Greatest Films / Similar Albums

[AfterHours]

This is a list of my favorite films and how well they correspond with great albums (and/or classical works). The films are listed in order by their rankings from my "Greatest Films of All Time" list. Underneath the film entries are albums (and/or classical works) that I feel best correspond to them. This can be used as both a game of amusement or interest as well as a guide to films and albums that share strong similarities and therefore can assist one's acclimation to and assimilation of each. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE WELCOME.

EQUIVALENCE RATINGS: To the right of the corresponding albums, you will see assigned scores (out of 15). These reflect how closely the work corresponds to the film (15/15 being very close). None of them are truly 100% exact in how closely they correspond, but a 15/15 would be about as close as can reasonably be expected.

(1) The first number is scored by how closely the album corresponds to the film in relation to EMOTIONAL/CONCEPTUAL CONTENT, with a 5 being as close as one can reasonably expect.

(2) The second number is scored by how closely the album corresponds to the film in relation to PACING, RHYTHM, MOMENTUM AND STRUCTURAL ARC, with a 5 being as close as one can reasonably expect.

(3) The third number is scored by how closely the album corresponds to the film in relation to OVERALL QUALITY/RATING, with a 5 being within 0.2 of the same rating (when comparing between my "Greatest Films" and "Greatest Albums" lists that feature more precise ratings). For every 0.3 in rating differential between the two, the score is dropped by 0.5 (from a possible 5 out of 5).

THERE IS NO LIMIT TO HOW MANY CORRESPONDING ENTRIES CAN BE ADDED UNDER EACH FILM, excepting the requirement that the corresponding album must score at least 10/15 to be included.

UPDATES KEY
>>> = RECENTLY ADDED
Bold + italics on the "equivalence ratings" means that the score was recently updated

GREATEST FILMS - CORRESPONDING ALBUMS

9/10
Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971) / 4.5 + 4.5 + 5 = 14/15

Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985) [The Final Cut, 142 minutes]
Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley (1971) / 3.5 + 4 + 4.5 = 12/15
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978) / 4.5 + 3 + 4.5 = 12.5/15
Lullaby Land - Vampire Rodents (1993) / 3 + 3.5 + 4.5 = 11/15
Faust - Faust (1971) / 2.5 + 3.5 + 5 = 11/15

Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958) [Restored Welles' Cut, 108 minutes]
The Doors - The Doors (1967) / 4.5 + 4 + 4.5 = 13/15
Faust - Faust (1971) / 2 + 4.5 + 4.5 = 11/15
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967) / 3 + 3.5 + 4.5 = 11/15
Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus (1957) / 4 + 3 + 3 = 10/15

North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
Forever Changes - Love (1967) / 3 + 4 + 3 = 10/15


8.5/10
Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971) / 4.5 + 5 + 4.5 = 14/15
Dual Unity - Paul Bley (1971) / 4 + 3.5 + 3.5 = 11/15
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970) / 3 + 3 + 4.5 = 10.5/15

Nashville - Robert Altman (1975)
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965) / 4.5 + 4.5 + 4.5 = 13.5/15
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969) / 4 + 3.5 + 4.5 = 12/15
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966) / 3.5 + 4 + 4.5 = 12/15
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980) / 3.5 + 3 + 5 = 11.5/15

Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974) / 3.5 + 4 + 3.5 = 11/15
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988) / 3.5 + 3.5 + 4 = 11/15

Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927) ["The Complete Metropolis", 147 minutes]
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) / 4 + 4.5 + 5 = 13.5/15
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963) / 2 + 4.5 + 4.5 = 11/15
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978) / 3.5 + 2 + 5 = 10.5/15
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967) / 1.5 + 3.5 + 5 = 10/15

Werckmeister Harmonies - Bela Tarr (2000)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992) / 2.5 + 3.5 + 4.5 = 10.5/15

8 1/2 - Federico Fellini (1963)
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010) / 2.5 + 3.5 + 4.5 = 10.5/15

Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
The Good Son - Nick Cave (1990) / 3 + 4 + 4.5 = 11.5/15
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970) / 3 + 3.5 + 4.5 = 11/15

The Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles (1948)

La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini (1960)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966) / 4.5 + 4 + 4 = 12.5/15
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010) / 2.5 + 3.5 + 4.5 = 10.5/15

The Traveling Players - Theo Angelopoulos (1975)

The Passion of Joan of Arc - Carl Theodor Dreyer (1928)
Desertshore - Nico (1970) / 4 + 5 + 4 = 13/15

