My Favorite Movies
| theodossian52's Rating | My Rating | |
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| 1 |
Black Hawk Down 2001, R)
Very realistic. See it!! |
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| 2 |
Monty Python's Life of Brian 1979, R)
Completely different. |
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| 3 |
Pulp Fiction 1994, R)
Worth watching for Uma Thurman. |
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| 4 |
Schindler's List 1993, R)
You should see it.. |
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| 5 |
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 1999, R)
Wonderfully outrageous. |
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| 6 |
The Godfather 1972, R)
Mumbel Mumble Mumble!! See a dentist, Marlon. |
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| 7 |
The Ring 2002, PG-13)
Japanese original very scary. Remake - shite!! |
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| 8 |
The Usual Suspects 1995, R)
Totally A1. But does Keyser Söze really exist? Am I Keyser Söze? Could be. |
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| 9 |
Cabaret 1972, PG)
Best musical ever. |
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| 10 |
Close My Eyes 1991, R)
Stephen Poliakov, Alan Rickamn, Saskia Reeves, Clive Owen. Need I say more? |
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| 11 |
Le Rayon vert (The Green Ray) (Summer) 1986, R)
If you have ever been to Biarritz, you can say:"Oh, I've been there." |
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| 12 |
The 400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups) 1959, Unrated)
One of my favourite films about childhood. |
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| 13 |
L'Amour en fuite (Love on the Run) 1979, PG)
The last of the The Antione Doinel films. Hated by some, loved by me. |
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| 14 |
Vivement dimanche! (Finally, Sunday)(Confidentially Yours) 1983, PG)
Great comedy policier and Fanny Ardant has outstanding legs. |
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| 15 |
New York, New York 1977, PG)
Wonderfully but totally gay. And why did they name it twice anyway? |
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| 16 |
Taxi Driver 1976, R)
You talkin' to me? |
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| 17 |
Jules and Jim 1962, Unrated)
Idyllic. |
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| 18 |
Baisers Volés (Stolen Kisses) 1968, R)
Part of a great series about poor old Antoine Doinel. Mes baisers voles me manque. |
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| 19 |
Women In Love 1969, R)
Glenda!!!!! |
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| 20 |
Carla's Song 1996, Unrated)
Reality check. |
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| 21 |
The Lair of the White Worm 1988, R)
Wonderfully awful. |
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| 22 |
The Boy Friend 1971, G)
Pure escapism. Wonderful. Totally sweet. |
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| 23 |
Mahler 1974, PG)
Robert powel IS Mahler. |
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| 24 |
Time Regained 1999, Unrated)
Not a bad effort but not a patch on Volker Schondorf's Un Amour de Swann. |
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| 25 |
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2006, R)
Not bad as piss-takes go. But a shame to mock the afflicted. Americans are too easy a target. |
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| 26 |
Once Upon a Time in America 1984, R)
Good sub-culture saga. Rivals Godfather films. |
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| 27 |
The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006, PG-13)
A realistic depiction of real events. More frightening than any fiction |
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| 28 |
Land and Freedom 1995, Unrated)
Another reality check from Ken Loach. |
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| 29 |
The Good Thief 2003, R)
Creditable remake of French original. |
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| 30 |
The Crying Game 1992, R)
Boo-hoo!! |
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| 31 |
L'Atalante 1934, Unrated)
Have I actually seen this? |
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| 32 |
Ghost World 2001, R)
So totally cool. Great cast. Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch and Scarlett Johanssen before she got famous. |
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| 33 |
The Third Man 1949, Unrated)
The best of British. |
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| 34 |
Ed Wood 1994, R)
We'll call it Plan 9. Now go and get me my pink cardie. |
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| 35 |
Paris, Texas 1983, R)
Moving, touching. |
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| 36 |
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) 1972, R)
Epic jungle effort from Herzog. But has he never thought of using sets? |
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| 37 |
The Marriage of Maria Braun 2010, Unrated)
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| 38 |
Fitzcarraldo 1982, PG)
Wonderfully crazy film making. See review of Aguirre. A true epic in eveery sense. |
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| 39 |
Annie Hall 1977, PG)
Lah-di-dah! |
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| 40 |
Manhattan 1979, R)
He was as obsessed as he was deluded about the city he loved........ Possibly my favourite Woody Allen film. |
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| 41 |
Broadway Danny Rose 1984, PG)
Hilarious tale from the depths of the American entertainment industry. |
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| 42 |
Zelig 1983, PG)
Unusual but never boring. The thinking man's Forrest Gump. |
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| 43 |
Truly, Madly, Deeply 1991, PG)
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| 44 |
Mclibel 1997, Unrated)
At last the little man beats the evil giant. Hooray!! |
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| 45 |
Paths of Glory 1957, Unrated)
Just great. Pulls no punches. |
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| 46 |
Lolita 1962, Unrated)
Nice kid. |
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| 47 |
