MOVIES & TV

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) – Robert Wiene
• The Sheik (1921) – George Melford  
• He Who Gets Slapped (1924) – Victor Sjöström
• Sherlock Jr. (1924) – Buster Keaton
• Metropolis (1927) – Fritz Lang
• The Cocoanuts (1929) – Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
• Merrie Melodies (1931-1969) – Rudolf Ising, Hugh Harman
• The Big Broadcast (1932) – Frank Tuttle, Norman Taurog
• The Grand Hotel (1932) – Edmund Goulding
• Scarface (1932) – Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
• Dinner at Eight (1933) – George Cukor
• Duck Soup (1933) – Leo McCarey
• It Happened One Night (1934) – Frank Capra
• Twentieth Century (1934) – Howard Hawks
• The Thin Man Series (1934-1947) – Various directors
• The 39 Steps (1935) – Alfred Hitchcock
• Top Hat (1935) – Mark Sandrich
• My Man Godfrey (1936) – Gregory La Cava
• Easy Living (1937) – Mitchell Leisen
• Café Metropole (1937) – Edward H. Griffith
• Nothing Sacred (1937) – William A. Wellman
• The Baroness and the Butler (1938) – Walter Lang
• Bringing Up Baby (1938) – Howard Hawks
• The Lady Vanishes (1938) – Alfred Hitchcock
• Merrily We Live (1938) – Norman Z. McLeod
• Ninotchka (1939) – Ernst Lubitsch
• Only Angels Have Wings (1939) – Howard Hawks
• Philadelphia Story (1940) – George Cukor
• Too Many Husbands (1940) – Wesley Ruggles
• His Girl Friday (1940) – Howard Hawks
• My Little Chickadee (1940) – Edward F. Cline
• The Lady Eve (1941) – Preston Sturges
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) – Alfred Hitchcock
• Casablanca (1942) – Michael Curtiz
• A Night to Remember (1942) – Brian Desmond Hurst
• To Be or Not To Be (1942) – Ernst Lubitsch
• Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) – Maya Deren
• The More the Merrier (1943) – George Stevens
• To Have and Have Not (1944) – Howard Hawks
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) – Frank Capra
• And Then There Were None (1945) – René Clair
• Gilda (1946) – Charles Vidor
• The Big Sleep (1946) – Howard Hawks
• Charade (1963) – Stanley Donen
• To Catch a Thief (1955) – Alfred Hitchcock
• Perry Mason (TV) (1957) – Various directors
• Some Like It Hot (1959) – Billy Wilder
• La Dolce Vita (1960) – Federico Fellini
• Une Femme est Une Femme (1961) – Jean-Luc Godard
• Dr. Strangelove (1964) – Stanley Kubrick
• The Yellow Submarine (1968) – George Dunning
• The Color of Pomegranates (1969) – Sergei Parajanov
• Monty Python’s Flying Circus (TV) (1969) – Various directors
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1971) – Mel Stuart
• The Long Goodbye (1973) – Robert Altman
• Amarcord (1973) – Federico Fellini  
• Fantastic Planet (1973) – René Laloux
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – Jim Sharman
• Eraserhead (1977) – David Lynch
• Star Wars (1977) – George Lucas
• The Jerk (1979) – Carl Reiner
• My Dinner With Andre (1981) – Louis Malle
• Blade Runner (1982) – Ridley Scott
• Tron (1982) – Steven Lisberger
• Burden of Dreams (1982) – Les Blank
• Sans Soleil (1983) – Chris Marker
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) – Hayao Miyazaki
• Repo Man (1984) – Alex Cox
• Stranger than Paradise (1984) – Jim Jarmusch
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984) – Rob Reiner
• Brazil (1985) – Terry Gilliam
• A Room With a View (1985) – James Ivory
• Street of Crocodiles (1986) – The Brothers Quay
• Blue Velvet (1986) – David Lynch
• Down By Law (1986) – Jim Jarmusch
• Wings of Desire (1987) – Wim Wenders
• The Princess Bride (1987) – Rob Reiner
• Withnail and I (1987) – Bruce Robinson
• Alice (1988) – Jan Švankmajer
• Creature Comforts (1989) – Nick Park
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988) – Hayao Miyazaki
• Run Lola Run (1998) – Tom Tykwer
• Sweetie (1989) – Jane Campion
• Twin Peaks (TV) (1990) – David Lynch
• Delicatessen (1991) – Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
• Naked Lunch (1991) – David Cronenberg
• Being John Malkovich (1999) – Spike Jonze
• The Matrix (1999) – The Wachowskis
• Uzumaki (2000) – Higuchinsky
• Royal Tenenbaums (2001) – Wes Anderson
• Amélie (2001) – Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• Spirited Away (2001) – Hayao Miyazaki
• Donnie Darko (2001) – Richard Kelly
• Director Series Music Videos (2003) – Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze
• The Life Aquatic (2004) – Wes Anderson
• Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (2005) – Michel Gondry
• The Fall (2006) – Tarsem Singh
• Sherlock (TV) (2010) – Various directors  
• Adventure Time (TV) (2010) – Pendleton Ward
• What We Do In the Shadows (2014) – Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi

