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| 8 1/2 |
Federico Fellini |
1963 |
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Analysis of the mind of a film-maker. Italian, subtitled. |
| After Hours |
Martin Scorsese |
1985 |
Teri Garr |
Depicts a man's strange night in New York City. |
| All Quiet on the Western Front |
Lewis Milestone |
1930 |
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Dramatic portrayal of reluctant German foot-soldiers |
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during World War I. Won 2 Oscars. |
| And God Created Woman |
Roger Vadim |
1956 |
Brigitte Bardot |
Risque romance filmed in the French Riviera. |
| Autumn Sonata |
Ingmar Bergman |
1978 |
Ingrid Bergman |
Mother/daughter drama. Swedish, subtitled. |
| Bad Timing |
Nicolas Roeg |
1980 |
Art Garfunkel, Harvey Keitel |
Visually unique film about a Psychiatrist and a patient. |
| Barry Lyndon |
Stanley Kubrick |
1975 |
Ryan O'Neal |
Drama about 18th Century Irish hero. |
| Battleship Potemkin |
Segei Eisenstein |
1925 |
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Infamous silent film about Russian Revolution in 1905. |
| The Beguiled |
Don Siegel |
1971 |
Clint Eastwood |
Civil War soldier recovers in girl's school. Intrigue ensues. |
| Belle De Jour |
Luis Buñuel |
1967 |
Catherine Deneuve |
New wife works day-shift in brothel. French, subtitled. |
| The Best Years of Our Lives |
William Wyler |
1946 |
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3 WWII vets readjust to civilian life. Won 7 Oscars. |
| Bezhin Meadow |
Sergei Eisenstein |
1937 |
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Russian farmers under Soviet rule. Russian, subtitled. |
| The Bird With the Crystal Plumage |
Dario Argento |
1970 |
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American writer living in Rome witnesses murder. |
| The Birth of a Nation |
D.W. Griffith |
1915 |
Lillian Gish, John Ford |
Notorious film about post-Civil War and the KKK |
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depicted as heroes. First film shown in White House. |
| Bloody Mama |
Roger Corman |
1970 |
Robert DeNiro, Bruce Dern |
The true story of Ma Barker and her gang. |
| Blowup |
Michelangelo Antonioni |
1966 |
Vanessa Redgrave |
Surreal mystery/parable about perception and reality. |
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Won 2 Oscars. |
| Bob Le Flambeur |
Jean-Pierre Melville |
1955 |
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Mystery set in 1950's Paris and French beatniks. |
| Boxcar Bertha |
Martin Scorsese |
1972 |
Barbra Hershey, Carradines |
Scorsese's first film, about love-struck criminals. |
| The Boys From Brazil |
Franklin Schaffner |
1978 |
Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck |
Drama of Nazi fugitives hiding in S. America in 1970's. |
| Breathless |
Jean-Luc Godard |
1960 |
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Gangsters in 1950's Paris. Script written while filming. |
| Breaking Away |
Peter Yates |
1979 |
Dennis Quaid |
Coming-of-Age story in small town.Won an Oscar. |
| A Bridge Too Far |
Richard Attenborough |
1977 |
L. Olivier, Sean Connery, Gene Hackman |
Drama about Allied air-raids behind German lines. |
| The Butterfly Affair |
Jean Herman |
1970 |
Henri Charriere (The author of "Papillon") |
The real Papillon's only film. He died 3 years later. |
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French, subtitled. (aka 'Popsy Pop') |
| Casino |
Martin Scorsese |
1995 |
Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles |
Scorsese's attempt at a sweeping gangster epic, |
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modelled on "The Godfather". Mob violence. |
| Cat People |
Jacques Tourneur |
1942 |
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Story of a woman who turns into a panther. Allegory |
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of repressed aggressive female sexuality. |
| Cat People (Remake of the original, 40 years later) |
Paul Schrader |
1982 |
Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell |
Remake, but not as subtle. More obvious sexual |
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reference and more appearances by the panther. |
| City of Women |
Federico Fellini |
1980 |
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Man falls asleep and wakes up in an all-female world. |
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Follows his effort to escape a Feminist conference. |
| City Lights |
Charlie Chaplin |
1931 |
Charlie Chaplin |
Chaplin's most famous film, about a blind flower-girl. |
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Silent movie. Music composed by Chaplin. |
| Color of Money |
Martin Scorsese |
1986 |
Paul Newman, Tom Cruise |
Sequel to Paul Newman's "The Hustler" from 1961, |
