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And for me, that was a kind of serious cinema.
What better way to honor the staunch auteurist than to dive into his lengthy, difficult career?
24.Forever Mine(1999)
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Forever Mine, Schraders riff on 40s-style melodramas, is dead on arrival in just about every conceivable way.
(Liotta gives a typical Liotta performance and its easily the films best.)
23.Witch Hunt(1994)
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Dennis Hoppers swaggering performance as private dick Harry Philip Lovecraft (get it?
22.Touch(1997)
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21.Dying of the Light(2014)
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20.Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist(2005)
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19.Dog Eat Dog(2016)
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18.Adam Resurrected(2008)
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Nonetheless, its an admirable effort on the part of Schrader to bring a seemingly unadaptable book to life.
17.Oh, Canada(2024)
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Leonard Fife (Richard Gere) is dying of cancer, and his mind cant follow a single track.
In the end, we are who we say we are, but were also who we deny.
16.Auto Focus(2002)
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15.The Walker(2007)
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14.The Card Counter(2021)
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13.The Canyons(2013)
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12.Master Gardener(2022)
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11.Affliction(1997)
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10.Cat People(1982)
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9.Hardcore(1979)
- when a porn producer marvels at a new director on the scene, his partner mentions hes from UCLA.
8.Light of Day(1987)
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7.American Gigolo(1980)
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6.The Comfort of Strangers(1990)
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By the end, its impossible to mistake it for the work of any director other than Schrader.
5.Patty Hearst(1988)
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4.Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters(1985)
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The result is an unsparing profile that doubles as a powerful tribute.
3.Light Sleeper(1992)
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2.Blue Collar(1978)
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Each move they make only brings them further to the proverbial (and literal) grave.
1.First Reformed(2018)
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Its not only the best film of the year so far, but Schraders best directorial effort to date.
