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2347 A ciegas 1997 Calparsoro, Daniel Spain
2385 Absolute Power 1997 Eastwood, Clint USA DS
2263 The Accused 1988 Kaplan, Jonathan USA / Canada YO
2389 Across the Bridge 1957 Annakin, Ken UK D
1898 Act of Violence 1948 Zinnemann, Fred USA D
1714 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939 Werker, Alfred L. USA D
2059 After Dark, My Sweet 1990 Foley, James USA YOPS
1881 After Hours 1985 Scorsese, Martin USA YO
2096 After the Thin Man 1936 Van Dyke, W.S. USA DO
2096 Agnes of God 1985 Jewison, Norman USA DOS
NR Air Force One 1997 Petersen, Wolfgang USA / Germany DOS
1326 Airport 1970 Seaton, George / Hathaway, Henry USA YS
1989 Akira 1988 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan DS
2389 Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season Two 1955 Hitchcock, Alfred USA D
2124 Alias Nick Beal 1949 Farrow, John USA
2359 Alibi 1929 West, Roland USA D
284 Alien 1979 Scott, Ridley UK DS
412 Aliens 1986 Cameron, James USA / UK DOPS
204 All the President's Men 1976 Pakula, Alan J. USA DO
833 Alphaville 1965 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Italy Y
2383 The Ambulance 1990 Cohen, Larry USA V
222 The American Friend 1977 Wenders, Wim West Germany / France Y
1895 American Gangster 2007 Scott, Ridley USA DBO
1865 American Gigolo 1980 Schrader, Paul USA DOP
2325 American Me 1992 Olmos, Edward James USA DS
2397 American Psycho 2000 Harron, Mary USA / Canada DBS
2403 An American Tragedy 1931 von Sternberg, Josef USA
1560 An American Werewolf in London 1981 Landis, John USA / UK D
605 Amores perros 2000 Iñárritu, Alejandro González Mexico YO
2385 Anaconda 1997 Llosa, Luis USA / Brazil / Peru DOS
2397 ...And Justice for All 1979 Jewison, Norman USA DOP
2403 The Anderson Tapes 1971 Lumet, Sidney USA D
2403 The Andromeda Strain 1971 Wise, Robert USA D
2385 Angel Heart 1987 Parker, Alan USA / Canada / UK DOS
2389 Another Thin Man 1939 Van Dyke, W.S. USA D
2248 Any Number Can Win 1963 Verneuil, Henri France / Italy Y
2403 Arabesque 1966 Donen, Stanley USA DS
2129 The Argyle Secrets 1948 Endfield, Cy USA
2114 Armageddon 1998 Bay, Michael USA Y
2385 The Arrival 1996 Twohy, David USA / Mexico DOP
1401 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Capra, Frank USA YOP
340 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 Huston, John USA YOS
2372 The Assassination Bureau 1969 Dearden, Basil UK Y
2403 The Assassination of Trotsky 1972 Losey, Joseph Italy / France / UK D
1311 Assault on Precinct 13 1976 Carpenter, John USA DBO
2385 The Assignment 1997 Duguay, Christian Canada D
1180 Audition 1999 Miike, Takashi South Korea / Japan D
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789 Babel 2006 Iñárritu, Alejandro González USA DBO
2385 Bad Company 1995 Harris, Damian USA D
347 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 Sturges, John USA YOS
1105 Bad Education 2004 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain D
1951 The Bad Seed 1956 LeRoy, Mervyn USA D
