It's high time I show some appreciation for an often overlooked form of expressive cinema: the music video. As you can see, I’ve been watching them a long-arse time. These are my current Top 150 favourites that I think you should see. They’ve all latched onto my imagination & burrowed into my dreams in big ways. Many have even influenced my own personal creative work.
[my picks are always subject to change, so if you feel I’ve made any glaring sins of omission, please let me know as soon as possible. I had to leave off many greats to make room for others]
**updated December 2022**
150) Lady Gaga "911"
dir. Tarsem
149) M83 "My Tears Are Becoming A Sea"
dir. Sacha Barbin & Ryan Doubiago
148) Twiztid "Dead & Gone (Unh-Stop)"
dir. [JaimeR]
147) Audioslave "Cochise" [director's cut]
dir. Mark Romanek
146) IAM "Je danse le Mia"
dir. Michel Gondry
145) The Chemical Brothers
"Sometimes I Feel So Deserted"
dir. Ninian Doff
144) Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion "WAP"
dir. Colin Tilley
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143) Daft Punk "The Prime Time of Your Life"
dir. Tony Gardner
142) Fleet Foxes "Featherweight"
dir. Pecknold/Kohlhepp
141) 비비 BIBI "조또 (JOTTO)"
dir. OJun Kwon
140) Shugo Tokumaru "Katachi"
dir. Kijek/Adamski
139) Bjork "Big Time Sensuality"
dir. Stéphane Sednaoui
138) Flying Lotus "More"
dir. Shinichiro Watanabe
137) The Wallflowers "6th Avenue Heartache"
dir. David Fincher
136)
Tame Impala "The Less I Know the Better"
dir. Canada
135) Flying Lotus "Until the Quiet Comes"
dir. Kahlil Joseph
134) Thom Yorke
"Last I Heard (He Was Circling the Drain)"
dir. Art Camp & Saad Moosajee
133) The Prodigy "Smack My Bitch Up"
[uncensored version]
dir. Jonas Åkerlund
132) Massive Attack "Karmacoma"
dir. Jonathan Glazer
131) Pearl Jam "Do the Evolution"
dir. Kevin Altieri and Todd McFarlane
130) Bjork "Human Behavior"
dir. Michel Gondry
129) Peter Gabriel "Big Time"
dir. Stephen R. Johnson & David Daniels
128) Marilyn Manson "The Beautiful People"
[director's cut]
dir. Floria Sigismondi
127) Squarepusher "Come On My Selector"
dir. Chris Cunningham
126) Tool "Prison Sex"
dir. Adam Jones
125) LCD Soundsystem "Oh Baby"
dir. Rian Johnson
124) Snoop Dogg "Sensual Seduction"
dir. Melina
123) Outkast "Hey Ya!"
dir. Bryan Barber
122) Madonna "Rain"
dir. Mark Romanek
121) Busta Rhymes "Dangerous"
dir. Hype Williams
120) Tool "Ænema"
dir. Adam Jones
119) His Name is Alive "Are We Still Married?"
dir. the Brothers Quay
118) Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"
dir. Patrick Daughters
117)
Primus "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
dir. Mike Johnson
116) Radiohead "Pyramid Song"
dir. Shynola
115) Radiohead "Paranoid Android"
dir. Magnus Carlsson
114) The Chemical Brothers "Get Yourself High"
dir. Joseph Kahn
113) Bjork "Hyperballad"
dir. Michel Gondry
112) Cody ChesnuTT "King of the Game"
dir. Michel Gondry
111) Genesis "Land of Confusion"
dir. John Lloyd & Jim Yukich
110) Oui Oui "Bolide"
dir. Michel Gondry
109) Linkin Park "Faint"
dir. Mark Romanek
108) Autechre "Second Bad Vilbel"
dir. Chris Cunningham
107) Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc."
dir. Pete Candeland & Jamie Hewlett
106) Bjork "Isobel"
dir. Michel Gondry
105) Sinéad O'Connor "Fire on Babylon"
dir. Michel Gondry
104) Gorillaz "19-2000"
dir. Pete Candeland & Jamie Hewlett
103) Bjork "Joga"
dir. Michel Gondry
102) Bjork "Army of Me"
dir. Michel Gondry
101) Tool "Stinkfist"
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