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- DirectorTony GatlifCathy KonradStarsAntonio CanalesOrestes Villasan RodríguezAntonio DechentVengo is a majestic ode to the artistry and magic of flamenco dancing, set against the compelling backdrop of two gypsy families locked in an age old struggle for power.
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsDavor DujmovicBora TodorovicLjubica AdzovicIn this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsBajram SeverdzanSrdjan 'Zika' TodorovicBranka KaticMatko and his son Zare live on the banks of the Danube river and get by through hustling and basically doing anything to make a living. In order to pay off a business debt Matko agrees to marry off Zare to the sister of a local gangster.
- DirectorEmil LoteanuStarsGrigore GrigoriuSvetlana TomaBarasbi MulayevRada, a beautiful and very proud gipsy girl is used to steal men's hearts and monk them. Zobar is a horse thief who's heart is stolen by Rada and his mind is bewitched. He is ready to give up his freedom but not his pride.
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsClaude BrasseurValérie KapriskyMartin LamotteA stuffy bank clerk has his humdrum existence turned upside-down when a free-spirited, larcenous gipsy girl falls in love with him.
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsEric RobertsJudd HirschSusan SarandonIn the criminal and violent world of modern-day Gypsies based in New York City, their 'king' Zharko Stepanowicz passes his leadership to his unwilling grandson, leaving the skipped father resentful.
- DirectorManuel PalaciosStarsJoaquín CortésLaetitia CastaMarta BelausteguiAndres did his time in jail following a false accusation. He doesn't care about revenge, however the unwritten Romani law bounds him to strike back.
- DirectorTony GatlifStarsLa CaitaThe journey of the Romany people told through musicians and dancers of India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain.
- DirectorTony GatlifStarsRomain DurisRona HartnerIzidor SerbanA man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.
- DirectorYan FridStarsMikhail BoyarskiyAnna SamokhinaYuriy BogatyryovThe impoverished nobleman and freethinker don César de Bazan was sentenced to death. Before his death, the king's minister, Don José, asks for his favor - to marry a stranger and give her his noble title.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsAlain DelonPaul MeurisseAnnie GirardotHugo Sennart, a French gypsy, is wanted by the police for theft. Gypsy has a couple of scores to settle and one more little thing to do before he fades into the shadows.
- DirectorJoanna Kos-KrauzeKrzysztof KrauzeStarsJowita BudnikZbigniew WalerysAntoni PawlickiThe rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.
- DirectorAleksandar PetrovicStarsBekim FehmiuOlivera KatarinaVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicTensions arise in a Gypsy community when a local feather seller falls in love with a much younger girl.
- DirectorRobert DuvallStarsAngelo EvansMichael EvansRuthie EvansStep into the world of gypsy life. Come meet Angelo and his family. See the gypsy court system. A gypsy wedding where a boy's family pays for his wife. Come see the gypsy lifestyle, how they live, how they love family.
- StarsSema SariMeryem ÖzkanatJanne CarlssonThe gypsy girl Katitzi is eight years old and lives in an orphanage. One day, her father unexpectedly comes and fetches her to the family, consisting of three older siblings and her father's new wife.
- StarsVanessa FurstAnne RidlerMelissa DockerA sheltered gypsy girl finds it hard to adapt to life at a mainstream British school.
- DirectorJack N. GreenStarsBill PaxtonMark WahlbergJulianna MarguliesA man joins a group of nomadic con artists in rural North Carolina.
- DirectorJasmine DellalStarsMaharajaEsma RedzepovaTaraf de HaidouksA brief look into Romani culture and Rom (Gypsies) from around the globe as five famous Romani groups tour the USA. The film visits their families at home in Spain, India, Macedonia and Romania.
- DirectorSheree FolksonStarsJack DavenportJack WarrenNeve McIntoshAt first sparks fly when a beautiful gypsy widow and a lawyer widower meet. He later tries to get her to sign a settlement concerning the death of her husband and in the process they get to know each other better as do their daughters.
- DirectorNiazi MostafaStarsKoukaSaad Abdel WahabAbdel Hamid Bodaoha"Wahiba - Queen of the Gypsies" - dancing, music, exoticism and forbidden pleasures.
