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  1. Nights of Cabiria posterViewer rating: 80%
    Nights of Cabiria1957
  2. Close-Up posterViewer rating: 80%
    Close-Up1990
  3. Autumn Sonata posterViewer rating: 80%
    Autumn Sonata1978
  4. Mirror posterViewer rating: 80%
    Mirror1975
  5. Jojo Rabbit posterViewer rating: 80%
    Jojo Rabbit2019
  6. Paper Lives posterViewer rating: 80%
    Paper Lives2021
  7. The Red Shoes posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Red Shoes1948
  8. Catch Me If You Can posterViewer rating: 80%
    Catch Me If You Can2002
  9. The Secret in Their Eyes posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Secret in Their Eyes2009
  10. Citizen Kane posterViewer rating: 80%
    Citizen Kane1941
  11. Black Beauty posterViewer rating: 80%
    Black Beauty2020
  12. Before Sunrise posterViewer rating: 80%
    Before Sunrise1995
  13. Cruella posterViewer rating: 80%
    Cruella2021
  14. The Deer Hunter posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Deer Hunter1978
  15. Society of the Snow posterViewer rating: 80%
    Society of the Snow2023
  16. Chungking Express posterViewer rating: 80%
    Chungking Express1994
  17. Love, Simon posterViewer rating: 80%
    Love, Simon2018
  18. Bingo: The King of the Mornings posterViewer rating: 80%
    Bingo: The King of the Mornings2017
  19. Herod's Law posterViewer rating: 80%
    Herod's Law1999
  20. The Rescue posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Rescue2021
  21. The Gold Rush posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Gold Rush1925
  22. Ballad of a Soldier posterViewer rating: 80%
    Ballad of a Soldier1959
  23. The Passion of Joan of Arc posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Passion of Joan of Arc1928
  24. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948
  25. Trainspotting posterViewer rating: 80%
    Trainspotting1996
  26. Bohemian Rhapsody posterViewer rating: 80%
    Bohemian Rhapsody2018
  27. The Iron Giant posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Iron Giant1999
  28. A Man Escaped posterViewer rating: 80%
    A Man Escaped1956
  29. The Sixth Sense posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Sixth Sense1999
  30. Sound of Freedom posterViewer rating: 80%
    Sound of Freedom2023
  31. Million Dollar Baby posterViewer rating: 80%
    Million Dollar Baby2004
  32. Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol posterViewer rating: 80%
    Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol2010
  33. Hachiko posterViewer rating: 80%
    Hachiko2023
  34. Yi Yi posterViewer rating: 79%
    Yi Yi2000
  35. Robot Dreams posterViewer rating: 79%
    Robot Dreams2023
  36. An Average Little Man posterViewer rating: 79%
    An Average Little Man1977
  37. Ordet posterViewer rating: 79%
    Ordet1955
  38. 12th Fail posterViewer rating: 79%
    12th Fail2023
  39. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari posterViewer rating: 79%
    The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920
  40. Monster posterViewer rating: 79%
    Monster2023
  41. The Circus posterViewer rating: 79%
    The Circus1928
  42. The Way He Looks posterViewer rating: 79%
    The Way He Looks2014
  43. In This Corner of the World posterViewer rating: 79%
    In This Corner of the World2016
  44. La Notte posterViewer rating: 79%
    La Notte1961
  45. The Cure posterViewer rating: 79%
    The Cure1995
  46. Love Exposure posterViewer rating: 79%
    Love Exposure2008
  47. Raise the Red Lantern posterViewer rating: 79%
    Raise the Red Lantern1991
  48. Farewell My Concubine posterViewer rating: 79%
    Farewell My Concubine1993

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