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2002 |
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Ron Howard |
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A Beautiful Mind |
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2001 |
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Steven Soderbergh |
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Erin Brockovich |
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2000 |
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Sam Mendes |
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American Beauty |
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1999 |
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Steven Spielberg |
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Saving Private Ryan |
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1998 |
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James Cameron |
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Titanic |
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1997 |
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Anthony Minghella |
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The English Patient |
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1996 |
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Mel Gibson |
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Braveheart |
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1995 |
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Robert Zemeckis |
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Forrest Gump |
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1994 |
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Steven Spielberg |
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Schindler's List |
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1993 |
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Clint Eastwood |
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Unforgiven |
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1992 |
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Jonathan Demme |
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The Silence of the Lambs |
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1991 |
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Kevin Costner |
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Dances With Wolves |
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1990 |
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Oliver Stone |
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Born on the Fourth of July |
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1989 |
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Barry Levinson |
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Rain Man |
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1988 |
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Bernardo Bertolucci |
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The Last Emperor |
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1987 |
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Oliver Stone |
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Platoon |
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1986 |
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Sydney Pollack |
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Out of Africa |
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1985 |
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Milos Forman |
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Amadeus |
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1984 |
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James L. Brooks |
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Terms of Endearment |
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1983 |
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Richard Attenborough |
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Gandhi |
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1982 |
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Warren Beatty |
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Reds |
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1981 |
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Robert Redford |
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Ordinary People |
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1980 |
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Robert Benton |
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Kramer vs. Kramer |
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1979 |
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Michael Cimino |
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The Deer Hunter |
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1978 |
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Woody Allen |
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Annie Hall |
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1977 |
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John G. Avildsen |
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Rocky |
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1976 |
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Milos Forman |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
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1975 |
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Francis Ford Coppola |
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The Godfather, Part II |
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1974 |
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George Roy Hill |
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The Sting |
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1973 |
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Bob Fosse |
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Cabaret |
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1972 |
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William Freidkin |
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The French Connection |
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1971 |
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Franklin J. Schaffiner |
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Patton |
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1970 |
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John Schlesinger |
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Midnight Cowboy |
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1969 |
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Carol Reed |
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Oliver! |
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1968 |
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Mike Nichols |
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The Graduate |
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1967 |
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Fred Zinnemann |
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A Man for All Seasons |
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1966 |
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Robert Wise |
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The Sound of Music |
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1965 |
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George Cukor |
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My Fair Lady |
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1964 |
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Tony Richardson |
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Tom Jones |
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1963 |
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David Lean |
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Lawrence of Arabia |
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1962 |
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Robert Wise |
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West Side Story |
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1961 |
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Billy Wilder |
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The Apartment |
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1960 |
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William Wyler |
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Ben-Hur |
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1959 |
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Vincente Minnelli |
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Gigi |
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1958 |
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David Lean |
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The Bridge on the River Kwai |
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1957 |
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George Stevens |
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Giant |
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1956 |
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Delbert Mann |
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Marty |
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1955 |
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Elia Kazan |
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On the Waterfront |
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1954 |
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Fred Zinnemann |
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From Here to Eternity |
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1953 |
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John Ford |
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The Quiet Man |
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1952 |
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George Stevens |
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A Place in the Sun |
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1951 |
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Joesph L. Mankiewicz |
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All About Eve |
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1950 |
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
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A Letter to Three Wives |
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1949 |
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John Huston |
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Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
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1948 |
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Elia Kazan |
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Gentleman's Agreement |
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1947 |
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William Wyler |
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The Best Years of Our Lives |
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1946 |
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Billy Wilder |
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The Lost Weekend |
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1945 |
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Leo McCary |
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Going My Way |
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1944 |
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Michael Curtiz |
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Casablanca |
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1943 |
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William Wyler |
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Mrs. Miniver |
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1942 |
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John Ford |
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How Green Was My Valley |
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1941 |
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John Ford |
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The Grapes of Wrath |
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1940 |
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Victor Fleming |
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Gone With the Wind |
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1939 |
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Frank Capra |
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You Can't Take It With You |
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1938 |
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Leo McCarey |
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The Awful Truth |
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1937 |
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Frank Capra |
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
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1936 |
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John Ford |
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The Informer |
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1935 |
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Frank Capra |
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It Happened One Night |
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1934 |
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Frank Lloyd |
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Cavalcade |
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1932 |
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Frank Borzage |
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Bad Girl |
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1931 |
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Normal Taurog |
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Skippy |
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Nov. 1930 |
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Lewis Milestone |
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All Quiet on the Western Front |
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Apr. 1930 |
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Frank Lloyd |
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The Divine Lady |
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1929 |
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Frank Borzage |
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Seventh Heaven |
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