43. Istanbul Film Festivali
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1. The Hypnosis (2023)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
A hypnotherapist sees Vera throw off the trappings of civilized behaviour. For a event She attends with André, Vera's behaviour holds a mirror up to the faux-authenticity, virtue signalling and hypocrisy of her fellow entrepreneurs.
Director: Ernst De Geer | Stars: Asta Kamma August, Herbert Nordrum, Andrea Edwards, David Fukamachi Regnfors
Votes: 325
2. Arthur & Diana (2023)
108 min | Drama
Playful auto-fictional trip from Berlin to Paris.
Director: Sara Summa | Stars: Livia Antonelli, Ugo Fiore, Claire Loiseau, Benjamin Schwinn
Votes: 37
3. Matt and Mara (2024)
80 min | Drama
A young professor struggles in her marriage, only to meet Matt, a man from her past who wanders onto her university campus.
Director: Kazik Radwanski | Stars: Matt Johnson, Deragh Campbell, Simon Reynolds, Kinshuk Dhingra
Votes: 31
4. Woman of... (2023)
132 min | Drama
Adam, trying to be a good husband and father in a small town in Poland. But Adam starts to feel increasingly uncomfortable in his body, one that doesn't reflect his true identity.
Directors: Michal Englert, Malgorzata Szumowska | Stars: Malgorzata Hajewska, Joanna Kulig, Mateusz Wieclawek, Bogumila Bajor
Votes: 243
5. The Witness (1969)
105 min | Drama, Comedy
Banned for over a decade for its outspoken criticism of the post-WWII communist regime in Hungary, Péter Bacsó's 'The Witness' has since then achieved unparalleled cult status in its native... See full summary »
Director: Péter Bacsó | Stars: Ferenc Kállai, Lajos Öze, Zoltán Fábri, Béla Both
Votes: 7,770
6. Michel Gondry: Do it Yourself! (2023)
80 min | Documentary
If Méliès had a son, it would be Michel Gondry. A brilliant jack-of-all-trades whose eccentric talent convinced the creative elite of international pop music to entrust him with his music ... See full summary »
Director: François Nemeta | Stars: Björk, Jack Black, Jim Carrey, Étienne Charry
Votes: 35
7. Stop Making Sense (1984)
PG | 88 min | Documentary, Music
Considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, the live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads' most memorable songs.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: David Byrne, Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steven Scales
Votes: 20,017 | Gross: $5.02M
8. Boléro (II) (2024)
120 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Follows the boundary-pushing Rubinstein as she selects Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Ravel ends up creating his greatest success ever: Boléro.
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Raphaël Personnaz, Doria Tillier, Jeanne Balibar, Emmanuelle Devos
Votes: 184
9. Memories of a Burning Body (2024)
90 min | Drama
Ana, Patricia and Mayela grow up when sexuality is taboo. Now channeled as one 65-year-old, the protagonist revisits intertwined memories, secrets and desires, giving voice to unspoken past experiences.
Director: Antonella Sudasassi
Votes: 10
10. Ellbogen (2024)
86 min | Drama
Hazal is a 17-year-old Berliner wishing for an opportunity to escape routine. For her 18th birthday celebration with friends, she seeks fun away from daily grind. A tragic event changes everything and Hazal must run.
Director: Asli Özarslan | Stars: Melia Kara, Jamilah Bagdach, Asya Utku, Nurgül Ayduran
Votes: 40
11. Shirins Hochzeit (1976 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Shirin's Wedding touches on many concepts that are still up to date, from the difficulties experienced by immigrants to the power of love, from the importance of family ties to women's ... See full summary »
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Ayten Erten, Jürgen Prochnow, Aras Ören, Aliki Georgouli
Votes: 47
12. All to Play For (2023)
112 min | Drama
Barmaid Sylvie is a single mom living with her two sons, Sofiane and Jean-Jacques. One night, Sofiane is injured while being alone in the flat which results in placing him in a foster home. Sylvie is determined to bring her son back home.
