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2017 Abel Gance's Beethoven 1936 Gance, Abel France D
2063 The Accompanist 1992 Miller, Claude France Y
2148 Across the Universe 2007 Taymor, Julie USA DBUP
756 The Age of Innocence 1993 Scorsese, Martin USA YUPS
2264 Aimée & Jaguar 1999 Färberböck, Max Germany Y
2233 Almost Peaceful 2002 Deville, Michel France Y
246 Amadeus 1984 Forman, Milos USA DUS
181 American Graffiti 1973 Lucas, George USA Y
1708 Amistad 1997 Spielberg, Steven USA YS
945 Anastasia 1956 Litvak, Anatole USA DS
1702 And Now My Love 1974 Lelouch, Claude France / Italy Y
2300 And the Ship Sails On 1983 Fellini, Federico France / Italy Y
418 Andrei Roublev 1969 Tarkovsky, Andrei Soviet Union Y
2293 Angela's Ashes 1999 Parker, Alan USA / Ireland DS
2279 Angels & Insects 1995 Haas, Philip USA / UK D
1075 Anna and the King of Siam 1946 Cromwell, John USA YS
2235 Anna Boleyn 1920 Lubitsch, Ernst Germany D
1532 Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Jarrott, Charles UK Y
1639 Anthony Adverse 1936 LeRoy, Mervyn / Curtiz, Michael USA YS
2233 Appassionate 1999 De Bernardi, Tonino Italy
2264 Artemisia 1997 Merlet, Agnès France / Germany / Italy Y
2183 Ashes of Time 1994 Wong, Kar Wai Hong Kong / China / Taiwan Y
1095 Atonement 2007 Wright, Joe UK DUS
2285 Australia 2008 Luhrmann, Baz Australia / USA
2193 Auto Focus 2002 Schrader, Paul USA DUS
2036 Avalon 1990 Levinson, Barry USA Y
497 The Aviator 2004 Scorsese, Martin USA / Japan / Germany DS
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2078 Baadasssss! 2003 Van Peebles, Mario USA Y
829 Babette's Feast 1987 Axel, Gabriel Denmark YUP
2285 Baby It's You 1983 Sayles, John USA D
1186 Bad Company 1972 Benton, Robert USA DUP
1304 The Ballad of Narayama 1983 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
2141 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2002 Dai, Sijie France / China D
2248 The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1934 Franklin, Sidney USA Y
291 Barry Lyndon 1975 Kubrick, Stanley UK DU
2250 Beaumarchais 1996 Molinaro, Edouard France Y
2067 Becky Sharp 1935 Mamoulian, Rouben / Sherman, Lowell USA YU
2214 Beloved 1998 Demme, Jonathan USA DS
2264 Benjamin 1968 Deville, Michel France
2289 Beowulf 2007 Zemeckis, Robert USA DBUP
730 Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Italy / West Germany D
1735 The Best Intentions 1992 August, Bille Sweden / Germany / UK / Italy / France / Denmark / Finland / Norway / Iceland Y
1538 The Best of Youth 2003 Giordana, Marco Tullio Italy D
2279 The Big Town 1987 Bolt, Ben / Becker, Harold USA D
2233 The Black Dahlia 2006 De Palma, Brian Germany / USA DU
479 Black Narcissus 1947 Powell, Michael / Pressburger, Emeric UK Y
2279 Bon Voyage 2003 Rappeneau, Jean-Paul France D
11 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 Penn, Arthur USA DBUPS
374 Boogie Nights 1997 Anderson, Paul Thomas USA Y
2279 Bottle Shock 2008 Miller, Randall USA D
906 Bound for Glory 1976 Ashby, Hal USA Y
2056 Breakfast on Pluto 2005 Jordan, Neil Ireland / UK DU
2279 Bright Young Things 2003 Fry, Stephen UK D
2235 Brother Sun, Sister Moon 1972 Zeffirelli, Franco Italy / UK DUP
2248 The Brothers Karamazov 1969 Pyryev, Ivan / Lavrov, Kirill / Ulyanov, Mikhail Soviet Union
2250 Butterfly 1999 Cuerda, José Luis Spain Y
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388 Camille 1936 Cukor, George USA D
1873 Camille Claudel 1988 Nuytten, Bruno France Y
840 Capote 2005 Miller, Bennett USA DU
1964 Caravaggio 1986 Jarman, Derek UK DS
