Screenwriting & Film Studies

(**Since I made these lists, I have created pages on this site with film-clips for each category. Click on the links in the head­ings to access them.)

Child­hood

1. Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959) Directed by Fran­cois Truffaut

2. My Lfe As A Dog (1985) Directed by Lasse Hallström

3. Sundays and Cybele (1962) Directed bySerge Bourguignon

4. Toto The Hero (1991) Directed by Jaco van Dormael

5. Ponette (1996) Directed by Jacques Doillon

6. Les Jeux Inter­dits (1952) Directed by Rene Clement

7. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) Directed by Alex­ander Mackendrick

Young Men

1. Les Valseuses (1974) Directed by Bertrand Blier

2. Diner (1982) Directed by Barry Levinson

3. I Vitelloni(1953) Directed by Federico Fellini

4. Train­spot­ting (1996) Directed by Danny Boyle

5. The Last Picture Show (1971) Directed by Peter Bogdanovich

6. Birdy (1984) Directed by Alan Parker

7. Five Corners (1987) Directed by Tony Bill

The Holo­caust

1. Fate­less (2005) Directed by Lajos Koltai

2. The Pawn­broker (1964) Directed by Sidney Lumet

3. The Grey Zone (2001) Directed by Tim Blake Nelson

4. Diamonds of The Night (1964) Directed by Jan Nemec

5. Trans­port From Para­dise (1962) Directed by Zbynek Brynych

6. Voyages (1999) Directed by Emmanuel Finkiel

7. Romeo, Juliet and Dark­ness (1960) Directed by Jirí Weiss