My Favorite Movies

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the movies that extra-terrestrials must watch when they will move to our world. Thanks to all great directors that day after day make our life more rich.A special thank to MONSIEUR Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton.

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Playtime (Play Time) 1967,  Unrated)
Playtime (Play Time)
the youngest movie forever!!!It is incredible and Tati is one of the greatest director,not only a comic.
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L'Atalante 1934,  Unrated)
L'Atalante
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The Cameraman 1928,  Unrated)
The Cameraman
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Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) 1902,  Unrated)
Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon)
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La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) 1950,  Unrated)
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Greed 1924,  Unrated)
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Rear Window 1954,  PG)
Rear Window
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Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) 1945,  PG)
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Vertigo 1958,  PG)
Vertigo
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The 400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups) 1959,  Unrated)
The 400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups)
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Victor Victoria 1982,  PG)
Victor Victoria
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Partie de Campagne (A Day in the Country) 1946,  Unrated)
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La Ronde (Roundabout) 1950,  Unrated)
La Ronde (Roundabout)
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The Party 1968,  PG)
The Party
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La Bête Humaine (Judas Was a Woman)(The Human Beast) 1938,  Unrated)
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L'Avventura (The Adventure) 1960,  Unrated)
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8 1/2 1963,  Unrated)
8 1/2
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Short Cuts 1993,  R)
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Notorious 1946,  Unrated)
Notorious
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Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) (Bicycle Thieves) 1948,  Unrated)
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Nashville 1975,  R)
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La Grande illusion (The Grand Illusion) 1937,  Unrated)
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The Third Man 1949,  Unrated)
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Citizen Kane 1941,  PG)
Citizen Kane
DEEP FOCUS AND LONG TAKE...THIS MOVIE REVOLUZIONIZED THE ART OF MAKING MOVIES.
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L'année dernière à Marienbad (Last Year at Marienbad) 1961,  Unrated)
L'année dernière à Marienbad (Last Year at Marienbad)
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom (Man with a Movie Camera) 1929,  Unrated)
Chelovek s kino-apparatom (Man with a Movie Camera)
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To Be or Not to Be 1942,  PG)
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Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Mr. Hulot's Holiday) 1953,  Unrated)
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Mr. Hulot's Holiday)
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Jules and Jim 1962,  Unrated)
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Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961,  PG)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF CLASSIC DECOUPAGE...THE CUTS MUST BE INVISIBLE...SO THE SPECTATOR CAN IDENTIFY AND DREAM...EVERGREEN.
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The Big Day (Jour De Fete) 1949,  Unrated)
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Professione: reporter (The Passenger) 1995,  PG-13)
Professione: reporter (The Passenger)
in the end of this movie the camera moves for seven minutes without cuts.
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Umberto D. 1952,  Unrated)
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The Red Shoes 1948,  R)
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Mon Oncle 1958,  Unrated)
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Sherlock Jr. 1924,  Unrated)
Sherlock Jr.
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What is montage? The answer is in this magic dream-scene that shows the differences between movies and life...in real life there aren't cuts...The idea of Allen's Purple Rose of Cairo is here.
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Il Grido (The Cry) 1957,  Unrated)
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Heaven Can Wait 1943,  Unrated)
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Peeping Tom 1960,  Unrated)
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Touch of Evil 1958,  PG-13)
Touch of Evil
the film starts with the best long take in the history of cinema.
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The Shop Around the Corner 1940,  Unrated)
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Letter From an Unknown Woman 1948,  Unrated)
Letter From an Unknown Woman
from a novel of Stefan Zweig a masterpiece by Ophuls
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Diabolique (Les Diaboliques) 1954,  Unrated)
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Psycho 1960,  R)
Psycho
RHYTHMIC AND FORMAL MONTAGE IN THE FAMOUS SHOWER SCENE...THE VIOLENCE IS ALL IN THE RHYTHM OF CUTS...THE STORYBOARD WAS DRAWED BY SAUL BASS.
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Blow-Up 1966,  Unrated)
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F for Fake 1973,  Unrated)
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Day for Night 1973,  PG)
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Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player) 1960,  Unrated)
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Baisers Volés (Stolen Kisses) 1968,  R)
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L' Homme qui Aimait les Femmes (The Man Who Loved Women) 1977,  R)
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Smoking/No Smoking 1993,  Unrated)
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Hiroshima Mon Amour (Hiroshima, My Love) 1959,  Unrated)
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Suspicion 1941,  Unrated)
Suspicion
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The General 1926,  Unrated)
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A Heart in Winter (Un coeur en hiver) (A Heart of Stone) 1992,  Unrated)
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Cul-de-Sac 1966,  Unrated)
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The Silence of the Lambs 1991,  R)
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La Dolce Vita 1960,  Unrated)
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Amarcord 2009,  R)
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982,  PG)
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Always 1989,  PG)
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Duel 1972,  PG)
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The Pianist 2002,  R)
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After Hours 1985,  R)
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Chinatown 1974,  R)
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The Age of Innocence 1993,  PG)
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Taxi Driver 1976,  R)
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Raging Bull 1980,  R)
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Who is Cletis Tout? 2002,  R)
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Hellzapoppin 1941,  Unrated)
Hellzapoppin
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Breathless (À bout de souffle) (By a Tether) 1960,  Unrated)
Breathless (À bout de souffle) (By a Tether)
THE OPPOSITE OF A CLASSIC MOVIE...MONTAGE IS VISIBLE...THE LIBERTY AND POETIC OF NOUVELLE VAGUE.
