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
