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The Bizarre and Marvellous Wonders of World Cinema
Amelie (Two Disc Special Edition) [DTS] [DVD]Amelie (Two Disc Special Edition) [DTS] [DVD]
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Beautiful cinematography, wonderful soundtrack, and the most charming of charming actresses. For me a life-changing movie brimming with magic
Life Is Beautiful [DVD] [1999]Life Is Beautiful [DVD] [1999]
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Marvellous Roberto Benigni at his finest. In my opinion the saddest, happiest, most beautiful movie ever made
Black Cat, White Cat [1998] [DVD]Black Cat, White Cat [1998] [DVD]
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Bizarre Balkan Brilliance. Oompa-oompa soundtrack. A pig eating a car. Extravagently crazy from beginning to end. Check out Kusturica's 'Underground' too if you enjoy this one
The Triplets of Belleville [2003] [DVD]The Triplets of Belleville [2003] [DVD]
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Charming and memorable French animation with a fantastic soundtrack
Survive Style 5+ [DVD]Survive Style 5+ [DVD]
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Five intertwined (fairly crazy) Japananese stories. Gorgeous, vividly colourful cinematography.
Run Lola Run [DVD] [1999]Run Lola Run [DVD] [1999]
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A classic! Kind of an infinitely more frantic German version of 'Sliding Doors'. But better (obviously). Stars the excellent Franka Potente- later of Bourne Trilogy fame
City Of God (Cidade De Deus) [DVD] [2003]City Of God (Cidade De Deus) [DVD] [2003]
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Classic hard-hitting stuff, set in the Brazilian favelas
Tokyo Trash Baby [DVD] [2000] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Tokyo Trash Baby [DVD] [2000] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Sparse and typically bizarre Japanese film about a stalker who goes through garbage...
The Lives Of Others [DVD] [2007]The Lives Of Others [DVD] [2007]
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Multi award-winning film about the East German secret police
3 Iron [DVD] [2004]3 Iron [DVD] [2004]
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AKA 'Bin-Jip'. A young drifter wandering around Seoul, moving into people's homes while they're on holiday. Very strange, very little dialogue, very good
Cinema Paradiso [1989] [DVD]Cinema Paradiso [1989] [DVD]
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Simple and beautiful Italian film about a small boy's love for cinema
Kung Fu Hustle [Blu-ray] [2005]Kung Fu Hustle [Blu-ray] [2005]
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Hilarious Hong Kong Kung-Fu parody
La Ley De Herodes (Herod's Law) [DVD] [2000] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]La Ley De Herodes (Herod's Law) [DVD] [2000] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Mexican comedy about small-town corruption
Goodbye Lenin! (2002) [DVD]Goodbye Lenin! (2002) [DVD]
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A mother falls into a coma just before the Berlin Wall falls. Her children, for reasons I've entirely forgotten, desperately try to keep her from finding out that her beloved East Germany is no more
The Color of ParadiseThe Color of Paradise
Touching Iranian story about a young blind boy and his heartless father
Spirited Away [DVD]Spirited Away [DVD]
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The anime that got a generation of gaijin hooked!
Santouri: The Music Man [DVD] [2007] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Santouri: The Music Man [DVD] [2007] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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The (many) troubles of a heroin-addicted musician in modern Iran
2046 [2005] [DVD]2046 [2005] [DVD]
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Moving multi-stranded HK movie- Best of a trilogy by Wong kar-wai
Bicycle Thieves [1948] [DVD]Bicycle Thieves [1948] [DVD]
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Simple but adorable Italian film from the late '40s about a man who steals a bike out of desperation
Central Station [DVD] [1999]Central Station [DVD] [1999]
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Golden Globe winning film about Brazilian street kids
The Science Of Sleep [DVD] [2006]The Science Of Sleep [DVD] [2006]
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Quirky would be an understatement. Highly imaginative and sweet French story. If you enjoyed Amelie you'll almost certainly like this one
Pan's Labyrinth (2 Disc Set) [2006] [DVD]Pan's Labyrinth (2 Disc Set) [2006] [DVD]
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A kids' movie that's far too gory for kids. Macabre but beautiful and highly imaginative Spanish fairytale.
Citizen Dog [2004] (Region 1) (NTSC) [DVD] [US Import]Citizen Dog [2004] (Region 1) (NTSC) [DVD] [US Import]
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Bizarre Thai love story; virtually a homage to Amelie. Best Thai movie I've seen. Alright, the only Thai movie I've seen.
Happenstance [DVD] [2000] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Happenstance [DVD] [2000] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Nicely done Chaos Theory stuff featuring Audrey Tautou (can you tell I'm an Amelie fan yet?)
Nine Queens [DVD] [2002]Nine Queens [DVD] [2002]
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Relatively unknown (outside Argentina at least) but exceptionally well executed con-men thriller