Mubi Sweden 2021

by tgfop | created - 31 Dec 2020 | updated - 01 Jan 2022 | Public

A complete list of titles presented as Film of the Day on mubi.com in Sweden in 2021.

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1. Watchtower (2012)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

A man and a woman seeking refuge from the world: Nihat at a remote forest fire tower, Seher in her room at a rural bus station. When their lives collide, each now has to fight their battle of conscience before the other.

Director: Pelin Esmer | Stars: Olgun Simsek, Nilay Erdönmez, Laçin Ceylan, Menderes Samancilar

Votes: 2,884

01/01/2021, Spotlight on Pelin Esmer

2. The Basilisks (1963)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama

The story follows the uneventful lives of three young men who live in a small, poverty-stricken village in southern Italy.

Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Antonio Petruzzi, Stefano Satta Flores, Sergio Ferranino, Enrica Chiaromonte

Votes: 938

02/01/2021, First Films First

3. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

GP | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi

Votes: 24,100 | Gross: $0.42M

03/01/2021, First Films First

4. Wild Strawberries (1957)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance

88 Metascore

After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand

Votes: 114,989

04/01/2021, The Inner Demons of Ingmar Bergman

5. Still Life (2006)

Unrated | 111 min | Drama

81 Metascore

A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.

Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Tao Zhao, Zhou Lan, Sanming Han, Lizhen Ma

Votes: 7,307 | Gross: $0.07M

05/01/2021

6. Vincere (2009)

Unrated | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

85 Metascore

The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Michela Cescon

Votes: 5,914 | Gross: $0.62M

06/01/2021

7. Sexy Beast (2000)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

79 Metascore

Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.

Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman

Votes: 69,267 | Gross: $6.95M

07/01/2021, First Films First

8. Swiss Army Man (2016)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

64 Metascore

A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.

Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Antonia Ribero

Votes: 133,605 | Gross: $4.21M

08/01/2021

9. Deep Red (1975)

R | 127 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

89 Metascore

A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril

Votes: 42,644

09/01/2021

10. Perfumed Nightmare (1977)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

A Filipino jeepney driver (Kidlat Tahimik) who idolizes America's space program comes to reject the rapid encroachment of technology.

Director: Kidlat Tahimik | Stars: Kidlat Tahimik, Mang Fely, Dolores Santamaria, Georgette Baudry

Votes: 886

10/01/2021

11. The Magician (1958)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

86 Metascore

A traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in Sweden of the 19th century. Their capture, however, didn't bring victory to those in power.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Naima Wifstrand

Votes: 10,951

11/01/2021, The Inner Demons of Ingmar Bergman

12. Claire's Knee (1970)

GP | 105 min | Drama, Romance

On lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage half-sisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that the girls have boyfriends.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan

Votes: 12,497 | Gross: $0.04M

12/01/2021, The Everyday Miracles of Éric Rohmer

13. Winter Song (2015)

117 min | Comedy, Drama

A deadpan, picaresque buddy comedy about two old friends through a series of urban adventures they experience, loosely connected by the skull of an executed French aristocrat. Winter Song ... See full summary »

Director: Otar Iosseliani | Stars: Rufus, Amiran Amiranashvili, Mathias Jung, Enrico Ghezzi

Votes: 352

13/01/2021

14. Prince Avalanche (2013)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

73 Metascore

Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault, Joyce Payne

Votes: 20,898 | Gross: $0.20M

14/01/2021

15. Fish Tank (2009)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama

81 Metascore

Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.

Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths

Votes: 65,046 | Gross: $0.37M

15/01/2021

16. Enormous (2019)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy

A world traveling pianist and her husband have decided not to have a baby, but then he sees a surprise childbirth on a flight and tampers with her pill.

Director: Sophie Letourneur | Stars: Marina Foïs, Jonathan Cohen, Jacqueline Kakou, Ayala Cousteau

Votes: 1,702

16/01/2021, From France with Love

17. Entranced Earth (1967)

111 min | Drama

In the fictional Latin American country Eldorado, a poet tries to effect political change by influencing powerful men.

Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, José Lewgoy, Glauce Rocha

Votes: 3,579

17/01/2021

18. Gamak Ghar (2019)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

A portrait of a large extended Indian family over several decades as they gather at the matriarch's rural home, following the inevitable rhythms of change, children moving away to the city, and the decay of traditional village life.

Director: Achal Mishra | Stars: Abhinav Jha, Mira Jha, Satyam Jha, Satyendra Jha

Votes: 461

18/01/2021, A Journey Into Indian Cinema

19. The Devil's Eye (1960)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Don Juan is sent from Hell to Earth with a mission - to seduce a virgin in order to spoil her pure wedding. The mission becomes crazy when Don Juan falls in love for the first time in centuries.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson, Stig Järrel, Nils Poppe

Votes: 4,592

19/01/2021, The Inner Demons of Ingmar Bergman

20. About Some Meaningless Events (1974)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama

In search of a subject for their film, a group of directors ask passers-by about their expectations of Moroccan cinema in the streets and bars of Casablanca.

Director: Mostafa Derkaoui | Stars: Nour Abdellatif, Salah Eddine Benmoussa, Mohamed Derham, Mostafa Derkaoui

Votes: 312

20/01/2021, Rediscovered

21. Morvern Callar (2002)

R | 97 min | Drama

78 Metascore

After her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.

Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Linda McGuire, Paul Popplewell

Votes: 11,046 | Gross: $0.27M

21/01/2021

22. A Family Tour (2018)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama

A filmmaker who has been living in exile in Hong Kong visits a festival in Taipei to present a film has been banned in Mainland China.

Director: Liang Ying | Stars: Nai An, Joe Cheung, Zhe Gong, Chih-Ju Lin

Votes: 431

22/01/2021

23. Blood and Rain (2009)

109 min | Drama

Taxi driver Jose begins his night shift bent on revenge after his brother's murder at the hands of a violent gang. But when an accident brings him unexpectedly closer to his party-girl fare... See full summary »

Director: Jorge Navas | Stars: Gloria Montoya, Quique Mendoza, Juan Miguel Silva, Hernán Méndez

Votes: 340

23/01/2021

24. Thirst (2009)

R | 134 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

73 Metascore

Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.

Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Choi Hee-jin, Seo Dong-soo

Votes: 51,410 | Gross: $0.30M

24/01/2021

25. Citadel (2021)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short

Fragments of COVID-19 related speeches by the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson accompany views from the windows of a London residence during the COVID lockdown.

Director: John Smith

Votes: 292

25/01/2021, Brief Encounters

26. Tenebrae (1982)

R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

83 Metascore

An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Giuliano Gemma, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi

Votes: 27,430

26/01/2021

27. The Virgin Spring (1960)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama

In 14th-century Sweden, an innocent yet pampered teenage girl and her family's pregnant and jealous servant set out from their farm to deliver candles to church, but only one returns from events that transpire in the woods along the way.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson

Votes: 31,650 | Gross: $1.53M

27/01/2021, The Inner Demons of Ingmar Bergman

28. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

75 Metascore

An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Graham

Votes: 17,299 | Gross: $2.45M

28/01/2021

29. Eleições (2019)

100 min | Documentary

In a public school, high school students organize themselves for the electoral race that will elect the command of the school guild.

Director: Alice Riff

Votes: 102

29/01/2021

30. Winter's Bone (2010)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

90 Metascore

An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.

Director: Debra Granik | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt, Isaiah Stone

Votes: 150,559 | Gross: $6.53M

30/01/2021

31. Rezeta (2012)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Rezeta tells the story of a jet-setting model who leads a freewheeling and spontaneous life in Mexico City that starts to change when she falls in love with an unexpected young artist

Director: Fernando Frias | Stars: Rezeta Veliu, Roger Mendoza, Emiliano Becerril, Sebastian Cordova

Votes: 527

31/01/2021

32. Cenote (2019)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary

The past and present of the people living in and around them intersect, and distant memories echo throughout immersive scenes of light and darkness.