2239 The Bad Sleep Well 1960 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
1314 Bad Timing 1980 Roeg, Nicolas UK D
209 Badlands 1973 Malick, Terrence USA YO
2366 Bangkok Dangerous 1999 Pang, Oxide Chun / Pang, Danny Thailand DOP
1253 Barton Fink 1991 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA / UK DOP
2129 Basic Instinct 1992 Verhoeven, Paul USA / France DBOS
822 Batman 1989 Burton, Tim USA / UK DOPS
1962 Batman Begins 2005 Nolan, Christopher USA DBOPS
NR Batman Forever 1995 Schumacher, Joel USA / UK DOS
2383 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993 Radomski, Eric / Timm, Bruce W. USA DS
769 Beat the Devil 1953 Huston, John UK / USA / Italy YB
361 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Trousdale, Gary / Wise, Kirk USA DS
2376 Beauty and the Beast (IMAX) 2002 Trousdale, Gary / Wise, Kirk USA S
2120 The Bedford Incident 1965 Harris, James B. UK / USA DO
2349 Bedlam 1946 Robson, Mark USA D
2182 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2007 Lumet, Sidney USA DBO
866 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 Brest, Martin USA YOP
NR Beverly Hills Cop II 1987 Scott, Tony USA DOPS
2027 The Big Clock 1948 Farrow, John USA Y
2016 The Big Combo  New at Films101! 1955 Lewis, Joseph H. USA DO
2356 The Big Easy 1987 McBride, Jim USA Y
423 The Big Heat 1953 Lang, Fritz USA Y
1896 The Big House 1930 Hill, George W. USA Y
2385 The Big Town 1987 Bolt, Ben / Becker, Harold USA D
1532 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage 1970 Argento, Dario Italy / West Germany DS
362 The Birds 1963 Hitchcock, Alfred USA DO
1891 Black Book 2006 Verhoeven, Paul Netherlands / UK / Germany DBO
2347 The Black Dahlia 2006 De Palma, Brian Germany / USA DO
2239 Black Dog 1998 Hooks, Kevin USA / UK / France / Germany / Japan DS
2389 Black Friday 1940 Lubin, Arthur USA D
2389 The Black Prophet 1953 Mulligan, Robert USA D
2114 Black Sunday 1977 Frankenheimer, John USA DOP
700 Blackmail 1929 Hitchcock, Alfred UK Y
2385 Blade II 2002 del Toro, Guillermo USA / Germany DOS
928 The Blair Witch Project 1999 Myrick, Daniel / Sánchez, Eduardo USA DOS
2385 Blink 1994 Apted, Michael USA DOS
2389 Blonde Ice 1948 Bernhard, Jack USA D
2311 Blood & Wine 1996 Rafelson, Bob USA / UK DS
2066 Blood Diamond 2006 Zwick, Edward USA DBO
2403 Blood on the Sun 1945 Lloyd, Frank USA DO
1645 Blood Simple 1984 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA D
2385 Blood Work 2002 Eastwood, Clint USA DOP
2397 Bloody Angels 1998 Julsrud, Karin Norway
2038 Blow Out 1981 De Palma, Brian USA D
100 Blow-Up 1966 Antonioni, Michelangelo UK / Italy DO
2403 The Blue Dahlia 1946 Marshall, George USA Y
1908 The Blue Lamp 1950 Dearden, Basil UK
107 Blue Velvet 1986 Lynch, David USA DS
2385 Body Double 1984 De Palma, Brian USA DO
935 Body Heat 1981 Kasdan, Lawrence USA DBOPS
2397 Body of Lies 2008 Scott, Ridley USA DBOS
1592 The Body Snatcher 1945 Wise, Robert USA D
2376 Body Snatchers 1994 Ferrara, Abel USA DO
2403 The Bodyguard 1992 Jackson, Mick USA DS
2385 Boiler Room 2000 Younger, Ben USA DOS
