I'm impressed by your love for the cinema, and I thought you argued each film's case with passion and enthusiasm. The hardest part of these lists are the exclusions, and I personally wouldn't include two films by the same director, but Story of the Late Chrysanthemums is a stunning film, so who's to argue? The only films I'd feel comfortable as listing as the 20 best are Tokyo Story, Sansho the Bailiff and The Rules of the Game. 