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The International

ActionThrillerCrimeMystery

Directed by Tom Tykwer

An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk. From TMDB

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The International is a 2009 action thriller crime film, directed by Tom Tykwer, starring Clive Owen, Naomi Watts and Armin Mueller-Stahl.

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  • Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    🇪🇸 ESPAÑA! 🇪🇸 Way back when, SITGES was one of the first places to give our indie British sci-fi film MOON a chance on the International stage & Im delighted to say ROGUE TROOPER will be there NEXT WEEK! We love you, we love SITGES and we are coming BACK! 💪🏼❤️✌🏼 sitgesfilmfestival.com/en/film/2026...

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  • City of Rochester, New York @cityofrochester.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2025

    It is Hispanic Heritage Month in the City of Rochester and Monroe County! Join us for events all month long, from Sunday markets at the International Plaza to film nights at the Dryden Theatre and a community celebration at the Memorial Art Gallery. Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/HispanicHeritage

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  • The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.comBluesky · Jan 9, 2025

    ⚡️ Russian propagandist, Crimean Bridge film director Keosayan in coma after suffering clinical death. Tigran Keosayan hosted the International Pilorama program on the Russian state-controlled NTV channel. His directorial career began in 1992. Since then, he has directed about 20 films.

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  • Johnny Oberg @johnoberg.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2024

    The International Vegan Film Festival in Toronto was incredible. 🍿 I was honored to speak to 100 animal advocates on how to utilize the power of social media to create a kinder world for animals. ✊🏼 Thx to Emma Schwarz for the invite to speak and to everyone who attended my talk + the festival. 🫶🏼

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  • Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2026

    I got to co-write a speech with Bill Nye and wrote bits for astronauts to film on the International Space Station. Life ain't always a straight arrow, but at least it's occasionally nice.

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  • Simon Macko @shoocharu.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2026

    Our Dracula short film, "Yesterday I Lived Forever", which we made last year with Lars Mikkelsen and Sofie Gråbøl, has been selected for The International New York Film Festival in the animation category! Yay!

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  • Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    In the new documentary “Who Moves America,” filmmaker Yael Bridge offers a window into the working-class culture of one of the country’s largest unions, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, at United Parcel Service in 2023 labornotes.org/blogs/2026/1...

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  • Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 5, 2026

    This makes the Golden Globes look credible. Hand out the International Film award with all the others or don’t give it at all; don’t shove a trinket at an unsuspecting director on the red carpet with a condescending chirp and then cut away before they can say a word.

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  • TFRaw.com Transformers Multimedia Archive @walruslaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2024

    Just in time for the Anniversary of the UK release of the film i can bring you a HD Fan Edit of the International Cut of Transformers: The Movie just how i remember it growing up. 🎞️ youtu.be/ivnMU4K6v7U

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  • Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2025

    "Caribbean Film Festival Joins Sankofa Day celebrations" Sankofa Day is a full-day cultural event honouring the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. newsday.co.tt/2025/08/22/c...

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  • Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 1, 2025

    SUPERB! The Film Atlas is a collaboration between the International Federation of Film Archives and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is - or aims to be - an interactive global map of the history of film technology. The site has just gone live and it is free to use for all. www.filmatlas.com

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  • Donato @donatoarts.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2024

    The NY Times has an article headline about the two astronauts currently stranded on the International Space Station which sounds a bit like the time distortion experienced by two astronauts from the movie Interstellar! Wishing these astronauts the best for their safe return.

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  • Dave Kehr @davekehr.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2024

    Here's a statement from the Executive Committe of FIAF (the International Federation of Film Archives) concerning the recent dismissal of eight senior employees from the Academy Film Archive. Spoiler alert: they are not in favor of it. www.fiafnet.org/pages/Commun...

