Time Within Time: Diaries, 1970-1986
The list contains all the movies mentioned in the diary of the director Andrei Tarkovsky. The diary is both professional and private, and spans over sixteen years of the director's life until his death in 1986. Some of these movies are referred to indirectly, some directly (not always with a title) and some without any opinion.
The list is ordered after reference (ignoring the preface, notes etc. from translators).
Disliked films: 4, 6-9, 11-12, 28-29, 41, 43-45, 47-49, 51-52, 54-56, 59, 62-64, 66-67, 71-73, 75-78, 80, 86, 98.
Liked films: 14-16, 23-24, 68.
Decent films: 26, 35.
Source: Martyrologion: Dagböcker 1970-1986 (Swedish edition)
Time Within Time: Diaries, 1970-1986. (English edition)
Note: The Swedish edition was primarily used since it's the most complete version.
The list is ordered after reference (ignoring the preface, notes etc. from translators).
Disliked films: 4, 6-9, 11-12, 28-29, 41, 43-45, 47-49, 51-52, 54-56, 59, 62-64, 66-67, 71-73, 75-78, 80, 86, 98.
Liked films: 14-16, 23-24, 68.
Decent films: 26, 35.
Source: Martyrologion: Dagböcker 1970-1986 (Swedish edition)
Time Within Time: Diaries, 1970-1986. (English edition)
Note: The Swedish edition was primarily used since it's the most complete version.
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- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsNatalya BondarchukDonatas BanionisJüri JärvetA psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsMargarita TerekhovaFilipp YankovskiyIgnat DaniltsevA dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.First as Belyj den/The Bright Day.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAnatoliy SolonitsynIvan LapikovNikolay GrinkoThe life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsAmidouCaroline CellierJanine Magnan"Life, Love, Death" was made before the abolition of capital punishment in France. Its central message is the inhumanity of the guillotine. The film, which is shot somewhat in a cinema verite style, divides roughly into three acts. In Act One, there is a series of murders of prostitutes in Paris. An obviously deeply disturbed man is hiring these prostitutes and then strangling them. Suspicion falls on François (Amidou), a married man with a child. The police put him under surveillance. (Viewers will recognize the inspector in charge of the team as Marcel Bozzuffi, who would play Popeye Doyle's nemesis in The French Connection a couple of years later.) Ironically, François is experiencing spiritual healing and renewal through the power of love---not with his wife, of course, this being a French film, but through an affair with a beautiful young woman he has met (not a prostitute). But just as this is happening and François seems to have lost the need to commit violent crimes, he is arrested. Act Two is the arraignment, trial and exposition of François's life and history. His recent transformation, of course, makes no impression on the court, and he is sentenced to death by guillotine. Act Three is a documentary-style record of François's last days in prison and his execution. The last scene in the film is an image of the guillotine's blade beginning its descent; it slows and freezes and there is a fade to black, as a voiceover issues a passionate plea for abolition of the guillotine.Disliked. Described as a banal film.
- DirectorWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La VerneExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsRod SteigerChristopher PlummerOrson WellesFacing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo.Disliked.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsCatherine DeneuveFernando ReyFranco NeroShortly after her mother's death, an innocent and youthful woman will find refuge into the household of her middle-aged aristocratic guardian, who will submit her to his sexual advances.Disliked. Described as terrible and vulgar.
- DirectorAleksandr AlovVladimir NaumovStarsLyudmila SavelevaAleksey BatalovMikhail UlyanovThe defeat of the "White Army" in the Russian Civil War of 1918-21, causing massive emigration of the upper classes and nobility, called "White Russians". Set in Crimea, Constantinopol and Paris. The Russian Civil War and emigration is shown through the eyes of the defeated Tsarist Generals - Vrangel, Khludov, Charnota, as well as intellectuals and aristocracy. Amidst the chaos of emigration rough generals Khludov and Charnota become involved in the unfolding love story of professor Golubkov and Serafima. While General Khludov is having hallucinations about the Civil War, General Charnota is more tough and practical. He goes to Paris to frame a wealthy Russian tycoon Korzukhin to support his former wife Serafima and other suffering Russian emigrants.Disliked. Described as a mockery of Russians.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMartin PotterHiram KellerMax BornA series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.Disliked. Described as boring and tasteless.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsVictor SjöströmBibi AnderssonIngrid ThulinAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.
