1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
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★ 6.9 14 ratings
维托里奥·德西卡 actor: 里诺·卡波利奇奥 / 多米妮克·桑达 …
other title: 费尼兹花园 / Il giardino dei Finzi Contini …
In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fascism, they must ultimately face the horrors of the Holocaust.

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Subarnarekha (1965)
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other title: 金线 / La Rivière Subarnarekha …
After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.

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Great Expectations (1946)
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★ 7.8 21 ratings
大卫·里恩 actor: 约翰·米尔斯 / Anthony Wager …
other title: 远大前程 / 孤星血泪 …
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
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★ 6.5 11 ratings
Wes Craven actor: John Steadman / Janus Blythe …
other title: 隔山有眼 / La colline a des yeux …
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.

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Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
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other title: 终点旅店 / Hôtel Terminus …
Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupied France during World War II, Barbie would escape—with U.S. help—to South America in 1951, where he lived until a global manhunt led to his 1983 arrest and subsequent trial.

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Hanyo (1960)
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★ 7.2 100 ratings
other title: 下女 / 하녀 …
A piano composer's family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a hot housemaid to help with housework.

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if.... (1968)
If....
★ 8.0 63 ratings
林赛·安德森 actor: 马尔科姆·麦克道威尔 / 大卫·伍德 …
other title: Se... / If... (Si...) …
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

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Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
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★ 7.8 86 ratings
海科特·巴班克 actor: 威廉·赫特 / 劳尔·胡里亚 …
other title: 蜘蛛女之吻 / 거미 여인의 키스 …
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.

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The Ladies Man (1961)
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杰瑞·刘易斯 actor: 杰瑞·刘易斯 / 海伦·特劳贝尔 …
other title: 猎艳高手 / 锦绣华堂(港) …
After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?

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The Last Battle (1983)
Le dernier combat
★ 7.9 12 ratings
吕克·贝松 actor: 皮埃尔·若利韦 / 让·布伊兹 …
other title: 最后决战 / Le dernier combat …
The plot explores the devastation of civilization and issues of brutality, hostility and isolation. Pierre Jolivet stars as the main character (identified only as "The Man" in the end credits) who is menaced by "The Brute" (played by Jean Reno) on his journey through a world filled by people rendered nearly mute by some unknown incident.
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