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A Man and a Woman ( 1966, original name Un homme et une femme) is a French language film which tells the story of a widow and a widower who meet at their children's school who become close friends, but whose relationship has a problem at going further because of the strong feelings the woman still feels for her dead husband. It stars Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Man and a Woman"

All That Jazz is a 1979 musical film and semi-autobiographical fantasy by and about Bob Fosse. ...more on Wikipedia about "All That Jazz"

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by John Milius (rewritten by Coppola) which was inspired by Joseph Conrad's classic novella Heart of Darkness. Set during the Vietnam War, the film tells the story of a taciturn American soldier who is sent to "terminate with extreme prejudice" the command of a rogue United States Army Special Forces colonel. The narrative of his journey and its culmination are studded with events which, while bizarre, are based on real Vietnam stories. The soldier's journey becomes increasingly nonlinear and hallucinatory. Coppola's agenda clearly involves larger themes; the film's subtext concerns a journey into the darkness of the human psyche. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apocalypse Now"

Barton Fink is a 1991 film by Joel and Ethan Coen. Arguably the brothers' most enigmatic film to date, it tells the story of Barton Fink ( John Turturro), a young, intense, and rather unlikeable writer of Social Realist plays in the early 1940s; his raison d'etre is to "create a theatre of the common man." ...more on Wikipedia about "Barton Fink"

Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) is a 1959 Brazilian film by French director Marcel Camus. It retells the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. ...more on Wikipedia about "Black Orpheus"

Blowup is a 1966 British- Italian art film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first to feature an English language screenplay and also the first British film to feature full frontal female nudity (although expurgated in the VHS videotape release). The film featured David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, and Jane Birkin. The Yardbirds perform in one scene near the film's end. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blowup"

Brief Encounter ( 1945) is a British film directed by David Lean starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brief Encounter" It's real www.shortopedia.com feeling!

Dancer in the Dark is an Academy Award nominated musical film released in the year 2000. It was directed by Lars von Trier and stars Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Catherine Deneuve, Vladica Kostic, David Morse, Cara Seymour and Peter Stormare. The movie is part three in a trilogy of films by von Trier that includes Breaking the Waves and The Idiots ( Danish: Idioterne). The soundtrack for the film, released as the album Selmasongs, was created entirely by Björk. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dancer in the Dark"

Elephant ( 2003) is a film by director Gus Van Sant, an account of a school shooting in fictional Watt High School, in Portland, Oregon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elephant (film)"

Fahrenheit 9/11 is a high-grossing, award-winning documentary film by American filmmaker and liberal activist Michael Moore, which had a general release in the United States and Canada on June 25, 2004 in the run up to the presidential election. The film has since been released in 42 more countries and holds the record for highest box office receipts by a general release documentary. It was named after Ray Bradbury's dystopian Science Fiction novel Fahrenheit 451. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fahrenheit 9/11"

Farewell My Concubine ( ) is a 1993 China/ Hong Kong movie directed by Chen Kaige written by Lillian Lee and Wei Lu starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Ge You and Ren Lei. ...more on Wikipedia about "Farewell My Concubine"

Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 film that stars Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton and Phyllis Love. ...more on Wikipedia about "Friendly Persuasion (film)"

If... is a cult film by British director Lindsay Anderson, based on David Sherwin's original script, "Crusaders". ...more on Wikipedia about "If... (film)"

L'Enfant (The Child) is a 2005 film directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne. ...more on Wikipedia about "L'Enfant"

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La Dolce Vita ( 1960) ...more on Wikipedia about "La Dolce Vita"

La Symphonie pastorale is a 1946 French language motion picture drama directed by Jean Delannoy and Michèle Morgan and Pierre Blanchar. ...more on Wikipedia about "La Symphonie pastorale"

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) is a musical film made in 1964. It was directed by Jacques Demy, and starred Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo. The music was written by Michel Legrand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"

Marty is a 1955 film directed by Delbert Mann, based on a teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky. It is a romance about a butcher in the Bronx, who finds himself unattractive, and his difficulties in finding the right mate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marty"

MASH is a 1970 satirical American dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman, based extremely loosely on the novel written by Richard Hooker. Nominally about an outfit of medical personnel stationed at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War, the film stars Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould. Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt, Roger Bowen, Gary Burghoff, Bud Cort and Fred Williamson are also featured. MASH went on to inspire the television series M*A*S*H. ...more on Wikipedia about "MASH (film)"

Missing is a 1982 film directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea and Charles Cioffi. It is based on the true story of American journalist Charles Horman who disappeared in the bloody aftermath of the coup against President Salvador Allende in 1973. His father and wife search in vain to determine his fate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Missing (film)"

Paris, Texas ( 1984) is a movie directed by Wim Wenders and is probably his most well-known and critically acclaimed work (in the English speaking world, at least). Sam Shepard wrote the screenplay; the distinctive musical score was composed by Ry Cooder; cinematography was by Robby Muller. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paris, Texas (film)"

Pelle the Conqueror ( Danish: Pelle erobreren) is a 1987 film in Danish and Swedish which tells the story of Swedish immigrants to Denmark who try to build a new life for themselves. It stars Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath and Morten Jørgensen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pelle the Conqueror"

Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film directed by Quentin Tarantino and written by Tarantino and Roger Avary. It was released to critical and public acclaim and is regarded by many as a milestone in movie history, helping to establish an ascendant independent film movement in the United States. Its fragmented storyline, eclectic dialogue, irony and camp influences, unorthodox camerawork, and numerous pop culture references have since colored countless movies. Tarantino and Avary won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pulp Fiction"

Rosetta is a 1999 Belgium film written and directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Winner of the 1999 Cannes Palme d'Or awards for best picture and best actress, Rosetta (played by Émilie Dequenne) is about a girl of 17 trying desperately to escape her depressing life. In this effort she tries to find and keep a job that will allow her to move out of the caravan and away from her alcoholic mother. In Belgium the film inspired a new law prohibiting employers from paying teen workers less than the minimum wage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rosetta (film)"

Secrets & Lies is a 1996 British film which tells the story of a successful black woman who, while tracing her family history, discovers that her mother is a lower-class white woman (whose brother is a photographer married to a petty house-proud suburban woman). Directed by Mike Leigh, it stars Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. ...more on Wikipedia about "Secrets & Lies"

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