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about professional Pool Hall players. Won an Oscar. |
| Contempt |
Jean-Luc Goddard |
1963 |
Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance |
A film-maker in France and his strained relationships. |
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Modelled after Homer's 'Odyssey'. French, subtitled. |
| Cool Hand Luke |
Stuart Rosenberg |
1967 |
Paul Newman, Dennis Hopper |
Story about a rural prison and it's inmates. |
| Cousin Cousine |
Jean Tacchella |
1975 |
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Forbidden romance set in France. |
| The Crowd |
King Vidor |
1928 |
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Story of a troubled marriage in New York. Silent film. |
| Delicatessen |
Marc Caro |
1991 |
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Black comedy about cannibals. French, subtitled. |
| Detour |
Edgar Ulmer |
1945 |
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Famous drama about a hitchiker and a "femme fatale". |
| La Dolce Vita |
Federico Fellini |
1960 |
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Reporter covers shallow high-society life in Rome. |
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Won an Oscar. Italian, subtitled. |
| Don't Look Back |
D.A. Pennebaker |
1967 |
Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Donovan |
Poetic, moody documentary about Bob Dylan in 1965. |
| Double Indemnity |
Billy Wilder |
1944 |
Fred MacMurray |
Insurance salesman framed by female murderer. |
| Drugstore Cowboy |
Gus Van Sant |
1989 |
Matt Dillon |
Road movie about small-time criminals in 1970's. |
| Dressed to Kill |
Brian De Palma |
1980 |
Angie Dickenson, Michael Caine |
Psychiatrist & prostitute track serial killer. Tense. |
| Ecstasy |
Gustav Machaty |
1932 |
Hedy Lamarr |
Wife of an impotent man has an affair. |
| Eyes Without a Face |
Georges Franju |
1959 |
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Story of disfigured woman in a white mask. French. |
| Exotica |
Atom Egoyan |
1994 |
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Parallel dramas of 5 people who's lives all eventually |
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converge at a bar. Recommended by Gene Siskel |
| The 400 Blows |
Francois Truffaut |
1959 |
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Story of kids in Paris neglected by parents. French, subtitled. |
| The Gang's All Here |
Busby Berkeley |
1943 |
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Musical about solider who gets engaged then goes to war. |
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cultured German commandant. French, subtitled. |
| The Great Train Robbery |
Edwin Porter |
1903 |
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First film to tell a story, not just entertain. Silent. |
| Greed |
Von Stroheim |
1924 |
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Wife's obsession with money drives husband to |
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madness. Originally 8 hours long. Silent. |
| Heaven's Gate |
Michael Cimino |
1980 |
Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken |
19th Century American settlers vs. rich tycoons. |
| Hells Angels on Wheels |
Richard Rush |
1967 |
Jack Nicholson |
Gas station attendant falls for Hells Angel girl, trouble. |
| High Noon |
Fred Zinnemann |
1952 |
Gary Cooper |
Famous Western about crisis of conscience. 4 Oscars. |
| Hour of the Wolf |
Ingmar Bergman |
1968 |
Max von Sydow |
Swedish, subtitled. Similar to "Eraserhead". |
| How Green Was My Valley |
John Ford |
1941 |
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Drama about Welsh coal miners. Won 5 Oscars. |
| If |
Lindsay Anderson |
1968 |
Malcom McDowell |
Story about students who take over boarding school. |
| Il Mefistofele |
Ken Russell |
1989 |
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Modern version of Faust's 'Mephistopheles' |
| The Jazz Singer |
Alan Crosland |
1927 |
Al Jolson |
The first-ever sound movie. |
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
Hall Bartlett |
1973 |
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Existential story about a seagull bored with flying. |
| Julia |
Fred Zinnemann |
1977 |
Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep |
Mystery/Romance in 1930's Europe during War. |
| Juliet of the Spirits |
Federico Fellini |
1965 |
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Psychological mystery about betrayal. |
| The Killing |
Stanley Kubrick |
1956 |
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First Kubrik film. Mystery story. |
| The Killing of Sister George |
Robert Aldrich |
1968 |
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Story of actor's declining career/romance. |
| The King of Comedy |
Martin Scorsese |
1983 |
Robert DeNiro, Jerry Lewis |
How to become a comedian by stalking Jerry Lewis. |
