a few French movies i like

List creator: dpowers Created on: January 15, 2003 - 12:44 PM PST Description: some movies for the european cinema topic on the message boards.

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	Les Vampires (Disc 1 of 2) (1915)			Not Rated
start here, instead of with the dog and magic show of méliès, and discover your great-grandparents as human beings
	A Nous La Liberte (Criterion Collection) (1931)
charlie chaplin owes some of modern times to this.
	Le Million (Criterion Collection) (1931)
not a lot of the early french musicals around. this one is great!
	Cleo from 5 to 7 (Criterion Collection) (1962)			Not Rated
a little nudge and suddenly your whole life is the wrong thing to wear today.
	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
they literally painted the town pink (and yellow and green) to make the great movie operetta.
	Playtime (Criterion Collection) (1967)			Not Rated
jacques tati builds his own city to elaborate on his theories of modern gullibility.
	The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
another swinging operetta, but this time, gene kelly's in it, body and soul.
	Fantastic Planet (1973)
trippy science fiction animation against autocracy!
	Perceval (1979)			Not Rated
like a renaissance faire without the creepy salespeople. medieval for its own sake.
	A Sunday in the Country (1984)
time passes eloquently.
	Mauvais Sang (1986)			Not Rated
a chrome-plated geometric tangle of a caper romance.
	Man Bites Dog (Criterion Collection) (1991)			Not Rated
if it was good footage, would you help hide the body?
	My Favorite Season (1993)
falling back on family hurts.
	The City of Lost Children (1995)
how did you manage to see amélie without seeing this?
	Wild Reeds (1994)
teenagers teach each other to juggle then, now, and later
	Ponette (1996)
a fantastic movie about a little kid whose life is in turmoil
	Un Air de Famille (1996)			Not Rated
somebody finally speaks their mind at the annual family reunion
	Artemisia (1997)
art is sexy.
	I Stand Alone (1998)
brutal insanity is not sexy.
	Place Vendome (1998)			Not Rated
getting back your life, lesson one: find a @&#%load of diamonds!
	Beau Travail (1999)
far from home, strong and beautiful as a warhorse, the sorest loser wins.
	The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
friendship breaks the monotony but it's just as hard work.
	Humanité (1999)			Not Rated
a detective with no understanding of power examines a brutish world. (JR)
	Pola X (1999)			Not Rated
an entropic experience, makes other "personal" films look like bootlicking.
	Code Unknown (2000)			Not Rated
almost a predatory attitude to finding meaning in a scrambled world.
	The Gleaners and I (2000)			Not Rated
(haven't seen it yet)
	8 Women (2002)
(haven't seen it yet)
	Time Out (2001)
(haven't seen it yet)