Year
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Hint
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Ebert
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Siskel
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1969
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Jean-Louis Trintignant/Yves Montand
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Z
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Z
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1970
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Jack Nicholson and Karen Black/Jean-Louis Trintignant and Françoise Fabian
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Five Easy Pieces
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My Night at Maud's
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1971
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Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges/Jean-Claude Brialy and Aurora Cornu
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The Last Picture Show
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Claire's Knee
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1972
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Marlon Brando and Al Pacino/James Caan and Francis Ford Coppola
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The Godfather
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The Godfather
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1973
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Ingmar Bergamn and Harriet Andersson/Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann
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Cries and Whispers
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The Emigrants/The New Land
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1974
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Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann/François Truffaut and Jacqueline Bisset
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Scenes from a Marriage
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Day for Night
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1975
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David Arkin and Barbara Baxley/Ned Beatty and Robert Altman
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Nashville
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Nashville
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1976
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François Truffaut and Jean-François Stévenin/Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford
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Small Change
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All the Presidents Men
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1977
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Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek/Woody Allen and Diane Keaton
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3 Women
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Annie Hall
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1978
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Paul Mazursky and Jill Clayburgh/Dustin Hoffman and Theresa Russell
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An Unmarried Woman
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Straight Time
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1979
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Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen/Miloš Forman and John Savage
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Apocalypse Now
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Hair
|
1980
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Kelly Reno and Teri Garr/Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro
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The Black Stallion
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Raging Bull
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1981
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André Gregory and Wallace Shawn/Miloš Forman and James Cagney
|
My Dinner with Andre
|
Ragtime
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1982
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Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline/ Jerzy Skolimowski and Jeremy Irons
|
Sophie's Choice
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Moonlighting
|
1983
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Philip Kaufman and Charles Frank/Scott Glenn and Ed Harris
|
The Right Stuff
|
The Right Stuff
|
1984
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F. Murray Abraham Tom Hulce/Robert De Niro and James Woods
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Amadeus
|
Once Upon a Time in America
|
1985
|
Steven Spielberg and Whoopi Goldberg/Claude Lanzmann
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The Color Purple
|
Shoah
|
1986
|
Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen/Woody Allen and Mia Farrow
|
Platoon
|
Hannah and Her Sisters
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1987
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Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna/Bernardo Bertolucci and John Lone
|
House of Games
|
The Last Emperor
|
1988
|
Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe/Martin Scorsese and Willem Dafoe
|
Mississippi Burning
|
The Last Temptation of Christ
|
1989
|
Spike Lee and Danny Aiello/Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
|
Do the Right Thing
|
Do the Right Thing
|
1990
|
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro/Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci
|
Goodfellas
|
Goodfellas
|
1991
|
Kevin Costner and Kevin Bacon/Eleanor Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola
|
JFK
|
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
|
1992
|
Spike Lee and Denzel Washington/Bill Paxton and Cynda Williams
|
Malcolm X
|
One False Move
|
1993
|
Steven Spielberg and Liam Neeson/Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes
|
Schindler's List
|
Schindler's List
|
1994
|
Steve James/William Gates and Arthur Agee
|
Hoop Dreams
|
Hoop Dreams
|
1995
|
Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue/Terry Zwigoff
|
Leaving Las Vegas
|
Crumb
|
1996
|
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen/Frances McDormand and William H. Macy
|
Fargo
|
Fargo
|
1997
|
Samuel L. Jackson and Lynn Whitfield/Ang Lee and Kevin Kline
|
Eve's Bayou
|
The Ice Storm
|
1998
|
Rufus Sewell and Kiefer Sutherland/George Miller and Magda Szubanski
|
Dark City
|
Babe: Pig in the City
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