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Innovative movies you should watch

by guisreis • Created 11 years ago • Modified 1 month ago
I'd also like to add short film "A espera", from Ernesto Solis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAIoPmqd4aw
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  • Nilbio Torres in Embrace of the Serpent (2015)

    1. Embrace of the Serpent

    20152h 5mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.8 (25K)
    The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
    DirectorCiro GuerraStarsNilbio TorresJan BijvoetAntonio Bolívar
  • John Neville in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

    2. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    19882h 6mPG69Metascore
    7.1 (59K)
    An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohn NevilleEric IdleSarah Polley
  • Afrique 50 (1950)

    3. Afrique 50

    195017mShort
    7.2 (339)
    Documentary about the living conditions in a small Ivorian village during French colonization.
    DirectorRené VautierStarRené Vautier
  • Alguien mató algo (1999)

    4. Alguien mató algo

    199927mShort
    7.9 (67)
    In this silent style short, filmed in black and white with intertitles instead of spoken dialog, a precocious little girl surrounded by Tv violence and bloody church images of Catholicism, yearns to stay alive forever, as a vampire.
    DirectorJorge NavasStarsEliza AgudeloLuis Fernando BuenoMaría Cardona
    https://vimeo.com/91353018
  • Angeli in Angeli 'The Killer' (2017)

    5. Angeli 'The Killer'

    2017– 22 epsTV Series
    8.5 (46)
    An animated biography inspired by the works and personality of the Brazilian cartoonist Angeli, creator of the seminal magazine "Chiclete com Banana" and characters like Rê Bordosa and Bob Spit, among others.
    StarsAngeliGrace GianoukasAlessandra Negrini
  • Animal Político (2016)

    6. Animal Político

    20161h 16m
    6.0 (182)
    A cow tries to convince herself she's really happy. But one evening, just before Christmas, she is overwhelmed by a sense of emptiness - a strange, new experience. The crisis makes her decide to go traveling to find her true self. Grippingly existential - but also irresistibly humorous.
    DirectorTiãoStarsRodrigo BolzanElisa HeidrichVictor Laet
  • Moby & the Void Pacific Choir: Are You Lost in the World Like Me (2016)

    7. Moby & the Void Pacific Choir: Are You Lost in the World Like Me

    20163mMusic Video
    6.4 (759)
    Max Fleischer-style animated video from the album "These Systems Are Failing" which questions the impact of technology on modern society.
    DirectorSteve CuttsStarsMobyThe Void Pacific Choir
    https://youtu.be/VASywEuqFd8
  • Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, and Abra in Assassination Nation (2018)

    8. Assassination Nation

    20181h 48mR54Metascore
    6.0 (23K)
    After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos descends and four girls must fight to survive, while coping with the hack themselves.
    DirectorSam LevinsonStarsOdessa YoungAbraSuki Waterhouse
  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)

    9. Bacurau

    20192h 11mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.3 (33K)
    After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
    DirectorsJuliano DornellesKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsBárbara ColenThomás AquinoSilvero Pereira
  • Alejandro Awada, Joaquín Climent, Secun de la Rosa, Terele Pávez, Blanca Suárez, Carmen Machi, Jaime Ordóñez, and Mario Casas in The Bar (2017)

    10. The Bar

    20171h 42m
    6.3 (30K)
    In bustling downtown Madrid, a loud gunshot and two mysterious deaths trap a motley assortment of common urbanites in a decrepit central bar, while paranoia and suspicion force the terrified regulars to turn on each other.
    DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsBlanca SuárezMario CasasCarmen Machi
  • Barry Lyndon (1975)

    11. Barry Lyndon

    19753h 5mPG89Metascore
    8.1 (195K)
    An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsRyan O'NealMarisa BerensonPatrick Magee
  • Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969)

