Video Resources: CCHS

This collection features videos and films selected by the staff of the Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society. These purchases are made with funds from the University Libraries Koster Fund for the Humanities. Titles are chosen based on how they serve the CCHS mission of "enhancing humanistic scholarship, research, creative activity, teaching, and public awareness."

3 Women (1977) ~ dir. Robert Altman - USA

8 1/2 (1963) ~ dir. Federico Fellini - Italy

42nd Street (1933) ~ dir. Lloyd Bacon - USA

400 Blows (1962) ~ dir. Francois Truffaut - France

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Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) ~ dir. Michael Curtiz and William Keighley - USA

Aguirre, the wrath of God (1972) ~ dir. Werner Herzog

Ali, fear eats the soul = Angst essen Seele auf (1974) ~ dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Germany

All that heaven allows (1955) ~ dir. Douglas Sirk - USA

Alphaville: a strange case of Lemmy Caution = une etrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965) ~ dir. Jean-Luc Godard - France

Amarcord (1974) ~ dir. Federico Fellini - Italy

...And God created woman = Et Dieu-- crea la femme (1956) ~ dir. Roger Vadim - France

And the ship sails on = E la nave va (1983) ~ dir. Federico Fellini - Italy

Andrei Rublev (1966) ~ dir. Andrei Tarkovsky - Soviet Union

Ashes and Diamonds (1958) ~ dir. Andrzej Wajda - Poland

L'avventura (1960) ~ dir. Michelangelo Antonioni - Italy

B

Bakery Girl of Monceau ; Eric Rohmer's Six moral tales (1962) ~ dir. Eric Rohmer - France

Ballad of a soldier = Ballada o soldate (1959) ~ dir. Grigori Chukhrai - Russia

Band of outsiders = Bande a` part (1964) ~ dir. Jean-Luc Godard - France

Bank Dick (1940) ~ dir. Edward Cline - USA

Battle of Algiers = La bataille d'Alger (1966) ~ dir. Gillo Pontecorvo - Algeria

Beauty and the Beast = La belle et la bete (1946) ~ dir. Jean Cocteau - France

Bed and Board (1970) ~ dir. Francois Truffaut - France

"Benjamin Bagby's Beowulf (2007) ~ dir. Stellan Olsson

Bicycle Thief (1949) ~ dir. Vittorio De Sica - Italy

Bhaji on the beach (1993) ~ dir. Gurinder Chada - UK

Big Deal on Madonna Street = I soliti ignoti (1958) ~ dir. Mario Monicelli - Italy

Black narcissus (1947) ~ dir. Michael Powell - USA

Black Orpheus = Orfeu negro (1959) ~ dir. Marcel Camus - France

Blob (1958) ~ dir. Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr. - USA

Blood of a Poet = Le Sang d'un Poete (1930) ~ dir. Jean Cocteau - France

Blow up (1966) ~dir. Michaelangelo Antonioni - Italy

Blue Velvet (1986) ~ dir. David Lynch - USA

Bob le flambeur (1955) ~ dir. Jean-Pierre Melville - France

Boxcar Bertha (1972) ~ dir. Martin Scorsese - USA

BRD Trilogy: the supplements ( ) ~ dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Germany

Branded to kill = Koroshi no rakuin (1967) ~ dir. Seijun Suzuki - Japan

Brazil (1985) ~ dir. Terry Gilliam - UK

Breathless = A bout de souffle (1960) ~ dir. Jean-Luc Godard - France

Brick (2005) ~ dir. Rian Johnson - USA

Brief encounter (1946) ~ dir. David Lean - UK

Burden of dreams (1982) ~ dir. Les Blank - USA

by Brakhage: an anthology ( ) ~ dir. Stan Brakhage - USA

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Cache = Hidden (2005) ~ dir. Michael Haneke - France

