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Stranger Than Paradise
Why this pick
Jarmusch’s similarly spare black-and-white road drift turns deadpan exchanges, awkward companionship and empty urban spaces into gently offbeat melancholy.
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MOVIE1986 1h 46m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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