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2235 Abraham Lincoln 1930 Griffith, D.W. USA D
2226 Abuna Messias 1939 Alessandrini, Goffredo Italy
2063 The Accompanist 1992 Miller, Claude France Y
2235 Across the Pacific 1942 Huston, John / Sherman, Vincent USA D
2235 Action in the North Atlantic 1943 Bacon, Lloyd / Haskin, Byron / Walsh, Raoul USA D
165 The African Queen 1951 Huston, John UK / USA Y
2264 Aimée & Jaguar 1999 Färberböck, Max Germany Y
2063 Air Force 1943 Hawks, Howard USA D
1835 The Alamo 1960 Wayne, John USA YS
2279 The Alamo 2004 Hancock, John Lee USA DS
537 Alexander Nevsky 1938 Eisenstein, Sergei M. / Vasilyev, Dmitri Soviet Union Y
2279 Alexandra 2007 Sokurov, Aleksandr Russia / France
233 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 Milestone, Lewis USA D
1844 All Things Fair 1995 Widerberg, Bo Denmark / Sweden Y
2233 Almost Peaceful 2002 Deville, Michel France Y
2248 Alsino and the Condor 1982 Littin, Miguel Nicaragua / Cuba / Mexico / Costa Rica Y
1116 The Americanization of Emily 1964 Hiller, Arthur USA Y
1702 And Now My Love 1974 Lelouch, Claude France / Italy Y
2300 And the Ship Sails On 1983 Fellini, Federico France / Italy Y
2017 The Anderson Platoon 1967 Schoendoerffer, Pierre France D
418 Andrei Roublev 1969 Tarkovsky, Andrei Soviet Union Y
2249 Angels One Five 1953 O'Ferrall, George More UK
2248 Angry Harvest 1985 Holland, Agnieszka West Germany D
63 Apocalypse Now 1979 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DS
1699 Archangel 1990 Maddin, Guy Canada Y
1985 Arise, My Love 1940 Leisen, Mitchell USA
2248 Arms and the Man 1958 Wirth, Franz Peter West Germany
998 Army of Shadows 1969 Melville, Jean-Pierre France / Italy DU
1597 Arsenal 1928 Dovzhenko, Aleksandr Soviet Union / Ukraine Y
1938 The Ascent 1976 Shepitko, Larisa Soviet Union D
74 Ashes and Diamonds 1958 Wajda, Andrzej Poland D
944 The Assault 1986 Rademakers, Fons Netherlands Y
2246 At Five in the Afternoon 2003 Makhmalbaf, Samira Iran / France
1095 Atonement 2007 Wright, Joe UK DUS
2233 Attack 1956 Aldrich, Robert USA Y
320 Au Revoir, Les Enfants 1987 Malle, Louis France / West Germany D
2285 Australia 2008 Luhrmann, Baz Australia / USA
1851 Ay, Carmela! 1990 Saura, Carlos Spain / Italy
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2235 Back to Bataan 1945 Dmytryk, Edward USA D
985 Ballad of a Soldier 1959 Chukraj, Grigori Soviet Union Y
1952 Baraka 1992 Fricke, Ron USA DBS
291 Barry Lyndon 1975 Kubrick, Stanley UK DU
1372 Bataan 1943 Garnett, Tay USA YU
2235 Battle Cry 1955 Walsh, Raoul USA D
2235 The Battle Cry of Peace 1915 Blackton, J. Stuart / North, Wilfrid USA
300 The Battle of Algiers 1965 Pontecorvo, Gillo Algeria / Italy YS
2224 The Battle of Britain 1943 Capra, Frank / Veiller, Anthony USA Y
2250 The Battle of Britain 1969 Hamilton, Guy UK DB
2224 The Battle of China 1944 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y
2250 The Battle of Gallipolli 1931 Asquith, Anthony UK
2285 The Battle of Midway 1942 Ford, John USA D
2248 The Battle of Neretva 1969 Bulajic, Veljko Yugoslavia / USA / Italy / West Germany YS
