What is this list?

This list of films is ordered w.r.t. the “demanding viewer” grade GR. The higher in the list, the better is what “demaning users” of IMDB think about the film. To augment the grade, the entries in the list are equipped with exhaustive additional information (a lot of it in mouse popups!) and with links leading to more detailed reviews of the film

What is the grade GR?

The grade GR is a calculated grade; it is not my (or anybody else’s) personal opinion, but an “objective grade”: a result of certain delicate massage of what IMDB contributors think about the film. While it uses the same units as the IMDB grade (for example, the range is from 1 to 10; higher means better), it is significantly more evenly distributed; most of the time, it is also significantly below the average IMDB grade (although there are many exceptions).

These “delicate considerations” are based on my observations of how IMDB contributors behave, hence the grade GR is an objective measure choosen based on subjective observations (for more details, jump here). Currently, I believe that, for many people around me, this calculated grade is much more helpful for deciding which film to watch than any other system I saw (either “objective”, or based on opinions of friends, critics etc).

How to use this list?

Of course, as with any “objective measure”, one should not trust the calculated grade GR blindly (especially if the “robustness” is low). This grade (and the relative position of a film in the list below) is just a suggestion; clicking on the film’s title (better click with the middle mouse button!) leads to the “most helpful” reviews of the film.

I consider these reviews (which I call “reviews from demanding viewers”) to be much more important than the grade GR itself. These reviews have a very good chance to contain intelligent observations about the film. (The way to find these reviews is the keystone which makes this page possible.) Let me repeat: I strongly recommend inspecting all the supplied “additional info” about the film and these reviews before deciding whether to watch a film or not; the grade GR should only help to decide which rows in the table should be inspected first! (For more details, visit the main page.)

Review links leading to empty pages (or pages with few review):

these are not always avoidable due to very limited control one has over IMDB display of reviews. If you see this, just switch to the “opposite” view-type (Hate It vs. Love It), and go to the end of the list of reviews.

Film’s info hidden in the entries in the list:

Grades GR are color-coded for robustness: 0 / 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7 / 7.5 / 8 / 8.5 / 9. The lower the robustness, the more probable it is that the grade is a result of a statistical fluke. Robustness above 3.5 is expected to be sufficient for most practical purposes. Grades with robustness below about 0.5 have a very high chance to be affected by statistical flukes.

Most columns in the table have additional information provided when mouse is resting over the field. (This information is summarized when mouse is resting over cells in the header row of the table.) The display (or non-display) of icons can be controlled by changing selection in the browser’s menu View/Page Style. The release year is color-coded to denote TV films, TV mini-series, and TV series. The director’s name is bluish-tinted if its popup has additional info about other films by this director.

