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David N. Meyer's The Best 100 Films to Rent You've Never Heard of

This list comes from the book "The 100 Best Films to Rent You’ve Never Heard Of" by David N. Meyer. The book attempts to give the casual movie viewer capsule reviews and a mood guide in an effort to avoid the usual dross in the new release section of the video store.

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1. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Michael Curtiz
 
2. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
by Werner Herzog
 
3. The American Friend  
4. At Close Range  
5. Badlands  
6. Barry Lyndon
by Stanley Kubrick
 
7. The Battle of Algiers - Criterion Collection
by Gillo Pontecorvo
 
8. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls  
9. Big Wednesday (Ws Sub)  
10. Bigger Than Life [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Spain ]
by Nicholas Ray
 
11. Black Narcissus - Criterion Collection
by Michael Powell
 
12. Bob le Flambeur - Criterion Collection  
13. A Boy & His Dog  
14. Cabeza de Vaca
by Nicolás Echevarría
 
15.
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Candy Mountain (1987)
by Rudy Wurlitzer / Robert Frank
 
16. The Chase
by Arthur Penn
 
17.
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Il Conformista (The Conformist)
by Bernardo Bertolucci
 
18. Contempt - Criterion Collection  
19. Cutter's Way
by Ivan Passer
 
20. Deep Cover
by Bill Duke
 
21. Delicatessen  
22. The Dogs of War
by John Irvin
 
23. Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back
by D.A. Pennebaker
 
24. Don't Look Now
by Nicolas Roeg
 
25. Duellists (Ws Sub)
by Ridley Scott
 
26. Fearless
by Peter Weir
 
27. Duck, You Sucker (AKA A Fistful of Dynamite)
by Sergio Leone
 
28.
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A Flash of Green
by Victor Nunez
 
29. 49th Parallel - Criterion Collection
by Michael Powell
 
30. Gates of Heaven
by Errol Morris
 
31. Hard Boiled - Criterion Collection  
32. Hell Is For Heroes
by Don Siegel
 
33. Henry V - Criterion Collection
by Laurence Olivier
 
34. The Hit
by Stephen Frears
 
35. Hombre
by Martin Ritt
 
36.
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Homicide (1991)
by David Mamet
 
37.
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House of Games  
38. I Know Where I'm Going! - Criterion Collection
by Emeric Pressburger
 
39. In a Lonely Place
by Nicholas Ray
 
40. In Which We Serve
by Noel Coward
 
41. Jimi Hendrix (Deluxe Edition)
by Gary Weis
 
42. Juggernaut
by Richard Lester
 
43. The Killer
by Chung Lam
 
44. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Criterion Collection
by Robert Hamer
 
45. The King of Comedy  
46. The Lady Eve - Criterion Collection
by Preston Sturges
 
47.
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The Last Movie
by Dennis Hopper
 
48. Le Dernier Combat
by Luc Besson
 
49. Let It Ride
by Joe Pytka
 
50. Lolita
by Stanley Kubrick
 
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Created by suntoad on Feb 12, 2007.