Time for one of my bi-yearly threads on my favorite first-time watches so far this year, let& #39;s go
1. DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975)
Dir. Sidney Lumet
Dir. Sidney Lumet
(also, the numbers aren& #39;t in order of preference, just when I saw them)
2. THE GODFATHER: PART II (1974)
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
3. THE RED SHOES (1948)
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
4. PET SEMATARY (1989)
Dir. Mary Lambert
Dir. Mary Lambert
7. BEFORE SUNSET (2004)
Dir. Richard Linklater
Dir. Richard Linklater
9. MARRIAGE STORY (2019)
Dir. Noah Baumbach
Dir. Noah Baumbach
12. PARASITE (2019)
Dir. Bong Joon-Ho
Dir. Bong Joon-Ho
13. ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2019)
Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Dir. Quentin Tarantino
14. 1917 (2019)
Dir. Sam Mendes
Dir. Sam Mendes
16. DOCTOR SLEEP (2019)
Dir. Mike Flanagan
Dir. Mike Flanagan
18. LITTLE WOMEN (2019)
Dir. Greta Gerwig
Dir. Greta Gerwig
20. BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN) (2020)
Dir. Cathy Yan
Dir. Cathy Yan
22. WHAT DID JACK DO? (2020)
Dir. David Lynch
Dir. David Lynch
23. FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (1996)
Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Dir. Robert Rodriguez
26. JEREMIAH JOHNSON (1972)
Dir. Sydney Pollack
Dir. Sydney Pollack
27. AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (1972)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Dir. Werner Herzog
28. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986)
Dir. [unnamed terrible human]
Dir. [unnamed terrible human]
29. CAT PEOPLE (1982)
Dir. Paul Schrader
Dir. Paul Schrader
30. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock