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actor and comedian

Patton Oswalt

One visit, reaching 9 films in the collection.

26 Jun 2023

The actor and comedian gravitates to 1940s film noir, the “weirdly timely” shock comedy of John Waters, and movies with memorable soundtracks.

Chose Director Year
1 Forty Guns Samuel Fuller 1957
2 Detour Edgar G. Ulmer 1945
3 Female Trouble John Waters 1974
4 The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice Yasujiro Ozu 1952
5 Le samouraï Jean-Pierre Melville 1967
6 Frownland Ronald Bronstein 2007
7 Pale Flower Masahiro Shinoda 1964
8 Dekalog Krzysztof Kieślowski 1988
9 One False Move Carl Franklin 1992

Least-picked choice here: Pale Flower , taken by nobody else.

Watch the video · On criterion.com · This visit