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Lola rennt aka Run Lola Run (Germany , 1998)

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Ratings - IMDB - 7.9 | Matacritic - 77 | Rotten Tomatoes - 93%
Release Year - 1998
Country - Germany
Genres – Crime | Thriller
IMDB page| Metacritic page | Rotten Tomatoes

Every second of every day you make a choice that can change your life

"DAZZLING! PLAYFULLY PROFOUND! HOT, FAST, AND POST HUMAN!" - Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"A LANDMARK!" - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

"EXHILARATING! The most promising German filmmaker since Fassbinder!" - Howard Feinsten, Time Out

"PASSIONATE FILM MAKING AT ITS BEST" - Chris Gore, Film Threat

Synopsis: A young woman in Germany has twenty minutes to find and bring 100,000 Deutschmarks to her boyfriend before he robs a supermarket.

The film begins with Lola (Franka Potente) receiving a phone call from her distraught boyfriend, Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu). He is a small-time criminal and has lost 100,000 marks belonging to his crime boss by accidentally leaving it on a train (Lola was supposed to pick him up, but her moped was stolen while she was buying cigarettes). After the doors of the train closed, he saw a homeless man pick up the bag of money but he was unable to get back onto the train before it left the station. Upon not seeing any trace of his money or the homeless man at the next station, Manni assumes the money is long gone.

Manni has to get the money within 20 minutes before his boss finds out, and plans to rob a nearby supermarket. Lola urges him to wait and tells him she will sort out the money. She decides to ask her father (Herbert Knaup), who is a bank manager .

The main part of the film is divided in three "runs". Each run starts from the same situation but develops differently and has a different outcome. Each run contains various flash-forward sequences, showing how the lives of the people that Lola bumps into develop after the encounter. In each run, those people are affected in different ways.

Awards
  • Nominated for BAFTA Film Award - Best Film not in English language
  • Winner - Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival
  • Winner - Best Film at the Seattle International Film Festival
  • Seven separate wins at the German Film Awards
Lists
  • Ranked #86 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010
Special Mention 
  • Rated by more than 98k users on IMDB

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M (Germany , 1931)

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Ratings - IMDB - 8.6
Release Year - 1931
Country - Germany
Genres - Film-Noir | Thriller
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Synopsis : When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

Someone is murdering children in Berlin. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

Films Basis - M is supposedly based on the real-life case of serial killer Peter Kürten, the "Vampire of Düsseldorf", whose crimes took place in the 1920s, although Lang denied that he drew from this case. "At the time I decided to use the subject matter of M there were many serial killers terrorizing Germany — Haarmann, Grossmann, Kürten, Denke," Lang told film historian Gero Gandert in a 1963 interview.

Lists
  • Ranked #33 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010
  • Roger Ebert Top 100
  • IMDb Top 250 #50
Special Mention
  • The film has become a classic which Lang himself considered his finest work
  • The film was one of the first to use a leitmotif (a recurring theme, associated with a particular person, place, or idea) associating "In the Hall of the Mountain King" with the Lorre character.This association of a musical theme with a particular character or situation, a technique borrowed from opera, is now a film staple.
  • Rated by more than 51k users on IMDb

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Tengoku to jigoku aka High and Low (Japan , 1963)

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Ratings - IMDB - 8.3
Release Year - 1963
Country - Japan
Genres - Crime | Drama | Thriller
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Synopsis: An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.


An executive mortgages all he owns to stage a coup and gain control of the National Shoe Company, with the intent of keeping the company out of the hands of incompetent and greedy executives. He needs the same money, though, to pay the ransom that will possibly save a child's life. His resolution of that dilemma -- the certain loss of the company vs. the probable loss of the child -- makes for one distinct drama, and an ensuing elaborate police procedure makes for a second.


Awards

  • Won Mainichi Film Award for Best Film
  • Nominated for Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
Special Mention - Rated by more than 9k users on IMDb


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Tsubaki Sanjûrô aka Sanjuro (Japan , 1962)

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Ratings - IMDB - 8.1
Release Year - 1962
Country - Japan
Genres - Action | Drama | Thriller
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Synopsis : Second part of the Yojimbo - Sanjuro two films set (sequel of Yojimbo)


A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.


A group of idealistic young men, determined to clean up the corruption in their town, are aided by a scruffy, cynical samurai who does not at all fit their concept of a noble warrior.


Special Mention - Rated by more than 10k users on IMDb



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Zwartboek aka Black Book (Netherlands , 2006)

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Ratings - IMDB - 7.9 | Metacritic - 71
Release Year - 2006
Country - Netherlands
Genres - Drama | Thriller | War

Synopsis: In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

Awards – Nominated for BAFTA Film Award
Won the Young Cinema Award for best international film at the Venice International Film Festival
Won three Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival - Best Film , Actress & Director
Nominated for Golden Lion
Another 12 wins


Lists - The film appeared on several critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007
3rd – James Coleman, The 213
5th – James Berardinelli, ReelViews
5th – Richard Schickel, TIME magazine
8th – Nathan Lee, The Village Voice
9th – Scott Tobias, The A.V. Club


Special Mention - Diamond Film for 1,000,000 visitors in the Netherlands
Netherlands' most commercially successful with that country's highest box office gross of 2006 at the time of release
Voted the best Dutch film ever in 2008
Rated by more than 35k users on IMDb
 


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Eskiya aka The Bandit (Turkey , 1996)

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Ratings - IMDB - 8.3
Release Year - 1996
Country - Turkey
Genres - Crime | Drama | Thriller
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Synopsis : The film is about a Kurdish bandit who comes to Istanbul after serving a 35-year jail sentence. It blends fairy tale elements while carrying the notion of reality within a fictional story.


