Michael Mann has followed in the footsteps of Martin Scorsese and joined Letterboxd , the social media site that allows cinephiles to log and rate the movies they’ve seen. The “Miami Vice” director quietly made an account and posted his first list, which is titled “14 Favorite Films in no particular order (except Potemkin).” After singling out Sergei Eisenstein’s landmark silent epic “Battleship Potemkin” as his favorite film of all time, he highlighted 13 other films ranging from classic film noir and New Hollywood masterpieces to recent hits like “The Hurt Locker” and “Poor Things.
” Mann’s 14 favorite films can be found below. “Battleship Potemkin” (dir. Sergei Eisenstein) “Dr.
Strangelove” (dir. Stanley Kubrick) “Biutiful” (dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu) “Raging Bull” (dir.
Martin Scorsese) “Incendies” (dir. Denis Villeneuve) “Pale Flower” (dir. Masahiro Shinoda) “L’Atalante” (dir.
Jean Vigo) “The Asphalt Jungle” (dir. John Huston) “Poor Things” (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos) “Apocalypse Now” (dir.
Francis Ford Coppola) “The Sweet Smell of Success” (dir. Alexander Mackendrick) “The Hurt Locker” (dir. Kathryn Bigelow) “Out of the Past” (dir.
Jacques Tourneur) “Pan’s Labyrinth” (dir. Guillermo del Toro) Mann’s affection for films like “Battleship Potemkin,” “Dr. Strangelove,” and “Apocalypse Now” was well-known due to their inclusion on his past Sight & Sound ballots .
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