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Movies by Lists - Top 250 Foreign Language Movies (256 [255])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
3 IdiotsTwo friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".2009Rajkumar HiraniComedy, Drama8.4 (376.9K votes)17020211228
3-Iron [Bin-jip]A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.2004Kim Ki-dukCrime, Drama, Romance8.0 (53.7K votes)8820211228
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.1963Federico Fellini (*)Drama8.0 (115.2K votes)13820211228
13 AssassinsA group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.2010Takashi Miike (*)Action, Adventure, Drama7.6 (64.5K votes)14120211228
400 BlowsA young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.1959François Truffaut (*)Crime, Drama8.1 (113.8K votes)9920211228
After the Rain [Ame agaru]During a downpour, a generous ronin and his supporting wife are stranded at a country inn. The ronin comes to the attention of a lord who wants to hire him as an instructor for his men, who treat the ronin with disrespect.1999Takashi KoizumiDrama7.7 (4.1K votes)9120211228
Aguirre The Wrath Of God [Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes]In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.1972Werner Herzog (*)Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History7.9 (55.7K votes)9520211228
AkiraA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.1988Katsuhiro Ôtomo (*)Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.0 (178.1K votes)12420211228
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams [Yume]A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.1990Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô HondaDrama, Fantasy7.8 (25.7K votes)11920211228
Ali - Fear Eats the Soul [Angst essen Seele auf]A lonely widow meets a much younger Arab worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.1974Rainer Werner Fassbinder (*)Drama, Romance8.0 (20.9K votes)9220220414
All About My Mother [Todo Sobre Mi Madre]Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.1999Pedro Almodóvar (*)Drama7.9 (94.3K votes)10120211228
AlphavilleA U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.1965Jean-Luc Godard (*)Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.1 (24.6K votes)9920211228
AmelieAmélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.2001Jean-Pierre JeunetComedy, Romance8.3 (735.1K votes)12220211228
Amores PerrosA horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.2000Alejandro G. IñárrituDrama, Thriller8.1 (235.1K votes)15420211228
ApocalyptoAs the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.2006Mel Gibson (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller7.8 (304.3K votes)13920211228
Army of ShadowsAn account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.1969Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Drama, War8.2 (22.8K votes)14520211228
Ascent [Voskhozhdeniye]Two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.1977Larisa ShepitkoDrama, War8.3 (8.1K votes)11120211228
Ascent, The [Voskhozhdenie]Two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.1977Larisa ShepitkoDrama, War8.2 (9.3K votes)11120230424
Au Revoir, Les EnfantsA French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.1987Louis Malle (*)Drama, War8.0 (33.1K votes)10420211228
AuditionA widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.1999Takashi Miike (*)Drama, Horror, Mystery7.2 (78.6K votes)11520211228
Autumn SonataA devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she was young.1978Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama, Music8.2 (32.9K votes)9920211228
Bad Sleep Well, TheA vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.1960Akira Kurosawa (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (12.3K votes)15120211228
Bandit, The [Eskiya]Baran the Bandit, released from prison after 35 years, searches for vengeance and his lover.1996Yavuz TurgulCrime, Drama, Thriller8.2 (68.6K votes)12820211228
Battle of Algiers, TheIn the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.1966Gillo Pontecorvo (*)Drama, War8.1 (58.1K votes)12120211228
Battle Royale [Batoru rowaiaru]In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.2000Kinji FukasakuAction, Adventure, Drama, Thriller7.6 (178.9K votes)11420211228
Belle de JourA frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.1967Luis Buñuel (*)Drama, Romance7.7 (43.2K votes)10020211228
Better Tomorrow [Ying hung boon sik], AA reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.1986John Woo (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (22.2K votes)9520211228
Better Tomorrow II [Ying hung boon sik II], AA restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.1987John Woo (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.3 (10K votes)10520211228
Bicycle Thief [Ladri di Biciclette]In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.1948Vittorio De Sica (*)Drama8.3 (158.6K votes)8920211228
Bird People In China, The [Chûgoku no chôjin]A salaryman and yakuza are each sent by their bosses to a remote Chinese village but discover more then they expected.1998Takashi Miike (*)Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy7.5 (4.7K votes)11820211228
Bittersweet Life, A [Dalkomhan insaeng]Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't proceed by his boss's orders.2005Jee-woon Kim (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (39.3K votes)11920211228
