Critics Consensus: An urgent, brilliantly layered look at timely social themes, Parasite finds writer-director Bong Joon Ho in near-total command of his craft.

Synopsis: Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Starring: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Jo Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik

Directed By: Bong Joon Ho

Critics Consensus: Understated yet ultimately deeply affecting, Shoplifters adds another powerful chapter to director Hirokazu Koreeda's richly humanistic filmography.

Synopsis: On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders is united by fierce loyalty and a penchant for petty theft. When the young son... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Kirin Kiki

Directed By: Hirokazu Koreeda

Critics Consensus: Perhaps the most bluntly political film by Jafar Panahi yet, It Was Just an Accident is a defiant rebuke of authoritarianism that still delivers the entertainment value of a gripping thriller.

Synopsis: What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.

Starring: Vahid Mobasseri, Ebrahim Azizi, Mariam Afshari, Hadis Pakbaten

Directed By: Jafar Panahi

Critics Consensus: Lavish and wistful, The Leopard features epic battles, sumptuous costumes, and a ballroom waltz that competes for most beautiful sequence committed to film.

Synopsis: As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa

Directed By: Luchino Visconti

Critics Consensus: Jacques Demy elevates the basic drama of everyday life into a soaring opera full of bittersweet passion and playful charm, featuring a timeless performance from Catherine Deneuve.

Synopsis: Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve), a beautiful young Frenchwoman who works at a small-town boutique selling umbrellas, falls for dashing mechanic Guy (Nino Castelnuovo). Their brief romance... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel

Directed By: Jacques Demy

Critics Consensus: A smart, solidly crafted procedural that's anchored in family drama, Anatomy of a Fall finds star Sandra Hüller and director/co-writer Justine Triet operating at peak power.

Synopsis: For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Antoine Reinartz

Directed By: Justine Triet

Critics Consensus: Featuring gut-wrenching performances from Anamaria Marinca and Laura Vasiliu, 4 Months is a gripping portrayal of life in Communist Romania.

Synopsis: The courage and friendship of two Romanian college students are tested when Gabita discovers that she is pregnant by her boyfriend, and seeks an illegal... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean

Directed By: Cristian Mungiu

Critics Consensus: Scriptwriter Paddy Chayefsky's solid dialogue is bolstered by strong performances from Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair in this appealingly low-key character study.

Synopsis: This acclaimed romantic drama follows the life of Marty Piletti (Ernest Borgnine), a stout bachelor butcher who lives with his mother (Esther Minciotti) in the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, Esther Minciotti

Directed By: Delbert Mann

Critics Consensus: In his feature directorial debut, Steven Soderbergh demonstrates a mastery of his craft well beyond his years, pulling together an outstanding cast and an intelligent script for a nuanced, mature film about neurosis and human sexuality.

Synopsis: Ann (Andie MacDowell) is trapped in a sexually and emotionally unfulfilled relationship with her husband, John (Peter Gallagher), a successful but unpleasant lawyer who is... View Full Synopsis

Starring: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo

Directed By: Steven Soderbergh

Critics Consensus: Well-acted and dramatically moving, The Pianist is Polanski's best work in years.

Synopsis: In this adaptation of the autobiography "The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945," Władysław Szpilman, a Polish Jewish radio... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman

Directed By: Roman Polanski

Critics Consensus: Energetic and bright, this hybrid of documentary style and dramatic plotting looks at the present and future of France through the interactions of a teacher and his students in an inner city high school.

Synopsis: Francois Marin (François Bégaudeau) is a French language and literature teacher at an inner-city Paris high school. As the new school year begins, he introduces... View Full Synopsis

Starring: François Bégaudeau, Esmeralda Ouertani, Rachel Regulier, Franck Keita

Directed By: Laurent Cantet

Critics Consensus: An epic, breathtakingly stylish cinematic landmark, La Dolce Vita remains riveting in spite of -- or perhaps because of -- its sprawling length.