Landscape in the Mist - Theo Angelopoulos (1988)

Underground - Emir Kusturica (1995)
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969) / 4.5 + 4.5 + 3 = 12/15
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967) / 3.5 + 3 + 4 = 10.5/15
Y - The Pop Group (1979) / 3.5 + 3 + 4 = 10.5/15

Blow Up - Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972) / 4.5 + 4.5 + 5 = 14/15

Ikiru - Akira Kurosawa (1952)
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1975) / 3.5 + 4 + 4.5 = 12/15


8/10
Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (1955) [Comprehensive Version, 105 minutes]

Possession - Andrzej Zulawski (1981) [Original Cut, 123 minutes]
Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk (1981) / 4 + 4.5 + 4 = 12.5/15
Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith (1976) / 3.5 + 3.5 + 5 = 12/15
Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas (1984) / 3 + 3 + 4 = 10/15
Litanies of Satan - Diamanda Galas (1982) / 2.5 + 2.5 + 5 = 10/15

The Kingdom - Lars Von Trier (1995)
Lullaby Land - Vampire Rodents (1993) / 3.5 + 3 + 4.5 = 11/15

The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (1972)

Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976)
Suicide - Suicide (1977) / 4.5 + 4.5 + 4.5 = 13.5/15
Spiderland - Slint (1991) / 4.5 + 4.5 + 4.5 = 13.5/15
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967) / 4 + 2.5 + 3.5 = 10/15

Andrei Rublev - Andrei Tarkovsky (1966)
Passion - Peter Gabriel (1989) / 3 + 3 + 5 = 11/15
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006) / 2 + 4 + 4 = 10.5/15

Lost Highway - David Lynch (1997)
Good - Morphine (1992) / 4 + 3.5 + 5 = 12.5/15
Faust - Faust (1971) / 3 + 4 + 3.5 = 10.5/15

Satantango - Bela Tarr (1994)

Love Exposure - Sion Sono (2008)

Inland Empire - David Lynch (2006)
Faust - Faust (1971) / 3 + 4.5 + 3.5 = 11/15

Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola (1979) [Original Theatrical Release, 153 minutes]

Chinatown - Roman Polanski (1974)

Marketa Lazarova - Frantisek Vlacil (1967)

The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah (1969) [Director's Cut, 145 minutes]
The Doors - The Doors (1967) / 4 + 4 + 4 = 12/15
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969) / 4 + 4 + 3.5 = 11.5/15

On the Waterfront - Elia Kazan (1954)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) / 4 + 3.5 + 3.5 = 11/15

Miracle in Milan - Vittorio de Sica (1951)

What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Robert Aldrich (1962)
Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith (1976) / 4 + 4 + 5 = 13/15

Grand Illusion - Jean Renoir (1937)

Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991) / 5 + 5 + 5 = 15/15
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988) / 4.5 + 4 + 5 = 13.5/15

Rosemary's Baby - Roman Polanski (1968)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994) / 4 + 4.5 + 4 = 12.5/15
Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk (1981) / 4 + 4 + 3.5 = 11.5/15

Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte - Robert Aldrich (1965)

The Color of Paradise - Mahid Majidi (1998)

Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954)

Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1974)
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970) / 3 + 3.5 + 4.5 = 11/15

Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock (1960)
Suicide - Suicide (1977) / 4 + 3.5 + 4.5 = 12/15

Sunset Boulevard - Billy Wilder (1950)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) / 3.5 + 3.5 + 4.5 = 11.5/15

Viridiana - Luis Bunuel (1961)

Point Blank - John Boorman (1967)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996) / 2.5 + 4.5 + 4.5 = 11.5/15
Y - Pop Group (1979) / 3 + 4 + 4 = 11/15

The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942)

M - Fritz Lang (1931)
Spiderland - Slint (1991) / 3.5 + 4 + 4 = 11.5/15

Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman (1957)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968) / 3.5 + 3.5 + 3.5 = 10.5/15

A Face in the Crowd - Elia Kazan (1957)

Marnie - Alfred Hitchcock (1964)
Horses - Patti Smith (1976) / 4 + 4 + 4 = 12/15

The Dance of Reality - Alejandro Jodorowsky (2013)

Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (1994)

The Seventh Seal - Ingmar Bergman (1957)

Memento - Christopher Nolan (2001)

Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman (1973)

The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (1963)

