1000 movies to share
Hunting movies and books is my daily task. A friend of mine asked me to make a list before he goes to Berkeley so this is what I came up with. I have a special interest in Indi movies but there might be some guilty-pleasure-ones... a few... (I promise). The films from Latin America included here are great unknown jewels that, because they are unknown, they have poor rates. Still, I used the same criteria of well-thought movies. I also stress on history, micro-history, biographies and new experiences and ideas that films bring, in culture, direction, situations and perspectives. Please notice that some international movies are only appreciated when the culture background is known through books, experience or travels. The goal is to have more than 1000 substantial films. I'll try to point the film's country origin, too.
Other films not found here:
1. Tapia:El Primer Puertorriqueño (Roberto Ramos-Perea)
2. The Tiger and the Monk
3. Pablo Casals llega a Puerto Rico (Jack Delano, 1956)
4. La pintura mural de Rafael Ríos Rey (Casa Paoli)
5. La ruta de los murales (Casa Paoli)
6. Jugando pelota dura (Sistema TV)
7. Archivos (Canal 6)
8. Historia de nuestro cine (TVE)
9. Puertorriqueñísimo (Canal 6)
10. Días de cine con Edgardo Huertas (Canal 6)
11. Puerto Rican Voices (Puerto Rican Studies)
12. Soy de una raza pura: Eleuterio Derkes (Ignacio Peña)
13. En la punta de la lengua
14. Stealing History or Byen som kunne ofres (Ola Flyum and David Hebditch, 2006)
15. Los Figueroa
16. Desarme (Hernán Fernández, 2016)
16. Antonio Paoli
17. Melaverde
18. Dancing in the Light: The Janet Collins Story
19. Caraballo, máscara y carnaval: Las máscaras de vejigantes según Miguel A. Caraballo
20. Escenas cumbres
21. ¿Qué opina la mujer?(Oscar Torres, René Marqués, 1957)
22. Luisa tenía razón (American Cancer Society)
23. El pueblo en acción
24. Belén, la del traje blanco
25. El hombre entre las flores (Homenaje a Agustín Stahl, de la serie Esto pasó aquí, J. Luis Vivas Maldonado, Héctor Suárez 1960)
26. Marta y Cristóbal (Gilo Rivera, Alberto Rodríguez,2008)
27. La cenicienta boricua (Vicente Castro, 2015)
28. 1,2,3 a bailar (José Wheelock, 2016, Nicaragua)
29. Leyendas de Puerto Rico (Luis Molina Casanova) 1999
30. Los cuentos de Abelardo (Luis Molina Casanova) 1990
Other films not found here:
1. Tapia:El Primer Puertorriqueño (Roberto Ramos-Perea)
2. The Tiger and the Monk
3. Pablo Casals llega a Puerto Rico (Jack Delano, 1956)
4. La pintura mural de Rafael Ríos Rey (Casa Paoli)
5. La ruta de los murales (Casa Paoli)
6. Jugando pelota dura (Sistema TV)
7. Archivos (Canal 6)
8. Historia de nuestro cine (TVE)
9. Puertorriqueñísimo (Canal 6)
10. Días de cine con Edgardo Huertas (Canal 6)
11. Puerto Rican Voices (Puerto Rican Studies)
12. Soy de una raza pura: Eleuterio Derkes (Ignacio Peña)
13. En la punta de la lengua
14. Stealing History or Byen som kunne ofres (Ola Flyum and David Hebditch, 2006)
15. Los Figueroa
16. Desarme (Hernán Fernández, 2016)
16. Antonio Paoli
17. Melaverde
18. Dancing in the Light: The Janet Collins Story
19. Caraballo, máscara y carnaval: Las máscaras de vejigantes según Miguel A. Caraballo
20. Escenas cumbres
21. ¿Qué opina la mujer?(Oscar Torres, René Marqués, 1957)
22. Luisa tenía razón (American Cancer Society)
23. El pueblo en acción
24. Belén, la del traje blanco
25. El hombre entre las flores (Homenaje a Agustín Stahl, de la serie Esto pasó aquí, J. Luis Vivas Maldonado, Héctor Suárez 1960)
26. Marta y Cristóbal (Gilo Rivera, Alberto Rodríguez,2008)
27. La cenicienta boricua (Vicente Castro, 2015)
28. 1,2,3 a bailar (José Wheelock, 2016, Nicaragua)
29. Leyendas de Puerto Rico (Luis Molina Casanova) 1999
30. Los cuentos de Abelardo (Luis Molina Casanova) 1990
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- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsYves MontandIrene PapasJean-Louis TrintignantThe public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.A French film. Based on a true story. It has an original ending. Micro-history from the 1970s strikes in Greece. It's very intense, political and alarming.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsRuth GordonBud CortVivian PicklesYoung, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.USA. The first scene lasts minutes, one single shot (love it). A movie that will make you feel better.