Synopsis: In Federico Fellini's lauded Italian film, restless reporter Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni) drifts through life in Rome. While Marcello contends with the overdose taken by... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Yvonne Furneaux, Anouk Aimée

Directed By: Federico Fellini

Critics Consensus: A quiet yet deeply moving kind of Western, Paris, Texas captures a place and people like never before (or after).

Synopsis: A disheveled man who wanders out of the desert, Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton) seems to have no idea who he is. When a stranger... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément

Directed By: Wim Wenders

Critics Consensus: Secrets & Lies delves into social issues with delicate aplomb and across-the-board incredible acting, and stands as one of writer-director Mike Leigh's most powerful works.

Synopsis: After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a successful black eye doctor, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Directed By: Mike Leigh

Critics Consensus: This tense, paranoid thriller presents Francis Ford Coppola at his finest -- and makes some remarkably advanced arguments about technology's role in society that still resonate today.

Synopsis: Surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide (Harrison Ford) to tail a young couple, Mark (Frederic Forrest) and... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Frederic Forrest, Allen Garfield

Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola

Critics Consensus: Another marvelous chronicle of America's strivers by writer-director Sean Baker given some extra pizzazz by Mikey Madison's brassy performance, Anora is a romantic drama on the bleeding edge.

Synopsis: Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner ANORA is an audacious, thrilling, and comedic variation on a modern day Cinderella story. Mikey Madison (ONCE UPON A TIME... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian

Directed By: Sean Baker

Critics Consensus: With towering performances and an unflinching script from Michael Haneke, Amour represents an honest, heartwrenching depiction of deep love and responsibility.

Synopsis: Retired music teachers Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) have spent their lives devoted to their careers and to each other. Their relationship faces... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud

Directed By: Michael Haneke

Critics Consensus: Injecting its compendium of crime tales with the patois of everyday conversation, Pulp Fiction is a cinematic shot of adrenaline that cements writer-director Quentin Tarantino as an audacious purveyor of killer kino.

Synopsis: Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) are hitmen with a penchant for philosophical discussions. In this ultra-hip, multi-strand crime movie, their... View Full Synopsis

Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel

Directed By: Quentin Tarantino

Critics Consensus: I, Daniel Blake marks yet another well-told chapter in director Ken Loach's powerfully populist filmography.

Synopsis: Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a 59-year-old widowed carpenter who must rely on welfare after a recent heart attack leaves him unable to work. Despite... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan, Briana Shann

Directed By: Ken Loach

Critics Consensus: A voyage to hell where the journey is more satisfying than the destination, Francis Ford Coppola's haunting, hallucinatory Vietnam War epic is cinema at its most audacious and visionary.

Synopsis: In Vietnam in 1970, Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) takes a perilous and increasingly hallucinatory journey upriver to find and terminate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest

Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola

Critics Consensus: Thrillingly provocative and original, Titane reaffirms writer-director Julia Ducournau's delightfully disturbing vision.

Synopsis: Titane: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys, often used in medical prostheses due to its pronounced biocompatibility.

Starring: Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh

Directed By: Julia Ducournau

Critics Consensus: Bleak and uncompromising, but director Ken Loach brightens his film with gorgeous cinematography and tight pacing, and features a fine performance from Cillian Murphy.

Synopsis: In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan (Cillian Murphy) prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald

Directed By: Ken Loach

Critics Consensus: Languorous and deeply enigmatic, Palme d'Or winner Uncle Boonmee represents an original take on the ghosts that haunt us.

Synopsis: Afflicted with kidney disease, Uncle Boonmee is preparing himself for death. He has assembled his relatives in the countryside, convinced he will die within a... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sakda Kaewbuadee, Jenjira Pongpas, Thanapat Saisaymar, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk

Directed By: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Critics Consensus: Powered by Holly Hunter's main performance, The Piano is a truth-seeking romance played in the key of erotic passion.

Synopsis: After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) and her young daughter, Flora (Anna Paquin), are left with all their belongings, including... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin

Directed By: Jane Campion

Critics Consensus: Twisty and unsettling, the Coen brothers' satirical tale of a 1940s playwright struggling with writer's block is packed with their trademark sense of humor and terrific performances from its cast.