| The King of New York |
Able Ferrara |
1990 |
Christopher Walken, Steve Buscemi |
New York mobster battles Columbian rivals. |
| Klute |
Alan Pakula |
1971 |
Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland |
Detective searches for missing husband. Won Oscar. |
| The Last Movie |
Dennis Hopper |
1971 |
Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper |
Surreal, weird story of film crew in Peruvian village. |
| The Last Picture Show |
Peter Bogdanovich |
1971 |
Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd |
Slice of life in small-town Texas. Won 2 Oscars. |
| The Last Year in Marienbad |
Alain Resnais |
1961 |
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Mystery of lost memories of a romance. |
| The Lost Weekend |
Billy Wilder |
1945 |
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4 days in the life of an alcoholic. Won 4 Oscars. |
| A Man Called Horse |
Elliot Silverstein |
1970 |
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English aristocrat captured by Sioux Indians. Not fun. |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
John Ford |
1962 |
John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin |
Lawyer and gun-slinger civilize the West. |
| The Manchurian Candidate |
John Frankenheimer |
1962 |
Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh |
Drama about Korean veteran & his ambitious mother. |
| Midnight Cowboy |
John Schlesinger |
1969 |
John Voight. Hoffman |
Drama of male prostitutes in New York. Won 3 Oscars. |
| The Moon is Blue |
Otto Preminger |
1953 |
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Story about a woman "flaunting" her virginity. |
| Ned Kelly |
Tony Richardson |
1970 |
Mick Jagger |
Life of Australian outlaw, against Irish-British conflict. |
| Never Cry Wolf |
Carroll Ballard |
1983 |
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Study of wolves reveals similarities to human society. |
| The Night of the Hunter |
Charles Laughton |
1955 |
Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish |
Moody drama about religious fanaticism & hypocricy. |
| Night on Earth |
James Jarmusch |
1981 |
Winona Ryder |
5 parallel slice-of-life stories in taxis. |
| Not Wanted |
Ida Lupino |
1949 |
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Story of unwed mother and alienation. |
| On the Waterfront |
Elia Kazan |
1954 |
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger |
Drama about New York Unions. Won 8 Oscars. |
| Outlaw Blues |
Richard Heffron |
1977 |
Peter Fonda |
Ex-convict become Country-Western singer. |
| Paint Your Wagon |
Joshua Logan |
1969 |
Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin |
Musical Western. Clint Eastwood sings. |
| Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid |
Sam Peckinpah |
1973 |
Kristofferson, Dylan, Rita Coolidge |
Drama of the sheriff who tracked down Billy the Kid. |
| The People vs. Larry Flynt |
Milos Forman |
1996 |
Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love |
Milos Forman seeks the "edge" of freedom of speech rights. |
| Performance |
Nicolas Roeg |
1970 |
Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg |
Psychological drama about criminal hiding out. |
| Picnic at Hanging Rock |
Peter Weir |
1975 |
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Eerie mystery about girls who vanished after a picnic. |
| Place in the Sun |
George Stevens |
1951 |
Elizabeth Taylor |
Romance amongst the idle rich. Won 8 Oscars. |
| Play Misty for Me |
Clint Eastwood |
1971 |
Clint Eastwood |
Suspense about DJ stalked by fan. Eastwood directs. |
| Prelude to War |
Frank Capra |
1941 |
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US anti-German & Japanese propaganda film during WWII. |
| Rashomon |
Akira Kurosawa |
1950 |
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4 people recall same crime with different details. Oscar |
| Red Badge of Courage |
John Huston |
1951 |
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Civil War soldier struggles with courage & fear. |
| Renaldo & Clara |
Bob Dylan |
1978 |
Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Allen Ginsburg |
Bob Dylan's "Rolling Thunder Revue" concert tour. |
| Roma |
Federico Fellini |
1972 |
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Impressionistic, plot-less images of 1970's Rome. |
| Rules of the Game |
Jean Renoir |
1939 |
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A contrast of bourgeoisie and servants in France. |
| Satyricon |
Federico Fellini |
1969 |
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Visually elaborate drama about life in ancient Rome. |
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Won an Oscar. Italian, subtitled. |
| Scarface |
Howard Hawks |
1932 |
Boris Karloff |
Gangster story loosely based on life of Al Capone. |
| Scorpio Rising |
Kenneth Anger |
