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CineBrats Collections
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Films in the CineBrats Canon4,489
Time Frame Covered1916–2026
Max Cinephilia Points Available1,220.02
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RogerCorman
5 films · 1959–1964
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AlfonsoCuarón
4 films · 2001–2018
Movement
SpaghettiWestern
10 films · 1964–1971
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ChristopherNolan
5 films · 2000–2023
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SidneyLumet
5 films · 1957–1982
List
GreatestFilms of the 21st Century
25 films · 2001–2019
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AlfredHitchcock
5 films · 1946–1960
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YasujirōOzu
5 films · 1949–1962
Movement
NewGerman Cinema
12 films · 1967–1981
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MichaelHaneke
5 films · 1997–2012
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PaulThomas Anderson
5 films · 1997–2017
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WoodyAllen
5 films · 1977–1989
Movement
NewHollywood
16 films · 1967–1980
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StevenSpielberg
5 films · 1975–1993
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IngmarBergman
5 films · 1957–1982
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JonathanDemme
5 films · 1980–1993
List
GreatestDocumentaries
24 films · 1922–2012
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FrancisFord Coppola
4 films · 1972–1979
Movement
NewFrench Extremity
9 films · 1998–2008
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PaulSchrader
5 films · 1978–2018
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AndreiTarkovsky
5 films · 1962–1979
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WesAnderson
5 films · 1998–2014
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WesCraven
5 films · 1972–1996
Movement
Mumblecore
10 films · 2003–2010
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MikeNichols
5 films · 1966–1988
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JohnCassavetes
5 films · 1960–1984
List
GreatestCult Films
25 films · 1932–2001
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DavidO. Russell
4 films · 1999–2013
Movement
HongKong New Wave
10 films · 1979–1989
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DarrenAronofsky
4 films · 1998–2010
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JeanRenoir
5 films · 1932–2008
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PedroAlmodóvar
5 films · 1987–2006
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Jean-LucGodard
5 films · 1960–1967
Movement
AmericanIndependent Cinema
11 films · 1984–1996
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DavidFincher
5 films · 1995–2014
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SatyajitRay
5 films · 1955–1964
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DavidLynch
5 films · 1977–2001
List
TheAward Winners
375 films · 1927–2026
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BongJoon Ho
5 films · 2003–2019
Movement
GreekWeird Wave
10 films · 2009–2021
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ChantalAkerman
5 films · 1974–1993
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QuentinTarantino
5 films · 1992–2009
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WongKar-wai
5 films · 1990–2000
Movement
Blaxploitation
10 films · 1971–1973
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WernerHerzog
5 films · 1972–2005
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AkiraKurosawa
5 films · 1950–1985
Auteur
HayaoMiyazaki
5 films · 1984–2013
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ClaireDenis
5 films · 1988–2010
Movement
Dogme95
8 films · 1998–2002
List
GreatestHollywood Blockbusters
25 films · 1975–2022
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SpikeLee
5 films · 1986–2018
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MartinScorsese
5 films · 1973–1993
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StanleyKubrick
5 films · 1964–1980
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WimWenders
5 films · 1974–1987
Movement
FilmNoir
12 films · 1941–1958
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JimJarmusch
5 films · 1984–1999
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DavidCronenberg
5 films · 1983–2005
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JohnCarpenter
5 films · 1976–1988
Movement
NewQueer Cinema
11 films · 1990–1997
Auteur
AgnèsVarda
5 films · 1956–2000
List
GreatestDebut Features
25 films · 1941–2017
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RichardLinklater
5 films · 1990–2014
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StevenSoderbergh
5 films · 1989–2011
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GusVan Sant
5 films · 1989–2003
Movement
ElevatedHorror
10 films · 2014–2020
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LuisBuñuel
6 films · 1929–1972
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Larsvon Trier
5 films · 1996–2011
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JaneCampion
5 films · 1989–2021
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FedericoFellini
5 films · 1954–1973
Movement
SovietMontage
10 films · 1925–1930
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NoahBaumbach
5 films · 1995–2019
List
GreatestAnimated Films
25 films · 1938–2018
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JohnFord
5 films · 1939–1962
Auteur
TerrenceMalick
5 films · 1973–2011
Movement
IranianNew Wave
11 films · 1969–2011
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CharlieChaplin
5 films · 1921–1940
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PierPaolo Pasolini
5 films · 1961–1976
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OrsonWelles
5 films · 1941–1973
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MichaelMann
5 films · 1981–2004
Movement
ChineseFifth Generation
10 films · 1983–1994
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RomanPolanski
5 films · 1962–2002
List
Beyondthe Greatest 250
191 films · 1926–2021
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YorgosLanthimos
5 films · 2009–2023
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Joeland Ethan Coen
5 films · 1985–2013
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LuchinoVisconti
5 films · 1943–1963
Movement
GermanExpressionism
12 films · 1920–1931
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FrancoisTruffaut
5 films · 1959–1973
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SergioLeone
4 films · 1964–1984
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AlbertBrooks
4 films · 1979–1991
Movement
ItalianNeorealism
9 films · 1945–1952
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AlejandroGonzález Iñárritu
5 films · 2000–2015
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KathrynBigelow
5 films · 1987–2012
List
Greatest250 Films of All Time
250 films · 1916–2008
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MichelangeloAntonioni
5 films · 1960–1966
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RobertAltman
5 films · 1970–1992
Movement
FrenchNew Wave
11 films · 1959–1969
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BernardoBertolucci
5 films · 1964–1987
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BillyWilder
5 films · 1944–1960
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