GR Year Genres Title Extra links / Director, etc / «Original title»
8.0 2012 HoColor (HD) Rock Bottom Creek Steve Balewicz, M.C. Nowell, W, M
8.0 2012 CRColor Trailer Park Jesus Sean Gerowin, W, P
8.0 2010 DColor Lifted Lexi Alexander, W, P, M
8.0 2009 CColor Rough Around the Edges Jim Dickinson, W, W, P
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 8.0 2008 CDColor Dean Spanley Toa Fraser, W, W, P, M
8.0 2005 Color Heaven's Neighbors Jeff Kennedy, W, P, M
8.0 2005 DColor The Cave of the Yellow Dog Byambasuren Davaa, W, W, ++, P, M «Die Höhle des gelben Hundes»
8.0 2005 DColor The Civilization of Maxwell Bright David Beaird, W, P, M
8.0 2005 DColor You Are Alone Gorman Bechard, W, W, P
8.0 2004 DFanRColor Be with You Nobuhiro Doi, W, W, P, M «Ima, ai ni yukimasu»
8.0 2003 CCrColor Munnabhai M.B.B.S. Rajkumar Hirani, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.0 2003 DColor Song for a Raggy Boy Aisling Walsh, W, W, ++, P, M
8.0 2002 C Hacks Glenn Rockowitz, W, P, M
8.0 2002 DFColor Manito Eric Eason, W, P, M
8.0 2002 CDSpColor Pingu-Pongu Fumihiko Sori, W, W, P
8.0 1999 DColor The Book of Stars Michael Miner, W, P, M
8.0 1994 AdDFColor (Technicolor) War of the Buttons John Roberts, W, W, P, M
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 8.0 1991 DColor Close to Eden Nikita Mikhalkov, W, ++, P, M «Urga»
8.0 1990 DColor Men Don't Leave Paul Brickman, W, ++, P, M
8.0 1990 AdBDColor (Eastmancolor) My Father's Glory Yves Robert, W, W, ++, P, M «La gloire de mon père»
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 8.0 1987 DColor A Month in the Country Pat O'Connor, W, W, P, M
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 8.0 1985 BCrDColor (Technicolor) Dance with a Stranger Mike Newell, W, P, M
8.0 1983 AdDColor (Fujicolor) Antarctica Koreyoshi Kurahara, W, W, ++, P, M «Nankyoku monogatari»
8.0 1983 ADColor Duel to Death Siu-Tung Ching, W, W, ++, P «Xian si jue»
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 8.0 1983 DWColor Under Fire Roger Spottiswoode, W, W, ++, P, M
8.0 1976 DColor Lifeguard Daniel Petrie, W, P, M
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 8.0 1975 BDHColor (Eastmancolor) The Story of Adele H François Truffaut, W, W, ++, P «L'histoire d'Adèle H»
8.0 1970 CCrDColor (Eastmancolor) Something for Everyone Harold Prince, W, W, P, M
8.0 1967 AdDColor (Eastmancolor) The Last Adventure Robert Enrico, W, W, ++, P, M «Les aventuriers»
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 8.0 1966 DFColor (Technicolor) Follow Me, Boys! Norman Tokar, W, W, P, M
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 8.0 1962 DRBlack and White A Kind of Loving John Schlesinger, W, W, ++, P, M
8.0 1962 DCBlack and White The Easy Life Dino Risi, W, W, ++, P, M «Il sorpasso»
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 8.0 1960 DBlack and White When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Cr Cr-Ess Mikio Naruse, W, P, M «Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki»
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 8.0 1959 DBlack and White The World of Apu Satyajit Ray, W, W, P, M «Apur Sansar»
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 8.0 1958 DBlack and White The Magician Cr Cr-Video Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Cr-Press Cr-News Cr-Cont Ingmar Bergman, W, P, M «Ansiktet»
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 8.0 1955 BDMcColor (Eastman Color) Interrupted Melody Curtis Bernhardt, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.0 1954 ACrDTBlack and White Touchez Pas au Grisbi Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Cr-Clip Jacques Becker, W, W, ++, P, M «Touchez pas au grisbi»
8.0 1950 CrDNBlack and White The Breaking Point Michael Curtiz, W, W, P, M
8.0 1940 BDHBlack and White Abe Lincoln in Illinois John Cromwell, W, ++, P, M
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 8.0 1927 CrDRBlack and White; Silent Underworld Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Feat Cr-On5 Cr-Press Cr-Press Cr-Press Josef von Sternberg, ++, W, W, ++, P, M
