Woody Allen is one of the most “prolific” Hollywood directors, who during his life deserves the title of classic American cinema. Woody Allen's paintings, without a doubt, are included in the “golden” fund of the world feature films.
Year after year, he makes brilliant paintings that delight both critics and ordinary viewers. Despite his venerable age, Mr. Allen continues to make stunning films that are distinguished by the virtuoso acting of the actors, an interesting storyline and subtle humor.
All his works have their own unique style, which sets them apart from many other films.
10. Zelig | 1983
This tape is deservedly included in the list of the most successful films of the master. A restrained black and white mokeymentari about Leonard Zelig - a man who knew how to change occupation, religion, and even race in two ways for the sake of only striving to gain popularity among others.
Refined humor, with a strong semantic component, make this picture one of the most stylistically impeccable in the entire history of American cinema.
9. Parsing Harry | 1997
Harry Block is a lucky beginner writer with obvious signs of a neurosis; he presumptuously lowered the entire fee for a new book, which he could not start at all. In addition, the hero needs to solve another problem in his obscure relationships with women and friends.
At this time, the girlfriend of the central character marries his friend. Another friend has a heart attack. The ex-wife, a psychoanalyst, does not give permission to take their common son to himself.
A similar situation leads Harry to the point that he decides to invite a girl of easy virtue, with the help of which he steals his own son ...
8. The Age of Radio | 1987
This is a subtle comedy reminiscent of the director of the film, about the 30-40s - the time when people were not poisoned by television, but spent a lot of time listening to the radio. It was the voices from the radio that told them the main news, which sometimes influenced the course of history.
The plot of the picture is based on the memories of a little boy Joe, who lives in a noisy Jewish family. All its members constantly quarrel and make noise, however, in their reality radio is invisibly present, as the personification of this complex era filled with great events and no less great upheavals.
7. Hannah and her sisters | 1986
The main characters of the picture are three sisters: Hannah, Lee and Holly. Hannah is a popular actress, an exemplary mother, a responsive and caring sister, an intelligent, well-mannered and beautiful woman; Lee is a lover of an elderly artist; Holly is dreaming of a brilliant acting career, but for now she has to earn a living as a cook at receptions.
The measured and understandable existence of the three sisters is violated at the moment when Hannah's husband Elliot suddenly realizes that he is in love with her sister Lee. He does not find the strength to admit this for a long time, and even after Lee, for the sake of Elliot, breaks off his relationship with his lover, the man does not dare to divorce his wife ...
6. Bullets over Broadway | 1994
The picture takes place in New York in the 1920s. The beginning talented playwright puts all his strength into pushing through his play. This is not so easy to do, because the production needs money. After a long search, he still finds an investor known in the criminal circles of the mafia who agrees to give money for the production, but on the condition that his young woman is the lead singer.
The girl loves the theater and dreams of a career as an actress, however she is completely mediocre and very capricious. The author of the play will have to make a choice: to put the play with a bad actress in the title role or to refuse the attractive offer of the gangster ...
5. Crime and misconduct | 1989
A successful doctor Rosenthal has everything that a person needs for happiness: a large respectable house, a caring wife, children and many good friends.
However, he cannot fully enjoy his measured existence because of his ex-lover Dolores, who for some reason decided that for her sake the hero would leave his wife and children ...
4. Husbands and wives | 1992
Tragicomedy filmed in accordance with all the rules of the inimitable Woody Allen. The central figure of the picture is a neurotic writer, immersed headlong into family conflicts. At some point, he and his wife become aware that their old friends are going to divorce soon. This news is becoming a shock to them, and besides, a crisis has clearly taken shape in their relations.
Woody Allen considers this painting one of the best in his filmography, since, according to him, all those unusual innovative ideas that he implemented while working on the painting were a success.
The film was completely shot on a hand-held camera, which quite often captured actors from the back or completely lost sight of them. In addition, during the installation, the celebrated director could afford to cut a scene in the middle of an action important for the characters.
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona | 2008
Vicky and Christina decide to go to Barcelona. Vicki has a bridegroom, and Christina, on the contrary, is looking for adventure. After some time, the girls get acquainted with the Spanish artist.
The man immediately tells the girls that they are equally attractive to him, and that he would like to spend the night with both of them.
Vicki is discouraged by a similar situation, but even more she is surprised that Christine decides to spend the whole weekend with this strange type. However, the most interesting part begins when the ex-wife of a lustful Spaniard appears on the scene.
2. Match Point | 2005
Known in the past tennis player Chris is going through a difficult period of life. Having finished his sports career, he is trying to find himself, and suddenly Nola appears on his way, whose image on the screen was embodied by the charming Scarlet Johanson. This is a typical heartbreaker, from which you should expect only trouble. Despite this, Chris loses her head with love, and the girl, at this time, begins to twist romance with his friend, Tom ...
1. Midnight in Paris | 2011
A writer and hopeless romantic, carried away by the era of the 1920s, comes to Paris with his girlfriend and is in the past. He manages to meet with the great personalities who lived in the first half of the twentieth century.
People were not yet “poisoned” with the benefits of civilization known to his contemporaries - they are simpler than the contemporaries of the protagonist, romantic and love life. And the more he gets acquainted with all the charms of that time, the less he wants to return to the present ...