Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Taiwan , 2000)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.9 | Matacritic - 92 | Rotten Tomatoes - 96% fresh

Release Year - 2000
Country - Taiwan
Genres - Drama | Music | Romance

IMDB page | Metacritic page | Rotten Tomatoes

"When it's over, you'll wish it were't. You'll also feel better about being alive. 

Do yourself a favor. Don't miss this one" - John Leonard, CBS News Sunday Morning

"A marvel of delicacy and humor!" - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

"A delicate confident look at the wonder of humanity. Masterful!" - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

"Rich, funny, enormously humane ... Yang is a world class talent!" - David Ansen, Newsweek

Synopsis : Yi yi is a Taiwanese film about the emotional struggles of a businessman and the lives of his middle-class Taiwanese family in Taipei seen through three generations.

Yi Yi is an epic story about the Taipei Jian family seen through three different perspectives: the middle-aged father NJ (Nien-Jen Wu), the young son Yang-Yang (Jonathan Chang), and the teenage daughter, Ting-Ting (Kelly Lee). The three-hour piece starts with a wedding, concludes with a funeral, and contemplates areas of human life in between. The father, NJ, is unsatisfied with his work and the desire of his business partners to enter into a deal with a well-known Japanese videogame company. While his partners are only concerned about making money, NJ finds that his honest nature is unappreciated in the commercial realm. To his surprise, he finds a connection with the Japanese software mogul, Ota. A former old flame, Sherry, tries to walk into his life after a chance reunion. His youngest son has troubles at school with his teachers, while his daughter has to handle a love triangle involving her friend next door and her troubled boyfriend. All three try to deal with their problems while also caring for NJ's aged mother-in-law, who is in a coma, and in the absence of NJ's wife, who has left for a Buddhist retreat after facing a midlife crisis. In addition, A-Di, NJ's overweight brother-in-law who marries a starlet at the start of the film, has to wrestle with his demanding wife and a former love, complicating matters within this extended family.

Awards

• Won Best Director at Cannes Film Festival
• Nominated for Palme d'Or
• Won Best Foreign Film
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association
• National Society of Film Critics
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• Other Awards
• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival's Netpac Award
• Vancouver International Film Festival's Chief Dan George Humanitarian Award
• Sarajevo Film Festival's Panorama Jury Award

Lists

• Selected by the British film magazine Sight and Sound as one of the ten greatest films of the past 25 years
• Ranked as the 3rd most critically acclaimed film of the 21st century by website They Shoot Pictures Don't They?

Special Mention

• Named Best Film of the Year by prominent publications and intellectuals
• A.O.Scott, New York Times
• Susan Sontag, Artforum
• Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
• Steven Rosen, Denver Post
• Stephen Garrett, Nicole Keeter , Time Out NY
• John Anderson, Jan Stuart, Gene Seymour, Newsday

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Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage aka Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Germany , 2005)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.7 | Matacritic - 76 | 

Release Year - 2005
Country - Germany
Genres - Biography | Crime | Drama

IMDB page | Metacritic page

The true story of a young woman who did what few in Nazi Germany 

dared even think!

"Chilling Authenticity! Grippingly Portrayed!

Julia Stench is terrific! An ace performance" - Derek Elley , Variety

"A gripping true story! Challenges you to gauge your own courage! Conveys what it must have been like to be a young, smart, idealistic dissenter in Nazi Germany, where no dissent was tolerated!" - Stephen Holden, The New York Times


"A shattering experience fueled by Jentsch's electrifying performance!" - Ken Fox, TV GUIDE

"Harrowing! Heroic! Exhilarating! Inspiring! Riveting!" - Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times

"Riveting!...A heartbreaking yet stirring reminder of the perils, and glory, of courage.A  magnetic lead performance by Julia Jentsch!" - John Powers, Vogue

Synopsis : A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose. One of its few female members, Sophie Scholl is captured during a dangerous mission to distribute pamphlets on campus with her brother Hans. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to the White Rose, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless.

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Nothing is so unworthy of a civilized nation as allowing itself to be governed without opposition by an irresponsible clique that has yielded to base instinct.

Do not forget that every people deserves the regime it is willing to endure!

Every individual human being has a claim to a useful and just state, which secures freedom of the individual as well as the good of the whole.

Dissociate yourselves from National Socialist gangsterism. Prove by your deeds that you think otherwise.

An end in terror is preferable to terror without end.

Hitler cannot win the war; he can only prolong it.

We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will not leave you in peace.

Please make as many copies of this leaflet as you can and distribute them. 

