Princess Mononoke (1997)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Princess Mononoke (Japanese: もののけ姫 Hepburn: Mononoke-hime, “Spirit/Monster Princess”) is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy war film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Dentsu, and distributed by Toho. The film stars the voices of Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko ..

Django Unchained (2012)

Django Unchained (2012)

Django Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, and Don Johnson in supporting roles. Set in the Old West and Antebellum South, it is a highly stylized tribute ..

The Shining (1980)

The Shining (1980)

The Shining is a 1980 horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick[7] and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. The film is based on Stephen King‘s 1977 novel of the same name. The Shining is about Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the ..

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween is a 2018 American horror comedy film directed by Ari Sandel and written by Rob Lieber from a story by Lieber and Darren Lemke. It is the sequel to 2015’s Goosebumps, both films based on the children’s horror book series of the same name by R. L. Stine and stars Wendi ..

Paths of Glory (1957)

Paths of Glory (1957)

Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film[2] by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb.[3] Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack, after which Dax attempts to defend ..

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, more commonly known simply as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 political satire black comedy film that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States. The film was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley ..

The Lives of Others (2006) [German]

The Lives of Others (2006) [German]

The Lives of Others (German: Das Leben der Anderen) is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, about the monitoring of East Berlin residents by agents of the Stasi, the GDR‘s secret police. It stars Ulrich Mühe as Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler, Ulrich Tukur as his ..

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Sunset Boulevard (stylized onscreen as SUNSET BLVD.) is a 1950 American film noir[1] directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. It was named after the thoroughfare with the same name that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California. The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, an unsuccessful ..

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓 Hotaru no Haka) is a 1988 Japanese animated war film based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka. It was written and directed by Isao Takahata, and animated by Studio Ghibli for the story’s publisher Shinchosha Publishing (making it the only Studio Ghibli film ..

The Great Dictator (1940)

The Great Dictator (1940)

The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, scored by and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was Chaplin’s first true ..

Cinema Paradiso (1988) [Italian]

Cinema Paradiso (1988) [Italian]

Cinema Paradiso (Italian: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, Italian pronunciation: [ˈnwɔːvo ˈtʃiːnema paraˈdiːzo], “New Paradise Cinema”) is a 1988 Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. The film stars Jacques Perrin, Philippe Noiret, Leopoldo Trieste, Marco Leonardi, Agnese Nano and Salvatore Cascio, and was produced by Franco Cristaldi and Giovanna Romagnoli, while the music score was ..

North by Northwest (1959)

North by Northwest (1959)

North by Northwest is a 1959 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason.[2] The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write “the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures”.[3] North by Northwest is a tale of mistaken identity, with an innocent man pursued across ..

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2015)

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2015)

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero is a 2015 English-language Arabic 3D computer-animated action–adventure film produced by Barajoun Entertainment and co-directed by Khurram H. Alavi and Ayman Jamal. With a story by Jamal, the screenplay was written by Alavi, Alex Kronemer, Michael Wolfe and Yassin Kamel. With this film, Jamal aimed to depict heroes from the history of the Arabian Peninsula. ..

Bizim Için Sampiyon (2018) [Turkish]

Bizim Için Sampiyon (2018) [Turkish]

A true love and success story from the 1990s Turkey, revolving around a jockey (Halis Karatas), a horse (Bold Pilot) and the daughter of the horse’s owner who is at the same time the voluntary caretaker of the horse

Blue Iguana (2018)

Blue Iguana (2018)

Blue Iguana is a 2018 American romantic comedy thriller film written and directed by Hadi Hajaig. The film stars Sam Rockwell, Phoebe Fox, Ben Schwartz, Peter Ferdinando, Simon Callow, Al Weaver, Robin Hellier, and Frances Barber. The film was released theatrically in the United States on 24 August 2018

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a 2018 American-British drama film directed by Desiree Akhavan, from a screenplay by Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele, based upon the 2012 novel of the same name by Emily M. Danforth. It stars Chloë Grace Moretz, John Gallagher, Jr., Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, Marin Ireland, Owen Campbell, Kerry Butler, Quinn ..

The Pianist (2002)

The Pianist (2002)

The Pianist is a 2002 biographical drama film co-produced and directed by Roman Polanski, scripted by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody.[3] It is based on the autobiographical book The Pianist, a Holocaust memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman, a Holocaust survivor himself.[4] The film was a co-production of France, the United ..

Modern Times (1936)

Modern Times (1936)

Modern Times is a 1936 American comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and financial conditions many people faced during the Great Depression, conditions created, in Chaplin’s view, by the ..

Love at First Fight (2014) [French]

Love at First Fight (2014) [French]

Love at First Fight (French: Les Combattants) is a 2014 French romantic comedy film directed by Thomas Cailley. It was screened as part of the Directors’ Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival,[3] where it won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Parallel Section.[4] In January 2015, the film received nine nominations at the 40th ..

Heavy Trip (2018) [Finnish]

Heavy Trip (2018) [Finnish]

Turo (25) is trying to overcome his fears by leading the most unknown heavy metal band in Finland, Impaled Rektum, to the hottest metal festival of Norway. The journey includes heavy metal, grave robbing, Viking heaven and an armed conflict between Finland and Norway

Zama (2017 ) [SPANISH]

Zama (2017 ) [SPANISH]

Zama is a 2017 Argentine period drama film directed by Lucrecia Martel, based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Antonio di Benedetto.[3] It premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival.[4] It was also screened in the Masters section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[5] On 29 September 2017, the Argentine ..

Varasto 2 (2018) [Finnish]

Varasto 2 (2018) [Finnish]

Sequel to the 2011 film ‘Varasto’ following the adventures of Rousku and Raninen as they set up their own construction company

Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) [Japanese-American]

Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) [Japanese-American]

Letters from Iwo Jima (硫黄島からの手紙 Iōjima Kara no Tegami) is a 2006 Japanese-American war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion piece to Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers, which depicts ..

A-X-L (2018)

A-X-L (2018)

A.X.L. is a 2018 American science fiction adventure film written and directed by Oliver Daly, and starring Alex Neustaedter, Becky G, Alex MacNicoll, Dominic Rains, and Thomas Jane. It tells the story of a teenage boy who encounters a robotic dog created from cutting edge military technology. It was released in the United States on ..

Night School (2018)

Night School (2018)

Night School is a 2018 American comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle, Taran Killam, Romany Malco, Keith David, and Anne Winters. Hart also produces the film alongside Will Packer, as well as co-wrote the script. The story follows a group of adults who set out to ..

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Bad Times at the El Royale is a 2018 American neo-noir thriller film written, produced and directed by Drew Goddard. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, Nick Offerman and Chris Hemsworth. Set in 1969[3], the plot follows seven strangers who each are hiding dark secrets that ..

Tschick (2016) [German]

Tschick (2016) [German]

Tschick (English: Goodbye Berlin) is a German 2016 comedy-drama film directed by Fatih Akın, based on Wolfgang Herrndorf‘s bestselling 2010 novel Tschick (released as Why We Took the Car in English countries). The film depicts two teenage outsiders from Berlin who go on an eccentric roadtrip through East Germany during the summer holidays. Tschick received ..