Director: Delphine Deloget | Stars: Virginie Efira, Félix Lefebvre, Arieh Worthalter, Mathieu Demy
Votes: 384
13. Power Alley (2023)
99 min | Drama
On the eve of a volleyball championship decisive for her future as an athlete, 17-year-old Sofía discovers an unwanted pregnancy. In an attempt to interrupt it clandestinely, she ends up becoming the target of a fundamentalist group.
Director: Lillah Halla | Stars: Ayomi Domenica, Loro Bardot, Grace Passô, Gláucia Vandeveld
Votes: 141
14. tú me abrasas (2024)
64 min | Drama
The poet Sappho encounters the nymph Britomartis by the sea. Tales claim Sappho leapt into the ocean out of heartbreak while Britomartis fell into the water escaping a man's pursuit. Together they reflect on the bittersweet pangs of desire
Director: Matías Piñeiro | Stars: Ana Cristina Barragán, Maria Inês Gonçalves, Agustina Muñoz, Gabriela Saidon
Votes: 16
15. 13 Assassins (2010)
R | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya, Ikki Sawamura
Votes: 68,617 | Gross: $0.80M
16. Shall We Dance? (1996)
PG | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eri Watanabe
Votes: 11,734 | Gross: $9.68M
17. Explanation for Everything (2023)
151 min | Drama
Abel is a high school student struggling to focus on his final exams, while being hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka.
Director: Gábor Reisz | Stars: Adonyi-Walsh Gáspár, István Znamenák, András Rusznák, Rebeka Hatházi
Votes: 1,462
18. The Empire (2024)
110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A small village of Northern France is the battleground of undercover extraterrestrial knights.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin, Fabrice Luchini
Votes: 418
19. Cottontail (2023)
94 min | Drama
A widower from Japan travels with his estranged son to England in order to fulfill his late wife's dying wish.
Director: Patrick Dickinson | Stars: Thomas Coombes, Ciarán Hinds, Aoife Hinds, Isy Suttie
Votes: 80
20. In Flames (2023)
98 min | Drama, Horror
After the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter's precarious existence is ripped apart. They must find strength in each other if they are to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to engulf them.
Director: Zarrar Kahn | Stars: Ramesha Nawal, Omar Javaid, Bakhtawar Mazhar, Mohammad Ali Hashmi
Votes: 200
21. Little Girl Blue (2023)
95 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Docudrama about French writer and photographer Carole Achache. Through the power of filmmaking and the help of Marion Cotillard, director Mona Achache brings her mother back to life to retrace her journey and find out who she really was.
Director: Mona Achache | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Mona Achache, Marie Bunel, Marie-Christine Adam
Votes: 217
22. Szürkület (2017)
22 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
Son and father are trying to get along and make money far away from their home, but on the way home everything goes bad.
Director: Eszter Kemény | Stars: Alexa Bakonyi, Xénia Baricz, Attila Ferencz, Péter Gárdai
Votes: 8
23. Twilight (1990)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a schoolgirl is found murdered in the woods, a retiring detective tries to find her murderer.
Director: György Fehér | Stars: Péter Haumann, János Derzsi, Judit Pogány, Kati Lázár
Votes: 993
24. Return to Reason (2023)
70 min | Music, Romance
An anthology of four Man Ray short films, with original music by SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan). Includes the films L'étoile de mer (1928), Emak-Bakia (1927), Le retour à la raison (1923) and Les Mystères du Château du Dé (1929).
Director: Man Ray | Stars: André de la Rivière, Robert Desnos, Kiki of Montparnasse
Votes: 30
25. The Rescue: The Weight of the World (2023)
95 min | Drama
Following the overthrow of the cruel dictatorship that had supplanted the country's long-standing democracy, Julio returns to Argentina with his family. After his brother is abducted he takes the lead in negotiations with the perpetrators.
Director: Daniela Goggi | Stars: Rodrigo de la Serna, Julieta Zylberberg, Germán Palacios, Jorge Marrale
Votes: 474
26. Suspended Time (2024)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
During COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, two married couples quarantine together in a country house, leading to rising tensions and revelations about their relationships.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Vincent Macaigne, Micha Lescot, Nine d'Urso, Nora Hamzawi
Votes: 87
27. Firebrand (2023)
120 min | Drama, History
Follows Queen Katherine Parr & Henry VIII's marriage.