    12. Bambi Meets Godzilla

    19692mNot RatedShort
    6.9 (6.7K)
    Bambi is contentedly nibbling the grass, seemingly unaware of his impending encounter with Godzilla. What will happen when the two finally meet?
    DirectorMarv Newland
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXCUBVS4kfQ
  • Fionn Whitehead in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)

    13. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

    20181h 30mTV-MA
    7.1 (142K)
    A young programmer starts to question reality when he adapts a mad writer's fantasy novel into a video game.
    DirectorDavid SladeStarsFionn WhiteheadCraig ParkinsonAlice Lowe
  • Batman: Ashes to Ashes (2009)

    14. Batman: Ashes to Ashes

    200918mShort
    5.6 (155)
    1938 Driven by different, but nevertheless essential reasons, Eddy, Charles and Sergio decide to break into the huge manor that overhangs the city. Their enterprise soon starts to derail as the butler intercepts them. Blood is split The three improvised murderers are on the run, their hands covered with blood but at least they have the loot. For three weeks, intense ans unreal sobs echo amongst the city's roofs. In this big town, devastated by violence and prohibition, three novice gangsters start their ascent in the crime world. Meanwhile, a vengeful shadow goes on the hunt for them.
    DirectorsSamuel BodinJulien MokraniStarsArnaud BichonMarielle GuerberFlorian Haas
    https://vimeo.com/18524481
  • John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich (1999)

    15. Being John Malkovich

    19991h 53mR90Metascore
    7.7 (363K)
    A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsJohn CusackCameron DiazCatherine Keener
  • Beauties of the Night (1952)

    16. Beauties of the Night

    19521h 27mApproved
    6.9 (861)
    A young composer has vivid dreams of the past that reflect, yet conflict with his waking life.
    DirectorRené ClairStarsGérard PhilipeMartine CarolGina Lollobrigida
  • Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)

    17. Welcome Mr. Marshall!

    19531h 18m
    7.9 (5.1K)
    After finding out that North American people are visiting the Spanish villages, the citizens of Villar del Río start preparing themselves to welcome them when they arrive.
    DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsLolita SevillaManolo MoránJosé Isbert
  • Big Fish (2003)

    18. Big Fish

    20032h 5mPG-1358Metascore
    8.0 (471K)
    A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsEwan McGregorAlbert FinneyBilly Crudup
  • Bimbo's Initiation (1931)

    19. Bimbo's Initiation

    19316mNot RatedShort
    7.3 (1.8K)
    Bimbo the dog is initiated into a secret society in a sadistic 'fun house'; then Betty Boop (with dog's ears) takes a hand.
    DirectorsDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsMargie HinesBilly MurrayWilliam Pennell
    https://youtu.be/gua71Ia7rAU
  • Blancanieves (2012)

    20. Blancanieves

    20121h 44mPG-1382Metascore
    7.5 (12K)
    A twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.
    DirectorPablo BergerStarsMaribel VerdúEmilio GaviraDaniel Giménez Cacho
  • Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg, and Romy Schneider in Boccaccio '70 (1962)

    21. Boccaccio '70

    19623h 25mUnrated
    7.0 (5.4K)
    Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.
    DirectorsVittorio De SicaFederico FelliniMario MonicelliStarsAnita EkbergSophia LorenRomy Schneider
  • Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood (2014)

    22. Boyhood

    20142h 45mR100Metascore
    7.9 (376K)
    The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
    DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEllar ColtranePatricia ArquetteEthan Hawke
  • Brazil (1985)

    23. Brazil

    19852h 12mR84Metascore
    7.8 (218K)
    A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJonathan PryceKim GreistRobert De Niro
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

    24. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

    19201h 7mNot Rated
    8.0 (74K)
    Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
    DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich Feher
    The screenplay was extremely innovative for that time. Though, what impressed me the most was the amazing scenario.
  • Christine (1983)

    25. Christine

    19831h 50mR57Metascore
    6.8 (98K)
    A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKeith GordonJohn StockwellAlexandra Paul

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