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  • Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    HitchCon — The International Alfred Hitchcock Conference — is online today + tomorrow. "With a special focus on the films of David Lynch"! www.macguffin.media/hitchcon/26 #FilmSky

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  • kdrama news @kdramanews.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    The International Emmys have officially announced the 2026 nominees, and #HyperKnife has been nominated in the TV Movie/Mini-Series category! 🎉 #ParkEunBin has now starred in three kdramas nominated at the Int. Emmy Awards, including #TheKingsAffection and #ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo.

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  • Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2025

    Pleased to have signed this statement against censorious government crackdowns at the International Film Festival of Kerala www.facebook.com/616536382/po...

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  • Kurt Alan @tmp0raryher0.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2025

    BREAKING: Trump demands immunity from the International Criminal Court. The Trump White House has just issued a threat straight out of a mob movie: promise not to prosecute Donald Trump ever, or we’ll sanction the ICC. This includes Hegseth & possible events in Gaza & Afghanistan

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  • Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2026

    Well, I would have picked "The Secret Agent," but every film nominated in the International Feature category was great.

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  • Neil S. Bulk @nsbulk.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Congrats to MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys of @lalalandrecords.bsky.social for winning the 2024 "Film Music Record Label of the Year" from the International Film Music Critics Association.

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  • Redrogue @redrogue4711.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    Just wanted to give you a heads up to the International Silent Movie Festival in Bonn, Germany taking place right now. It also has a limited streaming service until 20th Aug. stummfilmtage.culturebase.org/#video-anchor

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  • Loren Coleman @cryptozooloren.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    The authentic movie prop of the replica FeeJee Mermaid from the film P. T. Barnum (1999), was created by artist Erik Gosselin of LifeMakerFX, Quebec. At the International Cryptozoology Museum. @cryptozooloren.bsky.social

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  • Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2024

    This slightly deranged, wholly delightful account has a serious side to it, Getting Iceland's cricketers an Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council. One day, someone will make an underdog movie about them. #Cricket #Iceland

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  • Sarah Manvel @cairdiul.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    go.bsky.app/8MmVv3L So I've set up another 📽️ starter pack, for the International Film Society Critics! We're all worth a follow

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  • Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2026

    Soft, tactile visuals portray difficult truths, creating a handmade film that reframes suffering and the toll of mental illness through tenderness and empathy. The film screens at the International Film Festival Rotterdam tomorrow.

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  • The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.comBluesky · May 20, 2026

    Last night was a movie A huge thank you to the International Booker Prize 2026 judges, all the nominated authors and translators, and to all of you for reading along with us!

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  • YTSL @ytsl.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2026

    "July" (2004)*, Tammy Cheung's documentary about the July 1st, 2003, protest march, looks to be available to view in its entirety on YouTube... *For some reason, its release date is listed as 2007 on the International Movie Database.

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  • Stix 🇵🇸 @rbpstix.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2025

    Been quietly rereading Chainsaw Man Part 1 to prep for Reze movie. Idk why I was so confused reading the International Assassins arc on my first time reading. It’s so straightforward lol

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  • Cowboy Friday @thotstream.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2023

    the color grade on that movie you like is the sort of mistake the International Criminal Court was invented to correct

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  • CarlP @carl1339.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    The #ParkEunBin #KDrama #HyperKnife has been nominated for Best TV Movie / Mini Series at the International Emmy Awards. I really feel this series went under the radar of many KDrama viewers so I hope this nomination might get more people to check it out.

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  • I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.appBluesky · Apr 4, 2026

    The International (2009) good movie!

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  • Chob @chob316.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    There's many reasons I wish my old job's arts venue never closed. We did some events in collaboration with the International Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame and I was gonna pitch a series of wrestling movie nights. With your obvious picks but also stuff like I Like To Hurt People, Santo movies, etc.

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  • Anonymous Wendigo @anonymous-wendigo.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    The silence, absence of phones and respect shown last night during the Canadian Panorama Animation screening for the International Festival was just amazing Normally, I avoid the movie theatres because I’m cursed and people talk, shout, are on their phones etc. Ruins everything Loved last night!

