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visual masterpiece
Midsommar
Ari Aster · 2019
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
Poor Things
Yorgos Lánthimos · 2023
Bella Baxter viene riportata in vita dal brillante e poco ortodosso scienziato Dr. Godwin Baxter. Affamata della mondanità che le manca, Bella fugge con Duncan Wedderburn, un avvocato elegante e dissoluto, in una vorticosa avventura attraverso i continenti.
to watch when you feel numb
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Michel Gondry · 2004
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
The Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola · 2000
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Howl’s Moving Castle
宮崎駿 · 2004
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Spirited Away
Hayao Miyazaki · 2001
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
The Dreamers
Bernardo Bertolucci · 2003
París, 1968. Isabelle (Eva Green) y su hermano Theo (Louis Garrel), solos en la ciudad mientras sus padres están de viaje, invitan a su apartamento a Matthew (Michael Pitt), un joven estudiante americano, al que han conocido en un cine. Una vez en casa, establecen unas reglas para conocerse mutuamente, explorando emociones y erotismo a través de una serie de juegos extremadamente arriesgados.
Adventureland
Greg Mottola · 2009
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
On The Road
Walter Salles · 2012
Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
Kill Your Darlings
John Krokidas · 2013
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
The Kings of Summer
Jordan Vogt-Roberts · 2013
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, and a strange kid named Biaggio. He announces that they are going to build a house there, free from responsibility and parents. Once their makeshift abode is finished, the three young men find themselves masters of their own destiny, alone in the woods.
Mommy
Xavier Dolan · 2014
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
A Ghost Story
David Lowery · 2017
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.
American Honey
Andrea Arnold · 2016
A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
Pierrot le fou
Jean-Luc Godard · 1965
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola · 2003
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
great for crying
My Girl
Howard Zieff · 1991
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
The Iron Giant
Brad Bird · 1999
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
Extremely loud, incredibly close
Stephen Daldry · 2011
A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
Room
Lenny Abrahamson · 2015
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Your Name
Makoto Shinkai · 2016
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
Troop Zero
Bertie · 2019
In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime and beyond.
psychological
Donnie Darko
Richard Kelly · 2001
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Enter the Void
Gaspar Noé · 2010
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky · 2010
The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica who zealously supports her daughter's professional ambition. When artistic director Thomas Leroy decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice.
Sucker Punch
Zack Snyder · 2011
A young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world where she envisions a plan to escape. Gathering a group of fellow inmates, she embarks on a quest to collect five mystical items, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.
Coherence
James Ward Byrkit · 2013
Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.
The Beach
Danny Boyle · 2000
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
The Neon Demon
Nicolas Winding Refn · 2016
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
great humour
Mean Girls
Mark Waters · 2004
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
The Royal Tenenbaums
Wes Anderson · 2001
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
Easy A
Will Gluck · 2010
El guión, obra del dramaturgo Bert V. Royal, es una versión moderna y en clave estudiantil de “La letra escarlata”, la novela de Nathaniel Hawthorne. Narra la historia de una joven que decide fingir que lleva una vida promiscua, creyendo que así obtendrá algún tipo de beneficio. Sin embargo, las circunstancias se volverán en su contra.
Shiva Baby
Emma Seligman · 2021
College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
Barbie
Greta Gerwig · 2023
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
good horror (and gore)
Saw
James Wan · 2004
Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.
Martyrs
Pascal Laugier · 2008
France, début des années 70. Lucie, une petite fille de dix ans, disparue quelques mois plus tôt, est retrouvée errante sur la route. Son corps maltraité ne porte aucune trace d'agression sexuelle. Les raisons de son enlèvement restent mystérieuses. Traumatisée, mutique, elle est placée dans un hôpital où elle se lie d'amitié avec Anna, une fille de son âge. 15 ans plus tard, on sonne à la porte d'une famille ordinaire. Le père ouvre et se retrouve face à Lucie, armée d'un fusil de chasse. Persuadée d'avoir retrouvé ses bourreaux, elle tire.
The Purge
James DeMonaco · 2013
Dans un futur proche, les États-Unis sont entrés dans une ère prospère, sans crime ni chômage. Et ce pour une unique raison : tous les ans, pendant une nuit entière, le gouvernement autorise quiconque à se livrer à une violence totale et légale. Cette nuit-là, la police ne répond à aucun appel, les hôpitaux ferment leurs portes. Cette nuit-là, alors que personne ne peut être puni et que le pays est à feu et à sang douze heures durant, une famille se retrouve au cœur de l'horreur alors qu'un étranger vient frapper à sa porte… Réussiront-ils à survivre à la nuit ?