2224 The Battle of Russia 1943 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y
1741 The Battle of San Pietro 1945 Huston, John USA DUP
2214 Battle of the Bulge 1965 Annakin, Ken USA DB
2246 Battle of the Rails 1946 Clément, René France
2249 The Battle of the River Plate 1956 Powell, Michael / Pressburger, Emeric UK
1645 Battleground 1949 Wellman, William A. USA Y
212 Battleship Potemkin 1925 Eisenstein, Sergei M. / Aleksandrov, Grigori Soviet Union DU
1947 Beau Geste 1939 Wellman, William A. USA YS
2235 Beau Geste 1926 Brenon, Herbert USA
2248 Beaufort 2007 Cedar, Joseph Israel D
1997 The Bedford Incident 1965 Harris, James B. UK / USA DU
2235 Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971 Stevenson, Robert USA D
865 Before the Rain 1994 Manchevski, Milcho Rep of Macedonia / France / UK DS
2273 Beirut: The Last Home Movie 1987 Fox, Jennifer USA
2017 A Bell for Adano 1945 King, Henry USA
2226 Bengasi 1942 Genina, Augusto Italy
2264 The Best of Enemies 1962 Hamilton, Guy Italy / USA
2285 The Better 'Ole 1926 Reisner, Charles USA
525 The Big Parade 1925 Vidor, King USA V
413 The Big Red One 1980 Fuller, Samuel USA YU
887 Birdy 1984 Parker, Alan USA Y
183 The Birth of a Nation 1915 Griffith, D.W. USA YUS
2270 Birthday Boy 2004 Park, Sejong Australia
2034 Bitter Victory 1957 Ray, Nicholas France / USA Y
1625 Black and White in Color 1976 Annaud, Jean-Jacques Ivory Coast / France / West Germany / Switzerland Y
1773 Black Book 2006 Verhoeven, Paul Netherlands / UK / Germany DBU
1896 Black Hawk Down 2001 Scott, Ridley USA DBUS
2279 Black Rain 1989 Imamura, Shohei Japan
2233 Blekitny krzyz 1955 Munk, Andrzej / Riesser, Jan Poland
2017 Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary 2002 Heller, André / Schmiderer, Othmar Austria D
1868 Block-Heads 1938 Blystone, John G. USA Y
2235 Blockade 1938 Dieterle, William USA D
2235 Blood on the Sun 1945 Lloyd, Frank USA DU
2235 The Blue Max 1966 Guillermin, John UK DS
2121 The Boat Is Full 1981 Imhoof, Markus Switzerland / West Germany / Austria Y
2244 Body of War 2007 Donahue, Phil / Spiro, Ellen USA D
2279 Bon Voyage 2003 Rappeneau, Jean-Paul France D
515 Born on the Fourth of July 1989 Stone, Oliver USA DUS
2279 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008 Herman, Mark UK / USA
2235 The Boys from Brazil 1978 Schaffner, Franklin J. USA / UK DUPS
2235 The Boys in Company C 1978 Furie, Sidney J. USA / Hong Kong D
522 Braveheart 1995 Gibson, Mel USA DUS
878 Breaker Morant 1980 Beresford, Bruce Australia DB
1977 The Bridge 1959 Wicki, Bernhard West Germany Y
87 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 Lean, David UK / USA DUS
2097 A Bridge Too Far 1977 Attenborough, Richard USA / UK DBS
1298 The Bridges at Toko-Ri 1955 Robson, Mark USA DUP
1598 Brothers 2004 Bier, Susanne Denmark D
178 The Burmese Harp 1956 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
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666 The Caine Mutiny 1954 Dmytryk, Edward USA DS
2190 Camp de Thiaroye 1987 Sembene, Ousmane / Sow, Thierno Faty Algeria / Senegal / Tunisia
2222 A Canterbury Tale 1944 Powell, Michael / Pressburger, Emeric UK D