- DirectorJocelyn M. AjamiStarsCarmen AmayaBiography of the greatest Romani flamenco dancer, Carmen Amaya. Contains archival dance clips, interviews with family, scholars, friends and former company members, as well as vintage photos and original music.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsViveca LindforsAlf KjellinEdvin AdolphsonIn 14th Century Sweden, when Lorld Erland Maneskold marries Singoalla, a gypsy, he abandons his worldly possessions. The gypsies, who meanwhile have stolen the Maneskold treasure, want the couple to join their caravan to escape detection. A jealous suitor makes Erland think Singoalla has betrayed him, and he returns to his castle, where a battle between the gypsies and the landed-gentry ensues. Ten years later, Sorgbarn, the son born to Singoalla from the brief marriage sets out to find his father Erland. He does and tries to bring his parents together. He succeeds briefly, but is hurt in an accident and dies. Erland's mind snaps when Singoalla is killed by a vindictive gypsy and he retires to his castle, demented and alone.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsGeraldine FarrarWallace ReidPedro de CordobaIn order to help her smuggler kinsmen, a sultry gypsy seduces and corrupts an officer of the Civil Guard turning him into a traitor and murderer.
- DirectorKurt WilhelmStarsCarlos ThompsonHeidi BrühlWilly MillowitschThe young Sandor comes to Timisoara and immediately takes on the pig farmer Zsupan to help the gypsy girl Saffi. As a result, he has bad cards when he spontaneously falls in love with Zsupan's daughter Arsena. In the castle of the Barinkays, which fell in Ungande, Sandor meets a group of gypsies. The old Czipra realizes that Sandor is the son of the Barinkays. Sandor is looking for the family treasure and has to choose between Arsena and Saffi.
- DirectorArthur Maria RabenaltStarsPaul HörbigerGerhard RiedmannMargit SaadSandor Barinkay returns from the Hungarian war against the Turks to the house of his father. Full of energy and ambition, he wishes to rebuild the land destroyed in the fighting.
- DirectorKris McManusStarsShane SweeneyTom GeoffreyAlex EdwardsFour friends set out on a motorcycle adventure weekend, clocking up miles in an attempt to outrun their age and urban lifestyles. After bartering with a local land owner for a place to set up camp, they spend the night reminiscing over their wasted youth. The following morning they spot an ominous looking caravan, and decide to investigate. Within minutes, an idiotic prank leads to a series of brutal events and a deadly race for survival. A modern plunge back into the worlds created by movies such as 'Deliverance' and 'Southern Comfort' but with a gritty British twang. Kidnap, murder and a hidden past are just some of the reasons these four adventurers should have stayed at home. An action thriller that will make you question who the villains really are. You cant outrun what's in your blood.
- DirectorLamberto V. AvellanaStarsRosa RosalTony SantosLeroy SalvadorHassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala-amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although the Hassan is willing to give up his lifestyle for Bala-amai and vice versa, the Moros plot to break up the union of the happy couple.
- DirectorTony GatlifStarsMarc LavoineMarie-Josée CrozeJames ThierréeA Gypsy family travels the French roads during the Second World War, followed by Little Claude, a young boy seeking a new family after his parents "left and never returned". Upon reaching a town where they traditionally stop for a few months and work in vineyards, they learn that a new law forbids them from being nomadic. Theodore, the town's mayor, and Miss Lundi, the schoolteacher, protect and help the Gypsies. Despite this, They are arrested and placed in an internment camp. Theodore manages to rescue them and gives them a piece of property where they must settle. But the Gypsies' deeply ingrained thirst for freedom makes this sedentary lifestyle difficult to bear. After Theodore and Miss Lundi are arrested for resistance, the Gypsies decide they must get back on the move in order to remain free.
- DirectorTony GatlifStarsOscar CoppLou RechTchavolo SchmittMax is on holiday at his grandmother's place in the Elzas in France. He's fascinated by the guitar playing of gypsy Miraldo. In exchange for writing letters to the social security institutes he gets guitar lessons from Miraldo. He becomes friends with Swing, a boyish gypsy girl, who shows him nature and takes him to exuberant musical evenings.