Black Cat White Cat [Crna macka, beli macor]Matko and his son Zare live on the banks of the Danube river and get by through hustling and basically doing anything to make a living. In order to pay off a business debt Matko agrees to marry off Zare to the sister of a local gangs1998Emir Kusturica (*)Comedy, Crime, Romance8.1 (53K votes)12720211228
Blind Mountain [Mang shan]A young woman is kidnapped and sold to a villager in the mountains.2007Yang LiCrime, Drama7.5 (1.9K votes)9520220731
BreathlessA small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy.1960Jean-Luc Godard (*)Crime, Drama7.8 (78.8K votes)9020211228
Castle in the SkyA young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.1986Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy8.0 (160.6K votes)12520211228
Celebration, The [Festen]At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.1998Thomas Vinterberg (*)Drama8.1 (84.7K votes)10520211228
Cell 211The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.2009Daniel MonzónAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.6 (66.5K votes)11320211228
Cercle Rouge, LeAfter leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.1970Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (24.6K votes)14020211228
Chaser, The [Chugyeogja]A disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing.2008Na Hong-jinAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.8 (63.8K votes)12520211228
Children of Heaven [Bacheha-Ye aseman]After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.1997Majid MajidiDrama, Family, Sport8.3 (72K votes)8920211228
Chorus, The [Les Choristes]The new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively affect the students' lives through music.2004Christophe BarratierComedy, Drama, Music7.9 (60.5K votes)9720211228
Chungking ExpressTwo melancholy 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.1994Kar-Wai WongComedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance8.1 (75K votes)10220211228
Cinema ParadisoA filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.1988Giuseppe Tornatore (*)Drama, Romance8.5 (250.8K votes)15520211228
City of GodIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.2002Fernando Meirelles, Kátia LundCrime, Drama8.6 (733.1K votes)13020211228
City of Life and DeathIn 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone.2009Chuan LuDrama, History, War7.7 (10.9K votes)13320211228
City of Lost Children, TheA scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.1995Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre JeunetDrama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi7.5 (67.4K votes)11220211228
Come and See [Idi i smotri]After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.1985Elem Klimov (*)Drama, Thriller, War8.3 (71.6K votes)14220211228
Conformist, TheA weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.1970Bernardo Bertolucci (*)Drama8.0 (29.5K votes)11320211228
Counterfeiters, The [Die Falscher]The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII.2007Stefan RuzowitzkyCrime, Drama, History, War7.6 (45.1K votes)9920211228
Cries and WhispersWhen a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.1972Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama8.1 (33K votes)9120211228
Crouching Tiger Hidden DragonA young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.2000Ang Lee (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance7.8 (263.6K votes)12020211228
CureA frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.1997Kiyoshi KurosawaCrime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller7.5 (14K votes)11120211228
Cure, The [Cure]A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.1997Kiyoshi KurosawaCrime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller7.5 (14K votes)11120211228
Cyrano de BergeracFamed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.1990Jean-Paul RappeneauComedy, Drama, History, Romance7.5 (23.8K votes)13720211228
Das Boot [The Boat]The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.1981Wolfgang Petersen (*)Drama, War8.3 (244.3K votes)14920211228
Daybreak [Le Jour se leve]After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.1939Marcel Carné (*)Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.7 (7.5K votes)9320211228
Death NoteA battle between the world's two greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.2006Shûsuke KanekoCrime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller7.6 (30K votes)12620211228
Death Note The Last NamePicking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself---and get rid of L.2006Shûsuke KanekoAdventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller7.2 (16.4K votes)14120211228
Death of Mr LazarescuMr. Lãzãrescu, a dying old man, is shuttled from hospital to hospital by a loyal paramedic as doctors refuse to operate and no one can agree on a diagnosis.2005Cristi PuiuComedy, Drama7.9 (14.8K votes)15320211228
Deep RedA jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.1975Dario Argento (*)Horror, Mystery, Thriller7.6 (36.5K votes)12720211228
DelicatessenPost-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.1991Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre JeunetComedy, Crime7.6 (83.9K votes)9920211228
Departures [Okuribito]A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.2008Yôjirô TakitaDrama, Music8.1 (51.1K votes)13020211228
Dersu Uzala [The Hunter]The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.1975Akira Kurosawa (*)Adventure, Biography, Drama8.3 (27K votes)14220211228