-Text excerpted from actual leaflets distributed by White Rose in Nazi Germany in 1942-3

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Awards

• Nominated for Oscar - Best Foreign Language film
• Won 3 European Awards - Best European Actress, People's Choice Award : Best Director and Best Actress
• German Film Awards ("The Lolas") - Won Best Film , Best Actress , Audience Award - Best Film
• Berlin Film Festival - Silver Bear for Best Director, Silver Bear for Best Actress, Audience Award - Runner-Up Best Film, Film Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Special Mention

• Rated by more than 12k users on IMDb

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La battaglia di Algeri aka The Battle of Algiers (Italy , 1966)

Ratings - IMDB - 8.2 | Matacritic - 94

Release Year - 1966
Country - Italy
Genres - Drama | History | War

IMDB page | Metacritic page

The Revolt that Stirred the World! 
An account of the bloodiest revolution in modern history.
"A Most Extraordinary Film" - New York Times
"The most emotionally powerful revolutionary epic since Eisenstein's Potemkin!" - Pauline Kael, The New Yorker

Synopsis : The Battle of Algiers  is a 1966 war film based on occurrences during the Algerian War (1954–62) against French colonial occupation in North Africa, the most prominent being the titular Battle of Algiers. The film has been critically celebrated and often taken, by insurgent groups and states alike, as an important commentary on urban guerilla warfare. The highly dramatic film is about the organisation of a guerrilla movement and the methods used to annihilate it by the colonial power.

A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it.

Awards

• Nominated for 3 Oscars - Best Foreign Language film, Best Director, Best Screenplay
• Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
• Other awards -  The City of Venice Cinema Prize (1966); the International Critics Award (1966); the City of Imola Prize (1966); the Italian Silver Ribbon Prize (director, photography, producer); Ajace Prize of the Cinema d'Essai (1967); the Italian Golden Asphodel (1966); Diosa de Plata at the Acapulco Film Festival (1966); the Golden Grolla (1966); the Riccione Prize (1966); voted "Best Film of 1967" by Cuban critics

Lists

• Ranked #6 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010
• Ranked 120th place on Empire Magazine's list of the 500 greatest movies of all time
• IMDb Top 250 #192

Special Mention

• The film was screened in Pentagon in 2003 regarding it as a useful illustration of the problems faced in Iraq.A flyer for the screening read: 
• "How to win a battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range. Women plant bombs in cafes. Soon the entire Arab population builds to a mad fervor. Sound familiar? The French have a plan. It succeeds tactically, but fails strategically. To understand why, come to a rare showing of this film."
• Rated by more than 18k users on IMDb

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Chi bi aka Red Cliff I & II (China , 2008 - 2009)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.3 | Matacritic - 73 | Rotten Tomatoes - 89%

Release Year - 2008 - 2009
Country - China
Genres - Action | Adventure | History | War | Drama

Part I IMDB page | Part II IMDb page | Rotten Tomatoes

Must watch the "GRAND - SCALE" of this epic action flick ...

"'RED CLIFF' SCALES THE HEIGHTS. It balances character, grit, spectacle and visceral action in a meaty, dramatically satisfying pie that delivers on the hype." - Variety

"A formidable prelude to an epic battle with resplendent effects and action spectacles." - The Hollywood Reporter

"Finally, Asian cinema sees the birth of a movie with the grandeur ― in both budget and inspiration ― of epic franchises like The Lord of the Rings." - The Korea Times

"Red Cliff' is a legendary filmmaker's visual symphony." - Wall Street Journal

"THRILLING FILMMAKING! Red Cliff blazes across the screen with a sweep that most movies can only dream of." - Huffington Post

Synopsis: Red Cliff is a Chinese epic war film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs (208-209 AD) and events during the end of the Han Dynasty and immediately prior to the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China.

RED CLIFF opens as power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) seeks permission from the Han dynasty Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission designed to crush the two troublesome warlords who stand in his way, Liu Bei (You Yong) and Sun Quan (Chang Chen). As the expedition gets underway, Cao Cao's troops rain destruction on Liu Bei's army, forcing him into retreat. Liu Bei's military strategist Zhuge Liang (Takeshi Kaneshiro) knows that the rebels' only hope for survival is to form an alliance with rival warlord Sun Quan, and reaches out to Sun Quan's trusted advisor, war hero Zhou Yu (Tony Leung). Vastly outnumbered by Cao Cao's brutal, fast-approaching army, the warlords band together to mount a heroic campaign – unrivaled in history – that changes the face of China forever. A massive hit in Asia and the most expensive Asian film production of all time, RED CLIFF is a breathtaking war epic that marks the triumphant return of John Woo.