8.0 1926 DRBlack and White; Silent La bohème King Vidor, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 2006 CrDColor Out of the Blue Robert Sarkies, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 2004 RCDColor Chinese Eye Yasmin Ahmad, W, P «Sepet»
7.9 2003 DColor Silent Waters Sabiha Sumar, W, W, P, M «Khamosh Pani: Silent Waters»
7.9 2003 CrDColor Three Walls Nagesh Kukunoor, W, P, M «3 Deewarein (3 Walls)»
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 7.9 2002 DRColor Oasis Chang-dong Lee, W, P, M
7.9 2001 DColor To the Left of the Father Luiz Fernando Carvalho, W, W, P, M «Lavoura Arcaica»
7.9 1998 DRColor Christmas in August Jin-ho Hur, W, W, ++, P «Palwolui Christmas»
7.9 1997 DRColor (Technicolor) Niagara, Niagara Bob Gosse, W, P, M
7.9 1997 CDColor Soul Food George Tillman Jr., W, P, M
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 7.9 1995 CrDColor Cyclo Tran Anh Hung, W, P, M «Xich lo»
7.9 1994 DMColor Rampo Rintaro Mayuzumi, Kazuyoshi Okuyama, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1994 HoColor Yeuk saat Hin Sing 'Billy' Tang, W, P
7.9 1993 BDH The Gospel According to Matthew Regardt van den Bergh, W «The Visual Bible: Matthew»
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 7.9 1992 DRColor Gas, Food Lodging Allison Anders, W, W, P, M
7.9 1992 DRColor (Technicolor) That Night Craig Bolotin, W, W, P, M
7.9 1990 CDColor (Eastmancolor) Tatie Danielle Étienne Chatiliez, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1989 FMlRColor Maine Pyar Kiya Sooraj R. Barjatya, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.9 1977 DWBlack and White The Ascent Larisa Shepitko, W, W, ++, P, M «Voskhozhdeniye»
7.9 1973 DColor (Metrocolor) Lolly-Madonna XXX Richard C. Sarafian, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1972 CColor (Technicolor) The Public Eye Carol Reed, W, P, M «Follow Me!»
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 7.9 1971 DBlack and White King Lear Peter Brook, W, W, P
7.9 1969 CDColor Me, Natalie Fred Coe, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1967 AAdSfColor "Star Trek" Errand of Mercy John Newland, W, W, P, M
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 7.9 1966 CrColor Come Drink with Me King Hu, W, W, P, M «Da zui xia»
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 7.9 1964 AAdCRColor (Eastmancolor) That Man from Rio Philippe de Broca, W, W, ++, P, M «L'homme de Rio»
7.9 1957 DMlRBlack and White Pyaasa Guru Dutt, W, P, M
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 7.9 1952 CDRBlack and White The White Sheik Cr Cr-Ess Federico Fellini, W, W, ++, P, M «Lo sceicco bianco»
7.9 1951 AdDRColor (Technicolor) Bird of Paradise Delmer Daves, W, W, P, M
7.9 1949 CrNMTBlack and White The Hidden Room Edward Dmytryk, W, P, M «Obsession»
7.9 1948 CRBlack and White Miss Tatlock's Millions Richard Haydn, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.9 1945 BDRWBlack and White Pride of the Marines Delmer Daves, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1935 CBlack and White Man on the Flying Trapeze Clyde Bruckman, ++, W, W, ++, P
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 7.9 1920 AdWeBlack and White (color toned); Silent The Mark of Zorro Fred Niblo, W, ++, P, M
7.8 2013 C It's Not You, It's Me Nathan Ives, W, P, M
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 7.8 2010 DColor Third Star Hattie Dalton, W, P, M
7.8 2009 TColor I.C.U. Aash Aaron, W, P, M
7.8 2007 AdCDColor Lucky Miles Michael James Rowland, W, W, P, M
7.8 2006 CColor Last Stop for Paul Neil Mandt, W, P, M
7.8 2004 CDColor Adam & Paul Lenny Abrahamson, W, P, M
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 7.8 2004 CColor Knots Greg Lombardo, W, W, P, M
7.8 2001 CDRColor All About You Christine Swanson, W, P, M
7.8 2000 CRColor Chump Change Stephen Burrows, W, P, M
7.8 1996 CDColor A Family Thing Richard Pearce, W, W, P, M
7.8 1995 CDMColor Cold Fever Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, W, W, P, M «Á köldum klaka»
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 7.8 1994 CDRColor Vanya on 42nd Street Cr Cr-Photo Cr-Ess Cr-Video Cr-Intrv Louis Malle, W, W, ++, P, M
