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Film Responses

Films of the Early 1920s

The Phantom Carriage (1921, Victor Sjöström)

The Blot (1921, Lois Weber)

Agnes Ayres and Rudolph Valentino star in THE SHEIK, directed by George Melford for Paramount Pictures.

The Sheik (1921, George Melford)

Jackie Coogan and Charles Chaplin star in THE KID, directed by Chaplin for First National Pictures.

The Kid (1921, Charles Chaplin), the director’s cut

Séverin-Mars stars in LA ROUE, directed by Abel Gance for Pathé.

La roue (1923, Abel Gance)

Safety Last! (1923, Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor)

Starring Colin Farrell

The Batman (2022, Matt Reeves)

Ondine (2009, Neil Jordan)

Widows (2018, Steve McQueen)

Daredevil (2003, Mark Steven Johnson)

Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, and Jason Bateman star in HORRIBLE BOSSES, directed by Seth Gordon for Warner Bros.

Horrible Bosses (2011, Seth Gordon), the extended cut

Seven Psychopaths (2012, Martin McDonough)

Starring Robert Ryan

House of Bamboo (1955, Samuel Fuller)

The Longest Day (1962, Ken Annakin)

Lonelyhearts (1958, Vincent J. Donehue)

The Wild Bunch (1969, Sam Peckinpah), the director's cut

Robert Ryan and Laraine Day star in THE WOMAN ON PIER 13, directed by Robert Stevenson for RKO Radio Pictures.

The Woman on Pier 13 (1949, Robert Stevenson)

A scene from BERLIN EXPRESS, directed by Jacques Tourneur for RKO Radio Pictures.

Berlin Express (1948, Jacques Tourneur)

Best of the Mid-1980s

Directed by John Ford

The Quiet Man (1952, John Ford)

7 Women (1966, John Ford)

The Informer (1935, John Ford)

Stagecoach (1939, John Ford)

John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara star in RIO GRANDE, directed by John Ford for Republic Pictures.

Rio Grande (1950, John Ford)

Eddie Quillan, Dorris Bowdon, John Carradine and Henry Fonda star in THE GRAPES OF WRATH, directed by John Ford for 20th Century Fox.

The Grapes of Wrath (1940, John Ford)

Scorsese + De Niro

Casino (1995, Martin Scorsese)

The Irishman (2019, Martin Scorsese)

Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese)

Goodfellas (1990, Martin Scorsese)

Starring Adam Driver

Annette (2021, Leos Carax)

BlacKkKlansman (2018, Spike Lee)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019, J.J. Abrams)

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018, Terry Gilliam)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017, Rian Johnson)

Frances Ha (2012, Noam Baumbach)

Starring Luise Rainer

The Great Ziegfeld (1936, Robert Z. Leonard)

The Good Earth (1937, Sidney Franklin)

The Emperor’s Candlesticks (1937, George Fitzmaurice)

Hostages (1943, Frank Tuttle)

The Toy Wife (1938, Richard Thorpe)

Dramatic School (1938, Robert B. Sinclair)

Directed by Orson Welles

The Trial (1962, Orson Welles)

Macbeth (1948, Orson Welles)

Chimes at Midnight (1965, Orson Welles)

The Lady from Shanghai (1947, Orson Welles)

The Other Side of the Wind (2018, Orson Welles)

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942, Orson Welles)