Synopsis: Set in 1941, an intellectual New York playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) accepts an offer to write movie scripts in L.A. He finds himself with... View Full Synopsis

Starring: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner

Directed By: Joel Coen

Critics Consensus: Chen Kaing's epic is grand in scope and presentation, and, bolstered by solid performances, the result is a film both horrifying and enthralling.

Synopsis: Chen Kaige's much acclaimed, long out of print masterpiece chronicles the rise of two young stars of the Beijing Opera House, their turbulent relationship, and... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li, Qi Lü

Directed By: Chen Kaige

Critics Consensus: Incendiary, subversive, and darkly humorous, If.... is a landmark of British countercultural cinema.

Synopsis: Teenage rebel Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) returns to his upper-crust English public school, caught between the sadistic older boys known as the Whips and the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Robert Swann

Directed By: Lindsay Anderson

Critics Consensus: A must-see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard-hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best.

Synopsis: Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel

Directed By: Martin Scorsese

Critics Consensus: Raw, honest, powerfully acted, and deliciously intense, Blue Is the Warmest Color offers some of modern cinema's most elegantly composed, emotionally absorbing drama.

Synopsis: A French teen (Adèle Exarchopoulos) forms a deep emotional and sexual connection with an older art student (Léa Seydoux) she met in a lesbian bar. View Full Synopsis

Starring: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Mona Walravens

Directed By: Abdel Kechiche

Critics Consensus: Dheepan offers a timely, powerful look at the modern immigrant experience in Europe.

Synopsis: Three Sri Lankan refugees (Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby) pretend to be a family as they try to make better lives for themselves in... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers

Directed By: Jacques Audiard

Critics Consensus: Colorful, atmospheric, and infections, Black Orpheus takes an ancient tale and makes it fresh anew, thanks in part to its bewitching bossa nova soundtrack.

Synopsis: Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia

Directed By: Marcel Camus

Critics Consensus: Director Bob Fosse and star Roy Scheider are at the top of their games in this dazzling, self-aware stage drama about a death-obsessed director-choreographer.

Synopsis: When he is not planning for his upcoming stage musical or working on his Hollywood film, choreographer/director Joe Gideon is popping pills and sleeping with... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer

Directed By: Bob Fosse

Critics Consensus: Epic in length, thrilling to behold, and utterly absorbing, Winter Sleep demands -- and rewards -- viewers' patient attention.

Synopsis: Aydin, his wife and his recently divorced sister spend the winter in their hotel.

Starring: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sozen, Demet Akbag, Ayberk Pekcan

Directed By: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Critics Consensus: Exquisitely shot and simmering with unease, Michelangelo Antonio's Blow-Up is an enigma that invites audiences to luxuriate in the sensual atmosphere of 1960s London chic.

Synopsis: Thomas (David Hemmings) is a London photographer who spends his time photographing fashion models. But one day he thinks he may have photographed something far... View Full Synopsis

Starring: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Jane Birkin

Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni

Critics Consensus: Terrence Malick's singularly deliberate style may prove unrewarding for some, but for patient viewers, Tree of Life is an emotional as well as visual treat.

Synopsis: In this highly philosophical film by acclaimed director Terrence Malick, young Jack (Hunter McCracken) is one of three brothers growing up as part of the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Fiona Shaw

Directed By: Terrence Malick

Critics Consensus: Bold, timely, subversive, and above all funny, M*A*S*H remains a high point in Robert Altman's distinguished filmography.

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Richard Hooker, M*A*S*H follows a group of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital officers at they perform surgery and pass the time... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt

Directed By: Robert Altman

Critics Consensus: The Square finds writer-director Ruben Östlund as ambitious as ever -- and delivering an unforgettably unusual work whose challenging themes pay thought-provoking dividends.

Synopsis: Disaster strikes when a curator hires a public relations team to build some buzz for his renowned Swedish museum.