- DirectorSam WoodEdmund GouldingStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.USA. I CRACK UP. An anti-depress, no pills needed. There is an interesting story behind Harpo's sharp harp style.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin TherouxAfter a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.Always ready to blow your mind off. There are three dialogues in here: the one that's in the mind, the reality and the "behind scenes" of the movies gang-lords world. The third one is not that important, but it helps develop the first two, to explain why happened what happened.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSean ConneryRyan O'NealMichael CaineOperation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.It has three settings and languages: Netherlands (Dutch), Germany (German) and England (Monolingual)
- DirectorMarco Tullio GiordanaStarsLuigi Lo CascioAlessio BoniJasmine TrincaAn Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.An Italian film. A 6 hours movie. Based on true events: the scandal regarding mental patients during the 60's; the Firenze's Flood; the Italian terrorist group Brigate Rosse; la Mafia in Sicilia and the assassination of Giovanni Falcone, the magistrate made a national hero.
- DirectorIcíar BollaínStarsGael García BernalLuis TosarKarra ElejaldeAs a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.One of the few movies that spots Bolivia, the poorest country in South América and the only one in the hemisphere that doesn't have access to the seas. Supported mainly by it grows on illegal drugs before, now it has found its Dorado in the Quinoa market, bringing an amalgam of relief and new burdens. However, this movie brings up another recent Bolivian story: the fighting to have the right to have water.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.An Iranian film. Watch other things along with the new's spread from Iran. Be a quick-subtitle-reader, pause if you have to, 'cause the dialogues are key in this one. Learn from the culture.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisPete PostlethwaiteAlison CrosbieAn Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.Based on a true story from Ireland.
- DirectorTodd SolondzStarsJane AdamsJon LovitzPhilip Seymour HoffmanThe lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.IRONY. Pure IRONY.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanRobert De NiroAnne HecheShortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.Black humor with shades of power. Based on the book "American Hero".
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDavid NivenGregory PeckAnthony QuinnA team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.Dialogue and acting are flawless.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.Based on a true story. I never get tired of watching it.
- DirectorCarlos GaviriaStarsPaola BaldionAna María ArangoHéctor DurangoAfter their grandfather dies, cousins Jairo and Marina go to Colombia to discover their ancestral land and learn more about their heritage in an attempt to reclaim their grandpa's legacy.A Colombian film. You think you are seeing some sort of a Colombian natural sceneries and folflore album. This movie is beautiful at its most. It's a shame little is known about it. It won several prizes in a film festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We even could watch the movie with its director in the movie theater. He even gave a little speech before the showing. A very pleasant experience.
- DirectorFlorian GallenbergerStarsUlrich TukurDaniel BrühlSteve BuscemiA true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.A German film. WWII in China. It's the only film I have seen that works the theme of WWII in China. In Russia, this war is called "the Great Patriotic War" not "WWII" Interesting, huh?
