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The Boys From Brazil (1978)

The Boys From Brazil (1978)
Rating: ★★
Jun 4, 2008Nazi Cloning Experiments
Nazi Cloning Experimentsboys-from-brazil-19781978Big-budget thrillers with Nazi villains were popular in the 70s. This pits acting legends Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck on opposite sides in a conceptually ingenious plot about the attempts to clone Hitler
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck, James Mason, Steve Guttenberg, …
Category: Science Fiction
4 June 200821 November 2021 by Roog

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Rating: ★★★★
Feb 5, 2003Dracula Adaptation
Dracula Adaptationnosferatu-the-vampyre-19791979Werner Herzog conducts a remake of the silent German classic with Klaus Kinski as Dracula. A very different film to the original but quite unique in Herzog's individualistic way
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor
Category: Horror
5 February 200322 January 2025 by Roog

Wings of Desire (1987)

Wings of Desire (1987)
Rating: ★★★★★
Nov 1, 2002Angels
Angelswings-of-desire-19871987Wim Wenders' exquisitely lovely film about angels that hover over West Berlin invisibly observing the human condition. One of the most beautiful of all paeans to the human condition.
Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk, Otto Sander
Category: Fantasy
1 November 200228 November 2025 by Roog

Faraway, So Close! (1993)

Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Rating: ★★★★½
Nov 21, 2001Angels
Angelsfaraway-so-close-19931993Wim Wenders returns to angels in this sequel to Wings of Desire, along with most of the cast. Again Wenders delivers a work of haunting beauty about the angels invisibly looking in on humanity
Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Otto Sander, Willem Dafoe, Nastassja Kinski, Horst Buccholz, …
Category: Fantasy
21 November 200121 October 2025 by Roog

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Rating: ★★½
Nov 8, 2004Brainwashed Assassin/Political Thriller
Brainwashed Assassin/Political Thrillermanchurian-candidate-remake-20042004Remake of the classic Cold War thriller from Jonathan Demme that has been updated for the era of George W. Bush
Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Kimberly Elise, …
Category: Science Fiction
8 November 20048 March 2025 by Roog

Youth Without Youth (2007)

Youth Without Youth (2007)
Rating: ★★
Apr 4, 2009Man Regains His Youth
Man Regains His Youthyouth-without-youth-20072007Francis Ford Coppola film that came out the same time as The Case of Benjamin Button where Tim Roth regains his youth after being hit by a lightning bolt
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Marcel Iures, …
Category: Fantasy
4 April 200911 May 2021 by Roog

The House That Jack Built (2018)

The House That Jack Built (2018)
Rating: ★★★★
Feb 8, 2019Serial Killer
Serial Killerhouse-that-jack-built-20182018Lars von Trier, who I would argue is the best director at work in the world, makes a film about a serial killer. The results, as you might expect from von Trier, are outrageous, blackly funny and challengingly provocative
Director: Lars von Trier
Actors: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, …
Category: Horror
8 February 20195 November 2025 by Roog

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