IONCINEPHILE of the Month

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Iram Haq’s Top Ten Films of All Time List

Published on July 15, 2018

Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we ask the filmmaker (this month Norwegian filmmaker Iram Haq) to identify their all time top ten favorite films. Released by Kino Lorber, What Will People Say was released theatrically in NYC and will open in limited release. In no particular order, here are Iram Haq’s top ten films as of July 2018.

The Celebration – Thomas Vinterberg (1998)

Dheepan – Jacques Audiard (2015)

Fanny & Alexander – Ingmar Bergman (1982)

Four Shades of Brown – Thomas Alfredson (2004)

Like Father, Like Son – Hirokazu Kore-eda (2013)

Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola (2003)

The Milk of Sorrow – Claudia Llosa (2009)

Secrets & Lies – Mike Leigh (1996)

The Square – Ruben Östlund (2017)

Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade (2016)

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).