1964 |
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The original music video. 30 minutes long. |
| Seconds |
John Frankenheimer |
1966 |
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Man is given new identity but clashes with old life. |
| Serpico |
Sidney Lumet |
1973 |
Al Pacino |
True story of New York cop who exposed bad cops. |
| The Seven Samurai |
Akira Kurosawa |
1954 |
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Classic, poetic film about 16th century Japanese warriors. |
| Shallow Grave |
Danny Boyle |
1994 |
Ewan McGregor |
Same director as "Trainspotting". Stark Scottish crime. |
| Shane |
George Stevens |
1953 |
Jack Palance, Ellen Corby |
Gunfighter defends homesteaders in the Old West. |
| Shock Corridor |
Sam Fuller |
1963 |
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Journalist goes under cover into asylum, but then goes crazy. |
| The Shootist |
Don Siegel |
1976 |
John Wayne, Ron Howard, Jimmy Stewart |
Elderly gunslinger gets cancer and tries to die with dignity. |
| Sleuth |
Joseph Mankiewicz |
1972 |
Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine |
Based on play about mystery writer's plot. Many plot twists. |
| Sorcerer |
William Friedkin |
1977 |
Roy Scheider |
Truck drivers transport unstable dynamite through forests. |
| Stagecoach |
Stagecoach |
1939 |
John Wayne, John Carradine |
Famous Western about passengers in a stagecoach. 2 Oscars. |
| Stromboli |
Roberto Rossellini |
1949 |
Ingrid Bergman |
Refugee marries an American fisherman but then gets bored. |
| Sunset Boulevard |
Billy Wilder |
1950 |
Cecil B. DeMille, Buster Keaton |
Star from Silent Film era living in the past. 3 Oscars. |
| Swept Away by an Unusual |
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| Destiny in the Blue Sea |
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| of August |
Lina Wertmüller |
1975 |
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Cast-away love-story on tropical island. |
| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
John Huston |
1948 |
Humphrey Bogart |
3 prospectors looking for gold get greedy. Won 3 Oscars. |
| Valley of the Dolls |
Mark Robson |
1967 |
Sharon Tate, Patty Duke |
3 women enter show business & struggle with its excesses. |
| Wanda Nevada |
Peter Fonda |
1979 |
Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Henry Fonda |
Drama about a drifter and a young orphan in the Old West. |
| White Hunter, Black Heart |
Clint Eastwood |
1990 |
Clint Eastwood |
Drama about director John Huston hunting for elephants. |
| Who’s That Knocking At My Door? |
Martin Scorsese |
1968 |
Harvey Keitel |
Scorsese's autobiography, about New York upbringing. |
| The Wild Angels |
Roger Corman |
1966 |
Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern |
Story of a motorcycle gang and their outlaw lifestyle. |
| The Wild One |
Laszlo Benedek |
1954 |
Marlon Brando, Lee Marvin |
The original outlaw biker film.Brando as brooding rebel. |
| Women In Love |
Ken Russell |
1969 |
Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed |
Based on DH Lawrence book about love affairs. Won Oscar. |
| Zero for Conduct |
Jean Vigo |
1933 |
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Drama/Comedy about children in a French boarding school. |
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| Billion Dollar Brain |
Ken Russell |
1967 |
Michael Caine, Karl Malden |
Art-film about espionage in Scandinavia. |
| Bridge on the River Kwai |
David Lean |
1957 |
Alec Guinness |
British POW's in Japan build & destroy bridge. 7 Oscars. |
| Bullitt |
Peter Yates |
1968 |
Steve McQueen, Robert Duvall |
Police detective in lots of car chases through San Francisco. |
| The Burglars |
Henri Verneuil |
1972 |
Omar Sharif |
Crime mystery in Greece. (aka 'Le Casse') |
| Casino Royale |
Val Guest |
1967 |
Peter Sellers, O. Welles, Woody Allen |
Spoof of Bond movies, with many James Bonds. |
| Colors |
Dennis Hopper |
1988 |
Sean Penn, Robert Duvall |
Urban street drama in LA. Gangs vs. Cops. |
| Coogan’s Bluff |
Don Siegel |
1968 |
Clint Eastwood |
Arizona lawman comes to New York to fight crime. |
| The Day of the Jackal |
Fred Zinnemann |
1973 |
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| Dirty Mary Crazy Larry |
John Hough |
1974 |
Peter Fonda, Susan George |
Car-chase movie about a race-car driver & girlfriend. |
| Dog Day Afteroon |
Sidney Lumet |
1975 |
Al Pacino |
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| Dr. No |
Terence Young |
1962 |
Sean Connery, Jack Lord |
The first James Bond film |
| The Eiger Sanction |
Clint Eastwood |
1975 |
Clint Eastwood |
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| The Enforcer |
James Fargo |
1976 |
Clint Eastwood |
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| Fighting Mad |
Jonathan Demme |
1976 |
Peter Fonda |
Farmer has farm stolen, gets revenge. |
