1. Cries and Whispers (dir. Ingmar Bergman, 1972)

2. Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (dir. Werner Herzog, 1972)

3. The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (dir. Luis Bunuel, 1972)

4. The Godfather (dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)

5. Solaris (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)

6.The Bitter Tears Of Petra von Kant (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972)

7. Love In The Afternoon (dir. Eric Rohmer, 1972)

8. Days Of ‘36 (dir. Theo Angelopoulos, 1972)

9. We Won’t Grow Old Together (dir. Maurice Pialat, 1972)

10. Tout Va Bien (dir. Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1972)

The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (dir. Luis Bunuel, 1972) 5/5

Luis Bunuel’s satirical masterpiece, The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie, paints a deliciously cynical portrait of the idle rich with its delightfully funny and bizarre story surrounding a group’s repeated attempts to enjoy a dinner party.

Tristana (dir. Luis Bunuel, 1970) 4/5

Luis Bunuel’s compelling film, Tristana, critiques ‘bourgeois sensibilities’ with its melodramatic and surreal story of a young woman who is entrusted to an ageing respectable man after the death of her mother.

Favourite Films of the 1960s

10. The Exterminating Angel (dir. Luis Bunuel, 1962)

“Luis Bunuel’s ferociously brilliant The Exterminating Angel is one of his most provocative and unforgettable works.” - Marsha Kinder

11. The Battle Of Algiers (dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)

12. An Autumn Afternoon (dir. Yasujiro Ozu, 1962)

13. Woman Of The Dunes (dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964)

14. Gertrud (dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964)

15. The Party and The Guests (dir. Jan Nemec, 1966)

16. Last Year In Marienbad (dir. Alain Resnais, 1961)

17. Viridiana (dir. Luis Bunuel, 1961)

18. Il Posto (dir. Ermanno Olmi, 1961)

19. The Round-Up (dir. Miklos Jancso, 1966)

20. A Blonde In Love (dir. Milos Forman, 1965)

1. My Night At Maud’s (dir. Eric Rohmer)

2. Army Of Shadows (dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)

3. Funeral Parade Of Roses (dir. Toshio Matsumoto)

4. Kes (dir. Ken Loach)

5. Larks On A String (dir. Jiri Menzel)

6. All The Right Noises (dir. Gerry O’Hara)

7. Katzelmacher (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

8. Antonio das Mortes (dir. Glauber Rocha)

9. Easy Rider (dir. Dennis Hopper)

10. The Milky Way (dir. Luis Bunuel)

The Milky Way (dir. Luis Bunuel, 1969) 4/5

Luis Bunuel’s sardonic and irreverent film, The Milky Way, explores dogma and heresy with its “journey through fanaticism” that sees a pair of pilgrims meet various religious figures from across space and time.

L’Age d’Or (dir. Luis Bunuel, 1930) 5/5

Luis Bunuel’s avant-garde masterpiece, the surrealist L’Age d’Or, critiques the oppressive nature of religion and the bourgeoisie with its story concerning, as Bunuel points out, “the irresistible force that thrusts two people together and the impossibility of their ever becoming one.”

Un Chien Andalou (dir. Luis Bunuel, 1929) 5/5

Un Chien Andalou, Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali’s surrealist short, “was born of the encounter between my dreams and Dali’s,” said Bunuel in his autobiography, and, although it intendedly made no sense, is an outrageous and brilliant debut.

1. Red Desert (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni)

2. Woman Of The Dunes (dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara)

3. Gertrud (dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer)

4. I Am Cuba (dir. Mikhail Kalatozov)

5. The Gospel According To Matthew (dir. Pier Paolo Passolini)

6. Une Femme Mariee (dir. Jean-Luc Godard)

7. Before The Revolution (dir. Bernardo Bertolucci)

8. The Diary Of A Chambermaid (dir. Luis Bunuel)

9. Black God, White Devil (dir. Glauber Rocha)

10. Charulata (dir. Satyajit Ray)

The Diary Of A Chambermaid (dir. Luis Bunuel, 1964) 4.5/5

Luis Bunuel’s brilliant The Diary Of A Chambermaid, the first film of his French period, charts the ambitions of Celestine (Jeanne Moreau) as she rises from lowly chambermaid to bourgeois mistress, in parallel to the rise of Fascism in 1930s France.

1. Vivre Sa Vie (dir. Jean-Luc Godard)

2. Ivan’s Childhood (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)

3. L’Eclisse (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni)

4. The Exterminating Angel (dir. Luis Bunuel)

5. An Autumn Afternoon (dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

6. Cleo From 5 To 7 (dir. Agnes Varda)

7. The Trial Of Joan Of Arc (dir. Robert Bresson)

8. The Trial (dir. Orson Welles)

9. Jules and Jim (dir. Francois Truffaut)

10. La Jetee (dir. Chris Marker)

The Exterminating Angel (dir. Luis Bunuel, 1962) 5/5

In the surrealist masterpiece, The Exterminating Angel, Luis Bunuel showcases his disdain for the bourgeois with an allegorical story concerning a lavish dinner party at which the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave…

1. La Notte (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni)

2. Through A Glass Darkly (dir. Ingmar Bergman)

3. Viridiana (dir. Luis Bunuel)

4. Last Year In Marienbad (dir. Alain Resnais)

5. Il Posto (dir. Ermanno Olmi)

6. Leon Morin, Pretre (dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)

7. Paris Nous Appartient (dir. Jacques Rivette)

8. Une Femme Est Une Femme (dir. Jean-Luc Godard)

9. Pigs and Battleships (dir. Shohei Imamura)

10. Lola (dir. Jacques Demy)