Celluloid Closet (1995) - USA

Charade (1963) ~ dir. Stanley Donnen - USA

Children of Paradise = Les enfants du paradis (1945) ~ dir. Marcel Carne - France

Chinatown (1974) ~ dir. Roman Polanski - USA

City Lights (1931) ~ dir. Charles Chaplin - USA

Claire's Knee ; Eric Rohmer's Six moral tales (1970) ~ dir. Eric Rohmer - France

Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) ~ dir. Agnes Varda - France

Closely Watched Trains (1966) ~ dir. Jiri Menzel - Czechslovakia

La Collectionneuse ; Eric Rohmer's Six moral tales (1967) ~ dir. Eric Rohmer - France

Constant forge: a film (2000) ~ dir. Charles Kiselyak - USA

Contempt = Le mépris (1963) ~ dir. Jean-Luc Godard - France

Conversation, the (1974) ~ dir. Francis Ford Coppola - USA

Le Corbeau (1943) ~ dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - France

Coup de grâce (1976) ~ dir. Volker Schlöndorff

Cranes are flying (1957) ~ dir. Mikhail Kalatozov - Soviet Union

Crazed fruit = Kurutta kajitsu (1956) ~ dir. Ko Nakahira - Japan

Cries and Whispers = Viskningar och rop (1972) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

D

Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne = Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945) ~ dir. Robert Bresson

Damned = Gotterdammerung (1969) ~ dir. Luchino Visconti - Italy

Dawn of the Dead (1978) ~ dir. George A. Romero - USA

Day of wrath = Vredens dag (1943) ~ dir. Carl T. Dreyer - Denmark

Death in Venice (1971) ~ dir. Luchino Visconti - Italy

Dekalog = The Decalogue (1988) ~ dir. Krzyzstof Kieślowski - Poland

Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) ~ dir. William Dieterle - USA

Diabolique (1954) ~ dir. Georges Clouzot - France

Diary of a Chambermaid = Journal d'une femme de chambre (1964) ~ dir. Luis Buñel - France

Diary of a country priest = Journal d'un cure´ de campagne (1950) ~ dir. Robert Bresson - France

Dirty Pretty Things (2002) ~ dir. Stephen Frears - UK

Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie = Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie (1972) ~ dir. Luis Bunuel - France

Diva (1981) ~ dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix - France

Divorce Italian Style (1962) ~ dir. Pietro Germi - Italy

Do the Right Thing (1989) ~ dir. Spike Lee - USA

La Dolce Vita (1960) ~ dir. Federico Fellini - Italy

Double Indemnity (1944) ~ dir. Billy Wilder - USA

Double Suicide = Shinju¯ ten no Amijima (1969) ~ dir. Masahiro Shinoda - Japan

Down by Law (1986) ~ dir. Jim Jarmusch - USA

E

Early Summer = Bakushu (1951) ~ dir. Yasujiro Ozu - Japan

Earth = Zemlia (1930) ~ dir. Aleksandr Dovzhenko - Soviet Union

Element of crime = Forbrydelsens element (1984) ~ dir. Lars von Trier - Denmark

Elena and her men (1956) ~ dir. Jean Renoir - France

Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) ~ dir. Werner Herzog - Germany

Europa (1991) ~ dir. Lars von Trier - Germany

Eyes without a face = Les yeux sans visage (1959) ~ dir. Georges Franju - France

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F for Fake (1972) ~ dir. Orson Welles - USA

Faces (1968) ~ dir. John Cassavettes - USA

Fanny and Alexander (1982, 1984) ~ dir Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Fat Girl (2001) ~ dir. Catherine Breillat - France

Fighting elegy = Kenka erejii (1966) ~ dir. Seijun Suzuki - Japan

Firemen's ball = Hori´, ma´ panenko (1967) ~ dir. Milos Forman - Czechoslovakia

Fitzcarraldo (1982) ~ dir. Werner Herzog - Germany

Forbidden Games (1952) ~ dir. René Clément - France

French cancan (1955) ~ dir. Jean Renoir - France

G

Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) ~ dir. Vittorio De Sica - Italy

General (1926) ~ dir. Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman - USA
Playhouse (1921) ~ dir. Buster Keaton & Eddie Cline - USA
Cops (1922) ~ dir. Buster Keaton & Eddie Cline - USA

General Idi Amin Dada: a self portrait (1974) ~ dir. Barbet Schroeder - France

A Generation = Pokolenie (1954) ~ dir. Andrzej Wajda.

