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A famous film director returns home to a Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years. He reminisces about his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He is also reminded of his lost teenage love, Elena, who he had to leave before he left for Rome. (imdb)

A young boy listens to while his grandfather reads him the adventures of Buttercup (Wright), the most beautiful woman in the world, and Westly (Elwes), the man she loves, in the fairy-tale kingdom of Florin. [MGM]

J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns. (imdb)

The story is about two boys, Matti and Niila who grow up together. Throughout his childhood Niila is regularly beaten up by his father but tries to not make a fuss about it while Matti grows up in a harmless family. Just this difference gives them quite contrary outlooks on life. While Matti may consider it cool to get out of Pajala once he grows up, Niila absolutely has to leave. (earthlingsoft.net)

Director Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville, The Illusionist) invokes memories of Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati in his first live-action film, about a mute, sweet-natured man-child whose reawakened childhood memories unleash marvellous musical fantasies. (tiff.net)

Set in winter in the Old West. Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a young Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern (imdb)

A young car thief kills a policeman and tries to persuade a girl to hide in Italy with him. (imdb)

A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters... (imdb)

Janet Frame grows up in a poor family with lots of brothers and sisters. Already at an early age she is different than the other kids... (imdb)

Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam. (imdb)