The Killing (1956) , Unrated)
First Kubrik film I ever saw. Great noir stuff and clinically tight direction. |
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| 48 |
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964, PG)
Possibly the best satire ever: |
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| 49 |
Full Metal Jacket 1987, R)
Tense and scary. I love it long time. |
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| 50 |
Get Shorty 1995, R)
Slick and fast paced. Also short and fat. |
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| 51 |
Goldfinger 1964, PG)
The best Bond film. "I expect you to die, Meesta Bond." |
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| 52 |
The Remains of the Day 1993, PG)
Oh, no. Not left-overs again! |
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| 53 |
Heat and Dust 1982, R)
Hot and dusty. |
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| 54 |
Howards End 1992, PG)
No comment. |
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| 55 |
The Europeans 1979, Unrated)
I got the colour scheme for my drawing room from watching this film. |
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| 56 |
Bend It Like Beckham 2002, PG-13)
Joyful, socially relevant but would have been better with more footie in it. |
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| 57 |
Cape Fear 1991, R)
Well, it scared me. But the Robert Di Niro character is seriously irritating. |
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| 58 |
Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) 1994, R)
A bit off the peg but I liked the ending. naked and ironic. |
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| 59 |
Short Cuts 1993, R)
Ground-breaking. Oh, no. I'm getting it mixed up with The Player. Both are great. |
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| 60 |
Gosford Park 2001, R)
Usual Altman stuff but with an added mystery. Good emsemble piece. Hard to guess who isn't in it. |
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| 61 |
The Player 1992, R)
Ground-breaking. |
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| 62 |
Nashville 1975, R)
Set in Tenassee. Is that how you spell it? |
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| 63 |
Lawrence of Arabia 1962, PG)
Epic. See it immediately. |
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| 64 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1939, Unrated)
Always makes me greet. Never fails. Get the hankies out. |
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| 65 |
Withnail and I 1987, R)
Not quite the best comedy ever but close. |
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| 66 |
The Great Escape 1963, Unrated)
Too light a treatment of a tragic war time event. |
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| 67 |
Pépé le Moko 1937, Unrated)
Captures the atmosphere of its time and milieu perfectly. |
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| 68 |
Sicko 2007, PG-13)
Wake up America. See how we live in the civilised world. |
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| 69 |
Being John Malkovich 1999, R)
Possibly the most inventive comedy ever. Weird and hilarious. |
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| 70 |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005, PG)
Forget this. Read the books or see the TV version on DVD. No, watch it. Make up your own mind. Or.... |
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| 71 |
Trainspotting 1996, R)
The best film about drugs ever made. If you shoot up after watching this you are already an addict or totally mental. AND it's funny. OH, and the only good thing Ewan McGregor has ever been in. |
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| 72 |
Fanny och Alexander (Fanny and Alexander) 1982, R)
Absorbing family saga. |
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| 73 |
Skammen (Shame) 1968, R)
Heavy stuff. For grown-ups only. See it. |
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| 74 |
Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) 1957, Unrated)
Wonderful. |
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| 75 |
Casablanca 1942, PG)
Play it, Sam. And while you're at it, round up the usual suspects. |
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| 76 |
The Maltese Falcon 1941, PG)
Terrific thriller. |
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| 77 |
The Big Sleep 1946, PG)
The story of my life. |
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| 78 |
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994, R)
Guy Pierce and Terrance Stamp in frocks? You gotta see it. |
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| 79 |
All Quiet on the Western Front 1979, Unrated)
Not have as scary as the 1930 version with Lew Ayres. |
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| 80 |
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930, Unrated)
Terrifying. Especially as compared to the 1979 version with John Boy Walton in it. |
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| 81 |
L.A. Confidential 1997, R)
Just great! A shining example of a much abused genre. It has a wonderful period feel which matches the slick, atmospheric writng of the James Elroy novel. See it now. |
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| 82 |
Catch-22 1970, R)
Poingant satire but there's a catch........ |
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| 83 |
One From The Heart 1982, R)
Very soppy but great songs by Tom Waits. |
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| 84 |
Le Dernier Métro (The Last Metro) 1980, PG)
Shit. Missed it. Where can I get a night bus. |
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| 85 |
Zazie dans le métro (Zazie in the Subway) 1960, Unrated)
Doesn't work as well as the book but the South Park of it's day. |
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| 86 |
Last Tango in Paris 1972, NC-17)
Try finding tango clubs in Paris with a Google search and you will see why I hate this film. |
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| 87 |
The Wild Bunch 1969, R)
They came too late and stayed too long. |
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| 88 |
Something Wild 1986, R)
We've all been there, done that, haven't we? |
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| 89 |
Hairspray 1988, PG)
Side-splitting. |