Gertrud (1964) ~ dir. Carl T. Dreyer - Denmark

Gimme Shelter (1970) ~ dir. David Maysles - USA

Golden Coach (1953) ~ dir. Jean Renoir - France

Good morning = Ohayo (1959) ~ dir. Yasujiro Ozu - Japan

Gospel according to St. Matthew (1964) ~dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini - Italy

Grand Illusion = La grande illusion (1938) ~ dir. Jean Renoir - France

Grapes of wrath (1940) ~ dir. John Ford - USA

H

Hamlet (1948) ~ dir. Sir Laurence Olivier - UK

Harder they come (1973) ~ dir. Perry Henzell - Jamaica

Harlan County USA (1976) ~ dir. Barbara Kopple - USA

Häxan, witchcraft through the ages (1922) ~ dir. Benjamin Christensen - Sweden

Hearts and Minds (1974) ~ dir. Peter Davis - USA

Heaven Can Wait (1943) ~ dir. Ernst Lubitsch - USA

Hidden Fortress (1958) ~ dir. Akira Kurosawa - Japan

High and low (1963) ~ dir. Akira Kurosawa - Japan

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) ~ dir. Alain Resnais - France

Honeymoon Killers (1969) ~ dir. Leonard Kastle - USA

Hoop dreams (1994) ~ dir. Steve James - USA

Hopscotch (1980) ~ dir. Ronald Reame - USA

Hour of the Wolf (1968) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

I

I am curious - blue (1968) ~ dir. Vilgot Sjoman - Sweden

I am curious - yellow (1967) ~ dir. Vilgot Sjoman - Sweden

I Vitelloni (1953) ~ dir. Federico Fellini - Italy

Ikiru = To live (1952) ~ dir. Akira Kurosawa - Japan

Imitation of life (1934) ~ dir. John M. Stahl / (1959) ~ dir. Doulas Sirk - USA

In the Mood for Love = Hua yang nian hua (2000) ~ dir. Wong Kar-Wai - Hong Kong

Ingmar Bergman collection: supplemental materials ( ) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Ingmar Bergman makes a movie = Ingmar Bergman gor en film (1961) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Insomnia (1997) ~ dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg - Norway

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) ~ dir. Phillip Kaufman - USA

It Happened One Night (1934) ~ dir. Frank Capra - USA

It's a wonderful life (1947) ~ dir. Frank Capra - USA

Ivan the Terrible = Ivan Groznyi (1945) ~ dir. Sergei Eisenstein - Soviet Union

J

Jubilee (1977) ~ dir. Derek Jarman - UK

Jules and Jim = Jules et Jim (1962) ~ dir. Francois Truffaut - France

Juliet of the Spirits = Giulietta degli spiriti (1965) ~ dir. Federico Fellini - Italy

K

Kagemusha (1980) ~ dir. Akira Kurosawa - Japan

Kanal (1957) ~ dir. Andrzej Wajda - Poland

Killers (1946/1964) ~ dir. Robert Siodmak / Don Diegel - USA

Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) ~ dir. John Cassavettes - USA

