Alexandra Schmidt in ‘Mother Krause’s Journey to Happiness’ (1929) Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s brilliant satire- All About Eve (1950) starring the inimitable Bette Davis as Margo Channing and Ann Baxter as the cunning Eve Harrington.Director Lewis Milestone’s All’s Quiet on the Western Front-(1930) starring Lew AyresOtto Preminger’s riveting court room noir Anatomy of a Murder (1959)Battleship Potemkin (1925) Sergei Eisenstein’s masterpiece about the great Russian naval mutiny.Jule’s Dassin’s brutal noir masterpiece Brute Force (1947)Richard Brooks adaptation of Tennessee William’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca 1940Orson Welles’ film classic Touch of Evil (1958)William Dieterle’s adaptation of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939Henry Hathaway’s disturbing noir classic Kiss of Death 1947Otto Preminger’s quintessential noir Laura (1944)Blake Edwards Experiment in Terror 1960Bert I. Gordon’s Earth Vs The Spider 1958Lambert Hillyer’s understated yet powerfully erotic horror classic Dracula’s Daughter 1936Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s taut and thought provoking social noir No Way Out 1950Mervyn LeRoy’s gangster odyssey Little Caesar 1931Robert Wise’s Science Fiction masterpiece The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)Reginald Beck and Anthony Bushell’s suspenseful The Long Dark Hall 1951Herbert Brenon’s beautiful Laugh, Clown, Laugh 1928Fritz Lang’s notorious psychological thriller M (1931)Otto Preminger’s noir masterpiece about addiction The Man with the Golden Arm 1955Nathan Juran’s iconic 50s campy sci-fi romp Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)Anthony Mann’s noir classic Raw Deal (1948)Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s surreal and transcendent Mother Joan of the Angels 1961Mervyn LeRoy’s naughty tale about a child psychopath. The Bad Seed (1956)Samuel Fuller’s irreverent noir gem The Naked Kiss (1964)Carol Reed’s intense noir thriller Odd Man Out (1947)Billy Wilder’s iconic film noir masterwork of grand proportions Sunset Blvd (1950)Jean Cocteau’s stunning Orpheus (1950) OrphéeJacques Tourneur’s hauntingly mesmerizing noir Out of the Past (1947)Joseph E. Lewis Gun Crazy or Deadly is the Female (1950)George Steven’s sadness and joyful Penny Serenade (1941)James Whale’s campy take on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 1931Edgar G. Ulmer’s sadistic and transgressive journey into horror The Black Cat 1934Carl Theodor Dreyer’s masterful vision of quiet uncanny horror Vampyr (1932)Joseph Losey’s titillating noir The Prowler ((1951) Henri-Georges Clouzot’s brilliantly chilling Les-Diaboliques-1955Bryan Forbes’ compelling suspense thriller Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)Buster Keaton’s fantastic Seven Chances (1925)Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson’s SCARFACE (1932)William Beaudine’s haunting Sparrows (1926)James Whales even campier and finest work The Bride of Frankenstein 1935Elia Kazan’s volatile theme of desolation and passion based on Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire 1951some more divine SUNSET BOULEVARD 1950Samuel Fuller’s edgy Shock Corridor (1963)Jame’s Whale’s The Old Dark House 1932Nicholas Ray’s incredibly beautiful film noir journey They Live By Night (1948)Robert Wise’s uncompromising ghost story adapted from Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting (1963)Raoul Walsh’s iconic crime thriller White Heat (1949)
Thanks for stopping by Vern!- Glad you liked the selection… there’s always something for everyone in a postcard roundup. I love all three films as well
Amazing collection!
This is a stunning list. SOOO many influential films here.
Glad to see “Sunset Boulevard” made the list twice! :)
I got really carried away. LOL… but it was no. 10 so I felt it needed to be packed with goodness. Sunset Blvd is a kick…
Some really great moments from some iconic movies. Love the ones from Sunset Blvd, The Prowler, and The Bad Seed
Thanks for stopping by Vern!- Glad you liked the selection… there’s always something for everyone in a postcard roundup. I love all three films as well