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A list compiled from "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" (St. Martin’s Griffin, $24.95), edited by Peter M. Nichols and published in 2004.

  1. 1.
    A Nous La Liberte - Criterion Collection
    by René Clair

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    About Schmidt
    by Alexander Payne

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    Absence of Malice
    by Sydney Pollack

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    Adam’s Rib
    by Ruth Gordon

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    Adaptation (Superbit Collection)

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    The Adjuster
    by Atom Egoyan

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    The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

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    Affliction
    by Paul Schrader

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    The African Queen
    by John Huston

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    L’Age D’Or

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    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog

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    Airplane! (Special Collector's Edition)
    by David Zucker

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    Aladdin (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
    by John Musker

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    Alexander Nevsky
    by Sergei M. Eisenstein

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    Alice’s Restaurant

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    Aliens (Special Edition)
    by James Cameron

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    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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    All About My Mother

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    All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal Cinema Classics)
    by Lewis Milestone

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    All That Heaven Allows - Criterion Collection
    by Douglas Sirk

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    All the King's Men
    by Robert Rossen

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    All the President's Men
    by Alan J. Pakula

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    Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Milos Forman

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    Amarcord (Criterion Collection)
    by Federico Fellini

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    Amelie
    by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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    America, America (1963)
    by Elia Kazan

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    The American Friend

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    American Graffiti (Collector's Edition)
    by George Lucas

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    An American in Paris
    by Vincente Minnelli

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    The Americanization of Emily
    by Arthur Hiller

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  32. 33.
    American Movie
    by Chris Smith (II)

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    Amores Perros
    by Alejandro González Iñárritu

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    Anastasia
    by Anatole Litvak

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    Anatomy of a Murder
    by Otto Preminger

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    The Angry Silence
    by Guy Green

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    Anna and the King of Siam
    by John Cromwell

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    Anna Christie
    by Clarence Brown

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    Annie Hall

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    The Apartment

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    Apocalypse Now

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    Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
    by Ron Howard

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    The Apostle

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    L'Argent
    by Robert Bresson

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    Ashes and Diamonds (Popiol i Diament)
    by Andrzej Wajda

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    The Asphalt Jungle
    by John Huston

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    L’Atalante

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    Atlantic City
    by Louis Malle

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    Au Revoir Les Enfants - Criterion Collection
    by Louis Malle

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    The Awful Truth
    by Leo McCarey

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    Babette’s Feast

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    Baby Doll
    by Elia Kazan

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    The Bad and the Beautiful
    by Vincente Minnelli

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    Bad Day at Black Rock
    by John Sturges

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    Badlands

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    The Baker’s Wife

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    Ball of Fire
    by Howard Hawks

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    The Ballad of Cable Hogue
    by Sam Peckinpah

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    Bambi (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by David Hand

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    The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition) with Slipcover
    by Vincente Minnelli

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    Bang The Drum Slowly
    by John D. Hancock

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    The Bank Dick - Criterion Collection
    by Edward F. Cline

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    Barfly
    by Barbet Schroeder

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    Barry Lyndon
    by Stanley Kubrick

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    Barton Fink
    by Ethan Coen

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    The Battle of Algiers - Criterion Collection
    by Gillo Pontecorvo

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    Le Beau mariage
    by Eric Rohmer

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    Beautiful People
    by Jasmin Dizdar

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    Beauty and The Beast - Criterion Collection
    by René Clément

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    Bed & Board: Domicile Conjugal

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    Beetlejuice
    by Tim Burton

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    Before Night Falls

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    Before the Rain
    by Milcho Manchevski

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    Being John Malkovich

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    Being There

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    Belle de Jour

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    Ben-Hur
    by William Wyler

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    Berlin Alexanderplatz
    by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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    The Best Years of Our Lives
    by William Wyler

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    The Bicycle Thief
    by Vittorio De Sica

