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A Better Tomorrow (1986)
gangster film
Abi va Rabi/Abi and Rabi (1930)
Iran, film in
About Adam (2000)
Ireland, film in
A bout de souffle/Breathless (1960)
France, film in; jump cut; Nouvelle Vague
Abre los ojos/Open Your Eyes (1997)
puzzle film
Abschied von gestern/Yesterday Girl (1965)
New German Cinema
A Career in Crime (1900)
crime film
Accin mutante/
Mutant Action (1993)
Spain, film in
Aci/Pain (1971)
Turkey, film in
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
science fiction
Actas de Marusia/Letters from Marusia (1975)
Chile, film in; Mexico, film in
Adaptation (2002)
adaptation; puzzle film
A Daring Daylight Burglary (1903)
gangster film; parallel editing
A deusa negra/Black Goddess (1978)
Nigeria, film in
Adieu Philippine (1962)
Nouvelle Vague; segmentation; semiotics
Aelita/Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)
science fiction
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Caribbean, film in the
Afgrunden/The Abyss (1910)
Denmark, film in
Afrique sur Seine/Africa on the Seine (1955)
Senegal, film in; Sub-Saharan Africa, film in
Afsporet/Astray (1942)
Denmark, film in
Agit/The Elegy (1971)
Turkey, film in
Agora (2009)
Asian epic cinema
A Grand Day Out With Wallace and Gromit (1989)
short film
Ahlam el Madina/Dreams of the City (1984)
Syria, film in
Ain al-ghazal/The Girl From Carthage (1924)
North Africa, film in
Ai no corrida/In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Japan, film in
Ai qing wan sui/Vive LAmour (1994)
Taiwan, film in
Airport (1970)
cycle; disaster film
Ajani Ogun (1976)
Nigeria, film in
Akasa Kusum/Flowers of the Sky (2008)
Sri Lanka, film in
A Kind of Loving (1962)
British New Wave
Alambrista! (1977)
chicano cinema
A la recherche du mari de ma femme/Looking for my Wifes Husband (1993)
Morocco, film in
Alarm im Zirkus/Alarm at the Circus (1954)
East Germany, film in
Al bash kateb/The Civil Servant (1922)
Egypt, film in
Alexandreia/
Alexandria (2001)
Greece, film in
al-Fahd/The Leopard (1972)
Syria, film in
Al fajr/The Dawn (1966)
Tunisia, film in
Al haris/The Watchman (1968)
Iraq, film in
al-Hayat al-Yaomiyyah fi Qaryah Suriyyah/Everyday Life in A Syrian Village (1974)
Syria, film in
Alia and Isam (1948)
Iraq, film in
Ali-Baba et les quarante voleurs/Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
Morocco, film in
Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore (1975)
chick flick; womans picture
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
3-D film
Alien (1979)
science fiction
Alien3 (1992)
camera movement
Ali Zaoua (1999)
Morocco, film in
All en el Rancho Grande/Over on the Rancho Grande (1936)
Mexico, film in
al-Lahn al-Awal/The First Melody (1957)
Lebanon, film in
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
war film
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
melodrama
All the Presidents Men (1976)
newspaper film
Al-Makhduun/The Dupes (1972)
Syria, film in
Al-masal al-kubra/Clash of Loyalties (1983)
Iraq, film in
Almodozasok kora/The Age of Daydreaming (1965)
Hungary, film in
Al Muttaham al-Baree/The Innocent Suspect (1928)
Syria, film in
Al, Al, Brasil!/Hello, Hello, Brazil! (1935)
chanchada
Al, Al, carnaval/Hello, Hello, Carnival (1936)
chanchada
Alphaville (1965)
science fiction
Alsino y el condor/Alsino and the Condor (1982)
Central America, film in
al-Tariq/The Road (1973)
Libya, film in
Alyam Alyam/The Days, The Days (1978)
Morocco, film in
A ma soeur!/Fat Girl (2001)
France, film in
Amelia and the Angel (1959)
short film
American Gangster (2007)
production design
American Splendor (2003)
superhero film
Amistad (1997)
Puerto Rico, film in
Amnesia (1994)
Chile, film in
Amor de perdiao/
Doomed Love (1978)
Portugal, film in
Amores perros/Loves a Bitch (2000)
Mexico, film in; puzzle film
Amor tropical/Tropical Love (1921)
Puerto Rico, film in
A Mothers Heart (2005)
Cambodia, film in
A Movie (1958)
found footage
An Angel at My Table (1990)
biopic
Andaz/A Matter of Style (1949)
Bollywood
Andrei Rublev (1966)
slow cinema
Anmic cinma (1926)
avant-garde film
Angel (1982)
Ireland, film in
Angelitos negras/Little Black Angels (1976)
Puerto Rico, film in
Angst essen Seele auf/Fear Eats the Soul (1973)
New German Cinema; romance
Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging (2008)
chick flick
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, 2010)
remake
Anita (1969)
Caribbean, film in the
Ankur/The Seedling (1973)
New Indian Cinema
An lian tao hua yuan/The Peach Blossom Land (1992)
Taiwan, film in
Anne Boleyn (1920)
biopic
Anne Devlin (1984)
Ireland, film in
Anne of the Indies (1951)
masquerade
Annie Hall (1977)
romantic comedy
Anticipation of the Night (1958)
New American Cinema
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