1790 Carnival in Flanders 1935 Feyder, Jacques France / Germany Y
1887 Carrington 1995 Hampton, Christopher UK / France Y
2017 Casanova 2005 Hallström, Lasse USA DB
2235 Casanova 1927 Volkoff, Alexandre France
2300 Casanova 1976 Fellini, Federico Italy / USA
1134 Casque d'or 1952 Becker, Jacques France Y
2250 Catherine the Great 1934 Czinner, Paul UK Y
2190 The Cat's Meow 2001 Bogdanovich, Peter Canada / Germany / UK Y
712 Cavalcade 1933 Lloyd, Frank USA YS
2006 Changeling 2008 Eastwood, Clint USA S
2235 Chaplin 1992 Attenborough, Richard UK / USA / France / Italy DUS
1730 Character 1997 van Diem, Mike Netherlands / Belgium Y
308 Chariots of Fire 1981 Hudson, Hugh UK YU
1918 Charulata 1964 Ray, Satyajit India Y
1749 Chikamatsu monogatari 1954 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
45 Children of Paradise 1945 Carné, Marcel France D
15 Chinatown 1974 Polanski, Roman USA DUS
1356 A Christmas Carol 1951 Hurst, Brian Desmond UK D
2296 A Christmas Carol 2004 Seidelman, Arthur Allan Hungary / USA US
1658 Chunhyang 2000 Kwon-taek, Im South Korea Y
972 The Cider House Rules 1999 Hallström, Lasse USA Y
1854 The Cincinnati Kid 1965 Jewison, Norman USA DUS
2000 Cinderella Man 2005 Howard, Ron USA DU
1 Citizen Kane 1941 Welles, Orson USA DS
356 City of God 2002 Meirelles, Fernando / Lund, Kátia Brazil / France / USA Y
1466 A City of Sadness 1989 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
2279 The Claim 2000 Winterbottom, Michael UK / France / Canada DS
1231 Cold Mountain 2003 Minghella, Anthony USA Y
1801 Colonel Redl 1985 Szabó, István Hungary / Austria / West Germany Y
831 The Color of Pomegranates 1968 Parajanov, Sergei Soviet Union D
483 The Color Purple 1985 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
1957 Comrades 1987 Douglas, Bill UK
2142 The Cotton Club 1984 Coppola, Francis Ford USA YS
830 The Count of Monte Cristo 1934 Lee, Rowland V. / Lucas, Wilfred USA D
2214 Country Life 1994 Blakemore, Michael Australia D
1435 Cradle Will Rock 1999 Robbins, Tim USA Y
1682 C.R.A.Z.Y. 2005 Vallée, Jean-Marc Canada D
2233 Crazy in Alabama 1999 Banderas, Antonio USA YU
369 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Lee, Ang Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China YU
2097 The Crucible 1996 Hytner, Nicholas USA DUS
2250 Curse of the Golden Flower 2006 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China DBU
568 Cyrano de Bergerac 1990 Rappeneau, Jean-Paul France Y
1400 Cyrano de Bergerac 1950 Gordon, Michael USA YUPS
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2248 Daens 1992 Coninx, Stijn Belgium / France / Netherlands Y
2250 Daisy Miller 1974 Bogdanovich, Peter USA YUP
2096 Dancing at Lughnasa 1998 O'Connor, Pat Ireland / UK / USA Y
2279 Dangerous Beauty 1998 Herskovitz, Marshall USA DUS
345 Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Frears, Stephen USA / UK YUP
2288 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys 2002 Care, Peter USA DS
1212 Danton 1983 Wajda, Andrzej France / Poland / West Germany Y
439 David Copperfield 1935 Cukor, George USA D
1273 The Day of the Locust 1975 Schlesinger, John USA Y
703 Day of Wrath 1943 Dreyer, Carl Theodor Denmark D
255 Days of Heaven 1978 Malick, Terrence USA DUPS
2293 Dazed and Confused 1993 Linklater, Richard USA D
2233 De Vliegende Hollander 1995 Stelling, Jos Netherlands / Belgium / Germany
416 The Dead 1987 Huston, John UK Y
621 Death in Venice 1971 Visconti, Luchino Italy / France YU
2074 Der Prozeß 1948 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Austria
