Female director

A haunting, dreamlike character study set in a dead-end Glasgow neighborhood

Ratcatcher (1999)

A music industry exposé that evolves into a complex account of Black history

On the Record (2020)

A riches-to-rags documentary about when the spoiled turn rotten

The Queen of Versailles (2012)

Mike Leigh

A meticulous and whimsical account of the making of the influential comic opera The Mikado

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Women’s rights and class collide in Mike Leigh’s immaculate period piece

Vera Drake (2004)

Mike Leigh goes all-in with this devastating drama

All or Nothing (2002)

Asghar Farhadi

Another complex Iranian drama from the director of A Separation

A Hero (2021)

A Spanish movie from the Iranian director of A Separation

Everybody Knows (2018)


Another fascinating look at family dynamics in Iran from the director of A Separation


The Salesman (2016)

Hirokazu Kore-eda

A quiet and meditative fable that finds comfort in the simplest experiences

After Life (1998)

Japanese mastermind Koreeda's plotless exploration of grief

Our Little Sister (2016)


The Cannes-winning saga from one of Japan's most exciting directors: Hirokazu Koreeda.


Shoplifters (2018)

Jacques Audiard

A sensuous drama following the love and sex lives of three young Parisians

Paris, 13th District (2021)

The Sisters Brothers (2018)

Rust and Bone (2012)

Wong Kar-wai

A dreamy rumination on the beauty of unattainable romance

Days of Being Wild (1990)

An evocative masterpiece that captures the wildness of a big city.


Fallen Angels (1995)

A Cantonese romance that explores love amidst heartbreak

Happy Together (1997)

Hayao Miyazaki

A watercolor, paradisal coming-of-age story about a teenage witch in training

Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

An illuminative interpretation of the life of Jiro Horikoshi, a Japanese aviation engineer responsible for many World War II fighter designs, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter

The Wind Rises (2013)

A tale of resisting fascism and reckoning with the lingering burdens of war

Porco Rosso (1992)

Hirokazu Koreeda


In his revered trademark style, Koreeda delivers another intricate drama pondering the meaning of family.


Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Kar-Wai Wong

Noah Baumbach

A singular documentary on iconic director Brian De Palma through his own lens 

De Palma (2015)

Mistress America (2015)

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)

Fatih Akin

An intense and fantastically-performed film with probing questions that resonate with our times

In the Fade (2017)


This raw, punk drama about a star-crossed love in modern Germany is as timely now as it was when it came out


Head-On (Gegen die Wand) (2004)

Soul Kitchen (2009)

Ken Loach

A sober and dignified account of Marxist fighters in the Spanish Civil War

Land and Freedom (1995)

A forgotten entry into Ken Loach's consistently brilliant cinematography

Raining Stones (1993)


You'll never see the people delivering you packages the same way.


Sorry We Missed You (2020)

Richard Linklater

A wistful and playful throwback to the turbulent 1960s

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)

Big stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman go small in this intriguing drama

Tape (2001)

A group of college freshmen baseball players hit the town in 1980, Texas, where they’re here for a good time, not a long time

Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

Satoshi Kon

An elderly actress recounts her life through films

Millennium Actress (2001)

A nightmarish psychological thriller from an anime master

Perfect Blue (1997)

Paprika (2006)

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog says "I love you" to Gorbachev

Meeting Gorbachev (2019)

Into the Inferno (2016)

Grizzly Man (2005)

Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan brings white knuckle intensity to this taut thriller

Tom at the Farm (2015)

A masterpiece from Canadian director Xavier Dolan

Laurence Anyways (2012)

Aiming straight for the heart while punching you in the guts, Mommy is a crazy chamber piece about a widowed mother and her next-door neighbor bringing up a savage teenager

Mommy (2014)

Abbas Kiarostami

A child tries to do right by his friend in this moving portrait of life in rural Iran

Where Is the Friend’s House?

An ingenious docufiction classic and a passionate examination of storytelling and cinema

Close-Up (1990)

A Japanese drama that shows comfort can be found everywhere, including in a stranger's house

Like Someone in Love (2012)

Agnès Varda

A documentary about the rural past that explores how we might shape our futures with technology and tenderness

The Gleaners and I (2000)

In a series of flashbacks, this drama traces the final steps of a transient woman on her uncharted journey across the French countryside to her lonely end

Vagabond (1985)

Faces Places (2017)

Alexander Payne

A potent road film filled with friendship, romance, and lots of wine

Sideways (2004)

Nebraska (2013)

Election (1999)

Ang Lee

A charming gay romcom filled with strong cultural detail

The Wedding Banquet (1993)

A film that centers family, food, love and the relationships between them.


Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

The Ice Storm (1997)

Benny Safdie

An unhinged yet affectionate portrait of bad parenting from the Safdie Brothers

Daddy Longlegs (2009)

On-brand anxiety-inducing thrills from the Safdie Brothers

Uncut Gems (2019)

Good Time (2017)

Bong Joon-ho

Memories of Murder (2003)

Okja (2017)

Snowpiercer (2014)

Cary Fukunaga

Jane Eyre (2011)

Sin Nombre (2009)

Beasts of No Nation (2015)

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Céline Sciamma

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

Tomboy (2011)

Girlhood

Chan-wook Park

Truth-seeking and revenge fuel this Korean classic

Lady Vengeance (2005)


Called a masterpiece by many, you are likely to decide to watch this twisted, sexy South-Korean thriller twice.


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