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Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi

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Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 8.2

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration:...

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Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2001 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmm...

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Waking Life

Waking Life

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2001 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave togeth...

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Time Piece

Time Piece

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1965 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written, directed, and prod...

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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1916 IMDB Rating: 7.7

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

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Eraserhead

Eraserhead

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 7.3

First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

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The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980...

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 7.3

In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experienc...

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Living in the Age of Airplanes

Living in the Age of Airplanes

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.3

LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES offers a fresh perspective on a modern-day miracle that many of us take for granted: flying. Narrated by Harrison Ford and featuring an original score from Academy Award...

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Pi

Pi

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1998 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

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