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942 Gosford Park 2001 Altman, Robert UK / USA / Germany / Italy YU
2102 The Others 2001 Amenábar, Alejandro Spain / France / USA Y
2253 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio 2005 Anderson, Jane USA D
374 Boogie Nights 1997 Anderson, Paul Thomas USA Y
915 There Will Be Blood 2007 Anderson, Paul Thomas USA DBUP
2269 A Walk in the Clouds 1995 Arau, Alfonso USA / Mexico YS
823 My Brilliant Career 1979 Armstrong, Gillian Australia Y
1373 Little Women 1994 Armstrong, Gillian USA YU
2233 Glinka 1946 Arnshtam, Lev Soviet Union
906 Bound for Glory 1976 Ashby, Hal USA Y
2279 Les Destinees 2000 Assayas, Olivier France / Switzerland D
1054 Shadowlands 1993 Attenborough, Richard UK Y
2235 Chaplin 1992 Attenborough, Richard UK / USA / France / Italy DUS
2252 Young Winston 1972 Attenborough, Richard UK Y
616 Pelle the Conqueror 1987 August, Bille Denmark / Sweden D
1735 The Best Intentions 1992 August, Bille Sweden / Germany / UK / Italy / France / Denmark / Finland / Norway / Iceland Y
2250 Rouge et Noir 1954 Autant-Lara, Claude Italy / France
2157 Fried Green Tomatoes 1991 Avnet, Jon USA DU
829 Babette's Feast 1987 Axel, Gabriel Denmark YUP
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2233 Crazy in Alabama 1999 Banderas, Antonio USA YU
2300 Okraina 1933 Barnet, Boris Soviet Union Y
2248 O Quatrilho 1995 Barreto, Fábio Brazil
1775 The Overcoat 1959 Batalov, Aleksei Soviet Union
1134 Casque d'or 1952 Becker, Jacques France Y
1981 Les Enfants du Marais 1999 Becker, Jean France
2233 Good Morning, Night 2003 Bellocchio, Marco Italy D
2279 Racing with the Moon 1984 Benjamin, Richard USA DUP
1186 Bad Company 1972 Benton, Robert USA DUP
853 Driving Miss Daisy 1989 Beresford, Bruce USA YS
60 Fanny & Alexander 1982 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden / France / West Germany D
148 The Seventh Seal 1957 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
1956 The Virgin Spring 1960 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
2250 Les Misérables 1934 Bernard, Raymond France
470 Jean de Florette 1986 Berri, Claude France / Switzerland / Italy DS
1126 The Two of Us 1967 Berri, Claude France D
1845 Germinal 1993 Berri, Claude Belgium / France / Italy
196 1900 1976 Bertolucci, Bernardo France / Italy / West Germany DS
2179 The Dreamers 2003 Bertolucci, Bernardo Italy / France / UK DS
2214 Country Life 1994 Blakemore, Michael Australia D
2123 Nickelodeon 1976 Bogdanovich, Peter UK / USA
2190 The Cat's Meow 2001 Bogdanovich, Peter Canada / Germany / UK Y
2250 Daisy Miller 1974 Bogdanovich, Peter USA YUP
651 Les Misérables 1935 Boleslawski, Richard USA D
2279 The Big Town 1987 Bolt, Ben / Becker, Harold USA D
2172 The Grey Fox 1982 Borsos, Phillip Canada Y
1574 Much Ado About Nothing 1993 Branagh, Kenneth UK / USA YU
2279 The Last Mistress 2007 Breillat, Catherine France / Italy
1260 Lancelot of the Lake 1974 Bresson, Robert France / Italy Y
2174 Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne 1945 Bresson, Robert France Y
2246 The Trial of Joan of Arc 1962 Bresson, Robert France
1396 The Shooting Party 1985 Bridges, Alan UK D
1605 Marat/Sade 1967 Brook, Peter UK D
NR Edison, the Man 1940 Brown, Clarence USA V
1796 Othello 1965 Burge, Stuart / Dexter, John UK D
2279 The Illusionist 2006 Burger, Neil Czech Republic / USA DU
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232 Titanic 1997 Cameron, James USA DS
