31. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Carl Theodor Dreyer’s classic tale of the trial of Joan of Arc is somehow both austere and maximalist. The director shows restraint with setting and scope; the film focuses largely on the back-and-forth between Joan and her inquisitors. But the intense close-ups give free reign to Maria Falconetti’s marvelously expressive turn as the doomed Maid of Orleans. Made at the close of the silent era, it set new standards in screen acting.
《圣女贞德蒙难记》
卡尔·西奥多·德雷尔（Carl Theodor Dreyer）关于圣女贞德（Joan of Arc）审判的经典故事在某种程度上既简朴又极简主义。导演在设定和范围上表现出克制；这部电影主要关注琼和她的审问者之间的来回。但激烈的特写镜头让玛丽亚·法尔科内蒂作为注定要失败的奥尔良女仆的惊人表现力的转身自由支配。在无声时代结束时，它为银幕表演设定了新标准。
32. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Action and adventure
The ultimate cult film, Leone’s spaghetti Western is set in a civilizing America—though mostly shot in Rome and Spain—but the real location is an abstract frontier of old versus new, of larger-than-life heroes fading into memory. It’s a triumph of buried political commentary and purest epic cinema. Henry Fonda’s icy stare, composer Ennio Morricone’s twangy guitars of doom and the monumental Charles Bronson as the last gunfighter (“an ancient race…”) are just three reasons of a million to saddle up.
《西部往事》
终极邪教电影《Leone's Spaghetti Western》以文明的美国为背景——尽管大部分是在罗马和西班牙拍摄的——但真正的地点是新旧的抽象前沿，超越生命的英雄消失在记忆中。这是埋藏的政治评论和最纯粹的史诗电影的胜利。亨利·方达冰冷的凝视、作曲家恩尼奥·莫里康的末日吉他和不朽的查尔斯·布朗森作为最后一名枪手（“一个古老的种族......”）只是一百万个马鞍的三个原因。
33. Alien (1979)
Science fiction
If all it did was to launch a franchise centered on Sigourney Weaver’s fierce survivor (still among the toughest action heroines of cinema), Ridley Scott’s claustrophobic, deliberately paced sci-fi-horror classic would still be cemented in the film canon. But Alien claims masterpiece status with its subversive gender politics (this is a movie that impregnates men), its shocking chestburster centerpiece and industrial designer H.R. Giger’s strangely elegant double-jawed creature, a nightmarish vision of hostility—and one of cinema’s most unforgettable pieces of pure craft.