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Pierrot le Fou (Pierrot Goes Wild) (Crazy Pete) 1965,  Unrated)
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Passion (Godard's Passion) 1982,  R)
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The Gold Rush 1925,  Unrated)
The Gold Rush
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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) 1920,  Unrated)
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Monsieur Verdoux 1947,  Unrated)
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Zero for Conduct (Zero de Conduite) 1933,  Unrated)
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'Round Midnight 1986,  R)
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927,  Unrated)
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Goodbye, Children (Au Revoir Les Enfants) 1987,  PG)
Goodbye, Children (Au Revoir Les Enfants)
A very strange situation:the book was based on the movie.
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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows) (Lift to the Scaffold) (Frantic) 1957,  Unrated)
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Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows) 1939,  Unrated)
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M 1931,  Unrated)
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Blue Velvet 1986,  R)
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Les Favoris de la lune (Favourites of the Moon) 1985,  Unrated)
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Roma, città aperta (Open City) 1945,  Unrated)
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Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia) (Strangers) (The Lonely Woman) 1953,  Unrated)
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Germania Anno Zero (Germany Year Zero) 1947,  Unrated)
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The Straight Story 1999,  G)
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A Short Film About Love 1988,  Unrated)
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Eraserhead 1977,  R)
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The Shining 1980,  R)
The Shining
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Lundi matin (Monday Morning) 2002,  Unrated)
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) 1928,  Unrated)
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A Clockwork Orange 1971,  R)
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2001: A Space Odyssey 1968,  G)
2001: A Space Odyssey
THE BEST TEMPORAL CUT IN THE HISTORY OF MOVING PICTURES...FROM ORIGINS OF WORLD TO THE FUTURE IN A CUT...MAGIC!!!
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Barry Lyndon 1975,  PG)
Barry Lyndon
from Thakeray an infinite gallery of paintings:Watteau,Hogarth,Gainsborough run behind our eyes...magic!!!
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The Conversation 1974,  PG)
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The Godfather 1972,  R)
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Apocalypse Now 1979,  R)
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The Killing 1956,  Unrated)
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Rumble Fish 1983,  R)
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La Double Vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique) 1991,  R)
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S.O.B. 1981,  R)
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Close-up 1990,  R)
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Where Is the Friend's Home? 1987,  Unrated)
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And Life Goes On (Zendegi va digar hich) (Life, and Nothing More) 1992,  Unrated)
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Persona 1966,  Unrated)
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Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) 1957,  Unrated)
Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries)
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Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) 1924,  PG)
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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) 1954,  Unrated)
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Rashômon (Rashomon) (In the Woods) 1951,  Unrated)
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Equinox Flower 1958,  Unrated)
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Kohayagawa-ke no aki (The End of Summer) (Early Autumn) 1961,  Unrated)
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Tokyo Story (Tôkyô monogatari) 1953,  Unrated)
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Cleo From 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) 1962,  Unrated)
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Jacquot de Nantes 1991,  PG)
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Bread and Tulips 2000,  PG-13)
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Pulp Fiction 1994,  R)
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Back to the Future 1985,  PG)
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The Royal Tenenbaums 2002,  R)
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004,  R)
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The Darjeeling Limited 2007,  R)
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Hotel Chevalier 2007,  R)
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Reservoir Dogs 1992,  R)
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The Triplets of Belleville 2003,  PG-13)
The Triplets of Belleville
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Fantasia 1940,  G)
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Grindhouse 2007,  R)
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Dear Diary 1994,  Unrated)
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A Chump at Oxford 1940,  Unrated)
A Chump at Oxford
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Paris, Texas 1983,  R)
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Der Amerikanische Freund (The American Friend) 1977,  Unrated)
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Alice in den Städten (Alice in the Cities) 1974,  Unrated)
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Tokyo-Ga 1985,  Unrated)
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Singin' in the Rain 1952,  G)
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The Big Sleep 1946,  PG)
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Scarface 1932,  PG)
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Body Double 1984,  R)
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The Blues Brothers 1980,  R)
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I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar (J'entends Plus La Guitare) 1991,  Unrated)
I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar (J'entends Plus La Guitare)
This film is dedicated to Nico,the singer of Velvet Underground...for me is one of the most important movie of last forty years..i should like that all flixster's people can watch this movie...dedicato a tutti coloro che amano l'amore.
