 | Blue (Three Colors Trilogy)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $4.25 Most compeling filmmaker of the past 20 years- (first of trilogy). See also The Dekalog, and Double Life Of Veronique
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 | Wings of Desire (Special Edition)
Buy used from: $11.68 Saw this film the year I began making them, and it made an indelible impression
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 | Dom za vesanje / Time of the Gypsies (PAL/R5 - Russian DVD release)
Magical realist rendering of an epic Gypsy tale in the hands of a cinematic master, sadly unavailable in region 1
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 | Before the Rain - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $18.95 Devastating account of the human condition amidst religious conflict. See also "The Perfect Circle (about the Balkan War)," if you can find it
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 | Mother and Son
Buy used from: $7.95 Amazing real-time portrait of a man at his mother's deathbed- pure poetry on film
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 | Cabeza de Vaca
Buy used from: $69.99 History of latin america in a nutshell- full of incredible shamanic realizations
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 | Sex and Lucia (Unrated Edition)
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $11.57 Fantastic narrative mixing passion with the creative process
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 | In the Mood for Love - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $22.67 Poetic genius about unrealized love and romantic loss from Wan Kar Wai. Also see followup 2046
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 | A Moment of Innocence
Buy used from: $76.66 film within a film & favorite of iranian new wave. Also try "Gabbeh"
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 | Cyclo
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $25.86 A descent into hell from a master more known for creating soft beauty on film. For the later try "Scent of Green Papaya"
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 | The Return
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $12.99 Great first film and best one I saw in 2003- full of cinematic wonders
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 | Breaking the Waves
Buy used from: $24.97 Cutting edge filmmaker and beginning of Dogme (also see earlier ZENTROPA and Dancer In The Dark)
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 | Code Unknown
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $5.98 Brilliant mosaic about the communication disfunctions (cross cultural, generational, interpersonal etc.) so prevalent in modern life
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 | Amores Perros
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.40 Stunning new filmmaker comes crashing on to the scene. Try also "City Of God" (a Brazilian "Goodfellas")
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 | Taste of Cherry - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $16.47 Like drifting sands, this film reveals itself over time. Also try "The Wind Will Carry Us"
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 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Buy used from: $29.03 First great Almodovar, and there are many good ones thereafter
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 | The City of Lost Children
Buy new: $18.49 / Used from: $12.68 One of the most original of modern day fantasy films. Director of "Amelie," & "A Very Long Engagement."
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 | Lamerica
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $28.23 Best Italian film of the past 20 years.
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 | Maborosi
Buy used from: $26.95 Favorite film from Koreada, Japan's most interesting contemporary filmmaker
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 | Brothers
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $2.00 Most powerful film of 2005 continues the relevance of dogme films
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 | The Holy Girl
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $1.52 Eavesdropping cinema that builds to precipice and leaves you there to stew in its comic /tragic dilemma.
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 | Raise the Red Lantern (MGM World Films)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $9.48 Best of Zhang Yimou that I've seen
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 | Behind the Sun
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.99 Favorite film by Salles. Try also "Central Station."
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 | Carnage
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $0.87 Great first film and tribute to Bunuel among others. Try also "A Man Facing Southeast"
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 | Y Tu Mama Tambien
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.70 More than just a coming of age film.
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