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L’Avventura (1960) dir. Michelangelo Antonioni

Posted on July 28, 2017
/Under 1960's, Drama, Italy
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The Adventure: A beautiful young woman mysteriously disappears on a boating trip in the Mediterranean. This causes a significant change in the relationship between her prospective husband and her best friend....Read more

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Posted on September 30, 2016
/Under 1970's, Drama, Germany, Romantic
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Angst essen Seele auf, lit.”Fear eat soul up”: An elderly German widow and a younger Moroccan gastarbeiter start a romantic relationship, against societal norms and much to the appall of ...Read more

Get Carter (1971) dir. Mike Hodges

Posted on September 16, 2016
/Under 1970's, Crime, Thriller, UK
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Jack Carter, a London gangster, returns to his hometown of Newcastle for the funeral of his brother, in whose “accidental” death he suspects foul play. A classic British crime thriller,...Read more

The Lesson (2014) dir. Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov

Posted on July 29, 2016
/Under 2010's, Bulgaria, Drama
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Urok/Урок: A schoolteacher in a small Bulgarian town is forced to pick up the financial slack of her unemployed husband – learning, and teaching, an important life-lesson along the way....Read more

Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) dir. Béla Tarr

Posted on July 20, 2015
/Under 2000's, Drama, Hungary
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Werckmeister Harmonies (Werckmeister harmóniák): In a cold, snowless winter, a small Hungarian town is visited by a traveling circus with it’s main attraction – a humungous stuffed whale carcass. A...Read more

American Beauty (1999) dir. Sam Mendes

Posted on July 6, 2015
/Under 1990's, Drama, Must See Cinema, Surrealist, USA
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A 42 year-old office worker experiences a mid-life crisis, marked by an infatuation with his teenage daughter’s best friend. Depicts a seemingly perfect American suburban family in the upper middle...Read more

Born on the Fourth of July (1989) dir. Oliver Stone

Posted on July 4, 2015
/Under 1960's, 1980's, Biography, Drama, USA, War
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A paralyzed Vietnam War veteran, feeling betrayed by his country, becomes a leading political human rights activist. Based on the life and autobiography of pacifist Ron Kovic. An ambitious and...Read more

Die Welle (2008) dir. Dennis Gansel

Posted on May 21, 2015
/Under 2000's, Drama, Germany, Must See Cinema, Psychological, Thriller
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Die Welle (The Wave). A high school teacher enlists his students into an unorthodox social experiment, to explain to them how Fascism during Nazi Germany came to be. Based on...Read more

Pleasantville (1998) dir. Gary Ross

Posted on May 15, 2015
/Under 1950's, 1990's, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Surrealist, USA
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Two teenagers are mysteriously transported into a 1950’s B&W television sitcom, and their presence starts to change the seemingly perfect world around them. A very original and thought-provoking story with...Read more

Caché (Hidden) (2005) dir. Michael Haneke

Posted on March 24, 2015
/Under 2000's, Austria, Drama, France, Must See Cinema, Psychological, Thriller
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A Parisian family is disturbed by mysterious videotapes of their own house in their mail. A mindblowing mystery thriller from auteur director Michael Haneke. An intellectual film that cleverly plays...Read more