2000 - Movies you must see

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The movie selection from the book "Movies you must see before you die" - the 90s selection. Selected and written by leading international critics.
  • Movie Nueve reinas
    Nueve reinas

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    "A lot of walking occurs in this engaging Argentinean crime lark. The on-foot journey of two swindlers, Marcos (Ricardo Darin) and Juan (Gastón Pauls offers, in passing, an understated documentary on Buenos Aires in the 21st century. But as these characters imagine the scams they might pull."
  • Movie La cautiva
    La cautiva

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    "Inspired by La Prisonnière, the fifth volume of Marcel Proust's novel Remembrance of Things Past, Chantal Akerman's film La Captive is eerily reminiscent of Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). Twisting themes of obsession, passion, and desire, Akerman focuses on Simon (Stansilas Merhar)."
  • Movie Deseando amar
    Deseando amar

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    "It takes place in a tiny and tightly packed tenement house in Hong Kong during the 1960s, where two neighbors spend so much time in close proximity that it's no wonder their lives ultimately cross. Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung suspect that their respective spouses are having an affair."
  • Movie Gladiator
    Gladiator

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    "Hot off filming The Insider, Russell Crowe lost 40 lbs of weight and built up his muscles to play thinking women's sex object maximus, the Roman general turned gladiator, in Hollywood's first true Roman epic for over three decades. Exiled when his mentor, Caesar Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) dies"
  • Movie Ali Zaoua, príncipe de Casablanca
    Ali Zaoua, príncipe de Casablanca

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    "The lives and fates of street children, society's castaways, are an ongoing source of fascination for filmmakers, and given the ever-growing gap between rich and poor around the globe, there's no end of fresh material in sight."
  • Movie Kippur
    Kippur

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    "Since his debut in the early 1980s with a series of documentaries that ran afoul of Israeli television, Amos Gitai has become known as Israel's most provocative filmmaker. Despite his courage and good instincts, at times his films can feel somewhat clumsy and inept-but not Kippur."
  • Movie Yi Yi
    Yi Yi

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    "Edward Yang's most accessible movie and probably his best since A Brighter Summer Day, this 2000 feature follows three generations of a contemporary Taipei family from a wedding to a funeral, and although it takes almost three Working once again with nonprofessional actors. "
  • Movie Réquiem por un sueño
    Réquiem por un sueño

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    "Darren Aronofsky's follow-up to his acclaimed debut Pi (1998) is nothing short of remarkable. Requiem for a Dream follows four characters-Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto), his mother (Ellen Burstyn),girlfriend (Jennifer Connelly), and best friend (Marlon Wayans)--through the nightmare world of addiction."
  • Movie Amores perros
    Amores perros

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    "Quentin Tarantino had such a pronounced and immediate effect on American filmmakers that it was only a matter of time before his influence stretched into other countries. Amores Perros-which translates roughly to "Love's a Bitch” shows that by 2000 the Tarantino model of stylish violence and jumble."
  • Movie Los padres de ella
    Los padres de ella

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    "If proof were needed, King of Comedy, Midnight Run, and Analyze This removed all doubt-Robert De Niro isn't just a serious Method actor, he is also a great comic talent. In Meet The Parents he not only raises a laugh but also matches seasoned comedian Ben Stiller scene for scene."