Movies by Lists - Top 250 Foreign Language Movies (256 [255]) 
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| 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". | 2009 | Rajkumar Hirani | Comedy, Drama | 8.4 (376.9K votes) | 170 | 20211228 |
| 3-Iron [Bin-jip]A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days. | 2004 | Kim Ki-duk | Crime, Drama, Romance | 8.0 (53.7K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| 8½A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. | 1963 | Federico Fellini (*) | Drama | 8.0 (115.2K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| 13 AssassinsA group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord. | 2010 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.6 (64.5K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| 400 BlowsA young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime. | 1959 | François Truffaut (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.1 (113.8K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1999 | Takashi Koizumi | Drama | 7.7 (4.1K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1972 | Werner Herzog (*) | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 7.9 (55.7K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo (*) | Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (178.1K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Akira Kurosawa's Dreams [Yume]A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams. | 1990 | Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Drama, Fantasy | 7.8 (25.7K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1974 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.0 (20.9K votes) | 92 | 20220414 |
| 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. | 1999 | Pedro Almodóvar (*) | Drama | 7.9 (94.3K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1965 | Jean-Luc Godard (*) | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (24.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2001 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Comedy, Romance | 8.3 (735.1K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2000 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (235.1K votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| ApocalyptoAs the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression. | 2006 | Mel Gibson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (304.3K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Army of ShadowsAn account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France. | 1969 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Drama, War | 8.2 (22.8K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| Ascent [Voskhozhdeniye]Two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches. | 1977 | Larisa Shepitko | Drama, War | 8.3 (8.1K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Ascent, The [Voskhozhdenie]Two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches. | 1977 | Larisa Shepitko | Drama, War | 8.2 (9.3K votes) | 111 | 20230424 |
| 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. | 1987 | Louis Malle (*) | Drama, War | 8.0 (33.1K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1999 | Takashi Miike (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 7.2 (78.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Autumn SonataA devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she was young. | 1978 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Music | 8.2 (32.9K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Bad Sleep Well, TheA vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide. | 1960 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (12.3K votes) | 151 | 20211228 |
| Bandit, The [Eskiya]Baran the Bandit, released from prison after 35 years, searches for vengeance and his lover. | 1996 | Yavuz Turgul | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.2 (68.6K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Battle of Algiers, TheIn the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government. | 1966 | Gillo Pontecorvo (*) | Drama, War | 8.1 (58.1K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2000 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (178.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Belle de JourA frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute. | 1967 | Luis Buñuel (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.7 (43.2K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1986 | John Woo (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (22.2K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1987 | John Woo (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (10K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1948 | Vittorio De Sica (*) | Drama | 8.3 (158.6K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1998 | Takashi Miike (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 7.5 (4.7K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Bittersweet Life, A [Dalkomhan insaeng]Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't proceed by his boss's orders. | 2005 | Jee-woon Kim (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (39.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| 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 gangs | 1998 | Emir Kusturica (*) | Comedy, Crime, Romance | 8.1 (53K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Blind Mountain [Mang shan]A young woman is kidnapped and sold to a villager in the mountains. | 2007 | Yang Li | Crime, Drama | 7.5 (1.9K votes) | 95 | 20220731 |
| 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. | 1960 | Jean-Luc Godard (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (78.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1986 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 8.0 (160.6K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Celebration, The [Festen]At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed. | 1998 | Thomas Vinterberg (*) | Drama | 8.1 (84.7K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2009 | Daniel Monzón | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (66.5K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1970 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (24.6K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2008 | Na Hong-jin | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (63.8K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1997 | Majid Majidi | Drama, Family, Sport | 8.3 (72K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Chorus, The [Les Choristes]The new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively affect the students' lives through music. | 2004 | Christophe Barratier | Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.9 (60.5K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1994 | Kar-Wai Wong | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 8.1 (75K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1988 | Giuseppe Tornatore (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.5 (250.8K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| City of GodIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin. | 2002 | Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Crime, Drama | 8.6 (733.1K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2009 | Chuan Lu | Drama, History, War | 7.7 (10.9K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| City of Lost Children, TheA scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process. | 1995 | Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.5 (67.4K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1985 | Elem Klimov (*) | Drama, Thriller, War | 8.3 (71.6K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1970 | Bernardo Bertolucci (*) | Drama | 8.0 (29.5K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Counterfeiters, The [Die Falscher]The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII. | 2007 | Stefan Ruzowitzky | Crime, Drama, History, War | 7.6 (45.