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  • Pop Tea @poptea.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2024

    “EMILIA PÉREZ” has won the Peroni 0.0% Audience Award at the Stockholm Film Festival and also won The International Film Critics’ Prize from FIPRESCI. — FIPRESCI is the International Federation of Film Critics’ uniting film critics of over 50 countries.

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  • Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    THE SHINING (1980) * Watch 2 of the International Cut. I've seen this movie now...15 times? SK did my man Durkin dirty I think I prefer the full North American cut. Mostly because I'm used to the rhythms By cutting some exterior characters...it becomes more a chamber piece

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  • Peter Charbonneau @pcharbonneau21.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2026

    A movie so gloriously cheesy the International Association of Cheeses gave it their ringing endorsement!

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  • 🇨🇦 Christine 🇨🇦 @grubsweatcheers.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 6, 2026

    I’m doing a 3 movie night: 1st: The International - which I quite enjoyed. 2nd: Perfect Stranger - calling it a big steaming pile of shite, does a disservice to shite. 3rd: 8mm - just starting it and I feel it will fall somewhere in between.

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  • 황재윤 - currently making something @jaywhangdoesstuff.comBluesky · Sep 29, 2026

    Not gonna name names, but I know a left-leaning content creator who trivialized a real-life atrocity by comparing a mediocre movie remake to a war crime worthy of getting tried at the International Court. And that was after them discussing the on-going state violence worthy of the ICC trial.

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  • Pepper Culpepper @pculpepper.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    Enjoyed talking to John Torpey on the International Horizons podcast about public opinion and its relation to the climactic scene from the movie Network: “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore”.

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  • Derek Sylvester @dereksylvester.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2026

    ‘Slick’ Fairlane is a former stock car champ and a B Movie star. Slick always refers to himself in the third person. “Slick Fairlane is the Last of the International Playboys”, is his favorite line. Anglia thinks Slick needs to be taken down a peg or three.

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  • Jaquazia Wilson @jwilson051998.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    Happy International Animation Day International Animation Day Is Celebrated Every Year On October 28. Proclaimed In 2002 By The International Animated Film Association (ASIFA), The Day Honors The Artists, Scientists, And Technicians Behind Animated Art. It Commemorates October 28, 1892, When

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  • Joanna @jothecurious.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    Last week, I watched six of Julie and Roger Corman's films: 🎞️ A Bucket of Blood 🎞️ Bloody Mama 🎞️ The Lady in Red 🎞️ The Fall of the House of Usher 🎞️ The Little Shop of Horrors 🎞️ Boxcar Bertha I am now officially a fan! Really thankful for the retrospective at the International Film Festival Hof 📽️

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  • Russ Emanuel @russem31.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    A PERSONAL MAJOR NEW NOMINATION! I’ve been recognized by the International Council of Distinction and Merit as an Official 2027 Award Nominee for the Filmmaker of the Year, recognizing my film career including my 7 feature films! www.icdmawards.org www.instagram.com/p/DfTr1Gdt7B...

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  • Retro Report @retroreport.orgBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    We're honored that Free Joan Little made the International Documentary Association Shortlist alongside these other fantastic films. For more updates on Free Joan Little news and upcoming screenings/film festivals, visit our website: retroreport.org/free-joan-li...

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  • Eamonn Griffin @eamonngriffin.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    All hail the International Disney Film Releases Archives wiki - idfra.fandom.com

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  • Russ Emanuel @russem31.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    ALL FOR TOMORROW NEW SELECTION! “All For Tomorrow” Feature Film Teaser Trailer is an OFFICIAL SELECTION at the International Horror, Fantastic and Action Film Festival and Awards “DROP”, taking place October 28, 2026, in Moscow, Russian Federation.   horrorpremia.com

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  • Midnightplatasm IV: Oblivion @midnightplat.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    To my knowledge that leaves us with The International, which while a great movie, Clive Owens "Interpol Agent" wouldn't be doing any of that.

