Last Update: November 6, 2012
| TITLE | YEAR | CTRY | DIRECTOR | DVD | VHS | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ***Desert Island Kit*** | ||||||
| Greed | 1924 | us | Stroheim, Erich von | c37.0°/dvd-r | arte | |
| Letzte Mann, Der | 1924 | d | Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm | Kino Video K206 [1] / Transit 4989 [2] | c12.0° | 3sat |
| Chien andalou, Un | 1929 | f | Buñuel, Luis | Classic Film Collection IVCF-2054 [2 Japan] / Transflux Films [1] / Editions Montparnasse [2] | c16.3°/dvd-r ab vhs | 3sat |
| Règle du jeu, La | 1939 | f | Renoir, Jean | Montparnasse no cat. nr. [2/3/4/5/6] | c21.0° | off VHS |
| Citizen Kane | 1941 | us | Welles, Orson | Warner Bros. T6565 [1] / ArtHaus D 1899 [2] / Universal 051894 2 [2] | c51.0° | off VHS |
| Tokyo monogatari [Tokyo Story] | 1953 | jap | Ozu, Yasujiro | Criterion Collection 217 [1] | c44.0° | off VHS |
| Smultronstället | 1957 | s | Bergman, Ingmar | Criterion Collection 139 [1] | c65.0° | off VHS |
| Zerkalo [The Mirror / Le mirroir] | 1974 | su | Tarkovski, Andrej | Kino Video K150 [1] / Mk2 EDV 1264 [2] | c53.0° | off VHS |
| ** Classics ** | ||||||
| Broken Blossoms | 1919 | us | Griffith, David Wark | Image Ent ID4720DS [1] | c02.2° | tsi |
| Circus, The | 1928 | us | Chaplin, Charles | Warner Bros. Mk2 Z31 37644 [2] | d45.1° | off VHS |
| M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder | 1931 | d | Lang, Fritz | Criterion Collection 30 [1] / Ufa Klassiker 74321 95764 9 [2] | c27.0° | zdf |
| Boudu, sauvé des eaux | 1932 | f | Renoir, Jean | Optimum Releasing OPTD0021 [2] / Pathé Classique BFRS 1889148 [2] | c95.1° | arte |
| L & H: Music Box, The | 1932 | us | Parrott, James | Kinowelt 500120 ("Big Business" DVD) | d11.1°/"Universal/14" DVD | |
| Zéro de conduite | 1933 | f | Vigo, Jean | Gaumont DVD GC678 [2] | c07.2° | a2 |
| Big Sleep, The | 1946 | us | Hawks, Howard | Warner Bros. 65026 [1] | c28.0° | drs |
| Touch of Evil | 1958 | us | Welles, Orson | Universal 20470 [1] / Universal 820 780 3 [2] | d02.0° | off VHS |
| Apur sansar [The World of Apu] | 1959 | ind | Ray, Satyajit | Columbia TriStar 01808 [1] | c97.1° | a2 |
| Gattopardo, Il | 1963 | i | Visconti, Luchino | Medusa MD84124 [2] | c52.0° | off VHS |
| Deserto rosso, Il | 1964 | i | Antonioni, Michelangelo | Image Ent ID4780SI [1] / Arthaus 501383 [2] | c25.0° | off VHS |
| Prima della rivoluzione | 1964 | i | Bertolucci, Bernardo | Ripley's Home Video 02887 [2] | d35.0° | off VHS |
| Masculin - féminin | 1966 | f, s | Godard, Jean-Luc | Criterion Collection 308 [1] | c67.0°/dvd-r ab vhs | sfb |
| Ostre sledované vlaky [Closely Watched Trains] | 1966 | cs | Menzel, Jiri | Criterion Collection 131 [1] | c48.0° | a2 |
| Sedmirkráský [Tausendschönchen / Daisies] | 1967 | cs | Chytilová, Vera | Facets Video [1?] | ||
