films i need to watch

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03/11/2025

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Sakuran

Mika Ninagawa · 2006

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.

STRAW

Tyler Perry · 2025

What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation.

American Psycho

Mary Harron · 2000

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

Fight Club

David Fincher · 1999

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

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.

The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese · 2013

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

The Basketball Diaries

Scott Kalvert · 1995

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Lilja 4 real

Hannes Råstam · 2003

Lukas Moodysson's acclaimed film Lilja 4-ever, seen by 100,000's of moviegoers is based on a real life story. The film's Lily was in fact called Danguole Rasalaites and came from Lithuania to Sweden when she was 16 years old. She was stripped of her passport and held captive in an apartment in Malmö where she was forced into prostitution.

Kids

Tatsuya Ogishima · 2008

Asato is a young man who returns to a slummy neighbourhood (referred to as 'The Street') to be near his Mum who is in prison. He is able to transfer other people's injuries and is unable to walk past a child with a grazed knee or broken arm without helping them. Asato is protected from street thugs by Takeo, another troubled young man who has issues involving his father who is lying in a coma in hospital. The third member of their group is a young waitress, Shiho, who has her own secret.

Kids

Larry Clark · 1995

A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.

Requiem for a Dream

Darren Aronofsky · 2000

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom

2009

Mafia is rife in America where assassinations are a regular occurrence on the streets. Inferno, a mysterious company, is behind most of these dealings through the use of their near-invincible human weapon, "Phantom." One day, a Japanese tourist accidentally witnesses Phantom's latest murder. Desperate to escape, the tourist hides in a secluded building. However, Phantom, revealed to be a young woman named Ein, and the leader of Inferno "Scythe Master" captures the tourist and brainwashes him. Given the name "Zwei," this once peaceful tourist is now a puppet of Inferno with no memories. Drawn into a world of lies, deceit, and violence, Zwei must fight to survive, hopefully to one day regain his memories and escape from this world where he is constantly on the brink of death.

Helter Skelter

Mika Ninagawa · 2012

Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.

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.

Irma Vep

Olivier Assayas · 1996

Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung comes to France when a past-his-prime director casts her in a remake of the silent classic Les Vampires. Clad in a rubber catsuit and unable to speak a word of French, Cheung finds herself adrift in the insanity of the film industry…

Donkey Skin

Jacques Demy · 1970

A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.

The Loved Ones

Sean Byrne · 2010

When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.

Kamikaze Girls

中島哲也 · 2004

Momoko (Kyoko Fukada) es una joven solitaria que vive en su propio mundo construido sobre la época rococó francesa y que tiene una visión muy particular de las cosas. Pero su mundo de disfraces y máscaras pronto se ve trastocado por la llegada de Ichigo (Anna Tsuchiya), una gamberra motorizada que, al contrario de ella, prefiere el estilo norteamericano y necesita estar rodeada de gente en todo momento. Para ello se inventa una leyenda urbana que la hará sentir importante y gracias a la cual juntará una pandilla propia con Momoko. A partir de ese momento ambas iniciarán una inseparable amistad que las hará ver el mundo de forma diferente. Adaptación de una novela de Novala Takemoto (autor de las novelas Lolita).

The Love Witch

Anna Biller · 2016

A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences.

Dear Friends

Kazuyuki Morosawa · 2007

Rina is the it girl. She is thin, has long hair, is flaunting and dresses attractively. Every man wants to be with her and every woman wants to be like her. She also happens to be self-absorbed, mean and nasty.

Before I Fall

Ry Russo-Young · 2017

Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was.

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.

puparia

Shingo Tamagawa · 2021

Something is about to change drastically, and the only thing to do is to witness it.

paprika

Satoshi Kon · 2006

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.