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Harold and MaudeHarold and Maude
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At one moment you'll be giggling with excitement and then the next sobbing over your heartbroken youth. Harold and Maude is so simple and yet so very philosophical. I think a great part of it really speaks to our souls and what it means to be lonely, shy, in love human. And not to miss the amazing score by Cat Stevens. This film could quite honestly change you life.
The Dreamers (Original Uncut NC-17 Version)The Dreamers (Original Uncut NC-17 Version)
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"The Dreamers" is about 3 young people in the turmoil of the revolution in 1960s Paris. More than that it is about free-love, jealousy, responsibility to one's family and to one's country. It is a film about cinephiles for cinephiles; every shot appears as perfect art, Bertolucci is like a painter and the screen his canvas. You’re engulfed in the raw eroticism and voyeurism.
Donnie Darko (Widescreen Edition)Donnie Darko (Widescreen Edition)
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Like the novels you read in high school "Donnie Darko" is racked with symbolism and foreshadowing. "Donnie Darko" is about a young man, Donnie, who begins to have visions of a rabbit, Frank, who tells him to do things which ultimately result in a labyrinth of chaos. What could have been "just another teenage high school movie" is a story about time-travel, sacrifice, love, and death.
MayMay
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May is the story of a socially inept woman working as a vet who falls in love with a car mechanic. Yes, where this movie sounds uneventful, weird and possibly cheesy, it's anything but. May is for everyone out there who was teased as child, everyone who's ever had trouble speaking their mind, everyone who likes dark comedies and enjoys twisted love stories. You will not be disappointed.
Before Sunrise/Before SunsetBefore Sunrise/Before Sunset
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These 2 films hold a very special place in my heart. The films revolve entirely around the dialogue of the two characters in what can best be described as an intellectual love affair, two people entirely emotionally connected and collaborative. The two meet and discuss life, sex, politics, religion. You become enthralled with the characters and the quick witted, cerebrally charged conversation.
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)
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Is it truly better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? We see in Charlie Kaufman's maze of a storyline and Michel Gondry's visual enigma, about a man who realizes his ex-girlfriend has had him erased from her memory. It is a dazzling and dramatic breakdown of a human relationship from the end (torture and heartache) to the beginning (elation and optimism).
Ginger snaps / Ginger snaps 2 / Ginger snaps 3 (3 pack)Ginger snaps / Ginger snaps 2 / Ginger snaps 3 (3 pack)
Ginger and Bridgette are two sisters only a year apart, high school outcasts their days revolve around getting back at school bullies and setting the plans for their suicide pact. But when Ginger is bitten by a werewolf, Bridgette must come to terms with her sister "growing up" (so to speak) and must in turn search for a cure. This film is mainly about girlpower, sisterhood, and growing up.
VenusVenus
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It's about old age, it's about the one morning when you wake up and realize you're not getting any younger. O'Toole' is an elderly man who becomes infatuated with the daughter of his friend's niece. Things this film cares to say about aging and life and maybe even love far surpass anything I've seen in cinema. Perhaps life's too short to be modest or scared or to leave things unsaid.
3-Iron3-Iron
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There's something so beautifully subtle and delicately lovely about this film. The way the two primary characters interact and the way their relationship develops is definitely what makes this movie so astonding. At its heart it's about two people who suddenly find themselves together when all else in their lives has failed.
Dancer in the Dark (New Line Platinum Series)Dancer in the Dark (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $3.75
What does it mean to be a mother? Selma, is a woman who works tirelessly in a factory to raise enough money for her son to get the surgery to keep him from succumbing to a hereditary eye disease. But after a dreadful accident we see one woman's pride, determination, and very life put to the test. It is extraordinarily heartfelt and emotionally exhausting. Prepare to weep.
Tuvalu (Widescreen)Tuvalu (Widescreen)
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A foreign film, without subtitles. There’s no talking, so its communication lies in the gestures of the characters much like a silent film from the 30s. It is the story of a poolhouse standing on prime real estate in the demolished ruin of a city. The proprietor must fight the city and the town inspector to convince everyone that the house is still in sound condition and worthy to stand.
Love Me If You DareLove Me If You Dare
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Can a game played in your childhood really ruin any chance for happiness in your adult life? Find out in this excellent French romance film about two friends who play the ultimate game of dare as children and on into adulthood. As they get older their games escalate and they put their happiness and pride on the line. This film is very well crafted and very original as far as love stories go.
