Opening Night is the one that blows me away. It's criminal how badly the film was treated after its release. It's a shame Cassavetes never lived to see its reputation grow since then. It was ahead of its time and I have seen films that appear to have borrowed from it in some way like All About My Mother, Black Swan, and Birdman.
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A Woman Under The Influence

It's got to be either A Woman Under the Influence or Love Streams. Out of his output, these two films had the greatest emotional impact on me.

1 Love Streams 10/10
2 Faces 9.5/10
3 A Woman Under The Influence 9/10
4 5b4Shadows 9/10
5 Opening Night 8.5/10
6 The Killing Of a Chinese Bookie 8/10

I've changed my mind now that I've seen Opening Night again. It's probably my all-time favorite film. Still need to see Love Streams. It's so hard to find.

1. Opening Night 10/10
2. Faces 10/10
3. Husbands 10/10
4. A Woman Under the Influence 10/10
5. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 9/10
6. Minnie and Moskowitz 9/10
7. Shadows 9/10
8. A Child is Waiting 7/10
9. Gloria 4/10
10. Big Trouble 2/10

Opening Night by a mile
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A Woman Under The Influence
Husbands
Faces

Opening Night was the best. I loved Shadows and Chinese Bookie too, but Opening Night really spoke to me.
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Gloria is always missed when people talk about his best, its very good
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Love streams was the first one I saw and at first I thought it was good but not great. But now after about two years since I've seen it I think its a masterpiece. Husbands is the last one I saw and it moved me more than the rest. All his films that I've seen are great in my opinion.
1-Husbands 10/10
2-Love Streams 10/10
3-The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 10/10
4-Woman under the Influence 10/10
5-Faces 9/10
6-Opening Night 9/10
7-Shadows 8/10

10/10
A Woman Under the Influence (1974) 10/10
Opening Night (1977) 10/10
9/10
Faces (1968) 9/10
8/10
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) 8/10
7/10
Husbands (1970) 7/10
Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) 7/10
Gloria (1980) 7/10
Love Streams (1984) 7/10
6/10
Shadows (1959) 6/10
A Child Is Waiting (1963) 6/10
4/10
Big Trouble (1986) 4/10

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John Cassavetes [5 films]
10/10

1. Faces
2. Opening Night
3. Husbands
   8/10
4. A Woman Under the Influence
   5/10
5. Gloria
   Gloria and A Woman Under the Influence were my first 2 and I was underwhelmed to the extreme, waited forever to watch anymore. I've loved the more recent 3 I've seen though and will certainly see more in the future.

Husbands (10/10)
A5b4 Woman Under the Influence (10/10)
Opening Night (10/10)
Love Streams (10/10)
Minnie and Moskowitz (10/10)
Faces (9/10)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (8.5/10)
Shadows (7/10)
Gloria (3/10)
Still haven't seen Big Trouble, Too Late Blues, or A Child Is Waiting. Although Gloria sorta scared me off of anything studio-related. Doesn't seem like he cared too much about those.
Mikey and Nicky is also incredible.
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Excellent director and actor.
10/10
:
A Woman Under The Influence
Opening Night
Faces
9/10
:
Husbands
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Minnie and Moskowitz
8/10
:
Shadows
Gloria
7/10
:
Love Streams
6/10
:
A Child Is Waiting

1. A Woman Under the Influence
2. Opening Night
3. Love Streams
4. Gloria
5. Husbands
6. Faces
7. Minnie and Moskowitz
8. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
9. Shadows
   10 A Child Is Waiting
   11.Too Late Blues
10. Big Trouble

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happy to see that some of you have included 'husbands' on your lists.
that's my favourite.
i have problems with a lot of 'his' movies. they make me feel uncomfortable, and i realize that is what he was going for, but i don't like that feeling when watching a movie.
and yet, when i watch 'husbands', i don't get that feeling. i love it for all the comedic moments, and for all the love between the 3 of them.
it's a wonderful interpretation of what men deal with in life.and i think the 3 of them displayed it better than in any movie i've seen.
john is sadly gone, and peter is sadly dealing with dementia and possibly alzheimers..and benny 'the great' is still out there receiving the jimmy stewart 'harvey' award'yay benny!!!
these 3 guys will always hold a special place in my heart
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1-The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 10/10
2-Love Streams 10/10
3-A Woman Under the Influence 10/10
4-Faces 9/10
5-Opening Night 9/10
6-Shadows 8/10

Still need to see Husbands, Love Streams, A Child is Waiting, and Too Late Blues.
Favorites from the ones I've seen:

1. Minnie and Moskowitz 10/10
2. A Woman Under the Influence 10/10
3. Faces 10/10
4. Shadows 9/10
5. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 9/10
6. Opening Night 9/10
7. Gloria 5/10
8. Big Trouble 3/10

Faces
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To me his stuff was born out of the whole New York, newer, improvisational acting/jazz era of the 50's.
So just like how you can listen to the same jazz song improvised in many different ways and find something new in it, so to can you also constantly find several fresh new things each time you watch one of Cassavettes movies.
So I love em all.

Faces 10/10
Opening Night 10/10
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 10/10
A Woman Under the Influence 10/10
Shadows 8/10
Really, really need to see more..
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