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2006 Changeling 2008 Eastwood, Clint USA S
2108 The Secret Life of Bees 2008 Prince-Bythewood, Gina USA
2202 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl 2008 Rozema, Patricia USA DBUPS
2279 Bottle Shock 2008 Miller, Randall USA D
2279 The Duchess 2008 Dibb, Saul UK DBS
2285 Australia 2008 Luhrmann, Baz Australia / USA
2285 The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Chadwick, Justin UK / USA DBUPS
2293 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 2008 Nalluri, Bharat UK DUS
915 There Will Be Blood 2007 Anderson, Paul Thomas USA DBUP
1095 Atonement 2007 Wright, Joe UK DUS
1456 Lust, Caution 2007 Lee, Ang USA / China DU
1527 Zodiac 2007 Fincher, David USA DBU
1965 The Great Debaters 2007 Washington, Denzel USA D
1984 Hairspray 2007 Shankman, Adam USA DBUP
2148 Across the Universe 2007 Taymor, Julie USA DBUP
2198 Duchess of Langeais 2007 Rivette, Jacques France / Italy
2233 Nightwatching 2007 Greenaway, Peter Canada / France / Germany / Poland / Netherlands / UK
2276 Molière 2007 Tirard, Laurent France DU
2279 Fugitive Pieces 2007 Podeswa, Jeremy Canada / Greece S
2279 Honeydripper 2007 Sayles, John USA DUS
2279 The Last Mistress 2007 Breillat, Catherine France / Italy
2285 Son of Rambow 2007 Jennings, Garth France / UK UPS
2285 We Own the Night 2007 Gray, James USA DBUP
2289 Beowulf 2007 Zemeckis, Robert USA DBUP
559 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 del Toro, Guillermo Mexico / Spain / USA DB
704 The Lives of Others 2006 von Donnersmarck, Florian Henckel Germany DBU
1495 Dreamgirls 2006 Condon, Bill USA DBUS
1609 The Painted Veil 2006 Curran, John USA DU
1695 Hollywoodland 2006 Coulter, Allen USA DU
1785 The Good Shepherd 2006 De Niro, Robert USA DU
1851 The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006 Loach, Ken France / Ireland / UK DUP
2005 Marie Antoinette 2006 Coppola, Sofia Japan / France / USA DU
2196 The Fall 2006 Singh, Tarsem India / UK / USA DBU
2210 This Is England 2006 Meadows, Shane UK D
2230 The History Boys 2006 Hytner, Nicholas UK DU
2233 The Black Dahlia 2006 De Palma, Brian Germany / USA DU
2233 The Golden Door 2006 Crialese, Emanuele France / Italy D
2250 Curse of the Golden Flower 2006 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China DBU
2261 The Good German 2006 Soderbergh, Steven USA DU
2270 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 2006 Tykwer, Tom Germany / France / Spain DU
2279 The Illusionist 2006 Burger, Neil Czech Republic / USA DU
2289 Lady Chatterley 2006 Ferran, Pascale Belgium / France / UK D
2289 The Prestige 2006 Nolan, Christopher USA / UK DB
518 Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005 Clooney, George USA DB
840 Capote 2005 Miller, Bennett USA DU
993 Munich 2005 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
1509 King Kong 2005 Jackson, Peter / Singer, Bryan New Zealand / USA DUS
1682 C.R.A.Z.Y. 2005 Vallée, Jean-Marc Canada D
1842 Pride & Prejudice 2005 Wright, Joe France / UK D
1897 Sweet Land 2005 Selim, Ali USA DU
2000 Cinderella Man 2005 Howard, Ron USA DU
2017 Casanova 2005 Hallström, Lasse USA DB
2017 Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China / Japan D
2023 Water 2005 Mehta, Deepa Canada / India DUP
2056 Breakfast on Pluto 2005 Jordan, Neil Ireland / UK DU
2120 Memoirs of a Geisha 2005 Marshall, Rob USA DBUS
2157 Mrs. Henderson Presents 2005 Frears, Stephen UK D
