Movie Recommendations by Genre

Stellan Skarsgard delivers the goods in a bleak historical drama.

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.

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.

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

Stunning cinematography and many movies into one.

A powerful 'movie' movie.

A stunning drama with excellent performances.

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.

Revolution through the lens of Black radical activism.

A coming-of-age movie that circles around friendship and the atonement of a boy.

Truth-seeking and revenge fuel this Korean classic.

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

Nick Offerman with the feels.

From Japan's most celebrated director, Hirokazu Kore-eda.

A supremely acted drama with Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney.

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

If you're living alone and just came back home from a bad day, it could make you feel like everything's alright again. This is the kind of movie that feels like a warm hug, that you'd keep in your hard drive to watch over and over again, just because it makes you feel so damn good! The story offers a realistic yet ultimately forgiving view of maternity, and growing up in general. From director Mamoru Hosoda, who's known for his other works like "The Girl Who Leaps Through Time", "Wolf Children" is another kind of beautiful that can only be fully understood after you watched it.

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 riveting and important drama that still has the feel of a blockbuster.

Mark Ruffalo excels in an outrageous but important story.

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.

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.

Equal parts gorgeous and heartbreaking dance romance from Georgia.

A romance from France like no other.

A unique movie about a near-future society obsessed with couples; viewing couples as the norm, as opposed to single people who are viewed as unproductive and undesirable. In that way, the film shows David (Colin Farrell), a newly single person who is transferred to the Hotel, a place where single people have just 45 days to find a suitable mate, and if they fail, they would be transformed into animals of their choice. While the film’s original premise may not be everyone’s cup of tea, The Lobster will prove a goldmine for people who are into a Kafkaesque, absurdist mentality, or anyone looking for an idea-driven experience.

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.

The movie starts with Professor John Oldman packing his things to leave and start a new life. He invites his friends to say goodbye and decides to reveal the reason for his departure. The starting point of the narration is a simple question asked by Oldman to his friends: what would a man from the upper paleolithic look like if he had survived until the present day? As scientists, the protagonists play his game and investigate the question, not knowing whether the story is a bad joke or a genuine narration. One of the best movies I've watched and definitely one of the most under-rated.

Biography of an Iraq War whistleblower.