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Akira Kurosawa’s 100 Favorite Movies: All 93 Movies
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93 films
Every Film on the Akira Kurosawa’s 100 Favorite Movies List
93 films from 1919 to 1998, mostly drama and romance, newest first.
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Fireworks 1998 · Drama -
La Belle Noiseuse 1991 · Drama -
Buddies 1989 · Drama -
Running on Empty 1988 · Drama -
Bagdad Cafe 1988 · Drama -
My Neighbor Totoro 1988 · Fantasy -
The Whales of August 1987 · Drama -
The Dead 1987 · Drama -
Where Is the Friend’s House? 1987 · Drama -
The Trip to Bountiful 1986 · Drama -
Witness 1985 · Drama -
The Killing Fields 1985 · Drama -
When Father Was Away on Business 1985 · Drama -
A Summer at Grandpa’s 1984 · Drama -
Paris, Texas 1984 · Drama -
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 · Drama -
The King of Comedy 1983 · Drama -
Fanny and Alexander 1982 · Mystery -
La traviata 1982 · Music -
Fitzcarraldo 1982 · Adventure -
Gloria 1980 · Drama -
A Distant Cry from Spring 1980 · Drama -
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano 1977 · Drama -
Padre Padrone 1977 · Drama -
Annie Hall 1977 · Comedy -
Lullaby of the Earth 1976 · Drama -
Barry Lyndon 1975 · Adventure -
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 · Drama -
The Travelling Players 1975 · Drama -
The Godfather: Part II 1974 · Drama -
Conversation Piece 1974 · Drama -
Sandakan No. 8 1974 · War -
The Spirit of the Beehive 1973 · Fantasy -
The Day of the Jackal 1973 · Drama -
Solaris 1972 · Mystery -
The French Connection 1971 · Action -
Johnny Got His Gun 1971 · Drama -
MASH 1970 · Drama -
Midnight Cowboy 1969 · Drama -
The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968 · History -
Bonnie and Clyde 1967 · Biography -
In the Heat of the Night 1967 · Drama -
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 · Drama -
Red Desert 1964 · Drama -
Any Number Can Win 1963 · Crime -
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 · Adventure -
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 · Drama -
Last Year at Marienbad 1961 · Drama -
The Long Absence 1961 · Drama -
Her Brother 1960 · Drama -
Zazie dans le Métro 1960 · Fantasy -
Breathless 1960 · Crime -
Purple Noon 1960 · Crime -
Ben-Hur 1959 · Adventure -
The 400 Blows 1959 · Drama -
The Cousins 1959 · Drama -
The Young Lions 1958 · Action -
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era 1957 · Comedy -
The Proud Ones 1956 · Western -
Pather Panchali 1955 · Drama -
Daddy Long Legs 1955 · Romance -
Floating Clouds 1955 · Drama -
Journey to Italy 1954 · Romance -
La Strada 1954 · Drama -
Thérèse Raquin 1953 · Romance -
The Life of Oharu 1952 · Drama -
A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 · Drama -
Carmen Comes Home 1951 · Music -
The Third Man 1949 · Mystery -
The Blue Mountains: Part I 1949 · Drama -
Bicycle Thieves 1948 · Drama -
It's a Wonderful Life 1947 · Drama -
My Darling Clementine 1946 · Romance -
The Big Sleep 1946 · Mystery -
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot 1946 · History -
Ivan the Terrible, Part I 1944 · Drama -
Ninotchka 1939 · Comedy -
Earth 1939 · Drama -
Stella Dallas 1937 · Romance -
Grand Illusion 1937 · War -
Akanishi Kakita 1936 · Drama -
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo 1935 · Drama -
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae 1934 · Drama -
The Thin Man 1934 · Mystery -
Lover Divine 1933 · Romance -
The Congress Dances 1931 · Comedy -
Morocco 1930 · Romance -
Un Chien Andalou 1929 · Fantasy -
The Fall of the House of Usher 1928 · Horror -
The Gold Rush 1925 · Drama -
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler 1922 · Thriller -
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 · Crime -
Broken Blossoms 1919 · Drama
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