- DirectorGrigoriy ChukhrayStarsIzolda IzvitskayaOleg StrizhenovNikolay KryuchkovAn unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.Disliked. Also dislikes the director.
- DirectorGrigoriy ChukhrayStarsVladimir IvashovZhanna ProkhorenkoAntonina MaksimovaYoung Russian soldier Alyosha earns a medal, but asks to visit his mother instead. His journey recounts various kinds of love during wartime.Disliked. Also dislikes the director.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoAnna KarinaGraziella GalvaniPierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèMariangela MelatoGino PerniceA conscientious factory worker becomes embroiled in political activism after accidentally cutting off his finger while working a machine.Indirectly mentioned when writing the directors last name, as they were also competing in Cannes in 1972. Described as very good.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordWill GeerDelle BoltonA mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.Indirectly mentioned when writing the directors last name, as they were also competing in Cannes in 1972. Described as very good.
- DirectorMiklós JancsóStarsAndrea DrahotaGyöngyi BürösErzsi CserhalmiSet in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in-which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.Indirectly mentioned when writing the directors last name, as they were also competing in Cannes in 1972. Described as very good.
- DirectorBagrat OganesyanStarsA. IsahakyanSos SargsyanH. AzizyanFar behind the lines Vahe receives the news of his father's death. Small boy neither could accept it nor reconcile himself with the new family of his mother who married to another man. The boy prefers to live with his handicapped uncle and every day visits the railway station waiting the trains coming from the frontline. And, indeed, his father comes back after two years of guerilla warfare. But he must leave for war again as soon as his injury is healed. Vahe must be strong enough to withstand the blow.aka The Whine Press
- DirectorDaniil KhrabrovitskyStarsKirill LavrovAda RogovtsevaIgor GorbachyovAbout Soviet space program and missile industry, and it's founder Sergei P. Korolev, from the 1920s to the first man in space in 1961.
- DirectorStanislav RostotskiyStarsAndrey MartynovIrina DolganovaElena DrapekoDuring World War II in a small village outpost, a Soviet sergeant has his troop replaced by an all female unit. As they finally begin to appreciate one another, German paratroopers are spotted nearby and the realities of war emerge.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
- DirectorGeorgiy DaneliyaStarsRoman MadyanovFelix ImoukhuedeEvgeniy LeonovThis adaptation of Twain's masterpiece still is absolutely warm without being completely married to retelling the book line by line. Despite being on the other side of the world, the tone and the feel is lovingly authentic while still giving taste of the Soviet Georgian culture.No opinion mentioned on the movie. Mentions of production problems.
- DirectorSergey GerasimovStarsAnatoliy SolonitsynLyubov VirolaynenTamara MakarovaA movie novel about young architects building a new city in Siberia, their anxieties, worries and victories.Says that its director has finally realized that it is worthless.
- DirectorSergei ParajanovStarsIvan MikolaychukLarisa KadochnikovaTatyana BestayevaA timeless Carpathian story - the young Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father's killer among the Hutsul people of Ukraine.Great film that is globally important.
- DirectorSergei ParajanovStarsSofiko ChiaureliMelkon AlekyanVilen GalstyanThe life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors, and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia. Hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.Great film that is globally important.
- DirectorMikhail KalatozovStarsSean ConneryPeter FinchClaudia CardinaleTorn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his failed 1928 Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMagali NoëlBruno ZaninPupella MaggioA series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.So and so. Interesting but an audience movie.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia CardinaleA harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsLyudmila SavelevaVyacheslav TikhonovSergey BondarchukThe Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.Disliked.
- DirectorVasiliy ShukshinStarsLidiya Fedoseeva-ShukshinaVasiliy ShukshinIvan RyzhovA former thief is released from a prison. He tries to start a new life with his penfriend - a good village woman, but his past doesn't let him go.Very disliked. Mentioned by Paradzjanov in a letter.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsMaksim MunzukYuriy SolominMikhail BychkovThe Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.No explicit opinion. He heard Kurosawa made a terrible film (Moscow Film Festival).
