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    MortSahlFan — 2 years ago(December 11, 2023 02:10 PM)

    The best movies were non-English
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      PygmyLion — 2 years ago(December 11, 2023 04:10 PM)

      I tend to find foreign language films a bit of a mixed bag, some that are rated highly I find somewhat lacking - and there are not too many I would rate at 8 or above.
      Of course,
      The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
      is really an Italian film, so there is one I would rate an 8.

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        MortSahlFan — 2 years ago(December 12, 2023 11:14 AM)

        Leone was a director I couldnt get into, though.. I like De Sica, Visconti, etc. But I think per capita, I probably like foreign movies more, and to be specific, probably 1960s Eastern European. Movies about people, and not so conformist. After seeing thousands of movies, I can't watch classic movies from the 30s anymore. Noir - forget about it. ONce you've seen 200, you have seen them all.
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          PygmyLion — 2 years ago(December 12, 2023 08:34 PM)

          We obviously have rather different tastes.

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            LorqVonRay1999 — 2 years ago(December 11, 2023 09:48 PM)

            These are the only films from 1966 I've seen, not very many:
            Blow-Up 8/10
            Fantastic Voyage 8/10
            Follow Me, Boys! 10/10
            The Ghost and Mrs Chicken 6/10
            Moment to Moment 8/10
            The Silencers 7/10
            This Property is Condemned 9/10
            Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 9/10
            The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 10/10

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              /.​ — 2 years ago(December 11, 2023 09:51 PM)

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                ZolotoyRetriever — 2 years ago(December 11, 2023 10:43 PM)

                For me, 1966 was a great year for film. Here is a list of my favorites of 1966, taken from the below list of films from '66 that I really liked - films that I know I have watched at least twice - sometimes 3 or 4 times:
                Harper
                The Oscar
                How to Steal a Million
                Gambit
                Funeral in Berlin
                Kaleidoscope
                Khartoum
                El Dorado
                The Sand Pebbles
                The Silencers
                Lord Love a Duck
                Penelope
                The Fortune Cookie
                The Sand Pebbles
                Seconds
                The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
                *The Spy Who Came In from the Cold *This had a December, 1965 release in the U.S, and a January, 1966 release in the U.K. As such, some sites list it as a 1965 film, others list it as 1966.
                Our Man Flint
                The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
                The Silencers
                Murderers' Row
                Lord Love a Duck
                Harper
                The Sword of Doom (Japanese)
                The Oscar
                The Trouble with Angels
                Django
                Tokyo Drifter (Japanese)
                Our Man in Marrakesh
                Arabesque
                A Big Hand for the Little Lady
                Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
                The Glass Bottom Boat
                Nevada Smith
                Assault on a Queen
                The Endless Summer
                Walk, Don't Run
                The Blue Max
                Around the World Under the Sea
                How to Steal a Million
                The Wild Angels
                Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.
                What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
                Ambush Bay
                After the Fox
                Mr. Buddwing
                Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
                The Poppy Is Also a Flower
                Not with My Wife, You Don't!
                Is Paris Burning?
                Penelope
                Triple Cross
                The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
                Rage
                Blowup
                Gambit
                Grand Prix
                Funeral in Berlin
                The Chase
                Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
                Dracula: Prince of Darkness
                Kaleidoscope
                Khartoum
                Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (also called Morgan!)
                The Ugly Dachshund
                Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (Japanese)
                El Dorado
                There are other memorable films from 1966 that I've only seen once, as far as I can remember:
                The Professionals
                A Man for All Seasons
                Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
                Torn Curtain
                Hawaii
                The Appaloosa
                …and last but not least: Manos: The Hands of Fate (yes… this one was very "memorable")

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                  PygmyLion — 2 years ago(December 12, 2023 03:44 AM)

                  That is a lot of movies. It would seem to be stretching the notion of
                  favorite
                  a bit.
                  The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
                  is listed as a 1965 movie on IMDB.