1194 Dersu Uzala 1975 Kurosawa, Akira Soviet Union / Japan Y
2017 Desert Bloom 1986 Corr, Eugene USA D
2190 Destiny 1997 Chahine, Youssef France / Egypt Y
968 The Devil & Daniel Webster 1941 Dieterle, William USA YS
1790 The Devils 1971 Russell, Ken UK Y
2017 The Devil's Backbone 2001 del Toro, Guillermo Spain / Mexico D
1802 Doctor Dolittle 1967 Fleischer, Richard USA YU
256 Doctor Zhivago 1965 Lean, David USA DUPS
805 Dogville 2003 von Trier, Lars Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK DUP
1976 Double Suicide 1969 Shinoda, Masahiro Japan D
2190 Down with Love 2003 Reed, Peyton USA / Germany YU
2179 The Dreamers 2003 Bertolucci, Bernardo Italy / France / UK DS
1495 Dreamgirls 2006 Condon, Bill USA DBUS
2047 The Dreyfus Case 1931 Kraemer, F.W. / Rosmer, Milton UK
853 Driving Miss Daisy 1989 Beresford, Bruce USA YS
2279 The Duchess 2008 Dibb, Saul UK DBS
2198 Duchess of Langeais 2007 Rivette, Jacques France / Italy
1807 The Duellists 1977 Scott, Ridley UK D
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106 The Earrings of Madame de... 1953 Ophüls, Max France / Italy D
2002 East-West 1999 Wargnier, Régis Bulgaria / France / Russia / Spain / Ukraine Y
NR Edison, the Man 1940 Brown, Clarence USA V
1150 Effi Briest 1974 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
2235 The Egyptian 1954 Curtiz, Michael USA VS
1459 Eight Men Out 1988 Sayles, John USA DUP
2012 Eijanaika 1981 Imamura, Shohei Japan Y
2190 Elena and Her Men 1956 Renoir, Jean Italy / France Y
361 The Elephant Man 1980 Lynch, David UK / USA D
1804 Elvira Madigan 1967 Widerberg, Bo Sweden Y
1405 The Emigrants 1971 Troell, Jan Sweden Y
NR Emma 1996 Lawrence, Diarmuid UK D
2285 The Emperor's Club 2002 Hoffman, Michael USA DS
1738 Enchanted April 1992 Newell, Mike UK D
1883 End of Innocence 1957 Nilsson, Leopoldo Torre Argentina
2140 The End of the Affair 1999 Jordan, Neil UK / USA YU
333 The English Patient 1996 Minghella, Anthony USA Y
656 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1975 Herzog, Werner West Germany Y
1058 Entre Nous 1983 Kurys, Diane France Y
2141 The Europeans 1979 Ivory, James UK Y
2243 Eve's Bayou 1997 Lemmons, Kasi USA YU
1431 Evita 1996 Parker, Alan USA D
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2293 Fairytale: A True Story 1997 Sturridge, Charles UK / USA DUS
2196 The Fall 2006 Singh, Tarsem India / UK / USA DBU
60 Fanny & Alexander 1982 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden / France / West Germany D
620 Far from Heaven 2002 Haynes, Todd France / USA YS
1500 Far from the Madding Crowd 1967 Schlesinger, John UK Y
296 Farewell My Concubine 1993 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong DS
2124 Farinelli: Il Castrato 1994 Corbiau, Gérard Italy / Belgium / France YU
749 The Fast Runner 2001 Kunuk, Zacharias Canada Y
2289 Fateless 2005 Koltai, Lajos Hungary / Germany / UK D
678 Fellini Satyricon 1969 Fellini, Federico Italy / France YS
1969 The Fencing Master 1992 Olea, Pedro Spain
2300 Ferocious Saint Lord of Gobi 1998 Nyamgavaa, I. Mongolia
1478 Fiddler on the Roof 1971 Jewison, Norman USA DUP
851 Finding Neverland 2004 Forster, Marc UK / USA DB
NR First Knight 1995 Zucker, Jerry USA DBUPS
2264 The Fixer 1968 Frankenheimer, John USA Y
2296 The Flame of New Orleans 1941 Clair, René USA D
2300 Flowers of Shanghai 1998 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan Y
2232 Forever Amber 1947 Preminger, Otto / Stahl, John M. USA Y
686 Forrest Gump 1994 Zemeckis, Robert USA YS