- DirectorAlmantas GrikeviciusStarsJuozas BudraitisRegimantas AdomaitisEugenija PleskytePetras Minkus, a gifted but unsuccessful sculptor, is struggling to make ends meet by casual employment. Together with his childhood friend Povilas Baibokas he travels to the country, not just to make some money, but also hoping for a career breakthrough.No opinion. Mentioning that Bronius Babkauskas took his life in Vytautas Zalakevicius film.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyEduard AbalovStarsNikolay BurlyaevValentin ZubkovEvgeniy ZharikovDuring WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.
- DirectorTonino GuerraAndrei TarkovskyStarsTonino GuerraLora JabloskinaAndrei TarkovskyAcclaimed Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky and his screenwriter Tonino Guerra travel all over Italy to scout locations for the film Nostalghia.aka Special (at the time)
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardHenry BergmanThe Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.Mentions that one of his dreams were a little bit like Chaplin in Modern Times.
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsEnrique IrazoquiMargherita CarusoSusanna PasoliniThe life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Pasolini shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.Indirectly. No direct opinion mentioned. But it doesn't lean on the good side.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAlisa FreyndlikhAleksandr KaydanovskiyAnatoliy SolonitsynA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
- DirectorSergey VasilevGeorgi VasilyevStarsBoris BabochkinBoris BlinovVarvara MyasnikovaThis film is based on the book about Vasili Ivanovich Chapaev (1887 - 1919) who was in real life the Commander of the 25th Division of the Red Army. Chapaev is an uneducated peasant and a decorated hero in the World War I and later in the Russian Civil War, that followed the Russian revolution. This man of action is fighting on the side of the poor people. His troops consist of peasants, just like him. Unable to write, he can brilliantly demonstrate various battle tactics by moving potatoes on the table. He is street smart. He never lost a battle against the experienced Generals of the Tzar's Army.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsRiccardo BilliGigi RederTino ScottiA ragout of real memories and mockumentary, as Fellini explores a childhood obsession: circus clowns.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsOleg YankovskiyErland JosephsonDomiziana GiordanoA Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy researching the life of an 18th-century composer, and instead meet a ruminative madman who tells the poet how the world may be saved.First time as "Nostalghia".
- DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsSergey BondarchukGrigoriy AleksandrovEisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsGiuseppe RinaldiA documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220-minute version consists of three parts. The first part, taken around Beijing, includes a cotton factory, older sections of the city, and a clinic where a Caesarean operation is performed using acupuncture. The middle part visits the Red Flag canal and a collective farm in Henan, as well as the old city of Suzhou. The final part shows the port and industries of Shanghai and ends with a stage presentation by Chinese acrobats.Disliked. Described as very weak (at least the first part).
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsJack NicholsonMaria SchneiderJenny RunacreUnable to find the war he's been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRichard ChamberlainOlivia HamnettDavid GulpililA Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.Disliked. Described as nothing special, a regular story.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsTisa FarrowIan McCullochRichard JohnsonStrangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.Disliked. Described as "like a nightmare", repulsive garbage.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJill ClayburghMatthew BarryVeronica LazarWhile touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.Disliked. Described as awful, cheap and tasteless crap.
- DirectorGeorgi ShchukinStarsBorislav BrondukovStanislav SadalskiyViktor IlichyovA group of loafers posing as construction students with the goal of making easy money.
- DirectorMiklós JancsóStarsGyörgy CserhalmiLajos BalázsovitsGábor KonczThe first chapter of a two-part dramatized history of Hungary, from the turn of the century, to World War II.Disliked. He saw this together with "Vizi privati, pubbliche virù (1976)" and thought it tasteless, pretentious and ambiguous. Untalented and banal.
- DirectorMiklós JancsóStarsLajos BalázsovitsPamela VilloresiFranco BranciaroliPrince Rudolf, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, deliberately provokes his father, Kaiser Franz Joseph, by his dissolute and feckless behaviour. His defiance of the Kaiser's rigid adherence to duty and the good of the empire leads to a tragic confrontation between power and hedonism at the Mayerling hunting lodge.Disliked. He saw this together with "Magyar rapszódia (1979)" and thought it was tasteless, pretentious and ambiguous. Untalented and banal.
