Time to continue with the next ten movies of my personal top 100. This installment has movies about war, courts, revenge, comedy and mystery.

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70. Schindler’s List

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This is one of those movies you won’t start watching for pleasure, but to help you remember how horrible war is and that it can bring out both the worst and best of people. Spielberg shows why he is one of the best directors around and with the ending of the film makes a great link between now and the past, increasing the impact of the film. [My review]

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69. The Act of Killing

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This documentary shines a necessary light onto an extremely dark page in Indonesian history. A period in the sixties where millions of people were killed for their communistic ideas. The men responsible were never punished and director Joshua Oppenheimer engages with them, with them openly talking about what they have done, act it out in surrealistic settings. It also shows that some of the men involved are now part of the government. An impressive and important documentary.[My review]

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68. Witness for the Prosecution

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A movie which once was suggested to me for being one of the best courtroom dramas ever made. It´s a film which isn´t only tense, but also has a couple of comedic moments. Charles Laughton is amazing in his role as a lawyer, but Marlene Dietrich manages to bring a mysterious character to life in an amazing way. [My review]

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67. No Mercy

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One of my favorite discoveries from the last few years in South Korean cinema. Besides the many gangster stories and entertaining comedies, it also offers a lot of stunning revenge flicks. No Mercy is one of them. It is a film which initially doesn´t impress, but which all of a sudden grabs you by the throat and doesn´t let go until its shocking ending.[My review]

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66. Paprika

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Paprika is an anime which shows how you can convincingly can bring dreams to the screen. Filled with rich detail, bizarre situations and strange characters is a joy to behold.[My review]

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65. In the Loop

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Political comedies are rarely as good as In the Loop. America and Great Britain want to start a war, but both need the right information in order to do so. It strongly resembles what occurred when the Iraq war started, but gives it its own spin. With great roles by James Gandolfini and Mimi Kennedy, but it´s Peter Capaldi who really steals the show with his constant swearing.

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64. The King of Comedy

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In my opinion this is one of the best roles that Robert de Niro ever played as an unpredictable, longing-for-fame creep Rupert Pupkin. A beautiful film about the extremes people are willing to go to in order to reach their goal.[My review]

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63. The Great Dictator

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Out of all the Chaplin movies I´ve seen, this movie (his first movie using sound) is my favorite. He has a strong opinion about what was happening in Germany just before the second world war and regularly makes fun of Hitler. His speech at the end really impresses.[My review]

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62. Les Diaboliques

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To me this is the best Hitchcock movie which he didn´t make. Director Henri-Georges Clouzot (who also made Wages of Fear) really knows hoe to slowly tell the story about two women planning to make the husband of one of them disappear. It is an edge of your seat experience which just keeps surprising you.[My review]

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61. The Pianist

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Most world war two movies are grand in scale and usually focus on multiple people and the fights. The Pianist sticks with one character, Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody), and shows his personal story. The effect on his personal life is huge, but you never get an idea what is happening in the war itself. Because of that the impact on the viewer is huge as you only see once character trying to survive and dealing with the issues he faces. Brody deservedly won an Oscar for his role.[My review]

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