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    The Cloud-Capped Star 1960 POSTER

    The Cloud-Capped Star

    1960

    Bangla

    7.8

    26

    86%

    86%

    Action

    calcutta

    criterion

    Drama

    Musical

    poverty

    refugee

    self sacrifice

    Ritwik Ghatak Ritwik Ghatak Director Arati Das Arati Das as Narayan Dhar Narayan Dhar as Suresh Chatterjee Suresh Chatterjee as (as Suresh Chattopadhyay) Ranen Ray Choudhury Ranen Ray Choudhury as Baul singer
    A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.
    Taipei Story 1985 POSTER

    Taipei Story

    1985

    Chinese

    7.6

    12

    100%

    89%

    Action

    childhood sweetheart

    criterion

    Drama

    regret

    taipei

    taiwan

    Edward Yang Edward Yang Director Nai-Chu Ting Nai-Chu Ting as Hsiu-Ling Lin Hsiu-Ling Lin as A-Ling Edward Yang Edward Yang as Bartender Hsiao-Hsien Hou Hsiao-Hsien Hou as Lung
    A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.
    State of Siege 1972 POSTER

    State of Siege

    1972

    French

    7.7

    19

    78%

    89%

    Action

    Crime

    criterion

    curfew

    Drama

    guerrilla warfare

    martial law

    Mystery

    Thriller

    torture

    Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras Director Harald Wolff Harald Wolff as Minister of Foreign Affairs Yves Montand Yves Montand as Philip Michael Santore Jacques Perrin Jacques Perrin as Telephone Operator Héctor Noguera Héctor Noguera as Tupamaro Leader
    Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
    One Sings, the Other Doesn't 1977 POSTER

    One Sings, the Other Doesn't

    1977

    French

    7.4

    8

    65%

    81%

    Action

    criterion

    Drama

    History

    woman director

    Agnès Varda Agnès Varda Director Gilette Barbier Gilette Barbier as Marion Hänsel Marion Hänsel as La funambule enceinte Valérie Mairesse Valérie Mairesse as Pauline alias Pomme Thérèse Liotard Thérèse Liotard as Suzanne Galibier - puis Aubanel
    The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.
    Celine and Julie Go Boating 1974 POSTER

    Celine and Julie Go Boating

    1974

    French

    7.2

    14

    80%

    87%

    Action

    anarchic comedy

    Comedy

    criterion

    Drama

    dramatic

    Fantasy

    mysterious

    Mystery

    Jacques Rivette Jacques Rivette Director Philippe Clévenot Philippe Clévenot as Guilou Marie-Thérèse Saussure Marie-Thérèse Saussure as Poupie Marie-France Pisier Marie-France Pisier as Sophie Jean-Claude Biette Jean-Claude Biette as Spectateur au cabaret
    Julie, a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline, an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama.
    The Color of Pomegranates 1969 POSTER

    The Color of Pomegranates

    1969

    Armenian

    17

    94%

    82%

    Action

    armenian

    bewildered

    Biography

    complex

    criterion

    Drama

    dubious

    History

    Music

    poet

    Sergei Parajanov Sergei Parajanov Director L. Karamyan L. Karamyan as G. Margaryan G. Margaryan as G. Matsukatov G. Matsukatov as Gogi Gegechkori Gogi Gegechkori as Poet
    The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells Sayat-Nova's dramatic story by using both his poems and largely still camerawork, creating a work hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.
    The New Land 1972 POSTER

    The New Land

    1972

    Swedish

    8.0

    17

    100%

    86%

    Action

    criterion

    Drama

    Western

    Jan Troell Jan Troell Director Allan Edwall Allan Edwall as Danjel Max von Sydow Max von Sydow as Karl Oskar Liv Ullmann Liv Ullmann as Kristina Per Oscarsson Per Oscarsson as Pastor Törner
    A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California.
    Beau Travail 1999 POSTER

    Beau Travail

    1999

    French

    7.3

    28

    87%

    76%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    criterion

    dance

    Drama

    foreign legion

    masculinity

    War

    woman director

    Claire Denis Claire Denis Director Mona Lisa Mona Lisa as Michel Subor Michel Subor as Commander Bruno Forestier Grégoire Colin Grégoire Colin as Gilles Sentain Nicolas Duvauchelle Nicolas Duvauchelle as Legionnaire
    Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.
    Seconds 1966 POSTER

    Seconds

    1966

    English

    7.6

    24

    79%

    87%

    Action

    black and white

    criterion

    plastic surgery

    Sci-Fi

    Thriller

    John Frankenheimer John Frankenheimer Director John Randolph John Randolph as Arthur Hamilton Murray Hamilton Murray Hamilton as Charlie Salome Jens Salome Jens as Nora Marcus Michael Masters Michael Masters as Orderly
    An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.
    The Hidden Fortress 1958 POSTER

    The Hidden Fortress

    1958

    Japanese

    8.0

    50

    96%

    92%

    Action

    Adventure

    criterion

    Drama

    gold

    japan

    jidaigeki

    male friendship

    peasant

    Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Director Takeshi Katô Takeshi Katô as Fleeing, bloody samurai Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune as General Rokurota Makabe Kichijirô Ueda Kichijirô Ueda as Slave Trader Tadao Nakamaru Tadao Nakamaru as Young Man
    In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
    The Earrings of Madame De... 1953 POSTER

    The Earrings of Madame De...

