#1350(⇧159, #1509) La maschera del demonio (1960)
[Black Sunday] Directed by: Mario Bava Country: Italy (286,22 Pts, 10 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1350←1509←2068←4271←3535←2959←2706←2687←3203←NAICheckMovies: 2452 Checks , 151 Favourites , 8 Official lists Plot: A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant, with only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor standing in her way.
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#1351(⇧203, #1554) Dracula (1931) Directed by: Tod Browning; Karl Freund Country: USA (286,15 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1351←1554←1783←1575←1660←1803←1369←1144←1071←NAICheckMovies: 13243 Checks , 464 Favourites , 11 Official lists Plot: After a naive real estate agent succumbs to the will of Count Dracula, the two head to London where the vampire sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
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#1352(⇩245, #1107) Rengoku eroica (1970)
[Heroic Purgatory]
[煉獄エロイカ] Directed by: Yoshishige Yoshida Country: Japan (285,74 Pts, 4 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–2–2 History:1352←1107←1280←1037←1167←965←922←800←2571←NAICheckMovies: 220 Checks , 34 Favourites , 2 Official lists Plot: An engineer's wife returns home with a lost teenager. A man posing as her dad tries to get her back, causing the engineer to recall his youth as a revolutionary, obscured by dreamlike disruptions of time and space, fantasy and reality.
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perceval (320)
#1353(⇧206, #1559) Devi (1960)
[The Goddess]
[দেবী] Directed by: Satyajit Ray Country: India (285,49 Pts, 9 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1353←1559←1314←2756←2905←2585←2615←4148←1619←NAICheckMovies: 448 Checks , 44 Favourites , 5 Official lists Plot: A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.
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#1354(NEW) Phantom of the Paradise (1974) Directed by: Brian De Palma Country: USA (285,41 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1354←2790←1763←1889←1427←3229←4523←4114←2130←NAICheckMovies: 2079 Checks , 218 Favourites , 4 Official lists Plot: A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.
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#1355(⇩115, #1240) I; Daniel Blake (2016) Directed by: Laura Obiols; Ken Loach Country: UK, France, Belgium (285,1 Pts, 10 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1355←1240←1278←1161←2055←NA←NA←NA←NA←NAICheckMovies: 2769 Checks , 307 Favourites , 3 Official lists Plot: After having suffered a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.
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#1356(⇩291, #1065) A Beautiful Mind (2001) Directed by: Ron Howard Country: USA (285,01 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–1 History:1356←1065←1483←930←1591←1431←1392←1645←1104←572ICheckMovies: 74426 Checks , 5056 Favourites , 10 Official lists Plot: After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
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Tim2460 wrote: ↑April 8th, 2021, 6:43 pm#1331(⇩216, #1115) Manbiki kazoku (2018)
[Shoplifters]
[万引き家族] Directed by: Hirokazu Koreeda Country: Japan (294,63 Pts, 13 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1331←1115←1325←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NAICheckMovies: 2834 Checks , 381 Favourites , 5 Official lists Plot: A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
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Tim2460 wrote: ↑April 8th, 2021, 6:53 pm#1333(⇧338, #1671) Wandafuru raifu (1998)
[After Life]
[ワンダフルライフ] Directed by: Hirokazu Koreeda Country: Japan (294,51 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1333←1671←1638←959←770←990←903←1059←1758←NAICheckMovies: 1397 Checks , 195 Favourites , 6 Official lists Plot: After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity.
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Tim2460 wrote: ↑April 8th, 2021, 6:18 pm#1326(⇩379, #947) Dare mo shiranai (2004)
[Nobody Knows]
[誰も知らない] Directed by: Hirokazu Koreeda Country: Japan (295,69 Pts, 11 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1326←947←1167←1388←1215←1397←1168←1240←1043←NAICheckMovies: 2378 Checks , 340 Favourites , 5 Official lists Plot: In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
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#1357(NEW) Chernobyl (2019)
[Chernobyl] Directed by: Country: USA, UK (284,97 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1357←3305←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NAICheckMovies: 2159 Checks , 319 Favourites , 1 Official lists Plot: In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
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#1358(⇧77, #1435) Sterne (1959)
[Stars] Directed by: Konrad Wolf Country: East Germany, Bulgaria (284,85 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1358←1435←1424←1007←1321←1202←1310←1359←NA←NAICheckMovies: 135 Checks , 22 Favourites , 3 Official lists Plot: The tragic love of the Jewish girl and the Nazi officer is presented as a symbol of human purity defeated by fascism and racial prejudice.
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#1359(⇧412, #1771) Vinni-Pukh (1969)
[Winnie-the-Pooh]
[Винни-Пух] Directed by: Fyodor Khitruk Country: Soviet Union (284,79 Pts, 6 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1359←1771←1669←1437←1504←1324←927←1174←2161←NAICheckMovies: 3977 Checks , 177 Favourites , 1 Official lists Plot: A Soviet version of Winnie-the-Pooh. His first adventure is a desperate attempt to get to honey in a bee hollow. He is ready to take decisive action.
