Discover the 65 Films that Architects, Designers, Authors, Academics, and More are Recommending

The complete series, "What We're Watching"

Over the course of the ICAA's Classicism at Home dispatches, we've been thrilled to share the home viewing recommendations of a diverse array of classicists, including architects, academics, designers, writers, and more! With selections ranging from Last Year at Marienbad to Paddington 2, there is something for everyone among the recommended productions.

At least, we are pleased to present the full list of recommended films and reviewers, sorted for your convenience below. (Additionally, we look forward to inviting the next round of suggestions for 2021 and welcome submissions!)

Here's to many blissful hours enjoying these films and televised productions, each offering strong design and architectural elements!

The Contributors

• Joshua Arcurio Associate and the Design Technology Administrator at David M. Schwarz Architects
• Clive Aslet Author, former editor of Country Life
• Gary L. Brewer Partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects and ICAA Board Member
• Andrew Califano Architect, Ferguson & Shamamian
• Timothy Corrigan Principal at Timothy Corrigan
• Richard Economakis Director of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Notre Dame
• Mark Ferguson ICAA Board Member and Partner at Ferguson & Shamamian Architects
• Margaret Kendrick ICAA Member
• Peter Lyden ICAA President
• Mitchell Owens Decorative Arts Editor at Architectural Digest
• Benjamin Salling Project Architect, Patrick Ahearn Architect
• Suzanne Tucker Principal at Tucker & Marks and ICAA Board Member
• Mark Weaver Principal at Mark Weaver & Associates
• Harriet Wennberg Executive Director at INTBAU

The Films

• A Little Chaos
• A Passage to India
• All About Eve
• Angels and Insects
• Auntie Mame
• Badlands
• Barry Lyndon (1)
• Barry Lyndon (2)
• Beetlejuice
• Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Brideshead Revisited
• Cabaret
• Call Me by Your Name
• Casablanca
• Dangerous Beauty
• Days of Heaven
• Death in Venice
• Don Giovanni
• Dr. Zhivago
• Empire of the Sun
• Far from the Madding Crowd
• Farewell My Queen
• Firelight
• Gosford Park
• Howard's End
• I Am Love
• Inception
• Indochine
• Jefferson in Paris
• Last Year at Marienbad
• Lost in Translation
• Mansfield Park
• Maurice
• Minka
• Mon Oncle (1)
• Mon Oncle (2)
• My Architect
• Paddington 2
• Phantom Thread
• Portrait of a Lady
• Pride and Prejudice
• Raise the Red Lantern
• Russian Ark (1)
• Russian Ark (2)
• Sabrina
• Scent of a Woman
• Sketches of Frank Gehry
• Something's Gotta Give
• Spirited Away
• Taxi Driver
• The Exiles
• The Favourite
• The Go-Between
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Great Beauty
• The Last Emporer
• The Last Picture Show
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
• The Rise of Catherine the Great
• The Shooting Party
• The Third Man
• The Triplets of Belleville
• The Truman Show
• The Women
• Till Marriage Do Us Part
• Tosca
• War and Peace
• West Side Story

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