Wajda’s first feature is a modest story of sorrow and youth resistance in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, promising great things to come for one of Poland’s greatest filmmakers.
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Generation, A (1955)
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Hand, The (2004)
Wong’s expanded version of his short for the ‘Eros’ anthology is more erotic and fatalistic than usual, and also an aesthetic and thematic extension of the world he created with ‘In the Mood for Love’.
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Small Back Room, The (1949)
An explosives expert must fight a personal battle with alcoholism in this minor WWII effort from Powell and Pressburger, which features one of the most suspenseful bomb disarmament scenes in early black-and-white cinema.
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Vanishing, The (1988)
As far as European crime mysteries about disappearances are concerned, this is one of the most unforgettable flicks of the ‘80s—a psychological thriller with an exacting disposition and a denouement that will haunt you for weeks.
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Autumn Sonata (1978)
A drama exploring the pent-up angst between a mother and daughter with emotionally intense performances by Bergman and Ullmann.
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Clean Slate (1981)
This acidic, darkly comic French neo-western adapted from Jim Thompson’s Texas-set novel, but brilliantly transposed to West Africa, is one of Tavernier’s greatest accomplishments.
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Persona (1966)
Bergman in fine experimental form—still a radical work that explores the theme of personal identity through the performative and illusory medium of cinema.
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King of the Hill (1993)
Soderbergh’s first studio effort is rich in its ‘30s Depression-era period detail, while also functioning as a coming-of-age tale with an unexpected touch of warmth.
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Modern Times (1936)
Chaplin’s brilliant film imbues his signature physical comedy into a tale about unemployment, homelessness and modern industrialisation, poignantly marking the end of the silent era in American cinema.
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Seventh Seal, The (1957)
Bergman’s most famous and influential work captures the torment of existence and mortality as a weary knight seeks for the elusive assurance of God as Death comes for him.
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Eternality Tan 