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[OldAle1]

I have 3 cousins, brothers, who all look quite a bit like Sting apart from being 15-20 years younger and significantly taller. The shortest (193 cm / 6' 4") and oldest of them is practically a dead ringer and has told me that he has in fact been asked if he was the musician on several occasions. And he shares the same birthday!

But I also feel like I see Sting all the time out and about; something about his particular look is very common around here, a particular sort of Aryan look I guess. Anyway he's the only celeb I can think of that I've regularly seen dead ringers for. I also remember seeing a guy on a train in Chicago once, over 20 years ago, another spitting image, perhaps the most drunk or drugged-out person I've seen in my life who was still capable of standing. Weird how these little events stay in your memory forever.

[joachimt]

I didn’t know Sting directed movies

My thought exactly when I saw that picture.

[Lonewolf2003]

#75 Le silence de la mer (1949) 574.32 points

Debut of Jean-Pierre Melville


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[Lonewolf2003]

#74 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 579.65 points

Debut of Guy Ritchie


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[Lonewolf2003]

#73 Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) 580.79 points

Debut of Benh Zeitlin


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blocho (unranked)
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Panunzio (#118)
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St. Gloede (#45)
Torgo (#90)

[Lonewolf2003]

#72 (500) Days of Summer (2009) 585.7 points

Debut of Marc Webb


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AB537 (unranked>42)
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Panunzio (#64)
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Torgo (#71)

[Lonewolf2003]

#71 The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 589.12 points

Debut of Henry Selick


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[Lonewolf2003]

#70 Le sang d'un poète [The Blood of a Poet] (1930) 590.77 points

Debut of Jean Cocteau


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[Lonewolf2003]

#69 La noire de... [Black Girl] (1966) 593.22 points

Debut of Ousmane Sembene


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pitchorneirda (#8)
Smoover (#28)

[Lonewolf2003]

#68 Angst (1983) 597.24 points

Debut of Gerald Kargl


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[Lonewolf2003]

#67 Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 604.62 points

Debut of Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris


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[Lonewolf2003]

#66 Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed [The Adventures of Prince Achmed] (1926) 607.53 points

Debut of Lotte Reiniger


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zzzorf (#153)

[Lonewolf2003]

#65 Shen nu [The Goddess] (1934) 619.67 points

Debut of Yonggang Wu


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DudeLanez (#25)
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pitchorneirda (#16)
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zzzorf (#71)

[Lonewolf2003]

#64 Ordinary People (1980) 620.03 points

Debut of Robert Redford


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AssonFire (#14)
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[Lonewolf2003]

#63 Clerks (1994) 620.36 points

Debut of Kevin Smith


36329 checks, official lists: 8,

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[Lonewolf2003]

#62 Ostre sledované vlaky [Closely Watched Trains] (1966) 624.45 points

Debut of Jirí Menzel


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Torgo (#81)
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[Lonewolf2003]

#61 It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) 634.93 points

Debut of Don Hertzfeldt


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[Lonewolf2003]

#60 Saul fia [Son of Saul] (2015) 649.5 points

Debut of László Nemes


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[Lonewolf2003]

#59 Killer of Sheep (1978) 657.73 points

Debut of Charles Burnett


2249 checks, official lists: 14,

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russa03 (#27)
tobias (#9)

[Lonewolf2003]

#58 Withnail & I (1987) 663.51 points

Debut of Bruce Robinson


8469 checks, official lists: 12,

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Gordon_Gekko (unranked>100)
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[Lonewolf2003]

#57 The Lion King (1994) 668.7 points

Debut of Rob Minkoff & Roger Allers


136436 checks, official lists: 24,

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monclivie (#9)
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zzzorf (#8)

[Lonewolf2003]

#56 Hunger (2008) 670.12 points

Debut of Steve McQueen


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Obgeoff (#44)
Panunzio (#60)
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russa03 (#43)
Torgo (#58)

[Lonewolf2003]

#55 Carnival of Souls (1962) 680.41 points

Debut of Herk Harvey


3834 checks, official lists: 5,

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[Lonewolf2003]

#54 Gattaca (1997) 680.69 points

Debut of Andrew Niccol


31712 checks, official lists: 3,

18 voters

AssonFire (#60)
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Jimi Antiloop (#90)
joachimt (unranked>45)
Lakigigar (#36)
Melvelet (unranked>50)
Mysterious Dude (#10)
Panunzio (#101)
Smoover (#113)
sol (#92)
St. Gloede (#116)
Torgo (#97)
zzzorf (#218)

