Sue Harris
Sue Harris
Doctor; Film Studies department, University of London; expert in French cinema
UK
Voted in the critics poll
UK
Voted in the critics poll
Voted for:
| 400 Blows, The | 1959 | François Truffaut |
| American in Paris, An | 1951 | Vincente Minnelli |
| Bridges of Madison County, The | 1995 | Clint Eastwood |
| Brief Encounter | 1945 | David Lean |
| Carnival in Flanders | 1935 | Jacques Feyder |
| grande illusion, La | 1937 | Jean Renoir |
| mépris, Le | 1963 | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Pulp Fiction | 1994 | Quentin Tarantino |
| Three Colours: Blue | 1993 | Krzysztof Kieslowski |
| Going Places | 1974 | Bertrand Blier |
Comments
The criteria is that these are films I would happily watch again and again and again. They are my personal classics, and the list could have extended to 20, 30, 40 films… My priorities are quality of performance, emotional impact and structuring intelligence – and in this set of ten I find all of these qualities in abundance. These are films I love and respect and would enjoy (and have enjoyed) defending in the face of criticism.