| First Blood |
Ted Kotcheff |
1982 |
Sylvester Stallone |
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| Fist Full of Dollars |
Sergio Leone |
1964 |
Clint Eastwood |
First of the Italian "Spaghetti Westerns" |
| For a Few Dollars More |
Sergio Leone |
1965 |
Clint Eastwood |
Sequel to the above. |
| The French Connection |
William Friedkin |
1971 |
Gene Hackman |
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| The Good, The Bad & The Ugly |
Sergio Leone |
1966 |
Clint Eastwood |
The last Eastwood "Spaghetti Western". |
| The Great Escape |
John Sturges |
1963 |
Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson |
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| High-Ballin' |
Peter Carter |
1978 |
Peter Fonda |
Good 'ol boy truckers battle for king of the road. |
| Killer Force |
Val Guest |
1975 |
Peter Fonda, OJ Simpson, Telly Savales |
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| The Killer |
John Woo |
1989 |
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| Magnum Force |
Ted Post |
1973 |
Clint Eastwood, David Soul |
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| Marathon Man |
John Schlesinger |
1976 |
Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman |
NAZI fugitives involved in 1970's crime rings. |
| The Naked Prey |
Cornel Wilde |
1966 |
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| On Her Majesty’s Secret Service |
Peter Hunt |
1969 |
George Lazenby, Telly Savales |
James Bond gets married. |
| The Osterman Weekend |
Sam Peckinpah |
1983 |
Rutger Hauer, Dennis Hopper |
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| Outlaw Josey Wales |
Clint Eastwood |
1976 |
Clint Eastwood |
Clint Eastwood Western. |
| Rambo III; First Blood Part III |
Peter MacDonald |
1988 |
Sylvester Stallone |
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| Red Sonja |
Richard Fleischer |
1985 |
Brigitte Nielsen , Arnold Swarzenegger |
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| Thunderball |
Terence Young |
1965 |
Sean Connery |
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| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot |
Michael Cimino |
1974 |
Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges |
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| Walking Tall |
Phil Karlson |
1973 |
Joe Do Baker |
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| Walking Tall Part II |
Earl Bellamy |
1975 |
Bo Svenson |
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| Final Chapter - Walking Tall |
Jack Starrett |
1977 |
Bo Svenson |
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| The Warriors |
Walter Hill |
1979 |
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New York gang crosses foreign turf and gets into trouble. |
| Where Eagles Dare |
Brian Hutton |
1969 |
Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton |
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| And Now for Something Completely Different |
Terry Gilliam |
1971 |
Monty Python |
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| A Shot in the Dark |
Blake Edwards |
1964 |
Peter Sellers |
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| The Boob Tube |
Christopher Odin |
1975 |
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| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu |
Piers Haggard |
1980 |
Peter Sellers |
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| The General |
Buster Keaton |
1927 |
Buster Keaton |
Comedy about stolen train during Civil War. Silent film. |
| High Anxiety |
Mel Brooks |
1977 |
Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn |
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| Hot Shots |
Jim Abrahams |
1991 |
Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges |
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| Hot Shots, Part Deux |
Jim Abrahams |
1993 |
Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges |
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| It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
Stanley Kramer |
1963 |
Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Micky Rooney |
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Phil Silvers, The Three Stooges |
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| Jabberwocky |
Terry Gilliam |
1977 |
Monty Python |
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| The Kentucky Fried Movie |
John Landis |
1977 |
Forrest J. Ackerman |
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| The Last Remake of Beau Geste |
Marty Feldman |
1977 |
Marty Feldman, Anne Margret, Ed McMahon |
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| Life Stinks |
Mel Brooks |
1971 |
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| The Longest Yard |
Robert Aldrich |
1974 |
Burt Reynolds, Bernadette Peters |
Comedy about convicts playing pro football |
