It Was Just an Accident
Dir. Jafar Panahi
You can probably predict from the title that an accident starts this thriller but what happens after is totally unexpected.…
12 Angry Men
Dir. William Friedkin
Even a director of William Friedkin’s caliber had his work cut out for him with this remake of the towering…
The Children's Hour
Dir. William Wyler
The Children’s Hour was one of the few sympathetic depictions of a lesbian character at a time when same-sex relationships…
Fargo
Taking the violence and offbeat comedy of the original movie and adding constantly expanding narratives on top of it, Noah…
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Dir. Richard Brooks
Given the Hays Code, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has toned down an important part from the original play,…
Adaptation
Dir. Spike Jonze
A film written by screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, about screenwriter Charlie Kaufman as he struggles to adapt a book about poaching…
The Substance
Dir. Coralie Fargeat
There is nothing quite like The Substance right now. It’s unsubtle, it’s provocative, and its satirical humor can be a…
Funny Girl
Dir. William Wyler
Ostensibly about Fanny Brice, there could never be any other Funny Girl than Barbra Streisand. Reprising her role on stage,…
Selma
Dir. Ava DuVernay
The award-winning third feature by director Ava DuVernay, Selma, was released around the 50th anniversary of the historically significant marches…
Around the World in 80 Days
Following an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just…
The Defiant Ones
Dir. Allen Hughes
A four-part documentary series that tells the stories of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre — one the son of a…
War and Peace
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of…
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the…
Once Upon a Time in America
Dir. Sergio Leone
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once…
Raging Bull
Dir. Martin Scorsese
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed…
Adaptation.
Dir. Spike Jonze
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions…
Mulholland Drive
Dir. David Lynch
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette…
Leaving Las Vegas
Dir. Mike Figgis
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself…
Natural Born Killers
Dir. Oliver Stone
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
The Hurt Locker
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad…
When Harry Met Sally…
Dir. Rob Reiner
Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that’s what Harry Burns believes. So…
Lost in Translation
Dir. Sofia Coppola
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo — the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a…
The Aviator
Dir. Martin Scorsese
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he…
Captain Phillips
Dir. Paul Greengrass
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama,…
Green Book
Dir. Peter Farrelly
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South…