Director: Kaori Oda

Votes: 176

01/02/2021, Festival Focus: Rotterdam

33. Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1970)

Not Rated | 26 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

A meeting with James Baldwin doesn't quite go according to plan for a group of presumptuous white filmmakers in this Paris-set documentary short.

Director: Terence Dixon | Star: James Baldwin

Votes: 1,476

02/02/2021, Rediscovered

34. Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

84 Metascore

Recently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, Lars Passgård

Votes: 27,387

03/02/2021, The Inner Demons of Ingmar Bergman

35. For the Time Being (2020)

Not Rated | 71 min | Drama

Summer in Sierra Morena. The hill slopes are faded by the sun. Sand roads cross the land. Fences mark the borders of property. A dry water reservoir lays in the valley. Larissa (Melanie ... See full summary »

Director: Salka Tiziana | Stars: Melanie Straub, Jon Bader, Ole Bader, Amalia Amián del Pino

Votes: 155

04/02/2021, Festival Focus: Rotterdam

36. Heat (1995)

R | 170 min | Action, Crime, Drama

76 Metascore

A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight

Votes: 719,476 | Gross: $67.44M

05/02/2021

37. The Trip (I) (2010)

Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama

Steve Coogan has been asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, but after his girlfriend backs out on him he must take his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rebecca Johnson, Elodie Harrod

Votes: 23,435 | Gross: $2.01M

06/02/2021, Michael Winterbottom: A Double Bill

38. 24 Hour Party People (2002)

R | 117 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

85 Metascore

In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Lennie James, John Thomson, Paul Popplewell

Votes: 39,701 | Gross: $1.13M

07/02/2021, Michael Winterbottom: A Double Bill

39. Cosmopolis (2012)

R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

58 Metascore

Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's day devolves into an odyssey with a cast of characters that start to tear his world apart.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric

Votes: 50,079 | Gross: $0.74M

08/02/2021

40. The Silence (1963)

R | 96 min | Drama

Two estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called Timoka.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten, Håkan Jahnberg

Votes: 21,340

09/02/2021, The Inner Demons of Ingmar Bergman

41. Stump the Guesser (2020)

19 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

He works at the fairground as "Stump the Guesser", who can guess anything for a fee. But suddenly his tricks stop working. And then he unwittingly falls in love with his sister whom he ... See full summary »

Directors: Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin | Stars: Adam Brooks, Brent Neale, Stephanie Berrington, Werner Thaller

Votes: 538

10/02/2021, Luminaries

42. If It Were Love (2020)

82 min | Documentary

They are fifteen young dancers of various origins and horizons. They are touring Crowd, Gisèle Vienne's dance piece on the 90's rave scene. Following them from theatre to theatre, If It ... See full summary »

Director: Patric Chiha | Stars: Philip Berlin, Marine Chesnais, Kerstin Daley-Baradel, Sylvain Decloitre

Votes: 261

11/02/2021

43. Dead Pigs (2018)

Not Rated | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

73 Metascore

A bumbling pig farmer, a feisty salon owner, a sensitive busboy, an expat architect and a disenchanted rich girl converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs float down the river towards a rapidly-modernizing Shanghai.

Director: Cathy Yan | Stars: Vivian Wu, Haoyu Yang, Meng Li, Mason Lee

Votes: 1,818

12/02/2021, Debuts

44. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

NC-17 | 109 min | Drama, Romance

A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.

Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui

Votes: 22,803

13/02/2021, Nagisa Ôshima: A Double Bill

45. Empire of Passion (1978)

R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger.

Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura, Takuzô Kawatani

Votes: 4,931

14/02/2021, Nagisa Ôshima: A Double Bill

46. The Duke of Burgundy (2014)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

A woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lesbian lover.

Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Monica Swinn, Chiara D'Anna, Kata Bartsch

Votes: 14,354 | Gross: $0.03M

15/02/2021

47. Winter Light (1963)

Not Rated | 81 min | Drama

A small-town priest struggles with his faith.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom, Max von Sydow

Votes: 27,097

16/02/2021, The Inner Demons of Ingmar Bergman

48. Science Friction (1959)

10 min | Animation, Short

This film uses stop motion animation of still photographs to convey images of politics and science in the nuclear era. The advancement of science allows man to do things he never would have... See full summary »

Director: Stan Vanderbeek

Votes: 329

17/02/2021

49. All the Dead Ones (2020)

120 min | Drama, History

48 Metascore

1899. The fates of the women in two families become entangled when the Soareses, former land and slave owners, request help from Iná, a woman of African descent they once dismissed due to religious differences.

Directors: Marco Dutra, Caetano Gotardo | Stars: Mawusi Tulani, Clarissa Kiste, Carolina Bianchi, Thaia Perez

Votes: 592

18/02/2021, Festival Focus: Berlinale

50. The Club (2015)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

73 Metascore

A crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live secluded, after an incident occurs.

Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farías, Antonia Zegers, Marcelo Alonso

Votes: 11,989 | Gross: $0.03M

19/02/2021

51. The Night Porter (1974)

R | 118 min | Drama

A concentration camp survivor rekindles her sadomasochistic relationship with her lover, a former SS officer - now working as a night porter at a Vienna hotel - but his former Nazi associates begin stalking them.

Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti

Votes: 14,721 | Gross: $0.63M

20/02/2021

52. The King of Comedy (1982)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

73 Metascore

A passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard

Votes: 119,195 | Gross: $2.50M

21/02/2021

53. Sonchidi (2011)

Not Rated | 55 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Two travelers who are in search of a flying-craft, which they believe could possibly take them to the ultimate escape from the cycle of births. On their way they record their memories, dreams and fears in a sound-recorder and a notebook.

Director: Amit Dutta | Stars: Nitin Goel, Gagan Singh Sethi

Votes: 101

22/02/2021, The Inimitable Image: An Amit Dutta Retrospective

54. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama

87 Metascore

A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough

Votes: 666,589 | Gross: $42.34M

23/02/2021

55. The Sky Is on Fire (2020)

15 min | Short, Sci-Fi

The Sky Is on Fire presents a hypothetical digital ruin of a virtual Miami street. This lifeless world resonates with the monologue of a Miami resident who reflects on the desire for ... See full summary »

Director: Emmanuel van der Auwera

Votes: 134

24/02/2021, Brief Encounters

56. Beyond Clueless (2014)

TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Horror, Romance

Beyond Clueless is a dizzying journey into the mind, body and soul of the teen movie, as seen through the eyes of over 200 modern coming-of-age classics.

Director: Charlie Shackleton | Star: Fairuza Balk

Votes: 990

25/02/2021

57. Persona (1966)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller

86 Metascore

A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand

Votes: 130,931

26/02/2021, The Inner Demons of Ingmar Bergman

58. Legend (1985)

PG | 94 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

30 Metascore

A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent

Votes: 72,490 | Gross: $15.50M

27/02/2021

59. Ciro y yo (2018)

110 min | Documentary

Ciro Galindo was born on August 29th, 1952 in Colombia. Wherever he's gone, war has found him. After twenty years of friendship, I understood Ciro 's life sums up Colombia's history. As so ... See full summary »

Director: Miguel Salazar | Stars: Ciro Galindo, Esneider Galindo

Votes: 313

28/02/2021

60. The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)

Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Romance

A law student regularly visits a Paris bakery to flirt with a brunette employee.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Barbet Schroeder, Claudine Soubrier, Michèle Girardon, Fred Junck

Votes: 5,437

01/03/2021, The Everyday Miracles of Éric Rohmer

61. White Wedding (1989)

92 min | Drama, Romance

Francois, 49, is a happily married teacher. Concerned that rebellious student Mathilde is going to be expelled he sets out to help her but is soon drawn into a passionate relationship with her which has devastating consequences.

Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Bruno Cremer, Ludmila Mikaël, François Négret

Votes: 2,799

02/03/2021, Jean-Claude Brisseau’s Anti-Social Realism: A Double Bill

62. Dutch Wife in the Desert (1967)

NC-17 | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A private detective is hired to find a woman who has apparently been murdered in a snuff film. It turns out the woman's not dead, but very much alive, and he gets sucked into a torrid ... See full summary »

Director: Atsushi Yamatoya | Stars: Miki Watari, Yûichi Minato, Shôhei Yamamoto, Masayoshi Nogami

Votes: 537

03/03/2021, Keiko Sato: Pinku Maverick

63. A Brutal Game (1983)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama

A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret, tortured life.

Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Emmanuelle Debever, María Luisa García, Albert Pigot

Votes: 655

04/03/2021, Jean-Claude Brisseau’s Anti-Social Realism: A Double Bill

64. Bad Tales (2020)

98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

60 Metascore

A few families living out on a limb in the suburbs of Rome. Tensions here can explode at any time; ultimately it's the children who bring about the collapse.

Directors: Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo | Stars: Elio Germano, Tommaso Di Cola, Giulietta Rebeggiani, Barbara Chichiarelli

Votes: 7,063

05/03/2021, Festival Focus: Berlinale

65. Marriage Italian Style (1964)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Wealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.

Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano

Votes: 11,035

06/03/2021

66. Fight Club (1999)

R | 139 min | Drama

67 Metascore

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier

Votes: 2,324,247 | Gross: $37.03M

07/03/2021

67. A Month of Single Frames (2019)

14 min | Short

In 1998 lesbian experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer took part in a one-month residency at a Cape Cod dune shack without running water or electricity, where she shot film, recorded sound ... See full summary »

Director: Lynne Sachs

Votes: 259

08/03/2021, Ways of Seeing With Barbara Hammer

68. Vever (2018)

Not Rated | 12 min | Documentary, Short

An inter-generational tribute to feminist icons of experimental film, and to the complexities, quandaries, and doubt involved in art-making.

Director: Deborah Stratman

Votes: 108

09/03/2021, Ways of Seeing With Barbara Hammer

69. Blue Film Woman (1969)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama

A father's debt to a loan shark leads his wife and daughter to take desperate measures.

Director: Kan Mukai | Stars: Miki Hashimoto, Keisuke Kawatô, Reo Mizumori, Rika Koyanagi

Votes: 283

10/03/2021, Keiko Sato: Pinku Maverick

70. Los Conductos (2020)

70 min | Drama, Mystery

A man comes to terms with his past after satiating his greatest desire: assassinating the leader of the sect of which he was a part for many years.

Director: Camilo Restrepo | Stars: Fernando Úsaga Higuíta, Luis Felipe Lozano

Votes: 467

11/03/2021, Debuts

71. Lakeside Suite (2019)

22 min | Short

Surrounded by sounds of animal life, both from the lake and the neighbouring forests, this film takes us through the seasons. Sounds of water, the wind and a human presence.

Director: Fabrice Aragno | Stars: Clotilde Courau, Bernard Stamm

Votes: 66

12/03/2021

72. Hey There! (2021)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy

Istanbul is under quarantine. Felek and Kerim find the best way to make profits in this period. They will access people's computers and introduce themselves as government officials, making ... See full summary »

Director: Reha Erdem | Stars: Serkan Keskin, Nihal Yalçin, Bülent Emin Yarar, Ezgi Mola

Votes: 1,548

13/03/2021, Luminaries

73. Sacro GRA (2013)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary

64 Metascore

For nearly two years of exploring the "Great Ring Road's" almost 70km of looping highway, Gianfranco Rosi brings to the foreground the daily routine of ordinary people, composing the profile of a microcosm on the outskirts of Great Rome.

