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The Exterminating Angel (1962)
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AKA: Ángel exterminador, El
Summary: After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the room... (imdb)
Country: Mexico
Directed By: Luis Buñuel
Written By: Luis Buñuel
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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The Exterminating Angel belongs to 25 collections
1. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 30 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 29 stars)
3. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 15 stars)
4. Surreal (public: moderated by Spunkie - 13 stars)
5. Roger Ebert: Great Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 12 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 10 stars)
7. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (public: moderated by theficionado - 9 stars)
8. films101.com's best films of all times (public: moderated by ppinocchio - 9 stars)
9. Sight and Sound 2002 (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 4 stars)
10. 100 Films, 100 Countries (public: moderated by mandarkzilla - 3 stars)
11. Black & White (public: moderated by Cowman - 1 star)
12. John Kobal Presents The Top 100 Movies (public: moderated by Cuculiza - 1 star)
13. Edward Copeland's Ray Memorial 100 (public: moderated by theficionado - 1 star)
14. J. Castedo's "The Top 100 Films of the 20th Century" (public: moderated by Cuculiza - 1 star)
15. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 1 star)
16. IMDb Top of The 1960's (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 1 star)
17. Cannes 1962 Official Selection (public: moderated by djross)
18. Cinema Discusso Yearly Consensus (2008) (private: PeaceAnarchy - 7 stars)
19. Djross 1960s masterpieces (private: djross - 1 star)
20. Kyles Movie of the Year 1895-2009 (private: kyle.loomis)
21. Djross movie of the year (private: djross)
22. Best of the Year (private: FitFortDanga)
23. Djross comedy of the year (private: djross)
24. 2 - Watch List: Very Important (private: KasperL)
25. Films to see (private: kevinjoseph)

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