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Posted by diogenes on 2025-June-28 08:59:40, Saturday

I thought I'd compile a list of 30 films that had the most effect on me when I first saw them, and which, years later, are still among my favourite films ever.

1. Voor een verloren soldaat / For a Lost Soldier / 1992 / Roeland Kerbosch / Netherlands
2. La gloire de mon père & Le château de ma mère / 1990 / Yves Robert / France
3. Barnens ö / Children's Island / 1980 / Kay Pollak / Sweden
4. De Witte van Sichem / Whitey of Zichem / 1980 / Robbe De Hert / Belgium
5. Kes / 1969 / Ken Loach / Britain
6. The Escape Artist / 1982 / Caleb Deschanel / USA
7. Louisiana Story / 1958 / Robert J. Flaherty / USA
8. Hope and Glory / 1987 / John Boorman / Britain
9. Historia kina w Popielawach / History of Cinema in Popielawy / 1998 / Jan Jakub Kolski / Poland
10. Chuzhaya belaya I ryaboy / Чужая белая и рябой / The Stray White and the Speckled / Sergei Solovyov / USSR
11. Dva Fyodora / Два Фёдора / The Two Fyodors / Marlen Khutsiev / USSR
12. Tango argentino / Argentine tango /1992 / Gordan Mihic / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
13. Promis... juré! / 1987 / Jacques Monnet / France
14. The Apu Trilogy [Pather Panchali / Aparajito / Apur Sansar] / 1955-1959 / Satyajit Ray / India
15. Novecento / Twentieth Century / 1976 / Bernardo Bertolucci / Italy
16. The Bill Douglas Trilogy [My Childhood / My Ain Folk / My Way Home] / 1972-1978 / Bill Douglas / Britain
17. Akademia pana Kleksa / Mr. Blot's Academy / 1983 / Krzysztof Gradowski / Poland
18. Respublika SHKID / Республика ШКИД / The Republic of ShKID / 1966 / Gennadi Poloka / USSR
19. Skyggenes dal / Valley of Shadows / 2017 / Jonas Matzow Gulbrandson / Norway
20. Svampe / 1990 / Martin Asphaug / Norway
21. Der grüne Heinrich / Green Henry / 1993 / Thomas Koerfer / Switzerland
22. Évolution / 2015 / Lucile Hadzihalilovic / Belgium / France
23. Nine Meals from Chaos / 2018 / Iván Noel / Argentina
24. Zéro de conduite / 1933 / Jean Vigo / France
25. Toto le héros / Toto the Hero / 1991 / Jaco Van Dormael / Belgium
26. Crónica de un niño solo / Chronicle of a Boy Alone / 1965 / Leonardo Favio
27. El camino de la vida / The Road of Life / 1956 / Alfonso Corona Blake / Mexico
28. Spelen of sterven / To Play or to Die / 1990 / Frank Krom / Netherlands
29. Mon oncle / 1958 / Jacques Tati / France
30. Dobro pozhalovat, ili Postoronnim vkhod vospreshchen / Добро пожаловать, или Посторонним вход воспрещён / Welcome, or No Trespassing / 1964 / Elem Klimov / USSR

diogenes

Follow ups:

Thanks - xdsaz 2025-June-29 00:45:32, Sunday (4)
- Léolo - diogenes 2025-June-29 06:43:05, Sunday (3)
  - Re: Léolo - Wizard 2025-June-30 20:38:28, Monday (0)
  - Re: Léolo - xdsaz 2025-June-30 02:17:28, Monday (1)
    - Re: Léolo - diogenes 2025-June-30 07:43:29, Monday (0)
Here we go again. Here's more.... - Wizard 2025-June-28 22:53:38, Saturday (1)
- Re: Here we go again. Here's more.... - diogenes 2025-June-29 06:11:12, Sunday (0)
'Always Sunset on Third Street' - Sick Rose 2025-June-28 20:24:06, Saturday (4)
- Re: 'Always Sunset on Third Street' - diogenes 2025-June-29 06:01:59, Sunday (3)
  - 'How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies' - Sick Rose 2025-June-29 20:11:23, Sunday (0)
  - Re: 'Always Sunset on Third Street' - Hulann. 2025-June-29 06:04:36, Sunday (1)
    - Make sure you get part 1. - Sick Rose 2025-June-29 19:47:42, Sunday (0)
Thank you for your list - Hulann. 2025-June-28 11:26:09, Saturday (14)
- I'll give it a pass... (link) - Manstuprator 2025-June-28 11:45:12, Saturday (13)
  - In this blog the ''pedo monster's head'' appears.. - Manstuprator 2025-June-28 18:54:02, Saturday (3)
    - Re: In this blog the ''pedo monster's head'' appears.. - diogenes 2025-June-28 19:43:13, Saturday (2)
      - Must be a slow day. - Manstuprator 2025-June-28 19:54:42, Saturday (1)
        
        A PRf has been filed - Hulann. 2025-June-28 19:59:59, Saturday (0)
  - Re: I'll give it a pass... (link) - diogenes 2025-June-28 12:24:18, Saturday (2)
    - From his biography (link) - Manstuprator 2025-June-28 18:33:34, Saturday (1)
      - Re: From his biography (link) - diogenes 2025-June-28 20:33:16, Saturday (0)
  - boys don't have a best by sale date - Hulann. 2025-June-28 12:06:53, Saturday (5)
    - Don'tcha know, there's a distinction.. - slvrspun 2025-June-29 04:27:26, Sunday (4)
      - What difference does this make - Hulann. 2025-June-29 04:58:18, Sunday (3)
        
        Just a bit of dark humour - slvrspun 2025-June-29 05:06:52, Sunday (2)
        
        Re: Just a bit of dark humour - Hulann. 2025-June-29 05:43:08, Sunday (1)
        
        What we see here may not reflect reality - slvrspun 2025-June-29 06:22:11, Sunday (0)
It would be nice if you explained why the films... - Manstuprator 2025-June-28 10:27:08, Saturday (16)
- Over to you - Edmund 2025-June-28 12:16:06, Saturday (1)
  - Re: Over to you - Manstuprator 2025-June-28 18:45:24, Saturday (0)
- Aesthetic Appreciation - nightlight 2025-June-28 11:25:27, Saturday (13)
  - [redacted] - LaudateAgno 2025-June-28 20:39:32, Saturday (11)
    - What? - LaudateAgno 2025-June-28 22:49:04, Saturday (10)
      - Re: What? - diogenes 2025-June-29 05:46:50, Sunday (9)
        
        The equivalence - LaudateAgno 2025-June-30 20:17:14, Monday (1)
        
        NickatNight? Then what is his DAYTIME nick? - Manstuprator 2025-June-30 20:31:29, Monday (0)
        
        It kind of makes sense though - Tyred 2025-June-29 09:01:53, Sunday (6)
        
        Hilarious - LaudateAgno 2025-June-30 19:25:55, Monday (0)
        
        Re: It kind of makes sense though - monkeyLostInHead 2025-June-29 13:30:06, Sunday (4)
        
        can't handle what? - Tyred 2025-June-29 14:00:14, Sunday (3)
        
        Re: can't handle what? - monkeyLostInHead 2025-June-29 14:14:52, Sunday (2)
        
        Re: can't handle what? - Tyred 2025-June-29 14:46:31, Sunday (1)
        
        Re: can't handle what? - monkeyLostInHead 2025-June-29 14:59:07, Sunday (0)
  - Re: Aesthetic Appreciation - diogenes 2025-June-28 11:56:04, Saturday (0)

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