2255 Capitaine Conan 1996 Tavernier, Bertrand France D
2214 Captain Horatio Hornblower 1951 Walsh, Raoul UK / USA D
2114 Captain Newman, M.D. 1963 Miller, David USA D
2296 Captains of the Clouds 1942 Curtiz, Michael USA D
2017 The Captive Heart 1946 Dearden, Basil UK
1790 Carnival in Flanders 1935 Feyder, Jacques France / Germany Y
2235 Carry on Sergeant 1958 Thomas, Gerald UK D
1807 Catch-22 1970 Nichols, Mike USA YUP
2250 Chapayev 1934 Vasilyev, Georgi / Vasilyev, Sergei Soviet Union
1944 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936 Curtiz, Michael USA DS
2235 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968 Richardson, Tony UK D
2252 Children, Mother, and the General 1955 Benedek, László West Germany
872 Chimes at Midnight 1965 Welles, Orson Spain / Switzerland
2297 China Gate 1957 Fuller, Samuel USA V
1523 Circle of Deceit 1981 Schlöndorff, Volker France / West Germany D
1466 A City of Sadness 1989 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
2058 Civilization 1916 Ince, Thomas H. / Barker, Reginald / West, Raymond B. / Edwards, Walter / Hartford, David / Hunt, Jay / Read, J. Parker Jr. USA Y
1222 The Clock 1945 Minnelli, Vincente / Zinnemann, Fred USA D
384 Closely Watched Trains 1966 Menzel, Jirí Czechoslovakia D
1231 Cold Mountain 2003 Minghella, Anthony USA Y
1845 The Colditz Story 1955 Hamilton, Guy UK D
1801 Colonel Redl 1985 Szabó, István Hungary / Austria / West Germany Y
1004 Come and See 1985 Klimov, Elem Soviet Union Y
676 Coming Home 1978 Ashby, Hal USA Y
2017 Command Decision 1948 Wood, Sam USA D
1657 Confessions of a Nazi Spy 1939 Litvak, Anatole USA
1844 Confidence 1980 Szabó, István Hungary
2235 Conspiracy of Hearts 1960 Thomas, Ralph UK
2047 Cornered 1945 Dmytryk, Edward USA
2017 The Counterfeit Traitor 1962 Seaton, George USA D
2105 The Counterfeiters 2007 Ruzowitzky, Stefan Austria / Germany DBU
1454 Courage Under Fire 1996 Zwick, Edward USA DBU
551 The Cranes Are Flying 1957 Kalatozishvili, Mikheil Soviet Union Y
2279 Crimson Tide 1995 Scott, Tony USA DS
2250 Crisis 1939 Kline, Herbert / Burger, Hans / Hammid, Alexander USA
2017 The Cross of Lorraine 1943 Garnett, Tay USA
1272 The Cruel Sea 1953 Frend, Charles / McCowen, Alec UK D
2296 The Crusades 1935 DeMille, Cecil B. USA D
2183 Culloden 1964 Watkins, Peter UK D
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1845 The Dam Busters 1954 Anderson, Michael UK D
955 The Damned 1969 Visconti, Luchino Italy / Switzerland / West Germany YS
2234 The Damned 1947 Clément, René France
2250 Dark Blue World 2001 Sverák, Jan Czech Republic / UK / Germany / Denmark / Italy Y
2114 Darling Lili 1970 Edwards, Blake USA DUPS
557 Das Boot 1981 Petersen, Wolfgang West Germany Y
2235 Das Lied der Matrosen 1958 Maetzig, Kurt / Reisch, Günter East Germany
2273 Daughter from Danang 2002 Dolgin, Gail / Franco, Vicente USA D
2017 David 1979 Lilienthal, Peter West Germany V
2235 Dawn 1928 Wilcox, Herbert UK
1583 The Dawn Patrol 1938 Goulding, Edmund USA D
2248 The Dawns Here Are Quiet 1972 Rostotsky, Stanislav Soviet Union