| Rosemary's Baby | 1968 | us | Polanski, Roman | Paramount 06831 [1] | c20.0° | off VHS |
| Go-Between, The | 1970 | gb | Losey, Joseph | Optimum Classic OPDT0709 [2] | c17.0° | off VHS |
| Last Picture Show, The | 1971 | us | Bogdanovich, Peter | Columbia TriStar 50429 [1] | d30.0° | off VHS |
| Last Tango in Paris | 1972 | f, i | Bertolucci, Bernardo | MGM 906570 [1] | c94.0° | off VHS |
| Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania | 1972 | us | Mekas, Jonas | d81.0°/dvd-r ab vhs | off VHS? | |
| Maman et la putain, La | 1973 | f | Eustache, Jean | c86.0°/dvd-r ab vhs | a2 | |
| Prima Angelica, La | 1973 | e | Saura, Carlos | Manga Films D1005 [2] | d01.1 | sat1 |
| Alice in den Städten | 1974 | brd | Wenders, Wim | c96.1°/dvd-r | arte | |
| Profession Reporter / The Passenger | 1975 | i, f, e | Antonioni, Michelangelo | Sony Picture Classics 12654 [1]/Sony Pictures CDR 70303 [2] | c13.0° | |
| Thiassos, O [Ο Θίασος / Die The Travelling Players / Die Wanderschauspieler] | 1975 | gr | Angelopoulos, Theodoros | New Star 21177 [2] | c36.0° | orf2 |
| Ai no corrida [In The Realm of Senses] | 1976 | jap | Oshima, Nagisa | Fox Lorber FLV5037 [1] | c22.2° | arte |
| Czlowiek z marmuru [Man of Marble] | 1976 | pl | Wajda, Andrzej | Vanguard 3418 [1] | c35.0° | off VHS |
| Im Lauf der Zeit | 1976 | brd | Wenders, Wim | Imagica CPVD-1122 [2 Jap] | c30.0° | 1+ |
| Padre padrone | 1977 | i | Taviani, Paolo & Vittorio | Fox Lorber FLV5022 [1] | d55.0° | off VHS |
| Ehe der Maria Braun, Die | 1979 | brd | Fassbinder, Rainer Werner | Arthaus 501016 [2 / 8] | c15.0° | ard |
| Deprisa, deprisa | 1981 | e | Saura, Carlos | c87.1°/dvd-r | tf1 | |
| Argent, L' | 1983 | f, ch | Bresson, Robert | Artificial Eye 036DVD [2] | c14.1° | tsr |
| Paris, Texas | 1984 | brd, f | Wenders, Wim | Arthaus 500945 [2] | c24.0° | off VHS |
| Melissókomos, O [Der Bienenzüchter] | 1986 | gr | Angelopoulos, Theodoros | Artificial Eye 480DVD [2] | c92.1° | drs |
| Au revoir les enfants | 1987 | f | Malle, Louis | Arte Video 790440 [2] / Criterion Collection 330 [1] | d05.0° | off VHS |
| Distant Voices, Still Lives | 1987 | gb | Davies, Terence | BFI BFIVD733 [2] | c93.1° | orf2 |
| Double vie de Véronique, La | 1991 | f, pl | Kieslowski, Krzysztof | Criterion Collection 359 [1] / mk2 [2] | c50.0° | off VHS |
| Utomlennye solntsem [Утомленные солнцем / Soleil Trompeur / Burnt by the Sun] | 1994 | rus, f | Michalkov, Nikita | Sony Picture Classics 00975 [1] | d63.0° | off VHS |
| Hua yang nian hua [In the Mood for Love] | 2000 | hk, f | Wong Kar-wai | Mei Ah DVD358 [3?] / Universal 902 583-2 [2] | ||
| Brokeback Mountain | 2006 | us | Lee, Ang | Focus Universal 26315 [1] | ||
| 4 luni 3 saptamini si 2 ziile [4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days] | 2007 | ro | Mungiu, Cristian | Concorde 2645 [2] | ||
| Band's Visit, The [Bikur Ha-Tizmoret] | 2007 | isr | Kolirin, Eran | Xenix Film / Impuls 25059 [2] | ||
