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El espíritu de la colmena aka The Spirit of the Beehive (Spain, 1973)

10:58 PM  ,  

Ratings - IMDB – 8 | Metacritic - 87
Release Year - 1973
Country - Spain
Genres –Drama
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Synopsis: A sensitive seven-year-old girl living a small village in 1940 rural Spain is traumatized after viewing James Whale's "Frankenstein" and drifts into her own fantasy world.
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Cidade de Deus aka City of God (Brazil , 2002)

10:47 PM  , ,  


Ratings - IMDB – 8.8 | Metacritic - 79
Release Year - 2002
Country - Brazil
Genres – Crime | Drama
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Synopsis: Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.



Awards & Lists –Top 250 #18 | Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 55 wins
Special Mention – Rated by more than 200,000 users on imdb





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Yol aka The Road (Turkey , 1982)

7:49 AM  , ,  

Ratings - IMDB - 8.0
Release Year - 1982
Country - Turkey
Genres - Drama | Romance

Synopsis: A harsh portrait of Turkey, its people and its authorities, shown through the stories of five prisoners given a week's home leave, and the problems they encounter in adjusting to the world outside.

Awards & Lists - Nominated for Gloden Globe. Another 5 wins




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La belle et la bête aka Beauty and the Beast (France, 1946)

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Ratings - IMDB - 8.1 | Metacritic - 92
Release Year - 1946
Country - France
Genres - Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Synopsis: A half-ruined merchant lives in the country with his son Ludovic and his three daughters. Two of the daughters, Félicie and Adélaïde, are real shrews: selfish, pretentious, and evil. They exploit the third daughter, Belle, as a servant. One day, on a business trip, on the way home, the merchant gets lost in a forest and enters a strange castle. He picks up a rose for Belle, and the castle's owner appears. He is a monster, half-human, half-beast, and possesses magic powers. He sentences the merchant to death, unless he gives up one of his daughters. Belle sacrifices herself for her father and goes to the castle, discovering that the Beast is not so wild and inhuman as he seems.

Awards & Lists - 1 win

 


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Da hong deng long gao gao gua aka Raise the Red Lantern (China , 1991)

4:44 PM  ,  

Ratings - IMDB - 8.2
Release Year - 1991
Country - China
Genres - Drama

Synopsis: China in the 1920's. After her father's death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in separate houses within the great castle. The competition between the wives is tough, as their master's attention carries power, status and privilege. Each night Chen must decide with which wife to spend the night and a red lantern is lit in front of the house of his choice. And each wife schemes and plots to make sure it's hers. However, things get out of hand...

Awards & Lists - Nominated for Oscar. Another 15 wins

 


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Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta aka Castle in the Sky (Japan , 1986)

4:31 PM  , , , ,  

Ratings - IMDB - 8.1
Release Year - 1986
Country - Japan
Genres - Animation | Action | Adventure

Synopsis: A young boy stumbles into a mysterious girl who floats down from the sky. The girl, Sheeta, was chased by pirates, army and government secret agents. In saving her life, they begin a high flying adventure that goes through all sorts of flying machine, eventually searching for Sheeta's identity in a floating castle of a lost civilization.

Awards & Lists - 1 win

  


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La dolce vita aka The Sweet Life (Italy , 1961)

4:27 PM  , , ,  

Ratings - IMDB - 8.1 | Metacritic - 93
Release Year - 1961
Country - Italy
Genres - Comedy | Drama
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Synopsis: Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.

The movie is made with boundless energy. Federico Fellini stood here at the dividing point between the neorealism of his earlier films (like "La Strada") and the carnival visuals of his extravagant later ones ("Juliet of the Spirits," "Amarcord'').

Awards & lists - Won Oscar (Best Costume Design - 1962). Another 7 wins

 


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Nuovo Cinema Paradiso aka Cinema Paradiso (Italy , 1988)

9:41 PM  , ,  

Ratings - IMDB - 8.5 | Metacritic - 79
Release Year - 1988
Country - Italy
Genres - Drama

A celebration of youth, friendship, and the magic of the movies
Critical and box-office success | Regarded by many as a classic
Credited for reviving Italy's film industry

Synopsis: A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.  

A famous film director returns home to a Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years. He reminisces about his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He is also reminded of his lost teenage love, Elena, who he had to leave before he left for Rome.

Seen as an example of "nostalgic postmodernism", the film intertwines sentimentality with comedy, and nostalgia with pragmaticism. It explores issues of youth, coming of age, and reflections (in adulthood) about the past. The imagery in each scene can be said to reflect Salvatore's idealised memories about his childhood. Cinema Paradiso is also a celebration of films; as a projectionist, young Salvatore (a.k.a Totò) develops the passion for films that shapes his life path in adulthood.

Awards
  • Won Oscar- Best foreign language film
  • Cannes Film Festival - Grand Prix du Jury
  • Golden Globe - Best Foreign Language Film
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Film (Not in the English Language) , Best Actor, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Original Screenplay , Best Film Music
Lists
  • Ranked #27 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010
  • IMDB Top 250 #74
Special mention
  • Rotten Tomatoes has a 87% rating among the "Top Critics"
  • Rated by more than 63k users on IMDb

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The Decalogue aka Dekalog: The Ten Commandments (Poland , 1989)

8:24 AM  , , , ,  

Ratings - IMDB – 9.2
Release Year - 1989
Country - Poland
Genres - Drama
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Synopsis: The late great Polish director's Decalogue stands for not one but ten enchanting films loosely corresponding to the Ten Commandments.

In Part 1 ("You shall not have other gods besides me"), a university professor introduces his son to a world in which everything can be calculated. But after his son goes ice skating—following the father's estimate that the ice cover on the lake is thick enough to be safe—the world of professor's self-reliance comes crumbling down. Maybe he needs something that cannot be measured: faith. Parts 2 and 8 speak against taking a child's life, Parts 3, 6 and 9 deal with romantic love. Parts 5 and 6 are shorter cuts from the feature-length films--Krotki film o zabijaniu (A Short Film About Killing) and Krotki film o milosci (A Short Film About Love), respectively. They deal with the emotional turmoil suffered by humanity, when instinctual acts and societal morality conflict.




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Part - 2
Dekalog.II.part1.rar.html
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Part - 3
Dekalog.III.part1.rar.html
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Wo hu cang long aka Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan , 2000)

7:24 AM  , , ,  

Ratings - IMDB - 8 | Metacritic - 93
Release Year - 2000
Country - Taiwan
Genres – Action | Adventure | Drama
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Synopsis: Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous,physically-skilled,teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

Awards & Lists –Won 4 Oscars. Another 73 wins




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Ying xiong aka Hero (China , 2002)

7:15 AM  , ,  

Ratings - IMDB - 8 | Metacritic - 84
Release Year - 2002
Country - China
Genres – Action | Adventure
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Synopsis: A series of Rashomon-like flashback accounts shape the story of how one man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.

Awards & Lists – Nominated for Oscar. Another 26 wins




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