'The Third Man' a magnificent cinematic classic, marvellous camera work, great direction and haunting music, I've lost count the amount of times I've watched it, a momentous perspective through a window in cinematic history
For me it's Metropolis, Fritz Lang at his best, haunting pictures of the downtrodden workers trudging around, heads bowed, living and working in underground warrens where giant machines keep the city turning, unforgettable.
The Day the Earth Stood Still, the robot Gort, turning homicidal after the murder of his master, Klaatu, played by Michael Rennie. Only to be stopped by a revived Rennie with the immortal words 'Gort! Klaatu barada nikto', says it all.
The Seventh Seal directed by Ingmar Bergman, with the Knight (Max von Sydow) playing chess with death for the right to survive.
Quai Des Brumes, where soldier on the run, Jean Gabin, gets shot down in the cobbled street just before he reaches the safety of a waiting boat.
La Salaire de la Peur (Wages of Fear) Four Europeans who will do anything to escape the putrefying heat of a South American village, drive trucks laden with nitro across country. At one stage having to drive over the legs of one of their number when unable to stop in a pool of leaking oil. Haunting images of fear in every twist of the road.