It Follows
David Robert Mitchell · 2015
When carefree teenager Jay sleeps with her older boyfriend for the first time, she learns that she is the latest recipient of a fatal curse that is passed from victim to victim via sexual intercourse. Death, Jay learns, will creep inexorably toward her as either a friend or a stranger. Jay's friends don't believe her seemingly paranoid ravings, until they too begin to see the phantom assassins and band together to help her defend herself.
The Blackcoats Daughter
Osgood Perkins · 2017
Two young women at a prestigious prep school are assailed by an evil, invisible power when they're stranded over winter break.
Mother!
Darren Aronofsky · 2017
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
As Above So Below
John Erick Dowdle · 2014
Bajo los kilómetros y kilómetros de tortuosas catacumbas que hay bajo las calles de París, un grupo de exploradores se aventura entre los cientos de miles de huesos sin catalogar que ocupan el laberinto y acaban descubriendo cuál era la verdadera función de esta ciudad de los muertos. El recorrido se convierte en un viaje al corazón del terror. AS ABOVE, SO BELOW llega a lo más profundo de la mente humana, sacando a la luz los demonios que regresan para perseguirnos. (FILMAFFINITY)
good classics
Kill Bill
Quentin Tarantino · 2003
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick · 1980
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Jurassic Park
Steven Spielberg · 1993
Généticien de génie, le professeur John Hammond a recréé de nombreuses espèces de dinosaures à partir d'une goutte de sang prélevée sur un moustique fossilisé. Démiurge naïf et généreux, dépassé par ses propres ambitions, il projette d’ouvrir un gigantesque et terrifiant parc d'attractions. Mais la pureté de son rêve se heurte à la cupidité des hommes et, plus grave, à la violence latente, indomptable de la Nature.
The Mummy
Stephen Sommers · 1999
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Blake Edwards · 1961
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock · 1960
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
turns into a good mood
Captain Fantastic
Matt Ross · 2016
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.
Wicked
Jon M. Chu · 2024
Elphaba é uma jovem como outra qualquer do Reino de Oz, mas incompreendida por causa de sua pele verde incomum e por ainda não ter descoberto seu verdadeiro poder. Sua rotina é tranquila e pouco interessante, mas ao iniciar seus estudos na Universidade de Shiz, seu destino encontra Glinda, uma jovem popular e ambiciosa, nascida em berço de ouro, que só quer garantir seus privilégios e ainda não conhece sua verdadeira alma. As duas iniciam uma inesperada amizade; no entanto, suas diferenças, como o desejo de Glinda pela popularidade e poder, e a determinação de Elphaba em permanecer fiel a si mesma, entram no caminho, o que pode perpetuar no futuro de cada uma e em como as pessoas de Oz as enxergam.
animation
Digimon: The Movie
細田守 · 2000
When a powerful new Internet Digimon hatches and begins to consume data at an alarming rate, the Digidestined - kids chosen to save the digital world - must put an end to the destruction before the damage becomes irreversible and worldwide communication halts forever. As computer-based missiles are launched, and a wayward Digimon kidnaps the Digidestined, only the combined efforts of a worldwide network of kids and a new group of "Digidestined" can rescue the others and stop global disaster.
The Sword In The Stone
Wolfgang Reitherman · 1963
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.
The Road to El Dorado
Bibo Bergeron · 2000
Stowing away after a failed con, a pair of swindlers end up on El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold", where they quickly get in over their heads when they are mistaken as gods by the inhabitants.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Gary Trousdale · 2001
The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries of the sea. The underwater expedition takes an unexpected turn when the team's mission must switch from exploring Atlantis to protecting it.
Treasure Planet
John Musker · 2002
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.
9
Shane Acker · 2005
A rag doll fights a monster that has been stealing the souls of his people.
Coraline
Henry Selick · 2009
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
unknown
Great Gatsby
Baz Luhrmann · 2013
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
Handmaiden
Park Chan-wook · 2016
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.
Las niñas
Pilar Palomero · 2020
Prodded by the rebellious Brisa, puberty is awakening in twelve-year-old Celia. Quickly, the two become allies against the rigid rules of authority in the Catholic girls’ school. However, questions about the right bra, cool bands and sexy clothing cannot hide the urgent search for their own identity.
The Worst Person In The World
Joachim Trier · 2021
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
