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Mean Streets (Special Edition) [1973]Mean Streets (Special Edition) [1973]
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Everything in this film seems real. The banter, the occurances, the atmosphere. Because they're believable, the characters are fascinating to watch. A masterpiece of acting and dialogue.
Blade Runner (The Director's Cut) [1982]Blade Runner (The Director's Cut) [1982]
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Uses crafted cinematography, beautiful music, and a real but poetic atmosphere to tell a story. And thus captures so many feelings and thoughts that dialogue cannot.
A Streetcar Named Desire (2 disc edition) [1951]A Streetcar Named Desire (2 disc edition) [1951]
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Sweats the politics of immigrant America, the lust of weary lives, and the hypnotic allure of dreams. Memorable.
Glengarry Glen Ross [1992]Glengarry Glen Ross [1992]
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Real estate salesmen show the dead end lives, tragic dependency and loss of hope that comes from putting faith in your work.
Days Of Wine And Roses [1962]Days Of Wine And Roses [1962]
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A film about how even the simplest people have desires and fears capable of tearing them apart.
The Maltese Falcon [1941]The Maltese Falcon [1941]
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This, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and The Big Sleep, are brilliant hard boiled films. Class, driving passions, and at the centre men who remain composed throughout.
Point Blank [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Point Blank [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Lee Marvin show the violence that comes from being isolated, seeking retribution, and learning you cannot trust anybody.
Cinema Paradiso [1989]Cinema Paradiso [1989]
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A touching, funny and truthful film about growing up and changing but forever keeping your passions and beliefs alive.
Drunken Master [1978]Drunken Master [1978]
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This and Drunken Tai Chi feature kung fu that is mesmerising to watch, and plots that are common but hold themes that are true.
Vertigo [1958]Vertigo [1958]
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A scary psychological story of how love and fear can permanently scar and take a hold of you.
Ghost In The Shell [1995]Ghost In The Shell [1995]
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A film that draws you into another way of thinking through it's beauty and setting, then stirs your thoughts about consciousness, existence and other people.
Clockwork Orange [1972]Clockwork Orange [1972]
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Captures the glory of violence, the sexual thrill of aesthetics, and the anger and frustration of being ultimately impotent.
The Man Who Fell To Earth [1976]The Man Who Fell To Earth [1976]
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A film that communicates on a trance-like level. Cinematography based on it's vastness and palette of reds, and a story that is both creepy yet understandable.