2403 The Boston Strangler 1968 Fleischer, Richard USA DOP
2289 Bound 1996 Wachowski, Andy / Wachowski, Larry USA Y
1889 The Bourne Identity 2002 Liman, Doug USA / Germany / Czech Republic DBOS
2393 The Bourne Supremacy 2004 Greengrass, Paul USA / Germany DBOS
1823 The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 Greengrass, Paul USA DBO
2239 Boxcar Bertha 1972 Scorsese, Martin USA DOP
2403 A Boy and His Dog 1975 Jones, L.Q. USA D
2403 The Boys from Brazil 1978 Schaffner, Franklin J. USA / UK DOPS
2408 Brainstorm 1965 Conrad, William USA
1666 Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DBO
2408 Branded to Kill 1967 Suzuki, Seijun Japan Y
2145 The Brave One 2007 Jordan, Neil USA / Australia DBOP
2326 Breach 2007 Ray, Billy USA DO
2389 Breaking and Entering 2006 Minghella, Anthony UK / USA D
1245 The Bride Wore Black 1968 Truffaut, François France / Italy YS
1495 Brighton Rock 1947 Boulting, John UK
688 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 Peckinpah, Sam Mexico / USA Y
2408 Brother 2000 Kitano, Takeshi USA / UK / Japan Y
2347 The Brothers Grimm 2005 Gilliam, Terry Czech Republic / USA DB
1659 Brute Force 1947 Dassin, Jules USA D
2383 A Bucket of Blood 1995 McDonald, Michael USA D
2385 Bug 2006 Friedkin, William USA DOP
1860 Bulldog Drummond 1929 Jones, F. Richard / Howard, Sidney USA Y
2389 Bullets or Ballots 1936 Keighley, William USA D
523 Bullitt 1968 Yates, Peter USA DBOPS
2148 Bully 2001 Clark, Larry USA / France Y
2385 Butterfly Kiss 1995 Winterbottom, Michael UK D
2118 The Butterfly Murders 1979 Tsui, Hark Hong Kong
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1740 Caché 2005 Haneke, Michael France / Austria / Germany / Italy DO
2007 Cairo Station 1958 Chahine, Youssef Egypt
2383 Candyman 1992 Rose, Bernard USA D
1582 Cape Fear 1962 Thompson, J. Lee USA D
2111 Cape Fear 1991 Scorsese, Martin USA DS
2239 Caprice 1967 Tashlin, Frank USA D
2403 Capricorn One 1978 Hyams, Peter USA / UK DS
2303 Carlito's Way 1993 De Palma, Brian USA DOS
2070 Carnival of Souls 1962 Harvey, Herk USA DOPS
792 Carrie 1976 De Palma, Brian USA DB
2005 Casino Royale 2006 Campbell, Martin USA / UK / Czech Republic DBOS
2389 The Cask of Amontillado 1949 Stevens, Robert USA D
2389 The Cat o'Nine Tails 1971 Argento, Dario Italy / France / West Germany D
428 Cat People 1942 Tourneur, Jacques USA D
2385 Cat People 1982 Schrader, Paul USA DOS
2389 Catch a Fire 2006 Noyce, Phillip France / UK / South Africa / USA DO
2361 Ceiling Zero 1936 Hawks, Howard USA Y
2367 The Cell 2000 Singh, Tarsem USA / Germany YOS
2385 Cellular 2004 Ellis, David R. USA / Germany DS
1810 Changeling 2008 Eastwood, Clint USA DBS
2376 Changing Lanes 2002 Michell, Roger USA DOS
1236 Charade 1963 Donen, Stanley USA DOS
1211 Charley Varrick 1973 Siegel, Don USA Y
2389 Charlie Chan at the Circus 1936 Lachman, Harry USA D
2389 Charlie Chan at the Olympics 1937 Humberstone, H. Bruce USA D
2389 Charlie Chan at the Race Track 1936 Humberstone, H. Bruce USA D
2389 Charlie Chan in Egypt 1935 King, Louis USA D
2389 Charlie Chan in London 1934 Forde, Eugene USA D
