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Absolute must-see films

by Jamin-chaput • Created 2 years ago • Modified 2 years ago
Not always by favourite directors, but films that stay with me.
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  • Night of the Kings (2020)

    1. Night of the Kings

    20201h 33mR82Metascore
    6.5 (3K)
    A young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.
    DirectorPhilippe LacôteStarsBakary KonéSteve TientcheuJean Cyrille Digbeu
  • Possession (1981)

    2. Possession

    19812h 4mR75Metascore
    7.3 (51K)
    A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.
    DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsIsabelle AdjaniSam NeillMargit Carstensen
  • Jennifer Lawrence in Mother! (2017)

    3. Mother!

    20172h 1mR76Metascore
    6.6 (261K)
    A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
    DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsJennifer LawrenceJavier BardemEd Harris
  • Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs in Blindspotting (2018)

    4. Blindspotting

    20181h 35mR75Metascore
    7.4 (34K)
    While on probation, a man begins to re-evaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend.
    DirectorCarlos López EstradaStarsDaveed DiggsRafael CasalJanina Gavankar
  • Arjun Singh Panam, Tom England, Joshua Ford, and Ben Vardy in Cosmos (2019)

    5. Cosmos

    20192h 8m
    6.0 (7.3K)
    Three amateur astronomers are perplexed when the newest member of their team intercepts radio signals of seemingly impossible origin.
    DirectorsElliot WeaverZander WeaverStarsTom EnglandJoshua FordArjun Singh Panam
  • Oldboy (2003)

    6. Oldboy

    20032hR78Metascore
    8.3 (687K)
    After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
    DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeong
  • Jallikattu (2019)

    7. Jallikattu

    20191h 35m
    7.3 (9.4K)
    A portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence.
    DirectorLijo Jose PellisseryStarsAntony VargheseChemban Vinod JoseSabumon Abdusamad
  • Frankie Corio and Paul Mescal in Aftersun (2022)

    8. Aftersun

    20221h 42mR95Metascore
    7.6 (117K)
    Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
    DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsPaul MescalFrankie CorioCelia Rowlson-Hall
  • Sandrine Bonnaire in Vagabond (1985)

    9. Vagabond

    19851h 45mNot Rated
    7.6 (15K)
    A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.
    DirectorAgnès VardaStarsSandrine BonnaireMacha MérilStéphane Freiss
  • Toshirô Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Sanjuro (1962)

    10. Sanjuro

    19621h 36mNot Rated83Metascore
    8.0 (43K)
    A 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.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTatsuya NakadaiKeiju Kobayashi
  • The Wailing (2016)

    11. The Wailing

    20162h 36mTV-MA81Metascore
    7.4 (92K)
    Soon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter...
    DirectorNa Hong-jinStarsJun KunimuraHwang Jung-minKwak Do-won
  • Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan in Blue Velvet (1986)

    12. Blue Velvet

    19862hR75Metascore
    7.7 (234K)
    The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsIsabella RosselliniKyle MacLachlanDennis Hopper
  • Leviathan (2014)

    13. Leviathan

    20142h 20mR92Metascore
    7.6 (59K)
    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.
    DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsAleksey SerebryakovElena LyadovaRoman Madyanov
  • Irène Jacob and Guillaume de Tonquédec in The Double Life of Véronique (1991)

    14. The Double Life of Véronique

    19911h 38mR86Metascore
    7.6 (56K)
    Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.
    DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsIrène JacobWladyslaw KowalskiHalina Gryglaszewska
  • Naked Lunch (1991)

    15. Naked Lunch

    19911h 55mR67Metascore
    6.9 (59K)
    After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsPeter WellerJudy DavisIan Holm
  • Toni Servillo in The Great Beauty (2013)

    16. The Great Beauty

    20132h 21mNot Rated86Metascore
    7.7 (103K)
    Jep 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 beauty.
    DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloCarlo VerdoneSabrina Ferilli
  • Tadanobu Asano in Ichi the Killer (2001)

    17. Ichi the Killer

    20012h 9m55Metascore
    6.9 (63K)
    As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTadanobu AsanoNao ÔmoriShin'ya Tsukamoto
  • A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)

    18. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

    20141h 41mPG-1381Metascore
    6.9 (20K)
    Sam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesmen, embark on a tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy that unfold in a series of absurdist episodes.
    DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsHolger AnderssonNils WestblomViktor Gyllenberg
  • The Big Blue (1988)

    19. The Big Blue

    19882h 48mPG35Metascore
    7.5 (57K)
    The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.
    DirectorLuc BessonStarsJean-Marc BarrJean RenoRosanna Arquette

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