Director: Gianfranco Rosi | Stars: Francesco De Santis, Gaetano Finocchi, Roberto Giuliani, Daniel Ona

Votes: 1,893

14/03/2021, The Splendor of Truth: The Cinema of Gianfranco Rosi

74. Longing for the Rain (2013)

95 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

Fang Lei, a Beijing housewife, is leading a peaceful and affluent life with her husband and daughter. Life goes by until one day a man appears in her dreams. His appearance is unclear, but ... See full summary »

Director: Tian-yi Yang | Stars: Siyuan Zhao, Jia Fu, Pongpazroj Dej, Hong Xue

Votes: 139

15/03/2021

75. Women Hell Song: Shakuhachi Benten (1970)

76 min | Crime, Drama

A female Yakuza Okayo, also knows as Benten, is on the run from bounty hunters seeking to claim the tattoo on her back.

Director: Mamoru Watanabe | Stars: Tamaki Katori, Noriko Tatsumi, Rima Aoyama, Jirô Kokubu

Votes: 218

16/03/2021, Keiko Sato: Pinku Maverick

76. Nosferatu (1922)

Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror

Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.

Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder

Votes: 105,441

17/03/2021

77. The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)

100 min | Music, Comedy

In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.

Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa, Issay

Votes: 626

18/03/2021, Rediscovered

78. In the Mood for Love (2000)

PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Siu Ping-Lam, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung

Votes: 166,889 | Gross: $2.73M

19/03/2021, In Love. The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai.

79. Tigerland (2000)

R | 101 min | Drama, War

55 Metascore

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr., Tom Guiry

Votes: 43,358 | Gross: $0.14M

20/03/2021

80. Below Sea Level (2008)

Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary

During a five year period an Italian filmmaker documents the world of down-on-their-luck individuals who live in a Californian desert trying to get by one day at a time. None of them has more than a vehicle, a dog and some clothes.

Director: Gianfranco Rosi

Votes: 493

21/03/2021, The Splendor of Truth: The Cinema of Gianfranco Rosi

81. The Day Has Gone (1968)

90 min | Drama

On receiving a letter from her mother, a quiet working-class girl leaves the state orphanage in Budapest where she grew up and takes a trip to the rural countryside to visit her.

Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Kati Kovács, Teri Horváth, Ádám Szirtes, Gábor Agárdi

Votes: 481

22/03/2021, Independent Women: The Pioneering Cinema of Márta Mészáros

82. Oleg (2019)

108 min | Drama

A young Latvian butcher travels to Brussels in search of better wage but a series of misfortunes lead him to fall under the sway of a Polish criminal.

Director: Juris Kursietis | Stars: Valentin Novopolskij, Dawid Ogrodnik, Anna Próchniak, Guna Zarina

Votes: 1,028

23/03/2021

83. Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute (1971)

72 min | Drama

A young girl, already a jaded sexual veteran, embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery to find out the true reasons for her dissatisfaction and total desensitization.

Directors: Masao Adachi, Haruhiko Arai | Stars: Aki Sasaki, Hiroshi Saitô, Makiko Kim, Yûji Aoki

Votes: 440

24/03/2021, Keiko Sato: Pinku Maverick

84. South (2020)

30 min | Documentary, Short

Taking two anti-racist and anti-authoritarian liberation movements in South London and Chicago's South Side as a point of departure, South presents an expressionistic investigation of the ... See full summary »

Director: Morgan Quaintance

Votes: 117

25/03/2021, Brief Encounters

85. Morgen (2010)

100 min | Drama

A low-key satire that takes a droll approach to the serious subject of illegal immigration.

