All Recommendations

Senso
7.2

Senso

1954

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

Conversation Piece
7.3

Conversation Piece

1974

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.

Ludwig
7.5

Ludwig

1973

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.

The Stranger
6.8

The Stranger

1967

Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of violence, culminating in murder.

La Terra Trema
7.7

La Terra Trema

1949

In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.

The Cousins
6.8

The Cousins

1959

Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul is a decadent, bohemian pleasure-seeker who shows the meek, diligent Charles the thrills of city life. When Charles falls for Florence, one of Paul's acquaintances, relationships begin to shift.

Dorian Gray
5.2

Dorian Gray

1970

London, England. Dorian Gray is a young man who somehow keeps his beauty eternally, while a mysterious portrait of himself gradually reveals his moral decay.

The President's Last Bang
6.7

The President's Last Bang

2005

On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.

Rage Net
5.2

Rage Net

1988

Another of Brakhage’s works of “moving visual thinking,” Rage Net reminds one of the vibrant pioneering experiments of European animators of the 1920s.

Hurry Slowly
7.2

Hurry Slowly

2018

Fiona and her autistic brother Tom live alone in an old house on an island off the north-western coast of Norway. Tom's 18th birthday is coming up, and Fiona hopes to obtain a permanent place for Tom at an assisted living facility in the nearest town.

Death in Venice
7.3

Death in Venice

1971

Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.

Ossessione
7.5

Ossessione

1944

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.

In the Shadow of Iris
5.9

In the Shadow of Iris

2016

The sudden disappearance of a wealthy banker's wife cracks open a dizzying world of secret fetishes, desperate acts and elaborate deceptions.

Desperately Seeking Susan
6.1

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.

Laws of Attraction
5.8

Laws of Attraction

2004

Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.

Dreams
7.7

Dreams

1990

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

La Grande Bouffe
7.2

La Grande Bouffe

1973

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

Populaire
6.6

Populaire

2012

An insurance agent and his new secretary become locked in the grip of romance and competition as they train together for a speed-typing contest.

A Boss in the Living Room
6.0

A Boss in the Living Room

2014

Cristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house arrests at Cristina’s home.

Koyaanisqatsi
7.9

Koyaanisqatsi

1983

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.