    1953

    French

    7.9

    9

    97%

    90%

    Action

    black and white

    countess

    criterion

    debt

    Drama

    earring

    italian

    Romance

    Max Ophüls Max Ophüls Director Charles Boyer Charles Boyer as Général André de... Hubert Noël Hubert Noël as Henri de Maleville Paul Azaïs Paul Azaïs as Le premier cocher Daniel Mendaille Daniel Mendaille as Un passant
    In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance 1974 POSTER

    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

    1974

    Japanese

    6.3

    13

    59%

    59%

    Action

    assassin

    corrupt official

    criterion

    Drama

    imperialism

    meiji period

    Thriller

    Toshiya Fujita Toshiya Fujita Director Mizuho Suzuki Mizuho Suzuki as Narrator Jûzô Itami Jûzô Itami as Ransui Tokunaga Meiko Kaji Meiko Kaji as Shurayuki-hime Yoshio Harada Yoshio Harada as Shusuke Tokunaga
    Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
    Take Out 2004 POSTER

    Take Out

    2004

    Chinese

    7.1

    8

    100%

    76%

    Action

    criterion

    Drama

    woman director

    Sean Baker Sean Baker Director Karren Karagulian Karren Karagulian as Chicken or beef Amin Joseph Amin Joseph as Hip-hop apartment Shengyi Huang Shengyi Huang as Ming's cousin Theodore Bouloukos Theodore Bouloukos as No speakee English
    An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.
    An Autumn Afternoon 1962 POSTER

    An Autumn Afternoon

    1962

    Japanese

    8.0

    10

    95%

    90%

    Action

    criterion

    Drama

    existential loneliness

    family relationships

    japan

    tokyo, japan

    widower

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Masao Oda Masao Oda as Dousousei Watanabe Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Sakuma - The 'Gourd' Shinobu Asaji Shinobu Asaji as Youko Sasaki, hisho Teruo Yoshida Teruo Yoshida as Yutaka Miura
    Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
    Still Walking 2008 POSTER

    Still Walking

    2008

    Japanese

    38

    100%

    90%

    Action

    bereavement

    criterion

    Drama

    family gathering

    family relationships

    family reunion

    father son conflict

    Hirokazu Koreeda Hirokazu Koreeda Director Haruko Katô Haruko Katô as You You as Chinami Kataoka Kazuya Takahashi Kazuya Takahashi as Nobuo Kataoka Susumu Terajima Susumu Terajima as Sushi deliverer
    A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
    A Face in the Crowd 1957 POSTER

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957

    English

    8.2

    28

    89%

    93%

    Action

    arkansas

    black and white

    criterion

    Drama

    fame

    Music

    personality

    television

    Elia Kazan Elia Kazan Director John Cameron Swayze John Cameron Swayze as John Cameron Swayze Charles Nelson Reilly Charles Nelson Reilly as Minor Role Mary Boylan Mary Boylan as One of Lonesome's Relatives R.G. Armstrong R.G. Armstrong as TV Prompter Operator
    The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.
    Ashes and Diamonds 1958 POSTER

    Ashes and Diamonds

    1958

    Polish

    7.7

    11

    96%

    87%

    black and white

    criterion

    Drama

    polish resistance

    post war

    post world war ii

    Romance

    soviet military

    War

    Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Wajda Director Zofia Czerwinska Zofia Czerwinska as Barmaid Lili Stanislaw Milski Stanislaw Milski as Pieniazek Aleksander Sewruk Aleksander Sewruk as Swiecki Ryszard Pietruski Ryszard Pietruski as Worker in the Crowd
    A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
    Lady Snowblood 1973 POSTER

    Lady Snowblood

    1973

    Japanese

    7.6

    31

    100%

    85%

    Action

    assassin

    blood bath

    Crime

    criterion

    Drama

    japan

    rape and revenge

    revenge

    Thriller

    Toshiya Fujita Toshiya Fujita Director Eiji Okada Eiji Okada as Gishirô Tsukamoto Toshio Kurosawa Toshio Kurosawa as Ryûrei Ashio Miyoko Akaza Miyoko Akaza as Sayo Kashima Akemi Negishi Akemi Negishi as Tajire no Okiku
    Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
    Black Girl 1966 POSTER

    Black Girl

    1966

    French

    7.4

    7

    94%

    75%

    criterion

    Drama

    france

    homesickness

    immigrant

    suicide

    work

    Ousmane Sembene Ousmane Sembene Director Sophie Sophie as Couple's Daughter Philippe Philippe as Couple's Oldest Son Suzanne Lemeri Suzanne Lemeri as Old Female Guest Raymond Lemeri Raymond Lemeri as Old Male Guest
    Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
    Certified Copy 2010 POSTER

    Certified Copy

    2010

    French

    29

    89%

    70%

    Action

    criterion

    Drama

    estranged father

    italian art

    pair of earrings

    Romance

    tuscany, italy

    wedding anniversary

    Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami Director Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche as Elle Adrian Moore Adrian Moore as Le fils Andrea Laurenzi Andrea Laurenzi as Le guide Angelo Barbagallo Angelo Barbagallo as Le traducteur
    In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.
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