| The Magic Christian |
Joseph McGrath |
1969 |
Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Christopher Lee |
Written by John Cleese |
| Modern Times |
Charlie Chaplin |
1936 |
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| Mother, Jugs & Speed |
Peter Yates |
1976 |
Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel |
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| The Party |
Blake Edwards |
1968 |
Peter Sellers |
Pre-Pink Panther Peter Sellers comedy. |
| The Pink Panther |
Blake Edwards |
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Peter Sellers, David Niven, Robert Wagner |
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| The Pink Panther Strikes Again |
Blake Edwards |
1976 |
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| The Producers |
Mel Brooks |
1968 |
Zero Mostel |
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| Raising Arizona |
Joel Cohen |
1987 |
Nicholas Cage, John Goodman |
Black comedy about small-time criminals. |
| The Return of the Pink Panther |
Blake Edwards |
1974 |
Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer |
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| The Revenge of the Pink Panther |
Blake Edwards |
1978 |
Peter Sellers |
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| Room Service |
William Seiter |
1938 |
The Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball |
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| The Rutles |
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| Silent Movie |
Mel Brooks |
1976 |
Marty Feldman, Marcel Marceau |
An actual silent movie, with only one spoken line. |
| Sherlock Jr. |
Buster Keaton |
1924 |
Buster Keaton |
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| The Sunshine Boys |
Herbert Ross |
1975 |
George Burns, Walter Matthau |
Based on the play by Neil Simon |
| Trail of the Pink Panther |
Blake Edwards |
1982 |
Peter Sellers, David Niven, Harvey Korman |
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| The Twelve Chairs |
Mel Brooks |
1970 |
Dom Deluise |
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| Akira |
Katsuhiro Otomo |
1988 |
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| American Pop |
Ralph Bakshi |
1981 |
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| The Big Freeze |
Ralph Bakshi |
1971 |
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| Cool World |
Ralph Bakshi |
1992 |
Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne |
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| Heavy Metal |
Gerald Potterton |
1981 |
John Candy |
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| Hey Good Lookin' |
Ralph Bakshi |
1982 |
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| Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat |
Robert Taylor |
1974 |
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| Ladies & Gentlemen; The Rolling Stones |
Rollin Binzer |
1973 |
The Rolling Stones |
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| The Last Waltz |
Martin Scorsese |
1978 |
Bob Dylan & The Band |
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| Nanook of the North |
Robert Flaherty |
1922 |
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First ever Documentary. About Eskimos. |
| Let's Spend the Night Together |
Hal Ashby |
1982 |
The Rolling Stones |
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| Scenes From the Life of Andy Warhol |
Jonas Mekas |
1982 |
Everyone from The Factory |
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| Fantasy / Science Fiction |
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| Capricorn One |
Peter Hyams |
1978 |
OJ Simpon, Telly Savales |
Manned Mars landings are faked by NASA on TV. |
| DarkStar |
John Carpenter |
1973 |
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Sci-Fi satire. John Carpenter's first film. |
| Death Race 2000 |
Paul Bartel |
1975 |
David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone |
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| Donovan's Brain |
Felix Feist |
1953 |
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Steven King recommended |
| The First Men in the Moon |
Bruce Gordon |
1919 |
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| Food of the Gods |
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| Forbidden Planet |
Fred Wilcox |
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Leslie Nielsen |
Sci-Fi version of Shakespear's "The Tempest" |
| Futureworld |
Richard Heffron |
1976 |
Peter Fonda, Yul Brynner |
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| Idaho Transfer |
Peter Fonda |
1974 |
Keith Carradine |
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| Jacob's Ladder |
Adrian Lyn |
1990 |
Tim Robbins, Ving Rhames |
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| Legend |
Ridley Scott |
1985 |
Tom Cruise, Tim Curry |
