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Unprecedented in its long-haul production methods, this expansive drama from writer-director Richard Linklater is a coming-of-age tale like no other. Nominated for six Oscars®—including a Supporting Actress win for Patricia Arquette—this is a deeply felt ode to growing pains and parental wisdom.

A withering indictment of American social values, written and directed by a man who has never set foot in America, Lars von Trier’s Dogville is an ambitious provocation. With an all-star cast led by Nicole Kidman, this epic Brechtian drama is a raw examination of small-town hypocrisy and prejudice.

The ultimate postmodern musical, von Trier’s quirky genre hybrid hinges on a ravishing performance by Icelandic pop star Björk, which makes the most of her innocent vitality. This idiosyncratic fantasy and overpowering tearjerker took home the Palme d’Or at Cannes, along with Best Actress for Björk!

Arguably portraying one of cinema’s most messed-up families ever, Festen is considered the first film made under the rules of the radical Dogme 95 movement. Thomas Vinterberg’s madcap time-bomb of latent secrets and repressed grudges makes any family dinner seem like a piece of cake.

An ex-enforcer sets aside his new and humble life to take on a brutal trafficking ring to keep a child, his only friend, from harm’s way.

A man agrees to watch an ex-neighbor’s cat while she goes on a trip and becomes suspicious of the man she brings back just before her disappearance.

Transcending cultural borders and genres, Istanbul’s vibrant music scene takes the spotlight in Fatih Akin’s sonically immersive time capsule, now remastered in 4K. Thumping with an infectious energy, this movable feast celebrates the bonding power of art over political and generational divides.

In a remote Scottish village, a devoted couple’s marriage is interrupted by a tragic accident. Physical intimacy is replaced with verbal frankness, as the wide-eyed Bess devotes her body to the erotic impulses of her husband. It’s a journey of sexual martyrdom and religious ecstasy, portrayed with unwavering commitment by Emily Watson in her remarkable film debut.

A detective investigates the unnatural death of a man in the mountains and begins to develop feelings for the murder suspect, the man's mysterious wife.

A voyeuristic writer looking for material enters a world of treachery and deceit when he crosses paths with a thief who takes him under his wing.

Best known for creating The Thick of It and Veep, Iannucci fashions a semi-spin-off of the former in the Academy Award®-nominated In the Loop. A scathing satire of contemporary politics, and a perfect acting showcase for Capaldi—reviving his role as the brilliantly belligerent Malcolm Tucker.

Eight years after the controversial and shocking Irreversible, director Gaspar Noé cemented his reputation as the enfant terrible of New French Extremity with perhaps his most challenging film to date - a hallucinatory meditation on life, death and rebirth, shot entirely in the first person.

Moviegoing dreamers, there is hope for us still in this timeless, tender romance from living legend Aki Kaurismäki. Imbued with the filmmaker’s idiosyncratic playfulness and deadpan humor, this bittersweet comedy charmed even the most dour of critics and, delightfully, won the Jury Prize at Cannes.

A frustrated young farmer spends his spare time getting drunk and having casual hookups, until he meets a Romanian migrant worker who really sees him.

With great immediacy in its first-hand accounts and an incisive use of archival footage, this Academy Award®-nominated documentary dives deep into one of the most tortured yet tide-turning moments in recent American history. A remarkable portrait on the potentiality of significant social change.

Starring Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci, Gaspar Noé’s infamous backtracking revenge thriller is a groundbreaking, frightening provocation that caused much controversy at its premiere in Cannes. A viciously dark story audaciously told, Irreversible is not for the faint of heart!

An entire city has lost its voice. Mr. TV, the owner of the city’s only television channel, is carrying out a sinister plan to control all of the city’s inhabitants. He kidnaps a singer, the only one who still has The Voice. An inventor witnesses the kidnapping and flees to thwart approaching doom.

Lars von Trier has never been shy to burnish his reputation as the malevolent puppet master of his protagonists’ misfortune, but never quite so literally as in this playful documentary. One of the great films about filmmaking, The Five Obstructions is a reflexive marvel of cinematic problem solving.

Academy Award-winner Marion Cotillard’s collaboration with Cannes Festival-favourites Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne is a stunning, tense drama about a woman’s race against time to save her job.

Home to some of the greatest set pieces Dario Argento ever put on film, this hallucinatory giallo remains one of his most iconic features. Paying homage to Antonioni’s Blow-Up by casting David Hemmings as its leading man, Deep Red is a symbolic masterpiece of prismatic beauty and rapturous terror.