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Double SuicideDouble Suicide (Shinjû: Ten no amijima) (1969) Recommended
Dir. Masahiro Shinoda
Feat. Kichiemon Nakamura, Shiwa Iwashita, Hosie Komatsu
A landmark of avant–garde Japanese cinema aims to replicate the startling aesthetic of traditional 'bunraku' puppetry in its enactment of an…
Femme Infidele, LaFemme Infidele, La (The Unfaithful Wife) (1969)
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Michel Bouquet, Stephane Audran, Maurice Ronet
French bourgeoisie couple Michel Bouquet and Stephane Audran form a murderous love–triangle with seducer Maurice Ronet, revealing the hidden…
Funeral Parade of RosesFuneral Parade of Roses (Bara no Soretsu) (1969) Recommended
Dir. Toshio Matsumoto
Feat. Shinnosuke Ikehata (aka Peter), Yoshio Tsuchiya
A bold and significant product of the Japanese New Wave that loosely transposes Oedipus Rex to the underground gay culture of 1960s Tokyo with a…
Katzelmacher Katzelmacher (1969)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla
Daring Fassbinder drama focused on a group of Munich friends indulging in the banality of their ordered lives until the arrival of a Greek immigrant…
Le Gai SavoirLe Gai Savoir (Joy Of Learning) (1969)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Leaud
Challenging offering from dir. Godard puts two actors on a soundstage and allows them to dwell on ideologies, concepts and complex understandings of…
Love is Colder Than DeathLove is Colder Than Death (Liebe ist kälter als der Tod) (1969)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Ulli Lommel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla
The first in a loose trilogy of gangster films directed by prolific German iconoclast Rainer Werner Fassbinder early in his career. Fassbinder…
Ma Nuit Chez MaudMa Nuit Chez Maud (My Night at Maud's / My Night with Maud) (1969)
Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Francoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault
Rohmer's fourth moral tale again presents the idea of a man's romantic dilemma with more than one woman in his life. The wordy philosophising is…
Mississippi MermaidMississippi Mermaid (1969)
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Tobacco baron Belmondo sends for a mail–order bride, gets the ravishing Deneuve. Too bad she's a con–artist with an inescapable past.…
Passion of Anna, ThePassion of Anna, The (1969) Recommended
Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson
Unpleasant drama set on a barren island with widow Ullman finding misery loves company in the form of tortured ex–convict von Sydow. Meanwhile…
Perversion StoryPerversion Story (1969)
Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Jean Sorel, Elsa Martinelli, Marisa Mell
Erotic shocker from the priest of perversion. An unfortunate doctor falls in with an amoral stripper who happens to resemble his dead wife.

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