A list of very interesting and worthwhile films...

A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.

A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.

A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.

The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.

Strange things start happening when a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with an interconnected virtual realm known as "The Wired".

In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven-year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.

After their family is killed in a government massacre, siblings Enrique and Rosa flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to "El Norte": the United States.

During 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.

Young world-weary sharpshooter girl Kino and her talking inquisitive motorcycle Hermes travel around her unusual world, visiting various city-states for three days each to learn about their culture, history and ruling philosophy.

A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.

Mushi Master Ginko travels from place to place investigating occurrences that could be tied to supernatural creatures called Mushi.

A day in the life of a Parisian housewife/prostitute, interspersed with musings on the Vietnam War and other contemporary issues.

An American drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.

During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.

The passengers on a Mediterranean cruise enjoy their luxuries as a small family struggles with overbearing media attention.

After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.

This film surveys the disaster of the Kuwaiti oil fields in flames, with little narration and scarcely any interviews. Hell on Earth is presented in such transcendent visions and music that one can only be fascinated by it.

A controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.

After a man suffering from schizophrenia is released from a mental institution, he attempts to get his daughter back from her adoptive family.

To save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.

A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

The definitive documentary on the New York School Painters. Featuring footage of all the major figures of the New York Art Scene between 1940-1970, showing many of the artists before they became famous.

A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.