Director: Marian Crisan | Stars: András Hatházi, Yilmaz Yalçin, Elvira Rimbu, Dorin C. Zachei

Votes: 1,170

26/03/2021

86. The Fountain (2006)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

51 Metascore

As a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Sean Patrick Thomas, Ellen Burstyn

Votes: 248,765 | Gross: $10.14M

27/03/2021

87. The Big Short (2015)

R | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

81 Metascore

In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt

Votes: 484,668 | Gross: $70.26M

28/03/2021

88. Binding Sentiments (1969)

98 min | Drama

After her husband dies, a woman questions her love for her husband and whether or not to accept money from the insurance policy. Tensions mount when her estranged son returns to the familial home with his girlfriend.

Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Mari Törőcsik, Kati Kovács, Lajos Balázsovits, Ági Mészáros

Votes: 268

29/03/2021, Independent Women: The Pioneering Cinema of Márta Mészáros

89. Abnormal Family (1984)

63 min | Comedy, Drama

The film tells a story about a woman and her relationship with the family of her husband's, in particular her husband's younger brother and father-in-law. Her husband, on the other hand, ... See full summary »

Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Usagi Asô, Miki Yamaji, Kaoru Kaze, Kei Shuto

Votes: 477

30/03/2021, Keiko Sato: Pinku Maverick

90. Low Life (2011)

120 min | Drama, Romance

Two young lovers face down French police in this drama. When Afghani student Hussian finds his visa expired, he and his new girlfriend, Julie, are forced underground. Can they evade a tragic fate?

Director: Nicolas Klotz | Stars: Camille Rutherford, Arash Naimian, Luc Chessel, Winson Calixte

Votes: 121

31/03/2021

91. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

56 Metascore

Evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible "Plan 9" into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger.

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. | Stars: Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore

Votes: 40,411

01/04/2021

92. Chungking Express (1994)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

78 Metascore

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong

Votes: 95,790 | Gross: $0.60M

02/04/2021, In Love. The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai.

93. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)

97 min | Drama, Romance

A timeless Carpathian story - the young Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father's killer among the Hutsul people of Ukraine.

Director: Sergei Parajanov | Stars: Ivan Mikolaychuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva, Spartak Bagashvili

Votes: 8,455

03/04/2021

94. Uppercase Print (2020)

128 min | Documentary, Drama, History

80 Metascore

The story of Mugur Calinescu, a Romanian teenager who wrote graffiti messages of protest against the regime of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and was subsequently apprehended, interrogated, and ultimately crushed by the secret police.

Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Serban Lazarovici, Bogdan Zamfir, Ioana Iacob, Serban Pavlu

Votes: 730

04/04/2021

95. Black Pond (2018)

42 min | Documentary, Short

Members of a natural history society in the south of England take care of bats and measure trees, in this documentary shot mostly in close up.

Director: Jessica Sarah Rinland

Votes: 103

05/04/2021, Hands-on: Two Films by Jessica Sarah Rinland

96. In the Loop (2009)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy

83 Metascore

A political satire about a group of skeptical American and British operatives attempting to prevent a war between two countries.

Director: Armando Iannucci | Stars: Tom Hollander, Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini, Harry Hadden-Paton

Votes: 61,592 | Gross: $2.38M

06/04/2021

97. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

PG-13 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

86 Metascore

Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.

Director: Benh Zeitlin | Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes

Votes: 85,073 | Gross: $12.80M

07/04/2021

98. Thesis (1996)

R | 125 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty...

Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Xabier Elorriaga

Votes: 42,475

08/04/2021

99. Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama

68 Metascore

With an older brother in jail and living with their single mother on Pine Ridge Reservation, Johnny and his sister Jashuan's lives develop new challenges when their absentee cowboy father ... See full summary »

Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene Bedard, Jessica Rowland

Votes: 3,840 | Gross: $0.03M

09/04/2021

100. The Great Dictator (1940)

G | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner

Votes: 237,359 | Gross: $0.29M

10/04/2021, The Modern Times of Charlie Chaplin



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