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1972 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama | 8.1 (33K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2000 | Ang Lee (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 7.8 (263.6K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| CureA frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. | 1997 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1997 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1990 | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Comedy, Drama, History, Romance | 7.5 (23.8K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Das Boot [The Boat]The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror. | 1981 | Wolfgang Petersen (*) | Drama, War | 8.3 (244.3K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1939 | Marcel Carné (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (7.5K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2006 | Shûsuke Kaneko | Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (30K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2006 | Shûsuke Kaneko | Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (16.4K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2005 | Cristi Puiu | Comedy, Drama | 7.9 (14.8K votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1975 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (36.5K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| DelicatessenPost-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants. | 1991 | Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Comedy, Crime | 7.6 (83.9K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Departures [Okuribito]A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals. | 2008 | Yôjirô Takita | Drama, Music | 8.1 (51.1K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1975 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Adventure, Biography, Drama | 8.3 (27K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2001 | Guillermo del Toro (*) | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.4 (64.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2000 | Wen Jiang | Comedy, Drama, War | 8.2 (7.5K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2000 | Wen Jiang | Comedy, Drama, War | 8.2 (7.4K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Diaboliques, LesThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi. | 1955 | Henri-Georges Clouzot (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (64.7K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2001 | Farhan Akhtar | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.1 (71.1K votes) | 183 | 20220414 |
| 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. | 1972 | Luis Buñuel (*) | Comedy | 7.9 (41.8K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2007 | Julian Schnabel | Biography, Drama | 8.0 (106.5K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2004 | Oliver Hirschbiegel (*) | Biography, Drama, History, War | 8.2 (346.4K votes) | 156 | 20211228 |
| Drunken AngelA drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond. | 1948 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (11.6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1978 | Woo-Ping Yuen | Action, Comedy | 7.5 (39.2K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Edge of Heaven, The [Auf der anderen Seite]A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend. | 2007 | Fatih Akin | Drama | 7.8 (31.8K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2007 | José Padilha | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (101.9K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2010 | José Padilha | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (81.9K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2001 | Oliver Hirschbiegel (*) | Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (93K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Exterminating Angel, TheThe guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave. | 1962 | Luis Buñuel (*) | Drama, Fantasy | 8.1 (32.4K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1960 | Georges Franju (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.7 (30.5K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| FailanA marriage of convenience between a petty gangster and an illegal immigrant he has never met has unforeseen consequences for them both. | 2001 | Hae-sung Song | Drama, Romance | 7.5 (6K votes) | 115 | 20230126 |
| Fanny and AlexanderTwo young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls. | 1982 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama | 8.1 (62.4K votes) | 188 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1993 | Kaige Chen | Drama, History, Music, Romance | 8.1 (27.5K votes) | 171 | 20211228 |
| Fireworks [Hana-bi]Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. | 1997 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (29.8K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| FitzcarraldoThe story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle. | 1982 | Werner Herzog (*) | Adventure, Drama | 8.1 (34K votes) | 158 | 20211228 |
| Funeral Parade of Roses [Bara no sôretsu]The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan. | 1969 | Toshio Matsumoto | Drama | 7.9 (5.8K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1997 | Michael Haneke (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (70.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2012 | Anurag Kashyap | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.2 (92.1K votes) | 321 | 20211228 |
| Ghost In The Shell.A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (138.3K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2009 | Daniel Alfredson | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (70.9K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2006 | Mamoru Hosoda | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (64.3K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2009 | Daniel Alfredson | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (94.2K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2009 | Niels Arden Oplev | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (214.4K votes) | 152 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2008 | Jee-woon Kim (*) | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western | 7.3 (35.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1937 | Jean Renoir (*) | Drama, War | 8.1 (35.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Grave of the FirefliesA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. | 1988 | Isao Takahata | Animation, Drama, War | 8.5 (260.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| 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 | 2013 | Paolo Sorrentino (*) | Drama | 7.8 (87.5K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2014 | Vishal Bhardwaj | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (52.8K votes) | 160 | 20211228 |
| Happy Together [Chun gwong cha sit]A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions. | 1997 | Kar-Wai Wong | Drama, Romance | 7.7 (27.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1962 | Masaki Kobayashi | Action, Drama, Mystery | 8.6 (51.1K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1992 | John Woo (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.8 (49.3K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| HeadhuntersAn accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary. | 2011 | Morten Tyldum | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.5 (100.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| 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? | 2000 | Priyadarshan | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 8.2 (63.6K votes) | 156 | 20211228 |