The epic adventures of the legendary Baran the Bandit following his release from prison. After serving 35 years, it is no surprise that the world has changed dramatically. Still, Baran can't help but be shocked to discover that his home village is now underwater thanks to the construction of a new dam. He then heads for Istanbul to get revenge upon his former best friend, the man who snitched on him and stole his lover Keje. Along the way, Baran teams up with Cumali, a tough young punk who finds the thief's old-fashioned ways rather quaint. When Cumali gets into deep trouble with a crime boss, Baran adds another vengeful task to his roster.

Awards - 1997 Bogey Awards (Won) - Series of German film awards based on the number of people seeing a film within a given time frame
1998 Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival  - Gold Dolphin (Won) - Annual film festival in Portugal awarding films from countries producing less than 30 features per year. Gold Dolphin is the main award of the festival.

Special Mention - Turkey's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film - 1969
Enormously popular in its native Turkey where it drew in 2.5 million viewers and in Germany where it won a Bogey Award.
Rated by more than 15k users on IMDb

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Mou gaan dou aka Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong , 2002)

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Ratings - IMDB - 8.1
Release Year - 2002
Country - Hong Kong
Genres - Crime | Mystery | Thriller
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Synopsis: A story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop.



Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

Tagline - Loyalty. Honor. Betrayal.
Awards - 23 wins
Lists - IMDb Top 250 #223
Special Mention - Rated by 45k users on IMDb | Remade into "The Departed" in 2006 starring Leonardo di Caprio and Matt Damon




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Chinjeolhan geumjassi aka Lady Vengeance (South Korea , 2005)

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Ratings - IMDB - 7.7
Release Year - 2005
Country - South Korea
Genres - Crime | Drama | Thriller
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Synopsis: Third and final part of "The Vengeance trilogy"


After thirteen and half years in prison for kidnapping and murdering the boy Park Won-mo, Geum-ja Lee is released and tries to fix her life. She finds a job in a bakery; she orders the manufacturing of a special weapon; she reunites with her daughter, who was adopted by an Australian family; and she plots revenge against the real killer of Won-mo, the English teacher Mr. Baek. With the support of former inmates from prison, Geum-ja seeks an unattained redemption with her vengeance.

Awards - 10 wins
Special Mention - Rated by more than 25k users on IMDb



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Oldeuboi aka Oldboy (South Korea , 2003)

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Ratings - IMDB - 8.4
Release Year - 2003
Country - South Korea
Genres - Drama | Mystery | Thriller
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Synopsis: Second part of "The Vengeance trilogy"


After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days.

An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, Oh Dae-Su soon finds out that his kidnapper has a greater plan for him and is set onto a path of pain and suffering in an attempt to uncover the motive of his mysterious tormentor.

Awards  - 17 wins
Lists - IMDb Top 250 #92
Special Mention - Rated by more than 134k users on IMDb




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Boksuneun naui geot aka Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance ( South Korea , 2002)

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Ratings - IMDB - 7.8
Release Year - 2002
Country - South Korea
Genres - Crime | Drama | Thriller
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Synopsis: First part of "The Vengeance trilogy"


A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.

In Seoul, Ryu, a deaf worker has a sister who needs a kidney transplant. He tries to donate his own kidney to his sister, but his blood type is not compatible with hers. When Ryu is fired from Ilshin Electronics, he meets illegal dealers of organs, and the criminals propose that he give them his kidney plus ten millions Won to obtain a kidney suitable for his sister. Ryu accepts the trade, but he does not have money to pay for the surgery. His anarchist revolutionary girlfriend Cha Young-mi convinces him to kidnap Yossun, the daughter of his former employer Park, who owns Ilshin Electronics. However, a tragedy happens, generating revenge and a series of acts of violence.



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Amores perros aka Love’s A Bitch

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Ratings - IMDB - 8.2 | Metacritic - 83
Release Year - 2000
Country - Mexico
Genres – Drama | Thriller
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Synopsis: A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.

Awards & Lists – Top 250 #163 | Nominated for Oscar. Another 52 wins




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Das Leben der Anderen aka The Lives of Others

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Ratings - IMDB - 8.5 | Metacritic - 89
Release Year - 2006
Country - Germany
Genres - Drama | Thriller
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Synopsis: In the early 1980s, a successful dramatist and his longtime companion, a popular actress, were huge intellectual stars in (former) East Germany, although they secretly don't always toe the party line. One day, the Minister of Culture becomes interested in Christa, so the secret service agent Wiesler is instructed to observe and sound out the couple, but their life fascinates him more and more. 

Already fêted, Florian Henckel Donnersmarck's debut sets a closely focused, personal story against a more expansive backdrop of politics and power games -- a moving, enlightening tale of recent times.

Awards & Lists - Top250 #56 | Won Oscar (Best Foreign Language Film of the Year - 2007). Another 63 wins




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Léon aka Leon: The Professional

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Ratings - IMDB - 8.6 | Metacritic - 64
Release Year - 1994
Country - France
Genres - Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB page | Metacritic page

Synopsis: Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.


Best Film Awards - Best Foreign Language Film (Czech Lion - 1996) ; Best Sound Editing - Foreign Feature (Golden Reel Award - 1995)

Lists - Ranked #33 in IMDB Top 250 list




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