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Last Tango in Paris 1972,  NC-17)
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Il conformista (The Conformist) 1970,  R)
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Le Rayon vert (The Green Ray) (Summer) 1986,  R)
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Autumn Tale (Conte d'Automne) 1998,  PG)
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Les Nuits de la pleine lune (Full Moon in Paris) 1984,  R)
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A Summer's Tale 1996,  G)
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Duck Soup 1933,  Unrated)
Duck Soup
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A Night at the Opera 1935,  Unrated)
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Casablanca 1942,  PG)
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Greenaway: The Falls 1978,  Unrated)
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Senso (The Wanton Countess) 1954,  Unrated)
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Stolen Children (Il Ladro di bambini) 1992,  Unrated)
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Death in Venice 1971,  PG)
Death in Venice
more Proust than Mann in a decadent movie...
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Gran Torino 2008,  R)
Gran Torino
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The Night of the Hunter 1955,  PG)
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Belle de Jour 1967,  R)
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Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) 1928,  Unrated)
Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog)
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158
Drowning by Numbers 1988,  R)
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The Draughtsman's Contract 1982,  R)
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Hotel du Nord 1940,  Unrated)
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La Grande Guerra (The Great War) 1959,  Unrated)
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Shadows 1959,  PG)
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976,  R)
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Prospero's Books 1991,  R)
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Sleuth 1972,  PG)
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Minnie and Moskowitz 1971,  PG)
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372 le Matin (Betty Blue) (37.2 Degrees in the Morning) 1986,  Unrated)
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Diva 1981,  R)
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Ponyo 2008,  G)
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The Leopard 1963,  PG)
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Le Samouraï (The Godson) 1967,  PG)
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Le Cercle Rouge 1970,  R)
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Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers) 1960,  Unrated)
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Ossessione 1943,  Unrated)
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Big Trouble in Little China 1986,  PG-13)
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Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975,  PG)
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Two Lovers 2008,  R)
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Bande à part (Band of Outsiders) ,  Unrated)
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We Own the Night 2007,  R)
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I Soliti Ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street) (The Usual Unidentified Thieves) 1958,  Unrated)
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Amici miei (My Friends) 1975,  Unrated)
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Before the Revolution (Prima della rivoluzione) 1965,  Unrated)
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Vive l'Amour 1994,  Unrated)
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To Live and Die in L.A. 1985,  R)
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La Maman et la putain (The Mother and the Whore) 1973,  Unrated)
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The Killer (Dip huet seung hung) 1989,  R)
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The Thin Red Line 1998,  R)
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After Midnight (Dopo Mezzanotte) 2004,  Unrated)
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A Nous la Liberté (Liberty for Us) 1931,  Unrated)
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Entr'acte 1924,  Unrated)
Entr'acte
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It Happened Tomorrow 1944,  Unrated)
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Zelig 1983,  PG)
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The Fortune Cookie 1966,  Unrated)
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Manhunter 1986,  R)
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Ordet (The Word) 1955,  Unrated)
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Gertrud 1965,  Unrated)
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Manhattan 1979,  R)
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Hannah and Her Sisters 1986,  PG-13)
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Everyone Says I Love You 1996,  R)
Everyone Says I Love You
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The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985,  PG)
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Miami Vice 2006,  R)
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Edward II 1992,  R)
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Wittgenstein 1993,  Unrated)
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The Last of England 1987,  Unrated)
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Aria 1987,  R)
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Caravaggio 1986,  R)
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Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai 1999,  R)
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Stranger Than Paradise 1984,  R)
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Permanent Vacation 1980,  Unrated)
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A Snake of June (Rokugatsu no hebi) 2002,  R)
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The French Lieutenant's Woman 1981,  R)
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Vanishing Point 1971,  R)
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Regen (Rain) 1929,  Unrated)
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The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie) 1972,  PG)
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Napoléon 1927,  G)
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Pandora's Box 1929,  Unrated)
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Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua) 1991,  PG)
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The Trouble With Harry 1955,  PG)
The Trouble With Harry
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Rebecca 1940,  Unrated)
Rebecca
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Strangers on a Train 1951,  PG)
Strangers on a Train
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 1927,  Unrated)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
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Fargo 1996,  R)
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Blood Simple 1984,  R)
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Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu) 1993,  R)
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No End 1986,  Unrated)
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Camera Buff 1979,  R)
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Roger & Me 1989,  R)
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) 1981,  PG)
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Witness 1985,  R)
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The Man Who Wasn't There 2001,  R)
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The Long Goodbye 1973,  R)

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