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The Lives of Others [Blu-ray]
The Lives of Others [Blu-ray]
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4.5 (261 reviews)
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5Intriguing!
5Redemption is always possible
5Still thinking about it 4 weeks later
40%Great film apart from lead actress and finale
51%A serious drama not afraid to deliver "popcorn movie" moments of excitement
51%Nearly perfect
51%Riveting Account Of Socialist East Europe In The Mid-1980s
51%"The Lives of Others" will touch your life
51%A gripping piece of history
51%The Evil Of Communism and Related Ideals..Beautiful movie.
51%HGW XX/7 rules!
20%DVD Region Codes
51%One of the great films
5The lives of others
51%The lives of others
50%Scary Stuff
51%You must see this film!!!
51%Somewhere, somehow, someone.....
50%Stasi Life
51%humanity overcomes a evil system
51%Chillingly Instructive of the society we are becoming.
51%A simple, powerful and poignant film.
51%Requiem for a Good Man
51%gradifying
51%Very good movie
51%Movie: 4.5/5 Picture Quality: 3.75~4.75/5 Sound Quality: 4/5 Extras: 2.25/5
51%Superbly-acted, -produced and -directed film!
51%Moving reflection to a time when the world was different
51%Das Leben der Anderer, one of the best movies I've seen in ages, I still can't get it out of my head....
51%Historically accurate portrayal of when the world changed.
20%Hard Work
51%The Evils of Communism
51%Kudos to Ulrich Muhe
51%Beautiful film!!
51%Totally excellent
30%Pacing problems derail otherwise excellent thriller.
10%Just kidding!
51%Easily one of the 10 best movies I've ever seen.
51%Beautifully done
51%A TRULY GREAT FILM!
51%A masterpiece
51%Wonderful film...
51%Hearing the heretics
51%Amazing!!!
51%Haunting Look At What Life was Like Under Totalitarianism
51%Excellent
51%An insightful look at the sad, somestimes desperate life, under the watch of the Stasi
51%Excellent Film
51%Chilling dramatization of socialist paradise
51%Low-key but effective creepiness
41%Humanity blooms in Cold War Germany
51%Beautifully Emotional
51%Well done
51%It Transcends The Genre
51%Decent translation / dubbing, good topic
51%a Master Piece
51%Big Brother is Watching You
50%Thrillingly insightful
41%Slow and low-budget but interesting twist on the biological impact of politics
40%Thought provoking, but somewhat unbelievable
51%The Lives of Others - great movie
51%Falling into the Lives of Others...
4unexpected hit
51%Exceptional film about how a corrupt system can pervert people's lives
41%Great movie....
51%highly recommended provocative
51%Will probably join your top 10 list
51%Insightful; 4.5 Stars
51%If Only American Films Could Be This Good
51% Compelling And Compulsive Viewing., 2 Sep 2007
50%ONE OF THE BEST
50%FLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK, OPUS 1
5A Rare Piece of Art
40%Nice foreign film
5Great movie!
5One of the best movies I ever saw
51%A moving tale of the discovery of Conscience
51%To those who want more state involvement in society (i.e., healthcare), watch this film.
5A Great Choice for Viewing in a Faith-and-Film Discussion Group
51%Awesome
51%a big thumbs up...with a suggestion
5Watch movie again for director's commentary
51%Excellent insights
50%The Future In America
40%Surpisingly good movie
5Wonderful International Film
5The most recent evil in Germany
5The Lives of Others
50%Great Movie
5Magnificent, Thrilling, Frightening
51%The Joyless Lives of Imperfect Humans
51%freedom is priceless
51%As it was then, is becoming again
51%Wow! A sophisticated thriller
51%wonderful
40%Strong story, solid acting, good directing, contemporary relevance ... so why am I not all that impressed?
51%Absolute must see!
31%Subtitles lost on Widescreen TVs!!!
5Drama at its best
51%I don't have the words to do this movie justice...
51%The Lives of Others - You'll Love This German Film
51%The life of his own
40%where's the typewriter?
40%The Lives of Others
51%"Can anyone who has heard this music--I mean truly heard it--really be a bad person?"
10%snoozer
51%Throw another perfect score onto the pile!
5A crowd pleaser
5Excellent DVD edition of a great film
51%Wonderful film experience
51%A very powerful movie
5A profound film
4It's a five star movie, but I don't give 5 stars.
5A Truly Scary Tale
5These secrets are worth listening to...
5The Lie of Communism Laid Bare
51%Awesome movie
5A MUST SEE!!
5Deeply moving
5Great film but Unbox version is shaky
5In theTime of Fascism
5Excellent piece of history
55 stars I'll not regret
5The best movie ever made.