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| The Man Whe Fell to Earth |
Nicolas Roeg |
1976 |
David Bowie |
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| Metropolis |
Fritz Lang |
1926 |
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| Outland |
Peter Hyams |
1981 |
Sean Connery, John Ratzenberger |
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| Rollerball |
Norman Jewison |
1975 |
James Caan |
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| Running Man |
Paul Michael Glaser |
1987 |
Schwarzenegger, Mick Fleetwood, Dweezil Zappa |
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| THX 1138 |
George Lucas |
1970 |
Robert Duvall |
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| Trip to the Moon |
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1899 |
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| Westworld |
Miachael Crichton |
1973 |
Yul Brenner |
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| Scary Movies |
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| Arnold |
Georg Fenday |
1973 |
Elsa Lanchester (see below) |
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| Black Sunday |
Mario Bava |
1960 |
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Italian, subtitled. Tim Burton's favorite horror film. |
| Bride of Frankenstein |
James Whale |
1935 |
Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester |
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| The Cat and the Canary |
Radley Metzger |
1979 |
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| The Crawling Hand |
Herbert Strock |
1963 |
Alan Hale (The Skipper on 'Gilligan's Island') |
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| The Curse of Frankenstein |
Terence Fisher |
1957 |
Peter Cushing |
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| Dead Ringers |
David Cronenberg |
1988 |
Jeremy Irons |
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| Dracula |
Tod Browning |
1931 |
Bela Lugosi |
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| The Evil of Frankenstein |
Freddie Franics |
1964 |
Hammer Film Productions |
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| Fiend Without a Face |
Arthur Crabtree |
1958 |
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| Frankenstein |
James Whale |
1932 |
Boris Karloff |
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| Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell |
Terence Fisher |
1974 |
Peter Cushing |
The last Frankenstein film from Hammer Productions |
| The Fury |
Brian De Palma |
1978 |
Kirk Douglas |
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| Halloween |
John Carpenter |
1978 |
Jamie Lee Curtis |
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| The Hand |
Oliver Stone |
1981 |
Michael Caine |
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| The Hills Have Eyes |
Wes Craven |
1978 |
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| The Howling |
Joe Dante |
1981 |
John Carradine, Forrest J. Ackerman (book customer) |
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| To Kill a Clown |
George Bloomfield |
1972 |
Alan Alda |
Couple in troubled marriage stranded on island with psycho. |
| The Last House on the Left |
Wes Craven |
1972 |
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| The Hunger |
Tony Scott |
1983 |
David Bowie, Susan Sarandon |
Story about female vampires. |
| The Mephisto Waltz |
Paul Wendkos |
1971 |
Alan Alda |
Journalist is lured in to evil cult. Pre-MASH Alda. |
| Night of the Living Dead |
George Romero |
1968 |
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| A Nightmare on Elm Street |
Wes Craven |
1984 |
Johnny Depp |
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| Son of Frankenstein |
Bela Lugosi |
1939 |
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| The Tennant |
Roman Polanski |
1976 |
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(aka "Le Locataire") |
| Trog |
Freddie Francis |
1970 |
Joan Crawford |
Joan Crawford's last film |
| Nosferatu |
F.W Murnau |
1922 |
Max Schreck |
The orginal Dracula film, and the weirdest. |
| Race With the Devil |
Jack Starrett |
1975 |
Peter Fonda, Loretta Swit |
Couples pursued by cult members. |
| The Revenge of Frankenstein |
Terence Fisher |
1958 |
Peter Cushing |
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| Sssssss |
Bernard Kowalski |
1973 |
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(aka "SSSSnake") |
| The Terror |
Roger Corman & Coppola |
1963 |
Boris Karloff & Jack Nicholson |
Filmed in 4 days. |
| Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
Tobe Hooper |
1974 |
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| Wolfen |
Michael Wadleigh |
1981 |
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| Midnight Movies |
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