| * Not to Be Missed * | ||||||
| Foolish Wives | 1921 | us | Stroheim, Erich von | Image Ent ID9414DS [1] | c61.0° | arte |
| Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens | 1922 | d | Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm | Image Ent ID4098DS [1] / Eureka EKA 40025 [2] / Transit Classics 82876502899 [2] | c39.0° | zdf |
| Bronenosets Potjomkin [Броненосец Потемкин / Battleship Potjomkin / Panzerkreuzer Potemkin-Das Jahr 1905] | 1925 | su | Eisenstein, Sergej M. | Image Ent ID4574CO [1] / Transit Classics 8697099149 [2] | c11.1° | fr3 |
| Gold Rush, The | 1925 | us | Chaplin, Charles | Warner Bros. Mk2 Z31 37643 [2] | c89.1° | off VHS |
| Chelovek s kino-apparatom [Человек с киноаппаратом / Man with a Movie Camera] | 1929 | su | Vertov, Dziga | Image Ent ID4589DS [1] | d61.1° | 3sat |
| Regen | 1929 | nl | Ivens, Joris | "Avant-Garde" DVD | ||
| Zemlia [Earth] | 1930 | su [ukr] | Dovshenko, Alexander | Image Ent ID1411DSDVD [1] | c60.0°/dvd-r ab vhs | off VHS |
| Marius | 1931 | f | Korda, Alexander | CMV Video EDV 171 [2] | c06.1° | fr3 |
| Freaks | 1932 | us | Browning, Tod | Warner Bros. Z5 65191 [2] | c57.1° | sfb |
| Liebelei | 1933 | d | Ophüls, Max | c26.1°/dvd-r | 3sat | |
| Little Foxes, The | 1941 | us | Wyler, William | HBO 90754 [1] | c68.0° | off VHS |
| Magnificent Ambersons, The | 1942 | us | Welles, Orson | Arthaus 500059 [2] | c59.0° | off VHS |
| Ladri di biciclette [The Bicycle Thief] | 1948 | i | De Sica, Vittorio | Image Ent ID4572CO [1] | ||
| Fröken Julie | 1951 | s | Sjöberg, Alf | Criterion Collection 416 [1] | c90.0° | off VHS |
| Ikiru [Living / To Live / Un seul jour / Leben] | 1952 | jap | Kurosawa, Akira | Mei Ah DVD203 [3? 0?] | c63.0° | off VHS |
| Nuit et brouillard | 1955 | f | Resnais, Alain | Criterion Collection 197 [1] / Nouveaux Pictures NPD 1025 [2] | c11.2°/dvd-r ab vhs (dt syn) | vse |
| Pather Panchali | 1955 | ind | Ray, Satyajit | Columbia TriStar 01818 [1] | c01.1° | a2 |
| Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, L' | 1957 | f | Malle, Louis | Pierrot Le Fou / Alive 64 0 1501 [2] | ||
| Grido, Il | 1957 | i | Antonioni, Michelangelo | Eureka EKA 40305 - Masters of Cinema # 82 [2] / Kino Video K176 [1] | d19.0° | off VHS |
| Popiól i diament [Ashes and Diamonds] | 1958 | pl | Wajda, Andrzej | Facets Video Polart DV214C [2] | c04.0° | off VHS |
| Rocco e i suoi fratelli | 1960 | i | Visconti, Luchino | Image Ent ID8424IF [1 / Arthaus Premium 501390 [2]] | c70.0° | off VHS |
| Sasom i en spegel | 1961 | s | Bergman, Ingmar | Tartan DVD TVD 3346 [0] | c69.0° | a2 |
| Jetée, La | 1962 | f | Marker, Chris | Arte Video-Argos Film Imagica CPVD-1159 [2 Jap] | d10.1° | |
| Repulsion | 1965 | gb | Polanski, Roman | Koch Vision KOC-DV-6405 [1] | d07.0°/dvd-r | off VHS |
