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8½ ( ) is a 1963 avant-garde comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on famous Italian film director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) who suffers from writer's block as he attempts to direct an epic science fiction film. Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, and Eddra Gale portray the various women in Guido's life. An international co-production between France and Italy, the film was shot in black and white by cinematographer Gianni Di Venanzo and features a score by Nino Rota, with costume and
La Dolce Vita
1960 film directed by Federico Fellini
All About My Mother
1999 film by Pedro Almodóvar
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen
Nights of Cabiria
1957 film by Federico Fellini
Black Orpheus
1959 film by Marcel Camus
A Serious Man
2009 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen
The Rules of the Game
1939 film by Jean Renoir
Arizona Dream
1993 film by Emir Kusturica
Three Colours: White
1994 film by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Carnage
2011 film by Roman Polanski
Delicatessen
1991 film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
L’Age d’Or
1930 film directed by Luis Buñuel
The Triplets of Belleville
2003 animated comedy film
Secrets & Lies
1996 UK film by Mike Leigh
La Grande Bouffe
1973 film by Marco Ferreri
Night on Earth
1991 film directed by Jim Jarmusch
Pirate Radio
2009 film by Richard Curtis
In the House
2012 film by François Ozon
Roma
1972 film by Federico Fellini
Pride
2014 film directed by Matthew Warchus
Ernest & Celestine
2012 animated movie
My American Uncle
1980 film by Alain Resnais
Aferim!
Aferim! ('''') is a 2015 Western tragicomedy film co-written and directed by Radu Jude and produced by Ada Solomon. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, where Radu Jude won the Silver Bear for Best Director. It was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
The Taste of Others
2000 film directed by Agnès Jaoui
The Bélier Family
2014 film by Éric Lartigau
The Angels' Share
2012 film by Ken Loach
My Life as a Zucchini
2016 film by Claude Barras
Le Havre
2011 film by Aki Kaurismäki
Ginger and Fred
1986 film by Federico Fellini
A Hologram for the King
2016 film by Tom Tykwer
The Illusionist
2010 animated film about a French magician directed by Sylvain Chomet
Factotum
2005 film by Bent Hamer
The Toy
1976 film by Francis Veber
The Idiots
1998 film by Lars von Trier
La Traversée de Paris
1956 film by Claude Autant-Lara
Taxidermia
Taxidermia is a 2006 satirical comedy-drama surrealist body horror film directed and co-written by György Pálfi. An international co-production of Hungary, Austria and France, the film spins a metaphorical socio-political retelling of Hungary's history from the Second World War to the present day.
Nouvelle Vague
2025 film directed by Richard Linklater
The Source
2011 film by Radu Mihăileanu
Zero for Conduct
1933 film by Jean Vigo
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025 film directed by Jim Jarmusch
Where Do We Go Now?
2011 film by Nadine Labaki
Woman at War
2018 film directed by Benedikt Erlingsson
Le Concert
2009 film by Radu Mihăileanu
Little White Lies
2010 film by Guillaume Canet
La Collectionneuse
1967 film by Éric Rohmer
Un singe en hiver
1962 film by Henri Verneuil
Ma vie en rose
1997 film by Alain Berliner
The Band's Visit
2007 film by Eran Kolirin
Sink or Swim
2018 film by Gilles Lellouche
Force Majeure
2014 Swedish film by Ruben Östlund
Declaration of War
2011 film by Valérie Donzelli
99 Francs
2007 film by Jan Kounen
A Self Made Hero
1996 film by Jacques Audiard
The Bohemian Life
1992 film by Aki Kaurismäki
Murmur of the Heart
1971 film directed by Louis Malle
Sweet Movie
1974 film directed by Dušan Makavejev
The Conjugal Bed
1963 film by Marco Ferreri
Demain tout commence
2016 film by Hugo Gélin
Samba
2014 film