2158 The New World 2005 Malick, Terrence USA DU
2233 Gabrielle 2005 Chéreau, Patrice France / Italy D
2233 Garpastum 2005 German, Aleksei Ml. Russia
2241 Tristram Shandy:
A Cock & Bull Story
2005 Winterbottom, Michael UK D
2253 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio 2005 Anderson, Jane USA D
2264 The Promise 2005 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea DU
2270 Three Times 2005 Hou, Hsiao-hsien France / Taiwan D
2276 The Greatest Game Ever Played 2005 Paxton, Bill USA D
2279 Oliver Twist 2005 Polanski, Roman UK / Czech Republic / France / Italy DU
2289 Fateless 2005 Koltai, Lajos Hungary / Germany / UK D
2296 House of Sand 2005 Waddington, Andrucha Brazil D
2296 Lassie 2005 Sturridge, Charles France / UK / USA / Ireland D
497 The Aviator 2004 Scorsese, Martin USA / Japan / Germany DS
851 Finding Neverland 2004 Forster, Marc UK / USA DB
1183 House of Flying Daggers 2004 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong DBU
1311 Vera Drake 2004 Leigh, Mike UK / France / New Zealand YU
1474 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2004 Conran, Kerry USA / UK / Italy DBUS
1544 A Very Long Engagement 2004 Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France / USA YU
1664 Kinsey 2004 Condon, Bill USA / Germany YU
1735 Kung Fu Hustle 2004 Chow, Stephen China / Hong Kong DBU
2017 Gilles' Wife 2004 Fonteyne, Frédéric Belgium / France / Luxembourg / Italy / Switzerland D
2017 Hidalgo 2004 Johnston, Joe USA DBS
2017 The Merchant of Venice 2004 Radford, Michael USA / Italy / Luxembourg / UK D
2107 The Notebook 2004 Cassavetes, Nick USA DUS
2118 Vanity Fair 2004 Nair, Mira UK / USA Y
2169 The Phantom of the Opera 2004 Schumacher, Joel USA / UK DB
2261 The Libertine 2004 Dunmore, Laurence UK D
2279 A Home at the End of the World 2004 Mayer, Michael USA DS
2293 Innocent Voices 2004 Mandoki, Luis Mexico / USA / Puerto Rico D
2296 A Christmas Carol 2004 Seidelman, Arthur Allan Hungary / USA US
805 Dogville 2003 von Trier, Lars Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK DUP
1231 Cold Mountain 2003 Minghella, Anthony USA Y
1299 Seabiscuit 2003 Ross, Gary USA Y
1506 The Last Samurai 2003 Zwick, Edward USA / New Zealand / Japan DBUPS
1538 The Best of Youth 2003 Giordana, Marco Tullio Italy D
2078 Baadasssss! 2003 Van Peebles, Mario USA Y
2179 The Dreamers 2003 Bertolucci, Bernardo Italy / France / UK DS
2190 Down with Love 2003 Reed, Peyton USA / Germany YU
2233 Good Morning, Night 2003 Bellocchio, Marco Italy D
2233 Rosenstrasse 2003 von Trotta, Margarethe Germany / Netherlands Y
2270 Northfork 2003 Polish, Michael USA DU
2279 Bon Voyage 2003 Rappeneau, Jean-Paul France D
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2279 Bright Young Things 2003 Fry, Stephen UK D
2279 I Capture the Castle 2003 Fywell, Tim UK D
2279 The Saddest Music in the World 2003 Maddin, Guy Canada D
2279 Young Adam 2003 Mackenzie, David UK / France D
356 City of God 2002 Meirelles, Fernando / Lund, Kátia Brazil / France / USA Y
491 Gangs of New York 2002 Scorsese, Martin USA / Germany / Italy / UK / Netherlands DBS
530 The Hours 2002 Daldry, Stephen USA YU
620 Far from Heaven 2002 Haynes, Todd France / USA YS
1073 Road to Perdition 2002 Mendes, Sam USA Y
1196 Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002 Noyce, Phillip Australia Y
1201 The Magdalene Sisters 2002 Mullan, Peter UK / Ireland Y