Director: Karim Aïnouz | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Eddie Marsan, Jude Law, Amr Waked
Votes: 537
28. Hit Man (2023)
R | 115 min | Action, Comedy
A professor moonlighting as a hit man of sorts for his city police department, descends into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Adria Arjona, Glen Powell, Retta, Austin Amelio
Votes: 1,116
29. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (2023)
103 min | Documentary, Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto's last performance, a concert film featuring just him and his piano playing for the last time before passing away.
Director: Neo Sora | Star: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Votes: 371
30. Paradise Is Burning (2023)
108 min | Drama
Three sisters aged 7 to 16, live alone after their mother vanishes for whole swathes of time. When the social services demand a family meeting, oldest sister Laura plans to find a stand in for their mother.
Director: Mika Gustafson | Stars: Bianca Delbravo, Dilvin Asaad, Safira Mossberg, Ida Engvoll
Votes: 363
31. Brief History of a Family (2024)
99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A middle-class family's fate becomes intertwined with their only son's enigmatic new friend in post one-child policy China, putting unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions under the microscope.
Director: Jianjie Lin | Stars: Ke-Yu Guo, Muran Lin, Xilun Sun, Feng Zu
Votes: 128
32. The Fifth Seal (1976)
116 min | Drama, War
In Budapest in 1944, a watchmaker, a book seller and a carpenter are drinking in a bar with the owner, when they are joined by a stranger. The watchmaker asks a hypothetical question that will change their lives.
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Lajos Öze, László Márkus, Ferenc Bencze, Sándor Horváth
Votes: 5,910
33. Out of Season (II) (2023)
115 min | Drama
Mathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small balnearic town. They have a short affair, and then each one follows their own path. To wash his melancholy, Mathieu goes to a thalasso, where by chance he finds Alice.
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Alba Rohrwacher, Sharif Andoura, Marie Drucker
Votes: 253
34. No Love Lost (2023)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Etienne, a young father, must deal with the fact that his now-teenage daughter Rosa is ready to move forward and build her own life away from him.
Director: Erwan Le Duc | Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Céleste Brunnquell, Maud Wyler, Mercedes Dassy
Votes: 178
35. The Undergrowth (2024)
72 min | Documentary
Three sisters living on Canary Islands find their routines transformed by a sense of magic and meditation. Each sister copes in her own way without a breadwinner expressing themselves through their body mixing realism and fantasy.
Director: Macu Machín | Stars: Carmen Machín, Elsa Machín, Maura Pérez
Votes: 15
36. Gloria! (2024)
106 min | Drama, History
It re-imagines the world of classical music on more equal standing in a Baroque-era Venice.
Director: Margherita Vicario | Stars: Galatéa Bellugi, Carlotta Gamba, Veronica Lucchesi, Maria Vittoria Dallasta
Votes: 281
37. All Shall Be Well (2024)
93 min | Drama
Angie and Pat have been together for over four decades but after Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of Pat's family as she struggles to retain her dignity and the home that both had shared for over thirty years.
Director: Ray Yeung | Stars: Patra Au, Lin-Lin Li, Tai-Bo, So-Ying Hui
Votes: 101
38. Grace (2023)
119 min | Drama
In Russia, an introverted father and his teenage daughter live on the road in a van that contains their entire life, including the equipment for a travelling cinema: the source of their meager income.
Director: Ilya Povolotsky | Stars: Maria Lukyanova, Gela Chitava, Daro Akimidze, Koba Akimidze
Votes: 139
39. My Favourite Cake (2024)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Seventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening.
Directors: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha | Stars: Lili Farhadpour, Esmaeel Mehrabi, Mohammad Heidari, Melika Pazouki
Votes: 183
40. The Round-Up (1966)
90 min | Drama, History, War
In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla, ... See full summary »
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár, Gábor Agárdi
Votes: 3,301
41. Tatami (2023)
105 min | Thriller
Iranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran's first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an... See full summary »
Directors: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Guy Nattiv | Stars: Arienne Mandi, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Jaime Ray Newman, Nadine Marshall
Votes: 257
42. Goodbye Julia (2023)
120 min | Drama
Just before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.
