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Waltz with Bashir

2008 · Animation, Documentary, War

A filmmaker interviews fellow veterans to recover his lost memories of the 1982 Lebanon War.

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Director
Ari Folman
Country
Israel

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42 movies, including 20 Days in Mariupol, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Grey Gardens, Koyaanisqatsi, Night and Fog, The Act of Killing.

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The list holds 42 movies. Every pick uses a cryptographically secure random number generator — your browser's, which the operating system keeps seeded with physical noise from your device's hardware — so there are no patterns and no favourites.

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Source: Random Wonder editorial compilation (well-regarded feature films from around the world, 1920s to 2020s); years, directors and countries cross-checked by web verification against public reference sources (e.g. Wikipedia) in September 2026. Last reviewed 2026-09-29.

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