One of the joys of the past year has been my journey through Michael Caine’s large filmography. It’s tough to say when I really became a big fan of his work. It was probably in the past 5 years. Caine joins my other favorites: Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Harrison Ford, and Jack Lemmon. That’s my pantheon.

Of his films, it must have been Educating Rita that really pulled me aside and taught me a lesson about performance and storytelling. I adore that film. Here is what I’ve seen so far.

Zulu (1964)

The Ipcress File (1965)

Alfie (1966)

Funeral in Berlin (1966)

Billion Dollar Brain (1967)

Play Dirty (1969)

The Italian Job (1969)

Battle of Britain (1969)

Too Late the Hero (1970)

The Last Valley (1971)

Get Carter (1971)

Sleuth (1972)

The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Educating Rita (1983)

Blame it On Rio (1984)

Water (1985)

The Holcroft Covenant (1985)

Sweet Liberty (1986)

The Whistle Blower (1986)

The Fourth Protocol (1987)

Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

Blood and Wine (1996)

The Cider House Rules (1999)

Miss Congeniality (2000)

Batman Begins (2005)

The Prestige (2006)

The Dark Knight (2008)

Harry Brown (2009)

Inception (2010)

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Now You See Me (2013)

Last Love (2013)

Interstellar (2014)

Youth (2015)