I am embarrassed to say that I haven't seen any films by Akerman, and have so far managed to see only one short by Clare Denis. The one I am talking about is Vers Nancy, Denis' contribution to the Ten Minutes Older: The Cello project, which I liked a lot.

@John and A

I am really curious to know what made you guys like The Piano. I found The Piano too pretty to be anywhere near provocative, which I asume was Campion's intent. Much of the sex and violence seemed unnecessarily aestheticised and pretentious. I saw it when I was 20 and maybe I missed something.

@John

I did realise that we have quite a few overlaps when I was putting down my list. The one film whose inclusion in your list made me very happy was Julie Taymor's Titus, which I've always felt has been vastly underrated in favour of a much lesser film by her, Frida.

I am eagerly waiting for lists from the others. 

M