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Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Humphrey Bogart movies - a list by mantiss83 Alfonso Cuarón Steven Spielberg 11:14 (2003) Baz Luhrmann Sidney Lumet City of Life and Death (2009) Ang Lee James Cameron Blade Runner (1982) Brian De Palma BFI Top 100 British films In 1999 the British Film Institute surveyed 1,000 people from the world of British film and television to produce the BFI 100 list of the greatest British films of the 20th century. Voters were asked to choose up to 100 films that were 'culturally British'. Some of the selected films were wholly or partly produced by non-UK companies, or made with input from film makers born overseas, but were regarded by voters as having significant British involvement.[1] List breakdown[edit] The top ten films[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]

Akira Kurosawa Cinema of France Cinema of France refers to the film industry based in France. The French cinema comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad. France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions.[6] Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle Vague, began in the country. It is noted for having a particularly strong film industry, due in part to protections afforded by the French government.[6][dated info] Another element supporting this fact is that Paris has the highest density of cinemas in the world, measured by the number of movie theaters per inhabitant,[7] and that in most "downtown Paris" movie theaters, foreign movies which would be secluded to "art houses" cinemas in other places are shown alongside "mainstream" works. History[edit] At Gaumont, pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché (M. After World War I[edit] Post-World War II[edit] 1940s–1970s[edit] 1980s[edit] 1990s[edit]

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