1248 The Quiet American 2002 Noyce, Phillip USA / Germany / Australia Y
1799 24 Hour Party People 2002 Winterbottom, Michael UK / France / Netherlands DS
1884 Frida 2002 Taymor, Julie USA / Canada / Mexico D
1909 The Tracker 2002 de Heer, Rolf Australia D
1979 Nicholas Nickleby 2002 McGrath, Douglas USA / UK / Germany / Netherlands YU
2030 Max 2002 Meyjes, Menno Hungary / Canada / UK D
2141 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2002 Dai, Sijie France / China D
2190 Springtime in a Small Town 2002 Tian, Zhuangzhuang China / Hong Kong / France / Netherlands Y
2193 Auto Focus 2002 Schrader, Paul USA DUS
2233 Almost Peaceful 2002 Deville, Michel France Y
2279 Possession 2002 LaBute, Neil USA / UK DS
2285 The Emperor's Club 2002 Hoffman, Michael USA DS
2288 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys 2002 Care, Peter USA DS
749 The Fast Runner 2001 Kunuk, Zacharias Canada Y
942 Gosford Park 2001 Altman, Robert UK / USA / Germany / Italy YU
1199 Lagaan 2001 Gowariker, Ashutosh India Y
1389 Nowhere in Africa 2001 Link, Caroline Germany Y
2017 The Devil's Backbone 2001 del Toro, Guillermo Spain / Mexico D
2102 The Others 2001 Amenábar, Alejandro Spain / France / USA Y
2190 The Cat's Meow 2001 Bogdanovich, Peter Canada / Germany / UK Y
2279 Hearts in Atlantis 2001 Hicks, Scott USA DS
2279 The Majestic 2001 Darabont, Frank USA DS
2279 Me Without You 2001 Goldbacher, Sandra UK / Germany D
369 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Lee, Ang Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China YU
381 In the Mood for Love 2000 Wong, Kar Wai Hong Kong / France / Thailand DS
387 Gladiator 2000 Scott, Ridley UK / USA DS
1512 Together 2000 Moodysson, Lukas Sweden / Denmark / Italy D
1658 Chunhyang 2000 Kwon-taek, Im South Korea Y
1750 The House of Mirth 2000 Davies, Terence UK / France / Germany / USA Y
1936 Quills 2000 Kaufman, Philip USA / Germany / UK YU
1949 Songcatcher 2000 Greenwald, Maggie USA D
2003 Malèna 2000 Tornatore, Giuseppe Italy / USA YS
2051 Liam 2000 Frears, Stephen UK / Germany / France Y
2062 The Widow of St. Pierre 2000 Leconte, Patrice France / Canada Y
2233 The Man Who Cried 2000 Potter, Sally UK / France Y
2233 Palavra e Utopia 2000 de Oliveira, Manoel Spain / Italy / France / Brazil / Portugal
2259 My Dog Skip 2000 Russell, Jay USA DUS
2279 The Claim 2000 Winterbottom, Michael UK / France / Canada DS
2279 The Legend of Bagger Vance 2000 Redford, Robert USA DS
2279 Les Destinees 2000 Assayas, Olivier France / Switzerland D
746 Topsy-Turvy 1999 Leigh, Mike UK YS
972 The Cider House Rules 1999 Hallström, Lasse USA Y
1088 Time Regained 1999 Ruiz, Raoul France / Italy / Portugal D
1435 Cradle Will Rock 1999 Robbins, Tim USA Y
1653 October Sky 1999 Johnston, Joe USA DS
1720 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 Minghella, Anthony USA YUP
1964 Taboo 1999 Oshima, Nagisa France / UK / Japan DS
1981 Les Enfants du Marais 1999 Becker, Jean France
2002 East-West 1999 Wargnier, Régis Bulgaria / France / Russia / Spain / Ukraine Y
2140 The End of the Affair 1999 Jordan, Neil UK / USA YU
2214 Snow Falling on Cedars 1999 Hicks, Scott USA DS
2214 Titus 1999 Taymor, Julie Italy / USA DS
2233 Appassionate 1999 De Bernardi, Tonino Italy
2233 Crazy in Alabama 1999 Banderas, Antonio USA YU
2233 The Venice Project 1999 Dornhelm, Robert Austria / USA
2248 Solomon and Gaenor 1999 Morrison, Paul UK Y
2250 Butterfly 1999 Cuerda, José Luis Spain Y
