Films that move me deeply
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What it means to be human
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders · 1987
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
City of Angels
Brad Silberling · 1998
When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Werner Herzog · 1972
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.
Tokyo story
Yazuhiro Ozu (1953)
Blade Runner
Ridley Scott · 1982
A principios del siglo XXI, la Tyrell Corporation desarrolló un nuevo tipo de robot llamado Nexus, un ser virtualmente idéntico al hombre y conocido como Replicante. Los Replicantes Nexus-6 eran superiores en fuerza y agilidad, y al menos iguales en inteligencia, a los ingenieros de genética que los crearon. En el espacio exterior, los Replicantes fueron usados como trabajadores esclavos en la arriesgada exploración y colonización de otros planetas. Después de la sangrienta rebelión de un equipo de combate de Nexus-6 en una colonia sideral, los Replicantes fueron declarados proscritos en la Tierra bajo pena de muerte. Brigadas de policías especiales, con el nombre de Unidades de Blade Runners, tenían órdenes de tirar a matar al ver a cualquier Replicante invasor. A esto no se le llamó ejecución, se le llamó retiro.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog · 2010
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.
Innocence, friendship
A Summer''s Tale
Éric Rohmer · 1996
Nuevo cuento de las "cuatro estaciones" de Rohmer. El joven Gaspard llega de vacaciones al balneario francés de Dinard. Su idea es encontrarse allí con Lena, la muchacha que lo tiene loco. Pero en esos días soleados y calmos conoce a otra chica, una morena atractiva y sensual que le sugiere nuevos rumbos a su corazón. Sin embargo, tal vez la respuesta no esté en ella, sino en Margot, la dulce camarera con la que Gaspard hace amistad sin darse cuenta.
Au Revoir les Enfants
Louis Malle · 1987
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
Close-up
Abbas Kiarostami
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.
Perfect Days
Wim Wenders (2023)
Woman’s journey of discovery
Cléo from 5 to 7
Agnès Varda · 1962
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Pauline at the Beach
Éric Rohmer · 1983
Marion is about to divorce from her husband and takes her 15-year-old niece, Pauline, on a vacation to Granville. There, she meets an old love...
Claire's Knee
Éric Rohmer · 1970
On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, a career diplomat visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend. Through her he meets an intense teenager, Laura, and then lusts after her sister, Claire. Whilst Laura attempts to flirt with him, his fantasy becomes focused on wanting to caress Claire's knee.
Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola · 2003
Bob Harris, acteur sur le déclin, se rend à Tokyo pour tourner un spot publicitaire. Il a conscience qu'il se trompe - il devrait être chez lui avec sa famille, jouer au théâtre ou encore chercher un rôle dans un film -, mais il a besoin d'argent. Du haut de son hôtel de luxe, il contemple la ville, mais ne voit rien. Il est ailleurs, détaché de tout, incapable de s'intégrer à la réalité qui l'entoure, incapable également de dormir à cause du décalage horaire. Dans ce même établissement, Charlotte, une jeune Américaine fraîchement diplômée, accompagne son mari, photographe de mode. Ce dernier semble s'intéresser davantage à son travail qu'à sa femme. Se sentant délaissée, Charlotte cherche un peu d'attention. Elle va en trouver auprès de Bob...
Escapism
La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini · 1960
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
Connection and time
Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch · 2013
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
Youth love and rage
Stranger Than Paradise
Jim Jarmusch · 1983
30-minute short subject film that would become Stranger Than Paradise. This short was released as a standalone film in 1982, and shown as "Stranger Than Paradise" at the 1983 International Film Festival Rotterdam. When it was later expanded into a three-act feature, that name was appropriated for the feature itself, and the initial segment was renamed "The New World".
A bout de soufflé
Jean-Luc Godard · 1960
In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the hero-worship of the town, as the star of his high school team. And both boys are the son of former college ball player Dan Scott whose long ago choice to abandon Lucas and his mother Karen, will haunt him long into his life with wife Deb and their son Nathan.
Terra Estrangeira
Walter Salles · 1996
During a time of political upheaval in Brazil, two strangers meet by coincidence in a foreign land and end up caught in the middle of a gem smuggling ring.
Disconnection, unspoken love
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-wai · 2000
In 1962 Hong Kong, two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses.
L''Avventura
Michelangelo Antonioni · 1960
Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.
La Notte
Michelangelo Antonioni · 1961
A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.
Coming-of-age Comedy
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.
Electric Dreams
Steve Barron · 1984
Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with Madeline, an attractive neighbor.
Sixteen Candles
John Hughes · 1984
La vida de Samantha se está desmoronando. A sus quince años está enamorada del chico más popular de la escuela y, a su vez, el chico menos famoso lo está de ella. Su hermana está a punto de casarse y, con la excitación que produce el acontecimiento en su familia, los miembros de esta se olvidan… de su cumpleaños. Además, sus abuelos le ponen continuamente en situaciones embarazosas.
Travelers are not turists
Paris, Texas
Wim Wenders · 1984
Un hombre aparece andando en el desierto de Texas sin recordar quién es. Su hermano va en su busca, intentando que recuerde su vida cuatro años atrás, cuando abandonó a su mujer y a su hijo. Mientras la memoria va volviendo a él y recupera el contacto con personas de su pasado, descubre la oportunidad de rehacer su vida.
The Sheltering Sky
Bernardo Bertolucci · 1990
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
A Nervous Romance
Annie Hall
Woody Allen · 1977
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
