America, America
Call it star-spangled skepticism—these are films that wrestle with the idea and reality of America.
Spine # | Title | Director | Country | Year | |
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1258 |
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Prince of Broadway | Sean Baker | United States, | 2008 |
1255 |
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Night Moves | Arthur Penn | United States, | 1975 |
1243 |
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No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | United States, | 2007 |
501 |
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Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | Germany, | 1984 |
1239 |
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Scarface | Howard Hawks | United States, | 1932 |
1238 |
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Gummo | Harmony Korine | United States, | 1997 |
1235 |
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Happiness | Todd Solondz | United States, | 1998 |
1233 |
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Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy | |||
1231 |
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Real Life | Albert Brooks | United States, | 1979 |
1227 |
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Risky Business | Paul Brickman | United States, | 1983 |
1224 |
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Sam Peckinpah | United States, | 1973 |
1223 |
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The Underground Railroad | Barry Jenkins | United States, | 2021 |
977 |
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Blue Velvet | David Lynch | United States, | 1986 |
175 |
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Terry Gilliam | United States, | 1998 |
1213 |
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To Die For | Gus Van Sant | United States, | 1995 |
1210 |
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Laura Poitras | United States, | 2022 |
1209 |
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Nothing but a Man | Michael Roemer | United States, | 1964 |
827 |
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McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Robert Altman | United States, | 1971 |
1205 |
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Mudbound | Dee Rees | United States, | 2017 |
1202 |
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Lone Star | John Sayles | United States, | 1996 |
549 |
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The Last Picture Show | Peter Bogdanovich | United States, | 1971 |
1196 |
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Nanny | Nikyatu Jusu | United States, | 2022 |
1190 |
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Drylongso | Cauleen Smith | United States, | 1998 |
1187 |
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One False Move | Carl Franklin | United States, | 1992 |
1184 |
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The Watermelon Woman | Cheryl Dunye | United States, | 1996 |
1180 |
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Thelma & Louise | Ridley Scott | United States, | 1991 |
1179 |
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Targets | Peter Bogdanovich | United States, | 1968 |
1173 |
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Hollywood Shuffle | Robert Townsend | United States, | 1987 |
336 |
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Dazed and Confused | Richard Linklater | United States, | 1993 |
1167 |
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Imitation of Life | John M. Stahl | United States, | 1934 |
1160 |
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Malcolm X | Spike Lee | United States, | 1992 |
1140 |
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Buck and the Preacher | Sidney Poitier | United States, | 1972 |
1130 |
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Shaft | Gordon Parks | United States, | 1971 |
1124 |
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Chan Is Missing | Wayne Wang | United States, | 1982 |
1127 |
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Mississippi Masala | Mira Nair | United States, | 1991 |
423 |
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Walker | Alex Cox | United States, | 1987 |
1106 |
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One Night in Miami . . . | Regina King | United States, | 2020 |
1095 |
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Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song | Melvin Van Peebles | United States, | 1971 |
1094 |
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Watermelon Man | Melvin Van Peebles | United States, | 1970 |
1062 |
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 2019 |
1061 |
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Minding the Gap | Bing Liu | United States, | 2018 |
1058 |
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The Irishman | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 2019 |
545 |
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Easy Rider | Dennis Hopper | United States, | 1969 |
887 |
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Lost in America | Albert Brooks | United States, | 1985 |
821 |
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Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Stanley Kubrick | United States, | 1964 |
118 |
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Sullivan’s Travels | Preston Sturges | United States, | 1941 |
334 |
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Harlan County USA | Barbara Kopple | United States, | 1976 |
928 |
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Bowling for Columbine | Michael Moore | United States, | 2002 |
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. . . And the Pursuit of Happiness | Louis Malle | France, | 1986 | |
803 |
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The Manchurian Candidate | John Frankenheimer | United States, | 1962 |
945 |
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A Raisin in the Sun | Daniel Petrie | United States, | 1961 |
826 |
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The New World | Terrence Malick | United States, | 2005 |
97 |
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Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | United States, | 1989 |
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The Emigrants/The New Land | ||||
114 |
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My Man Godfrey | Gregory La Cava | United States, | 1936 |
952 |
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The Magnificent Ambersons | Orson Welles | United States, | 1942 |
951 |
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True Stories | David Byrne | United States, | 1986 |
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Mr. Freedom | William Klein | France, | 1969 | |
258 |
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Tanner ’88 | Robert Altman | United States, | 1988 |
320 |
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Young Mr. Lincoln | John Ford | United States, | 1939 |
414 |
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Two-Lane Blacktop | Monte Hellman | United States, | 1971 |
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God’s Country | Louis Malle | United States, | 1985 | |
683 |
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Nashville | Robert Altman | United States, | 1975 |
636 |
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Heaven’s Gate | Michael Cimino | United States, | 1980 |
919 |
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Dead Man | Jim Jarmusch | United States, | 1995 |
514 |
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Ride with the Devil | Ang Lee | United States, | 1999 |
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Babo 73 | Robert Downey Sr. | United States, | 1964 | |
481 |
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Made in U.S.A | Jean-Luc Godard | France, | 1966 |
658 |
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Medium Cool | Haskell Wexler | United States, | 1969 |
562 |
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Blow Out | Brian De Palma | United States, | 1981 |
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Native Land | Leo Hurwitz… | United States, | 1942 | |
566 |
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Insignificance | Nicolas Roeg | United Kingdom, | 1985 |
1031 |
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Wildlife | Paul Dano | United States, | 2018 |