Man with a Movie Camera(Человек с киноаппаратом)

Metropolis

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• Germany • 1927
• Director Fritz Lang
• Cast Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos, Fritz Rasp
• Genre Drama, Science Fiction
• Available on Apple iTunes, FilmBox+, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Classix, ARROW, Kino Now, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, FlixFling

This silent science-fiction classic follows a couple from different backgrounds who attempt to reform a dystopian city defined by class division.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
(Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari)

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• Germany • 1920
• Director Robert Wiene
• Cast Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Fehér, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Rudolf Lettinger
• Genre Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
• Available on Apple iTunes, Fandor, DIRECTV, Shudder, Public Domain Movies, Screambox, Cultpix, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Classix, Spectrum On Demand, ARROW, Kino Now, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel

After his friend is found dead, Francis suspects the crazed hypnotist Dr. Caligari and his somnambulist, Casare.

Un Chien Andalou
(Un chien andalou)

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• France • 1929
• Director Luis Buñuel
• Cast Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Robert Hommet, Marval
• Genre Fantasy, Horror
• Available on Fandor, Alamo on Demand, Tubi TV, FlixFling, IndieFlix, Fandor Amazon Channel

A classic avant-garde surrealist film from the cooperation of director Luis Buñuel and artist Salvador Dali.

Battleship Potemkin
(Броненосец Потёмкин)

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• Soviet Union • 1925
• Director Sergei Eisenstein
• Cast Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov, Mikhail Gomorov, Aleksandr Levshin
• Genre Drama, History
• Available on Apple iTunes, Public Domain Movies, Criterion Channel, FilmBox+, Amazon Video, Vudu, Classix, VUDU Free, Kino Now, Kanopy, HBO Max, FlixFling

Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun.

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
(Октябрь)

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• Soviet Union • 1928
• Director Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
• Cast Vladimir Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko, Boris Livanov, Mikholyev, Chibisov
• Genre Drama, History
• Available on Film Movement Plus, FilmBox+, Amazon Video, Kanopy, IndieFlix, Pantaflix

The Rules of the Game
(La Règle du jeu)

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• France • 1939
• Director Jean Renoir
• Cast Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, Claire Gérard, Anne Mayen
• Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Available on Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Pantaflix

The Passion of Joan of Arc
(La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)

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• France • 1928
• Director Carl Theodor Dreyer
• Cast Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Michel Simon
• Genre Drama, History
• Available on Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, Amazon Video, HBO Max, FlixFling

The 15th-century teenage warrior Joan of Arc takes on the French church.

Pandora's Box
(Die Büchse der Pandora)

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• Germany • 1929
• Director G.W. Pabst
• Cast Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig, Alice Roberts
• Genre Drama, Romance, Crime
• Available on Criterion Channel, Alamo on Demand, Kanopy, HBO Max

Lulu is seductive, beautiful, and most of all, deadly.

Triumph of the Will
(Triumph des Willens)

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• Germany • 1935
• Director Leni Riefenstahl
• Cast Adolf Hitler, Max Amann, Hermann Göring, Martin Bormann, Hans Frank, Sepp Dietrich
• Genre Documentary
• Available on Apple iTunes, Cultpix, FlixFling

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
(Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром!)

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• Soviet Union • 1975
• Director Eldar Ryazanov
• Cast Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yuriy Yakovlev, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Georgi Burkov, Aleksandr Belyavskiy
• Genre Comedy, Romance
• Available on No streaming locations found.

L'Atalante

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• France • 1934
• Director Jean Vigo
• Cast Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre, Maurice Gilles
• Genre Romance, Drama, Comedy
• Available on Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, Amazon Video

Small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, but all is not smooth sailing...

La Roue

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• France • 1923
• Director Abel Gance
• Cast Séverin-Mars, Ivy Close, Gabriel de Gravone, Pierre Magnier, Max Maxudian, Georges Térof
• Genre Drama
• Available on Amazon Video, Mubi Amazon Channel

Shadowboxing
(Бой с Тенью)

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• Russia • 2005
• Director Alexey Sidorov
• Cast Andrei Panin, Elena Panova, Denis Nikiforov, Dmitriy Shevchenko, Alexander Kuznetsov, John Amos
• Genre Action, Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Storm Over Asia
(Потомок Чингисхана)

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• Soviet Union • 1928
• Director Vsevolod Pudovkin
• Cast Valéry Inkijinoff, I. Dedintsev, Aleksandr Chistyakov, Anel Sudakevich, Boris Barnet, Karl Gurnyak
• Genre Drama, War
• Available on Kanopy

Pudovokin's Remarkable Film Of The East In Revolt