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TIME Magazine's 100+ Top Movies List
compiled by Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss

screen shot of 2005 TIME All-Time 100 Top Movies List homepage             here on Page 1:
100 movies, A to Z
A thru FG thru M

links


top of Page 2:
N thru ST thru Z

20 added in 2012

“Thousands of readers have written in to cheer or challenge our selections, and thousands more have voted for their own favorites. The response simply underscores Richard’s and my long-held belief that everybody has two jobs: [their] own and movie critic.” — Richard Corliss


100  Top  Movies,  A to Z
As part of the Millenium frenzy of 200-2001, media made all sorts of lists of top 100 novels and movies and such;
TIME Magazine published their list of 100 Top Movies in 2005, with 20 more added in 2012.
TIME Magazine 100 Top Movies List, February 2005
20 more movie masterpieces added by Richard Corliss in May 2012

A thru FG thru MN thru ST thru Z

           A   thru   F
"Aguirre: The Wrath of God" [1972] by Werner Herzog

"A Hard Day's Night" [1964] starring The Beatles band

"The Apu Trilogy" [1955, 1956, 1959] by Satyajit Ray [1921-92]

"A Streetcar Named Desire" [1951]
directed by Elia Kazan [1909-2003], adapted by Oscar Saul from the stageplay by Tennessee Williams [1911-83], starring Marlon Brando

"A Touch of Zen" [Hong Kong 1971] directed by King Hu

"The Awful Truth" [1937] starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant

"Baby Face" [July 1933] starring Barbara Stanwyck

"Bande à Part (Band of Outsiders)" [France 1964] by Jean-Luc Godard

"Barry Lyndon" [Hawk/Peregrine Dec 1975]
John Alcott won Oscar for Cinematography  won Oscar for Art Direction  won Oscar for Best Costumes  won Oscar for Best Music Score    
Barry Lyndon white movie poster  
Producer/director Kubrick translated Thackerey's novel into the fulfillment of Vachel Lindsay's classic "Art of the Moving Picture" [1915]: Each scene begins from the cinematic reproduction of a famous painting of the period; Kubrick and John Alcott also managed to film the interiors by candlelight! • Written & directed by Stanley Kubrick; cinematography by John Alcott; starring Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson & Patrick Magee; won Oscars for Cinematography, Art Direction, Costumes & Music; nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Script; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Criterion Collection widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2017] 2 disks for $27.99
Warner Home Video letterbox DVD [6/2001] out of prodn/used
Warner Home Video color VHS [6/99] 2 tapes for $24.98
full credits at IMDb
11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99
11"x17" brown poster from Amazon for $9.99
11"x17" black poster from Amazon for $9.99

"Berlin Alexanderplatz" TV series [Germany 1980]
co-written & directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder [1945-82]

"Blade Runner" [1982]
details (synopsis, books, sequel, posters, music, links) on
Magic Lantern's "Blade Runner" 1982 Movie Page

"Bonnie and Clyde" [1967]
directed by Arthur Penn, starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard

listed #11 on Timeout London's Best 100 Science Fiction Movies in 2015  "Brazil" [1985]
co-written & directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Michael Palin

"Bride of Frankenstein" [May 1935]
directed by James Whale, starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester

"Camille" [M.G.M. Dec 1936]
directed by George Cukor [1899-1983], based on the novel & stageplay by Alexandre Dumas,
starring Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore

"Casablanca" [Warner Bros. Nov 1942]
directed by Michael Curtiz [1886-1962], starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
details (synopsis, books, posters, links) on Magic Lantern's "Casablanca" 1942 Movie Page

"Charade" [1963]
directed by Stanley Donen, starring Cary Grant & Audrey Hepburn

listed among the 100 Best French Movies by TimeOut entertainment website in  March 2018  "Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis)" [France March 1945, USA Nov 1946] /tt0037674/
directed by Marcel Carné; written by Jacques Prévert; starring Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, María Casares, Louis Salou, Marcel Herrand

"Chinatown" [June 1974]
co-written & directed by Roman Polanski; starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
http://www.amazon.com/Chinatown-Special-Collectors-Jack-Nicholson/dp/B000UAE7RW/

"Chungking Express" [Hong Kong July 1994]
written & directed by Kar-Wai Wong, starring Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin, Faye Wong


