Mogwai has established itself as one of the most important and influential underground bands of the past quarter century. In addition to the critical and commercial success of Mogwai’s many studio albums, the band has not only had its music featured in dozens of iconic films, but has also scored several high-profile productions—including Mark Cousins’s acclaimed documentary Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise, whose music Mogwai reworked for the band’s new album, Atomic. Here are the band members’ picks, in no particular order.
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Guillermo del Toro
1993
94 min

D. A. Pennebaker
1967
96 min

René Laloux
1973
72 min

Steve McQueen
2008
96 min

Robert Aldrich
1955
106 min

Charles Laughton
1955
93 min

Paul Verhoeven
1987
102 min

Roman Polanski
1968
138 min

Akira Kurosawa
1957
108 min

Martin Rosen
1978
92 min