Kwaidan = Kaidan (1965) ~ dir. Masaki Kobayashi - Japan

L

Lacombe, Lucien (1974) ~ dir. Louis Malle - France

Lady Eve (1941) ~ dir. Preston Sturges - USA

Lady from Shanghai (1947) ~ dir. Orson Welles - USA

Last Tango in Paris (1972) ~ dir. Bernardo Bertolucci - Italy

Last Temptation of Christ (1988) ~ dir. Martin Scorsese - USA

Last Waltz (1978) ~ dir. Martin Scorsese - USA

Last Wave (1977) ~ dir. Peter Weir - Australia

Leopard (1963) ~ dir. Luchino Visconti - Italy

Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2005) ~ dir. Wes Anderson - USA

Little Women (1994) ~ dir. Gillian Armstrong - USA

Lola (1981) ~ dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Germany

Lone star (1996) ~ dir. John Sayles - USA

Long Good Friday (1979) ~ dir. John Mackenzie - UK

Lord of the Flies (1963) ~ dir. Peter Brook - USA

Love me tonight (1932) ~ dir. Rouben Mamoulian - USA

Lost honor of Katharina Blum = Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (1975) ~ dir. Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta

Love in the Afternoon ; Eric Rohmer's Six moral tales (1972) ~ dir. Eric Rohmer - France

Love on the run (1979) ~ dir. Francois Truffaut- France

Loves of a blond (1965) ~ dir. Milos Forman - Czechoslovakia

M

M (1931) ~ dir. Fritz Lang - Germany

Magic flute = Trollflojten (1975) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden.

Maltese Falcon (1941) ~ dir. John Huston - USA

Man Bites Dog (1992) ~ dirs. Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde - France

Man with a movie camera (1929) ~ dir. Dziga Vertov - Soviet Union

Manhattan (1979) ~ dir. Woody Allen - USA

Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) ~ dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Germany

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) ~ dir. Robert Altman - USA

Mean Streets (1973) ~ dir. Martin Scorsese - USA

Meet me in St. Louis (1944) ~ dir. Vincente Minnelli - USA

Midnight Cowboy (1969) ~ dir. John Schlesinger - USA

Mildred Pierce (1945) ~ dir. Michael Curtiz - USA

Million = Le Million (1931) ~ dir. Rene Clair - France

Mon Oncle (1958) ~ dir. Jacques Tati - France

Mona Lisa (1986) ~ dir. Neil Jordan - UK

M. Hulot's Holiday = Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1973) ~ dir. Jacques Tati - France

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) ~ dir. Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones - UK

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) ~ dir. Terry Jones - UK

Murmur of the Heart (1971) ~ dir. Louis Malle - France

Mr. Smith goes to Washington (1967) ~ dir. Frank Capra - USA

Mrs. Soffel (1984) ~ dir. Gillian Armstrong - USA

My Brilliant Career (1979) ~ dir. Gillian Armstrong - Australia

My Darling Clementine (1946) ~ dir. John Ford - USA

My Life as a dog = Mitt liv som hund (1985) ~ dir. Lasse Hallström - Sweden

My Metier (1995) ~ dir. Torben Skjodt Jensen

My Night at Maud's = Ma nuit chez Maud (1969) ~ dir. Eric Rohmer - France

My Night at Maud's ; Eric Rohmer's Six moral tales (1969) ~ dir. Eric Rohmer - France

My Own Private Idaho (1991) ~ dir. Gus Van Sant - USA

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Names Live Nowhere = Les noms n'habitent nulle part (1994) ~ dir. Dominique Loreau - Belgium

Nanook of the North (1922) ~ dir. Robert J. Flaherty - UK

Naked City (1948) ~ dir. Jules Dassin - USA

Naked lunch (1991) ~ dir. David Cronenberg

New York, New York (1977) ~ dir. Martin Scorsese - USA

Night and Fog = Nuit et brouillard (1955) ~ dir. Alain Resnais - France

Night and the city (1950) ~ dir. Jules Dassin - France

Night at the Opera (1935) ~ dir. Sam Wood - USA

Night Porter (1974) ~ dir. Liliana Cavani - Italy

Nights of Cabiria (1957) ~ dir. Federico Fellini - Italy

North by Northwest (1959) ~ dir. Alfred Hitchcock - USA/p>

Notorious (1946) ~ dir. Alfred Hitchcock - USA

Nous la liberté (1931) ~ dir. René Clair - France

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On the Waterfront (1954) ~ dir. Elia Kazan - USA