"Citizen Kane" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures May 1941]
Citizen Kane poster (retail source not found)  Generally considered the 'Best Film of All Time'A multimillionaire newspaper tycoon dies and his last utterance is the single word 'rosebud'; a curious reporter attempts to unlock the riddle of its meaning by interviewing the tycoon's friends and business partners, revealing the tycoon's life events through flashbacks. • Produced, co-written & directed by and starring Orson Welles [1915-85]; co-written by Herman J. Mankiewicz; cinematography by Gregg Toland; music by Bernard Herrmann; co-starring Joseph Cotten, Ruth Warrick, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Thomas Anderson, Paul Stewart & George Coulouris; film won an Oscar for Best Original Script, having been also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor [Welles], Best B&W Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Sound & Best Music Score; "Citizen Kane" is number one on the Top 100 List of the American Film Institute, and is listed on the National Film Registry (1989).
full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
Warner Bros. 75th Anniv b&w Blu-ray [11/2016] for $11.97
Warner Bros. 75th Anniv b&w DVD [11/2016] for $9.99
Turner b&w DVD [9/2001] 2 disks - out of prodn/used
Warner Home Video 50th Anniv b&w VHS [8/91] for $4.97
Turner b&w VHS [8/99] for $12.99
Varese Sarabande soundtrack CD [11/99] 40 tracks - out of prodn/used

more details (synopsis, books, links, merchandise) on Magic Lantern's "Citizen Kane" 1941 Movie Page

"City Lights"  [United Artists Jan 1931]
Charlie Chaplin's 'City Lights' 1931 sound feature film  Filmed in Hollywood and San Francisco, California; the Little Tramp meets and falls for a blind girl selling flowers on the street; when he learns that an expensive operation can restore her sight, he tries anything and everything to raise the money, even though she will then see that he is just a tramp . . . • Co-produced, co-written, directed, original music & editing by and starring Charlie Chaplin [1889-1977]; co-starring Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Al Ernest Garcia & Hank Mann; listed at the National Film Registry (1991)
Criterion Collection b&w Blu-ray [3/2016] for $27.99
Criterion Collection b&w DVD [3/2016] for $22.19
Warner Bros. b&w Special Edition DVD [3/2004] 2 disks - out of prodn/used
Soundtrack Factory music CD [9/2000] 34 tracks - out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
watch official trailer [4/2011 upload; 1:14] online at YouTube
watch deleted scene {store window) [7:32] online at YouTube

"City of God (Cidade de Deus)" [Brazil 2002, USA Jan 2003]

"Closely Watched Trains"
aka "Ostre Sledované Vlaky" [CZ Nov 1966, USA Oct 1967]
Closely Watched Trains movie poster  A bumbling youth employed at a village railway station in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia fantasizes sexual conquests and brave exploits of war resistance, which eventually collide with real life • Co-written & directed by Jirí Menzel; co-written by Bohumil Hrabal from his novel; starring Vaclav Neckar, Josef Somr, Jitka Zeleno-horska, Vlastimil Brodsky & Jitka Bendová; won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Picture; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Criterion Collection subtitled b&w DVD [9/2001] for $22.99
Homevision b&w VHS [7/2000] out of prodn/used
Fox Lorber b&w VHS [11/97] out of prodn/used
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
full credits from IMDb

"The Crime of Monsieur Lange" [France Jan 1936, USA April 1964]
co-written & directed by Jean Renoir [1894-1979]

"The Crowd" [M.G.M. Feb 1928]
co-written & directed by King Vidor [1894-1982]

listed among the 100 Best French Movies by TimeOut entertainment website in  March 2018  "Day For Night" aka "La Nuit Américaine" [France May 1973, U.S.A. Sept 1973]
won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film    produced, co-written & directed by and starring François Truffaut [1932-84]; also starring Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nike Arrighi & Nathalie Baye; won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar nominated for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (VC) • full credits at IMDb

"The Decalogue / Dekalog" TV series [Poland Dec 1989]
ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Judeo-Xian Ten Commandments; co-written & directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski,
co-written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz; included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list

"Detour" [Producers Releasing Nov 1945]
Detour 1945 movie directed by Edgar G. Ulmer  Fate provides a hitchhiking loser with a car, and he picks up a hitchhiking sadistic femme fatale
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer; script by Martin M. Goldsmith, from his novel {below}; starring Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake & Edmund MacDonald; listed on the National Film Registry in 1992
Alpha Video b&w DVD [10/2002] for $7.98
Timeless Multimedia b&w VHS [12/91] for $12.99
full credits from IMDb
"Detour: An Extraordinary Tale" [1939 novel] by Martin M. Goldsmith
O'Bryan House pb [10/2005] for $14.95