OldboyOldboy
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The first in Chan-Wook Park's revenge trilogy, about a man inprisoned for fifteen years and his race to find his captor after he's released. Very stylized and cool, with an interweaving complex plot and startling finish.
Sympathy for Mr. VengeanceSympathy for Mr. Vengeance
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The second in the revenge trilogy, about an organ donating ring and a man who's son is murdered by a ruthless killer. The best of the trilogy its about family and forgiveness.
NorthforkNorthfork
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The Polish brother's masterpiece about a town which must be emptied to make way for flooding and the instigation of a hydroelectric dam in the 1930s. The characters are a group of men hired to encourage residents to move, a sick young boy awaiting adoption, and the people the boy imagines. Visually arresting, check this out.
3 Extremes3 Extremes
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3 short films from 3 very talented Asian directors including a extravagent film by Oldboy's director Chan- Wook Park, about the dangers of stardom.
8 Women8 Women
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Eight different women, one man dead, locked in a French Chateau. "Who did it?"-like story ensues with musical numbers interweaved into the plot.
About a Boy (Widescreen Edition)About a Boy (Widescreen Edition)
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Hugh Grant is a lazy bachelor surviving off of the success of his father, when he meets a young boy and realizes that there is more to life than sitting on the couch watching infomercials.
American Beauty (Widescreen Edition)American Beauty (Widescreen Edition)
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BartlebyBartleby
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A weird guy enters an office building, is employed, and shakes things up by uttering the phrase "I would prefer not to" usually in regards to doing his work.
Big FishBig Fish
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How far can one man's stories take him?
BirthBirth
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A film that questions the logistics of reincarnation. Nicole Kidman may look creepy, but this film is very interesting.
BrickBrick
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Teenage, high school, detective story. Stemming from the film noir genre, very hip and creative.
Cecil B. DementedCecil B. Demented
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Cheap laughs about a gang of film buffs who kidnap a movie star to make the ultimate film.
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition)Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition)
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The CuckooThe Cuckoo
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A Finnish sniper, a Russian soldier and a Lap woman find themselves stuck for the winter in her small hut in the wilderness of Lapland. With each speaking a different language, hilarity ensues as they come to try to understand each other and learn to trust one another.
Get RealGet Real
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A homosexual teen has an affair with the school jock and learns to grow up and be proud of his homosexuality.
The Girl in the CafeThe Girl in the Cafe
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An English diplomat makes a connection with a woman he meets in a cafe and (without knowing anything of her) asks her to accompany him to Iceland for the most important event of the new millinnea, the G8 summit, to discuss world goals.
Good Bye, Lenin!Good Bye, Lenin!
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What happens when your fragile mother goes into a coma and misses the destruction of the Berlin Wall? What else, but pretend it never happened?
Human NatureHuman Nature
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A scientist finds a man in the jungle and studies him , teaching him the mannerisms and proper etiquette to get him by in society, in this film by the same writer/director collaboration of "Eternal Sushine." You discover how society suppresses our basic human instincts and also our happiness.
Immortal BelovedImmortal Beloved
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Beethoven's final will leaves everything he has to his "immortal beloved", only problem is that no one knows who that person it. A lawyer travels on a quest through Beethoven's past and discovers the true passion behind his music.
Janice BeardJanice Beard
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Yes, she embellishes things (maybe too much at times), but she's loveable. When she gets a job to help pay for the treatment for her mother's agoraphobia, she's ends up being used in a spy operation by the guy she likes. Very Funny! Very Clever!
The KingThe King
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What happens when you track down your father and he doesn't want to see you because he is a preacher with the perfect "cookie cutter" family? You make yourself noticed by any means possible.
Lady VengeanceLady Vengeance
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3rd in revenge trilogy. About a woman after she gets out of prison and attempts to right the wrongs of her past.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Special Edition)The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Special Edition)
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Eccentric oceanographer, Steve Zissou, must find the "jaguar shark" who killed his best friend and help it meet its demise.
Lovers of the Arctic CircleLovers of the Arctic Circle
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Life is a series of circles, two young Spaniards meet by a series of coincidences and fall in love. But events pull them apart and they can't seem to find each other again.
Lost in TranslationLost in Translation
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MirrormaskMirrormask
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My Life Without MeMy Life Without Me
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If you found out you had cancer ... would you tell your family? What would be the last things you would want/need to accomplish on this earth? Follow a young woman's journey through the last months of her life. Don't let the cheesy cover fool you, this really is an excellent film.
New Year's DayNew Year's Day
Buy new: $24.99
What do you do when all of your friends die in a skiing accident? How do you cope?