Awards & Lists - Watch this one not for awards and ratings ... But for the visual treat of an epic action flick combined with the perfect story-telling technique and the thrill of war strategy that keeps one glued to the movie and only wanting more of it ....

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Aruitemo aruitemo aka Still Walking (Japan , 2008)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.9 | Matacritic - 89 | Rotten Tomatoes - 100% fresh

Release Year - 2008
Country - Japan
Genres - Drama

IMDB page | Metacritic page | Rotten Tomatoes

Only watch if you want to see something emotional
A Family Apart ... Will Come Together

"Transcendent ... completely absorbing , so sure of its own scale and scope that while you're watching it the rest of the world fades into irrelevance" - A.O. Scott , The New York Times

"The closest thing to a masterpiece ... A universal, deeply felt portrait of middle-class family life ... Comparable to Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 masterpiece, 'TOKYO STORY.' " - Stephen Holden, The New York Times

"Painful family issues are more likely to stay beneath the surface, known to everyone but not spoken of. Still Walking, a magnificent new film from Japan, is very wise about that, and very true." - Roger Ebert, Chicago-Sun Times

Synopsis : The film is a portrait of a family over roughly 24 hours as they commemorate the death of one member.

The lyrical, profoundly moving Still Walking (Aruitemo aruitemo) is contemporary Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda’s most personal work to date. Created as a tribute to his late mother, the film depicts one day in the life of the Yokoyamas, gathered together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear. Rather than focus on big dramatic moments, Kore-eda relies on simple gestures and domestic routines (especially cooking) to evoke a family’s entire life, its deep regrets and its daily joys. Featuring vivid, heartrending performances and a gentle naturalism that harks back to the director’s earlier, documentary work, Still Walking is an extraordinary portrayal of the ties that bind us.

Awards

• Won Best Director
• Asian Film Award
• Blue Ribbon Award
• Chlotrudis Award

Special Mention

• Official Selection at
• Toronto Film Festival
• Tribeca Film Festival
• San Francisco Film Festival

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Z (France , 1969)

Ratings - IMDB - 8.2

Release Year - 1969
Country - Algeria
Genres - Crime | Drama | History

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First movie to be nominated for Oscars in both the best foreign-language category and the regular best picture category

"An Extraordinary Thriller! One of the fastest, most exciting melodramas ever made" - Pauline Kael

"Unbearably Exciting! Z is at the same time a political cry of rage and a brilliant suspense thriller!" - Roger Ebert

Synopsis : Following the murder of a prominent leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth while government officials attempt to cover up their roles.

The story of Z began on May 22, 1963, when a Greek politician named Gregoris Lambrakis served as keynote speaker at an anti-war meeting in Thessaloniki and was immediately thereafter whacked on the head by a couple of right-wing extremists. He died a few days later. Greece’s right-wing government was suspected of supporting the assassination, and subsequent investigation revealed that the military and the police force had connections to the extremists. The country’s leftist movement, long marginalized by the authoritarian government, had had enough of these shenanigans. Lambrakis became a symbol for their cause, which proved to be significant in Greece’s political history over the next several years.

The name Z came from the Greek protest slogan “ZEI,” meaning “he [Lambrakis] lives!”

Films Basis - Based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos

Interesting Facts 

• The movie starts with onscreen titles that say, in translation, "Any similarity to real persons and events is not coincidental. It is INTENTIONAL."
• Costa-Gavras even set the action on May 22, the same date of the Lambrakis attack.
• The investigating magistrate in the movie (actor Jean-Louis Trintignant) is an analogue of Christos Sartzetakis, who was 22 years later appointed President of Greece by democratically-elected parliamentarians.
• Made by a Greek-born director and based on events in Greek politics, it was filmed mostly in Algeria and all the characters speak French. The movie never explicitly names which country it takes place in.

