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(cover: Daniel Clowes' illustration for criterion's The Naked Kiss blu-ray)

Grand Illusion (1937) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
La grande illusion
director: Jean Renoir actor: Jean Gabin / Pierre Fresnay
other title: La grande illusione / Den Store Illusion
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
Seven Samurai (1954) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB Bangumi WikiData
七人の侍
8.7 (13 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Takashi Shimura
other title: I sette samurai / De syv samuraier
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
The Lady Vanishes (1938) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
The Lady Vanishes
7.4 (5 ratings) director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Margaret Lockwood / Michael Redgrave
other title: La signora scompare / En kvinde forsvinder
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
Amarcord - mig og min familie (1973) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Amarcord
director: Federico Fellini actor: Pupella Maggio / Armando Brancia
other title: Amarcord
En Fellini-film ligner ikke nogen anden og da slet ikke den festlige Amarcord, der vandt en Oscar som årets bedste udenlandske film i 1974. Titlen betyder "jeg husker", og den fortæller om folk og fæ i Fellinis egen hjemby, Rimini, ved Adriaterhavskysten under fascismen. Federico Fellini satiriserer over sit ungdomsliv og beskriver dagliglivet i byen som et cirkus af sociale ritualer, ungdommelige lyster, mandlige fantasier og politiske udflugter.
The 400 Blows (1959) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Les Quatre Cents Coups
8.5 (13 ratings) director: François Truffaut actor: Jean-Pierre Léaud / Claire Maurier
other title: I 400 colpi / Ung flugt
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
Beauty and the Beast (1946) [Movie] TMDB
La Belle et la Bête
director: Jean Cocteau actor: Jean Marais / Josette Day
other title: La bella e la bestia / La Belle et la Bête
The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.
A Night to Remember (1958) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData
A Night to Remember
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: Kenneth More / Ronald Allen
other title: Titanic, latitudine 41 nord / Titanics sidste timer
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
The Killer (1989) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
喋血雙雄
director: John Woo actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Danny Lee Sau-Yin
other title: O Assassino / The Killer (El asesino)
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.
Hard Boiled (1992) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData
辣手神探
director: John Woo actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Tony Leung Chiu-wai
other title: Fervura Máxima / À toute épreuve
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Walkabout (1971) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Walkabout
director: Nicolas Roeg actor: Jenny Agutter / Luc Roeg
other title: L'inizio del cammino / A Longa Caminhada
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
The Seventh Seal (1957) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Det sjunde inseglet
8.4 (7 ratings) director: Ingmar Bergman actor: Max von Sydow / Bengt Ekerot
other title: Il settimo sigillo / Det syvende segl
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData
This Is Spinal Tap
director: Rob Reiner actor: Christopher Guest / Michael McKean
other title: On the Rocks / Spinal Tap
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData Douban KevGa-NeoDB
The Silence of the Lambs
8.3 (20 ratings) director: Jonathan Demme actor: Jodie Foster / Anthony Hopkins
other title: Das Schweigen der Lämmer / O Silência dos Inocentes
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI’s training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
宮本武蔵
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Rentaro Mikuni
other title: Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai I: The Legend of Musashi
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
続宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決闘
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Koji Tsuruta
other title: Samurai 2 - Duello al tempio Ichijoji / Duel à Ichijôji
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
宮本武蔵完結編 決闘巌流島
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Koji Tsuruta
other title: Samurai 3 - Duello sull'isola Ganryu / Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1976) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
director: Pier Paolo Pasolini actor: Paolo Bonacelli / Giorgio Cataldi
other title: Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma / Salò eller de 120 dage i Sodoma
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
The Naked Kiss (1964) [Movie] TMDB
The Naked Kiss
director: Samuel Fuller actor: Constance Towers / Michael Dante
other title: Il bacio perverso / Uma Luz no Submundo
A former prostitute works to create a new life for herself in a small town, but a shocking discovery could threaten everything.
Shock Corridor (1963) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Shock Corridor
director: Samuel Fuller actor: Peter Breck / Constance Towers
other title: Il corridoio della paura / O Corredor do Silêncio
With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.
Sid and Nancy (1986) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Sid and Nancy
director: Alex Cox actor: Gary Oldman / Chloe Webb
other title: Sid & Nancy - O Amor Pode Matar / Sid & Nancy
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.
Created date: Sept. 7, 2025