214 The Piano 1993 Campion, Jane Australia / New Zealand / France DS
1905 The Portrait of a Lady 1996 Campion, Jane UK / USA D
2235 Les Misérables 1912 Capellani, Albert France
2288 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys 2002 Care, Peter USA DS
45 Children of Paradise 1945 Carné, Marcel France D
2107 The Notebook 2004 Cassavetes, Nick USA DUS
1916 Romeo and Juliet 1954 Castellani, Renato Italy / UK Y
2270 Scandal 1989 Caton-Jones, Michael UK / USA
2006 Violette 1978 Chabrol, Claude France / Canada D
2285 The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Chadwick, Justin UK / USA DBUPS
2190 Destiny 1997 Chahine, Youssef France / Egypt Y
296 Farewell My Concubine 1993 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong DS
2047 Temptress Moon 1996 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong D
2264 The Promise 2005 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea DU
2233 Gabrielle 2005 Chéreau, Patrice France / Italy D
1735 Kung Fu Hustle 2004 Chow, Stephen China / Hong Kong DBU
2235 Nana 1955 Christian-Jaque France / Italy
2296 The Flame of New Orleans 1941 Clair, René USA D
2235 The Great Gatsby 1974 Clayton, Jack USA DUP
1934 Monsieur Vincent 1947 Cloche, Maurice France D
518 Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005 Clooney, George USA DB
994 Miller's Crossing 1990 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA D
1495 Dreamgirls 2006 Condon, Bill USA DBUS
1664 Kinsey 2004 Condon, Bill USA / Germany YU
2248 Daens 1992 Coninx, Stijn Belgium / France / Netherlands Y
1474 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2004 Conran, Kerry USA / UK / Italy DBUS
2142 The Cotton Club 1984 Coppola, Francis Ford USA YS
2005 Marie Antoinette 2006 Coppola, Sofia Japan / France / USA DU
2279 The Virgin Suicides 1999 Coppola, Sofia USA DUS
2124 Farinelli: Il Castrato 1994 Corbiau, Gérard Italy / Belgium / France YU
2248 The Music Teacher 1988 Corbiau, Gérard Belgium / France Y
1820 Pit and the Pendulum 1961 Corman, Roger USA
1691 Tous les matins du monde 1991 Corneau, Alain France DS
2017 I Am a Camera 1955 Cornelius, Henry UK
2017 Desert Bloom 1986 Corr, Eugene USA D
1695 Hollywoodland 2006 Coulter, Allen USA DU
2233 The Golden Door 2006 Crialese, Emanuele France / Italy D
NR The Great Train Robbery 1979 Crichton, Michael UK DU
1075 Anna and the King of Siam 1946 Cromwell, John USA YS
2250 Butterfly 1999 Cuerda, José Luis Spain Y
388 Camille 1936 Cukor, George USA D
439 David Copperfield 1935 Cukor, George USA D
885 Gaslight 1944 Cukor, George USA Y
901 Romeo and Juliet 1936 Cukor, George USA D
2235 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 1939 Cummings, Irving USA V
1609 The Painted Veil 2006 Curran, John USA DU
2017 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 Curtiz, Michael USA DS
2235 The Egyptian 1954 Curtiz, Michael USA VS
2250 Catherine the Great 1934 Czinner, Paul UK Y
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2141 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2002 Dai, Sijie France / China D
530 The Hours 2002 Daldry, Stephen USA YU
2279 The Majestic 2001 Darabont, Frank USA DS
1750 The House of Mirth 2000 Davies, Terence UK / France / Germany / USA Y
2233 Appassionate 1999 De Bernardi, Tonino Italy
1909 The Tracker 2002 de Heer, Rolf Australia D
1785 The Good Shepherd 2006 De Niro, Robert USA DU
2233 Palavra e Utopia 2000 de Oliveira, Manoel Spain / Italy / France / Brazil / Portugal
2300 Francisca 1981 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal