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Tim2460 wrote: ↑April 8th, 2021, 6:43 pm#1331(⇩216, #1115) Manbiki kazoku (2018)
[Shoplifters]
[万引き家族] Directed by: Hirokazu Koreeda Country: Japan (294,63 Pts, 13 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1331←1115←1325←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NAICheckMovies: 2834 Checks , 381 Favourites , 5 Official lists Plot: A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
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Tim2460 wrote: ↑April 8th, 2021, 6:53 pm#1333(⇧338, #1671) Wandafuru raifu (1998)
[After Life]
[ワンダフルライフ] Directed by: Hirokazu Koreeda Country: Japan (294,51 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1333←1671←1638←959←770←990←903←1059←1758←NAICheckMovies: 1397 Checks , 195 Favourites , 6 Official lists Plot: After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity.
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Tim2460 wrote: ↑April 8th, 2021, 6:18 pm#1326(⇩379, #947) Dare mo shiranai (2004)
[Nobody Knows]
[誰も知らない] Directed by: Hirokazu Koreeda Country: Japan (295,69 Pts, 11 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1326←947←1167←1388←1215←1397←1168←1240←1043←NAICheckMovies: 2378 Checks , 340 Favourites , 5 Official lists Plot: In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
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Yeah, I also clocked that they came in clustered together. These seem to be his top three in most circles, and yet Our Little Sister is the forum's favourite Koreeda, which baffles me.
#1360(⇩29, #1331) The Shape of Water (2017) Directed by: Guillermo del Toro Country: USA, Canada (284,59 Pts, 11 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1360←1331←1456←1480←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NAICheckMovies: 11372 Checks , 762 Favourites , 7 Official lists Plot: At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
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#1361(⇩228, #1133) Island of Lost Souls (1932) Directed by: Erle C. Kenton Country: USA (284,25 Pts, 9 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1361←1133←855←1457←1439←2978←1913←3175←1545←NAICheckMovies: 2028 Checks , 120 Favourites , 5 Official lists Plot: An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
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#1362(⇧38, #1400) Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) Directed by: Michael Curtiz Country: USA (284,04 Pts, 10 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1362←1400←1435←1194←1102←1206←2013←1451←1137←758ICheckMovies: 3949 Checks , 278 Favourites , 8 Official lists Plot: A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
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#1363(⇩18, #1345) First Reformed (2017) Directed by: Paul Schrader Country: USA, UK, Australia (283,81 Pts, 10 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1363←1345←1476←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NAICheckMovies: 2640 Checks , 222 Favourites , 4 Official lists Plot: A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
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Tim2460 wrote: ↑April 8th, 2021, 7:29 pm#1340(⇧236, #1576) Strange Days (1995) Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow Country: USA (290 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1340←1576←1861←2236←2247←3979←3188←5837←2076←NAICheckMovies: 3458 Checks , 242 Favourites , 4 Official lists Plot: A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.
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Tim2460 wrote: ↑April 8th, 2021, 7:29 pm#1340(⇧236, #1576) Strange Days (1995) Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow Country: USA (290 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1340←1576←1861←2236←2247←3979←3188←5837←2076←NAICheckMovies: 3458 Checks , 242 Favourites , 4 Official lists Plot: A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.
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#1364(⇩449, #915) O Pagador de Promessas (1962)
[The Given Word] Directed by: Anselmo Duarte Country: Brazil (283,71 Pts, 11 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1364←915←977←883←781←811←1228←1530←2913←NAICheckMovies: 812 Checks , 119 Favourites , 8 Official lists Plot: A simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
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#1365(⇩214, #1151) The Irishman (2019) Directed by: Martin Scorsese Country: USA (283,3 Pts, 12 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1365←1151←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NAICheckMovies: 6062 Checks , 448 Favourites , 6 Official lists Plot: An old man recalls his time painting houses for his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, through the 1950-70s.
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#1366(NEW) Volver (2006) Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar Country: Spain (282,57 Pts, 6 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1366←2611←1664←1449←1956←1167←1085←954←899←NAICheckMovies: 12869 Checks , 945 Favourites , 6 Official lists Plot: After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
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#1367(⇧355, #1722) U samogo sinego morya (1936)
[By the Bluest of Seas]
[У самого синего моря] Directed by: Samad Mardanov; Boris Barnet Country: Soviet Union (282,28 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1367←1722←1618←1957←2162←2457←2499←2058←6032←NAICheckMovies: 386 Checks , 36 Favourites , 3 Official lists Plot: Yussuf and Aliosha are two shipwrecked sailors on an island in the Caspian Sea. They start working as sailor and mechanic for the fishing boats of the "Lights of the Communism" kolkhoz. ...