Awards

• Won 2 Oscars - Best Foreign Film and Best Editing
• Nominated for 3 more Oscars - Best Director, Best Picture, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
• Won 2 Cannes Film Festival Awards - Best Actor, Jury Prize
• Won Golden Globe - Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film
• Won Best Film of the Year
• New York Film Critics Circle
• National Society of Film Critics
• Kansas City Film Critics Circle
• Won  Best Director  - New York Film Critics Circle
• Won BAFTA - Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
• Nominations
• Cannes Film Festival - Golden Palm
• BAFTA - Best Film; Best Film Editing, Best Screenplay, UN Award

Special Mention

• Costa-Gavras was the master of the political thriller for a couple decades, with Z as a prime example of how to do it right. Films like The French Connection (1971) and The Conversation (1974) were clearly influenced by Z‘s visual style; hand-held cameras, suggesting a documentary feel, became the norm for this genre.
• Rated by more than 10k users on IMDb

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Les diaboliques aka Diabolique (France , 1955)

Ratings - IMDB - 8.3 | Rotten Tomatoes - 97%

Release Year - 2004
Country - China
Genres - Film-Noir | Horror | Mystery

IMDB page | Rotten Tomatoes

The Great Suspense Film That Shocked the World... And Became A Classic. Before Psycho, Peeping Tom, and Repulsion, there was Diabolique.

"The Best Foreign Film of the Year" - New York Film Critics

"A masterly thriller ... A shocker of a conclusion that no moviegoer should learn in advance" - TIME magazine

"One of the dandiest mystery dramas ... The surprises explode like shotgun blasts!" - Bosley Crowther, N.Y. Times

Synopsis : This thriller from Henri‑Georges Clouzot, which shocked audiences in Europe and the U.S., is the story of two women—the fragile wife and the willful mistress of the sadistic headmaster of a boys' boarding school—who hatch a daring revenge plot. With its unprecedented narrative twists and terrifying images, Diabolique is a heart-grabbing benchmark in horror filmmaking, featuring outstanding performances by Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, and Paul Meurisse.

The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool... but when the pool is drained, the body has disappeared - and subsequent reported sightings of the headmaster slowly drive his 'killers' (and the audience) up the wall with almost unbearable suspense...

Films Basis - Based on the novel Celle qui n'était plus (She Who Was No More) by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac

Tagline : A bathtub .. Diabolical? A man's suit .. Diabolical? A wicker trunk .. Diabolical? A swimming pool ......

Awards

• Won the Louis Delluc Prize (French film award since 1937)
• Won Best foreign film at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Lists

• Time's 2007 list of Top 25 Horror films
• Ranked #49 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments
• IMDb Top 250 #170

Special Mention

• This movie helped inspire Hitchcock's Psycho
• Rated by more than 20k users on IMDb

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Shi mian mai fu aka House of Flying Daggers (China , 2004)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.6 | Metacritic - 89

Release Year - 2004
Country - China
Genres - Action | Adventure | Drama

IMDB page | Metacritic

Watch this one for a visual treat

"Sublime, Gorgeous and Action- Packed" - Jamie Bernard, New York Daily News

"Wild riot of color, music, passion, action, mystery, pure old-fashioned thrills and even dancing" - Phil Hall, Film Threat

"A Gorgeous Entertainment, A Feast of Blood, Passion and Silk Brocade" - A.O.Scott, The New York Times

"Forget about the plot, the characters, the intrigue, which are all splendid in House of Flying Daggers, and focus just on the visuals. The film is so good to look at and listen to that, as with some operas, the story is almost beside the point, serving primarily to get us from one spectacular scene to another." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

Synopsis : House of Flying Daggers is a 2004 wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou. It differs from other wuxia films in that it is more of a love story than a straight martial arts film.

The film is set in 859 AD. The once great Tang Dynasty is now in decline. Numerous rebel groups have formed, the largest of which is the House of Flying Daggers, based in Feng Tian county. The Flying Daggers steal from the rich and give to the poor, gaining the support of the locals. A police officer called Leo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) sends officer Jin (Andy Lau) to investigate a young dancer named Mei (Zhang Ziyi), claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers". Leo arrests Mei, only to have Jin breaking her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But things are far more complicated than they seem...

Awards

• Nominated for Oscar - Best Cinematography
• Won Best  Cinematography at - Boston Film Critics , National Society of Film Critics , Satellite Awards
• Nominated for 9 BAFTA including Best Actress, Film, Cinematography, Visual Effects
• Nominated at Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Asian film
• Nominated for European Film Awards - Best Non-European Film

Lists

• Ranked #77 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010
• Placed at 93 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s

Special Mention

• At Rotten Tomatoes, the site reported that 88% of critics had given the film positive reviews, based on 160 reviews; with "top critics" given the film a 95% rating
• Rated by more than 51k users on IMDb

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Un long dimanche de fiançailles aka A Very Long Engagement (France , 2004)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.8 | Metacritic - 76 

Release Year - 2004
Country - France
Genres - Drama | Mystery | Romance

IMDB page | Metacritic

A movie About the Beauty of Hope , The Absurdity of War and the
Enduring Power ... of the Human Heart

Synopsis : Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.