Director: Mohamed Kordofani | Stars: Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak, Nazar Goma, Ger Duany
Votes: 658
43. Riverboom (2023)
99 min | Documentary
In 2002, three young reporters get into a car in Kabul for a journey that will change their lives forever.
Director: Claude Baechtold
Votes: 30
44. Origin (2023)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama, History
The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash, Emily Yancy
Votes: 4,312
45. Late Night with the Devil (2023)
R | 93 min | Horror
A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
Directors: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes | Stars: David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi
Votes: 32,313
46. Bye Bye Tiberias (2023)
82 min | Documentary, Biography
Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.
Director: Lina Soualem | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Um Ali, Nemat Abbass, Said Abbas
Votes: 314
47. Testament (II) (2023)
115 min | Drama
A retired archivist is annoyed and confused by a group of protestors who are angered by a mural inside the retirement home where he resides that glorifies colonialism.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Sophie Lorain, Marie-Mai Bouchard, Yves Jacques
Votes: 272
48. Confidence (1980)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
During WW2 Hungarian resistance hides a married couple from the officials. The woman is sent to act as the wife of one of the resistance members who is also in hiding and pretending to be somebody else. They slowly begin to fall in love.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Andorai, Oszkárné Gombik, Károly Csáki
Votes: 1,033
49. After Hours (I) (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong
Votes: 81,410 | Gross: $10.60M
50. A Traveler's Needs (2024)
90 min | Drama
A French woman drinks makgeolli in Korea after losing her means of income, then teaches French to two Korean women.
Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Yunhee Cho, Kwon Hae-hyo, Isabelle Huppert, Hye-young Lee
Votes: 150
51. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
163 min | Comedy
An overworked and underpaid production assistant drives around Bucharest to shoot the casting for a workplace safety video commissioned by a multinational company.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Ilinca Manolache, Ovidiu Pîrsan, Nina Hoss, Dorina Lazar
Votes: 1,266
52. My Dreams, My Love and You (1987)
100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Coskun, who grew up in an orphanage, has been in love with the very famous film star Derya Altinay all of his life. His only purpose in life is to meet her one day and write a film script ... See full summary »
Director: Atif Yilmaz | Stars: Türkan Soray, Oguz Tunç, Müsfik Kenter, Engin Inal
Votes: 608
53. From Hilde, with Love (2024)
124 min | Biography, Drama, History
In Berlin 1942, Hilde is a member of an anti-Nazi group. She falls in love with another member, Hans. The two spend a summer together until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant.
Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Liv Lisa Fries, Johannes Hegemann, Sina Martens, Lisa Lee Paulick
Votes: 96
54. Dahomey (2024)
68 min | Documentary
The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation's demands.
Director: Mati Diop | Stars: Gildas Adannou, Habib Ahandessi, Joséa Guedje
Votes: 122
55. The Summer with Carmen (2023)
106 min | Comedy
While having a day-long swim at Athens' queer beach, best friends Demos and Nikitas recall the events of a recent summer in the prospect of turning them into a screenplay for Nikitas' feature debut.
Director: Zacharias Mavroeidis | Stars: Yorgos Tsiantoulas, Andreas Labropoulos, Roubini Vasilakopoulou, Nikolaos Mihas
Votes: 153
56. Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
118 min | Drama, Romance
Follows the journey of 16 year old Mira, whose sexy, rebellious coming of age is disrupted by her young mother who never got to come of age herself.
Director: Shuchi Talati | Stars: Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, Kesav Binoy Kiron, Kajol Chugh
Votes: 153
57. Battle in Heaven (2005)
Unrated | 98 min | Crime, Drama
Marcos lusts after his boss's promiscuous daughter, but after botching an extortion scheme, he becomes wracked with guilt.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Marcos Hernández, Anapola Mushkadiz, Bertha Ruiz, David Bornstein
Votes: 6,645 | Gross: $0.07M
58. Crossing (2024)
105 min | Drama
Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.
Director: Levan Akin | Stars: Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanli
Votes: 249
59. Close Your Eyes (2023)
169 min | Drama
A Spanish actor disappears during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the mystery returns to the present day.