Devil's Backbone, The [El espinazo del diablo]After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.2001Guillermo del Toro (*)Drama, Horror, Thriller7.4 (64.6K votes)10620211228
Devil's on the DoorstepVillagers in World War II China are unsure what to do with the two enemy prisoners who have been left in their care.2000Wen JiangComedy, Drama, War8.2 (7.5K votes)13920211228
Devils on the Doorstep [Guizi lai le]Villagers in World War II China are unsure what to do with the two enemy prisoners who have been left in their care.2000Wen JiangComedy, Drama, War8.2 (7.4K votes)13920211228
Diaboliques, LesThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.1955Henri-Georges Clouzot (*)Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller8.1 (64.7K votes)11720211228
Dil Chahta HaiThree inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.2001Farhan AkhtarComedy, Drama, Romance8.1 (71.1K votes)18320220414
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, TheA surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.1972Luis Buñuel (*)Comedy7.9 (41.8K votes)10220211228
Diving Bell and the Butterfly, TheThe true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.2007Julian SchnabelBiography, Drama8.0 (106.5K votes)11220211228
DownfallTraudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.2004Oliver Hirschbiegel (*)Biography, Drama, History, War8.2 (346.4K votes)15620211228
Drunken AngelA drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.1948Akira Kurosawa (*)Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.7 (11.6K votes)10220211228
Drunken MasterWong Fei-Hung (Jackie Chan) is a mischievous, yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents, his frustrated father has him disciplined by Beggar So (Siu-Tin Yuen), a Master of drunken martial arts.1978Woo-Ping YuenAction, Comedy7.5 (39.2K votes)11120211228
Edge of Heaven, The [Auf der anderen Seite]A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.2007Fatih AkinDrama7.8 (31.8K votes)12220211228
Elite Squad [Tropa de Elite]In 1997 Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his position while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope visits.2007José PadilhaAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (101.9K votes)11520211228
Elite Squad 2 - The Enemy WithinAfter a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.2010José PadilhaAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (81.9K votes)11520211228
Experiment, The [Das Experiment]For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.2001Oliver Hirschbiegel (*)Drama, Thriller7.7 (93K votes)12020211228
Exterminating Angel, TheThe guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.1962Luis Buñuel (*)Drama, Fantasy8.1 (32.4K votes)9520211228
Eyes Without A Face [Les yeux sans visage]A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face.1960Georges Franju (*)Drama, Horror7.7 (30.5K votes)9020211228
FailanA marriage of convenience between a petty gangster and an illegal immigrant he has never met has unforeseen consequences for them both.2001Hae-sung SongDrama, Romance7.5 (6K votes)11520230126
Fanny and AlexanderTwo young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.1982Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama8.1 (62.4K votes)18820211228
Farewell My ConcubineTwo boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and will endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.1993Kaige ChenDrama, History, Music, Romance8.1 (27.5K votes)17120211228
Fireworks [Hana-bi]Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.1997Takeshi Kitano (*)Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.7 (29.8K votes)10320211228
FitzcarraldoThe story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.1982Werner Herzog (*)Adventure, Drama8.1 (34K votes)15820211228
Funeral Parade of Roses [Bara no sôretsu]The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.1969Toshio MatsumotoDrama7.9 (5.8K votes)10520211228
Funny GamesTwo violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.1997Michael Haneke (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.6 (70.9K votes)10820211228
Gangs of WasseypurA clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.2012Anurag KashyapAction, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller8.2 (92.1K votes)32120211228
Ghost In The Shell.A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.1995Mamoru OshiiAnimation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.0 (138.3K votes)8320211228
Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest, TheLisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.2009Daniel AlfredsonCrime, Drama, Thriller7.3 (70.9K votes)14720211228
Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The [Toki o kakeru shôjo]A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.2006Mamoru HosodaAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi7.7 (64.3K votes)9820211228
Girl Who Played With Fire, TheAs computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.2009Daniel AlfredsonAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.2 (94.2K votes)12920211228
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, TheA journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.2009Niels Arden OplevCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.8 (214.4K votes)15220211228
Good, the Bad, the Weird, TheThe story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.2008Jee-woon Kim (*)Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western7.3 (35.2K votes)13020211228
