I saw this when I was 14, when I really started to notice filmmaking. It totally consumed me. Female friendships, female sexuality, power dynamics… and women being so funny! Still one of my favourites.

I first saw this when I was about 20, and the form blew me away. Haneke teaches me so much about suspense and contrasts. Haneke forever.

Lynne Ramsay’s worlds are so rich and textured; details and seemingly small moments become so powerful in her hands. Watching this feels like living a memory through the child’s perspective.

Kubrick apparently called this the most terrifying film he’d ever seen. It is terrifying, but all that tension is built through curiosity, not violence. Maybe the most unforgettable ending to a film I’ve seen.

Because it was filmed close to where I grew up, somehow this made me feel like becoming a director was possible. It’s crazy this was Michôd’s first feature, because it’s so exceptional.

I love physical comedy, and the universality of it. A great reminder that even simple scenes; one actor, no dialogue, can still escalate and hit so hard.

This is the coolest. So precise and controlled, so noir. Such amazing details. I’m envious of and aspire to this kind of filmmaking.

Funny-sad films might be my favourite genre, and this perfect film proves how devastating comedy can be. I love how deeply, specifically Australian it is, but it’s still so universally relatable.

This film does what I aspire to in that the world and images feel simultaneously lush and restrained. You can feel Pálmason’s background as a painter in the poetic visual sequences.