477 The Untouchables 1987 De Palma, Brian USA YBUS
2233 The Black Dahlia 2006 De Palma, Brian Germany / USA DU
559 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 del Toro, Guillermo Mexico / Spain / USA DB
2017 The Devil's Backbone 2001 del Toro, Guillermo Spain / Mexico D
2235 Unconquered 1947 DeMille, Cecil B. USA D
2190 Swing Shift 1984 Demme, Jonathan USA YU
2214 Beloved 1998 Demme, Jonathan USA DS
2233 Almost Peaceful 2002 Deville, Michel France Y
2264 Benjamin 1968 Deville, Michel France
2279 The Duchess 2008 Dibb, Saul UK DBS
2017 The Queen of Spades 1949 Dickinson, Thorold UK D
968 The Devil & Daniel Webster 1941 Dieterle, William USA YS
1050 The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936 Dieterle, William USA Y
1175 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939 Dieterle, William USA YS
1950 On His Own 1939 Donskoy, Mark Soviet Union
2235 Mat 1955 Donskoy, Mark Soviet Union
2233 The Venice Project 1999 Dornhelm, Robert Austria / USA
1957 Comrades 1987 Douglas, Bill UK
703 Day of Wrath 1943 Dreyer, Carl Theodor Denmark D
2283 The Journey of August King 1995 Duigan, John USA D
2261 The Libertine 2004 Dunmore, Laurence UK D
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2006 Changeling 2008 Eastwood, Clint USA S
1715 Little Dorrit 1988 Edzard, Christine UK Y
1575 My Twentieth Century 1989 Enyedi, Ildikó Hungary / West Germany / Cuba Y
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2264 Aimée & Jaguar 1999 Färberböck, Max Germany Y
2250 Thunder in the East 1934 Farkas, Nicolas / Tourjansky, Viktor France / UK
730 Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Italy / West Germany D
1150 Effi Briest 1974 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
678 Fellini Satyricon 1969 Fellini, Federico Italy / France YS
2300 And the Ship Sails On 1983 Fellini, Federico France / Italy Y
2300 Casanova 1976 Fellini, Federico Italy / USA
2289 Lady Chatterley 2006 Ferran, Pascale Belgium / France / UK D
1790 Carnival in Flanders 1935 Feyder, Jacques France / Germany Y
2047 Knight Without Armor 1937 Feyder, Jacques UK
1527 Zodiac 2007 Fincher, David USA DBU
1802 Doctor Dolittle 1967 Fleischer, Richard USA YU
2017 Gilles' Wife 2004 Fonteyne, Frédéric Belgium / France / Luxembourg / Italy / Switzerland D
2264 The Slipper and the Rose 1976 Forbes, Bryan UK D
246 Amadeus 1984 Forman, Milos USA DUS
2172 Ragtime 1981 Forman, Milos USA YUP
2279 Valmont 1989 Forman, Milos France / USA D
851 Finding Neverland 2004 Forster, Marc UK / USA DB
2264 The Fixer 1968 Frankenheimer, John USA Y
2248 The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1934 Franklin, Sidney USA Y
345 Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Frears, Stephen USA / UK YUP
2051 Liam 2000 Frears, Stephen UK / Germany / France Y
2157 Mrs. Henderson Presents 2005 Frears, Stephen UK D
2293 Mary Reilly 1996 Frears, Stephen USA DU
2279 Bright Young Things 2003 Fry, Stephen UK D
2279 I Capture the Castle 2003 Fywell, Tim UK D
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2017 Abel Gance's Beethoven 1936 Gance, Abel France D
2233 La Dame aux camélias 1934 Gance, Abel / Rivers, Fernand France
2248 The Grandfather 1998 Garci, José Luis Spain Y
2233 Garpastum 2005 German, Aleksei Ml. Russia
2279 Wilde 1997 Gilbert, Brian UK / Germany / Japan DS
1538 The Best of Youth 2003 Giordana, Marco Tullio Italy D
2172 The Red Violin 1998 Girard, François Canada / Italy / UK DUS
