Comic-book rock star Mike Allred is best known as the creator of Madman, Red Rocket 7, and The Atomics. He may also be familiar to Criterion viewers from his illustrations for Seduced and Abandoned and Chasing Amy . Allred: "My list was determined mostly by ranking my top ten favorite films that Criterion offers—though the packaging at times may have subtly influenced my choice in moving a film up or down!"
Biography via Criterion.
The List
1
Charade
UnavailableStanley Donen
1963
113 min
2
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nicolas Roeg
1976
139 min
3
Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa
1954
207 min
4
Le samouraï
Jean-Pierre Melville
1967
105 min
5
8½
Federico Fellini
1963
139 min
6tie
Hard Boiled
John Woo
1992
126 min
6tie
The Killer
John Woo
1989
110 min
7tie
Black Narcissus
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
1947
100 min
7tie
The Red Shoes
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
1948
133 min
8tie
Brazil
UnavailableTerry Gilliam
1985
143 min
8tie
Time Bandits
Terry Gilliam
1981
116 min
9
Gimme Shelter
David Maysles , Albert Maysles , and Charlotte Zwerin
1970
92 min
10
Rushmore
UnavailableWes Anderson
1998
93 min