1253 Days of Glory 2006 Bouchareb, Rachid France / Morocco / Algeria / Belgium D
2224 Dead Birds 1964 Gardner, Robert USA / Netherlands
2265 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam 1987 Couturié, Bill USA Y
2285 December 7th 1943 Ford, John / Toland, Gregg USA D
1582 Decision Before Dawn 1951 Litvak, Anatole USA D
158 The Deer Hunter 1978 Cimino, Michael USA D
2248 The Deluge 1974 Hoffman, Jerzy Poland / Soviet Union Y
2285 Der Fuehrer's Face 1942 Kinney, Jack USA D
2226 Der Große König 1942 Harlan, Veit Germany
2235 The Desert Fox 1951 Hathaway, Henry USA D
2235 Destination Tokyo 1943 Daves, Delmer USA DU
2017 The Devil's Disciple 1959 Hamilton, Guy UK / USA V
2017 The Devil's General 1955 Käutner, Helmut West Germany
2234 Devils on the Doorstep 2000 Wen, Jiang China
2017 Diamonds of the Night 1964 Nemec, Jan Czechoslovakia V
824 The Diary of Anne Frank 1959 Stevens, George USA YS
1107 Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache 1924 Lang, Fritz Germany D
834 The Dirty Dozen 1967 Aldrich, Robert UK / USA DB
2051 Dishonored 1931 von Sternberg, Josef USA Y
2214 Dive Bomber 1941 Curtiz, Michael USA D
2224 Divide and Conquer 1943 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y
2104 Divine Intervention 2002 Suleiman, Elia France / Morocco / Germany / Palestine Y
2264 Don't Go Near the Water 1957 Walters, Charles USA Y
1115 Downfall 2004 Hirschbiegel, Oliver Germany / Italy / Austria D
32 Dr. Strangelove
or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 Kubrick, Stanley UK DUP
1852 The Drum 1938 Korda, Zoltan UK Y
1583 Drums Along the Mohawk 1939 Ford, John USA D
2224 Duck and Cover 1951 Rizzo, Anthony USA Y
2291 Duck, You Sucker 1971 Leone, Sergio Italy D
1807 The Duellists 1977 Scott, Ridley UK D
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2017 The Eagle and the Hawk 1933 Walker, Stuart USA
2235 The Eagle Has Landed 1976 Sturges, John UK DBS
2233 Eden 2001 Gitai, Amos Italy / Israel / France
1583 Edge of Darkness 1943 Milestone, Lewis USA V
2285 Education for Death 1943 Geronimi, Clyde USA D
2235 1860 1934 Blasetti, Alessandro Italy V
1641 El Cid 1961 Mann, Anthony Italy / USA DS
2300 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 1987 Hara, Kazuo Japan
1077 Empire of the Sun 1987 Spielberg, Steven USA YS
2140 The End of the Affair 1999 Jordan, Neil UK / USA YU
2250 The End of the Affair 1955 Dmytryk, Edward UK Y
2250 The Enemy Below 1957 Powell, Dick USA D
333 The English Patient 1996 Minghella, Anthony USA Y
550 Europa Europa 1990 Holland, Agnieszka Germany / France / Poland Y
1854 Exodus 1960 Preminger, Otto USA D
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1192 Fahrenheit 9/11 2004 Moore, Michael USA YU
1103 Fail-Safe 1964 Lumet, Sidney USA D
1820 The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964 Mann, Anthony USA D
2235 Fanfan la Tulipe 1952 Christian-Jaque Italy / France
1529 A Farewell to Arms 1932 Borzage, Frank USA YU
2230 A Farewell to Arms 1957 Vidor, Charles / Huston, John USA D
2289 Fateless 2005 Koltai, Lajos Hungary / Germany / UK D
2114 Father Goose 1964 Nelson, Ralph USA Y
2190 Field Diary 1982 Gitai, Amos Israel / France