Funny Games - Michael Haneke (1997)
Suicide - Suicide (1977) / 3.5 + 3.5 + 4 = 11/15
Spiderland - Slint (1991) / 3.5 + 3 + 3.5 = 10/15

Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders (1987)

Old Boy - Chan-wook Park (2003)

Limelight - Charlie Chaplin (1952)

Cache - Michael Haneke (2005)

Time - Kim Ki-duk (2006)

The Sacrifice - Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988) / 4.5 + 4.5 + 5 = 14/15

Belle de Jour - Luis Bunuel (1967)

Once Upon a Time in the West - Sergio Leone (1968)

Play Time - Jacques Tati (1967)
Future Days - Can (1973) / 3.5 + 4.5 + 5 = 13/15

2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972) / 4.5 + 4 + 3 = 11.5/15

Zardoz - John Boorman (1972)
Not Available - Residents (1974) / 4 + 4 + 4.5 = 12.5/15

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Sam Peckinpah (1974)
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones / 4 + 4 + 5 = 13/15

The Trial - Orson Welles (1962)
Good - Morphine (1992) / 4 + 4 + 4.5 = 12.5/15

21 Grams - Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu (2003)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry (2004)

Peppermint Candy - Lee Chang-dong (1999)

The Willow Tree - Mahid Majidi (2005)

The Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa (1954)

Dr. Strangelove - Stanley Kubrick (1964)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967) / 3 + 3.5 + 4 = 10.5/15

Ace in the Hole - Billy Wilder (1951) [aka, "The Big Carnival"]

Badlands - Terrence Malick (1973)

The Manchurian Candidate - John Frankenheimer (1962)

My Joy - Sergei Loznitsa (2010)


7.5/10
Mulholland Drive - David Lynch (2001)

Irma La Douce - Billy Wilder (1963)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) / 4 + 4 + 5 = 13/15

Weekend - Jean-Luc Godard (1967)
After Life - Hirokazu Kore-eda (1998)

Greed - Erich Von Stroheim (1924)
Beggar's Banquet - Rolling Stones (1968) / 4.5 + 5 + 4.5 = 14/15
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits (1985) / 4.5 + 4 + 5 = 13.5/15

City of Lost Children - Jean-Marie Jeunet (1995)
The Blue Angel - Josef Von Sternberg (1930)
Walkabout - Nicolas Roeg (1971)
The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)

The Deer Hunter - Michael Cimino (1978)
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980) / 5 + 5 + 3.5 = 13.5/15

Sansho the Bailiff - Kenji Mizoguchi (1954)
Eternity and a Day - Theo Angelopoulos (1998)
Hour of the Wolf - Ingmar Bergman (1968)
The Weeping Meadow - Theo Angelopoulos (2004)

Last Year at Marienbad - Alain Resnais (1961)
Colours of Time - Peter Michael Hamel (1980) / 4 + 4 + 5 = 13/15
The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750) / 3.5 + 4 + 4 = 11.5/15
A Rainbow in Curved Air - Terry Riley (1968) / 3 + 4 + 4.5 = 11.5/15
Pavilion of Dreams - Harold Budd (1978) / 3 + 3.5 + 4.5 = 11/15

Children of Paradise - Marcel Carne (1945)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006) / 3.5 + 4 + 3 = 10.5/15

Blade Runner - Ridley Scott (1982) [The Final Cut, 117 minutes]
Neu! - Neu! (1972) / 4.5 + 4.5 + 3.5 = 12.5/15
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972) / 3.5 + 4 + 3 = 10.5/15

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - Peter Greenaway (1989)
Y - The Pop Group (1979) / 3.5 + 4 + 3 = 10.5/15

Three Colors: Red - Krzysztof Kieslowski (1994)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994) / 3.5 + 3.5 + 5 = 12/15

Holy Motors - Leos Carax (2012)
A Zed & Two Noughts - Peter Greenaway (1985)
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? - Bae Yong-kyun (1989)
Ballad of Narayama - Shohei Imamura (1983)
Maborosi - Hirokazu Kore-eda (1995)
Dr. Akagi - Shohei Imamura (1998)
Black Cat, White Cat - Emir Kusturica (1998)
Leaving Las Vegas - Mike Figgis (1995)

The Killer - John Woo (1989)
Zen Arcade - Husker Du (1984) / 3.5 + 4.5 + 3 = 11/15

Blue Velvet - David Lynch (1986)
Dead Man - Jim Jarmusch (1995)

