Filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker ( Dont Look Back, Monterey Pop, The War Room ) and Chris Hegedus ( The War Room, Startup.com ), creative partners and husband and wife, offer their favorites. Read Pennebaker’s top ten here .
Photo by Kit Pennebaker
Biography via Criterion.
The List
1
8½
Federico Fellini
1963
139 min
2
Juliet of the Spirits
Federico Fellini
1965
148 min
3
Contempt
UnavailableJean-Luc Godard
1963
103 min
4
Fanny and Alexander: Theatrical Version
Ingmar Bergman
1982
188 min
5
The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo
1966
122 min
6
Sullivan’s Travels
Preston Sturges
1941
91 min
7
I Know Where I’m Going!
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
1945
91 min
8
Jules and Jim
François Truffaut
1962
106 min
9
Monterey Pop
D. A. Pennebaker
1968
80 min
10
Salesman
David Maysles , Albert Maysles , and Charlotte Zwerin
1969
90 min