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A Christmas Carol (1984)
December 2011
A Dangerous Woman (1993)
March 1995
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
October 1990
The Agony and the Ecstacy (1965)
March 1966
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)
December 1998
A Legend for Fountains (1957)
May 1982
Alice's Restaurant (1969)
November 1969
Aliens (1986)
November 1986
Amadeus (1984)
April 1985
Amélie (2001)
September 2003
American Beauty (1999)
February 2000
American Graffiti (1973)
September 1973
Anchoress (1993)
February 1995
Arcibel's Game (2003)
February 2009
A Room with a View (1985)
September 1986
A Serious Man (2009)
June 2010
Atonement (2007)
April 2008
The Aviator (2004)
February 2005
Awakenings (1990)
May 1992
Batman Begins (2005)
December 2012
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
November 1978
Beloved (1998)
December 1998
Beloved (1998)
April 1999
Bernie (2011)
September 2012
Beyond the Law (1968)
May 1969
Blue Velvet (1986)
October 1987
The Big Chill (1983)
January 1984
Big Fish (2003)
February 2004
Big Night (1996)
November 1996
Blind Spot—Hitler's Secretary (2002)
June 2005
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
April 1968
Boogie Nights (1997)
February 1998
Breaker Morant (1980)
October 1981
Breaking the Waves (1996)
April 1997
Breathless (1960)
February 1986
Breathless (1983)
February 1986
Bull Durham (1988)
November 1994
Cast Away (2000)
February 2001
Ceddo (1977)
January 1980
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
December 1982
Central Station (1998)
June 2003
Centuries of June (1955)
May 1982
Chain Reaction (1996)
September 1996
Changing Lanes (2002)
November 2002
The China Syndrome (1979)
September 1979
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
May 1991
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
December 1993
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
November 1999
Citizen Kane (1941)
March 1991
City of God (2002)
June 2003
City of Hope (1991)
September 2002
Clerks (1994)
December 1994
Clockers (1995)
November 1995
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
October 1990
The Crying Game (1992)
April 1993
The Crying Game (1992)
December 1996
Cutter's Way (1981)
October 1981
The Dark Knight (2008)
December 2012
The Dark Knight (2008)
February 2009
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
December 2012
Days of Heaven (1978)
December 1985
Dazed and Confused (1993)
December 1994
Dead Man Walking (1995)
April 1996
The Deer Hunter (1978)
September 1980
The Descendants (2011)
June 2012
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
September 2006
Dirty Dancing (1987)
November 1999
Diva (1981)
September 1983
Divided We Fall (2000)
April 2002
Divine Intervention (2002)
November 2003
The Doctor (1991)
October 1991
The Doctor (1991)
May 1992
Don Giovanni (1979)
September 1983
Do the Right Thing (1989)
October 1990
Doubt (2008)
September 2009
Downfall (2004)
June 2005
Dracula (1979)
November 1979
Drive (2011)
February 2012
Duelle (1976)
May 1985
The Eel (1997)
December 2000
Empire of the Sun (1987)
November 1988
The End of the Affair (1999)
April 2000
Enemy of the State (1998)
April 1999
Escape from New York (1981)
October 1981
Everything is Illuminated (2005)
December 2006
Evita (1996)
February 1997
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000)
May 2001
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
September 2004
Falling Down (1993)
May 1993
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
February 2010
Far from Heaven (2002)
February 2003
Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control (1997)
September 2000
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
June 2007
The Fly (1986)
March 1987
The Fog of War (2003)
June 2004
Footloose (1984)
November 1999
Forrest Gump (1994)
April 1995
Four Days in September (1997)
May 1998
Frida (2002)
April 2003
The Front Line (2006)
December 2009
Gangs of New York (2002)
February 2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
November 2004
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
February 2000
The Godfather (1972)
September 1972
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
May 2008
Gone with the Wind (1939)
May 2002
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
June 2000
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
April 2005
The Graduate (1967)
April 1968
The Graduate (1967)
October 1988
Gran Torino (2008)
June 2009
The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
May 1978
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
May 1965
Groundhog Day (1998)
February 1999
Hair (1979)
September 1979
Hairspray (1988)
November 1999
Halloween (1978)
January 1979
Heaven and Earth (1993)
October 1994
High School (1968)
January 1970
Hollywoodland (2006)
September 2007
The Ice Storm (1997)
February 1998
In Bruges (2008)
September 2008
Inception (2010)
