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The Graduate

Mike Nichols
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Midnight Cowboy

John Schlesinger
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Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

George Roy Hill
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday

John Schlesinger
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Cabaret

Bob Fosse
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Day For Night (La Nuit Américaine)

François Truffaut
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Chinatown

Roman Polanski
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Barry Lyndon

Stanley Kubrick
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Through The Years

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    Paris, Texas

    Wim Wenders
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    The Killing Fields

    Roland Joffé
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    Once Upon A Time In America

    Sergio Leone
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    The Dresser

    Peter Yates
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    Local Hero

    Bill Forsyth
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    Tootsie

    Sydney Pollack
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    The King Of Comedy

    Martin Scorsese
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    Heat And Dust

    James Ivory
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    Gandhi

    Richard Attenborough
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    On Golden Pond

    Mark Rydell
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    Missing

    Costa-Gavras
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    ET: The Extra-Terrestrial

    Steven Spielberg
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    Atlantic City

    Louis Malle
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    Gregory's Girl

    Bill Forsyth
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    The French Lieutenant's Woman

    Karel Reisz
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    Chariots Of Fire

    Hugh Hudson
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    Kagemusha

    Akira Kurosawa
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    Kramer Vs Kramer

    Robert Benton
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    Fame

    Alan Parker
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    The Elephant Man

    David Lynch
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    Apocalypse Now

    Francis Ford Coppola
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    Yanks

    John Schlesinger
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    Manhattan

    Woody Allen
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    The Deer Hunter

    Michael Cimino
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    Midnight Express

    Alan Parker
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    A Wedding

    Robert Altman
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    Julia

    Fred Zinnemann
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    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

    Steven Spielberg
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    Annie Hall

    Woody Allen
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    Rocky

    John G Avildsen
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    Network

    Sidney Lumet
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    A Bridge Too Far

    Richard Attenborough
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    One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

    Milos Forman
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    Taxi Driver

    Martin Scorsese
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    Bugsy Malone

    Alan Parker
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    All The President's Men

    Alan J Pakula
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    Barry Lyndon

    Stanley Kubrick
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    Jaws

    Steven Spielberg
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    Dog Day Afternoon

    Sidney Lumet
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    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    Martin Scorsese
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    Chinatown

    Roman Polanski
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    Murder On The Orient Express/Serpico

    Sidney Lumet
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    Lacombe Lucien

    Louis Malle
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    The Conversation

    Francis Ford Coppola
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    Day For Night (La Nuit Américaine)

    François Truffaut
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    Don't Look Now

    Nicolas Roeg
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    The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (Le Charme Discret De La Bourgeoisie)

    Luis Buñuel
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    The Day Of The Jackal

    Fred Zinnemann
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    Cabaret

    Bob Fosse
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    The Last Picture Show

    Peter Bogdanovich
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    The French Connection

    William Friedkin
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    A Clockwork Orange

    Stanley Kubrick
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    Sunday, Bloody Sunday

    John Schlesinger
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    Taking Off

    Milos Forman
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    The Go-Between

    Joseph Losey
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    Death In Venice (Morte A Venezia)

    Luchino Visconti
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    Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

    George Roy Hill
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    Ryan's Daughter

    David Lean
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    M*A*S*H

    Robert Altman
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    Kes

    Ken Loach
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    Midnight Cowboy

    John Schlesinger
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    Women In Love

    Ken Russell
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    Oh! What A Lovely War

    Richard Attenborough
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    Bullitt

    Peter Yates
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    The Graduate

    Mike Nichols
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    Romeo And Juliet

    Franco Zeffirelli
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    Oliver!

    Carol Reed
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    If...

    Lindsay Anderson
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