Grand Illusion, The [La Grande Illusion]During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.1937Jean Renoir (*)Drama, War8.1 (35.8K votes)11320211228
Grave of the FirefliesA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.1988Isao TakahataAnimation, Drama, War8.5 (260.2K votes)8920211228
Great Beauty, TheJep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite 2013Paolo Sorrentino (*)Drama7.8 (87.5K votes)14120211228
HaiderA young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle, whom he suspects of playing a role in his father's fate.2014Vishal BhardwajAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (52.8K votes)16020211228
Happy Together [Chun gwong cha sit]A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.1997Kar-Wai WongDrama, Romance7.7 (27.1K votes)9620211228
Harakiri [Seppuku]When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.1962Masaki KobayashiAction, Drama, Mystery8.6 (51.1K votes)13320211228
Hard Boiled [Lat sau san taam]A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.1992John Woo (*)Action, Crime, Thriller7.8 (49.3K votes)12820211228
HeadhuntersAn accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.2011Morten TyldumAction, Crime, Thriller7.5 (100.5K votes)9620211228
Hera PheriThree unemployed men look for answers to all their money problems - but when their opportunity arrives, will they know what to do with it?2000PriyadarshanAction, Comedy, Crime, Drama8.2 (63.6K votes)15620211228
Hero [Ying.xiong]A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.2002Yimou Zhang (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, History7.9 (179.1K votes)12020211228
Hidden Blade, The [Kakushi ken oni no tsume]A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.2004Yôji YamadaDrama, History, Romance7.7 (6.6K votes)13220211228
Hidden Fortress, TheLured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.1958Akira Kurosawa (*)Action, Adventure, Drama8.1 (37.9K votes)12620211228
High and Low [Tengoku to jigoku]An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.1963Akira Kurosawa (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.4 (41.4K votes)14320211228
Hole, The [Le Trou]Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.1960Jacques Becker (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller8.5 (17.2K votes)13120211228
Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen]While vacationing on a remote Scandanavian island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.1968Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama, Horror7.6 (20.2K votes)9020211228
Howl's Moving CastleWhen 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.2004Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy8.2 (369.3K votes)11920211228
Human Condition I - No Greater Love, TheA Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.1959Masaki KobayashiDrama, History, War8.6 (7.6K votes)20820211228
Human Condition II - The Road to Eternity, TheAs a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.1959Masaki KobayashiDrama, History, War8.5 (6.1K votes)18120211228
Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer, TheHis ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.1961Masaki KobayashiDrama, History, War8.8 (5.9K votes)19020211228
Hunt, The [Jagten]A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent littl2012Thomas Vinterberg (*)Drama8.3 (312.8K votes)11520211228
I Saw The DevilA secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.2010Jee-woon Kim (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller7.8 (123.5K votes)14420211228
IkiruA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.1952Akira Kurosawa (*)Drama8.3 (75.5K votes)14320211228
In the Mood for LoveTwo 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.2000Kar-Wai WongDrama, Romance8.1 (141.4K votes)9820211228
IncendiesTwins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.2010Denis Villeneuve (*)Drama, Mystery, War8.3 (167.8K votes)13120211228
Infernal AffairsA story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop.2002Andrew Lau, Alan MakAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.0 (122.5K votes)10120211228
Innocent Voices [Voces inocentes]A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980's El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.2004Luis MandokiDrama, Thriller, War7.8 (8.2K votes)12020240329
IntouchablesAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.2011Olivier Nakache, Éric ToledanoBiography, Comedy, Drama8.5 (816.4K votes)11220211228
Ip ManDuring the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to sur2008Wilson Yip (*)Action, Biography, Drama, History8.0 (219.6K votes)10620211228
Ip Man 2Centering on Ip Man's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.2010Wilson Yip (*)Action, Biography, Drama, History7.5 (102.8K votes)10820211228
Ivan Vasilievich - Back To The FutureAn ordinary Soviet building manager, living in the 20th century, looks like Tsar of All Rus' - Ivan IV the Terrible (1530 - 1584). He'd never known this, until his neighbor created a time machine.1973Leonid GaidaiAdventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi8.3 (16.2K votes)8820211228
Jean de FloretteA greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.1986Claude BerriComedy, Drama8.0 (25.3K votes)12020211228
Joint Security AreaAfter a shooting incident at the North/South Korean border/DMZ leaves 2 North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss/Swedish team investigates, what actually happened.2000Park Chan-wook (*)Action, Drama, Thriller, War7.8 (29K votes)11020211228