| Hero [Ying.xiong]A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors. | 2002 | Yimou Zhang (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, History | 7.9 (179.1K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2004 | Yôji Yamada | Drama, History, Romance | 7.7 (6.6K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Hidden Fortress, TheLured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines. | 1958 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama | 8.1 (37.9K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1963 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (41.4K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Hole, The [Le Trou]Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme. | 1960 | Jacques Becker (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (17.2K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1968 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.6 (20.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2004 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 8.2 (369.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1959 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama, History, War | 8.6 (7.6K votes) | 208 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1959 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama, History, War | 8.5 (6.1K votes) | 181 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1961 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama, History, War | 8.8 (5.9K votes) | 190 | 20211228 |
| 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 littl | 2012 | Thomas Vinterberg (*) | Drama | 8.3 (312.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| I Saw The DevilA secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases. | 2010 | Jee-woon Kim (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.8 (123.5K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| IkiruA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer. | 1952 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 8.3 (75.5K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2000 | Kar-Wai Wong | Drama, Romance | 8.1 (141.4K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| IncendiesTwins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes. | 2010 | Denis Villeneuve (*) | Drama, Mystery, War | 8.3 (167.8K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2002 | Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.0 (122.5K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2004 | Luis Mandoki | Drama, Thriller, War | 7.8 (8.2K votes) | 120 | 20240329 |
| IntouchablesAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver. | 2011 | Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 8.5 (816.4K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| 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 sur | 2008 | Wilson Yip (*) | Action, Biography, Drama, History | 8.0 (219.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2010 | Wilson Yip (*) | Action, Biography, Drama, History | 7.5 (102.8K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1973 | Leonid Gaidai | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (16.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1986 | Claude Berri | Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (25.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2000 | Park Chan-wook (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller, War | 7.8 (29K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1980 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama, History, War | 8.0 (34.9K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Killer, TheA disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded. | 1989 | John Woo (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (47.6K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1986 | Georgiy Daneliya | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (12.3K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2004 | Stephen Chow | Action, Comedy, Fantasy | 7.8 (135.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| La Dolce VitaA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome. | 1960 | Federico Fellini (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (71.2K votes) | 174 | 20211228 |
| La Haine24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot. | 1995 | Mathieu Kassovitz | Crime, Drama | 8.1 (164.5K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| La StradaA care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way. | 1954 | Federico Fellini (*) | Drama | 8.0 (61.7K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Lady VengeanceAfter being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means. | 2005 | Park Chan-wook (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (76.9K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2001 | Ashutosh Gowariker | Drama, Musical, Sport | 8.1 (111.8K votes) | 224 | 20220414 |
| 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. | 1963 | Luchino Visconti (*) | Drama, History | 8.0 (25.1K votes) | 186 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2008 | Tomas Alfredson | Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance | 7.9 (212.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2006 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | 7.9 (159.9K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2014 | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Crime, Drama | 7.6 (56.8K votes) | 140 | 20240324 |
| 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. | 2014 | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Crime, Drama | 7.6 (57.2K votes) | 140 | 20240709 |
| 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. | 1997 | Roberto Benigni | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War | 8.6 (666.4K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Life of Oharu, The [Saikaku Ichidai Onna]Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society. | 1952 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 8.1 (6.8K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2007 | Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte | Drama, Family | 8.4 (184.7K votes) | 165 | 20211228 |
| 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 lif | 2002 | Lukas Moodysson | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (44.8K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2006 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (378.9K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2008 | Erik Van Looy | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.3 (23K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 7.3 (5.3K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2007 | Ang Lee (*) | Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War | 7.5 (40.5K votes) | 157 | 20211228 |
| MWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. | 1931 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 8.3 (153.3K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1958 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (9.9K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1956 | Robert Bresson (*) | Drama, Thriller, War | 8.3 (21.1K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Man Facing Southeast [Hombre mirando al sudeste]A patient in a mental hospital claims to be an extraterrestial. Could he be right? | 1986 | Eliseo Subiela | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (4K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2010 | Jeong-beom Lee | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (67.6K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1986 | Claude Berri | Drama | 8.0 (21.9K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| MaqboolThe intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld. | 2003 | Vishal Bhardwaj | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (11.6K votes) | 132 | 20231013 |