2248 38 - Vienna Before the Fall 1986 Glück, Wolfgang Austria / West Germany Y
2279 Me Without You 2001 Goldbacher, Sandra UK / Germany D
2256 The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick 1988 Goldstein, Allan A. Canada V
2289 A Walk on the Moon 1999 Goldwyn, Tony USA DS
1400 Cyrano de Bergerac 1950 Gordon, Michael USA YUPS
2279 Mrs. Dalloway 1997 Gorris, Marleen UK / USA / Netherlands DS
1199 Lagaan 2001 Gowariker, Ashutosh India Y
2285 We Own the Night 2007 Gray, James USA DBUP
2233 Nightwatching 2007 Greenaway, Peter Canada / France / Germany / Poland / Netherlands / UK
1949 Songcatcher 2000 Greenwald, Maggie USA D
1526 Orphans of the Storm 1921 Griffith, D.W. USA YU
2279 Such a Long Journey 1998 Gunnarsson, Sturla UK / Canada V
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2279 Angels & Insects 1995 Haas, Philip USA / UK D
972 The Cider House Rules 1999 Hallström, Lasse USA Y
2017 Casanova 2005 Hallström, Lasse USA DB
1887 Carrington 1995 Hampton, Christopher UK / France Y
91 L.A. Confidential 1997 Hanson, Curtis USA DBS
2235 Jud Süß 1940 Harlan, Veit Germany
2279 I Shot Andy Warhol 1996 Harron, Mary UK / USA DS
727 The Lion in Winter 1968 Harvey, Anthony UK DS
620 Far from Heaven 2002 Haynes, Todd France / USA YS
2047 Velvet Goldmine 1998 Haynes, Todd UK / USA DS
2279 Dangerous Beauty 1998 Herskovitz, Marshall USA DUS
656 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1975 Herzog, Werner West Germany Y
2247 Heart of Glass 1976 Herzog, Werner West Germany Y
2214 Snow Falling on Cedars 1999 Hicks, Scott USA DS
2279 Hearts in Atlantis 2001 Hicks, Scott USA DS
509 The Sting 1973 Hill, George Roy USA DU
2235 The Great Waldo Pepper 1975 Hill, George Roy USA DS
2279 Restoration 1995 Hoffman, Michael USA / UK DS
2285 The Emperor's Club 2002 Hoffman, Michael USA DS
1466 A City of Sadness 1989 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
2270 Three Times 2005 Hou, Hsiao-hsien France / Taiwan D
2300 Flowers of Shanghai 1998 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan Y
2000 Cinderella Man 2005 Howard, Ron USA DU
308 Chariots of Fire 1981 Hudson, Hugh UK YU
1855 1776 1972 Hunt, Peter H. USA D
1356 A Christmas Carol 1951 Hurst, Brian Desmond UK D
416 The Dead 1987 Huston, John UK Y
738 Moulin Rouge 1952 Huston, John UK Y
1072 The Madness of King George 1994 Hytner, Nicholas UK YUP
2097 The Crucible 1996 Hytner, Nicholas USA DUS
2230 The History Boys 2006 Hytner, Nicholas UK DU
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1638 Revenge of a Kabuki Actor 1963 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
1304 The Ballad of Narayama 1983 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
2012 Eijanaika 1981 Imamura, Shohei Japan Y
2293 The Whole Wide World 1996 Ireland, Dan USA DS
2279 A Month by the Lake 1995 Irvin, John UK / USA D
363 A Room with a View 1985 Ivory, James UK DB
511 Howards End 1992 Ivory, James UK / Japan Y
866 The Remains of the Day 1993 Ivory, James UK / USA YU
1833 Heat and Dust 1983 Ivory, James UK Y
2141 The Europeans 1979 Ivory, James UK Y
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1509 King Kong 2005 Jackson, Peter / Singer, Bryan New Zealand / USA DUS
2299 The Round Up 1965 Jancsó, Miklós Hungary Y
1964 Caravaggio 1986 Jarman, Derek UK DS
1532 Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Jarrott, Charles UK Y
2264 Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 Jarrott, Charles UK YS
2285 Son of Rambow 2007 Je