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Far From Heaven (2002)
Director: Todd Haynes
Best appreciated by admirers of Douglas Sirk�s �50s melodramas, Haynes� homage is more explicit but still emotional: a story of repression, desire and hope for fractured lives. Read Review

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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Director: Clint Eastwood
It�s not hard to argue this is Clint�s finest behind-camera work; we�re just surprised many of his movies didn�t make the 500. Here, Eastwood makes his �Man With No Name� persona truly human, while offering (he says unintentional) involving critique on Vietnam. Read Review

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Mr. Hulot�s Holiday (1953)
Director: Jacques Tati
Like Mr. Bean�s Holiday. But in French. And without Rowan Atkinson. And it�s really funny. Okay, not like Mr Bean�s Holiday at all. Except it has holiday in the title; give us that. Read Review

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