- DirectorJean-Daniel VerhaegheStarsJean-Pierre MarielleJean-Louis TrintignantJean CarmetSpain conquered the seas, found a new world and different realities than the one known in Europe. But a question needed to be answered with what they found in those new territories: do the Indians have souls? The Church, bound to protect and convert the natives and the conquerors who treated them like slaves and thought they were only merchandising, expose their arguments and reasonings at what would be known as the Vallidolid controversy. Between them, there's a cardinal hearing both parts and trying to get reasonable answers from this critical question.A french film. Human rights film. One of the best movies I have ever seen.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.An oldest version of La controverse de Valladolid; with its interesting differences.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsKelly McGillisJodie FosterBernie CoulsonAfter a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.It has a scene that will be with you forever.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent CasselNina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.One of my favorite movies, along with Muholland Dr, Cloud Atlas, Ararat and The Secret in Their Eyes.
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsMilla JovovichJohn MalkovichRab AffleckA young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.I would say this is a 'human rights' film. I loved her "disturbed girl" acting. Medieval stories are always pleasant.
- DirectorMarius HolstStarsBenjamin HelstadTrond NilssenStellan SkarsgårdNorwegian winter, early 20th century. On the boys home Bastoy, a new inmate leads the boys to a violent uprising against a brutal regime. How far is he willing to go to attain freedom?A film from Norway. Welcome to other worlds, off the Americas.
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsYun Jeong-hieLee Da-witKim Hee-raA sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.Korea.
- DirectorBrad BirdStarsEli MarienthalHarry Connick Jr.Jennifer AnistonA young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.Not under estimativo cartoon movies.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsVivien LeighMarlon BrandoKim HunterDisturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.Brandon acting is flawless.
- DirectorHany Abu-AssadStarsKais NashifAli SulimanLubna AzabalTwo childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.This film was possible through a multicountry effort: Netherland, Germany, Palestine and Israel. A Palestine holocaust film. The only movie I know that speaks for the Palestine side on why they explode themselves as human bombs without it being a documentary film. The director said once: "The politicians want to see it as black and white, good and evil, and art wants to see it as a human thing."
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.The special effects are amazing! You wouldn't believe this is a 1982 movie!
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsCarlo BattistiMaria Pia CasilioLina GennariAn elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.Italian classic.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsCary ElwesMandy PatinkinRobin WrightA bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.USA. The dialogue.
- DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsRicardo DarínSoledad VillamilPablo RagoA retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.All the movie rests in the dialogue. You can make a book of quotes out of this incredible movie.
- DirectorMel GibsonStarsJim CaviezelMonica BellucciMaia MorgensternDepicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.The film shows a Christ in its human form. This Christ is the most humane, compared to other movies.
- DirectorJae-young KwakStarsCha Tae-hyunJun Ji-hyunIn-mun KimA young man sees a drunk, cute woman standing too close to the tracks at a metro station in Seoul and pulls her back. She ends up getting him into trouble repeatedly after that, starting on the train.A Korean film. Sympathetic film that reminds my days when I studied in Korea.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsCharles AznavourBrent CarverEric BogosianInterrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.A Canadian-French film. I have never seen such format in a film.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsLubna AzabalMélissa Désormeaux-PoulinMaxim GaudetteTwins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.A Canadian film. The story is original. At least for me.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela PeñaA comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.A Spanish film. I don't know anything from Almodóvar that I don't like.
- DirectorCarlos CarreraStarsGael García BernalAna Claudia TalancónSancho GraciaPolitics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.A Mexican film. We should be making more movies about this type of priests.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsAna TorrentFele MartínezEduardo NoriegaWhile 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...A Spanish film. Dense in filming, story-telling quality with a shocking outcome.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJames SpaderAndie MacDowellPeter GallagherA sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.Dense in filming, story-telling quality not with a shocking outcome but still beautiful.
- DirectorMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsMarie-Laure DougnacDominique PinonPascal BenezechPost-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.French film. Funny, but smart.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.A Mexican-Spanish film.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom WilkinsonWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.Imaginery film.