1749 The 47 Ronin 1941 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
2300 Francisca 1981 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal
1578 The French Lieutenant's Woman 1981 Reisz, Karel UK Y
1884 Frida 2002 Taymor, Julie USA / Canada / Mexico D
2157 Fried Green Tomatoes 1991 Avnet, Jon USA DU
2279 Fugitive Pieces 2007 Podeswa, Jeremy Canada / Greece S
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2233 Gabrielle 2005 Chéreau, Patrice France / Italy D
491 Gangs of New York 2002 Scorsese, Martin USA / Germany / Italy / UK / Netherlands DBS
2233 Garpastum 2005 German, Aleksei Ml. Russia
885 Gaslight 1944 Cukor, George USA Y
837 Gate of Hell 1953 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan Y
1845 Germinal 1993 Berri, Claude Belgium / France / Italy
2017 Gilles' Wife 2004 Fonteyne, Frédéric Belgium / France / Luxembourg / Italy / Switzerland D
387 Gladiator 2000 Scott, Ridley UK / USA DS
1673 The Glenn Miller Story 1953 Mann, Anthony USA DS
2233 Glinka 1946 Arnshtam, Lev Soviet Union
508 The Go-Between 1970 Losey, Joseph UK YS
2233 The Golden Door 2006 Crialese, Emanuele France / Italy D
2296 Golden Earrings 1947 Leisen, Mitchell USA D
2261 The Good German 2006 Soderbergh, Steven USA DU
2233 Good Morning, Night 2003 Bellocchio, Marco Italy D
518 Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005 Clooney, George USA DB
1785 The Good Shepherd 2006 De Niro, Robert USA DU
528 Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1939 Wood, Sam UK Y
942 Gosford Park 2001 Altman, Robert UK / USA / Germany / Italy YU
2248 The Grandfather 1998 Garci, José Luis Spain Y
1965 The Great Debaters 2007 Washington, Denzel USA D
303 Great Expectations 1946 Lean, David UK DB
2235 The Great Gatsby 1974 Clayton, Jack USA DUP
NR The Great Train Robbery 1979 Crichton, Michael UK DU
2235 The Great Waldo Pepper 1975 Hill, George Roy USA DS
2235 The Great White Hope 1970 Ritt, Martin USA D
2276 The Greatest Game Ever Played 2005 Paxton, Bill USA D
2190 The Green Room 1978 Truffaut, François France Y
2172 The Grey Fox 1982 Borsos, Phillip Canada Y
2279 Guilty by Suspicion 1991 Winkler, Irwin France / USA DUS
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1984 Hairspray 2007 Shankman, Adam USA DBUP
688 Hamlet 1948 Olivier, Laurence UK D
1801 Hamlet 1964 Kozintsev, Grigori / Shapiro, Iosif Soviet Union D
1783 Hammett 1982 Wenders, Wim USA DS
2017 A Handful of dust 1988 Sturridge, Charles UK DS
2246 Harakiri 1962 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan Y
2247 Heart of Glass 1976 Herzog, Werner West Germany Y
2279 Hearts in Atlantis 2001 Hicks, Scott USA DS
1833 Heat and Dust 1983 Ivory, James UK Y
2017 Hidalgo 2004 Johnston, Joe USA DBS
2230 The History Boys 2006 Hytner, Nicholas UK DU
1695 Hollywoodland 2006 Coulter, Allen USA DU
1846 The Home and the World 1985 Ray, Satyajit / Dutt, Dulal India Y
2279 A Home at the End of the World 2004 Mayer, Michael USA DS
2279 Honeydripper 2007 Sayles, John USA DUS
530 The Hours 2002 Daldry, Stephen USA YU
2296 House by the River 1950 Lang, Fritz USA D
1183 House of Flying Daggers 2004 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong DBU
1750 The House of Mirth 2000 Davies, Terence UK / France / Germany / USA Y
2296 House of Sand 2005 Waddington, Andrucha Brazil D
511 Howards End 1992 Ivory, James UK / Japan Y
1175 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939 Dieterle, William USA YS
2235 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923 Worsley, Wallace USA DU
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