26 Mar 2025
Franklin Leonard’s Closet Picks
The producer and founder of the Black List praises Don Cheadle’s and Denzel Washington’s performances in Devil in a Blue Dress, talks about why everyone who wants to work in Hollywood should see Bamboozled, and selects favorites by Charles Burnett and Alice Diop.
- Choices
- 9
- Single films
- 8
- Box sets
- 1
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett | 1990 |
| 2 | Devil in a Blue Dress | Carl Franklin | 1995 |
| 3 | Memories of Murder | Bong Joon Ho | 2003 |
| 4 | Bamboozled | Spike Lee | 2000 |
| 5 | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | Cristian Mungiu | 2007 |
| 6 | Tootsie | Sydney Pollack | 1982 |
| 7 | Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artistbox set, 8 films | ||
| 8 | Anatomy of a Fall | Justine Triet | 2023 |
| 9 | Saint Omer | Alice Diop | 2022 |