ARTISTS

•  Balthus (1908 –2001)
•  Louise Bourgeois (1911 – 2010)
•  Cicely Mary Barker (1895–1973)
•  Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898)
•  Joseph Beuys ( 1921 – 1986)
•  Lee Bontecou (1931–2022)
•  Claude Cahun (1894–1954)
•  Sophie Calle (born 1953)
•  Leonora Carrington (1917–2011)
•  Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004)
•  Mel Chin (born 1951)
•  Marcus Coates (born 1973)
•  Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
•  Joseph Cornell (1903–1972)
•  Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
•  Char Davies (born 1954)
•  Henry Darger (1892–1973)
•  Marcel Duchamp (1887 – 1968)
•  Marcel Dzama (born 1974)
•  Marshmallow Laser Feast (collective formed in 2012)
•  Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972)
•  Max Ernst (1891–1976)
•  Erté (1892–1990)
•  Leonor Fini (1907–1996)
•  Robert Frank (1924–2019)
•  Ellen Gallagher (born 1965)
•  Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926)
•  Edward Gorey (1925–2000)
•  Warwick Goble (1862–1943)
•  Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919)
•  Ann Hamilton (born 1956)
•  Auriea Harvey (born 1971)
•  Hannah Höch (1889–1978)
•  Iris van Herpen (born 1984)
•  Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)
•  André Kertész (1894–1985)
•  Frida Kahlo (1907–1954)
•  René Lalique (1860–1945)
•  René Magritte (1898–1967)
• Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978)
•  Mary Mattingly (born 1978)
•  Winsor McCay (1866–1934)
•  Lee Miller (1907–1977)
•  Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939)
•  Annette Messager (born 1943)
•  Kay Nielsen (1886–1957)
•  Shirin Neshat (born 1957)
•  David OReilly (born 1985)
•  Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972)
•  Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)
•  Diane Arbus (1923–1971)
•  Remedios Varo (1908–1963)
•  John Tenniel (1820–1914)
•  Tristan Tzara (1896–1963)
•  Ai Weiwei (born 1957)
•  Sulamith Wulfing (1901–1989)
•  Virginia Francis Sterrett (1900–1930)

MUSICIANS

• Animal Collective (formed 2000)
•  Anita O’Day (1919–2006)
•  Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
•  Beastie Boys (formed 1981)
•  The Beatles (formed 1960)
•  Billie Eilish (born 2001)
•  Billie Holiday (1915–1959)
•  Bing Crosby (1903–1977)
•  Bjork (born 1965)
•  Bob Dylan (born 1941)
•  Bright Eyes (formed 1995)
•  Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir (formed 1952)
•  Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
•  Calexico (formed 1996)
•  Can (formed 1968)
•  Cat Power (born Chan Marshall, 1972)
•  Cat Stevens (born Yusuf Islam, 1948)
•  Cocteau Twins (formed 1979)
•  Crass (formed 1977)
•  Cyndi Lauper (born 1953)
•  The Breeders (formed 1989)
•  The Cure (formed 1976)
•  Daft Punk (formed 1993)
•  Dead Can Dance (formed 1981)
•  Dead Prez (formed 1996)
•  Donovan (born 1946)
•  Dos (formed 1993)
•  Diamanda Galás (born 1955)
•  Elliott Smith (1969–2003)
•  fIREHOSE (formed 1986)
•  The Flying Lizards (formed 1979)
•  Fugees (formed 1992)
•  Galaxie 500 (formed 1987)
•  Gene Krupa (1909–1973)
•  The Gorillaz (formed 1998)
•  IAM (formed 1989)
•  Kate Bush (born 1958)
•  Lauren Hill (born 1975)
•  Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
•  Leonard Cohen (1934–2016)
•  Madness (formed 1976)
•  Minutemen (formed 1980)
•  Mos Def (born Dante Terrell Smith, 1973)
•  Neutral Milk Hotel (formed 1989)
•  New Order (formed 1980)
•  Nick Cave (born 1957)
•  Nick Drake (1948–1974)
•  Nico (1938–1988)
•  Nirvana (formed 1987)
•  Pattie Smith (born 1946)
•  Pixies (formed 1986)
•  The Pogues (formed 1982)
•  The Postal Service (formed 2001)
•  Prince (1958–2016)
•  Quasi (formed 1993)
•  Radiohead (formed 1985)
•  Red Hot Chili Peppers (formed 1983)
•  Reggie Watts (born 1972)
•  The Roots (formed 1987)
•  Squirrel Nut Zippers (formed 1993)
•  The Specials (formed 1977)
•  Talking Heads (formed 1975)
•  Team Dresch (formed 1994)
•  They Might Be Giants (formed 1982)
•  This Mortal Coil (formed in the early ’80s)
•  Tommy Dorsey (1905–1956)
•  Tom Waits (born 1949)
•  Throwing Muses (formed 1981)
•  The Velvet Underground (1964–1973)
•  Violent Femmes (formed in 1981)
•  X (formed in 1977)
•  Yazoo / Yaz (formed in the early ’80s)