I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.” - Anaïs Nin

Karen. ISFP. Cinephile extraordinaire. Please hit the archive before you follow.

ϟ iconic/tumblr films everyone has seen but I haven’t because I’m only a human beaaaan

For Mariana. G U R L this is what happens when you ask for my lists.

Note: the numbers beside the titles are just the year they came out… I had to organize this some how. Disclaimer: Don’t try this at home. I know I just did it but really. Don’t. Ever. This list may induce dizziness, nausea, maybe- awe and great amounts of neck pain.

1910-1950’s:

the birth of a nation 15 intolerance 16 nosferatu 22 the general 26 metropolis 27 the kiss 29 the public enemy 31 mata hari 31 modern times 36 the great dictator 40 fantasia 40 most John Wayne films (rio bravo, the searchers, she wore a yellow ribbon, etc.) most Vincent Price films laura 44 spellbound 45 the best years of our lives 46 (I have the dvd somewhere) duel in the sun 46 the snake pit 48 shane 53 /dial m for murder 54 the lady and the tramp 55 babydoll 56 plan 9 from outer space 59

1960’s-1970’s:

/psycho 60 love with the proper stranger 63 doctor zhivago 65 cat ballou 65 the valley of the dolls 67 they shoot horses, don’t they? 69 easy rider 69 love story 70 airport 70 dirty harry 71 deliverance 72 the exorcist 73 last tango in paris 73 the towering inferno 74 blazing saddles 74 monty python and the holy grail 74 close encounters of the third kind 77 suspira 77 the goodbye girl 77 apocalypse now 79

1980’s:

caddyshack 80 the blues brothers 80 mommie dearest 81 chariots of fire 81 the thing 82 poltergeist 82 risky business 83 the never-ending story 84 spinal tap 84 nightmare on elm street 84 gremlins 84 repo man 84 brazil 85 the goonies 85 stand by me 86 blue velvet 86 platoon 86 top gun 86 predator 87 /full metal jacket 87 empire of the sun 87 a fish called wanda 88 /beetlejuice 88 weekend at berries 89 licence to kill 89

1990’s:

total recall 90 misery 90 cry-baby 90 my own private idaho 91 basic instinct 92 the nightmare before christmas 93 groundhog day 93 interview with the vampire 94 dumb and dumber 94 ed wood 94* braveheart 95 twelve monkeys 95 the usual suspects 95 apollo 13 95 independence day 96 shakespeare in love 98 american beauty 99 girl interrupted 99 eyes wide shut 99 blair witch project 99 sleepy hollow 99

2000’s:

zoolander 01 brokeback mountain 04 anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy 04 lemony snicker’s: a series of unfortunate events 04 million dollar baby 04 walk the line 05 the da vinci code 06 the last king of scotland 06 hunger 08*

block buster franchaise:

alien 79, 86, 92 indiana jones 81, 84, 89 ghostbusters 84, 86, 89 terminator 84, 91, 03, 08, 09 rambo 85, 88 highlander 86, 91, 92, 00’s, etc die hard 88, 90, 95 the naked gun 88, 91 lord of the rings 01, 02, 03 the bourne series 02, 04, 07 friday the 13th

why would i ever? films equivalent to sticking my head in an oven/the bell jar

grave of fireflies 88 sophie’s choice 82 breaking the waves 96 boys don’t cry 99 dancer in the dark 00 irreversible 02

LET’S NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT THOSE FOREIGN FILMS INTERNATIONAL CINEMA:

all of carl theodor’s films all of andrei tarkovsky all of robert rossellini all of agne’s varda’s

les dames du bois de boulogne journal d’un cure de champagne zéro de conduite

• persona 66
• in the mood for love 00
• city of god 02
• oldboy 03
• crouching tiger, hidden dragon 03
• the diving bell and the butterfly 07
• the white ribbon 09

reccs:

all those Italian films Cecilia recc’ that Jack Cardiff doc Apexa recc’ and your endless must see list Julia with Tilda Swinton, Tarkovsky’s Stalker

• Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
• Sweet Smell of Success
• Inland Empire
• Romance