KagemushaA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.1980Akira Kurosawa (*)Drama, History, War8.0 (34.9K votes)16220211228
Killer, TheA disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.1989John Woo (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.8 (47.6K votes)11120211228
Kin-dza-dza!Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.1986Georgiy DaneliyaComedy, Drama, Sci-Fi8.1 (12.3K votes)13520211228
Kung Fu HustleIn Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.2004Stephen ChowAction, Comedy, Fantasy7.8 (135.1K votes)9920211228
La Dolce VitaA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.1960Federico Fellini (*)Comedy, Drama8.0 (71.2K votes)17420211228
La Haine24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.1995Mathieu KassovitzCrime, Drama8.1 (164.5K votes)9820211228
La StradaA care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.1954Federico Fellini (*)Drama8.0 (61.7K votes)10820211228
Lady VengeanceAfter being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.2005Park Chan-wook (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.6 (76.9K votes)11520211228
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in IndiaThe people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.2001Ashutosh GowarikerDrama, Musical, Sport8.1 (111.8K votes)22420220414
Leopard, TheThe Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.1963Luchino Visconti (*)Drama, History8.0 (25.1K votes)18620211228
Let the Right One in [Låt den rätte komma in]Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.2008Tomas AlfredsonAction, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance7.9 (212.8K votes)11420211228
Letters From Iwo JimaThe story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.2006Clint Eastwood (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War7.9 (159.9K votes)14120211228
LeviathanIn a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.2014Andrey ZvyagintsevCrime, Drama7.6 (56.8K votes)14020240324
Leviathan [Leviafan]In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.2014Andrey ZvyagintsevCrime, Drama7.6 (57.2K votes)14020240709
Life Is BeautifulWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.1997Roberto BenigniComedy, Drama, Romance, War8.6 (666.4K votes)11620211228
Life of Oharu, The [Saikaku Ichidai Onna]Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.1952Kenji Mizoguchi (*)Drama8.1 (6.8K votes)13320211228
Like Stars on Earth [Taare Zameen Par]An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.2007Aamir Khan, Amole GupteDrama, Family8.4 (184.7K votes)16520211228
Lilya 4-EverSixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new lif2002Lukas MoodyssonCrime, Drama7.8 (44.8K votes)10920211228
Lives of Others, TheIn 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.2006Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckDrama, Mystery, Thriller8.4 (378.9K votes)13720211228
LoftFive close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.2008Erik Van LooyCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller7.3 (23K votes)11820211228
Lower Depths, TheIn a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.1957Akira Kurosawa (*)Drama7.3 (5.3K votes)13720211228
Lust, CautionDuring World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.2007Ang Lee (*)Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War7.5 (40.5K votes)15720211228
MWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.1931Fritz Lang (*)Crime, Mystery, Thriller8.3 (153.3K votes)9920211228
Magician, The [Ansiktet]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.1958Ingmar Bergman (*)Comedy, Drama7.6 (9.9K votes)10120211228
Man Escaped, A [Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut]A captured French Resistance fighter during WWII engineers a daunting escape from a Nazi prison in France.1956Robert Bresson (*)Drama, Thriller, War8.3 (21.1K votes)10120211228
Man Facing Southeast [Hombre mirando al sudeste]A patient in a mental hospital claims to be an extraterrestial. Could he be right?1986Eliseo SubielaDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi7.7 (4K votes)10520211228
Man From Nowhere, TheA 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.2010Jeong-beom LeeAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.8 (67.6K votes)11920211228
Manon of the SpringA beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.1986Claude BerriDrama8.0 (21.9K votes)11320211228
MaqboolThe intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.2003Vishal BhardwajCrime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (11.6K votes)13220231013
Memories of Murder [Salinui chueok]In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.2003Bong Joon Ho (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.1 (166.8K votes)13220211228
Mind GameAfter a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.2004Masaaki Yuasa, Kôji MorimotoAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance7.7 (9.5K votes)10320220723
Moment to Remember, AA young couple's enduring love is tested when 27-year-old Su-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.2004John H. LeeDrama, Romance8.2 (23.4K votes)14420211228
Mother [Madeo]A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.2009Bong Joon Ho (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.8 (60.6K votes)12920211228
My Neighbor TotoroWhen two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.1988Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy8.2 (320.1K votes)8620211228
