Great Soundtracks
The images in these films are inextricable from the flawlessly selected tunes accompanying them.
| Spine # | Title | Director | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1287 |
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House Party | Reginald Hudlin | United States, | 1990 |
| 919 |
|
Dead Man | Jim Jarmusch | United States, | 1995 |
| 1294 |
|
David Byrne’s American Utopia | Spike Lee | United States, | 2020 |
| 1291 |
|
Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray | Man Ray | France, | 2023 |
| 905 |
|
The Breakfast Club | John Hughes | United States, | 1985 |
| 898 |
|
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | David Lynch | United States, | 1992 |
| 1282 |
|
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun | Wes Anderson | United States, | 2021 |
| 1281 |
|
Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson | United States, | 2018 |
| 12 |
|
This Is Spinal Tap | Rob Reiner | United States, | 1984 |
| 897 |
|
Barry Lyndon | Stanley Kubrick | United States, | 1975 |
| 1267 |
|
Sorcerer | William Friedkin | United States, | 1977 |
| 1268 |
|
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | François Girard | Canada, | 1993 |
| 1265 |
|
Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser | Charlotte Zwerin | United States, | 1988 |
| 1264 |
|
The Wiz | Sidney Lumet | United States, | 1978 |
| 51 |
|
Brazil | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom, | 1985 |
| 432 |
|
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Paul Schrader | United States, | 1985 |
| 1262 |
|
Killer of Sheep | Charles Burnett | United States, | 1977 |
| 959 |
|
In the Heat of the Night | Norman Jewison | United States, | 1967 |
| 716 |
|
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Jacques Demy | France, | 1964 |
| 1260 |
|
Basquiat | Julian Schnabel | United States, | 1996 |
| 453 |
|
Chungking Express | Wong Kar Wai | Hong Kong, | 1994 |
| 1256 |
|
Choose Me | Alan Rudolph | United States, | 1984 |
| 691 |
|
Thief | Michael Mann | United States, | 1981 |
| 1252 |
|
Performance | Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg | United Kingdom, | 1970 |
| 843 |
|
Punch-Drunk Love | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States, | 2002 |
| 1247 |
|
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Richard Pryor | United States, | 1986 |
| 140 |
|
8½ | Federico Fellini | Italy, | 1963 |
| 501 |
|
Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | Germany, | 1984 |
| 1240 |
|
Funny Girl | William Wyler | United States, | 1968 |
| 1238 |
|
Gummo | Harmony Korine | United States, | 1997 |
| 1237 |
|
Demon Pond | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan, | 1979 |
| 1233 |
|
Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy | |||
| 26 |
|
The Long Good Friday | John Mackenzie | United Kingdom, | 1980 |
| 654 |
|
Repo Man | Alex Cox | United States, | 1984 |
| 1227 |
|
Risky Business | Paul Brickman | United States, | 1983 |
| 1226 |
|
Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | Japan, | 2023 |
| 1224 |
|
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Sam Peckinpah | United States, | 1973 |
| 977 |
|
Blue Velvet | David Lynch | United States, | 1986 |
| 175 |
|
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Terry Gilliam | United States, | 1998 |
| 1216 |
|
Dogfight | Nancy Savoca | United States, | 1991 |
| 381 |
|
La haine | Mathieu Kassovitz | France, | 1995 |
| 214 |
|
All That Money Can Buy (a.k.a. The Devil and Daniel Webster) | William Dieterle | United States, | 1941 |
| 1209 |
|
Nothing but a Man | Michael Roemer | United States, | 1964 |
| 827 |
|
McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Robert Altman | United States, | 1971 |
| 1204 |
|
Trainspotting | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom, | 1996 |
