Recreation

"Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second."
- Godard

rec.re.a.tion n. Refreshment of one's mind or body after work through activity that amuses or stimulates; play.

recreation n 1: an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" [syn: diversion] 2: activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends" [syn: refreshment] [Source: Dictionary.com]

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Film Director Year
Der Blaue Engel = The Blue Angel Josef von Sternberg 1930
Ladri di biciclette = Bicycle Thief Vittorio De Sica 1948
Shichinin no samurai = Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa 1954
Pather Panchali = The Song of the Road Satyajit Ray 1955
A Bout De Souffle = Breathless Jean-Luc Godard 1959
Les Quatre Cents Coups = The 400 Blows François Truffaut 1959
Apu Sansar = The World of Apu Satyajit Ray 1959
Megha Dhaka Tara = The Cloud-Capped Star Ritwik Ghatak 1960
Voskreseniye = Resurrection Mikhail Shvejtser 1960
Cléo de 5 à 7 = Cleo From 5 to 7 Agnès Varda 1961
Une Femme Est Une Femme = A Woman is a Woman Jean-Luc Godard 1962
Ivan's Childhood Andrei Tarkovsky 1962
Parlons Femmes = Lets Talk About Women Ettore Scola 1962
Mahanagar = The Big City Satyajit Ray; awesome performance by Madhabi Mukherjee 1963
Charulata != The Lonely Wife Satyajit Ray; Madhabi Mukherjee does it again! 1964
Persona Ingmar Bergman 1966
The Godfather: Part I to III Francis Ford Coppola 1972(I)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie = Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie Luis Bunuel 1972
A Woman Under the Influence John Cassavetes 1974
Jana Aranya = The Middleman Satyajit Ray 1976
Annie Hall Woody Allen 1977
That Obscure Object of Desire = Cet Obscur Objet du Desir Luis Bunuel 1977
Stalker Andrei Tarkovsky 1979
Berlin Alexanderplatz Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1980
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? Emir Kusturica 1981
Pixote Hector Babenco 1981
Gandhi Sir Richard Attenborough 1982
When Father Was Away on Business Emir Kusturica 1985
Salaam Bombay = Hail Bombay Mira Nair 1988
The Decalogue Krzysztof Kieslowski 1988
Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore 1988
Ju Dou Zhang Yimou and Yang Feng Liang 1990
Raise the Red Lantern Zhang Yimou 1991
Madame Bovary Claude Chabrol 1991
Howard's End James Ivory 1991
Hsimeng jensheng = The Puppetmaster Hsiao-hsien Hou 1993
The Remains of the Day James Ivory 1993
Trois Couleurs Bleu = Three Colors Blue Krzysztof Kieslowski 1993
Trois Couleurs Blanc = Three Colors White Krzysztof Kieslowski 1993
Trois Couleurs Rouge= Three Colors Red Krzysztof Kieslowski 1994
Fallen Angels Wong Kar-Wai 1995
L'Appartement = The Apartment Gilles Mimouni 1996
The Eel = Unagi Shohei
Imamura		 1996
Lolita Adrian Lyne 1997
The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan 1997
The Straight Story David Lynch 1999
In the Mood for Love = Hua Yang Nian Hua Wong Kar-Wai 2000
Suzhou River = Suzhou He Ye Lou 2000
Amores Perros = Love's a Bitch Alejandro González Iñárritu 2001
Shiqi sui de dan che = Beijing Bicycle Xiaoshuai Wang 2001
Zhou Yu's Train = Zhou Yu de huo che Zhou Sun 2002
City of God Fernando Meirelles 2002
The Pianist Roman Polanski 2002
11'9"01 September 11 Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanovic, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amos Giatï, Mira Nair, Sean Penn, Shohei Imamura 2002
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress = Xiao Cai Feng Dai Sijie 2002
Burning in the Wind = Brucio Nel Vento Silvio Soldini 2002
Irréversible Gaspar Noé 2002
Meenakshi - A Tale of 3 Cities M. F. Hussain 2003
Roads to Koktebel Boris Khlebnikov and Aleksei Popogrebsky 2003
2046 Wong Kar-Wai 2004
Raincoat Rituparno Ghosh 2004
Maqbool Vishal Bhardwaj; an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth within the context of the mafia in Mumbai, India. 2004
Confidences trop intimes = Intimate Strangers Patrice Leconte 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry 2004
Schiza aka Schizo = Fifty-Fifty Gulshat Omarova aka Guka Omarowa 2004
Quand J'Étais Chanteur = The Singer Xavier Giannoli 2005
My Blueberry Nights Wong Kar-Wai 2007
Io sono l'amore = I am Love Luca Guadagnino 2009
Haevnen = In a Better World Susanne Bier 2010
Jagten = The Hunt Thomas Vinterberg 2012
Ship of Theseus Anand Gandhi 2013
Visaranai = Interrogation Vetrimaaran 2015
Meel Patthar = Milestone Ivan Ayr 2020