Nausicaa of the Valley of the WindWarrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.1984Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi8.1 (163.7K votes)11720211228
New Police StoryA hero cop accidentally leads his team into a trap from which he is the only survivor. Drowning his guilt in booze, he is eventually assigned a new younger partner who turns out to have his own secrets.2004Benny ChanAction, Crime, Thriller7.0 (26.4K votes)12320211228
Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria)A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.1957Federico Fellini (*)Drama8.1 (47.4K votes)11020211228
Nine Queens [Nueve reinas]Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").2000Fabián BielinskyCrime, Drama, Thriller7.9 (52K votes)11420211228
Ninja Scroll - The MovieA vagabond swordsman is aided by a beautiful ninja girl and a crafty spy in confronting a demonic clan of killers - with a ghost from his past as their leader - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.1993Yoshiaki KawajiriAnimation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller7.9 (36.5K votes)9420211228
Ninja Scroll [Jûbê Ninpûchô]A vagabond swordsman is aided by a beautiful ninja girl and a crafty spy in confronting a demonic clan of killers - with a ghost from his past as their leader - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.1993Yoshiaki KawajiriAnimation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller7.9 (36.5K votes)9420211228
No Man's LandBosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a2001Danis TanovicComedy, Drama, War7.9 (46.5K votes)9820211228
Oasis [Oasiseu]An irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her.2002Chang-dong LeeDrama, Romance7.9 (9.1K votes)13320211228
OldboyAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.2003Park Chan-wook (*)Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.4 (553.3K votes)12020211228
OmkaraA politically-minded enforcer's misguided trust in his lieutenant leads him to suspect his wife of infidelity in this adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello'.2006Vishal BhardwajAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (20.5K votes)15520211228
OnibabaTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.1964Kaneto Shindô (*)Drama, Horror8.0 (18.3K votes)10320211228
Orphanage, The [El orfanato]A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.2007J.A. BayonaDrama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller7.4 (152.6K votes)10520211228
Pan's LabyrinthIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.2006Guillermo del Toro (*)Drama, Fantasy, War8.2 (648.6K votes)11820211228
PaprikaWhen a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.2006Satoshi KonAnimation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.7 (78.9K votes)9020211228
Past, The [Le Passe]An Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.2013Asghar FarhadiDrama, Mystery7.7 (47.9K votes)13020211228
Peppermint CandyFollowing a man's suicide, time traverses back to reveal six chapters of his life on why he committed suicide.1999Chang-dong LeeDrama7.7 (9K votes)12920211228
Peppermint Candy [Bakha satang]Following a man's suicide, time traverses back to reveal six chapters of his life on why he committed suicide.1999Chang-dong LeeDrama7.7 (8.9K votes)12920211228
Perfect Blue [Pafekuto buru]A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.1997Satoshi KonAnimation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.0 (69K votes)8120211228
PersepolisA precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.2007Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane SatrapiAnimation, Biography, Drama, History, War8.0 (98.2K votes)9620231001
PersonaA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.1966Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama, Thriller8.1 (113.5K votes)8320211228
PonyoA 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.2008Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy7.7 (136.6K votes)10120211228
Princess MononokeOn a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.1997Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy8.4 (374.2K votes)13420211228
Prophet, A [Un prophète]A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison.2009Jacques AudiardCrime, Drama7.9 (97.3K votes)15520211228
Quiet Duel, TheA surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him.1949Akira Kurosawa (*)Drama7.4 (3.3K votes)9520211228
Raid - Redemption, TheA S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.2011Gareth EvansAction, Crime, Thriller7.6 (199.6K votes)10120211228
Raid 2, TheOnly a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.2014Gareth EvansAction, Crime, Thriller8.0 (120.2K votes)15020211228
Raise the Red LanternA young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.1991Yimou Zhang (*)Drama, History, Romance8.1 (31.7K votes)12520211228
RanIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.1985Akira Kurosawa (*)Action, Drama, War8.2 (121.7K votes)16220211228
Rang De BasantiThe story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.2006Rakeysh Omprakash MehraComedy, Crime, Drama8.1 (117.4K votes)16720211228
RashomonThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.1950Akira Kurosawa (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery8.2 (163.2K votes)8820211228
RecA television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.2007Jaume Balagueró, Paco PlazaHorror, Mystery, Thriller7.4 (174.7K votes)7820211228
Red BeardIn 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.1965Akira Kurosawa (*)Drama8.4 (18.5K votes)18520211228
