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1. Nuns story.
by dbdumonteil on 2 April 2002
2. Black Narcissus is a story of ghosts, wind, faith, frustration, sexual tension and madness.
by countryway_48864 on 31 August 2001
3. A film about nuns and lust ... but it's not what you'd expect.
by SilentType on 30 January 2001
4. Brooding atmosphere of its own...gorgeous color photography...
by Neil Doyle on 6 May 2001
5. Beautiful and Powerful
by Jon Kolenchak on 2 February 2001
6. The palace in the mountain
by jotix100 on 1 February 2006
7. One of the 3 most gorgeous films ever made
by Mr. Moviegame on 25 May 2000
8. Superb - beautiful Technicolor.
by Saman Perera on 10 December 2003
9. Human struggle defeated by place in a beautiful film
by Stewart Naunton (snaunton@glasnet.ru) on 20 February 2000
10. A Hypnotic and Dazzling Film
by brocksilvey on 24 April 2006
11. Underwhelmed
by mockturtle on 30 March 2005
12. Heart of Darkness
by JackBenjamin on 2 August 2008
13. See those eyes
by jc-osms on 21 October 2007
14. Beautiful Film: A Masterpiece!
by adrian290357 on 31 July 2008
15. A beautiful and haunting movie experience
by nnnn45089191 on 8 August 2007
16. Hypnotic, somewhat hallucinatory epic about survival and the starvation for intimacy...
by moonspinner55 on 18 October 2007
17. Powell's Reality - And Sabu
by LomzaLady on 3 October 2005
18. Hothouse bloom
by alan-morton on 8 September 2005
19. A classic that remains more watchable than most modern films.
by L. Denis Brown (ldbrown1@shaw.ca) on 29 January 2010
20. San Tanco without Bertrille
by Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) on 19 June 2007
21. Hard to Assess
by T Y on 30 September 2007
22. Visually Amazing
by jzappa on 21 May 2007
23. Excellent film with a ridiculous story
by funkyfry on 8 September 2010
24. A gripping story of obsession and desire.....
by maddylangham on 24 May 2008
25. The Roof Of the World
by bkoganbing on 24 January 2007
26. Cloistered Nuns and Subtle Eroticism High in the Himalayas in Fascinating Spiritual Melodrama
by Ed Uyeshima on 8 February 2006
27. Aha!
by Spleen on 13 February 2000
28. Great story telling but some strange exotica
by (blue-3) on 26 May 1999
29. Painting with Light
by Rathko on 12 May 2005
30. Beautiful, but misses greatness
by andyman618 (aking618@earthlink.net) on 14 October 2004
31. Screens Should Sweat
by TheFamilyBerzurcher on 7 March 2012
32. Angelic Duties In Daylight; Human Lusts Behind Bars???
by Marcin Kukuczka on 13 March 2011
33. Stunning
by TheLittleSongbird on 30 September 2010
34. White Narcissists
by tieman64 on 9 September 2010
35. Feast Your Eyes . . . Live the Dream
by blackfirepro on 21 August 2010
36. Do you see that crate? Sausages! They will eat sausages. Europeans eat sausages wherever they go.
by lastliberal on 18 February 2010
37. Pure sexual tension
by Lin Black on 15 February 2010
38. Black Narcissus: Out of a dream
by jadedalex on 16 January 2010
39. "Without discipline, we should all behave like children"
by Steffi_P on 20 February 2007
40. Fine Film
by Jake23232000 on 1 February 2006
41. it's the colours
by markbeatson on 6 October 2002
42. The Politics of "Black Narcissus"
by Terry Moran on 9 May 2001
43. One Nunnery You Should Not Get Thee To.
by Robert J. Maxwell (rmax304823@yahoo.com) on 3 February 2007
44. Stunning, Gorgeously Filmed, Nuns-Up-A-Mountain Psycho-Drama
by ShootingShark on 29 December 2005
45. A Technicolor Masterpiece
by irjillwillms on 11 November 2005
46. Score: Flesh 1, Spirit -0-
by rperea-1 on 26 November 2004
47. Oh Baby, Ruth!(possible almost half spoilers)
by manny75586 on 24 December 2003
48. The composed film...
by cairnsdavid on 18 November 2002
49. A one of a kind
by Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) on 12 September 2001
50. One of the all-time greats. A cinema classic.
by Louis Rugani (x779@webtv.net) on 17 August 1999

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