| 782 |
|
The Apu Trilogy | |||
| 409 |
|
Days of Heaven | Terrence Malick | United States, | 1978 |
| 1198 |
|
Mean Streets | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 1973 |
| 248 |
|
Videodrome | David Cronenberg | Canada, | 1983 |
| 745 |
|
Don’t Look Now | Nicolas Roeg | United Kingdom, | 1973 |
| 1192 |
|
Moonage Daydream | Brett Morgen | United States, | 2022 |
| 1193 |
|
La Bamba | Luis Valdez | United States, | 1987 |
|
Elvira Madigan | Bo Widerberg | Sweden, | 1967 | |
| 1185 |
|
After Hours | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 1985 |
| 336 |
|
Dazed and Confused | Richard Linklater | United States, | 1993 |
| 587 |
|
Three Colors | |||
| 1164 |
|
The Velvet Underground | Todd Haynes | United States, | 2021 |
| 1165 |
|
Cooley High | Michael Schultz | United States, | 1975 |
| 1160 |
|
Malcolm X | Spike Lee | United States, | 1992 |
| 1159 |
|
The Infernal Affairs Trilogy | |||
| 147 |
|
In the Mood for Love | Wong Kar Wai | Hong Kong, | 2000 |
| 1152 |
|
Lost Highway | David Lynch | United States, | 1997 |
| 719 |
|
Une chambre en ville | Jacques Demy | France, | 1982 |
| 718 |
|
Donkey Skin | Jacques Demy | France, | 1970 |
| 1135 |
|
Devil in a Blue Dress | Carl Franklin | United States, | 1995 |
| 1134 |
|
Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 1980 |
| 920 |
|
The Virgin Suicides | Sofia Coppola | United States, | 1999 |
| 1131 |
|
Pink Flamingos | John Waters | United States, | 1972 |
| 1130 |
|
Shaft | Gordon Parks | United States, | 1971 |
| 317 |
|
The Tales of Hoffmann | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom, | 1951 |
| 1122 |
|
’Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | United States, | 1986 |
| 54 |
|
For All Mankind | Al Reinert | United States, | 1989 |
| 1120 |
|
The Girl Can’t Help It | Frank Tashlin | United States, | 1956 |
| 423 |
|
Walker | Alex Cox | United States, | 1987 |
| 1118 |
|
The Last Waltz | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 1978 |
| 1117 |
|
love jones | Theodore Witcher | United States, | 1997 |
| 1112 |
|
Miller’s Crossing | Joel Coen | United States, | 1990 |
| 711 |
|
A Hard Day’s Night | Richard Lester | United Kingdom, | 1964 |
| 1101 |
|
Uncut Gems | Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie | United States, | 2019 |
| 1105 |
|
Menace II Society | Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes | United States, | 1993 |
| 1074 |
|
Irma Vep | Olivier Assayas | France, | 1996 |
| 1062 |
|
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 2019 |
| 1060 |
|
Amores perros | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Mexico, | 2000 |
| 1057 |
|
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Jim Jarmusch | United States, | 1999 |
| 469 |
|
The Hit | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom, | 1984 |
| 1042 |
|
Beau travail | Claire Denis | France, | 1999 |
| 1025 |
|
The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson | United States, | 2014 |
| 1007 |
|
Until the End of the World | Wim Wenders | Germany, | 1991 |
| 982 |
|
Hedwig and the Angry Inch | John Cameron Mitchell | United States, | 2001 |
| 979 |
|
Swing Time | George Stevens | United States, | 1936 |
| 97 |
|
Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | United States, | 1989 |
| 401 |
|
Night on Earth | Jim Jarmusch | United States, | 1991 |
| 400 |
|
Stranger Than Paradise | Jim Jarmusch | United States, | 1984 |
| 700 |
|
Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson | United States, | 2009 |
| 724 |
|
All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | United States, | 1979 |
| 951 |
|
True Stories | David Byrne | United States, | 1986 |
| 944 |
|
Cold Water | Olivier Assayas | France, | 1994 |
| 941 |
|
Smithereens | Susan Seidelman | United States, | 1982 |
