Movie Recommendations by Genre

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

A quiet drama about nostalgia.

A nightmarish psychological thriller from an anime master.

Finds magic in the ordinary every day—and reminds us the most special art is that which comes from the heart.

The Oscar-nominated unconventional animation.

Mike Leigh goes all-in with this devastating drama.

A fun New York comedy about the pressure of unreached goals.

Japanese mastermind Koreeda's plotless exploration of grief.

A gorgeous, warm Italian comedy about a special kind of sleepover.

Stunning cinematography and many movies into one.

A powerful 'movie' movie.

Su Friedrich’s experimental documentary combines memory and storytelling to recollect her strained relationship with her father and her fragmented sense of self.

Singular, moving, and surprising—a must-see documentary that reflects on craft, memoir, and the quiet roles we play in our own lives and beyond.

A fascinating 'mixtape' of never-before-seen footage of the Black Power movement .

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

An angel yearns for love while wandering the streets of Cold War Berlin.

An old friend wreaks havoc on a household in this searing parable from Charles Burnett.

A Syrian man becomes artwork in this fascinating drama based on a true story.

Nick Offerman with the feels.

Another tremendous family drama from the immaculate filmography of Hirokazu Koreeda .

A supremely acted drama with Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney, exploring the complicated nature of siblinghood .

A melancholic and entrancing drama that explores identity and intimate connections through two identical women whose lives briefly intersect.

In the year of the Netflix TV Show Maniac, another absurdist title stole critics’ hearts. Sorry to Bother You is a movie set in an alternate reality, where capitalism and greed are accentuated. Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta) is a guy called Cassius who struggles to pay his bills. However, when at a tele-marketing job an old-timer tells him to use a “white voice”, he starts moving up the ranks of his bizarre society. A really smart movie that will be mostly enjoyed by those who watch it for its entertaining value, and not so much for its commentary. It is like a Black Mirror episode stretched into a movie.

A strange story of love and parenting but the children are half-human, half-wolf. .

Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano), a young and promising novelist imagines and writes about his idea of a perfect female companion. Somehow, his words manifest into reality - the beautiful and corky Ruby Sparks (Zoe Kazan). Soon, however, his magical love turns shallow as his creation begins to think for herself and wrestle against her creation. This romantic comedy has the right amount of wit and emotion with a deep message of loving people just the way they are.

A star-studded and riveting legal drama with a blockbuster feel. .

Mark Ruffalo excels in an outrageous but important story.

A zombie virus breaks out and catches up with a father as he is taking his daughter from Seoul to Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city. Watch them trying to survive to reach their destination, a purported safe zone.The acting is spot-on; the set pieces are particularly well choreographed. You’ll care about the characters. You’ll feel for the father as he struggles to keep his humanity in the bleakest of scenarios.It’s a refreshingly thrilling disaster movie, a perfect specimen of the genre.

Deadpan comedy styled as a mockumentary, following four flatmates who happen to be vampires. They range in ages from 183 to 8000, and spend their nights trying to adapt to modern day living, eating,   reminiscing about old times, and solving the problems that come with every shared flat. It is filmed in a fake documentary style similar to The Office, with one-on-one interviews interspersed into the film. From the creators of Flight Of The Conchords and Boy, it is a truly great, hilarious comedy that you will not want to miss!

Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro creates another haunting movie that leaves you questioning your sense of reality. El Orfanato revolves around a mother tries desperately to find her missing adopted son soon after her and her husband move into her old orphanage. But the past horrors of the orphanage will not let her son be found so easily.

Riz Ahmed excels in this piercing drama about a musician losing his hearing. .

We all love Jeff Bridges. We all agree that we shouldn't leave a movie he won an Oscar for unwatched. That's enough reason to watch this movie, but there are so many others. The story is fantastic and based on true events: a country musician living rough and having a shot at happiness after he falls for a journalist who interviews him. The score is composed by T Bone Burnett. The journalist is played by Maggie Gyllenhaal and another musician is played by Colin Farrell. So many reasons to watch.

The Tragically Hip was a deeply beloved band from Ontario that peaked in the 90s with hits like Grace, Too or Nautical Disaster. The Hip, as their fans refer to them, had just finished recording their latest album in 2015 when the lead singer was diagnosed with a fatal disease. This movie is about them deciding to go on one last tour to say goodbye to their fans and country. Mostly, it’s about the singer, Gord Downie, and how his personality and love for the music shined through his illness. Picture someone who is giving an immaculate performance despite being a few weeks away from death, and a packed stadium of people singing along in tears - this is this movie. It’s truly an incredible story of human ambition, empathy, and the bond that music can create between an artist and a whole nation.

A hypnotic piece of slow cinema that disintegrates the boundaries between past and present.

Xavier Dolan brings white knuckle intensity to this taut thriller.

A devastating, unlikely story.

A tale about Taipei, along with its ups and downs.

A forgotten masterpiece about growing up Latino in the Lower East Side.

Equal parts gorgeous and heartbreaking dance romance from Georgia.

A romance from France like no other.

One of the most original time-travel thrillers since 12 Monkeys. A brilliant subversion of the Time Paradox trope, with enough plot twists to keep you entertained until well after the movie is finished. Predestination is an amazing movie with great performances from Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook. It's a movie that will feel like Inception, when it comes to messing with your mind and barely anyone has heard of it. It is highly underrated and unknown, sadly.

Truth-seeking and revenge fuel this Korean classic.

Biography of an Iraq War whistleblower.