Face/Off - John Woo (1997)
Frances the Mute - Mars Volta (2005) / 4 + 4 + 4.5 = 12.5/15

LA Confidential - Curtis Hanson (1998)

Europa - Lars Von Trier (1991)
Good - Morphine (1992) / 4.5 + 4 + 4.5 = 13/15
Neu! - Neu! (1972) / 4.5 + 4 + 3.5 = 12/15

The Apartment - Billy Wilder (1960)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) / 4 + 4 + 4.5 = 12.5/15

The Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin (1940)
To Be or Not To Be - Ernst Lubitsch (1942)
Meet John Doe – Frank Capra (1941)
Shadow of a Doubt - Alfred Hitchcock (1943)
Late Spring – Yasujiro Ozu (1949)
Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa (1950)
Hiroshima, Mon Amour - Alain Resnais (1959)
Eraserhead - David Lynch (1978)
The Big Heat - Fritz Lang (1953)
Deliverance - John Boorman (1972)
Last Tango in Paris - Bernardo Bertolucci (1972)
Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin (1936)
Some Like it Hot - Billy Wilder (1959)
Hero - Zhang Yimou (2002)
Conspirators of Pleasure - Jan Svankmajer (1996)
Splendor in the Grass - Elia Kazan (1961)

Faust - F.W. Murnau (1926)
Lullaby Land - Vampire Rodents (1993) / 4 + 4.5 + 3.5 = 12/15

The Big Sleep - Howard Hawks (1946)
Ordet - Carl Theodor Dreyer (1955)
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg (1981)
Ran - Akira Kurosawa (1985)
The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick (2011)
Paris, Texas - Wim Wenders (1983)
Ulysses' Gaze - Theo Angelopoulos (1995)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Steven Spielberg (1977)
A Woman Under the Influence - John Cassavetes (1974)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - John Ford (1962)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue - Sam Peckinpah (1970)
Mean Streets - Martin Scorsese (1973)
Dirty Harry - Don Siegel (1971)
Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino (1992)
King of New York - Abel Ferrara (1990)

The Last Picture Show - Peter Bogdanovich (1971)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992) / 3.5 + 3.5 + 3 = 10/15

Twelve Monkeys - Terry Gilliam (1995)
Head On - Fatih Akin (2004)
Duel - Steven Spielberg (1971)

McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Robert Altman (1971)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968) / 4.5 + 4 + 4 = 12.5/15

Dressed to Kill - Brian De Palma (1980)
Amores Perros – Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu (2000)
Prefab People - Bela Tarr (1987)
Alien - Ridley Scott (1979)
La Strada - Federico Fellini (1954)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ...and Spring - Kim ki-duk (2003)
Petulia - Richard Lester (1968)

Sunrise - F.W. Murnau (1927)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974) / 4 + 4.5 + 2 = 10.5/15

Giant - George Stevens (1955)

A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick (1971)
OK Computer - Radiohead (1997) / 4 + 3.5 + 5 = 12.5/15

The Godfather, Part 2 - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
Peeping Tom - Michael Powell (1960)

The Red Shoes - Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (1948)
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac / 4.5 + 4 + 5 = 13.5/15

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - John Huston (1948)***
Shock Corridor - Sam Fuller (1963)
Othello - Orson Welles (1952)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Don Siegel (1956)
All About Eve - Joseph Mankiewicz (1950)
Dogma - Kevin Smith (1999)
La Femme Nikita - Luc Besson (1990)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors - Sergei Parajanov (1968)
Breaking the Waves - Lars Von Trier (1996)

Pi - Darren Aronofsky (1998)
Spiderland - Slint (1991) / 4 + 4.5 + 2.5 = 11/15

Being John Malkovich - Spike Jonze (1999)
Schindler's List - Steven Spielberg (1993)
Star Wars - George Lucas (1977)

Repulsion - Roman Polanski (1965)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994) / 5 + 4 + 2.5 = 11.5/15

Hard Boiled - John Woo (1992)
Delicatessen - Jean-Marie Jeunet (1991)
Bonnie & Clyde - Arthur Penn (1967)
The Graduate - Mike Nichols (1967)
Fargo - Joel Coen (1996)
The Terminator - James Cameron (1984)
Come and See - Elim Klimov (1985)
Insignificance - Nicolas Roeg (1985)
After Hours - Martin Scorsese (1985)
Naked - Mike Leigh (1993)