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| 90 |
The Naked Civil Servant 1975, Unrated)
A unique individual and a unique insight on the Britain he lived in. |
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| 91 |
Doctor Zhivago 1965, PG-13)
The kind of sweeping epic rarely seen these days. You want it to go on and on. |
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| 92 |
A Night at the Opera 1935, Unrated)
Very funny. |
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| 93 |
Horse Feathers 1932, Unrated)
Very funny. |
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| 94 |
Monkey Business 1931, Unrated)
Very funny. |
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| 95 |
A Night in Casablanca 1946, Unrated)
Very, very funny. |
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| 96 |
Room Service 1938, Unrated)
Very funny. |
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| 97 |
Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) 1994, R)
Red |
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| 98 |
Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu) 1993, R)
Blue. |
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| 99 |
Three Colors: White (Trois Couleurs: Blanc) 2003, R)
White. |
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| 100 |
Claire's Knee (Le genou de Claire) 1970, PG)
Now this won't hurt a bit, my dear. |
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| 101 |
Miss Julie 1999, R)
Heavyweight stuff but well worth the concentration required. Gets more and more absorbing. |
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| 102 |
Fahrenheit 451 , Unrated)
Hot stuff if a bit dated now.. |
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| 103 |
Death in Venice 1971, PG)
Kind of soporific but wistful and sad. |
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| 104 |
Ridicule 1996, R)
Ridiculous. |
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| 105 |
Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant) 1972, R)
Boo-hoo! |
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| 106 |
Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) 1954, Unrated)
One of the greats. |
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| 107 |
La Cage Aux Folles 1978, R)
Farcical comedy. Lots of fun. |
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| 108 |
Dr. No 1962, PG)
The first but not the best Bond film. Some seriously stupid plot twists. |
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| 109 |
Secretary 2002, R)
Self abuser meets sadist. |
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| 110 |
sex, lies, and videotape 1989, R)
The title says it all. |
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| 111 |
Glen or Glenda? 1953, Unrated)
Possibly the worst film ever made. But see Plan 9 From Outer Space. |
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| 112 |
Glengarry Glen Ross 1992, R)
Mamet at his iconiclastic best. |
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| 113 |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1974, PG)
Very funny and very silly. |
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| 114 |
Ice-Cold in Alex (Desert Attack) 1958, Unrated)
Full of good old British stiff upper lip and decency. |
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| 115 |
Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters 1985, R)
Good film about a very deranged man punctuated with dramatisations of some of his stories. |
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| 116 |
The Four Feathers 1939, Unrated)
More British stiff upper lips with added deeds of derring-do. A ripping yarn. |
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| 117 |
Get Carter 1971, R)
Well! 'Ave you got 'im yet? |
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| 118 |
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will 1996, PG)
Wonderful Shakespeare production. Love Imogen Stubbs and Helena Bonham Carter. Wonder if she's still smoking the fags? |
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| 119 |
A Room With A View 1986, PG)
Oh, look! You can see the cricket for free from the window. |
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| 120 |
Mona Lisa 1986, R)
Not the Da Vinci one. |
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| 121 |
Rosemary's Baby 1968, R)
Oh, you little devil. |
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| 122 |
The Long Good Friday 1982, R)
Always the same, the end of the week, ain't it? |
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| 123 |
Coffee and Cigarettes 2003, R)
Have I actually seen this? |
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| 124 |
Down by Law 1986, R)
What does the title mean, I mean to say? OK, no more emails. Somebody explained it to me. |
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| 125 |
Being There 1979, PG)
You had to be there. |
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| 126 |
Nóz w Wodzie (Knife in the Water) 1962, Unrated)
First Polanski I saw. Pretty boring. |
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| 127 |
The Devils 1971, R)
Good old Ken. Way over the top but historically pretty accurate. |
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| 128 |
Bringing Up Baby 1938, Unrated)
Funniest Hepburn/Grant vehicle apart from the Philadelphia Story |
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| 129 |
The Philadelphia Story 1940, Unrated)
Funniest Hepburn/Grant vehicle apart from Bringing Up Baby. |
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| 130 |
The French Connection 1971, R)
Popeye loses Frog 1 |
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| 131 |
The French Connection II 1975, R)
Popeye gets Frog 1 |
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| 132 |
Play for Today: Nuts in May (TV SHOW) 1976, Unrated)
Wonderfully emabrrassing and so funny and pointed on a particular type of English snobbery. Terrific performances from Roger Sloman and Alison Steadman. |
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| 133 |
Secrets & Lies 1996, R)
A patchy effort from Mike "No Script" Leigh. His way of directing does not suit the whole cast with only Timothy Spall turning in a creditable and consistent performance. |
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| 134 |
In Bruges 2008, R)
"I want a normal gun for a normal person." |