Director: Víctor Erice | Stars: Manolo Solo, Jose Coronado, Ana Torrent, Petra Martínez
Votes: 2,745
60. Time Stands Still (1982)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
A teenager boy has to grow up in the shifting political and moral landscape of post-1956 Hungary.
Director: Péter Gothár | Stars: Anikó Iván, István Znamenák, Péter Gálfy, Henrik Pauer
Votes: 1,542
61. Alice in the Cities (1974)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Yella Rottländer, Rüdiger Vogler, Lisa Kreuzer, Edda Köchl
Votes: 13,249
62. Under the Open Sky (2020)
126 min | Crime, Drama
A lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.
Director: Miwa Nishikawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura, Hakuryû
Votes: 1,819
63. La Cocina (2024)
139 min | Drama
Follows the life in the kitchen of a NYC restaurant where cultures from all over the world blend during the lunchtime rush.
Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios | Stars: Raúl Briones, Rooney Mara, Anna Díaz, Motell Gyn Foster
Votes: 200
64. A New Kind of Wilderness (2024)
84 min | Documentary
In the Norwegian wilderness, a family seeks a wild free existence but a tragic turn of events shatters their isolation, compelling them to adapt to the demands of contemporary society.
Director: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Votes: 126
65. Man in Black (2023)
60 min | Documentary
Wang Xilin, China's most important modern classical composers who was the target of severe persecution, enduring beatings, imprisonment and torture. Besides having a life of suffering, he is still capable of deep and sincere compassion.
Director: Wang Bing | Star: Xilin Wang
Votes: 139
66. Alreadymade (2023)
87 min | Documentary
Search for the truth behind "Fountain", A reflection on art and an attempt to bring Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven to life.
Director: Barbara Visser
Votes: 25
67. Unicorns (I) (2023)
93 min | Drama
Isa is a Feminist and polyamorous posh girl who passionately defends her way of living. Her contradictions come to light and her universe crumbles when she wants to become an influencer.
Director: Àlex Lora | Stars: Emma Arquillué, Jorge Cabrera, Lídia Casanova, Greta Fernández
Votes: 97
68. Istanbul Trilogy: Muhabbet (2023)
Short, Drama
A man who moved away from his hometown engages in deep conversations with his friends and family while toasting, eating and celebrating life.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Kubilay Aka, Emre Dinler, Özge Erdem, Mehmet Sait Ergenç
Votes: 69
69. Istanbul Trilogy: Meze (2023)
22 min | Short, Drama
In order to cope with a big disappointment on her wedding day, a woman gathers at the table with her loved ones to share delicious mezes.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Nezaket Erden, Burcu Gölgedar, Asli Inandik, Sirin Saldamli
Votes: 67
70. Istanbul Trilogy: Music (2023)
Short, Drama
A man facing some issues with his business gets the chance to see how a seemingly simple event from his childhood affected someone life's forever.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: M. Sitare Akbas, Ali Seçkiner Alici, Pinar Göktas, Saim Güveloglu
Votes: 62
71. Sidonie in Japan (2023)
95 min | Drama, Romance
While on a book tour in Japan, Sidonie Perceval, still haunted by the ghost of her late husband, begins an affair with her mysterious Japanese publisher.
Director: Élise Girard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Tsuyoshi Ihara, August Diehl, Yuko Hitomi
Votes: 227
72. Sinbad (2012–2013)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A Persian prisoner sets out to find his dead brother with help from his misfit group.
Stars: Elliot Knight, Marama Corlett, Elliot Cowan, Junix Inocian
Votes: 3,779
73. Sinbad (1971)
90 min | Drama, Romance
An old man is recollecting all the women he met in his youth. An old woman wants them to commit suicide together but changes her mind. The little town has a doctor whose wife can not forget... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Huszárik | Stars: Zoltán Latinovits, Éva Ruttkai, Éva Leelössy, Margit Dajka
Votes: 1,734
74. No Other Land (2024)
95 min | Documentary
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
Directors: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Votes: 267
75. The Mother of All Lies (2023)
96 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A Moroccan woman's search for truth tangles with a web of lies in her family history. As a daughter and filmmaker, she fuses personal and national history as she reflects on the 1981 Bread Riots, drawing out connections to modern Morocco.