Natural Born Killers - Oliver Stone (1994) [Director's Cut, 123 minutes]
Nail - Foetus (1985) / 4 + 5 + 2.5 = 11.5/15
Atomizer - Big Black (1986) / 4 + 3.5 + 4 = 11.5/15

American Beauty - Sam Mendes (1999)
Belly of an Architect - Peter Greenaway (1987)
The King of Comedy - Martin Scorsese (1983)
The Duchess of Langeais - Jacques Rivette (2007)

Raging Bull - Martin Scorsese (1980)
Y - The Pop Group / 3.5 + 4 + 2.5 = 10/15

Body Double - Brian De Palma (1984)
Wild at Heart - David Lynch (1990)
Synecdoche, New York - Charlie Kaufman (2008)
The Lives of Others - Donnersmark (2007)
Amelie - Jean Jeunet (2001)
Batman Returns - Tim Burton (1992)

Days of Heaven - Terrence Malick (1978)
Desire - Bob Dylan (1975) / 4 + 4 + 5 = 13/15
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968) / 4 + 4 + 2.5 = 10.5/15

Blue - Krzysztov Kieslowski (1993)

Stagecoach - John Ford (1939)
Fare Forward Voyagers - John Fahey / 4.5 + 4.5 + 3.5 = 12.5/15

Life is Beautiful - Roberto Benigni (1997)
Exotica - Atom Egoyan (1994)
Melancholia - Lars Von Trier (2011)
Southland Tales - Richard Kelly (2003)
Damnation - Bela Tarr (1989)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives - Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2010)
L’Avventura – Michelangelo Antonioni (1960)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - Robert Wiene (1920)
World on a Wire - Rainer Fassbinder (1973)
The Game - David Fincher (1998)
The Sweet Hereafter - Atom Egoyan (1997)
Shallow Grave - Danny Boyle (1994)
Black Rain - Shohei Imamura (1988)
Something Wild - Jonathan Demme (1986)
Forrest Gump - Robert Zemeckis (1994)
Amateur - Hal Hartley (1994)
The Truman Show - Peter Weir (1998)
The Man With A Movie Camera - Dziga Vertov (1928)
The Phantom Carriage - Victor Sjostrom (1921)
The Last Laugh - F.W. Murnau (1924)
The 39 Steps - Alfred Hitchcock (1935)
Airplane! - David Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker (1980)
Sullivan's Travels - Preston Sturges (1941)
His Girl Friday - Howard Hawks (1940)
Silence of the Lambs - Jonathan Demme (1991)
It's a Wonderful Life - Frank Capra (1946)
Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 - Sergei Eisenstein (1944)
Miller's Crossing - Joel Coen (1990)

The Road Warrior - George Miller (1981)
Nail - Foetus (1985) / 5 + 3.5 + 2.5 = 11/15

Blow Out - Brian De Palma (1981)
The Crowd - King Vidor (1928)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington - Frank Capra (1939)
Scarface - Howard Hawks (1932)
The Scarlet Empress - Josef Von Sternberg (1934)
Earth - Alexander Dovzhenko (1930)

L'Age D'Or - Luis Bunuel (1930)
Doolittle - Pixies (1989) / 4.5 + 4 + 5 = 13.5/15