5The Lives of Others
51%Amazing, little known movie
51%It completely deserves winning the 2006 Academy Award for best foreign film
51%Best movie I've seen in years.
5A well-deserved Oscar
5Great Movie, Great Lesson
5Somebody's Watching You
51%Fascinating and informative as well
5Quite simply, an excellent movie
51%Definitely worth viewing!
4How gorgeous is this story??
41%Exemplary HD Picture and interesting Film
5the lives of others
5East German Homeland Security - Staatssicherheit!
5Just a few short years ago......
51%The best film in years
5The Secret Police Are Everywhere!
51%The Silence of the Man.....
51%Great Movie
30%Have patience
20%Very slow, but through provoking....
51%Great Drama
51%HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
51%Excellent
5Never to be forgotten
51%"Don't let this blackness into your life"
51%Homage to a Good Man Who Grows Beyond His Evil System
41%Tapping Into Tyranny
51%Powerful and Personal Political Drama.
50%The Road to Serfdom
5Sobering, Powerful Story of Oppression...
50%The lives of Others
5a movie to own
41%One of the Best of 2006
51%What a good movie
51%Microcosm of the defective East German political system
51%Humanity Over Reason
5The Lives of Others
51%Underappreciated
20%Exceedingly poor sub-titling on an excellent film
51%The Lives of others
30%Fire away with the unhelpfuls, but I didn't love it
51%1984, East Germany - Shield and Sword of the Party know everything
41%For those that never knew...
51%Suspenseful, Nuanced Character Study Puts a Spotlight on a Little Known Aspect of the Cold War
51%Brilliant and Gripping
50%One terrific movie
51%Living in totalitarian system
51%Brilliant and frightening film
51%Sure to be an all-time classic
51%A great movie
30%A Polite Dissent
51%The Lives fo Others
55 Star Movie
40%Interesting Outing
51%One of the best films now on Blu-Ray
51%A++ Film
51%The mechanisms of dictatorship
51%an unforgettable film
51%Moving
51%Don't miss the director's commentary!
51%Worth it
50%fantastic movie that will stay with you for a long time!
50%OUR GIFT
51%It's for you
40%Classy German film with thought provoking ideas but not exactly exceptional
51%Beautiful, elegant film; simple story, profound implications
20%Boring
51%A glimpse into another time and world
5Brilliant film
51%Brilliant movie. If there are more German movies of this caliber bring them to the U.S now please.
51%Top Class
51%Great Story, Great Characters, Great Movie
10%If you don't speak Gernan, forget it!
41%fine drama despite a gaping hole in the screenplay
51%Powerful movie
51%Memories of things to come
51%"To know everything."
51%you can feel the oppressiveness of the system
51%Watched it Twice - Great Character Study - Great Film
5Must-see cinema: von Donnersmarck's 'Das Leben der Anderen.'
51%THE SCRUTINIZING EYE STATE!
51%Bleak Beyond Belief
51%1984 on steroids
51%Stasi wants "to know everything."
51%An Eerie and Remarkable Portait of Totalitarianism
50%Great movie.
51%If there were 6 stars, this film would deserve it!
51%Mystery Oscar
51%frsh perspective
51%A Thinking Man's Thriller of Cold War Germany
51%Winner for a Reason, Timeless for a Reason
51%Sonata for a Good Man
51%Don't Miss This
51%one of the best
51%Spying on Dreyman, a very realistic drama
41%"The death of all hope."
51%The Man In the Grey Flannel Life
20%Mediocre
51%A film for those who love people.
51%Behind the lives of those behind the Iron Curtain
51%A great film!
51%SOZIALISTEN REALPOLITIK
51%So real and so moving. What tyrannical political systems can do to people's lives
51%"What is a director that cannot direct?"
5One of the Best Films I've Seen.
51%Uplifting
51%Great Film
41%Great film, though not a masterpiece
41%"We want to know everything..."
51%Intelligent, Emotional and No Let-up. You Just Shouldn't Miss it.
51%A True 1984!
51%A sad, thoughtful and redemptive film
51%The Best Movie of 2006
51%Thaw Factor
51%The good can win...
5A tale of self discovery, and change
51%Worth the effort
51%An outstanding film in every way
51%Absolutely compelling and thought provoking
41%SEE THIS FILM!! Reviews gives too much away.This film is a masterpiece!
51%An indictment of altruism
51%A superior film!
41%Better Than Pan's Labyrinth? According to the Academy, It Is...
51%The Survival of the Individual Under the Cloud of Totalitarianism
51%A Great Look At How People Lived in East Germany
51%To HGW XX/7, with gratitude
51%The Drone
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