"The Discreet Charm of The Bourgeoisie" [France 1972]
co-written & directed by Luis Buñuel [1900-83], starring Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran,
Jean-Pierre Cassel; won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film
http://www.amazon.com/Bu%C3%B1uels-Discreet-Bourgeoisie-Cambridge-Handbooks/dp/0521568315/

"Dodsworth" [Sept 1936]
directed by William Wyler, based on the Sinclair Lewis [1885-1951] novel, starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton

"Double Indemnity" [Paramount feature film Sept 1944]
Double Indemnity 1944 movie directed by Billy Wilder  

Double Indemnity novel by James M. Cain  

An insurance salesman plots with a beautiful client to murder her elderly husband for the insurance. But a company investigator suspects foul play, the old man's daughter accuses the woman of murdering her mother in order to marry him, and suddenly the salesman fears a double cross • Co-written & directed by Billy Wilder [1906-2002]; script co-written by Raymond Chandler from the James M. Cain novel; starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Tom Powers & Edward G. Robinson; Oscar noms for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actress [BS], Best Cinematography, Best Music Score, Best Sound; listed on National Film Registry 1992
Image Ent. b&w DVD [10/2000] out of prodn/used
Universal b&w VHS [4/98] for $13.99
full credits on IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

"Double Indemnity" script by Billy Wilder & Raymond Chandler
Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [12/2000] for $11.17
critical textbook [1992] by Richard Schickel
B.F.I. 7½x5¼ pb [9/92] for $10.46

1936 novel by James M. Cain [1892-1977]
Vintage 8x5¼ pb [5/89] for $8.76
Amereon 9x6¼ hardcover [9/96] out of print/rare
Caedmon UNABR audio CD [5/2005] out of prodn/used

"Dr. Strangelove: or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb" [1964]
Co-written, co-produced & directed by Stanley Kubrick [1928-99]; screenplay by Kubrick, Terry Southern, and Peter George, based on George's book "Red Alert";
starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn & Slim Pickens; full credits at IMDb
Strangelove is said to be inspired by rightie Albert Wohlstetter; another model said to be 60s futurist Herman Kahn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gXY3kuDvSU [1.37]

"Drunken Master II (Jui Kuen II)" [Hong Kong Feb 1994, USA Oct 2000]
directed by Chia-Liang Liu, starring Jackie Chan; sequel to "Drunken Master" [1978]

listed #11 on Timeout London's Best 100 Science Fiction Movies in 2015  "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" [1982]
Directed by Steven Spielberg; starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Drew Barrymore

won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film   "Fellini's 8½" aka "Otto e Mezzo"
[Embassy Pictures Italy Feb 1963, USA June 1963]

official '8½' movie sitemovie credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

details (synopsis, sequels, stageplays, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Magic Lantern's "Fellini's 8½" 1963 Movie Page

listed among the 100 Best French Movies by TimeOut entertainment website in March 2018  "The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups)" [France May 1959, USA Nov 1959]
produced, co-written & directed by François Truffaut [1932-84], starring Jean-Pierre Léaud

"Farewell My Concubine (Ba Wang Bie Ji)"
[Hong Kong Jan 1993, Miramax USA Oct 1993]
Farewell My Concubine movie from China  The friendship of two orphans, raised as brothers and trained to be performers in the Peking Opera, evolves into a passionate love triangle with the wife of one; the background includes the historic changes in China, from 1920s democracy to Mao's communism to the repressive post-Mao regimes • Directed by Kaige Chen, based on a novel by Pik Wah Li {Lilian Lee}; starring Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong; won BAFTA Award, Camerimage Silver Frog, Mainichi Film Concours Award
Guangzhu Beauty Film Audio & Video Press color subtitled DVD [12/2007] for $15.50
Miramax letterboxed color w/English subtitles DVD [12/99] out of prodn/used
Walt Disney Video color subtitled VHS [1/96] for $3.71
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
Farewell My Concubine novel by Lilian Lee  
"Farewell To My Concubine: A Novel" [1993]
by Lilian Lee, translated by Andrea Lingenfelter

Harper Perennial 8x5¼ pb [6/94] for $11.06
Wm. Morrow & Co. 8¼x5¾ hardcover [9/93] out of print/many, many used