| 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. | 2003 | Bong Joon Ho (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (166.8K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2004 | Masaaki Yuasa, Kôji Morimoto | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 7.7 (9.5K votes) | 103 | 20220723 |
| 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. | 2004 | John H. Lee | Drama, Romance | 8.2 (23.4K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Mother [Madeo]A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder. | 2009 | Bong Joon Ho (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (60.6K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1988 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 8.2 (320.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1984 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (163.7K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2004 | Benny Chan | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.0 (26.4K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria)A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak. | 1957 | Federico Fellini (*) | Drama | 8.1 (47.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| 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"). | 2000 | Fabián Bielinsky | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (52K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1993 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller | 7.9 (36.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1993 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller | 7.9 (36.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| 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 a | 2001 | Danis Tanovic | Comedy, Drama, War | 7.9 (46.5K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Oasis [Oasiseu]An irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her. | 2002 | Chang-dong Lee | Drama, Romance | 7.9 (9.1K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2003 | Park Chan-wook (*) | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (553.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| 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'. | 2006 | Vishal Bhardwaj | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (20.5K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1964 | Kaneto Shindô (*) | Drama, Horror | 8.0 (18.3K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2007 | J.A. Bayona | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (152.6K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2006 | Guillermo del Toro (*) | Drama, Fantasy, War | 8.2 (648.6K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2006 | Satoshi Kon | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.7 (78.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2013 | Asghar Farhadi | Drama, Mystery | 7.7 (47.9K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Peppermint CandyFollowing a man's suicide, time traverses back to reveal six chapters of his life on why he committed suicide. | 1999 | Chang-dong Lee | Drama | 7.7 (9K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Peppermint Candy [Bakha satang]Following a man's suicide, time traverses back to reveal six chapters of his life on why he committed suicide. | 1999 | Chang-dong Lee | Drama | 7.7 (8.9K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1997 | Satoshi Kon | Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.0 (69K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| PersepolisA precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution. | 2007 | Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War | 8.0 (98.2K votes) | 96 | 20231001 |
| PersonaA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together. | 1966 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (113.5K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2008 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 7.7 (136.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 8.4 (374.2K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Prophet, A [Un prophète]A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison. | 2009 | Jacques Audiard | Crime, Drama | 7.9 (97.3K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1949 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 7.4 (3.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2011 | Gareth Evans | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.6 (199.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2014 | Gareth Evans | Action, Crime, Thriller | 8.0 (120.2K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1991 | Yimou Zhang (*) | Drama, History, Romance | 8.1 (31.7K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1985 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, War | 8.2 (121.7K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2006 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 8.1 (117.4K votes) | 167 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 8.2 (163.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| RecA television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying. | 2007 | Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (174.7K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Red BeardIn 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern. | 1965 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 8.4 (18.5K votes) | 185 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2003 | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Drama | 8.0 (44.8K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| RevancheEx-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable. | 2008 | Götz Spielmann | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (14.5K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| RififiFour men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes... | 1955 | Jules Dassin | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (33.2K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1945 | Roberto Rossellini (*) | Drama, Thriller, War | 8.1 (25.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1939 | Jean Renoir (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (28.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Run Lola Run [Lola Rennt]After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks. | 1998 | Tom Tykwer | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (195.6K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Samourai, LeAfter professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner. | 1967 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.1 (49.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1967 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama | 8.4 (12.3K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1962 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (37.2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 8.4 (16K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Sawdust And TinselThe complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover. | 1953 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama | 7.5 (6.6K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2004 | Alejandro Amenábar | Biography, Drama | 8.0 (80.5K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2009 | Juan José Campanella (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 8.2 (205.7K votes) | 129 | 20220414 |
