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12 Angry men (Henry Fonda) based on the play
12 Angry men (Russian version)
based "loosely" on the American original
7 Days in Entebbe
(Movie about a most daring Israeli raid to free hostages)
A beautiful mind (2001) Russel Crowe
A Clockwork orange (1971) - (Stanley Kubrick)
A Cry in the day (1988) Australia (Meryl Streep, Sam Neill)
A Dry white season (1989) - (Donald Sutherland)
A Dolls House (1973) Henrik Ibsen - (Norwegian rendition)
A Dolls House (1973) Henrik
Ibsen - (Anthony Hopkins rendition)
A Dolls House (1973) Henrik Ibsen
- (Jane Fonda rendition)
A Dolls House (1973)
Fassbinder (Director) - "Nora Helmer" (German rendition)
A Man for all Seasons (1966)
Paul Scofield
A passage to India (1984) (Mr. David
Lean, Director)
A Separation (Iran - 2011) ( Mr.
Asghar Farhadi Director)
A woman in Berlin (2008) Ms. Nina
Hoss
Absence of Malice (Mr Paul
Newman, Ms Sally Field)
Along for the ride (2000) with Ms. Melanie Griffith
Basmati Blues (2017) with Donald Sutherland and Brie Larson
Breaker Morant (1980) Directed by Bruce
Beresford
Beau-père (1981) Bertrand Blier
Being there (1979) Peter Sellers
Beirut (2018) (from the creators of the popular "Jason Bourne" Series)
Body Heat (1981) William Hurt, Kathleen Turner
Braveheart (1995) Mel Gibson
Carrington (1995) Ms. Emma Thompson
Changing Times (2004) (Les temps qui
changent)
Children of Heaven (Iran 1997) Directed
by Majid Majidi
Caligula (1979) Malcom McDowell
Das Boot (1981) Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Death of a Salesman (1985) Dustin Hoffman
Deathtrap (1982) Michael Caine Ms. Dyan
Cannon
Detroit (2017)
Dons Party Directed by Mr. Bruce Beresford
Donnie Brasco (1997) Mr. Al Pacino Stars
Downfall (Der Untergang) Germany, 2004
El Norte
(1983) (A look at illegal immigration from the South)
Evelyn
(2002) Pierce Brosnan
Evil (Ondskan) (2003) (Sweden) Best movie
Oscars nominated
Fading Gigolo (2013) John Turturro
Far from Heaven (2002) Ms. Julianne Moore
For my Father (Israel 2008) Ms. Hili
Yalon - a kanopy.com "staff pick"
Fiddler on the roof (1971) Norman Jewison
Frankie and Johnny
(1991) Al Pacino Michelle Pfeiffer
Gallipoli (1981) Directed by Mr. Peter Weir
Gandhi (1982) Directed by Sir Richard Attenborough
Geboren (Born) in Absurdistan (Austria 1999)
Germany Pale Mother (1982)
Girl on a Bicycle (2013)
GlenGarry Glen Ross (1992) Al Pacino -
Pullizter Prize winner!
Good evening Ms. Wallenberg (1990)
Sweden
Goodfellas (1990) Stars Mr.
Robert De Niro with Martin Scorsese as Director
Grease (1978) Ms. Olivia Newton John Mr.
John Travolta
Habemus Papam "We have a Pope" (2011) Ms. Margherita Buy
Herzsprung (Germany 1992) - a kanopy.com
"staff pick"
Imagining Argentina (2003) Emma
Thompson, Antonio Banderas
Indignation (2016) USA
Inherit the wind (1960) Spencer Tracy Donna Anderson
Jerichow (2008) Germany!
Kavanagh QC (1995-2001) Television Series with Sir John Thaw
Kadosh (Israel 1992) Directed by Amos Gitai
King of Devil's Island (2010) (Norway) Stellan Skarsgård
La Cage
aux folles (1978) English subtitles
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981) Based on
novel by D.H. Lawrence
Last Chance Harvey (2008) Emma
Thompson Dustin Hoffman
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Mr. Peter O'Toole
Le Survenant (Written by Erik Canuel)
Le Passe (The Past) (2013 - French with subtitles) - another kanopy.com "staff
pick"
La Stazione (The
Station) Sergio Rubini Director
Life is beautiful (La vita e bella) (1997) Roberto Benigni
Little Children (2006) Starring Ms. Kate Winslet
(10mostbeautifulwomen.com)
Lolita (Ms. Melanie Griffith Ms. Domenique Swain) Jeremy Irons
Mansfield Park (1999) Jane Austen
(features Ms. Lindsay Duncan)
Mary Poppins (1964) Ms. Julie
Andrews Dick Van Dyke
Mindenki (aka
"Sing") Oscar winner from Hungary (2016 Short film - kanopy.com)
Mississippi Burning (1988) Mr. Gene Hackman
Mother of Mine
(Sweden/Finland) (2005) (a greatest staff pick at kanopy.com)
Murder on the Orient Express (2010 - Made for TV version)
My dinner with Andre (1981)
My father, my Lord (Israel 2007)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (Orwell)
(1984) Mr. Richard Burton
Nowhere in Africa (Germany)
(2001) Academy award Winner - Best Picture
Of Gods and Men
(2010) France
One fine day
(1996) Michelle Pfeiffer George Clooney
Oxen (The Ox - Sweden,
1991 Sven Nykvist)
Pacific
Heights (1990) Ms. Melanie Griffith 10mostbeautifulwomen.com
Polish Wedding (1998) Claine Danes,
Gabriel Byrne
Pride
and Prejudice (Jane Austen -1995) Ms. Jennifer Ehle - Colin Firth
Reds (Directed by
Warren Beatty, also with Diane Keaton)
Righteous Kill (Mr. Al Pacino
Mr. Robert De Niro Ms. Trilby Glover)
Rob Roy (1995)
Ms. Jessica Lange
Rope (1948) Alfred Hitchcock
(Jimmy Stewart)
Route Irish (2010) (loveliest Ms.
Andrea Low, Mr. Mark Womack)
Sami Blood
(2016) Sweden subtitles
Saturday Night Fever
(1977) John Travolta Ms. Karen Lynn Gorney
Scarface (1983) Mr.
Al Pacino Ms. Michelle Pfeiffer
Sense
and sensibility (1995) Ms. Emma Thompson, Mr. Hugh Grant
Sleuth (1973) Michael Caine Sir Lawrence Olivier
Song for a
Raggy Boy (Ireland Film Board)
SS-GB (BBC Televsion Series based on
German occupied Britain) (2018)
Stander (2003) South African apartheid era setting
Spielzeugland (Toyland) (Oscar winner from Germany) (2007
- kanopy.com pick)
Tall Guy (1989) Emma Thompson, Jeff Goldblum
The accidental tourist (1988) Mr. William Hurt, Ms. Kathleen Turner
The Apple (Iran) Samira Makhmalbaf Director
The
Band's visit (2007) A joint Israeli-Egyptian movie production
The Black book (2006) Holland (The
Netherlands)
The Black Windmill (1974) Michael Caine with Ms Delphine Seyrig
The Day of the Jackal (1973) written by Fredrick Forsyth
The Dinner (I nostri ragazzi - Italy 2016)
- another kanopy.com "staff pick" discovery
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) Ms.
Michelle Pfeiffers (1989) Ms. Michelle Pfeiffer
The Four feathers (2002)
The Godfather Trilogy Mr. Al
Pacino Ms. Diane Keaton
The Good Wife
(Australia, 1987) Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown
The House of games (1987) Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna
The Insult (Arabic with subtitles) (2017)
(Oscar Nominee for best foreign Picture)
The Last days of Disco (1998) Chloe Sevigny Kate Beckinsale
The Last King of Scotland (2006) Ms. Gillian Anderson
The Long good friday (1979) Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren
The Planet of the apes (1968)
The Pianist (2002) Roman Polanski Director
The Pope of Greenwich
village (1984) Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah
The Red Violin (1998) (Greta Scacchi)
The Remains of the Day - Emma Thompson Anthony Hopkins
The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) Gerard
Depardieu, Nathalie Baye
The Russia House (1990) Michelle Pfeiffer Sean Connery
The Salesman (Forushande) Iran, (2016) Best foreign movie - Oscar winner
The Sound of Music (1965) Julie Andrews
The Sting (1973) Robert Redford, Paul Newman
The Untouchables (1987) Sean Connery Kevin Costner
The Verdict (1982) Mr. Paul Newman
The White Massai (2005) Germany
The White Ribbon (2009) Germany
Tin Men (1987) Richard Dreyfuss, Danny
DeVito
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(2008)
Victor Victoria (Ms. Julie
Andrews, Robert Preston)
Waiting for
God (British Television Series - BBC)
Wall Street (1987) Michael Douglas Daryl
Hannah
Wallander (Television Series 2005-2006)
(Sweden)
Water (India - 2005)
telefim-canada
When a man loves a woman (Ms. Meg
Ryan, Andy Garcia)
White Material (2009) Ms. Isabelle
Huppert
White Mischief (1988) Ms. Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance
Witness (1985) Harrison
Ford, Kelly McGillis
Witness for the prosecution (1957) Marlene
Dietrich
American Television Series
Cheers (with dear Ms. Shelly Long and featuring Ted Dance equally)
MASH (with dear Mr. Alan Alda - of greatest Italian sanity too
ultimately!)
The Big Bang Theory (with dear Ms. Kaley Cuoco)
Three's Company (with John
Ritter, Suzanne Somers Joyce DeWitt and dearest Ms. Priscilla Barnes
British Television Series
Agatha Christie's (Hercule) Poirot
BBC TV Series (Starring David Suchet)
Fawlty Towers (John Cleese dear Ms. Connie Booth and all)
Maigret (with dear Mr. Michael Gambon)
Keeping up appearances
Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
Rumpole (Leo McKearn)
Upstairs Downstairs
Documentaries (Many if not all are available on youtube and
kanopy.com
along with "The Public Broadcast System" Network in the USA - PBS mainly
Download purchases from content producers are available from
amazon.com -
must be US resident or Apple itunes, and the PBS or all amazon
sites for DVDs/HD)
Free downloads for the purpose of criticism, discussion and
generally in the
benefit of public education safety and enhancement of cultural
offerings
in our midst available at various download sites on the net
(moviesbyrizzo)
PBS (Frontline
Documentary) Netanyahu at War (2016)
PBS (Frontline
Documentary) Our Man In Tehran - Dutch written/Directed (2018)
PBS (Frontline Documentary) Syria - Behind
the lines
PBS aired 2007 Documentary on
Pakistan's Politics "Dinner with the President"
Among the Believers (2015 Documentary out of
Pakistan)
Conversation
regarding Iraq war (posted at kanopy.com for on-line viewing)
The Occupation of the
American Mind (Documentary on Israeli Lobbying efforts)
Professionally
produced Documentary on the Psychiatric Industry
Mein Kampf - The Ascent of evil - Documentary on Hitler (kanopy.com)
Pornland - A documentary on the Porn Industry by British activist Gail Dines
South
Africa - Beyond Apartheid - Staff picked Documentary at kanopy.com
Too Black to be French (2015) Documentary - kanopy.com staff pick
Mugabe and the White South Africans (PBS) kanopy.com offering
The Clintons - An American Odyssey - Documentary released onto DVD
The invasion of Europe by mass migration - by "Politically incorrect Europe"
"Defamation" A self made Documentary by an Israeli film-maker (2009)
"Blacks and Jews" a 1997 PBS Documentary made available on kanopy.com
Between Fences - An Israeli made Documentary about the Black migrants situation