Director: Asmae ElMoudir | Stars: Mohamed El Moudir, Asmae ElMoudir, Zahra Jeddaoui, Said Masrour
Votes: 319
76. My Name Is Happy (2022)
82 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The inspirational story of a Kurdish teenager, Mutlu Kaya, who comes from a remote community in South East Turkey.
Directors: Nick Read, Ayse Toprak | Star: Mutlu Kaya
Votes: 42
77. In Our Day (2023)
83 min | Drama
A woman in 40s living at friends home answers briefly, and a man in 70s living alone end up giving longer answers, had visitor for lunch in front of their guests, coincidentally they both added hot pepper paste to their ramyun.
Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Gi Ju-bong, Kim Min-hee
Votes: 312
78. Black Tea (2024)
110 min | Drama, Romance
After saying "no" on her wedding day, Joice leaves the Ivory Coast to start a new life in Guangzhou, China.
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Nina Melo, Han Chang, Ke-Xi Wu, Michael Chang
Votes: 167
79. The Persian Version (2023)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a large Iranian-American family gathers, a family secret is uncovered that catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past, and to discover they are more alike than they know.
Director: Maryam Keshavarz | Stars: Layla Mohammadi, Niousha Noor, Kamand Shafieisabet, Bijan Daneshmand
Votes: 3,451
80. Tiger Stripes (2023)
TV-14 | 95 min | Horror
An 11-year-old girl who is carefree until she starts to experience horrifying physical changes to her body.
Director: Amanda Nell Eu | Stars: Zafreen Zairizal, Deena Ezral, Piqa, Shaheizy Sam
Votes: 706
81. Saỷara (2024)
98 min | Crime, Thriller
When her sister is murdered by a group of politically connected rich kids, Sayara, a quiet gym cleaner from Turkmenistan, begins to follow in her father's footsteps, seeking a path of revenge.
Director: Can Evrenol | Stars: Zakirjan Bazarov, Batuhan Buyukacaroglu, Furkan Riza Demirel, Levent Inal
Votes: 27
82. Cu Li Never Cries (2024)
93 min | Drama
After inheriting a pygmy slow loris from her long-estranged husband, a woman clings to dwindling ties to her past while her niece prepares for her wedding and worries about the future.
Director: Pham Ngoc Lan | Stars: Minh-Châu, Xuan An Ngo, Ha-Phuong, Kieu-Trinh
Votes: 36
83. Apocalypse Clown (2023)
102 min | Comedy
When a mysterious technological blackout plunges Ireland into anarchy and chaos, a group of failed washed up clowns are forced to traverse the country for one last shot at their dreams.
Director: George Kane | Stars: David Earl, Natalie Palamides, Amy De Bhrún, Fionn Foley
Votes: 716
84. Hoard (2023)
126 min | Drama
The story follows Maria - a teenager whose mother used to be a hoarder. Now (set in the 90s) she lives in a foster home where a previous resident Micheal inspires her to revisit her childhood memories and passions that she has repressed.
Director: Luna Carmoon | Stars: Tim Bowie, James Cooper, Ceara Coveney, Sarah Rose Denton
Votes: 224
85. Kambia nymfi petalouda (2023)
91 min | Drama
In a world where time changes arbitrarily, a couple's relationship is tested as their individual and shared recollections of the past, present and future change unremittingly.
Director: Kyros Papavassiliou | Stars: Makis Papadimitriou, Yiannis Niarros, Maria Apostolakea, Stephania Sotiropoulou
Votes: 85
86. The Reeds (2023)
123 min | Drama
Set in a village in Anatolia at the foothills of the mountains, portraying the story of the resistance of a young man, Ali, against the domination of landlords and local gangs, striving to win back his wife's love and affection.
Director: Cemil Agacikoglu | Stars: Hilmi Ahiska, Sevgi Temel, Gökhan Yikilkan, Berkay Sanveren
Votes: 74
87. Pepe (2024)
122 min | Drama
A voice that claims to be from a hippopotamus. A voice that doesn't understand the perception of time. Pepe, the first and last hippo killed in the Americas, tells his story with the overwhelming orality of these towns.