Return, TheIn the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.2003Andrey ZvyagintsevDrama8.0 (44.8K votes)11020211228
RevancheEx-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.2008Götz SpielmannCrime, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.5 (14.5K votes)12120211228
RififiFour men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...1955Jules DassinCrime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (33.2K votes)11820211228
Rome Open CityDuring the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.1945Roberto Rossellini (*)Drama, Thriller, War8.1 (25.6K votes)10320211228
Rules of the Game, TheA bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.1939Jean Renoir (*)Comedy, Drama8.0 (28.4K votes)11020211228
Run Lola Run [Lola Rennt]After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.1998Tom TykwerCrime, Drama, Thriller7.7 (195.6K votes)8020211228
Samourai, LeAfter professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.1967Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Drama8.1 (49.6K votes)10120211228
Samurai Rebellion [Jôi-uchi Hairyô tsuma shimatsu]The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.1967Masaki KobayashiDrama8.4 (12.3K votes)12820211228
SanjuroA crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.1962Akira Kurosawa (*)Action, Drama, Thriller8.1 (37.2K votes)9620211228
Sansho the BailiffIn medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.1954Kenji Mizoguchi (*)Drama8.4 (16K votes)12420211228
Sawdust And TinselThe complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.1953Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama7.5 (6.6K votes)9320211228
Sea Inside, The [Mar Adentro]The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28 year campaign in favour of euthanasia and his own right to die.2004Alejandro AmenábarBiography, Drama8.0 (80.5K votes)12620211228
Secret In Their Eyes, The [El secreto de sus ojos]A 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.2009Juan José Campanella (*)Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller8.2 (205.7K votes)12920220414
Separation, AA 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.2011Asghar FarhadiDrama8.3 (236.1K votes)12320211228
Seven SamuraiA poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.1954Akira Kurosawa (*)Action, Drama8.6 (334.9K votes)20720211228
Seventh Seal, TheA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.1957Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama, Fantasy, History8.2 (179.1K votes)9620211228
ShameIn the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their l1968Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama8.0 (13.4K votes)10320211228
Shaolin Soccer [Siu Lam juk kau]A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.2001Stephen ChowAction, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport7.3 (78.2K votes)8720211228
SholayAfter his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.1975Ramesh SippyAction, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Thriller, Western8.2 (54.3K votes)16220211228
Silenced [Do-ga-ni]Based on real events, this film depicts the story of a school for the hearing-impaired where young deaf students were sexually assaulted by the faculty members over a long period of time.2011Hwang Dong-hyukDrama8.1 (14.9K votes)12520211228
Solaris [Solyaris]A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.1972Andrei Tarkovsky (*)Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi8.0 (88.3K votes)16720211228
Sophie Scholl The Final DaysA dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.2005Marc RothemundBiography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War7.6 (27.4K votes)12020211228
Special 26 [Special Chabbis]A gang of con-men rob prominent rich businessmen and politicians by posing as C.B.I and income tax officers.2013Neeraj PandeyCrime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (55.4K votes)14420220414
Spirited AwayDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.2001Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery8.6 (715.3K votes)12520211228
Spring Summer Fall Winter And SpringA boy is raised by a Buddhist monk in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.2003Kim Ki-dukDrama, Romance8.0 (81.4K votes)10320211228
StalkerA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.1979Andrei Tarkovsky (*)Drama, Sci-Fi8.1 (129.5K votes)16220211228
Stray DogDuring a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol.1949Akira Kurosawa (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller7.9 (16.7K votes)12220211228
Summer With MonikaA pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.1953Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama, Romance7.5 (14K votes)9620211228
SwadesA successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.2004Ashutosh GowarikerDrama, Musical8.2 (89K votes)18920220414
Sword of Doom, The [Dai-bosatsu tôge]Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.1966Kihachi OkamotoAction, Drama8.0 (10.7K votes)12020211228
Sword of the StrangerA swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.2007Masahiro AndôAnimation, Action, Adventure7.8 (16.2K votes)10320211228
Sympathy For Mr VengeanceA recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.2002Park Chan-wook (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.6 (67.1K votes)12920211228
Tae guk gi - The Brotherhood of War [Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo]When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.2004Je-kyu KangAction, Drama, War8.0 (39.4K votes)14020220414