| Szegénylegények [The Round-Up] | 1965 | h | Jancsó, Miklós | Second Run DVD 029 [2] | c22.1° | nbc |
| Belle de jour | 1966 | f | Buñuel, Luis | Bandai BCBF-3 [2 Jap] / Miramax 24739 [1] / Studio Canal REF 196 836-9 [2] | c32.0° | fr3 |
| Blow-Up | 1966 | gb | Antonioni, Michelangelo | Warner Bros. 65135 [1] | c41.0° | off VHS |
| Marat / Sade [The Persecution and Assassination...] | 1966 | gb | Brook, Peter | MGM 1002213 [1] | c98.0° | zdf |
| 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle | 1967 | f | Godard, Jean-Luc | Arte Video 787625 [2] | d39.0°/dvd-r ab vhs | off VHS |
| Bonnie and Clyde | 1967 | us | Penn, Arthur | Warner Bros. Z5 14423 [2] | c73.0° | off VHS |
| Dance of the Vampires / The Fearlesss Vampire Killers | 1967 | gb | Polanski, Roman | Warner Bros. 65146 [1] | c82.0° | tnt |
| Horí, má panenko [The Firemen's Ball] | 1967 | cs | Forman, Milos | Criterion Collection 145 [1] | d44.2° | a2 |
| Mouchette | 1967 | f | Bresson, Robert | Nouveaux Pictures NPD1024 [2] / Criterion 363 [1] | c95.3° | arte |
| Goto, l'île d'amour | 1968 | f | Borowczyk, Walerian | Cult Epics DVD037 [1] | d76.1° | sf1 |
| Hora de los hornos, La (I) | 1968 | ra | Solanas, Fernando | Trigon-Film 79 [2] | c54.2° | a2 |
| Rozmarné léto [Indian Summer / Ein launischer Sommer] | 1968 | cs | Menzel, Jiri | Centrum Boniton [2] | d17.2° | br |
| Wszystko na sprzedaz [Everything for Sale] | 1968 | pl | Wajda, Andrzej | Vanguard 3338 [1] | ||
| Yellow Submarine | 1968 | gb | Dunning, George | MGM Z5 57508 [2] | c09.2° | tsr |
| Antônio das Mortes | 1969 | br | Rocha, Glauber | Trigon-Film 101 [2] | c54.1° | vse |
| Charles mort ou vif | 1969 | ch | Tanner, Alain | g13.1/dvd-r | tsr1 | |
| Death in Venice / Morte a Venezia | 1970 | i | Visconti, Luchino | Warner Bros. 28881 [1] / Warner Bros. Z5 28881 [2] | c43.0° | off VHS |
| Iko schaschwi mgalobeli / Shil pewtschi drosd [Es war einmal eine Singdrossel/ Lived Once a Song-Thrushl] | 1970 | su [georg] | Iosseliani, Otar | Facets Video DV70442 BlaqOut [0 ntsc] | "Iosseliani"-DVD | |
| Clowns, I | 1971 | i | Fellini, Federico | d20.0°/dvd-r | off VHS | |
| Salamandre, La | 1971 | ch | Tanner, Alain | Editions Montparnasse [2] | g12.2°/dvd-r/DVD | tv5 |
| Castillo de la pureza, El | 1972 | mex | Ripstein, Arturo | d83.0 | off VHS | |
| Espíritu de la colmena, El | 1973 | e | Erice, Victor | Trigon-Film 210 [0] | ||
| Invitation, L' | 1973 | ch | Goretta, Claude | g17.0°/dvd-r ab vhs | off VHS | |
| Lacombe Lucien | 1974 | f | Malle, Louis | Criterion Collection 329 [1] | d43.1° | a2 |
| Thieves like Us | 1974 | us | Altman, Robert | MGM 10006330 MZ5 [2] | d80.0° | off VHS |
| Nessuno o tutti | 1975 | i | Bellochio, Marco / Silvano Agosti / Sandro Petraglia / Stefano Rulli | wl | ||
| Numéro deux | 1975 | f | Godard, Jean-Luc | c74.0°/dvd+r ab vhs/dvd-r | sf1 | |
| Cadaveri eccelenti | 1976 | i | Rosi, Francesco | c66.1°/dvd-r | tsi | |
