Big Sur
1962★ 4.8
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The Blind Assassin
2000★ 5.2
Norwegian Wood
1987★ 5.3
The Dharma Bums
1958★ 6.0
Lucky Jim
1954★ 6.3
Tropic of Cancer
1934★ 6.5
Of Human Bondage
1915★ 6.6
O Pioneers!
1913★ 6.7
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
1940★ 6.9
Tender is the Night
1934★ 6.9
Howards End
1910★ 7.0
Sentimental Education
1869★ 7.0
The Glass Menagerie
1944★ 7.0
The Ambassadors
1903★ 7.1
Bacchae
405 BC★ 7.4
Infinite Jest
1996★ 7.7
Herzog
1964★ 7.8
Under the Volcano
1947★ 8.0
The Sun Also Rises
1926★ 8.0
Portrait of a Lady
1881★ 8.1