Starring: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary

Directed By: Ruben Östlund

Critics Consensus: The White Ribbon effectively utilizes tension and a bleak atmosphere to deliver a thought-provoking examination of nascent fascism.

Synopsis: Using their social status and harsh punishments, a baron (Ulrich Tukur), a doctor (Rainer Bock) and a pastor (Burghart Klaussner) rule over a small German... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur, Ursina Lardi

Directed By: Michael Haneke

Critics Consensus: The Son's Room is a moving and contemplative study of grief.

Synopsis: A family living together in a small Northern Italian city. The parents are Giovanni and Paola and their two teenage children are Irene, the daughter,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca, Giuseppe Sanfelice

Directed By: Nanni Moretti

Critics Consensus: The Dardennes continue to excel at presenting works of rigorous naturalism, with detached observations of authentic characters that nevertheless resonate with complex moral issues.

Synopsis: After giving birth, teenage Sonia (Déborah François) returns home to find that her boyfriend, irresponsible petty criminal Bruno (Jérémie Segard), has sublet their apartment. Sonia... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione

Directed By: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Critics Consensus: Taste of Cherry's somewhat simple aesthetic belies a richly ambiguous character study with an impressively ambitious thematic scale.

Synopsis: A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi

Directed By: Abbas Kiarostami

Critics Consensus: Extremely one-sided in its indictment of the Bush administration, but worth watching for the humor and the debates it'll stir.

Synopsis: Michael Moore's political documentary uses humor and connect-the-dots investigative journalism to question the Bush administration's motives for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The film argues... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Michael Moore, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder, George W. Bush

Directed By: Michael Moore

Critics Consensus: The movie's spare and unconventional style will divide viewers.

Synopsis: A variety of adolescents at a suburban high school drift through a seemingly uneventful day, until two students arrive with violent intentions. Alex (Alex Frost)... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Elias McConnell

Directed By: Gus Van Sant

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In this period drama, British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Dominic Guard, Margaret Leighton

Directed By: Joseph Losey

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In a post-World War II Yugoslavia still under Stalinist rule in the 1950s, 6-year-old Malik (Moreno D'E Bartolli) is oblivious as to why his father,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Moreno D'E Bartolli, Miki Manojlovic, Mirjana Karanovic, Mustafa Nadarevic

Directed By: Emir Kusturica

Critics Consensus: Viridiana is quintessential Bunuel: a masterpiece against the grain, designed to shock and awe.

Synopsis: Virginia is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Margarita Lozano

Directed By: Luis Buñuel

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Veronika (Tatyana Samoylova) and Boris (Aleksey Batalov) come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasili Merkuryev, Aleksandr Shvorin

Directed By: Mikhail Kalatozov

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A dying writer (Bruno Ganz), trying to finish the works of a 19th-century poet, rescues a kidnapped child about to be sold.

Starring: Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Achileas Skevis, Despina Bebedeli

Directed By: Theodoros Angelopoulos

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: On a northern Italian farm in the late 19th century, a group of sharecroppers ekes out a threadbare existence. A priest advises Batisti and his... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari

Directed By: Ermanno Olmi

Critics Consensus: Thanks in large part to strong performances by Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemmon, Missing is both a gripping character exploration and an effective political thriller.

Synopsis: In 1973, U.S. businessman Ed Horman (Jack Lemmon) arrives in Chile to look for his son, Charles (John Shea), a politically left-leaning journalist who disappeared... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, John Shea, Melanie Mayron

Directed By: Costa-Gavras

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Still strong at the age of 69, Orin (Sumiko Sakamoto) prepares herself for an inevitable yet frightening ritual. In her village, where food is scarce,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sumiko Sakamoto, Ken Ogata, Aki Takejô, Seiji Kurasaki

Directed By: Shôhei Imamura

Critics Consensus: Small in scope yet mighty in sheer storytelling power, Rosetta wrings heartbreaking drama out of one girl's grueling odyssey of survival.