7.8 1993 TColor Darr Yash Chopra, W, ++, P, M
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 7.8 1992 BDFColor (Eastmancolor) The Long Day Closes Cr Terence Davies, W, P, M
7.8 1991 CDColor Rubin and Ed Trent Harris, W, P, M
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 7.8 1990 CrDColor Close-Up Cr Cr-Video Cr-Ess Cr-Press Cr-Press Cr-Press Cr-Clip Abbas Kiarostami, W, P «Nema-ye Nazdik»
7.8 1987 DColor The Glass Menagerie Paul Newman, W, P, M
7.8 1986 CCrColor Malcolm Nadia Tass, W, P, M
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 7.8 1985 DRColor (Technicolor) The Shooting Party Alan Bridges, W, W, P, M
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 7.8 1982 ADColor Five Element Ninja Cheh Chang, W, W, P, M «Ren zhe wu di»
7.8 1981 ACColor The Prodigal Son Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, W, W, ++, P, M «Bai ga jai»
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 7.8 1980 BDMcRColor (Technicolor) The Idolmaker Taylor Hackford, W, P, M
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 7.8 1979 CCrColor (Eastmancolor) Buffet Froid Bertrand Blier, W, P, M «Buffet froid»
7.8 1977 DColor (Technicolor) A Special Day Ettore Scola, W, W, ++, P, M «Una giornata particolare»
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 7.8 1975 CDRColor Cooley High Michael Schultz, W, P, M
7.8 1974 ACrTColor (Eastmancolor) Almost Human Umberto Lenzi, W, P, M «Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare»
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 7.8 1974 AAdDHRColor (Technicolor) The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge Richard Lester, W, W, P, M «The Four Musketeers»
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 7.8 1972 DColor The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds Paul Newman, W, W, P, M
7.8 1969 DHWColor (Technicolor) Fraulein Doktor Alberto Lattuada, W, W, ++, P, M «Fräulein Doktor»
7.8 1962 DBlack and White The L-Shaped Room Bryan Forbes, W, W, P
7.8 1960 DBlack and White The Naked Island Kaneto Shindô, W, P, M «Hadaka no shima»
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 7.8 1958 CCrBlack and White Big Deal on Madonna Street Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Disp Mario Monicelli, W, W, ++, P, M «I soliti ignoti»
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 7.8 1954 CMlDRColor (Technicolor) French Cancan Cr Cr-Photo Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Jean Renoir, W, W, P, M
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 7.8 1952 DRBlack and White Othello Orson Welles, W, ++, P, M «The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice»
7.8 1949 DWBlack and White Home of the Brave Mark Robson, W, W, P, M
7.8 1947 WeFanBlack and White Heaven Only Knows Albert S. Rogell, W, W, ++, P, M
7.8 1947 DRBlack and White One Wonderful Sunday Akira Kurosawa, W, W, P, M «Subarashiki nichiyôbi»
7.8 1945 CBlack and White Murder, He Says George Marshall, W, W, P, M
7.8 1935 DMlBlack and White Naughty Marietta W, W, ++, P
7.8 1928 ACFBlack and White; Silent Speedy Ted Wilde, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 2014 CDFanColor Manam Vikram K. Kumar, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 2013 TColor New World Hoon-jung Park, W, P
7.7 2010 HoColor Last Breath Ty Jones, W, P, M
7.7 2008 DColor The Song of Sparrows Majid Majidi, W, W, P, M «Avaze gonjeshk-ha»
7.7 2007 DFanMcRColor Secret Jay Chou, W, W, P, M «Bu neng shuo de. mi mi»
7.7 2005 CDColor All That I Need James Hergott, W, P, M
7.7 2005 ACrDColor Apaharan Prakash Jha, W, ++, P, M
7.7 2004 DRColor Brides Pantelis Voulgaris, W, P, M «Nyfes»
7.7 2003 HoTColor Little Erin Merryweather David Morwick, ++, W, P, M
7.7 2002 DColor Broken Wings Nir Bergman, W, P, M «Knafayim Shvurot»
7.7 2002 CDColor Philanthropy Nae Caranfil, W, P, M «Filantropica»
7.7 2002 DRColor Saathiya Shaad Ali, W, W, P, M
7.7 2001 DTColor Treed Murray William Phillips, W, P, M
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 7.7 2000 DMlRColor Chunhyang Kwon-taek Im, W, W, ++, P, M «Chunhyangdyun»
