Female director

An unsettling but important social horror from the director of The Babadook

The Nightingale (2018)

A light and humorous drama that explores how Swiss women could not vote until 1971

The Divine Order (2017)

Sharp and anxious, modern and socially claustrophobic, Shiva Baby is a gem

Shiva Baby (2021)

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)

Mike Leigh

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

Vera Drake (2004)

A woman’s search for her birth mother sends shockwaves through a family’s world

Secrets &#038; Lies (1997)

Mike Leigh goes all-in with this devastating drama

All or Nothing (2002)

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Japanese mastermind Koreeda's plotless exploration of grief

Our Little Sister (2016)


Another tremendous family drama from the immaculate filmography of Hirokazu Koreeda


Still Walking (2008)


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


Shoplifters (2018)

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)

Jacques Audiard

The Sisters Brothers (2018)

Rust and Bone (2012)


This taut, intense, and gritty French prison drama is future classic material


A Prophet (2009)

Wong Kar-wai

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)

The inventive sequel to In the Mood for Love

2046 (2004)

Kar-Wai Wong

Noah Baumbach

Mistress America (2015)

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

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)

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)

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.


The Handmaiden (2016)


A twisted thriller that will freak you the hell out. We apologize in advance.


OldBoy (2003)

Fatih Akin


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)

The Edge of Heaven (2007)

Soul Kitchen (2009)

Gavin Hood

Official Secrets (2019)

Eye in the Sky (2015)

Tsotsi (2005)

Jim Jarmusch

Night on Earth (1991)

Paterson (2016)

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

John Carney

Sing Street (2016)

Begin Again (2013)

Once (2007)

Josh Safdie

Ken Loach

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)

Director Ken Loach's devastating look at the British underclass

I, Daniel Blake (2016)

Lasse Hallström

Hachi: A Dog&#8217;s Tale (2009)

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)

The Shipping News (2001)

Michael Haneke

A moving and uncompromising story on love and aging

Amour (2012)

The White Ribbon (2009)

Caché (2005)

Mike Mills

Lines are blurred between childhood and parenthood in this slow but lovely film

C&#8217;mon C&#8217;mon (2021)

20th Century Women (2016)


A subtle, intricate, and life-affirming romantic comedy about a father and son finding love.


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