Synopsis: Belgian 17-year-old Rosetta (Émilie Dequenne) lives in a dilapidated trailer that has no running water, with only her indigent and alcoholic mother (Anne Yernaux) for... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet

Directed By: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Critics Consensus: Epic in scope and awash with striking color, Kagemusha marks Akira Kurosawa's successful return to the samurai epic.

Synopsis: Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief (Tatsuya Nakadai) who is recruited to impersonate Shingen (also Nakadai), an aging warlord,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu

Directed By: Akira Kurosawa

Critics Consensus: Offering an insightful look at Communist Eastern Europe through the microcosm of a long friendship, Underground is an exhausting, exhilarating epic.

Synopsis: Black marketeers Marko and Blacky manufacture and sell weapons to the Communist resistance in WWII Belgrade, living the good life along the way. Marko's surreal... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Miki Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski

Directed By: Emir Kusturica

Critics Consensus: Pelle the Conqueror details the plight of the immigrant using fine, empathetic strokes, brought to life through the efforts of an outstanding cast led by Max von Sydow.

Synopsis: When his wife dies, Lassefar takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle, from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life. Signing on... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Max von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard, Erik Paaske, Kristina Törnqvist

Directed By: Bille August

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Daniel Olbrychski

Directed By: Volker Schlöndorff

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Freed after spending eight years in prison for killing his unfaithful wife in a jealous rage, Takuro Yamashita (Koji Yakusho) opens a barber shop and... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Fujio Tsuneta, Mitsuko Baishô

Directed By: Shôhei Imamura

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, young Henrik Bergman (Samuel Fröler) is studying for the priesthood and trying to make ends meet when he... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby

Directed By: Bille August

Critics Consensus: If its dramatic dressings are a tad threadbare, Scarecrow survives on the strength of its lead performances and Vilmos Zsigmond's cinematography.

Synopsis: Two drifters (Gene Hackman, Al Pacino) bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

Starring: Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Ann Wedgeworth

Directed By: Jerry Schatzberg

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Five Turkish convicts are granted one week to visit friends and family. Seyit Ali (Tarik Akan) arrives home to learn that his wife has turned... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Meral Orhonsay

Directed By: Serif Goren, Yilmaz Guney

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: The patriarch of a peace-loving Quaker family, Jess Birdwell, begins to question his pacifist values when the Civil War moves toward his close-knit Indiana community.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Marjorie Main

Directed By: William Wyler

Critics Consensus: Triangle of Sadness lacks the sharp edges of Östlund's earlier work, but this blackly humorous swipe at the obscenely affluent has its own rewards.

Synopsis: In Ruben Östlund's wickedly funny Palme d'Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean Kriek, Woody Harrelson, Dolly De Leon

Directed By: Ruben Östlund

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Desperate to improve his luck with women, London schoolteacher Colin (Michael Crawford) enlists his artist roommate, Tom (Donal Donnelly), to help drag a brass bed... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford, Donal Donnelly

Directed By: Richard Lester

Critics Consensus: Dancer in Dark can be grim, dull, and difficult to watch, but even so, it has a powerful and moving performance from Bjork and is something quite new and visionary.

Synopsis: Selma is a Czech immigrant, a single mother working in a factory in rural America. Her salvation is passion for music, specifically, the all-singing, all-dancing... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Cara Seymour

Directed By: Lars von Trier

Critics Consensus: One of director David Lynch's more uneven efforts, Wild at Heart is held together by his distinctive sensibilities and compelling work from Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern.

Synopsis: After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune (Laura Dern). Lula's mother, Marietta (Diane Ladd), desperate... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe

Directed By: David Lynch

Critics Consensus: The Mission is a well-meaning epic given delicate heft by its sumptuous visuals and a standout score by Ennio Morricone, but its staid presentation never stirs an emotional investment in its characters.

Synopsis: Jesuit priest Father Gabriel enters the Guaraní lands in South America with the purpose of converting the natives to Christianity. He soon builds a mission,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Liam Neeson

Directed By: Roland Joffé