All Recommendations

Strange Circus
7.2

Strange Circus

2005

The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.

Rebels of the Neon God
7.3

Rebels of the Neon God

1994

In Taipei, revenge and love twist the paths of wayward youths.

Ajin: Demi-Human
7.4

Ajin: Demi-Human

2017

Kei Nagai dies in a car accident, but realises he is a type of immortal known as Ajin. Hunted by humans, Ajin is eventually found by the government and used as a subject in cruel experiments. He finds fellow demi-humans along the way as he escapes and goes on the run.

Taboo
6.6

Taboo

1999

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.

Twilight's Kiss
6.6

Twilight's Kiss

2020

One day Pak, a taxi driver who refuses to retire, meets Hoi, a retired single father, in a park. Although both are secretly gay, they are proud of the families they have created through hard work and determination. Yet in that brief initial encounter, something is unleashed in them which had been suppressed for so many years. As both men recount and recall their personal histories, they also contemplate a possible future together.

The Family Fang
5.8

The Family Fang

2016

A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
7.3

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

1972

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.

Princess
5.8

Princess

2010

Princess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital in 1945.

Lost Boys
6.1

Lost Boys

2020

Lost Boys tells the true, undisguised story of what happened ten years ago, after group of friends continued their eternal afterparty following the success of their movie premiere, Reindeerspotting: Escape From Santaland, which depicted group of drug users from Rovaniemi, Finland. The partying ends when friends of Joonas goes missing and Jani dies violently in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Joonas takes his camera and sets out to find out what happened to his friend. Was it all about drugs, women and money or do the traces lead somewhere deeper?

Taxi Hunter
6.2

Taxi Hunter

1993

Kin is a hard-working insurance salesman with a very pregnant wife. When his wife starts haemorrhaging, he calls a taxi, but it leaves when someone else offers more money. After his wife dies, Kin vows to get revenge on all taxi drivers by taking them out one at a time.

Bang Bang!
6.2

Bang Bang!

2014

A young bank receptionist gets mixed up with Rajveer Nanda, a man who has a mysterious background.

It's Such a Beautiful Day
7.9

It's Such a Beautiful Day

2012

Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.

The Gilded Cage
6.7

The Gilded Cage

2013

In the beautiful area of ​​Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground floor of a Haussmann building, in their dear little lodge.

La Grande Bouffe
7.1

La Grande Bouffe

1973

Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.

Dreams
7.7

Dreams

1990

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.

Hard Boiled
7.5

Hard Boiled

1992

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

Castaway on the Moon
7.9

Castaway on the Moon

2009

Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River - only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a new life as a castaway. His antics catch the attention of a young woman whose apartment overlooks the river. Her discovery changes both their lives.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
7.0

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Cure
7.5

Cure

1997

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.

The Crow
7.5

The Crow

1994

Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.