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1998·1h 59m·★ 8.5·Tony Kaye

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1959·1h 39m·★ 8.0·François Truffaut

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1982·1h 35m·★ 8.0·Alan Parker

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1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

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1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

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All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

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1951·2h 5m·★ 7.9·Elia Kazan

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1955·1h 51m·★ 7.6·Nicholas Ray

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1930·1h 48m·★ 7.6·Josef von Sternberg

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A Hard Day's Night

1964·1h 28m·★ 7.5·Richard Lester

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1955·1h 46m·★ 6.0·Ernst Marischka

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How Good Is Jailhouse Rock?

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