2255 Moloch 1999 Sokurov, Aleksandr Russia / Germany / Japan / Italy / France D
2264 Aimée & Jaguar 1999 Färberböck, Max Germany Y
2270 Mansfield Park 1999 Rozema, Patricia UK DS
2279 Liberty Heights 1999 Levinson, Barry USA DS
2279 Summer of Sam 1999 Lee, Spike USA DS
2279 The Virgin Suicides 1999 Coppola, Sofia USA DUS
2279 The Winslow Boy 1999 Mamet, David USA DUS
2289 A Walk on the Moon 1999 Goldwyn, Tony USA DS
2293 Angela's Ashes 1999 Parker, Alan USA / Ireland DS
2293 An Ideal Husband 1999 Parker, Oliver UK / USA DS
368 Shakespeare in Love 1998 Madden, John USA / UK Y
1991 The Man in the Iron Mask 1998 Wallace, Randall UK YU
2047 Velvet Goldmine 1998 Haynes, Todd UK / USA DS
2096 Dancing at Lughnasa 1998 O'Connor, Pat Ireland / UK / USA Y
2172 The Red Violin 1998 Girard, François Canada / Italy / UK DUS
2214 Beloved 1998 Demme, Jonathan USA DS
2233 I Piccoli maestri 1998 Luchetti, Daniele Italy
2248 The Grandfather 1998 Garci, José Luis Spain Y
2279 Dangerous Beauty 1998 Herskovitz, Marshall USA DUS
2279 Such a Long Journey 1998 Gunnarsson, Sturla UK / Canada V
2300 Ferocious Saint Lord of Gobi 1998 Nyamgavaa, I. Mongolia
2300 Flowers of Shanghai 1998 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan Y
91 L.A. Confidential 1997 Hanson, Curtis USA DBS
232 Titanic 1997 Cameron, James USA DS
374 Boogie Nights 1997 Anderson, Paul Thomas USA Y
1546 Mrs. Brown 1997 Madden, John UK / Ireland / USA DS
1694 The Ice Storm 1997 Lee, Ang USA DUS
1708 Amistad 1997 Spielberg, Steven USA YS
1730 Character 1997 van Diem, Mike Netherlands / Belgium Y
1956 The Wings of the Dove 1997 Softley, Iain USA / UK Y
2190 Destiny 1997 Chahine, Youssef France / Egypt Y
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2243 Eve's Bayou 1997 Lemmons, Kasi USA YU
2264 Artemisia 1997 Merlet, Agnès France / Germany / Italy Y
2279 Mrs. Dalloway 1997 Gorris, Marleen UK / USA / Netherlands DS
2279 Wilde 1997 Gilbert, Brian UK / Germany / Japan DS
2293 Fairytale: A True Story 1997 Sturridge, Charles UK / USA DUS
333 The English Patient 1996 Minghella, Anthony USA Y
1431 Evita 1996 Parker, Alan USA D
1537 Ridicule 1996 Leconte, Patrice France Y
1905 The Portrait of a Lady 1996 Campion, Jane UK / USA D
2017 The King of Masks 1996 Wu, Tian-Ming China / Hong Kong D
2047 Temptress Moon 1996 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong D
2097 The Crucible 1996 Hytner, Nicholas USA DUS
2250 Beaumarchais 1996 Molinaro, Edouard France Y
2279 I Shot Andy Warhol 1996 Harron, Mary UK / USA DS
2279 Jane Eyre 1996 Zeffirelli, Franco France / Italy / UK DS
2279 Mulholland Falls 1996 Tamahori, Lee USA DS
2279 Private Confessions 1996 Ullmann, Liv Sweden
2293 Jude 1996 Winterbottom, Michael UK S
2293 Mary Reilly 1996 Frears, Stephen USA DU
2293 The Whole Wide World 1996 Ireland, Dan USA DS
NR Emma 1996 Lawrence, Diarmuid UK D
360 Sense and Sensibility 1995 Lee, Ang USA / UK Y
1066 Les Misérables 1995 Lelouch, Claude France YUP
1600 Persuasion 1995 Michell, Roger UK / France / USA YU
1887 Carrington 1995 Hampton, Christopher UK / France Y
1932 Richard III 1995 Loncraine, Richard UK / USA DS
1964 Zero Kelvin 1995 Moland, Hans Petter Norway / Sweden D
2190 My Family 1995 Nava, Gregory USA Y
2233 De Vliegende Hollander 1995 Stelling, Jos Netherlands / Belgium / Germany
2248 O Quatrilho 1995 Barreto, Fábio Brazil
2269 A Walk in the Clouds 1995 Arau, Alfonso USA / Mexico YS