Onibaba = Demon woman (1964) ~ dir. Kaneto Shindo - Japan

Opening Night (1977) ~ dir. John Cassavettes - USA

Ordet (1955) ~ dir. Carl T. Dreyer - Denmark

Orpheus = Orphee (1949) ~ dir. Jean Cocteau - France

P

Passion of Anna (1969) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Peeping Tom (1960) ~ dir. Michael Powell - UK

Persona (1966) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Pickup on South Street (1953) ~ dir. Samuel Fuller - USA

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) ~ dir. Peter Weir - Australia

Point Break (1991) ~ dir. Kathryn Bigelow - USA

Pornographers, The = Jinruigaku nyumon (1966) ~ dir. Shohei Imamura - Japan

Posto, Il (1961) ~ dir. Ermanno Olmi's - USA

Pygmalion (1938) ~ dir. Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard - UK

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R

Raging Bull (1980) ~ dir. Martin Scorsese - USA

Rashomon (1950) ~ dir. Akira Kurosawa - Japan

Rambling Rose (1991) ~ dir. Martha Coolidge - USA

Ran (1985) ~ dir. Akira Kurosawa - Japan

Ratcatcher (1999) ~ dir. Lynne Ramsay - UK

Rebel without a cause (1955) ~ dir. Nicholas Ray - USA

Red Beard = Akahige (1965) ~ dir. Akira Kurosawa - Japan

Red River (1948) ~ dir. Howard Hawkes - USA

Richard III (1955) ~ dir. Laurence Olivier - UK

River (1951) ~ dir. Jean Renoir - France

Royal Tenenbaums ( 2001) ~ dir. Wes Anderson - USA

Rules of the Game = La regle du jeu (1939) ~ dir. Jean Renoir - France

Ruling class (1972) ~ dir. Peter Medak - UK

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Les Salades de l'amour: the supplements (1957,2000) ~ dir. Francois Truffaut - France

Salesman (1968) ~ dir. David Maysles - USA

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) ~ dir. Inagaki Hiroshi - Japan

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) ~ dir. Inagaki Hiroshi - Japan

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) ~ dir. Inagaki Hiroshi - Japan

Sanjuro (1962) ~ dir. Akira Kurosawa - Japan

Scarlet Empress (1934) ~ dir. Josef von Sternberg - USA

Scenes from a Marriage = Scener ur ett aktenskap (1973) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Schizopolis (1996) ~ dir. Steven Soderbergh - USA

Searchers (1956) ~ dir. John Ford - USA

Secret Honor (1984) ~ dir. Robert Altman - USA

Serpent's egg (1977) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Seven Samurai (1954) ~ dir. Akira Kurosawa - Japan

Seventh Seal (1957) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Shadows (1959) ~ dir. John Cassavettes - USA

Sherlock Jr. (1924) ~ dir. Buster Keaton - USA
Our Hospitality (1923) ~ dir. Buster Keaton & Jack Blystone - USA

Shock Corridor (1963) ~ dir. Samuel Fuller - USA

Shop on Main Street (1965) ~ dir. Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos - Czechoslovakia

Short Cuts (1993) ~ dir. Robert Altman - USA

Shut up & Sing (2006) + dirs. Barbara Kopple & Cecilia Peck - USA

Silence (1963) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Singin' in the Rain (1952) ~ dir. Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen - USA

Sisters (1972) ~ dir. Brian De Palma - USA

Slacker (1991) ~ dir. Richard Linklater - USA

Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Solaris (1972) ~ dir. Andrei Tarkovsky - Russia

