Hans Zimmer

March 2025

The Oscar-winning composer selects favorite films that continue to excite him, includingAndrei RublevandSid & Nancy; praises the transportive nature of Les Blank’s work; and shares how Nicolas Roeg changed his life.

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Picks (9)

The Battle of Algiers

Gillo Pontecorvo

1966 • Italy, Algeria • 2h 2m

Night and Fog

Alain Resnais

1955 • France • 32m

Andrei Rublev

Andrei Tarkovsky

1966 • Soviet Union • 3h 3m

Sid & Nancy

Alex Cox

1986 • United Kingdom • 1h 54m

Unavailable

David Lean Directs Noël Coward

Box Set

His Girl Friday

Howard Hawks

1940 • United States • 1h 32m

Unavailable

Les Blank: Always for Pleasure

Les Blank

1968 • United States

Unavailable

Performance

Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg

1970 • United Kingdom • 1h 46m

Unavailable

House

Nobuhiko Obayashi

1977 • Japan • 1h 46m