2279 Angels & Insects 1995 Haas, Philip USA / UK D
2279 A Month by the Lake 1995 Irvin, John UK / USA D
2279 Restoration 1995 Hoffman, Michael USA / UK DS
2283 The Journey of August King 1995 Duigan, John USA D
2283 Pride and Prejudice 1995 Langton, Simon UK DS
2293 Madame Butterfly 1995 Mitterrand, Frédéric France / UK / Germany DS
NR First Knight 1995 Zucker, Jerry USA DBUPS
686 Forrest Gump 1994 Zemeckis, Robert USA YS
1016 Quiz Show 1994 Redford, Robert USA Y
1072 The Madness of King George 1994 Hytner, Nicholas UK YUP
1195 Il Postino 1994 Radford, Michael France / Italy / Belgium Y
1373 Little Women 1994 Armstrong, Gillian USA YU
2124 Farinelli: Il Castrato 1994 Corbiau, Gérard Italy / Belgium / France YU
2183 Ashes of Time 1994 Wong, Kar Wai Hong Kong / China / Taiwan Y
2192 Legends of the Fall 1994 Zwick, Edward USA DUS
2214 Country Life 1994 Blakemore, Michael Australia D
2214 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle 1994 Rudolph, Alan USA DS
2279 Immortal Beloved 1994 Rose, Bernard UK / USA DBUS
214 The Piano 1993 Campion, Jane Australia / New Zealand / France DS
296 Farewell My Concubine 1993 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong DS
756 The Age of Innocence 1993 Scorsese, Martin USA YUPS
866 The Remains of the Day 1993 Ivory, James UK / USA YU
1054 Shadowlands 1993 Attenborough, Richard UK Y
1574 Much Ado About Nothing 1993 Branagh, Kenneth UK / USA YU
1845 Germinal 1993 Berri, Claude Belgium / France / Italy
2270 Map of the Human Heart 1993 Ward, Vincent Australia / UK / Canada / France DS
2293 Dazed and Confused 1993 Linklater, Richard USA D
2293 The Slingshot 1993 Sandgren, Åke Denmark / Sweden
511 Howards End 1992 Ivory, James UK / Japan Y
1735 The Best Intentions 1992 August, Bille Sweden / Germany / UK / Italy / France / Denmark / Finland / Norway / Iceland Y
1738 Enchanted April 1992 Newell, Mike UK D
1969 The Fencing Master 1992 Olea, Pedro Spain
2063 The Accompanist 1992 Miller, Claude France Y
2235 Chaplin 1992 Attenborough, Richard UK / USA / France / Italy DUS
2248 Daens 1992 Coninx, Stijn Belgium / France / Netherlands Y
2272 Orlando 1992 Potter, Sally UK / Russia / France / Italy / Netherlands Y
21 Raise the Red Lantern 1991 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong / Taiwan DS
1542 Once Upon a Time in China 1991 Tsui, Hark Hong Kong D
1691 Tous les matins du monde 1991 Corneau, Alain France DS
2157 Fried Green Tomatoes 1991 Avnet, Jon USA DU
2248 The Ox 1991 Nykvist, Sven Sweden / Norway / Denmark Y
2279 Guilty by Suspicion 1991 Winkler, Irwin France / USA DUS
2300 Van Gogh 1991 Pialat, Maurice France D
568 Cyrano de Bergerac 1990 Rappeneau, Jean-Paul France Y
729 Ju Dou 1990 Zhang, Yimou / Yang, Fengliang Japan / China D
994 Miller's Crossing 1990 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA D
1766 Milou in May 1990 Malle, Louis France / Italy
2036 Avalon 1990 Levinson, Barry USA Y
853 Driving Miss Daisy 1989 Beresford, Bruce USA YS
1466 A City of Sadness 1989 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
1575 My Twentieth Century 1989 Enyedi, Ildikó Hungary / West Germany / Cuba Y
2088 Life and Nothing But 1989 Tavernier, Bertrand France Y
2270 Scandal 1989 Caton-Jones, Michael UK / USA
2279 Valmont 1989 Forman, Milos France / USA D
345 Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Frears, Stephen USA / UK YUP
1459 Eight Men Out 1988 Sayles, John USA DUP
1715 Little Dorrit<