Films Recommendations 🎬🎞️

Stand by Me

Rob Reiner · 1986

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

Brief Encounter

David Lean · 1945

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Stanley Kubrick · 1964

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

Dead Poets Society

Peter Weir · 1989

Todd Anderson est un garçon plutôt timide. Désormais élève de la prestigieuse académie Welton, réputée pour être l'une des plus fermées et austères des États-Unis, tout le monde attend de lui qu'il suive les traces de son frère, qui avait fait à Welton de brillantes études. C'est là qu'il va faire la rencontre de M. Keating, un professeur de lettres anglaises qui, c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire, sort des sentiers battus. Jour après jour, M. Keating encourage ses élèves à penser par eux-mêmes et à refuser l'ordre établi. Cette rencontre va bouleverser la vie du jeune Todd, mais aussi celle de ses amis.

A Silent Voice: The Movie

山田尚子 · 2016

Shōko, una niña con discapacidad auditiva, es víctima de acoso en su escuela, siendo Shōya su principal agresor. Cuando ella se cambia de colegio, él sufre el rechazo de sus compañeros y queda aislado. Años después, intenta enmendar su error y hacer las paces con Shōko.

Dune: Part Two

Denis Villeneuve · 2024

Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

Dune

Denis Villeneuve · 2021

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Cinema Paradiso

Giuseppe Tornatore · 1988

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Roman Holiday

William Wyler · 1953

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

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.

Lawrence of Arabia

David Lean · 1962

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.

L'Eclisse

Michelangelo Antonioni · 1962

This romantic drama by Michelangelo Antonioni follows the love life of Vittoria, a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.

All the President's Men

Alan J. Pakula · 1976

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

Grave of the Fireflies

Isao Takahata · 1988

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

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.

Call Me by Your Name

Luca Guadagnino · 2017

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Pan's Labyrinth

Guillermo del Toro · 2006

In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.

The Devil Wears Prada

David Frankel · 2006

Fraîchement diplômée, Andrea débarque à New York et décroche le job de rêve. Mais en tant qu’assistante de la tyrannique rédactrice en chef d’un prestigieux magazine de mode, elle va vite découvrir ce que le mot « enfer » veut dire…

2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick · 1968

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Henry Selick · 1993

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

Corpse Bride

Tim Burton · 2005

In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.

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.

Kiki's Delivery Service

Hayao Miyazaki · 1989

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

When Marnie Was There

Hiromasa Yonebayashi · 2014

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

Howl's Moving Castle

Hayao Miyazaki · 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.

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.

Little Women

Greta Gerwig · 2019

Aux États-Unis, pendant la guerre de Sécession, 4 sœurs issues de la classe moyenne font face aux difficultés de la vie quotidienne en ce temps de conflit. La raisonnable Mege, l’intrépide Jo, la charitable Beth et l’orgueilleuse May vivent dans l’ombre protectrice et bienveillante de leur mère Marnee et de sa tante March. Mais la rencontre de leur voisin Laurie va transformer les premiers émois du bal des débutantes en véritables histoires d’amour… Une nouvelle adaptation du classique de Louisa May Alcott.

The Virgin Suicides

Sofia Coppola · 2000

Dans une ville américaine tranquille et puritaine des années soixante-dix, Cecilia Lisbon, 13 ans, tente de se suicider. Elle a 4 sœurs, de jolies adolescentes. Cet incident éclaire d'un jour nouveau le mode de vie de toute la famille. L'histoire, relatée par l’intermédiaire de la vision des garçons du voisinage, obsédés par ces sœurs mystérieuses, dépeint avec cynisme la vie adolescente. Petit a petit, la famille se referme et les filles reçoivent rapidement l'interdiction de sortir. Alors que la situation s'enlise, les garçons envisagent de secourir les filles.

Wall-E

Andrew Stanton · 2008