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Foreign Cinema > Classics: 260 Films to Buy & Rent
Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini
- Acted entirely by non–professionals, this is a startlingly visual rendering of the biblical text, blending breath–taking photography with…
Hamlet (1964)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Grigori Kozintsev
Feat. Innokenti Smoktunovsky
- The legendary Russian version of Shakespeare's play, which visually at least, stands as the greatest yet.
Staged amidst the massive battlements of…
Kwaidan (1964)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Masaki Kobayashi
Feat. Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratana, Misako Watanabe
- A four part anthology of visually intoxicating Japanese period ghost stories. Each tale expanding domestic melodramas into the paranormal realm.…
Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio All'italiana) (1964)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren
- This hilarious marriage farce features Sophia Loren as a long–suffering unwedded woman: on her deathbed, she convinces the commitment–shy…
Onibaba (the Hole) (1964)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Kaneto Shindo
Feat. Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura
- An eerie, brazenly sensual medieval folk tale about a mother and daughter–in–law who kill just to survive and eventually turn on each…
Red Desert (il Deserto Rosso) (1964)
- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Monica Vitti, Richard Harris
- Housewife Monica Vitti embarks on a casual affair with Richard Harris following a nervous breakdown. Set amidst an oppressive industrial landscape,…
Soft Skin, The (La Peau Douce) (1964)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Francois Dorleac, Jean Desailly
- Moving New Wave drama from Francois Truffaut tells the story of a scholar pursuing a torrid affair with a stewardess while attempting to juggle his…
Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (1964)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo
- Gorgeous French musical with Catherine Deneuve, in her acting debut, one of its many pleasures. A bittersweet romantic story is allied to a lush…
Woman of the Dunes (1964)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
Feat. Eiji Okada, Kyoko Kishida
- From a simple premise – a man becomes trapped in a valley of sand in which a solitary woman lives – the director is able to draw out…
An Actor's Revenge (1963)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Kon Ichikawa
Feat. Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto
- Unusual storyline concerns a Kabuki female impersonator, who seduces and arranges the destruction of three nobles responsible for his parents'…