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My #29 is M, a dark, sinister movie by German director Fritz Lang. Later in his life, Lang announced that M was his favorite of his own films. And it's easy to see why. Although it deals with disturbing subject matter -- the abduction and murder of children -- the movie is brilliantly staged and mesmerizing in its own twisted way. M was Lang's first sound movie, but he was wise to use dialogue sparingly. More often Lang lets his images do the talking: the fleshy, guilty face of Peter Lorre, who was made famous by his leading role; the cold, hard stares of vigilantes; the dimly lit, smoke-filled meeting rooms of policemen and criminals alike. Part thriller, part police procedural, and part social commentary, M was a major achievement for Lang and for German cinema.
