Subgenre Sampler
Sales > Foreign Cinema > Drama: 238 films to Buy
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
- Melancholic masterpiece from a largely overshadowed figure in Japanese cinema: concerning the post–war ‘water trade’ of bar hostesses in…
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$35 $26.25
Adventures Of Antoine Doinel, The (400 Blows, Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board, Love on the Run) (1959-1979)
- Francois Truffaut's most enduring cinematic creation, the irrepressible Antoine Doinel (played synonymously by Jean–Pierre Leaud) is…
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$100 $75
Lola Montes (1955)
- The life of the famous 19th century courtesan provides the basis for this sophisticated portrayal of the capriciousness of fate, which leads to the…
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$25 $18.75
Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
- Stories by the 18th century writer Akinari Ueda are woven into an odyssey of civil–war misfortune, in which two peasant–potters and their…
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$40 $30
Casque d'Or (Golden Marie) (1952)
- A gangster’s moll falls in love with a reformed criminal, igniting underworld violence, in this lush, overwhelming tragi–romance set in Paris…
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$35 $26.25
Le Corbeau (Raven, the) (1943)
- Fascinating as a wartime allegory made under the German Occupation of France, a small town becomes a hot–bed of paranoia following a rash of…
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$40 $30
Blue Angel, The (1930)
- A masterwork of the twenties German grotesquerie, this enjoyed great success and gave an early career boost to Marlene Dietrich.
- DVD $19.95
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- This landmark Soviet propaganda film about the 1905 revolution is one of the greatest classics of all time. The smart use of visual metaphor and that…
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$20 $15