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 7.7 2000 DRColor Suzhou River Ye Lou, W, P, M «Suzhou he»
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 7.7 1999 CCrMColor Herod's Law Luis Estrada, W, ++, P, M «La ley de Herodes»
7.7 1998 CDColor Don't Tell Anyone Francisco J. Lombardi, W, W, P «No se lo digas a nadie»
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 7.7 1997 DColor Martin (Hache) Adolfo Aristarain, W, W, P, M «Martín (Hache)»
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 7.7 1995 AdDRWColor The Horseman on the Roof Jean-Paul Rappeneau, W, W, ++, P, M «Le hussard sur le toit»
7.7 1994 CrDBlack and White, Color Fun Rafal Zielinski, W, P, M
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 7.7 1993 CDColor Strawberry and Chocolate Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío, W, W, ++, P, M «Fresa y chocolate»
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 7.7 1990 DCColor (Eastmancolor) The Match Factory Girl Aki Kaurismäki, W, P «Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö»
7.7 1990 CDHWBlack and White, Color (Eastmancolor) The Nasty Girl Michael Verhoeven, W, P, M «Das schreckliche Mädchen»
7.7 1988 CrDColor Ghosts... of the Civil Dead John Hillcoat, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1988 CRAdColor Moon Over Parador Paul Mazursky, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1987 AdADColor Pathfinder Nils Gaup, W, P, M «Ofelas»
7.7 1985 AdCDColor Water Dick Clement, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.7 1981 DColor (Eastmancolor) Mephisto István Szabó, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.7 1976 DFanColor (Eastmancolor) Face to Face Ingmar Bergman, W, P «Ansikte mot ansikte»
7.7 1972 CColor (Eastmancolor) Where Does It Hurt? Rod Amateau, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.7 1971 CDMcColor Taking Off Milos Forman, W, W, ++, P
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 7.7 1966 CrDBlack and White Le Deuxieme Souffle Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Clip Jean-Pierre Melville, W, ++, P, M «Le deuxième souffle»
7.7 1962 ADHColor (Eastmancolor) Chushingura Hiroshi Inagaki, W, P, M «Chûshingura»
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 7.7 1962 DTColor (Technicolor) The Counterfeit Traitor George Seaton, W, W, P, M
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 7.7 1960 DBlack and White The Entertainer Tony Richardson, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.7 1955 CDBlack and White Il bidone Federico Fellini, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1953 BDBlack and White The President's Lady Henry Levin, W, W, P, M
7.7 1951 CFanBlack and White You Never Can Tell Lou Breslow, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1945 DHBlack and White Kitty Mitchell Leisen, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1944 RDBlack and White The Very Thought of You Delmer Daves, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.7 1941 AdCDWBlack and White 'Pimpernel' Smith Leslie Howard, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.7 1941 CRBlack and White The Strawberry Blonde Raoul Walsh, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1937 DBlack and White Confession Joe May, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1935 MlRBlack and White Broadway Melody of 1936 Roy Del Ruth, ++, W, W, ++, P
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 7.7 1934 AAdDHRTBlack and White The Count of Monte Cristo Rowland V. Lee, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1932 CDBlack and White If I Had a Million James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, ++, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.7 1927 DRBlack and White; Silent 7th Heaven Frank Borzage, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.7 1926 DBlack and White; Silent Sparrows William Beaudine, ++, W, W, ++, P
7.7 1925 CFSpBlack and White, Color (tinted); Silent The Freshman Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1920 CrDHoBlack and White; Silent The Penalty Wallace Worsley, W, ++, P