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    The Big Chill
    by Lawrence Kasdan

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    The Big Clock (Universal Noir Collection)
    by John Farrow

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    Big Deal on Madonna Street - Criterion Collection
    by Mario Monicelli

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    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

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    Big Night
    by Campbell Scott

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    The Big Sky (1952)
    by Howard Hawks

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    The Big Sleep
    by Howard Hawks

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    Billy Liar - Criterion Collection
    by John Schlesinger

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    Biloxi Blues
    by Mike Nichols

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    The Birds (Collector's Edition)

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    Birdy
    by Alan Parker

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    Black Narcissus - Criterion Collection
    by Michael Powell

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    Black Robe
    by Bruce Beresford

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    Blazing Saddles

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    Bloody Sunday
    by Paul Greengrass

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    Blow Up
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

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    Blue Collar
    by Paul Schrader

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    Blue Velvet (Special Edition)
    by David Lynch

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    Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice

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    Body Heat
    by Lawrence Kasdan

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    Bonnie and Clyde
    by Arthur Penn

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    Boogie Nights
    by Paul Thomas Anderson

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    Born on the Fourth of July

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    Born Yesterday
    by George Cukor

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    Le Boucher
    by Claude Chabrol

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    Bound for Glory
    by Hal Ashby

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    Boys Don't Cry

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    Boyz 'N the Hood

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    Brazil

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    Bread, Love and Dreams
    by Luigi Comencini

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    Breaker Morant
    by Bruce Beresford

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    The Breakfast Club

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    Breaking Away

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    Breaking the Waves
    by Lars von Trier

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    Breathless

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    The Bride Wore Black
    by François Truffaut

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    The Bridge on the River Kwai
    by David Lean

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    Brief Encounter - Criterion Collection
    by David Lean

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  122. 127.
    A Brief History of Time
    by Errol Morris

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    Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Howard Hawks

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    Broadcast News
    by James L. Brooks

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    Brother’s Keeper

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  126. 131.
    The Buddy Holly Story
    by Steve Rash

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  127. 132.
    Bull Durham
    by Ron Shelton

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    Bullitt (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Mimi Freedman

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    Bus Stop
    by Joshua Logan

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    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Special Edition)
    by George Roy Hill

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  131. 136.
    The Butcher Boy
    by Neil Jordan

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    Bye Bye Brasil
    by Carlos Diegues

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  133. 138.
    Cabaret
    by Bob Fosse

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    The Caine Mutiny (Collector's Edition)
    by Edward Dmytryk

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  135. 140.
    California Suite
    by Herbert Ross

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  136. 141.
    Calle 54
    by Fernando Trueba

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    Camelot (Special Edition)
    by Joshua Logan

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    Camille
    by George Cukor

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    Captains Courageous
    by Victor Fleming

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    Carmen Jones
    by Otto Preminger

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    Carnal Knowledge
    by Mike Nichols

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    Casablanca
    by Michael Curtiz

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    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    by Richard Brooks

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    Catch-22
    by Mike Nichols

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    Cavalcade
    by Frank Lloyd

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  146. 151.
    The Celebration

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    La Ceremonie
    by Claude Chabrol

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  148. 153.
    Chan Is Missing

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    Chariots of Fire
    by Hugh Hudson

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    Charley Varrick

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    Chicago (Widescreen Edition)

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  152. 157.
    Chicken Run

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    La Chienne
    by Jean Renoir

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    Chinatown

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    Chloe in the Afternoon
    by Eric Rohmer

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    Chocolat
    by Claire Denis

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    The Cider House Rules
    by Lasse Hallström

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    The Citadel
    by King Vidor

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    Citizen Kane
    by Orson Welles

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    Claire's Knee - Criterion Collection
    by Eric Rohmer

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    The Clockmaker
    by Bertrand Tavernier

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  162. 168.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Stanley Kubrick

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    Close-Up

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    Clueless

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    Coal Miner's Daughter
    by Michael Apted