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#1368(⇧78, #1446) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) Directed by: Paul Schrader Country: USA, Japan (282,27 Pts, 9 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1368←1446←2495←1552←2040←2279←2282←1249←1049←NAICheckMovies: 2176 Checks , 249 Favourites , 7 Official lists Plot: A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
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#1369(⇩352, #1017) Borgman (2013) Directed by: Alex van Warmerdam Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark (282,26 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1369←1017←1190←1928←2335←3776←3335←NA←NA←NAICheckMovies: 1265 Checks , 105 Favourites , 1 Official lists Plot: A vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.
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#1370(⇩83, #1287) Duelle (une quarantaine) (1976)
[Duelle] Directed by: Jacques Rivette Country: France (282,1 Pts, 6 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1370←1287←1426←1259←1325←1550←1453←1294←1221←NAICheckMovies: 309 Checks , 46 Favourites , 1 Official lists Plot: The Queen of the Night battles the Queen of the Sun over a magical diamond that will allow the winner to remain on Earth, specifically in modern day Paris.
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#1371(⇧210, #1581) The Fifth Element (1997) Directed by: Luc Besson Country: France, UK, USA (282,01 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1371←1581←1584←1422←939←1457←1025←811←627←821ICheckMovies: 62385 Checks , 4764 Favourites , 6 Official lists Plot: In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.
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#1372(⇩288, #1084) X-Men (2000) Directed by: Bryan Singer Country: USA (281,89 Pts, 6 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–1 History:1372←1084←1644←2562←2013←3041←2964←2296←1609←NAICheckMovies: 73903 Checks , 1917 Favourites , 5 Official lists Plot: In a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.
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#1373(⇧13, #1386) 28 Days Later... (2002) Directed by: Danny Boyle Country: UK, Spain (281,63 Pts, 10 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1373←1386←1142←1615←1030←1107←741←793←625←988ICheckMovies: 52313 Checks , 3491 Favourites , 9 Official lists Plot: Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
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#1374(⇩1, #1373) Faust (2011) Directed by: Aleksandr Sokurov Country: Russia (281,53 Pts, 5 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1374←1373←1541←1712←1923←3073←2358←8603←7870←NAICheckMovies: 780 Checks , 63 Favourites , 3 Official lists Plot: A despairing scholar sells his soul to Satan in exchange for one night with a beautiful young woman.
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#1375(⇩502, #873) Vitalina Varela (2019) Directed by: Pedro Costa Country: Portugal (281,5 Pts, 6 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1375←873←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NAICheckMovies: 217 Checks , 15 Favourites , 2 Official lists Plot: A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.
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#1376(NEW) Images (1972) Directed by: Robert Altman Country: UK (281,35 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1376←2075←1474←1410←1381←1031←1091←1169←1258←NAICheckMovies: 703 Checks , 63 Favourites , 0 Official lists Plot: Schizophrenic housewife, engulfed by terrorizing apparitions, kills off each, unknowing if these demons are merely figments of her hallucinatory imagination or part of reality.
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#1377(⇧260, #1637) Le souffle au coeur (1971)
[Murmur of the Heart] Directed by: Louis Malle Country: France, Italy, West Germany (281,14 Pts, 9 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1377←1637←987←1913←1909←2144←1219←2230←2266←NAICheckMovies: 1650 Checks , 153 Favourites , 7 Official lists Plot: As France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever-present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother.
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#1378(⇩130, #1248) The Bourne Identity (2002) Directed by: Doug Liman Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic, France (280,68 Pts, 10 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1378←1248←1355←1308←1222←967←847←660←752←684ICheckMovies: 65263 Checks , 2846 Favourites , 5 Official lists Plot: A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.
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#1379(⇩200, #1179) Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Directed by: John Carpenter Country: USA (280,62 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1379←1179←1067←1077←1080←1399←1248←1067←1033←760ICheckMovies: 5938 Checks , 353 Favourites , 6 Official lists Plot: An unlikely partnership between a Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary is formed to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
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#1380(NEW) Thieves' Highway (1949) Directed by: Jules Dassin Country: USA (280,3 Pts, 11 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1380←2406←1363←1659←1176←1088←978←1006←1103←756ICheckMovies: 1304 Checks , 92 Favourites , 5 Official lists Plot: A war-veteran-turned-truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw.
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#1381(⇧454, #1835) A Ghost Story (2017) Directed by: David Lowery Country: USA (280,02 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1381←1835←1708←1511←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NAICheckMovies: 2557 Checks , 264 Favourites , 2 Official lists Plot: In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.
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#1382(⇧94, #1476) The Seventh Victim (1943) Directed by: Mark Robson Country: USA (279,93 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1 History:1382←1476←1637←1529←2034←1984←2251←2185←2129←NAICheckMovies: 1519 Checks , 80 Favourites , 6 Official lists Plot: A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village, and finds that they may have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.
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#1383(⇧80, #1463) Carlito's Way (1993) Directed by: Brian De Palma Country: USA (279,5 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0 History:1383←1463←683←1078←892←951←925←992←715←629ICheckMovies: 11071 Checks , 848 Favourites , 4 Official lists Plot: A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
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