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                    ZolotoyRetriever — 2 years ago(December 12, 2023 05:20 AM)

                    Yes, I suppose I could trim that list down a bit. But I will leave it as is in the hope that maybe, if some of those titles have been overlooked by people, it will serve as a source of inspiration for them to go check them out.
                    As to
                    The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
                    being listed as a 1965 movie on IMDB, I now see where technically that is correct. It was made in 1965 and released near the end of December in the U.S. - but not 'til the middle of January of '66 in the U.K. - even won the BAFTA Award for Best British film at the 1967 BAFTA Awards, which honoured the best films of 1966 - which I suppose is why I found it included as a 1966 film on the list I was using. I will go back and add that info above to clear up that confusion.

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                      geewizzz — 2 years ago(December 12, 2023 04:22 AM)

                      Eye Of The Devil
                      A Man and a Woman
                      Chelsea Girls (if shown as intended)
                      Mademoiselle
                      Who Are You, Polly Magoo?
                      The Swinger
                      The Third Eye
                      Trans-Europ-Express
                      Sins of The Fleshapoids
                      The Embryo Hunts in Secret
                      Incubus
                      and of course -
                      Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
                      Are you okay?

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                        lukejbarnett — 2 years ago(December 13, 2023 12:54 AM)

                        No blow-up or the appaloosa?
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                          ZolotoyRetriever — 2 years ago(December 13, 2023 01:11 AM)

                          Those two didn't make my final cut, but I did include both of them in my list of over all favorites of 1966 in my above post.

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                            lukejbarnett — 2 years ago(December 13, 2023 02:09 AM)

                            what about thunderball? oh and don't ever support rotten tomatoes we all need to ban and delete this website from existence forevermore. they put pretty woman at just 65% and mystic pizza at 78%? put black christmas(1974) at just in the 70%s.
                            put gremlins at just 78% and rare exports: a christmas tale at like 95%? the comparisons of these movies on this website is so wrong it's criminal. and they put silent night, deadly night at just in the 30%s or 40%s?
                            all this is wrong bc it makes people who haven't ever watched these movies think they shouldn't watch them if they are rotten on this website which means under 60%. or make them think the movies aren't that good when they are like bc, gremlins or sndn so then they dont watch them.
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                              ZolotoyRetriever — 2 years ago(December 13, 2023 05:37 AM)

                              Thunderball
                              was a 1965 film (just barely: it was released at the end of December, 1965 in both U.S. and U.K.).
                              Rotten Tomatoes: ehh, just ignore them. I've never let their ratings determine whether I should watch a movie or not.

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                                lukejbarnett — 2 years ago(December 13, 2023 07:50 AM)

                                But you cant bc every tv trailer mentions what its rt % is and bc its so respected by so many people they trust rt when deciding to watch a movie. i really want to find out how rt got to its place when its bullshit id like to watch a doc on it
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                                  MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(September 16, 2020 04:36 PM)

                                  -The Battle of Algiers
                                  -The Face of Another (Tanin no kao)
                                  -The Professionals
                                  -Persona
                                  -Hunger (Sult)
                                  -Cairo 30 (Al-Kahira thalatin)
                                  -Yesterday Girl (Abschied von gestern)
                                  -Carriage to Vienna (Kocár do Vídne)
                                  -The Hunt (La Caza)
                                  -The Round-Up (Szegénylegények)
                                  -The Red Angel (Akai tenshi)
                                  -Nevada Smith
                                  -Alfie
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                                    Darth Ackbar — 5 years ago(September 16, 2020 05:01 PM)

                                    GRAND PRIX
                                    "Once more, Ackbar will rule the Galaxy, and… we shall have Peace."

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                                      oliverjack — 5 years ago(December 11, 2020 11:18 PM)

                                      Favorite movies of 1966 are:
                                      Hunger
                                      Persona
                                      The Hunt

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                                        NZer — 5 years ago(December 11, 2020 11:26 PM)

                                        The Good The Bad and the Ugly.
                                        Fantastic Voyage.

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                                          MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(December 11, 2020 11:57 PM)

                                          Amazing movies!
                                          Sult is one of my favorites, despite not giving it a 10/10 (8/10 is what I gave it).. "La Caza" is also a great movie, but haven't been able to see anything else by Carlos Saura, although I tried "Cria Cuervos" - but I can't stand Geraldine Chaplin, and I tried twice, but it goes nowhere. Have you seen it?
                                          "Persona" is my third favorite Bergman, a great movie as well.
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