September 2010
Independence Day (1996)
September 1996
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
September 1984
Into the West (1992)
November 1993
Joe (1969)
November 1970
Kagemusha (1980)
February 1981
King Kong (2005)
June 2006
The King of Masks (1996)
February 2006
The King's Speech (2010)
February 2011
Kinsey (2004)
December 2008
Kinsey (2004)
February 2005
Labrynth (1986)
September 1986
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
April 2007
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
October 1973
The Last Supper (1995)
October 1997
La Traviata (1982)
September 1983
Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999)
February 2000
Le Grande Illusion (1937)
March 1984
Le Pont du Nord (1981)
May 1985
Les Misérables (2012)
April 2013
Les Vampires (1915)
February 1988
Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
October 1993
Limitless (2011)
September 2011
Lincoln (2012)
January 2013
Little Women (1994)
March 1995
Lions for Lambs (2007)
December 2007
Lone Star (1996)
November 1996
Lone Star (1996)
September 2002
Losing Isaiah (1995)
May 1995
The Loved One (1965)
March 1966
Luther (2003)
February 2007
Magic (1978)
January 1979
Magnolia (1999)
April 2000
Malcolm X (1992)
January 1993
Malcolm X (1992)
May 1995
Malèna (2000)
May 2001
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
September 2004
Manhattan (1979)
December 1979
Mansfield Park (1999)
October 2000
Margaret (2011)
December 2012
Mary Poppins (1964)
December 1964
Medium Cool (1969)
November 1969
Michael Collins (1996)
December 1996
Moonlighting (1982)
March 1983
Mr. Death (1999)
September 2000
Munich (2005)
December 2007
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
September 1986
Natural Born Killers (1994)
October 1994
Nell (1994)
March 1995
No End in Sight (2007)
December 2007
Oliver! (1968)
February 1969
O Lucky Man! (1973)
September 1973
Orlando (1993)
October 1993
Othello (1965)
April 1966
Out of Africa (1985)
May 1986
Paris, Texas (1984)
June 2010
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
April 2006
The Piano (1993)
March 1995
The Pianist (2002)
November 2003
Pieces of April (2003)
February 2004
Pinocchio (1940)
March 1985
Pixote (1981)
June 2003
Places in the Heart (1984)
April 2002
The Player (1992)
October 1992
Primary Colors (1998)
May 1998
Pulp Fiction (1994)
December 1994
Rabbit Proof Fence (2002)
April 2004
Ramparts of Clay (1971)
January 1980
Reality Bites (1994)
April 1994
Red Dawn (1984)
November 1984
Regarding Henry (1991)
October 1991
Religulous (2008)
December 2008
Reservior Dogs (1992)
December 1994
Return to Oz (1985)
October 1985
The Road Warrior (1981)
November 1983
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
September 1979
Roots (1977)
November 1978
Rose Hobart (1936)
May 1982
Rosewood (1997)
May 1997
Rules of Engagement (2000)
May 2000
Safe Passage (1994)
March 1995
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
September 1998
Schindler's List (1994)
March 1994
The Searchers (1956)
February 2000
The Secret Garden (1993)
December 1993
Secrets and Lies (1996)
April 1997
Seven (1995)
February 1996
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
February 1995
Shoah (1985)
January 1987
Simone (2002)
September 2005
Slacker (1991)
December 1994
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
March 2009
Star Trek (2009)
September 2009
State of Siege (1972)
September 1973
Sunshine State (2002)
September 2002
Superman Returns (2006)
September 2006
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
February 2009
Terms of Endearment (1983)
September 1984
Thelma and Louise (1991)
September 1991
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
September 2000
The Third Miracle (1999)
April 2000
Three Kings (1999)
May 2000
Three Seasons (1999)
December 2000
Through a Glass Darkly (1974)
September 1974
Thunderball (1965)
February 1966
Titanic (1997)
February 1998
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
January 1982
Top Gun (1986)
November 1986
Tron: Legacy (2010)
April 2011
The Truman Show (1998)
April 1999
Twentieth Century (1934)
January 1982
Twister (1996)
September 1996
Under Fire (1983)
March 1984
United 93 (2006)
September 2006
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
November 1993
Whale Rider (2002)
April 2004
What Dreams May Come (1998)
December 1998
When We Were Kings (1996)
September 1997
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
February 2010
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
September 1988
Wings of Desire (1987)
March 1993
World Trade Center (2006)
September 2006
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
February 2009
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1998)
December 2000
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
February 2003
You Can Count on Me (2000)
December 2012
Žižek! (2005)
February 2008
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