| Carcajou ou le péril blanc | 1976 | cdn | Lamothe, Arthur | wl | ||
| Dentellière, La | 1977 | f, ch | Goretta, Claude | Action Films 786885 [2] | g35.1/DVD | tsr |
| Oka oorie katha [The Outsiders] | 1977 | ind | Sen, Mrinal | wl | ||
| Stroszek | 1977 | brd | Herzog, Werner | Anchor Bay DV 11565 [1] / Arthaus 500754 [2] | c72.0° | 3sat |
| Manhattan | 1979 | us | Allen, Woody | United Artists/MGM 16927DVD Z1 [2] | c23.1° | fr3 |
| Shining, The | 1980 | us | Kubrick, Stanley | Warner Bros. 17369 [1] | d38.0° | off VHS |
| Czlowiek z zelaza [Man of Iron] | 1981 | pl | Wajda, Andrzej | d71.0°/dvd-r | off VHS | |
| French Lieutenant's Woman, The | 1981 | gb | Reisz, Karel | MGM 1002458 [1] | c10.0° | off VHS |
| Maratonci trče počasni krug [The Marathon Family] | 1982 | yu | Sijin, Slobodan [Слободан Шијан ] | |||
| Yol | 1982 | tr, ch | Güney, Yılmaz / Serif Gören | Films sans frontières [2] | c45.0°/dvd-r ab vhs/DVD | off VHS |
| Pauline à la plage | 1983 | f | Rohmer, Eric | MGM 1004339 [1] | c64.0° | off VHS |
| Zelig | 1983 | us | Allen, Woody | MGM 1001749 [1] | c23.2° | elm |
| Heimat 2: Die Mitte der Welt | 1984 | brd | Reitz, Edgar | d67.1 | 3sat | |
| Heimat 4: Reichshöhenstrasse | 1984 | brd | Reitz, Edgar | c33.2°/dvd-r | 3sat | |
| Heimat 9: Hermännchen | 1984 | brd | Reitz, Edgar | c34.1°/dvd-r | 3sat | |
| Stranger than Paradise | 1984 | us | Jarmusch, Jim | MGM 1000981 [1] | c91.1° | zdf |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | 1986 | us | Allen, Woody | MGM 1001745 [1] | c80.0° | off VHS |
| Dekalog 6 | 1988 | pl, brd | Kieslowski, Krzysztof | Artificial Eye 024B DVD [2] | d53.1°/"Dekalog Parts 6-10" DVD | off VHS |
| Nema-ye nazdik [Close-Up] | 1991 | iran | Kiarostami, Abbas عباس کیارستمی | Criterion 519 [1] | ||
| Conte d'hiver | 1992 | f | Rohmer, Eric | Artificial Eye 052DVD [2] | c42.0° | off VHS |
| Piano, The | 1993 | nz | Campion, Jane | Live Entertainment 60462 [1] | d64.1° | drs |
| Remains of the Day, The | 1993 | gb, us | Ivory, James | Columbia TriStar 19665 [2] | c29.0° | off VHS |
| Zweite Heimat 7: Weihnachtswölfe | 1993 | brd | Reitz, Edgar | c84.1°/dvd-r | orf1 | |
| Underground | 1995 | f, brd, h | Kusturica, Emir | Arthaus 500825 [2] | d68.0° | ard |
| Vlemma tou Odyssea, To [Ulysses' Gaze] | 1995 | gr, f | Angelopoulos, Theodoros | Fox Lorber FLV5067 [1] | d65.0° | off VHS |
| Fargo | 1996 | us | Coen, Ethan & Joel | Polygram 800 638 693-2 [1] | d72.0° | off VHS |
| Lone Star | 1996 | us | Sayles, John | Warner Bros. C2515 [1] | d70.0° | off VHS |
| Promesse, La | 1996 | b, f | Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc | New Yorker DVD 62402 [1] | d79.0° | off VHS |
| Truman Show, The | 1998 | us | Weir, Peter | Paramount 03091 [1] | ||
| War Zone, The | 1998 | gb | Roth, Tim | VCI Film Four VCD0035 [2] | ||
| Eyes Wide Shut | 1999 | us | Kubrick, Stanley | Warner Bros. Z5 17991 [2] | ||
