#167 – Pierrot le Fou, 1965, Jean-Luc Godard
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
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#188: The Sound of Music
#188 – The Sound of Music, 1965, Robert Wise
A tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
#426: Red Beard
#426 – Red Beard, (赤ひげ), 1965, Akira Kurosawa
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
#460: For a Few Dollars More
#460 – For a Few Dollars More, (Per qualche dollaro in più), 1965, Sergio Leone
Two bounty hunters are in pursuit of “El Indio,” one of the most wanted fugitives in the western territories, and his gang.
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#591: Repulsion
#591 – Repulsion, 1965, Roman Polanski
In Roman Polanski’s first English-language film, beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
#641: Chimes at Midnight
#641 – Chimes at Midnight, (Campanadas de medianoche), 1965, Orson Welles
The career of Shakespeare’s Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400-1413.
#702: Doctor Zhivago
#702 – Doctor Zhivago, 1965, David Lean
Two protagonists love each other but, because of their current situation, cannot find a way be together.
#888: The Seaside Village
#888 – The Seaside Village, (갯마을), 1965, Kim Soo-yong
A remote fishing island is home to a largely female-population. Men are frequently lost to the ocean as stubbornly going out to sea in the face of great danger. Young widows are made and quickly learn the hardships of life.
#889: Le Bonheur
#889 – Le Bonheur, 1965, Agnès Varda
Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker.
#934: Fists in the Pocket
#934 – Fists in the Pocket, (I pugni in tasca), 1965, Marco Bellocchio
Ale, a deeply disturbed young man subject to seizures, benignly decides to murder members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.
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