73% from 27 members

I cannot overemphasize just how brilliant this film actually is.

So witty and yet quite sad at the same time.
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Goodbye Lenin!
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Daniel Bruhl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova
Director: Wolfgang Becker
Certificate: 
This culture-shock comedy drama takes a look at life in East Germany before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Alex (Daniel Bruhl) dreams of being an astronaut while his highly-strung mother (Katrin Sass) works tirelessly as a teacher and state official. She's so vehemently pro-socialist that ..read more »
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73%
from 18,392 members

The best Coen brothers film
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Fargo
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Director: Joel Coen
Certificate: 
Poor Jerry Lundegaard. He's deep in debt. His wealthy father-in-law has no respect for him. He cheats customers at the car dealership where he works. And now he's hired a bumbling duo to kidnap his wife--a plan that goes horribly awry, leading to homicide.Enter Marge Gunderson, one of the most ..read more »
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This one features in a lot of collections for all the right reasons...
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American Beauty
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening
Director: Sam Mendes
Certificate: 
AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
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from 63,033 members

Not everyone's cup of tea...
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Moulin Rouge
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Certificate: 
Cross LA BOHEME with CABARET, throw in a little bit of RENT, and you might almost begin to describe Baz Luhrmann's visually opulent, fast-paced, funny, heartrending MOULIN ROUGE. The film, which premiered as the opener to the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, is a musical set in 1899 Paris at the ..read more »
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66%
from 28,074 members

Neither is this.
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Romeo And Juliet
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Certificate: 
This ambitious undertaking, adapting William Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers and setting the story in a glossy music-video style in 1990s Florida. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the famous lovers kept apart by rival industrialist families. Bookended by newscastsers ..read more »
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69%
from 21,129 members

I was surprised by how much I loved this.

Choose life...
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Trainspotting
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Director: Danny Boyle
Certificate: 
Smart, funny, sickly and sometimes just plain unconscious, Mark Renton is a hero of our times. Set in an underbelly of Edinburgh the city fathers never dreamed of, this is the story of Mark and his so-called friends--a bunch of losers, liars, psychos, thieves and junkies. This tragi-comedy charts ..read more »
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75%
from 55,016 members

Lovely little French documentary about a teacher at a small primary school in the country.
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Etre Et Avoir
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: George Lopez
Director: Nicholas Philibert
Certificate: 
At a rural school in the Auvergne region of France, teacher Georges Lopez presides over a class of thirteen children, ages 4 to 11. Lopez teaches the different age groups separate lessons, making rounds to ensure that each child understands the task at hand--whether it is coloring a picture, ..read more »
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69%
from 12,654 members

Beautiful
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Amelie
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Yolande Moreau
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Certificate: 
Amelie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who glides through the streets of Paris as quietly as a mouse. With wide eyes and a tiny grin, she sees the world in a magical light, discovering minor miracles every day. A shy and reserved person whose favorite moments are spent alone skimming ..read more »
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