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"My view is that 'art films' often provide a human alternative to today's purely commercial films, which threaten to drown us all in a bedazzling jumble of sneering cynicism, vulgar language, neurotic egocentrism, puerile preaching, crass materialism, and thrill-seeking escapism." -- R. W. M.
SYDNEY POLLACK SAYS MOVIES ARE 'DUMBING DOWN'.

AFRICAN FILMS

AFRICAN FILMS I

BRITISH FILMS

THE FILMS OF JUDY DAVIS
THE FILMS OF JUDI DENCH
THE FILMS OF MICHAEL GAMBON
THE FILMS OF ALEC GUINNESS
THE FILMS OF ALEXANDER KORDA
THE FILMS OF LAURENCE OLIVIER
THE FILMS OF PETER SELLERS
ANIMAL FARM (1957)
Gordon Heath.
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
Starring Alec Guinness, William Holden, Sessue Hayakawa.
THE HORSE'S MOUTH (1958)
Starring Alec Guinness.
THE LADYKILLERS (1955)
Starring Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers.
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951)
Starring Alec Guinness.
LAST HOLIDAY (1950)
Starring Alec Guinness.
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1950)
Starring Alec Guinness in multiple roles.
THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951)
Starring Alec Guinness.
THE SWAN (1960)
Starring Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness.
TUNES OF GLORY (1960)
Starring Alec Guinness in a dark role as a very quirky professional soldier.

THE SINGING
DETECTIVE
(1986)
THE HORSE'S
MOUTH
(1958)
FAWLTY TOWERS
(1974)
ONE AGAINST
THE WIND
(1991)

COMEDIES

COMEDIES I

CZECH FILMS

CZECH FILMS I

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GERMAN FILMS

GERMAN FILMS I
FILMS OF WIM WENDERS
M (1931)
Director: Fritz Lang. Starring Peter Lorre as a serial killer of children pursued by the police and the criminals of a German city.
TRIUMPH OF THE WILL (1934)
Director: Leni Riefenstahl. A disturbingly artistic propaganda film selling Adolph Hitler and the National Socialist regime in Germany. The opening sequence, showing Hitler's plane flying through the clouds -- and his godlike view of the Earth -- was copied by a TV commercial for one of Richard Nixon's presidential campaigns.

DAS BOOT (1982)
WINGS
OF DESIRE
(1988)
HEIMAT:
A CHRONICLE
OF GERMANY (1984)

MEN (1989)
THE PROMISE (1995)
METROPOLIS (1927)

HUNGARIAN FILMS

HUNGARIAN FILMS I

INDIAN FILMS

INDIAN FILMS I
THE FILMS OF SATYAJIT RAY
PANTHER PANCHALI (1954)
Director: Satyajit Ray.

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MUSICALS

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
AMERICAN MUSICALS I
AMERICAN MUSICALS II
AMERICAN MUSICALS III
AMERICAN MUSICALS IV
AMERICAN MUSICALS V

POLISH FILMS

POLISH FILMS I

RUSSIAN FILMS

RUSSIAN FILMS

SCIENCE FICTION

SCIENCE FICTION I
SCIENCE FICTION II
SCIENCE FICTION III
ATOMIC MONSTERS
MONSTERS
ALPHAVILLE (1965)
Starring Eddie Constantine. A horrifyingly dehumanized city of the future. A droning, growling voice keeps threatening the on-the-run hero over ubiquitous loud speakers. I bet I was not the only one who used to imitate this voice when I walked and escalated alone through the bleakly futuristic Embarcadero Center on a dark night.

2000
1984

SPANISH FILMS

RECENT SPANISH FILMS
SPANISH FILMS I

SWEDISH FILMS

SWEDISH FILMS I
THE FILMS OF INGMAR BERGMAN
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1956)
Director: Ingmar Bergman. Starring Gunnar Bjornstrand, Max Von Sydow.
WILD STRAWBERRIES (1957)
Director: Ingmar Bergman. Starring Victor Sjostrom.

SWISS FILMS (IN FRENCH)

JONAH WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 (1976)
Director: Alain Tanner. Cast includes Jean-Luc Bideau. Musical sequences.
LA SALAMANDRE (1971)
Director: Alain Tanner. In title role: Bulle Ogier.
IN THE WHITE CITY (1983)
Director: Alain Tanner. Cast includes Bruno Gantz.

U. S. FILMS

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SCREWBALL COMEDIES
THE FILMS OF IRVING BERLIN
THE FILMS OF CARY GRANT
THE FILMS OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK
THE FILMS OF GENE KELLY
MARX BROTHERS COMEDIES

IT HAP-
PENED
ONE
NIGHT
(1934)
WOMAN
OF THE
YEAR
(1942)

STATE
OF THE
UNION
(1948)
ADAM'S
RIB
(1949)

PAT
AND
MIKE
(1952) You'll find many
similar films
listed with
these in
Amazon.com.

THE AFRICAN QUEEN
Director: John Ford. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn.
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961)
Starring Audrey Hepburn.
CHARADE (1963)
Starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn.
CITIZEN KANE(1941)
Orson Welles.
FUNNY FACE (1957)
Starring Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn.
MY FAIR LADY (1964)
Starring Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn.
THE NUN'S STORY (1959)
Starring Audrey Hepburn.
ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck. In cast: Eddie Albert.
SABRINA (1954)
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart.
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983)
Ray Bradbury.
WAR AND PEACE (1956) In cast: Audrey Hepburn.

BEAT
THE
DEVIL
(1953)
THE
BIG
CLOCK
(1948)
CAUGHT
(1949)

LETTER
FROM AN
UNKNOWN
WOMAN
(1948)
THE
MALTESE
FALCON
(1941)
HIGH
SIERRA
(1941)

CASALANCA
(1943)
TO HAVE
AND
HAVE NOT
(1945)
THE BIG
SLEEP
(1946)

KEY
LARGO
(1948)
TREASURE
OF THE
SIERRA
MADRE
(1948) You can search
for actors and
directors on
Amazon.com's
web site.

YUGOSLAV FILMS

YUGOSLAV FILMS I

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