"Finding Nemo" [Disney/Pixar May 2003]

"The Fly" [Fox Aug 1986]
co-written & directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis

           G   thru   M
"The Godfather, Parts I and II" [Paramount 1972, 1974]
details (synopses, sequels, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Magic Lantern's 'The Godfather Saga' Page

"The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo)" [Italy Dec 1966, USA Dec 1967]
directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Bad-Ugly-Blu-ray/dp/B001U6YI92/

"Goodfellas"  [Warner Bros. Sept 1990]
Goodfellas 1990 movie  Co-written & directed by Martin Scorsese; co-written by Nicholas Pileggi, based on his book; starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco & Paul Sorvino; nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture, Director & Best Script, won for Best Actor (Pesci)
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2010] for $23.99
Warner widescreen color DVD [5/2007] for $11.99
Warner widescreen color DVD [8/97] out of prodn/used
Warner color VHS [6/2002] out of prodn/used
Atlantic soundtrack CD [10/90] for $11.52
full credits at IMDb
b&w foursome 24"x36" poster from Amazon for $7.99
color threesome 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
Wise Guy by Nicholas Pileggi  
"Wise Guy: Life In A Mafia Family" [1986] by Nicholas Pileggi
Pocket mass pb [9/90] for $7.99
Pocket pb [2/87] out of print/used
S&S hardcover [1/86] out of print/used
screenplay [1990] by Martin Scorsese & Nicholas Pileggi
Faber & Faber 8½x5¼ pb [11/90] for $11.66

"His Girl Friday" [Columbia Pictures Jan 1940]
produced & directed by Howard Hawks [1896-1977], adapted from the stageplay
"The Front Page" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur, starring Cary Grant & Rosalind Russell

"Ikiru (To Live)" aka "Doomed"
[Toho Japan Oct 1952; U.S.A. March 1956]
Kurosawa's Ikiru  When a city bureaucrat learns that he is dying of cancer, he searches for some meaning in his life
Co-written & directed by Akira Kurosawa; starring Takashi Shimura & Miki Odagiri; won Kinema Jumpo Award for Best Film; won Mainichi Film Concours awards for Best Film, Best Screenplay & Best Sound
Criterion Collection subtitled b&w Blu-ray [11/2015] for $26.11
Criterion Collection subtitled b&w DVD [11/2015] 2 disks for $17.97
Criterion Collection subtitled b&w DVD [6/2010] 2 disks - out of prodn/used
Homevision subtitled b&w VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

"In A Lonely Place" [Columbia Pictures May 1950] /tt0042593/
directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Humphrey Bogart [1899-1957] & Gloria Grahame

"Invasion of The Body Snatchers" [Allied Artists Pictures Feb 1956]
produced by Walter Mirisch & Walter Wanger, directed by Don Siegel, starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter
color remake in 1978, with another remake currently in development (2019)

"It's A Gift" [1934]
directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring W.C. Fields [1880-1946], Kathleen Howard & [blacklistee] Jean Rouverol

"It's A Wonderful Life" [Liberty/R.K.O. Dec 1946]
It's a Wonderful Life white poster  
It's a Wonderful Life black one-sheet poster  
A despondent small-town banker is ready to commit suicide by jumping from a bridge, when his inept guardian angel appears and shows him what his town would be like if he had not been born • Co-written & directed by Frank Capra [1897-1991]; based on a Christmas card sent out by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943; music by Dimitri Tiomkin; starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Frank Faylen, Ward Bond, Gloria Grahame, H.B. Warner & Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Editing & Best Sound; listed on National Film Registry (1990) • {Some fool at a later distribitor let the motion picture copyright lapse, and since no royalties or permissions were required, this happy film was shown on television for many years during the Thanksgiving & Christmas seasons. But then the legal department realized that they still had a copyright on the music and other elements, so bootleg copies were stamped out and now permissions & payment of royalties are required for any broadcast.}
Paramount b&w Blu-ray [11/2009] 2 disks for $25.95
Paramount b&w/color DVD [11/2007] 2 disks for $14.95
Paramount 60th Anniv Edition b&w DVD [10/2006] for $16.80
Republic Pictures b&w VHS [9/95] for 60¢ {sic}
Republic Pictures Deluxe Anniv Edition b&w VHS [9/96] for $7.95
Sony soundtrack CD [10/97] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDbBroadway play [2005] credits at IBDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

