Classics

District 9

Neill Blomkamp · 2009

Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

Five Fingers for Marseilles

Michael Matthews · 2018

Years ago, the young Five Fingers fought for the rural town of Marseilles against brutal police oppression. Now, after fleeing in disgrace, Tau, one of them, returns to Marseilles, seeking only a peaceful life. When he finds the town under new threat, he must reluctantly fight to free it.

Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema

Ralph Ziman · 2008

This South African movie tracks the rise of a once-petty criminal to the heights of the criminal underworld. After cutting his teeth on hijacking, before moving onto bigger game, an ambitious man hits a setback when most of his gang are shot.

Tsotsi

Gavin Hood · 2005

A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.

City of God

Fernando Meirelles · 2002

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

12 Angry Men

Sidney Lumet · 1957

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Life of Pi

Ang Lee · 2012

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

Chinatown

Roman Polanski · 1974

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

Die Hard

John McTiernan · 1988

O policial de Nova York John McClane está visitando sua família no Natal. Ele participa de uma confraternização de fim de ano na sede da empresa japonesa em que a esposa trabalha. A festa é interrompida por terroristas que invadem o edifício de luxo. McClane não demora a perceber que não há ninguém para salvá-los, a não ser ele próprio.

The Imitation Game

Morten Tyldum · 2014

Uncut Gems

Benny Safdie · 2019

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

Dune

Denis Villeneuve · 2021

L'histoire de Paul Atreides, jeune homme aussi doué que brillant, voué à connaître un destin hors du commun qui le dépasse totalement. Car, s'il veut préserver l'avenir de sa famille et de son peuple, il devra se rendre sur Dune, la planète la plus dangereuse de l'Univers. Mais aussi la seule à même de fournir la ressource la plus précieuse capable de décupler la puissance de l'Humanité. Tandis que des forces maléfiques se disputent le contrôle de cette planète, seuls ceux qui parviennent à dominer leur peur pourront survivre…

Annie Hall

Woody Allen · 1977

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

Django Unchained

Quentin Tarantino · 2012

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

The Notebook

Nick Cassavetes · 2004

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

GoodFellas

Martin Scorsese · 1990

Brooklyn, dans les années 50. Depuis l'enfance, le jeune Henry Hill rêve de devenir gangster. À 16 ans, il se met en selle auprès de Paul Cicero, un caïd local, et commet ses premiers délits. Arrêté et interrogé, il refuse de parler et gagne ainsi le respect du milieu. À sa sortie de prison, il fait la connaissance de James Conway et de Tommy DeVito, deux truands d'une extrême violence, et se lance avec eux dans des trafics de grande envergure. Karen, une jeune bourgeoise qu'il courtise et finit par épouser, ne devine sa profession qu'après être passée devant l'officier d'état-civil. Grisé par le succès, Henry multiplie les coups les plus audacieux…

The Truman Show

Peter Weir · 1998

Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls home is actually a gigantic soundstage. Truman's friends and family - everyone he meets, in fact - are actors. He lives every moment under the unblinking gaze of thousands of hidden TV cameras.

Requiem for a Dream

Darren Aronofsky · 2000

Harry Goldfarb est un junkie. Il passe ses journées en compagnie de sa petite amie Marion et son copain Tyrone. Ensemble, ils s’inventent un paradis artificiel. En quête d’une vie meilleure, le trio est entraîné dans une spirale infernale qui les enfonce toujours un peu plus dans l’angoisse et le désespoir. La mère d’Harry, Sara, souffre d’une autre forme d’addiction, la télévision. Juive, fantasque et veuve depuis des années, elle vit seule à Coney Island et nourrit dans le secret l’espoir de participer un jour à son émission préférée. Afin de satisfaire aux canons esthétiques de la télévision, elle s’astreint à un régime draconien. Un jour, elle le sait, elle passera de l’autre côté de l’écran.

