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The Great McGinty (1940)
People who added this item 45 Average listal rating (28 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.3
The Great McGinty (1940)


Preston Sturges



The Maltese Falcon
People who added this item 1245 Average listal rating (796 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.9
The Maltese Falcon (1941)


John Huston



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Citizen Kane
People who added this item 2894 Average listal rating (1792 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.2
Citizen Kane (1941)

Orson Welles



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In Which We Serve
People who added this item 95 Average listal rating (56 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.2
In Which We Serve (1942)
The Verdict
People who added this item 25 Average listal rating (15 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 7.2
The Verdict (1946)


Don Siegel



They Live by Night (1948)
People who added this item 139 Average listal rating (72 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.4
They Live by Night (1948) (1948)


Nicholas Ray



I Shot Jesse James
People who added this item 39 Average listal rating (25 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 6.8
I Shot Jesse James (1949)


Samuel Fuller



Luci del Varietà
People who added this item 56 Average listal rating (34 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.1
Luci del Varietà (1956)


Federico Fellini



The 400 Blows
People who added this item 1226 Average listal rating (754 ratings) 8.4 IMDB Rating 8.1
The 400 Blows (1959)

François Truffaut



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Breathless
People who added this item 1190 Average listal rating (717 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.7
Breathless (1960)


Jean-Luc Godard



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Knife in the Water
People who added this item 373 Average listal rating (218 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 7.4
Knife in the Water (1962)


Roman Polanski



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The Sleeping Car Murders
People who added this item 31 Average listal rating (16 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 7.2
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)


Costa-Gavras



Night of the Living Dead
People who added this item 1799 Average listal rating (1170 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 7.9
Night of the Living Dead (1968)


George A. Romero



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Targets
People who added this item 223 Average listal rating (129 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 7.3
Targets (1968)

Peter Bogdanovich



Take the Money and Run
People who added this item 432 Average listal rating (269 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.3
Take the Money and Run (1970)

Woody Allen



Play Misty for Me
People who added this item 385 Average listal rating (239 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 6.9
Play Misty for Me (1971)


Clint Eastwood



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Bad Company
People who added this item 67 Average listal rating (25 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7
Bad Company (1972)


Robert Benton



Gumshoe
People who added this item 23 Average listal rating (13 ratings) 5.5 IMDB Rating 6.5
Gumshoe
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Badlands
People who added this item 907 Average listal rating (567 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.7
Badlands (1973)


Terrence Malick



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Hard Times
People who added this item 132 Average listal rating (94 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.3
Hard Times (1975)


Walter Hill



Monty Python and the Holy Grail
People who added this item 3832 Average listal rating (2582 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)


Terry Gilliam



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Eraserhead
People who added this item 1875 Average listal rating (1068 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.4
Eraserhead (1977)


David Lynch



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The Duellists
People who added this item 322 Average listal rating (190 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.4
The Duellists (1977)


Ridley Scott



Thief
People who added this item 335 Average listal rating (213 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.4
Thief (1981)
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Blood Simple
People who added this item 836 Average listal rating (505 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.6
Blood Simple (1984)

Coen Brothers



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House of Games (1987)
People who added this item 173 Average listal rating (104 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.2
House of Games (1987)


David Mamet



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Metropolitan
People who added this item 97 Average listal rating (57 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.3
Metropolitan (1989)


Whit Stillman



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The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
People who added this item 114 Average listal rating (49 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.2
The Unbelievable Truth (1989) (1989)


Hal Hartley



Poison
People who added this item 89 Average listal rating (38 ratings) 6.6 IMDB Rating 6.3
Poison (1991)


Todd Haynes



Delicatessen
People who added this item 1292 Average listal rating (728 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.5
Delicatessen (1991)


Jean-Pierre Jeunet



Reservoir Dogs
People who added this item 5341 Average listal rating (3674 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.3
Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Quentin Tarantino



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Shallow Grave
People who added this item 709 Average listal rating (441 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.3
Shallow Grave (1994)
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Bottle Rocket
People who added this item 676 Average listal rating (443 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 6.9
Bottle Rocket (1996)


Wes Anderson



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Hard Eight
People who added this item 420 Average listal rating (260 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.1
Hard Eight (1996)


Paul Thomas Anderson



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Pi
People who added this item 2010 Average listal rating (1133 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.3
Pi (1998)


Darren Aronofsky



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George Washington
People who added this item 115 Average listal rating (62 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.2
George Washington


David Gordon Green




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