| 922 |
|
The Other Side of Hope | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, | 2017 |
| 915 |
|
King of Jazz | John Murray Anderson | United States, | 1930 |
| 913 |
|
The Age of Innocence | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 1993 |
| 335 |
|
Elevator to the Gallows | Louis Malle | France, | 1958 |
| 167 |
|
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival | |||
| 902 |
|
Desert Hearts | Donna Deitch | United States, | 1985 |
| 896 |
|
The Lure | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | Poland, | 2015 |
| 894 |
|
The Piano Teacher | Michael Haneke | France, | 2001 |
| 892 |
|
Festival | Murray Lerner | United States, | 1967 |
| 20 |
|
Sid & Nancy | Alex Cox | United Kingdom, | 1986 |
| 872 |
|
Ghost World | Terry Zwigoff | United States, | 2001 |
| 866 |
|
Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders | United States, | 1999 |
| 717 |
|
The Young Girls of Rochefort | Jacques Demy | France, | 1967 |
| 865 |
|
Blow-Up | Michelangelo Antonioni | United Kingdom, | 1966 |
| 846 |
|
Heart of a Dog | Laurie Anderson | United States, | 2015 |
| 265 |
|
Short Cuts | Robert Altman | United States, | 1993 |
| 545 |
|
Easy Rider | Dennis Hopper | United States, | 1969 |
| 805 |
|
A Poem Is a Naked Person | Les Blank | United States, | 1974 |
| 800 |
|
The Graduate | Mike Nichols | United States, | 1967 |
| 794 |
|
Inside Llewyn Davis | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | United States, | 2013 |
| 786 |
|
Dont Look Back | D. A. Pennebaker | United States, | 1967 |
| 776 |
|
Moonrise Kingdom | Wes Anderson | United States, | 2012 |
| 720 |
|
The Big Chill | Lawrence Kasdan | United States, | 1983 |
| 757 |
|
The Rose | Mark Rydell | United States, | 1979 |
| 748 |
|
Watership Down | Martin Rosen | United Kingdom, | 1978 |
| 300 |
|
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Wes Anderson | United States, | 2004 |
| 426 |
|
The Ice Storm | Ang Lee | United States, | 1997 |
| 639 |
|
The Qatsi Trilogy | |||
| 624 |
|
Quadrophenia | Franc Roddam | United Kingdom, | 1979 |
| 157 |
|
The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | United States, | 2001 |
| 485 |
|
The Last Days of Disco | Whit Stillman | United States, | 1998 |
| 166 |
|
Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch | United States, | 1986 |
| 70 |
|
The Last Temptation of Christ | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 1988 |
| 600 |
|
Anatomy of a Murder | Otto Preminger | United States, | 1959 |
| 65 |
|
Rushmore | Wes Anderson | United States, | 1998 |
| 100 |
|
Beastie Boys Video Anthology | Various | United States, | 2000 |
| 563 |
|
Something Wild | Jonathan Demme | United States, | 1986 |
| 558 |
|
Topsy-Turvy | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom, | 1999 |
| 4 |
|
Amarcord | Federico Fellini | Italy, | 1973 |
| 544 |
|
Head | Bob Rafelson | United States, | 1968 |
| 540 |
|
The Darjeeling Limited | Wes Anderson | United States, | 2007 |
| 536 |
|
The Thin Red Line | Terrence Malick | United States, | 1998 |
| 535 |
|
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Oshima | United Kingdom, | 1983 |
| 57 |
|
Charade | Stanley Donen | United States, | 1963 |
| 48 |
|
Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | France, | 1959 |
| 99 |
|
Gimme Shelter | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin | United States, | 1970 |
| 521 |
|
Mystery Train | Jim Jarmusch | United States, | 1989 |
| 450 |
|
Bottle Rocket | Wes Anderson | United States, | 1996 |
| 403 |
|
Cría cuervos . . . | Carlos Saura | Spain, | 1976 |
| 362 |
|
Border Radio | Allison Anders, Dean Lent, and Kurt Voss | United States, | 1987 |
| 608 |
|
Harold and Maude | Hal Ashby | United States, | 1971 |
| 491 |
|
Z | Costa-Gavras | Greece, | 1969 |