- DirectorGrigoriy KozintsevStarsInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyMikhail NazvanovElza RadzinaAfter the death of the King of Denmark - Hamlet's father - his brother Claudius ascends the throne, who takes his widow Gertrude as his wife. Hamlet meets the ghost of his father and learns that he was killed by Claudius.Disliked. Described as incredibly meager.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsIgor FomchenkoVladimir ZamanskiyNatalya ArkhangelskayaSeven-year-old Sasha practices violin every day to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends worker Sergei, who works on a steamroller in their upscale Moscow neighborhood.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.Disliked. Described as having a weak actor as the main character, with a halting dramaturgy. Moreover he says that the movie doesn't stand on its own and makes a short statement with "cartoon characters in live format".
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonMariel HemingwayThe life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.Disliked. Described as damn boring and he thought Woody Allen was an utterly charmless person who wishes to appear irresistible.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsKrystyna JandaJerzy RadziwilowiczTadeusz LomnickiA young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
- DirectorBob RafelsonStarsJack NicholsonJessica LangeJohn ColicosThe sensuous wife of a roadside diner proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordid, steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.Disliked.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiTsutomu YamazakiKen'ichi HagiwaraA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.Disliked. Later described as a bad film, and that it felt like it was made from a mediocre director mimicking a mediocre Kurosawa film, kind of like a self-parody.
- DirectorZagid SabitovStarsPulat SaidkasymovYuriy PuzyryovKhamza UmarovDisliked. According to the diary, it was written by Arkady Strugatsky.
- DirectorBagrat OganesyanStarsAnait GukasyanKaren DzhanibekyanZh. TovmasyanAghun, early married by her despotic father against her will, wages a war against her husband, her family, the village, the world... She couldn't restrain even when the war is won.
- DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsJill ClayburghAlan BatesMichael MurphyA wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.No opinion mentioned on the movie itself, but he says that Jill Clayburgh is a good actress.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsMichel PiccoliAnouk AiméeMichele PlacidoMauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and is now affected by psychic problems and suicide fantasies. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor at the edge of legality. Mauro become unconsciously jealous of this relationship, and try to get Giovanni arrested...Disliked. Described as cold and stiff, an intellectual product, although he likes the camerawork.
- DirectorJean CocteauStarsJean MaraisFrançois PérierMaría CasaresA poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnna PrucnalBernice StegersA businessman finds himself trapped at a hotel and threatened by women en masse.Disliked. Described as poor.
- DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsBen GazzaraTimothy CareySeymour CasselA proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.Disliked.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsFreddie JonesBarbara JeffordVictor PolettiIn 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers.He mentions (and discusses with Guerra) the manusscript, that became this movie.
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsNikita MikhalkovVitali SolominSergey ShakurovIn the Siberian wilderness in the village of Yelan, two families live, who have long been at war with each other: the «kulaks» of Solomina and the «poor people» of Ustyuzhanina.
- DirectorSamson SamsonovStarsLiya AkhedzhakovaYelena ShchyolokovaTatyana KravchenkoThe English Translation of this film is: Eighth Wonder of the World. It is a comedy film that was released in 1981. The film's plot revolved around Soviet basketball players who participated in international competitions for the Hera Cup.Disliked.
- DirectorAleksandr MittaStarsGeorgi ZhzhyonovAnatoliy VasilevLeonid FilatovStory of the lives of three Soviet pilots who are united by disaster in a small town in the mountains.Disliked.
- DirectorSemyon AranovichAleksandr SokurovStarsTamara AlyoshinaSergei ProkofievDmitri ShostakovichThe life and work of the great Russian composer Dmitriy Shostakovich is presented in this documentary through rare images and audios from many archives, at one time censored by the Soviet government. A brief take on his life, from his transition as an early prodigy to a first rate artist, his celebrated compositions and the final years with a declining health.Liked. Described as a fantastic film, although it's been damaged by all the changes.
- DirectorGiorgi ShengelaiaStarsAvtandil VaraziDodo AbashidzeZurab KapianidzeThe story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani.
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsFranco NeroUrsula AndressJorge LukeA chronicle of the Russian and Mexican revolutions in the early 20th century.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsSetsuko HaraYôko TsukasaMariko OkadaA widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.Disliked. Described as terribly boring.