Talk To Her [Hable Con Ella]Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.2002Pedro Almodóvar (*)Drama, Mystery, Romance7.9 (110K votes)11220211228
Tenant, TheA bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.1976Roman Polanski (*)Drama, Thriller7.6 (42.8K votes)12620211228
Three Colors - BlueA woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.1993Krzysztof Kieslowski (*)Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance7.9 (98.4K votes)9420211228
Three Colors - RedA model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.1994Krzysztof Kieslowski (*)Drama, Mystery, Romance8.1 (100.2K votes)9920211228
Three Colors - WhiteAfter his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.1994Krzysztof Kieslowski (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance7.6 (71.1K votes)9220211228
Throne of BloodA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.1957Akira Kurosawa (*)Drama, History8.1 (50.7K votes)11020211228
Time of the Gypsies [Dom za vesanje]In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he love1988Emir Kusturica (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy8.1 (30K votes)14220211228
Timecrimes [Los cronocrimenes]A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.2007Nacho VigalondoMystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.2 (62.4K votes)9220211228
To LiveAfter Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.1994Yimou Zhang (*)Drama, War8.3 (17.5K votes)13320211228
Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari]An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.1953Yasujirô Ozu (*)Drama8.2 (59.2K votes)13620211228
Touchez Pas au GrisbiAn aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.1954Jacques Becker (*)Crime, Drama7.8 (7.6K votes)8320211228
Twilight Samurai, The [Tasogare Seibei]As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.2002Yôji YamadaDrama, History, Romance8.1 (23.5K votes)12920211228
Ugetsu [Ugetsu monogatari]A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.1953Kenji Mizoguchi (*)Drama, Fantasy, War8.2 (22.8K votes)9620211228
Umberto DAn elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.1952Vittorio De Sica (*)Drama8.2 (25.1K votes)8920211228
UndergroundA group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love, and hate.1995Emir Kusturica (*)Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, War8.1 (57.5K votes)16720211228
Unknown Woman, TheHaunted by a horrible past, a young Ukrainian woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family.2006Giuseppe Tornatore (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.4 (15K votes)11820211228
VaastavConsequences force an innocent man to get involved in crime after making an error.1999Mahesh ManjrekarAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (13.5K votes)14520211228
Vanishing, TheRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.1988George SluizerMystery, Thriller7.7 (37.6K votes)10720211228
Virgin Spring, TheIn 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 1960Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama8.1 (28.5K votes)8920211228
Wages Of Fear, TheIn a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.1953Henri-Georges Clouzot (*)Adventure, Drama, Thriller8.1 (59.2K votes)13120211228
Wave, The [Die Welle]A high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.2008Dennis GanselDrama, Thriller7.6 (107.1K votes)10720211228
Wednesday, AA retiring police officer reminisces about the most astounding day of his career. About a case that was never filed but continues to haunt him in his memories - the case of a man and a Wednesday.2008Neeraj PandeyAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.1 (77.8K votes)10420220414
Wheels on MealsTwo Chinese friends, who operate a food truck in Barcelona, Spain, use their martial arts expertise to help their private investigator friend protect the pickpocket Sylvia, who's been targeted by a ruthless gang.1984Sammo Kam-Bo HungAction, Comedy, Crime, Romance7.2 (13K votes)10020211228
Whisper of the HeartA love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.1995Yoshifumi KondôAnimation, Drama, Family, Romance7.9 (58.9K votes)11120211228
Wild StrawberriesAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.1957Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama, Romance8.2 (104.2K votes)9120211228
Wind Rises, TheA look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.2013Hayao Miyazaki (*)Animation, Biography, Drama, Romance, War7.8 (81.2K votes)12620211228
Wings of DesireAn angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.1987Wim Wenders (*)Drama, Fantasy, Romance8.0 (69.1K votes)12820211228
Winter Light [Nattvardsgästerna]A small-town priest struggles with his faith.1963Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama8.1 (24.2K votes)8120211228
Woman in the Dunes [Suna no onna]An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.1964Hiroshi TeshigaharaDrama, Thriller8.5 (19.3K votes)14720211228
Yellow Earth'Yellow Earth' focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns that the happy songs he was sent to collect1984Kaige ChenDrama, History, Music, Romance7.1 (2.3K votes)8920211228
YojimboA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.1961Akira Kurosawa (*)Action, Drama, Thriller8.2 (119.3K votes)11020211228
ZThe 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.1969Costa-Gavras (*)Crime, Drama, History, Thriller8.2 (27.3K votes)12720211228