Criterion Collection Themes - Originals
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The history of cinema: one hundred years of do-overs. Whether updating critically acclaimed foreign hits for Hollywood consumption (Seven Samurai became The Magnificent Seven), bringing the art house to the grind house (The Last House on the Left was a gorier iteration of The Virgin Spring), or reconstituting old plots as inspiration for new genres (Star Wars was based on The Hidden Fortress) or showcases for newfangled effects (The Blob was reincarnated as . . . The Blob), the remakers keep on trying—but the films will never be as good as these originals.
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All That Heaven Allows
1955, in 11 top lists Check -
2 new
Et Dieu... créa la femme
1956 — a.k.a. ...And God Created Woman, in 5 top lists Check -
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Narayama bushikô
1958 — a.k.a. The Ballad of Narayama, in 6 top lists Check -
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I soliti ignoti
1958 — a.k.a. Big Deal on Madonna Street, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Blob
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
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Bob le flambeur
1956 — a.k.a. Bob le Flambeur, in 13 top lists Check -
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Boudu sauvé des eaux
1932 — a.k.a. Boudu Saved from Drowning, in 9 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Browning Version
1951, in 4 top lists Check -
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Biruma no tategoto
1956 — a.k.a. The Burmese Harp, in 12 top lists Check -
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Charade
1963, in 5 top lists Check -
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Les diaboliques
1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Four Feathers
1939, in 1 top list Check -
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Kakushi-toride no san-akunin
1958 — a.k.a. The Hidden Fortress, in 9 top lists Check -
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Tengoku to jigoku
1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check -
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Insomnia
1997, in 2 top lists Check -
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Island of Lost Souls
1932, in 5 top lists Check -
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La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check -
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Jungle Book
1942, in 1 top list Check -
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The King of Kings
1927, in 3 top lists Check -
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Lord of the Flies
1963, in 1 top list Check -
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L'amour, l'après-midi
1972 — a.k.a. Love in the Afternoon, in 4 top lists Check -
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934, in 2 top lists Check -
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My Man Godfrey
1936, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Most Dangerous Game
1932, in 5 top lists Check -
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Le notti di Cabiria
1957 — a.k.a. Nights of Cabiria, in 19 top lists Check -
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Pépé le Moko
1937, in 10 top lists Check -
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Körkarlen
1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check -
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Plein soleil
1960 — a.k.a. Purple Noon, in 10 top lists Check -
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Pygmalion
1938, in 6 top lists Check -
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Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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Sisters
1972, in 2 top lists Check -
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Solyaris
1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check -
36 new
3:10 to Yuma
1957, in 7 top lists Check -
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To Be or Not to Be
1942, in 24 top lists Check -
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Unfaithfully Yours
1948, in 6 top lists Check -
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Spoorloos
1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check -
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Jungfrukällan
1960 — a.k.a. The Virgin Spring, in 10 top lists Check -
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Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Wicked Lady
1945, in 1 top list Check -
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Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check -
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Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
Last updated on Jun 11, 2014; source