Just got to get the soundtrack!

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Not that I don't rate the films in this list (at least one I consider to be one of the last great films of the 20th Century and another is one of my all time cine-amores). It's just that these particular soundtracks made a profound impression on me. They're kind of cine-jukeboxes of great songs - I'm not referring here to musicals but to a roster of songs (that usually carry or enrich the film or propel the plot) as opposed to an original score - that kind of list is simply far too difficult to narrow down!

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Awaydays (2009,  Unrated)
Awaydays
A really badly made film in many respects and the zero budget is glaringly obvious right from the start. Of course a low budget doesn't make a bad film and can often go in the film's favour, helping to give a film a raw, gritty and more credible feel for example. But good direction doesn't cost anything and here they don't seem to have bothered at all. It often feels like the actors were left to get on with it by themselves - unwise with a cast of (mostly) unknowns. The story is all over the place and characterisation is hamfisted and mealymouthed. So why did I like it so much??...
Maybe cus it's British and cheaply made and, funnily enough, it's not some dumb horror? Maybe cus there are no big stars, or celeb endorsements, or product placement, media hype, explosions or smug knowing in-jokes. Maybe it's cus The News Of The World slagged it off?
Or maybe I'm just a sucker for a story about a homo, tortured by self-loathing and unrequited love, set to a fantastic soundtrack? (it is FUCKING fantastic!). Maybe cus it's a failure but at least they tried?
Actually it's all of the above. It's certainly nowhere near in the same league as 'Control' or the best of Shane Meadows (to which some lazy critics have compared it to) but despite (and sometimes because of) it's many flaws it's not a bad little film and I really enjoyed it.
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Marie Antoinette (2006,  PG-13)
3
Control (2007,  R)
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Donkey Punch (2008,  R)
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Magnolia (1999,  R)
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Shortbus (2006,  Unrated)
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Donnie Darko (2001,  R)
8
Trainspotting (1996,  R)
9
Harold and Maude (1971,  PG)
10
Flashbacks of a Fool (2008,  R)

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