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsGérard DepardieuFanny ArdantHenri GarcinTwo ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.Disliked. Described as not above average, but the actors are good.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsPhilippe NoiretMichele PlacidoVittorio MezzogiornoThree men face their mother's death.Disliked. Described as better than "Cristo si è fermato a Eboli a.k.a. Christ stopped at Eboli (1979)" but it is terrible.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsGian Maria VolontèPaolo BonacelliAlain CunyA doctor in Fascist Italy is exiled to a remote village for his political views.
- DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsIsabelle AdjaniSam NeillMargit CarstensenA woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.Disliked. Described as unbelievably repulsive.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsTomas MilianDaniela SilverioChristine BoissonA director's wife leaves him. He pursues another woman who also departs. This inspires a movie idea about women's relationships. He searches for an actress to star in the film and his life.Disliked. Described as bad.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsOmero AntonuttiEva KotamanidouMihalis GiannatosA rebel leader calling himself Alexander the Great escapes from prison and captures some English tourists to hold as hostages. He returns to his village and finds there a commune in existence.Disliked. Described as awful all the way through.
- DirectorYuli RaizmanStarsMikhail UlyanovIya SavvinaIrina GubanovaA man gets fired from his comfortable government job. He reacts as if it's the end of the world; slowly he finds things to live for. Private Life was nominated for the Academy Award in the Foreign Language Feature category.Disliked. Described as not really a masterpiece.
- DirectorIlya AverbakhStarsNatalya SaykoLeonid FilatovGiorgi KalatozishviliA film-in-film story of a star actress Julia Martynova (Sayko), who is suddenly hospitalized with terminal illness in the middle of a film production. She makes trips from hospital to studio for voice-over (dubbing) for her character. But the illness brought dramatic changes to her personality and voice, and she finds herself becoming a different person from who she was at the beginning of filming. Crew members are helping her in every possible way, and her voice brings a new dimension to the film.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.Disliked. Described as terrible trash.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFrancisco RabalMarga LópezRita MacedoA priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsNadine NortierJean-Claude GuilbertMarie CardinalA young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsJeanne MoreauMarcello MastroianniMonica VittiA day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsTeresa StratasPlácido DomingoCornell MacNeilVioletta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned that Violetta's bad reputation will affect the marriage prospects of Alfredo's sister. Violetta reluctantly leaves Alfredo, but his love is so strong that it leads him to actions that have tragic consequences.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroRobert DuvallThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.Disliked. Described as a weak second part.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsGérard DepardieuWojciech PszoniakAnne AlvaroIn 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsChristian PateySylvie Van den ElsenMichel BriguetA counterfeit bill that starts off as a schoolboy prank leads to incarceration and violence.
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsAnatoli UstyzhaninovFranco NeroSydne RomeThe last of a two-part film centered on the life and career of John Reed, the revolutionary communist journalist.
- DirectorMrinal SenStarsAnjan DuttMamata ShankarSreela MajumdarThe servant boy, a minor, engaged in a middle class family dies mysteriously locked in a kitchen.Indirectly (mentioned when he's writing about Cannes, 1983).
- DirectorYilmaz GüneyStarsTuncel KurtizAyse Emel Mesci KurayMalik BerrichiTeens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions.Indirectly (mentioned when he's writing about Cannes, 1983).
- DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsKen OgataSumiko SakamotoTonpei HidariIn a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut-off age during her last days with her family.Indirectly (mentioned when he's writing about Cannes, 1983).
- DirectorOtar IosselianiPart of a TV-series in which foreign filmmakers portray a region or town in France. Otar Iosselani looks at the Basque region and its inhabitants.Described as pretty sad.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsErland JosephsonSusan FleetwoodAllan EdwallAt the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.First time as "Offret", aka "The Sacrifice".
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsBen KingsleyJohn GielgudRohini HattangadiThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsDaniel BergmanIngmar BergmanGunnar BjörnstrandA chronicle of the making of Ingmar Bergman's Oscar winning film.
- StarsMaximilian SchellVanessa RedgraveOmar SharifBiopic of Peter I, Czar of Russia, from childhood in 1682 to the Great Northern War against Sweden during the 1700s.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth BerridgeThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.Disliked. Described as an untalented film. Character of Salieri was the only somewhat "good" thing about it, but something human is missing in him.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsAlfonso MejíaRoberto CoboEstela IndaA group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, as the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia CardinaleA harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.