Five soldiers are convicted of self-mutilation in order to escape military service during World War I. They are condemned to face near certain death in the no man's land between the French and German trench lines. It appears that all of them were killed in a subsequent battle, but Mathilde, the fiancée of one of the soldiers, refuses to give up hope and begins to uncover clues as to what actually took place on the battlefield. She is all the while driven by the constant reminder of what her fiancé had carved into one of the bells of the church near their home, MMM for Manech Aime Mathilde (Manech Loves Mathilde; a pun on the French word aime, which is pronounced like the letter "M". In the English-language version, this is changed to "Manech's Marrying Mathilde").

Films Basis - Based on a novel of the same name, written by Sebastien Japrisot, first published in 1991

Tagline - Never let go

Awards

• Nominated for 2 Oscars in Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography
• Won 5 Cesar Awards(National film award of France) - including Best Actress - Supporting role, Cinematography , Costume Design ...
• Nominated for Best Actress , Director, Film among other categories at Cesar Awards
• Nominated for BAFTA Awards in Best Film not in the English Language category
• Nominated for Golden Globe in Best Foreign Language Film
• Total 16 wins and 21 nominations

Special Mention - Rated by more than 38k users on IMDb

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Volver (Spain , 2006)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.6 | Metacritic - 84 | Rotten Tomatoes - 92%

Release Year - 2006
Country - Spain
Genres - Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Synopsis : After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.

Revolving around an eccentric family of women from a wind-swept region south of Madrid, Cruz plays Raimunda, a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula. To top off the family crisis, her mother Irene comes back from the dead to tie up loose ends.

Drawing inspiration from the Italian neorealism of the late 1940s to early 1950s and the work of pioneering directors such as Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, and Pier Paolo Pasolini, Volver addresses themes like sexual abuse, loneliness and death, mixing the genres of farce, tragedy, melodrama, and magic realism.

Awards

• Total of 51 wins and 53 nominations including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress categories 
• Nomination for Oscar - Best Actress category
• Nominated for 2 BAFTA awards - Best Film, Best Actress
• Nominated for 2 Golden Globes - Best Film, Best Actress
• Won 5 Goya Awards (Spain's national film awards) - including Best Actress, Best Director and Best Film
• Won 5 European Film Awards including Best Actress and Best Director
• Won Best Foreign Language Film at National Board of Review , Satellite Awards , Vancouver Film Critics

Lists - The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2006

• 2nd - Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle
• 3rd - Glenn Kenny, Premiere ,  Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times ,  Richard Corliss, TIME magazine ,  Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• 4th - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon ,  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone ,  Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter
• 5th - Desson Thomson, The Washington Post
• 6th - Claudia Puig, USA Today ,  Scott Tobias, The A.V. Club
• 7th - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
• 8th - A. O. Scott, The New York Times ,  Keith Phipps, The A.V. Club ,  Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter ,  Stephen Holden, The New York Times
• 9th - Shawn Levy, The Oregonian
• 10th - David Ansen, Newsweek ,  Lou Lumenick, New York Post

Special Mention

• Rated by more than 42k users on IMDb
• Roger Ebert gave it his top rating of four stars out of 4
• As of 2012 , The film has a Certified Fresh rating from critics at Rotten Tomatoes, scoring a 92% based on 147 "fresh" reviews out of 160 critics

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Zerkalo aka The Mirror (Russia , 1975)

Ratings - IMDB - 8.0

Release Year - 1975
Country - Russia
Genres - Biography | Drama | History

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Synopsis : A man in his forties is going to die and remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments but things that also tell the story of all the Russian nation...

The director mixes flashbacks, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.

Special Mention

• Rated by more than 9k users on IMDb

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Huozhe aka To Live (China , 1994)

Ratings - IMDB - 8.1

Release Year - 1994
Country - China
Genres - Drama | War

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Synopsis : Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work. They raise a family and survive, managing "to live" from the 40's to the 70's in this epic, but personal, story of life through an amazing period.

Films Basis - Based on the novel of the same name by Yu Hua

Awards

• Won BAFTA award for Best Film Not in the English Language
• Won Grand Jury Prize at 1994 Cannes Film Festival
• Nominated for  Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
• Nominated for Golden Globe in Best Foreign language film category

Special Mention

• The film was banned in mainland China due to its critical portrayal of various policies and campaigns of the Communist government. Zhang Yimou was also banned from filmmaking for two years.
• Rated by more than 7k users on IMDb

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