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    The Color of Money

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    Come Back, Little Sheba
    by Daniel Mann

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    Coming Home
    by Greg Carson

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    The Conformist (Extended Edition)
    by Bernardo Bertolucci

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    The Conquest of Everest

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    Contempt - Criterion Collection

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    The Conversation

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  173. 180.
    Cool Hand Luke
    by Stuart Rosenberg

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  174. 181.
    The Count of Monte-Cristo
    by David Greene

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    The Country Girl
    by George Seaton

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    The Cousins (1959)

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    The Cranes are Flying - Criterion Collection
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    Cries & Whispers - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  179. 186.
    Crossfire
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    Crumb (Special Edition)
    by Terry Zwigoff

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  181. 188.
    Cry, The Beloved Country
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    The Crying Game (Collector's Edition)
    by Neil Jordan

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    Damn Yankees
    by Stanley Donen

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    The Damned
    by Luchino Visconti

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    Dance with a Stranger
    by Mike Newell

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    Dangerous Liaisons
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    Daniel (1983)
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    Danton (1983)
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    Dark Eyes (1987)
    by Nikita Mikhalkov

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    Dark Victory
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    Darling
    by John Schlesinger

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    David Copperfield
    by Simon Curtis

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  193. 200.
    David Holzman's Diary
    by Jim McBride

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    Day for Night

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    The Day of the Jackal
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    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    by Robert Wise

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    Days of Heaven
    by Terrence Malick

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    Days of Wine and Roses
    by Blake Edwards

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    The Dead (1987)
    by John Huston

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    Dead Calm
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    Dead End
    by William Wyler

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    Dead Man Walking
    by Tim Robbins

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    Dead of Night
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    Dead Ringers

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    Death in Venice
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    Death Of A Salesman
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    The Decalogue (Complete Set)

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    Deep End
    by Jerzy Skolimowski

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    The Deer Hunter
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    The Defiant Ones
    by Stanley Kramer

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    Deliverance
    by John Boorman

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    Desperately Seeking Susan
    by Susan Seidelman

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    Destry Rides Again
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    Diabolique - Criterion Collection
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    Dial M for Murder
    by Alfred Hitchcock

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    Diary of a Chambermaid - Criterion Collection
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    Diary of a Country Priest - Criterion Collection
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    Die Hard (Widescreen Edition)
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    Diner
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    Dinner at Eight
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    The Dirty Dozen
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    Dirty Harry

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    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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    Disraeli (1929)
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    Distant Thunder
    by Rick Rosenthal

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  227. 235.
    Diva
    by Jean-Jacques Beineix

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  228. 236.
    Divorce Italian Style - Criterion Collection
    by Pietro Germi

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  229. 237.
    Do the Right Thing

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  230. 238.
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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    Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by David Lean

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    Dodsworth

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  234. 242.
    La Dolce Vita (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
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    Donnie Brasco (Special Edition)
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    Don’t Look Back (1967)
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    Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Billy Wilder

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    Dracula
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    The Dreamlife of Angels
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    Dressed to Kill
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    The Dresser
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    Driving Miss Daisy (Special Edition)
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    Drowning by Numbers
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    Drugstore Cowboy
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    Duck Soup [Chico Marx and Zeppo Marx]
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    Duellists (Ws Sub)
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    Dumbo (60th Anniversary Edition)
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    The Earrings of Madame de...
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    Easy Living
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    Eat Drink Man Woman

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  252. 260.
    Effi Briest (1974) (Sub)

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  253. 261.
    8 1/2 - Criterion Collection

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    Eight Men Out

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  255. 263.
    The Elephant Man

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    Elmer Gantry
    by Richard Brooks

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    Empire of the Sun

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  258. 266.
    Enemies, A Love Story

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    The English Patient
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    The Entertainer
    by Tony Richardson

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    Entre Nous
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