2389 Charlie Chan in Paris 1935 Seiler, Lewis / MacFadden, Hamilton USA D
2389 Charlie Chan in Shanghai 1935 Tinling, James USA D
2016 The Chase  New at Films101! 1946 Ripley, Arthur USA D
2347 Chatarra 1991 Rotaeta, Félix Spain
2403 The Cheap Detective 1978 Moore, Robert USA D
1589 Children of Men 2006 Cuarón, Alfonso UK / USA DBO
2405 China Gate 1957 Fuller, Samuel USA V
849 The China Syndrome 1979 Bridges, James USA Y
14 Chinatown 1974 Polanski, Roman USA DOS
2389 Cigarette Burns 2005 Carpenter, John USA D
408 City of God 2002 Meirelles, Fernando / Lund, Kátia Brazil / France / USA Y
2239 City on Fire 1987 Lam, Ringo Hong Kong D
2385 Class of 1984 1982 Lester, Mark L. Canada D
2403 The Client 1994 Schumacher, Joel USA DOPS
2309 Cloverfield 2008 Reeves, Matt USA DBOP
2385 Code of Silence 1985 Davis, Andrew USA D
2408 Coffy 1973 Hill, Jack USA YO
1596 Collateral 2004 Mann, Michael USA YS
2337 The Collector 1965 Wyler, William UK / USA Y
2403 Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970 Sargent, Joseph USA D
2403 Coma 1978 Crichton, Michael USA DS
2347 Combat de fauves 1997 Lamy, Benoît Belgium / Germany / France
1528 The Complete Mr. Arkadin 1955 Welles, Orson France / Spain / Switzerland D
1385 Compulsion 1959 Fleischer, Richard USA DO
2114 Con Air 1997 West, Simon USA DB
2140 The Confession 1970 Costa-Gavras France / Italy
2319 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2002 Clooney, George USA / Canada / Germany DS
2360 Confidentially Yours 1983 Truffaut, François France V
2403 Conspirator 1949 Saville, Victor UK V
1457 The Constant Gardener 2005 Meirelles, Fernando USA / UK D
2305 The Contender 2000 Lurie, Rod USA / Germany / UK D
115 The Conversation 1974 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DO
2403 Coogan's Bluff 1968 Siegel, Don USA D
2325 Copycat 1995 Amiel, Jon USA DOPS
2169 Cornered 1945 Dmytryk, Edward USA
2403 Cotton Comes to Harlem 1970 Davis, Ossie USA DOP
2096 Countdown 1968 Altman, Robert / Conrad, William USA V
2096 The Counterfeit Traitor 1962 Seaton, George USA D
618 Crash 2005 Haggis, Paul USA / Germany DBOPS
2158 Crash 1996 Cronenberg, David Canada / USA Y
240 Cría cuervos 1976 Saura, Carlos Spain D
2385 The Crimson Rivers 2001 Kassovitz, Mathieu France D
2385 Crimson Tide 1995 Scott, Tony USA DS
2016 Criss Cross  New at Films101! 1949 Siodmak, Robert USA D
2143 The Crow 1994 Proyas, Alex USA DS
343 The Crying Game 1992 Jordan, Neil UK / Japan Y
2344 Cul-de-Sac 1966 Polanski, Roman UK
2169 Cure 1997 Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Japan D
1092 Cutter's Way 1981 Passer, Ivan USA Y
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NR The Da Vinci Code 2006 Howard, Ron USA DOS
883 Dance with a Stranger 1985 Newell, Mike UK Y
2230 Dangerous Moves 1984 Dembo, Richard France / Switzerland Y
2347 Dangkou 2008 Yu, Nelson Lik-wai Brazil / China / Hong Kong / Japan
2389 Daredevil 2003 Johnson, Mark Steven USA DBOS
1667 Dark City 1998 Proyas, Alex USA DBOS
1531 The Dark Knight 2008 Nolan, Christopher USA DBOPS