| Felicia's Journey | 1999 | cdn, gb | Egoyan, Atom | Artisan 10134 [1] / Arthaus 500057 [2] | ||
| Talented Mr. Ripley, The | 1999 | us | Minghella, Anthony | Kinowelt 500099 [2] | ||
| Yi Yi | 1999 | taiw, jap | Yang, Edward | Fox Lorber FLV5273 mit Winstar [0] | ||
| Chicken Run | 2000 | gb, us | Park, Nick / Peter Lord | BMG 74321 79642 9 [2] | ||
| De l'origine du XXI siècle | 2000 | f | Godard, Jean-Luc | "Four Short Films"-DVD | ||
| High Fidelity | 2000 | us, gb | Frears, Stephen | Touchstone Z4 101006 [2] | ||
| Amores perros | 2001 | mex | Iñárritu, Alejandro González | Studio S ST7864D [1] | ||
| Hable con ella | 2001 | e | Almodóvar, Pedro | Universum Film 82876 50953 9 [2] | ||
| Stanza del figlio, La | 2001 | i | Moretti, Nanni | Warner Bros. Z8 DVS 93360 [2] | ||
| Hours, The | 2002 | us | Daldry, Stephen | Paramount Highlight 81933 [2] | ||
| Mies vailla menneisyyttä [Man without a Past] | 2002 | sf | Kaurismäki, Aki | EuroVideo 24511 [2] | ||
| One Hour Photo | 2002 | us | Romanek, Mark | 20th Century Fox F2-SDE 2285108 [2] | ||
| Dogville | 2003 | dk, gb, s, sf | Trier, Lars von | Dawoori FDVD-1600 [3?] | ||
| Lost in Translation | 2003 | us | Coppola, Sofia | Universal 23957 [1] | ||
| Salmer fra kjøkkenet [Kitchen Stories] | 2003 | n | Hamer, Bent | Sunfilm 22083 [2] | ||
| Enfant , L' | 2005 | b, f | Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc | Xenix Film / Impuls 25041 [2] | ||
| Match Point | 2005 | gb | Allen, Woody | DreamWorks 94866 [1] | ||
| No Direction Home - Bob Dylan | 2005 | us | Scorsese, Martin | Paramount 03105 [1] | ||
| Izgnanie [Изгнание / The Banishment / Le bannissement] | 2007 | rus, b, f | Zvyagintsev, Andrey | Xenix Film / Impuls 25061 [2] | ||
| Hunger | 2008 | gb | McQueen, Steve | Ascot Elite 59 9 0090 [2] | ||
| Still Walking [Aruitemo, Aruitemo] | 2008 | jap | Kore-eda, Hirokazu | Trigon-Film 162 [2] | ||
| Cinco días sin Nora | 2009 | mex | Chenillo, Mariana | Trigon-Film 172 [2] | ||
| Darbareye Elly [درباره الی / About Elly] | 2009 | iran, f | Farhadi. Asghar | Trigon-Film 219 [2] | ||
| Secreto de sus ojos, El | 2009 | ra | Campanella, Juan José | Xenix Film Impuls 25071 [2] | ||
| Teta asustada, La | 2009 | pe | Llosa, Claudia | Trigon-Film 163 [2] | ||
| Weisse Band, Das | 2009 | brd | Haneke, Michael | Warner Bros. X-Verleih 100147657 [2] | ||
| King's Speech, The | 2010 | gb | Hooper, Tom | Momentum Pict MP1015D [2] | ||
| Marţi după Crăciun [Tuesday after Christmas] | 2010 | rum | Muntean, Radu | |||
| Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives / ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ | 2010 | thai | Weerasethakul, Apichatpong อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล | |||
| Le Havre | 2011 | sf, f, brd | Kaurismäki, Aki |
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