- DirectorJeong-hyang LeeStarsYoo Seung-hoEul-boon KimHyo-hee DongThis is the story of a 7-year-old boy, Sang-woo, born and raised in the big city, and his mute grandmother, who has spent her whole life in a small rural village.A Korean film. F* up movie but still great.
- DirectorLiam LynchStarsJack BlackKyle GassJR ReedTo become the greatest band of all time, two slacker, wannabe-rockers set out on a quest to steal a legendary guitar pick that gives its holders incredible guitar skills, from a maximum security Rock and Roll museum.Irreverence F* up movie. Black shows the real artist he is.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsGael García BernalFele MartínezJavier CámaraAn examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.A Spanish film. F* up movie.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasElena AnayaJan CornetA brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.A Spanish film. F* up movie. Almodóvar's favorite (I say).
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsMikael PersbrandtTrine DyrholmMarkus RygaardThe lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.A Danish-Swedish film.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsWilliam HurtBlair BrownBob BalabanA psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.Love it for its mind games f* up style.
- DirectorAgustí VillarongaStarsFrancesc ColomerMarina ComasNora NavasIn the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them. In this search, Andreu develops a moral consciousness against a world of adults fed by lies. In order to survive, he betrays his own roots and ends up finding out the monster that lives within him.A movie from Barcelona, Spain, has the most shocking and original introduction I ever seen. Still, stick to it till the end.
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsNick NolteSusan SarandonPeter UstinovLorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.Based on a true story shows the true face behind pharmacies.
- DirectorRoland JofféStarsSam WaterstonHaing S. NgorJohn MalkovichA journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.Based on a true story. A micro-history of Vietnam war; a war in the eyes of a great man from Vietnam. Very interesting.
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsMichael ShannonJessica ChastainShea WhighamPlagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.Very intense. Interesting twist. With a shocking ending.
- DirectorBob GiraldiStarsDanny AielloEdoardo BalleriniJohn RothmanAt a popular NYC Italian restaurant on a dramatic, busy evening, there are 2 gangsters, cop detective, food-critic, ex bookmaker owner, his chef son, indebted gambler sous-chef etc.The film pictures the stress behind a restaurant kitchen. It allows you to stop and appreciate food better when you enjoy it at a great restaurant.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohn NevilleEric IdleSarah PolleyAn account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.Custom design is flawless... pure Italian. A really nice surreal context packed with an imagination that I would call... chic.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.A perfect movie that rests on the dialogue.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.I love complex, intricated movies... movies inside the movie. This is a good example.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreCharlton HestonMarilyn MansonFilmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.What commences as satire ends in the mystery about the States' common culturalized violence.
- DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsMorgan SpurlockDaryl IsaacsChemeeka WalkerWhile examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.Very illuminating.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsJames McAvoyForest WhitakerGillian AndersonBased on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.African culture and pollitics.
- DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsDon CheadleSophie OkonedoJoaquin PhoenixPaul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.Based on a true story... very depressing. It gives a glimpse of the real world and that is what hurts the most.
- DirectorLarry CharlesStarsSacha Baron CohenKen DavitianLuenellKazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.One of the most boldest movies ever ... after Anatomy of Hell... of course.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsAdrien BrodyThomas KretschmannFrank FinlayDuring WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.A Jewish Holocaust movie about a pianist.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsHolly HunterHarvey KeitelSam NeillIn the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.The sex scene is the most realistic one, ever. Not something exaggerated, as in the films... just real.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsIsabelle HuppertAnnie GirardotBenoît MagimelA young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.Wacked up. Breaking scheme movie.
- DirectorKirk JonesStarsIan BannenDavid KellyFionnula FlanaganWhen a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.Amazing landscapes... In a little town in Scotland. Very funny.
- DirectorDuncan TuckerStarsFelicity HuffmanKevin ZegersFionnula FlanaganA transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.USA.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.USA. The best of Kevin Spacey. A philosophical magic that made you always wonder throughout the whole story: from the beginning to the end.