2169 The Dark Mirror 1946 Siodmak, Robert USA
2056 Dark Passage 1947 Daves, Delmer USA DOPS
1940 Dark Star 1974 Carpenter, John USA D
2389 Dark Water 2005 Salles, Walter USA DB
2385 Darker Than Amber 1970 Clouse, Robert USA
2403 Das Wachsfigurenkabinett 1924 Birinsky, Leo / Leni, Paul Germany D
2336 Daughter of Shanghai 1937 Florey, Robert USA
2389 The Day After Tomorrow 2004 Emmerich, Roland USA DBOS
2408 The Day of the Beast 1995 de la Iglesia, Álex Spain / Italy Y
1996 Day of the Dead 1985 Romero, George A. USA DB
2361 The Day of the Dolphin 1973 Nichols, Mike USA YS
744 The Day of the Jackal 1973 Zinnemann, Fred UK / France Y
488 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 Wise, Robert USA DBOS
1920 Dead Again 1991 Branagh, Kenneth USA YOP
1562 Dead Calm 1989 Noyce, Phillip Australia / USA YO
2395 The Dead Girl 2006 Moncrieff, Karen USA DO
2169 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982 Reiner, Carl USA DO
795 Dead of Night 1945 Cavalcanti, Alberto / Crichton, Charles / Dearden, Basil / Hamer, Robert UK Y
2385 The Dead Pool 1988 Van Horn, Buddy USA DBO
2403 Dead Reckoning 1947 Cromwell, John USA D
1121 Dead Ringers 1988 Cronenberg, David Canada / USA YOS
2385 The Dead Zone 1983 Cronenberg, David USA DO
2361 Dear Detective 1978 de Broca, Philippe France Y
2366 Death of a President 2006 Range, Gabriel UK DO
2372 Death on the Nile 1978 Guillermin, John UK DS
2216 Death Proof 2007 Tarantino, Quentin USA DBS
2398 Death to Smoochy 2002 DeVito, Danny USA / UK / Germany DO
2403 Death Wish 1974 Winner, Michael USA DOPS
1731 Decision Before Dawn 1951 Litvak, Anatole USA D
2004 Deep Cover 1992 Duke, Bill USA Y
2325 The Deep End 2001 Siegel, David / McGehee, Scott USA DO
NR Deep Impact 1998 Leder, Mimi USA DS
2096 Defence of the Realm 1985 Drury, David UK D
242 Deliverance 1972 Boorman, John USA DBOP
2096 Demon Seed 1977 Cammell, Donald USA D
2386 demonlover 2002 Assayas, Olivier France D
555 The Departed 2006 Scorsese, Martin USA DO
2372 Der Baader Meinhof Komplex  New at Films101! 2008 Edel, Uli Germany / France / Czech Republic S
2016 Der Verlorene  New at Films101! 1951 Lorre, Peter West Germany
2389 Derailed 2005 Håfström, Mikael USA D
2376 The Descent 2005 Marshall, Neil UK DBO
1659 The Desperate Hours 1955 Wyler, William USA DOP
1636 The Devil Doll 1936 Browning, Tod USA Y
2169 Devil in a Blue Dress 1995 Franklin, Carl USA DOS
2096 The Devil's Backbone 2001 del Toro, Guillermo Spain / Mexico D
84 Diabolique 1955 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France D
1381 Dial M for Murder 1954 Hitchcock, Alfred USA YOS
2031 Diamonds Are Forever 1971 Hamilton, Guy UK / USA DS
2266 Dick Tracy 1990 Beatty, Warren USA YS
2389 Die Another Day 2002 Tamahori, Lee UK / USA DBS
487 Die Hard 1988 McTiernan, John USA DBO
2325 Die Hard 2: Die Harder 1990 Harlin, Renny USA DBS
NR Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995 McTiernan, John USA DBOPS
NR Dinosaur 2000 Leighton, Eric / Zondag, Ralph USA DBS
440 Dirty Harry 1971 Siegel, Don USA DBOPS
1889 Dirty Pretty Things 2002 Frears, Stephen UK Y