Movies Like The White Balloon

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The Mirror

1997·1h 34m·★ 7.5·Jafar Panahi

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1995·2h 59m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

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1948·2h 6m·★ 8.2·John Huston

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1996·1h 38m·★ 8.1·Joel Coen

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1989·2h·★ 7.9·Spike Lee

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2000·2h 34m·★ 8.0·Alejandro González Iñárritu

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2003·1h 40m·★ 5.3·Troy Byer

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East of Eden

1955·1h 55m·★ 7.8·Elia Kazan

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1937·1h 55m·★ 7.9·Victor Fleming

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2007·2h 3m·★ 8.0·Michael Moore

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1965·1h 50m·★ 7.4·Jean-Luc Godard

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1973·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Martin Scorsese

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2021·1h 28m·★ 5.6·Bradley Walsh

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The White Sound

2001·1h 47m·★ 7.0·Hans Weingartner

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1961·1h 27m·★ 7.2·Don Chaffey

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