Some Like it Hot (1959) ~ dir. Billy Wilder - USA

Spirited Away (2001) ~ dir. Hayao Miyazaki - Japan

Stagecoach (1939) ~ dir. John Ford - USA

Stella Dallas (1937) ~ dir. Merritt Hulburd - USA

Stolen Kisses (1968) ~ dir. Francois Truffaut - France

Story of floating weeds = Ukigusa monogatari (1934) ~ dir. Yasujiro Ozu - Japan

Strada, La (1954) ~ dir. Federico Fellini - Italy

Stray dog = Nora inu (1949) ~ dir. Akira Kurosawa - Japan

Streetcar Named Desire (1951) ~ dir. Elia Kazan - USA

Strangers on a train (1951) ~ dir. Alfred Hitchcock - USA

Sullivan's travels (1941) ~ dir. Preston Sturges - USA

Summertime (1955) ~ dir. David Lean - UK

Supplements: 3 films by Louis Malle ( ) ~ dir. Louis Malle - France
Supplements the DVD titles: Murmur of the heart ; Lacombe, Lucien ; Au revoir les enfants.

Suzanne's Career ; Eric Rohmer's Six moral tales (1963) ~ dir. Eric Rohmer - France

T

Tanner '88 (1988) ~ dir. Robert Altman - USA

Taste of Cherry (1997) ~ dir. Abbas Kiarostami - Iran

Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) ~ dir. Fritz Lang - France

Testament of Orpheus, or, Do not ask me why = Le testament Orphee, ou, Ne me demandez pas pourquoi (1959) ~ dir. Jean Cocteau - France

That Obscure Object of Desire = Cet obscur objet du désir (1977) dir. Luis Bunuel - France

Third Man (1949) ~ dir. Carol Reed - UK

Throne of Blood = Kumonosujo (1957) ~ dir. Kurosawa Akira - Japan

Through a Glass Darkly (1961) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Japan

Time Bandits (1981) ~ dir. Terry Gilliam - UK

Tin drum = Die Blechtrommel (1979) ~ dir. Volker Schlöndorff - Germany

To be or not to be (1942) ~ dir. Ernst Lubitsch - USA

Tokyo Story = Tokyo monogatari (1953) ~ dir. Yasujiro Ozu - Japan

Traffic (2002) ~ dir. Steven Soderberg - USA

U

Umberto D (1952) ~ dir. Vittorio De Sica - Italy

V

Vagabond = Sans toit ni loi (1985) ~ dir. Agnès Varda - France

Vanishing = Spoorloos (1988) ~ dir. George Sluizer - Netherlands

Variety Lights = Luci del varieta (1950) ~ dir. Federico Fellini - Italy

Veronika Voss (1982) ~ dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Germany

W

W.C. Fields: 6 short films ( ) ~ dir. [ ] - USA

Waiting for happiness (2002) ~ dir. Abderrahmane Sissako - France / Mauritania

Walkabout (1971) ~ dir. Nicolas Roag - Australia

We all loved each other so much = C'eravamo tanto amati (1969) ~ dir. Ettore Scola - Italy

White Sheik = Lo sceicco bianco (1952) ~ dir. Federico Fellini - Italy

Wild Strawberries = Smultronstallet (1957) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Winter Light = Nattvardsgasterna (1962) ~ dir. Ingmar Bergman - Sweden

Wings of Desire (1987) ~ dir. Wim Wenders - Germany

Withnail and I (1986) ~ dir. Bruce Robinson - UK

A Woman is a woman(1961) ~ dir. Jean-Luc Godard - France

Written on the wind (1956) ~ dir. Douglas Sirk - USA

Woman Under the Influence (1974) ~ dir. John Cassavettes - USA

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Y

Yi Yi = A one and a two (2000) ~ dir. Edward Yang - China

Yojimbo (1961) ~ dir. Kurosawa Akira - Japan

Youth of the Beast = Yaju no seishun (1963) ~ dor. Seijun Suzuki - Japan

Z