Duck Soup - Leo McCarey/The Marx Brothers (1933)
Bringing Up Baby - Howard Hawks (1938)
The Rules of the Game - Jean Renoir (1939)
If... - Lindsay Anderson (1968)
The Conformist - Bernardo Bertolucci (1971)
Leon: The Professional - Luc Besson (1994)
Spellbound - Alfred Hitchcock (1945)
Kiss Me Deadly - Robert Aldrich (1955)
Black Narcissus - Michael Powell (1947)
The Thin Red Line - Terrence Malick (1998)
Notorious - Alfred Hitchcock (1946)
Double Indemnity - Billy Wilder (1944)
Under the Skin - Jonathan Glazer (2014)
The Big Lebowski - Joel & Ethan Coen (1998)
Antichrist - Lars Von Trier (2009)
The Magician - Ingmar Bergman (1958)
Breathless - Jean-Luc Godard (1959)
To Catch a Thief - Alfred Hitchcock (1955)
The Getaway - Sam Peckinpah (1972)
Rebecca - Alfred Hitchcock (1940)
City Lights - Charlie Chaplin (1931)
The Shanghai Gesture - Von Sternberg (1941)
The Gold Rush - Charlie Chaplin (1925)
To Die For - Gus Van Sant (1995)
The Exterminating Angel - Luis Bunuel (1962)
Shame - Ingmar Bergman (1968)
Strange Days - Kathryn Bigelow (1995)
Videodrome - David Cronenberg (1983)
The Stranger - Orson Welles (1946)
The Pillow Book - Peter Greenaway (1996)
The Piano - Jane Campion (1993)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God - Werner Herzog (1972)
Laura - Otto Preminger (1944)
Bicycle Thieves - Vittorio DeSica (1948)
Nosferatu - F.W. Murnau (1922)
Birth of a Nation - D.W. Griffith (1915)
The General - Buster Keaton (1926)
Smiles of a Summer Night - Ingmar Bergman (1955)
Pather Panchali – Satyajit Ray (1955)
Night of the Living Dead - George Romero (1968)
Barton Fink - Joel & Ethan Coen (1991)
Europa Europa - Agnieszka Holland (1990)
Waltz With Bashir - Ari Folman (2008)
Yeelen - Souleyman Cisse (1987)
The White Ribbon - Michael Haneke (2009)
Chungking Express - Wong Kar-wai (1994)
Drugstore Cowboy - Gus Van Sant (1989)
The State I Am In - Christian Petzold (2000)
Manhattan - Woody Allen (1979)
Casablanca - Michael Curtiz (1942)
Network - Sidney Lumet (1976)
Harakiri - Masaki Kobayashi (1962)
The Beat That My Heart Skipped - Jacques Audiard (2005)
Annie Hall - Woody Allen (1976)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Terry Gilliam (1975)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Martin Scorsese (1974)
Emperor of the North - Robert Aldrich (1973)
Once Were Warriors - Lee Tamahori (1994)
Dogville - Lars Von Trier (2003)
The Usual Suspects - Bryan Singer (1995)
2046 - Wong Kar-wai (2004)
The Third Man - Carol Reed (1949)
Shane - George Stevens (1953)
Funny Bones - Peter Chelsom (1995)
While the City Sleeps - Fritz Lang (1955)
Fatal Attraction - Adrian Lyne (1987)
La Jetee - Chris Marker (1962)
Raising Arizona - Joel Coen (1987)
Alexander Nevsky - Sergei Eisenstein (1938)
The Draughtman's Contract - Peter Greenaway (1982)
Soylent Green - Richard Fleischer (1973)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders - Jaromil Jires (1970)
Secret Ceremony - Joseph Losey (1968)
High Noon - Fred Zinneman (1952)
Rebels of the Neon God - Tsai Ming-liang (1992)


Other Users' Selections / Suggestions:

Salashoori
2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968) / Tago Mago - Can (1972)

Spyglass:
Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1926) / Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968) / Structures From Silence - Steve Roach (1984)
Requiem For A Dream - Darren Aronofsky (2000) / The Seer - Swans (2012)

SquishypuffDave:
Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (1994) / Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys (1989)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry (2004) / Sea Change - Beck (2002)
Mulholland Drive - David Lynch (2001) / Tilt - Scott Walker (1995)
Being John Malkovich - Spike Jonze (1999) / Vespertine - Bjork (2001)
Adaptation - Spike Jonze (2002) / Music For 18 Musicians - Steve Reich (1978)
No Country For Old Men - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (2007) / Sings Reign Rebuilder - Set Fire To Flames (2001)
Jacob's Ladder - Adrian Lyne (1990) / Soundtracks For The Blind - Swans (1996)

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Starting to work on this again. Recommendations welcome.
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[baystateoftheart]

Can't say this makes any sense to me at all. Does anyone else (apart from AfterHours) understand this and care to share your take on it?
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[Rhyner]

Although I can't claim to totally get it either, this seems like a neat idea.

Also, I really like how the only 15/15 is Andrei Talktalkvsky's Laughing Stalker.

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[bobbyb5]

This is fascinating. I'm not quite sure I get it completely, but it's just interesting anyway. I'm curious how you came up with the pairings.
But I would pair Nashville with...... The Nashville soundtrack album!!! Heh heh.

[SquishypuffDave]

I made a chart along these lines a few years back which could use some updating, but here are the movie/album pairings that immediately spring to mind.

Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys (1989)

Jacob's Ladder - Adrian Lyne (1990)
Soundtracks For The Blind - Swans (1996)

No Country For Old Men - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (2007)
Sings Reign Rebuilder - Set Fire To Flames (2001)

Mulholland Drive - David Lynch (2001)
Tilt - Scott Walker (1995)

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