Woody Allen

Take the Money and Run
My favorite Woody Allen film
(one of the early, funny ones)
about a very inept bank robber.

See also: Play It Again, Sam
Annie Hall | Manhattan | Zelig
Broadway Danny Rose
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Martin Scorsese

Taxi Driver
Scorsese's classic modern
noir, perhaps the first about
present day big city crime.

See also: Goodfellas | Raging Bull
After Hours | Mean Streets
The King of Comedy
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Alfred Hitchcock

North by Northwest
My favorite Hitchcock film is
a delightfully suspenseful
story, about mistaken identity
and Soviet spies. With Cary
Grant and Eva Marie Saint.

See also: Dial M for Murder
Rear Window | Psycho | Vertigo
The Man Who Knew Too Much
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Sidney Lumet

Network
Classic black comedy
about big network TV and
what they'll do for ratings.

See also: The Verdict
Night Falls on Manhattan
Dog Day Afternoon
Prince of the City
Murder on the Orient Express
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Coen Brothers

Fargo
Kidnapping and murder story
set in Minnesota. You know it's
gonna have quirky characters
with the Coen brothers.

See also: The Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Man Who Wasn't There
Barton Fink | Blood Simple
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John Sayles

Lone Star
Generational Texas saga
by the great independent
film director Sayles.

See also: Baby It's You
Sunshine State | Matewan
Eight Men Out
The Brother From Another Planet
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