Arguably the apex of director John Cassavetes’ actor-friendly, improv-heavy, truth-is-all style, A Woman Under the Influence tells the story of Mabel (Rowlands), an eccentric woman who deteriorating mental state exasperates her loving but baffled husband (Peter Falk, dynamite). The married duo of director Cassavetes and star Rowlands made eight films together, including another masterpiece or two (or three), but it doesn’t get much better than this. Rowlands herself remained incredibly proud of the work that she, Cassavetes, and Falk put into the film, and believed it to be her best.