[Lonewolf2003]

#53 Toy Story (1995) 681.55 points

Debut of John Lasseter


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13 voters

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Lakigigar (#59)
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St. Gloede (#49)

[Lonewolf2003]

#52 Amores perros [Amores Perros] (2000) 719.82 points

Debut of Alejandro G. Iñárritu


23879 checks, official lists: 16,

15 voters

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Gordon_Gekko (unranked>100)
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joachimt (unranked>45)
lineuphere (#75)
Lonewolf2003 (#24)
Panunzio (#27)
peeptoad (unranked)
sol (#130)
Torgo (#73)

[Torgo]

#57 The Lion King (1994) 668.7 points

What a coincidence: I just learned this shitty movie detail on Reddit tonight.
(The sub is huge fun if you enjoy this kind of nonsense )

[Lonewolf2003]

#51 Doro no kawa [Muddy River] (1981) 720.29 points

Debut of Kôhei Oguri


382 checks, official lists: 5,

12 voters

AssonFire (#4)
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Melvelet (#1)
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perceval (#57)
Smoover (#11)
St. Gloede (#115)
Torgo (#54)
zzzorf (#87)

[Lonewolf2003]

#50 Easy Rider (1969) 722.13 points

Debut of Dennis Hopper


18326 checks, official lists: 18,

14 voters

gromit82 (#37)
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lineuphere (#114)
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Melvelet (#9)
Mifune (#60)
OldAle1 (unranked>30)
Opio (#30)
Panunzio (#39)
peeptoad (unranked)
russa03 (#53)
Teproc (#37)
zomgmouse (#23)

[Lonewolf2003]

#49 Un homme qui dort [The Man Who Sleeps] (1974) 722.23 points

Debut of Bernard Queysanne


805 checks, official lists: 2,

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beavis (#78)
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Melvelet (#18)
Mysterious Dude (#98)
pitchorneirda (#6)
russa03 (#44)
St. Gloede (#10)
Torgo (#35)

[Lonewolf2003]

#48 Koyaanisqatsi (1982) 729.91 points

Debut of Godfrey Reggio


6727 checks, official lists: 11,

14 voters

AssonFire (#82)
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Lonewolf2003 (#84)
Melvelet (unranked>50)
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peeptoad (unranked)
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Torgo (#2)

[Lonewolf2003]

#47 Primer (2004) 736.5 points

Debut of Shane Carruth


16221 checks, official lists: 7,

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filmbantha (#43)
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OldAle1 (#15)
Onderhond (#28)
Panunzio (#72)
russa03 (#24)
sol (#49)
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Torgo (#22)

[Lonewolf2003]

#46 Hong gao liang [Red Sorghum] (1988) 744.39 points

Debut of Yimou Zhang


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AssonFire (#27)
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Obgeoff (#32)
pitchorneirda (#35)
Smoover (#36)
St. Gloede (#136)
tobias (#30)

[Lonewolf2003]

#45 Delicatessen (1991) 746.86 points

Debut of Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet


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sol (#71)
St. Gloede (#70)
Teproc (#4)
Torgo (#29)
zomgmouse (#28)

[Lonewolf2003]

#44 Lola (1961) 749.7 points

Debut of Jacques Demy


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OldAle1 (#26)
Opio (#31)
RolandKirkSunglasses (#19)
russa03 (#89)
Smoover (#27)
tobias (#37)

[Lonewolf2003]

#43 Stachka [Strike] (1925) 764.09 points

Debut of Sergei M. Eisenstein


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Obgeoff (#13)
OldAle1 (unranked>30)
St. Gloede (#57)

[Lonewolf2003]

#42 Accattone [The Procurer] (1961) 781.12 points

Debut of Pier Paolo Pasolini


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russa03 (#75)
Smoover (#12)
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[Lonewolf2003]

#41 Ossessione (1943) 785.5 points

Debut of Luchino Visconti


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AssonFire (#90)
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Obgeoff (#42)
russa03 (#26)
sol (#47)
St. Gloede (#19)
tobias (#50)

[Lonewolf2003]

#40 Neco z Alenky [Alice] (1988) 786.69 points

Debut of Jan Svankmajer


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peeptoad (unranked)
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russa03 (#62)
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St. Gloede (#39)
tobias (#36)
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zzzorf (#31)

[Lonewolf2003]

#39 Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) 818.2 points

Debut of Terence Davies


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beavis (#9)
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