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  • Chaotic-Strike @chaotic-strike.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    I got you covered its the International dub version (which I think it was actually good for this film), but its the best transfer of the film till Toho releases their 4K. archive.org/details/son-...

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  • Frank Pozen Toronto, Canada @frankp316.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    @willmckinley.bsky.social Music/movie birthday. Helen Jones Woods 1923-2020. Jazz trombonist with the band The International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Appeared in the 1946 film That Man of Mine.

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  • Torontoplex @torontoplex.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    More - One more chance for Doc Soup selection HANGING BY A WIRE this morning at Hot Docs, Filipino concert film SB19 WAKAS AT SIMULA plays Cineplex, Toronto Indie Horror FF continues at Eyesore Cinema, the International FF of South Asia kicks off in Mississauga. #toRep

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  • Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Honored to welcome @jeremygladen.bsky.social to The Alliance as we come closer to bringing the International Mobile Film Festival closer to the global smartphone filmmaking community in a new chapter for our film festival. Stay tuned! #mobilefilmmaking #indiecommunity #indiefilm

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  • Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    Flashback! Next level red carpet at our unique red carpet traditional show starring the filmmakers, during the INTERNATIONAL MOBILE FILM FESTIVAL ™ No ai.

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  • Russ Emanuel @russem31.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    STAYCATION NEW ACCEPTANCE!!! “Staycation” (aka “Apocalypse Death Party”) is a QUARTER-FINALIST at the International Tour Film Festival, during October 7-11, 2026, in Rome, Italy! Thank you to the Festival and Go Team Staycation!   www.internationaltourfilmfest.com

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  • Jeff Burman @jeff-57.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    The Israeli Minister of Culture continues to call for dropping the citizenship of the two directors of a documentary film on the conditions in Gaza. The International Documentary Association has stepped in on the side of the two directors, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. deadline.com/2026/09/naza...

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  • astrobeck @astrobeck.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    I got tickets to camp at the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque! Now to decide which camera(s) and film .

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  • CarlP @carl1339.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    #HyperKnife has just been nominated for Best TV Movie / Mini Series at the International Emmy Awards. I also feel this series went under the radar of many #KDrama viewers so I hope this nomination might get more people to check it out.

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  • jp @jprrMastodon · Jun 27, 2024

    On the surface, The International is nothing to write home about. I will give it props, though, for having a better grasp than most action flicks of how Interpol works. #TheInternational #MovieReview #Action #Film https://ninetypercentcrapmoviereviews.wordpress.com/2024/06/27/the-international/

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  • TriumphFilmFest @triumphfilmfest.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2026

    🎬 Your Film Deserves the International Spotlight! 🏆 Submit your film to Triumph International Film Festival 2027 and showcase your talent to a global audience. 🚀 SUBMIT NOW: triumphfest.com #TriumphIFF #TriumphFilmFestival #FilmFestival2027

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  • BhoyPablo @bhoypablo.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2026

    Your brain is broken. There's a litany of evidence. The world sees it and Israel will pay. Your cowardly armed forces film themselves shooting civilian children. The International Courts will imprison and (hopefully) execute those responsible. Israel can't fight anyone but babies and old women.

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  • Nathan @graymarket.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Seeing the International Cut of The Shining was very cool. Amazing to see a movie I've seen 100 times even leaner and meaner. Now time to read 1 star reviews on Letterboxd and look into the mind of someone who doesn't understand make believe.

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  • Timothy Harvey @timothyharvey.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    In honor of Patrick Stewart, I'm celebrating Halloween by watching the 2nd thing I ever saw him in: LIFEFORCE. (Lynch's DUNE was first, of course.) Going with the International Cut, & while I remember this film as being a crazy trip, it's clear I've forgotten how bonkers this movie actually is.

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