| 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. | 2011 | Asghar Farhadi | Drama | 8.3 (236.1K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Seven SamuraiA poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama | 8.6 (334.9K votes) | 207 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Fantasy, History | 8.2 (179.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| 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 l | 1968 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama | 8.0 (13.4K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2001 | Stephen Chow | Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport | 7.3 (78.2K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1975 | Ramesh Sippy | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Thriller, Western | 8.2 (54.3K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2011 | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Drama | 8.1 (14.9K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1972 | Andrei Tarkovsky (*) | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (88.3K votes) | 167 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2005 | Marc Rothemund | Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War | 7.6 (27.4K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2013 | Neeraj Pandey | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (55.4K votes) | 144 | 20220414 |
| 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. | 2001 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery | 8.6 (715.3K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2003 | Kim Ki-duk | Drama, Romance | 8.0 (81.4K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| StalkerA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes. | 1979 | Andrei Tarkovsky (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (129.5K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Stray DogDuring a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol. | 1949 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (16.7K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Summer With MonikaA pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another. | 1953 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.5 (14K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| SwadesA successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots. | 2004 | Ashutosh Gowariker | Drama, Musical | 8.2 (89K votes) | 189 | 20220414 |
| 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. | 1966 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Drama | 8.0 (10.7K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2007 | Masahiro Andô | Animation, Action, Adventure | 7.8 (16.2K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2002 | Park Chan-wook (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (67.1K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2004 | Je-kyu Kang | Action, Drama, War | 8.0 (39.4K votes) | 140 | 20220414 |
| Talk To Her [Hable Con Ella]Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas. | 2002 | Pedro Almodóvar (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 7.9 (110K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Tenant, TheA bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia. | 1976 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (42.8K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Three Colors - BlueA woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child. | 1993 | Krzysztof Kieslowski (*) | Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance | 7.9 (98.4K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Three Colors - RedA model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy. | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 8.1 (100.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Three Colors - WhiteAfter his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her. | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (71.1K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama, History | 8.1 (50.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| 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 love | 1988 | Emir Kusturica (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy | 8.1 (30K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2007 | Nacho Vigalondo | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (62.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| To LiveAfter Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China. | 1994 | Yimou Zhang (*) | Drama, War | 8.3 (17.5K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari]An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention. | 1953 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.2 (59.2K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1954 | Jacques Becker (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (7.6K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2002 | Yôji Yamada | Drama, History, Romance | 8.1 (23.5K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Ugetsu [Ugetsu monogatari]A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. | 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama, Fantasy, War | 8.2 (22.8K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Umberto DAn elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome. | 1952 | Vittorio De Sica (*) | Drama | 8.2 (25.1K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| UndergroundA group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love, and hate. | 1995 | Emir Kusturica (*) | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, War | 8.1 (57.5K votes) | 167 | 20211228 |
| Unknown Woman, TheHaunted by a horrible past, a young Ukrainian woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family. | 2006 | Giuseppe Tornatore (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (15K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| VaastavConsequences force an innocent man to get involved in crime after making an error. | 1999 | Mahesh Manjrekar | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (13.5K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1988 | George Sluizer | Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (37.6K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| 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 | 1960 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama | 8.1 (28.5K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1953 | Henri-Georges Clouzot (*) | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (59.2K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2008 | Dennis Gansel | Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (107.1K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2008 | Neeraj Pandey | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (77.8K votes) | 104 | 20220414 |
| 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. | 1984 | Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance | 7.2 (13K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1995 | Yoshifumi Kondô | Animation, Drama, Family, Romance | 7.9 (58.9K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Wild StrawberriesAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence. | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.2 (104.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Wind Rises, TheA look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. | 2013 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Biography, Drama, Romance, War | 7.8 (81.2K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1987 | Wim Wenders (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 8.0 (69.1K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Winter Light [Nattvardsgästerna]A small-town priest struggles with his faith. | 1963 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama | 8.1 (24.2K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1964 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (19.3K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| 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 collect | 1984 | Kaige Chen | Drama, History, Music, Romance | 7.1 (2.3K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| YojimboA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. | 1961 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller | 8.2 (119.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1969 | Costa-Gavras (*) | Crime, Drama, History, Thriller | 8.2 (27.3K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |