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Marvels of World Cinema...

by james_sex09 • Created 12 years ago • Modified 11 years ago
Please don't go by Imdb ratings as these movies are a rare treat to eyes and very few people have rated it.

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  • Takashi Shimura in Ikiru (1952)

    1. Ikiru

    19522h 23mNot Rated92Metascore
    8.3 (97K)
    A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi Himori
  • Ran (1985)

    2. Ran

    19852h 40mR97Metascore
    8.2 (145K)
    In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi Nezu
  • Maria Fiore in Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952)

    3. Two Cents Worth of Hope

    19521h 50m
    7.0 (877)
    A love story between a poor fellow and a daughter of respected workshop owner set in an Italian post-war village.
    DirectorRenato CastellaniStarsMaria FioreVincenzo MusolinoFilomena Russo
  • Andie MacDowell, Laura San Giacomo, James Spader, and Peter Gallagher in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)

    4. Sex, Lies, and Videotape

    19891h 40mR86Metascore
    7.2 (62K)
    A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.
    DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJames SpaderAndie MacDowellPeter Gallagher
  • Eternity and a Day (1998)

    5. Eternity and a Day

    19982h 17mUnrated80Metascore
    7.9 (15K)
    Famous writer Alexander is very ill and has little time left to live. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from Albania, and goes on a journey with him to take the boy home.
    DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsBruno GanzIsabelle RenauldFabrizio Bentivoglio
  • Askhat Kuchinchirekov in Tulpan (2008)

    6. Tulpan

    20081h 40mNot Rated88Metascore
    7.1 (3.4K)
    On the steppes of Kazakhstan, Asa lives in a yurt with his sister Samal, her husband Ondas, and their three children. Ondas is a herdsman, tough and strong. It's dry, dusty, and windy; too many lambs are stillborn. Against this backdrop, Asa, a dreamer who's slight of build and recently finished with a stint in the Russian Navy, tries to establish a life on the steppes. He, his friend Boni, and Ondas call on Tulpan, the only single girl in the area. The men talk to her parents while she listens out of sight. Her answer and Asa's later trips to talk to her form an arc of hope against the harsh land. Is this the place of Asa's dreams? What about the other lambs?
    DirectorSergei DvortsevoyStarsAskhat KuchinchirekovTolepbergen BaisakalovSamal Yeslyamova
  • The White Ribbon (2009)

    7. The White Ribbon

    20092h 24mR84Metascore
    7.8 (80K)
    Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?
    DirectorMichael HanekeStarsChristian FriedelErnst JacobiLeonie Benesch
  • Wang Yu-wen, Chien-Lien Wu, and Kuei-Mei Yang in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

    8. Eat Drink Man Woman

    19942h 4mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.8 (24K)
    A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.
    DirectorAng LeeStarsSihung LungKuei-Mei YangWang Yu-wen
  • Aaltra (2004)

    9. Aaltra

    20041h 32mNot Rated
    6.9 (3K)
    In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up, paralyzed, in a wheelchair. It seems they are doomed to stay together. They no longer focus their rage on each other but on the manufacturer of the tractor, located far up north in rural Finland. So get ready for a hilarious wheelchair road movie.
    DirectorsBenoît DelépineGustave KervernStarsBenoît DelépineGustave KervernMichel de Gavre
  • Rinko Kikuchi and Ken'ichi Matsuyama in Norwegian Wood (2010)

    10. Norwegian Wood

    20102h 13mNot Rated58Metascore
    6.3 (13K)
    Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.
    DirectorAnh Hung TranStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaRinko KikuchiKiko Mizuhara
  • Head-On (2004)

    11. Head-On

    20042h 1mR78Metascore
    7.8 (59K)
    With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
    DirectorFatih AkinStarsBirol ÜnelSibel KekilliGüven Kiraç
  • Mohamed Fellag in Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

    12. Monsieur Lazhar

    20111h 35mPG-1382Metascore
    7.5 (22K)
    At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.
    DirectorPhilippe FalardeauStarsMohamed FellagSophie NélisseÉmilien Néron
  • Tyrannosaur (2011)

    13. Tyrannosaur

    20111h 32mNot Rated65Metascore
    7.5 (35K)
    Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.
    DirectorPaddy ConsidineStarsPeter MullanOlivia ColmanEddie Marsan
  • Mumbai Diaries (2010)

    14. Mumbai Diaries

    20101h 40mNot Rated55Metascore
    7.0 (14K)
    The lives of four people intersect in Mumbai: a washer-man who wants to become an actor, a banker-turned-photographer, a painter looking for inspiration, and a newly-married immigrant who journals her experiences on home video.
    DirectorKiran RaoStarsPrateik Patil BabbarMonica DograKriti Malhotra
  • Wings of Desire (1987)

    15. Wings of Desire

    19872h 8mPG-1379Metascore
    7.9 (81K)
    An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.
    DirectorWim WendersStarsBruno GanzSolveig DommartinOtto Sander
  • Tony Takitani (2004)

    16. Tony Takitani

    20041h 15m80Metascore
    7.2 (5.2K)
    When technical illustrator Tony Takitani asks his wife to resist her all-consuming obsession for designer clothes, the consequences are tragic.
    DirectorJun IchikawaStarsIssei OgataRie MiyazawaShinohara Takahumi
  • The Window (2008)

    17. The Window

    20081h 25mR
    6.8 (610)
    It is a significant day for eighty year old Antonio. After an absence of many years, his estranged son is coming to visit.
    DirectorCarlos SorinStarsAntonio LarretaMaría del Carmen JiménezEmilse Roldán
  • Ada Condeescu and George Pistereanu in If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010)

    18. If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle

    20101h 34mUnrated64Metascore
    7.0 (6.7K)
    Two weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a student working in the penitentiary as an intern.
    DirectorFlorin SerbanStarsGeorge PistereanuAda CondeescuMihai Constantin
  • Eldorado (2008)

    19. Eldorado

    20081h 20mTV-MA
    6.6 (2.2K)
    Yvan finds a burglar in his house. He doesn't call the police and decides to give the young man a lift home to his parents.
    DirectorBouli LannersStarsBouli LannersFabrice AddePhilippe Nahon
  • Pellet (2000)

    20. Pellet

    20001h 28m70Metascore
    7.3 (7.3K)
    Alfredo is a kid who begins in a new new school where he makes a friend, Pablo. Alfredo realizes that Pablo is a victim of home abuse by his father, and decides to involve his own family in order to help his friend.
    DirectorAchero MañasStarsJuan José BallestaPablo GalánAlberto Jiménez
  • Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving in V for Vendetta (2005)

    21. V for Vendetta

    20052h 12mR62Metascore
    8.1 (1.2M)
    In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.
    DirectorJames McTeigueStarsHugo WeavingNatalie PortmanRupert Graves

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