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsKarl MarkovicsAugust DiehlDevid StriesowThe story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.Germany. A micro-history of WWII. We always find new micro-histories about this war.
- DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsUlrich MüheMartina GedeckSebastian KochIn 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.Germany. Germany and its basics in spying.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJulia RobertsAlbert FinneyDavid BrisbinAn unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.USA. Bio. Based on a true story about a Super Woman.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsNatalie PortmanJude LawClive OwenThe relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.USA. It was the first time that I could understand an unfaithful person's point of view. Portman captured a lot of attention. She broke with her "girl role" she usually had in movies.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsJulianne MooreClive OwenChiwetel EjioforIn 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.USA. If you like complex, intricated stories.
- DirectorUli EdelStarsAlan RickmanGreta ScacchiIan McKellenHBO biopic about the infamous "mad monk" Rasputin from the court of Czar Nicholas II in Russia.USA. Bio. I'm in love with History. The movie is a fair portrait of Rasputin.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael BerrymanIn the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.USA. Nicholson's performance. The rich dialogue.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsJack NicholsonHope DavisDermot MulroneyA recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.USA. Nicholson's performance and absurdity. Dark humor but very funny.
- DirectorLee DanielsStarsGabourey SidibeMo'NiquePaula PattonIn New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.USA. Highly depressive but rookie's performances worth it.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioMatt DamonJack NicholsonAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.USA. A thriller from our age.
- DirectorAlain BerlinerStarsGeorges Du FresneMichèle LaroqueJean-Philippe ÉcoffeyLudovic is an innocent seven-year-old child who provokes horror in his community when he dresses in girls clothes and insists he's a girl.France. This revolutionary film confronts a little boy that is gay.
- DirectorBill CondonStarsBeyoncéJamie FoxxEddie MurphyA trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.USA. Jennifer Hudson's performance. The woman that has the biggest lungs to sing in outrageously high tones is Hudson!
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsCharlize TheronChristina RicciBruce DernBased on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.USA. Based on true events. All stories should be told.
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh BrolinViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.USA. The true coldness of a serial killer. Bardem's Oscar.
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsSalma HayekAlfred MolinaGeoffrey RushA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.USA. Bio.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsJavier BardemBelén RuedaLola DueñasThe factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.Spain. To question the ownership of life.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeongAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.Korea. Revenge in the old Greece's tragedies-twisted way but it's wonderful in its own right.
- DirectorLee Jeong-beomStarsWon BinKim Sae-ronKim Tae-hoonA quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.Korea. Korean movies have this unique... intensity. A fancy, nice action movie.
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsKim Ki-dukOh Yeong-suJong-ho KimA boy is raised by a Buddhist monk in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.Korea. Korea's old golden age.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJohn LoneJoan ChenPeter O'TooleBernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.China. Melancholy of a China conquered.
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsJet LiTony Leung Chiu-waiMaggie CheungA defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.China.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsKevin SpaceyKate WinsletLaura LinneyA man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.USA. Death penalty being tested.
- DirectorJessie NelsonStarsSean PennMichelle PfeifferDakota FanningAn intellectually disabled man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.
- DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsNicolas CageEthan HawkeJared LetoAn arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an INTERPOL Agent.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsNicolas CageMeryl StreepChris CooperA lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsRosario FloresJavier CámaraDarío GrandinettiTwo men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiZiyi ZhangFaye WongSeveral women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsCate BlanchettMatt DamonLiam NeesonA five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsChieko BaishôTakuya KimuraTatsuya GashûinWhen an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJulia OrmondBenicio Del ToroOscar IsaacIn 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsDemián BichirRodrigo SantoroBenicio Del ToroIn 1967, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara leads a small partisan army to fight an ill-fated revolutionary guerrilla war in Bolivia, South America.
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsGael García BernalRodrigo de la SernaMía MaestroErnesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsOwen KlineJeff DanielsLaura LinneyFollows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsNicolas CageHolly HunterTrey WilsonWhen a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsJames FrancoAmber TamblynKate MaraA mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.