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The Big Blue (Director's Cut) (1988)
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| The single greatest movie about the sea and our relationship with it ever created. |
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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
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| Like a pearl this movie is both simple and beautiful. |
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Intacto (2001)
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| An original and brilliant story about people who are able to harness luck from those around them to survive. They bet and compete in underground "luck" games. Like running across a highway blindfolded. |
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The City of Lost Children (1995)
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| A darkly beautiful world of orphans, adults dark desires, true friendship, and moments that will make you smile and smile |
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Cinema Paradiso (Special Edition) (Disc 1: Theatrical Cut) (1988)
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| An epic italian opus of one boys obsession with film, and his relationship with his mentor. |
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Battle Royale (2001)
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| A clockwork orange meets Lord of the flies. This is a shocking glimpse into an alternate future where students are put on an island and forced to slaughter each other or die. Yet it is not a slaughterfest. It is a character driven script with humanity. |
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Ran (1985)
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| Akira Kurosawa's modern re-telling of "King Lear". This is a colorful and epic drama, true to the original. |
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Amelie (2001)
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| A slightly twisted french movie on happy love. |
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Run Lola Run (1998)
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| A new generation of German directors are making beautiful movies. This is an unusual movie with an great performance by Franka Potenta |
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The Princess and The Warrior (2000)
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| Same director as Run Lola Run this is a darker story about love, trusting a stranger, and human desire. |
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Seven Samurai (Criterion Collection) (1954)
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| By far Akira Kurosawa's best known movie. A black and white tale of heroes and valor. The inspiration for the western The magnificent Seven |
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Yojimbo (Criterion Collection) (1961)
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| aka "Bodyguard" another Kurosawa movie with witt and a sly lead character. The basis for the western "A fistfull of dollars" |
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Sanjuro (Criterion Collection) (1962)
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| The sequal to Yojimbo our sly samurai is back to help the weak. The basis for the movie "Last man standing" |
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The Piano Teacher (2001)
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| A discomforting and dark story about a sexually twisted woman and her desire for her new piano student. Shocking. |
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Audition (1999)
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| A Japanese movie that is not what it first seems. This movie will put a twist to your insides but you won't be able to look away |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
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| Well known but no less beautiful. A love story at heart this movie is bittersweet and grand in it's scope. I loved it. |
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Onmyoji (2001)
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| A enjoyable movie about a famous Japanese magician and philosopher. |
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Last Hero in China (1993)
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| Jet Li stars as Wong fei Hung (from Drunken Master fame) a chinese folk hero, doctor, and martial arts master. Plenty of action and some humor. |
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