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee · 1989

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

Fight Club

David Fincher · 1999

Co ty możesz o sobie wiedzieć, jeśli nigdy nie walczyłeś? W tym niezwykłym, pełnym niespodziewanych zwrotów akcji i nie pozbawionym swoistego humoru filmie w reżyserii Davida Finchera ("Siedem") oryginalne i dynamiczne kreacje stworzyli Brad Pitt ("Siedem") i Edward Norton ("Lęk pierwotny"). Jack (Norton) cierpi na chroniczną bezsenność i jest całkowicie znudzony swym dotychczasowym życiem. Do czasu, gdy spotyka charyzmatycznego Tylera Durdena (Pitt) - sprzedawcę mydła o dość pokrętnej filozofii życia... Uważa on bowiem, że samo-doskonalenie jest dla słabeuszy, a to co rzeczywiście sprawia, że warto żyć to samo-destrukcja.

Office Space

Mike Judge · 1999

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

The Sixth Sense

M. Night Shyamalan · 1999

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

The Silence of the Lambs

Jonathan Demme · 1991

Un psychopathe connu sous le nom de Buffalo Bill sème la terreur dans le Middle West en kidnappant et en assassinant de jeunes femmes. Clarice Starling, une jeune stagiaire du FBI, est chargée d’interroger l’ex‐psychiatre Hannibal Lecter. Psychopathe redoutablement intelligent et porté sur le cannibalisme, Lecter est capable de lui fournir des informations concernant Buffalo Bill ainsi que son portrait psychologique. Mais il n’accepte de l’aider qu’en échange d’informations sur la vie privée de la jeune femme. Entre eux s’établit un lien de fascination et de répulsion.

Cabaret

Bob Fosse · 1972

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

M*A*S*H

Robert Altman · 1970

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

West Side Story

Jerome Robbins · 1961

Jets'in üyesi Tony'nin (Richard Beymer) Sharks'ın liderinin kız kardeşi Maria'ya (Natalie) aşık olmasıyla iki grup arasında bir şiddet patlaması olur ve filmin kalpleri kıran finalinde pek çok masum kan dökülür.

A Streetcar Named Desire

Elia Kazan · 1951

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.

Bonnie and Clyde

Arthur Penn · 1967

In the 1930s, bored European-American waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with a European-American ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Frank Capra · 1939

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.

Sunset Boulevard

Billy Wilder · 1950

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Psycho

Alfred Hitchcock · 1960

Marion Crane en a assez de ne pouvoir mener sa vie comme elle l'entend. Son travail ne la passionne plus, son amant ne peut l'épouser car il doit verser une énorme pension alimentaire le laissant sans le sou… Mais un beau jour, son patron lui demande de déposer 40 000 dollars à la banque. La tentation est trop grande, et Marion s'enfuit avec l'argent. Très vite la panique commence à se faire sentir. Partagée entre l'angoisse de se faire prendre et l'excitation de mener une nouvelle vie, Marion roule vers une destination qu'elle n'atteindra jamais. La pluie est battante, la jeune femme s'arrête près d'un motel, tenu par un sympathique gérant nommé Norman Bates, mais qui doit supporter le caractère possessif de sa mère. Après un copieux repas avec Norman, Marion prend toutes ses précautions afin de dissimuler l'argent. Pour se délasser de cette journée, elle prend une douche…

Citizen Kane

Orson Welles · 1941

À la mort du milliardaire Charles Foster Kane, un grand magnat de la presse, Thompson, un reporter, enquête sur sa vie. Les contacts qu'il prend avec ses proches lui font découvrir un personnage gigantesque, mégalomane, égoïste et solitaire.

Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese · 1976

Vétéran de la Guerre du Vietnam, Travis Bickle est chauffeur de taxi dans la ville de New York. Ses rencontres nocturnes et la violence quotidienne dont il est témoin lui font peu à peu perdre la tête. Il se charge bientôt de délivrer une prostituée mineure de ses souteneurs.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson · 2014

El Sr. Gustave H., un legendario conserje de un famoso hotel europeo de entreguerras, entabla amistad con Zero Moustafa, un joven empleado al que convierte en su protegido. La historia trata sobre el robo y la recuperación de una pintura renacentista de valor incalculable y sobre la batalla que enfrenta a los miembros de una familia por una inmensa fortuna. Como telón de fondo, los levantamientos que transformaron Europa durante la primera mitad del siglo XX.

Blade Runner

Ridley Scott · 1982

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

Donnie Darko

Richard Kelly · 2001

Donnie es un chico americano dotado de gran inteligencia e imaginación. Tras escapar milagrosamente de una muerte casi segura, comienza a sufrir alucinaciones que lo llevan a actuar como nunca hubiera imaginado y a descubrir un mundo insólito a su alrededor, pues en sus visiones un gran conejito lo manipula para cometer una serie de crímenes.

Back to the Future

Robert Zemeckis · 1985

En 1985, Marty, un adolescent comme les autres, mène une existence morne et ennuyeuse. Heureusement, il est épris de la jolie Jennifer et entretient une profonde amitié avec Doc, un savant fou qui prétend avoir inventé une machine à explorer le temps. Un jour, Doc invite Marty à l'essayer…

Moonlight

Barry Jenkins · 2016

Moonlight narra a vida de um jovem gay afro-americano, desde a infância até a vida adulta e sua luta para encontrar seu lugar no mundo enquanto cresce num bairro violento de Miami. Ao mesmo tempo um retrato essencial da vida contemporânea do afro-americano e uma reflexão intensa, pessoal e poética sobre identidade, família e amizade. A direção de Barry Jenkins traz sua visão única e profundamente comovente sobre o caleidoscópio de momentos, pessoas e forças desconhecidas que determinam nossas vidas e nos fazem ser quem somos.

The Breakfast Club

John Hughes · 1985

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

The Shawshank Redemption

Frank Darabont · 1994

En 1947, Andy Dufresne, un jeune banquier, est condamné à la prison à vie pour le meurtre de sa femme et de son amant. Ayant beau clamer son innocence, il est emprisonné à Shawshank, le pénitencier le plus sévère de l'État du Maine. Il y fait la rencontre de Red, un noir désabusé, détenu depuis vingt ans. Commence alors une grande histoire d'amitié entre les deux hommes…

This Is Spinal Tap

Rob Reiner · 1984

"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.

Alien

Ridley Scott · 1979

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Sorry to Bother You

Boots Riley · 2018

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick · 1968

Aux temps préhistoriques, une petite tribu d’hommes‐singes installée au milieu de rochers arides lutte difficilement pour la vie. Un matin, ils trouvent devant eux une mystérieuse dalle noire monolithique. L’un des singes touche la pierre et apprend alors à se servir d’un os de quadrupède pour tuer ses ennemis. Quatre millions d’années plus tard, en 2001, un savant de l’espace, le Dr Heywood Floyd, débarque sur la lune pour examiner une dalle noire semblable à celle des singes, qui était enterrée sous la surface de l’astre. Selon les premières observations, l’objet émettrait un signal mystérieux…

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Miloš Forman · 1975

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock · 1958

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola · 1979

Scenariusz oparty jest na opowiadaniu Josepha Conrada "Jądro ciemności" i relacjonuje historię wyprawy kapitana Benjamina Willarda. Bohaterowi polecono zlikwidowanie szalonego pułkownika Kurtza, który na własną rękę rozpoczął morderczą wojnę na pograniczu wietnamsko-kambodżańskim. Po odnalezieniu pułkownika Willard ma według własnego uznania go zabić bądź wezwać bombowce, które zniszczą obóz. Wraz z grupką żołnierzy kapitan rusza łodzią patrolową w górę Mekongu.

Stray Dog

Akira Kurosawa · 1949

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

Pulp Fiction

Quentin Tarantino · 1994

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

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.

Mulholland Drive

2002