"Kandahar" aka "The Sun Behind The Moon" /tt0283431/
[Europe Oct 2001, N.E.J. Intl. Pictures USA Dec 2001]
written & directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf; declared 'Best Film of The Year' by TIME Magazine critic Richard Corliss
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar_(2001_film)

"Kind Hearts and Coronets" [Ealing Studios/Eagle-Lion Films June 1949] /tt0041546/
starring Alec Guinness as eight members of the D'Ascoyne Family

"King Kong" [March 1933] /tt0024216/
created by Merian C. Cooper, starring Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Robert Armstrong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_(1933_film)

"The Lady Eve"  [Paramount Feb 1941]
The Lady Eve yellow poster  A wealthy scientist returning by ship from a year up the Amazon meets a con-artist; they fall in love, but break up due to a misunderstanding • Co-written & directed by Preston Sturges [1898-1959]; based on the story "Two Bad Hats" by Monckton Hoffe; starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest & Eric Blore; Oscar nomination for Best Original Story, listed on National Film Registry (1994)
Criterion Collection b&w DVD [6/2010] for $29.69
Universal Studios Home Ent. b&w VHS [8/98] for $4.14
full credits from IMDb
script by Preston Sturges: Contentville Press 11x8¼ pb [4/2001] out of print/SOLD OUT!

"The Last Command" silent feature [Paramount Pictures Jan 1928] /tt0019071/
co-written & directed by Josef von Sternberg; starring Emil Jannings (won first Oscar for Best Actor), Evelyn Brent, William Powell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Command_(1928_film)

   "Lawrence of Arabia" [Columbia 1962]
completely fulfills the term 'epic film' • full credits at IMDb

"Léolo" [Alliance Atlantis Sept 1992] /tt0104782/
filmed in Italy & Canada; written & directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon; won 3 Fantasporto Awards, won 3 Genie Awards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uabC1MEq0J0 [2:03]

"The Lord of The Rings" Trilogy [2001-2003]
details (synopses, sequels, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Magic Lantern's 'Lord of The Rings' & 'The Hobbit' Movies Page

"Man With The Movie Camera" silent feature
[Soviet Union Jan 1929, USA May 1929]
Dziga Vertov's Man With The Movie Camera silent feature  "a dazzling and sophisticated ... experiment in the language of pure cinema"
Written & directed by Dziga Vertov; 2002 DVD has modern musical score by the Alloy
Orchestra • Region 1 Blu-ray not available
Kino Lorber Films b&w silent DVD [5/2003] for $19.05
Image Ent. b&w silent DVD [2/2002] out of prodn/used
Kino Video b&w silent VHS [11/2001] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
The Man With the Movie Camera Film Companion book by Graham Roberts  "The Man With The Movie Camera: The Film Companion" [2001]
by Graham Roberts

I.B. Tauris 8½x5¼ pb [3/2001] for $16.48

"The Manchurian Candidate" [1962] directed by John Frankenheimer

"Meet Me In St. Louis" [M.G.M. Nov 1944]
directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Leon Ames
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_Me_in_St._Louis

"Metropolis" silent feature [Germany 1927] directed by Fritz Lang
details (synopsis, remakes, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Magic Lantern's "Metropolis" [1927] Movie Page

"Miller's Crossing"  [Fox Sept 1990]
Miller's Crossing movie by the Coen Brothers  The anti-hero works for an Irish mob boss in the 1930s; when he is thrown out for sleeping with the boss's girlfriend, he joins the rival gang • Directed by Joel Coen; co-written by Joel & Ethan Coen, based on the 1929 novel "Red Harvest" by Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961]; starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro & Marcia Gay Harden
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray [8/2011] for $5.99
Fox widescreen color DVD [5/2003] for $3.99
Fox color VHS [1/93] for $9.98
Varese soundtrack CD [10/90] for $14.99
full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99

"Mon Oncle d'Amérique (My American Uncle)" [Gaumont France May 1980, USA Dec 1980] /tt0081176/
directed by Alain Resnais; written by Jean Gruault, based on writings of Henri Laborit [1914-95]; starring Gérard Depardieu,
Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud, Pierre Arditi, Henri Laborit

listed among the 100 Best French Movies by TimeOut entertainment website in  March 2018  "Mouchette" [U.G.C. France March 1967, USA March 1970] /tt0061996/
written & directed by Robert Bresson, based on the novel by Georges Bernanos

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