Director: Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias | Stars: Jhon Narváez, Fareed Matjila, Nicolás Marín Caly, Harmony Ahalwa
Votes: 85
88. The Movie Teller (2023)
116 min | Drama
María Margarita is the youngest of four siblings in a family living in a mining town in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The most special time of the week for this family is Sunday, when they ... See full summary »
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Bérénice Bejo, Daniel Brühl, Antonio de la Torre, Sara Becker
Votes: 353
89. Behind the Mountains (2023)
98 min | Drama
A man who violently breaks free from his banal environment, evading society with its principles, codes and institutions.
Director: Mohamed Ben Attia | Stars: Majd Mastoura, Walid Bouchhioua, Samer Bisharat, Selma Zghidi
Votes: 93
90. Who Do I Belong To (2024)
120 min | Drama
A Tunisian woman is caught between her maternal love and her search for the truth when her son returns home from war and unleashes a darkness throughout their village.
Director: Meryam Joobeur | Stars: Salha Nasraoui, Mohamed Grayaâ, Malek Mechergui, Adam Bessa
Votes: 60
91. Eureka (2023)
147 min | Drama
Murphy searches for his daughter after she is kidnapped by the outlaw Randall.
Director: Lisandro Alonso | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Chiara Mastroianni, Alaina Clifford, Sadie LaPointe
Votes: 297
92. Pet Shop Days (2023)
100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Follows the affair between the impulsive Alejandro and the college-age pet store employee Jack, exploring the underbelly of New York and a romance that sends them down a rabbit hole of vice.
Director: Olmo Schnabel | Stars: Dario Yazbek Bernal, Jack Irv, Gerry Bednob, Grace Brennan
Votes: 109
93. El amor de Andrea (2023)
101 min | Adventure, Comedy
Director: Manuel Martín Cuenca | Stars: Lupe Mateo Barredo, Fidel Sierra, Cayetano Rodríguez Anglada, Agustín Domínguez
Votes: 83
94. Perfect Days (2023)
PG | 124 min | Drama
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Miyako Tanaka
Votes: 36,770
95. Rosinante (2023)
103 min | Drama
Living in a metropolis is actually holding on to a possibility. To the possibility of things going well, meeting interesting people, discovering a new street, having a different choice, and... See full synopsis »
Director: Baran Gunduzalp | Stars: Fatih Sönmez, Nilay Erdönmez, Can Demir, Sedat Kalkavan
Votes: 11
96. Otherwise in Istanbul
Documentary | Post-production
Director: Didem Pekün | Stars: Mihran Tomasyan, Ufuk Fakioglu, Nazli Durak, Nazli Tecimer
97. Afloat (2023)
115 min | Drama
When two sisters embark on a sailing trip on the Aegean coast with their fractured family, simmering resentments and buried secrets rise to the surface, threatening to shatter their fragile bonds with each other and their homeland.
Director: Aslihan Unaldi | Stars: Nihan Aker, Nazan Diper, Zafer Diper, Lila Gürmen
Votes: 82
98. Dying (2024)
183 min | Drama
Lissy enjoys husband Gerd's deterioration in a home. Her joy is temporary as her health rapidly declines.
Director: Matthias Glasner | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Lilith Stangenberg, Ronald Zehrfeld
Votes: 178
99. The Strangers' Case (2024)
97 min | Drama
Tragedy strikes a Syrian family in Aleppo, starting a chain reaction of events involving five different families in four different countries.
Director: Brandt Andersen | Stars: Omar Sy, Jay Abdo, Fares Al-Helou, Mahmood Bakri
Votes: 92
100. Dimitris Skyllas: Afterpop (2022)
54 min | Documentary, Music
From the Greek mountains to BBC's grand stages, the 35-year-old provocative composer Dimitris Skyllas reveals the secrets of today's music-making. The sacred musician, the party freak, and ... See full summary »
Director: Dimitris Zivopoulos | Star: Dimitris Skyllas
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