If you want to pass your evening watching a fascinating movie, we recommend that you take a look at this selection.
Film director Woody Allen advised watching 10 films by sharing the list with Sight & Sound magazine (the magazine has been published by British cinema since 1932. Initially, only a survey of critics has been conducted, but since 1992 filmmakers have also been compiling the list).
Watch brilliant films and do not get bored!
10. The Bicycle Thieves | 1948
The film takes place in Rome after the war. Antonio Ricchi has no job, but one day a miracle happens - he finds it.
The requirements for work are very simple - in order to carry letters, you need to have a bicycle with you, a man has one.
Overflowing with joy, Antonio goes to work, but his bike disappears ... Someone stole it, but without him the man would not be able to start his own business.
He is afraid to be on the street with his family, so in the company of his son, Antonio decides to find a thief, as well as his bike. And nothing will stop him ...
9. Seventh Seal | 1957
Ingmar Bergman’s one-act play, Wood Painting, was the foundation of the film The Seventh Seal. This is a black and white film in the genre of arthouse.
The director was inspired by the fresco "Death Playing Chess" in a Swiss church. The work was done in the workshop.
Albertus Pictor around the year 1480.
XIV century, the film begins with the fact that the knight offers Death to play chess. He is not sure that the Devil and God exist ... If Death wins, then he will take the knight with him, and if he wins, then Death will recede.
Throughout the film, the Knight and Death return to their party ...
8. Citizen Kane | 1941
The irreparable happens - in one very rich and chic estate, a tycoon by the name of Charles Kane dies.
He was able to achieve unprecedented heights, was surrounded by what he only wanted, but could not find the most important thing - happiness. He made every effort to be remembered: he built a theater for his wife, built, bought, donated, but did not notice what was next to him. He did not know how to see beauty in simple things, those that surrounded him.
Before his death, he said only one word: "Rosebad", which could not but interest the journalists who decided to find out what the word means and who the magnate Charles Kane really was ...
7. Amarkord | 1973
The film was shot by legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini in 1973. Amarcord is the world that a teenager sees.
The film takes place in the 1930s, at which time Mussolini (Italian politician) ruled. The film illustrates the story of a 15-year-old young man, he is overcome by fantasies about a mistress with magnificent forms, who holds her tobacco shop, a lady in red ...
"Amarcord" in Romagna dialect of a resort town called Rimini (Fellini's birthplace) means "I remember." Hormones are seething in young boys, and the life that is shown in one cinema is similar to the standard ...
6. 8 and a half | 1963
Tragicomedy Federico Fellini. The number 8 indicates the serial number in the filmography of the film director - at that time he shot 6 films, 2 short films and Alberto Lattuada was shot together with the film Variety Lights.
The film “8 and a half” will tell you the story of Fellini's wandering, his impressions, finding himself ... Surreal reality is intertwined with relationships with women that reciprocate with him, and this whole world from imagination is transformed under the influence of experiences, various mental states.
5. Four hundred strokes | 1959
Antoine Duanel is a 12-year-old heavy teenager who was given to himself because of the cares of his parents.
His mother is busy only with her life, she has neither time nor energy left for her own son, and his stepfather does not have enough internal strength to somehow influence his family: his wife and son. In addition, he is always busy with work.
Teacher Antoine does care about the boy, but only at those moments when he should be punished. Nothing good happens from this - hatred accumulates in the boy ... Antoine and his friend decide to run away from home, but this does not lead to anything good ...
4. Rasemon | 1950
Crime from the director Akira Kurosawa. The film takes place in a Japanese village of the XII century. A woman was discovered in the forest, and she became a victim of a maniac. Her husband was brutally murdered.
There were 4 sides watching the tragedy: the victim herself, the murdered one, the woodcutter, and the criminal. Each of them has different testimonies, so finding the culprit is difficult ... It is almost impossible. Which of them is the story true? Will it be possible to find out?
3. The great illusion | 1937
There is a First World War. German Rauffenstein shot down a French plane. You might think that the pilots were born in shirts, because they managed to miraculously survive, but they were captured.
In the prison camp, the pilots get acquainted with British officers, and agree to work with them to create a tunnel that promises them freedom.
But after the victory of the French military on the Western Front, the prisoners who were hit by the pilots, Moresal and Boldier, were transferred to another prison. Here the head was the one who shot down their plane - Rauffenstein. He warmly welcomed them and was sure that no one could get out of this place ...
2. The modest charm of the bourgeoisie | 1972
Comedy. If you want to laugh, be sure to watch this film directed by Luis Bunuel. Theveno and Seneschal have long been friends with the ambassador, Raphael, of a fictional country called Miranda.
He invites them to his house, but his wife was very confused when she saw them, because she did not have time to set the table. Seneschal invites them to a restaurant located nearby.
At the table, the company discusses the menu, it seems strange to them that the portions are too small, and the caviar is not of the same quality ... After some time, they notice the restaurant owner dead. And all the time, some circumstances prevent the bourgeois from having lunch ...
1. Paths of Glory | 1957
1916, the First World War. The infantry regiment of the French army was led by Colonel Dax. The relations between the subordinates and the colonels are good and friendly, but everyone wants to return home as soon as possible, since the war has been going on for 2 years.
The chief of the corps comes up with one idea - to sacrifice several people in order to lure the enemy. General Broupard orders the Germans to attack, and Dex sends his guys to certain death ... The Germans kill them, but Dex tries to protect those who succeed.
The general evades responsibility and does not admit his guilt, but accuses the soldier of cowardice. He orders the execution of soldiers chosen by chance. The rest are accused of not obeying orders, and so the soldiers fall victim to the cowardice of their boss.