2260 The Fifth Horseman Is Fear 1964 Brynych, Zbynek Czechoslovakia
2235 55 Days at Peking 1963 Ray, Nicholas / Green, Guy / Marton, Andrew USA V
1813 The Fighting 69th 1940 Keighley, William USA D
2250 The Fighting Lady 1944 Wyler, William USA
2235 The Fighting Seabees 1944 Ludwig, Edward USA D
2214 The Fighting Sullivans 1944 Bacon, Lloyd USA D
2250 The Finest Hours 1964 Baylis, Peter UK
1578 Fire Over England 1937 Howard, William K. UK D
2017 Fires on the Plain 1959 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
1952 Fires Were Started 1943 Jennings, Humphrey UK Y
2235 The First Days 1939 Jackson, Pat / Jennings, Humphrey / Watt, Harry UK
2250 The First World War 1934 unknown USA
2285 Five Days in June 1989 Legrand, Michel France
1740 Five Fingers 1952 Mankiewicz, Joseph L. USA Y
1025 Five Graves to Cairo 1943 Wilder, Billy USA
1387 Flags of Our Fathers 2006 Eastwood, Clint Iceland / USA DBU
2234 Flandres 2006 Dumont, Bruno France DUP
2285 Flyboys 2006 Bill, Tony France / USA DB
2235 Flying Tigers 1942 Miller, David USA D
1439 The Fog of War 2003 Morris, Errol USA DU
2233 For Ever Mozart 1996 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Switzerland D
1240 For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943 Wood, Sam USA Y
71 Forbidden Games 1952 Clément, René France D
941 49th Parallel 1941 Powell, Michael UK D
1828 The Four Days of Naples 1962 Loy, Nanni Italy
1130 The Four Feathers 1939 Korda, Zoltan UK Y
1720 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1921 Ingram, Rex USA Y
2285 Four Sons 1928 Ford, John USA D
2235 Francis 1950 Lubin, Arthur USA D
717 Friendly Persuasion 1956 Wyler, William USA YS
243 From Here to Eternity 1953 Zinnemann, Fred USA DU
850 Full Metal Jacket 1987 Kubrick, Stanley USA DBU
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572 Gallipoli 1981 Weir, Peter Australia DU
455 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 1970 De Sica, Vittorio Italy / West Germany Y
116 The General 1927 Keaton, Buster / Bruckman, Clyde USA DU
966 General della Rovere 1959 Rossellini, Roberto Italy / France Y
2235 A Generation 1955 Wajda, Andrzej Poland V
2300 Germany, Pale Mother 1980 Sanders-Brahms, Helma West Germany D
2045 Germany Year Zero 1948 Rossellini, Roberto Italy / Germany / France Y
1596 Gettysburg 1993 Maxwell, Ronald F. USA Y
2279 G.I. Jane 1997 Scott, Ridley USA DBS
490 Glory 1989 Zwick, Edward USA DUS
2017 Go Tell the Spartans 1978 Post, Ted USA D
41 Gone with the Wind 1939 Fleming, Victor USA DS
2233 Gonin no Sekkohei 1938 Tasaka, Tomotaka Japan
2017 The Good Fight 1983 Buckner, Noel / Dore, Mary / Sills, Sam USA D
1822 Good Morning, Vietnam 1987 Levinson, Barry USA DS
2264 The Good Soldier Schweik 1960 von Ambesser, Axel West Germany
2285 Good Will to Men 1955 Barbera, Joseph / Hanna, William USA D
2285 Grace Is Gone 2007 Strouse, James C. USA DS
143 Grand Illusion 1937 Renoir, Jean France D
1059 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Takahata, Isao Japan Y
2235 The Great Citizen 1938 Ermler, Fridrikh Soviet Union
412 The Great Dictator 1940 Chaplin, Charles USA YS</