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Blow Out

Brian De Palma · 1981

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

Ex Machina

Alex Garland · 2015

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

My Own Private Idaho

Gus Van Sant · 1991

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

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.

As You Are

Miles Joris-Peyrafitte · 2016

Set in the early 1990s, "As You Are" is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.

Romeo + Juliet

Baz Luhrmann · 1996

In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

Little Women

Greta Gerwig · 2019

Amy, Jo, Beth y Meg son cuatro hermanas adolescentes que se embarcan en unas vacaciones con su madre, pero sin su padre, un evangelista itinerante. A medida que atraviesan el estado de Massachusetts, sumido en plena Guerra Civil, descubren el amor y la importancia de los lazos familiares.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Quentin Tarantino · 2004

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

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.

Oldboy

박찬욱 · 2003

The 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.

Summer of 85

François Ozon · 2020

What do you dream of when you're 16-years-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself.

This Is England

Shane Meadows · 2007

A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.

Pump Up the Volume

Allan Moyle · 1990

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.

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.

Nightcrawler

Dan Gilroy · 2014

Louis è un ladro di materiali edili quando lo incontriamo, non è chiaro cosa abbia fatto prima ma ora ruba rame, ferro e simili per rivenderli sottoprezzo ai cantieri con un obiettivo più grande: trovare un vero lavoro in una congiuntura economica non facile. Tuttavia nessuno assume un ladro. Un giorno è testimone di un incidente stradale e vede una troupe televisiva accorsa per riprendere l'accaduto, capisce che è un vero lavoro e uno che paga ma nemmeno in questo caso trova qualcuno pronto ad assumerlo così pensa di poter fare da sè e con i propri metodi (il furto) ruba il necessario per comprare un'attrezzatura di base e iniziare a girare le strade di Los Angeles in cerca di incidenti, furti e cronaca dura da rivendere ad un'emittente locale con pochi scrupoli. Quando il business si fa più serio aumenta anche la sua abilità ma non il suo senso del limite e dell'etica verso le vittime.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Yorgos Lanthimos · 2017

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.

Heathers

Michael Lehmann · 1988

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

Hot Fuzz

Edgar Wright · 2007

Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.

Her

Spike Jonze · 2013

En un futuro cercano, Theodore, un hombre solitario a punto de divorciarse que trabaja en una empresa como escritor de cartas para terceras personas, compra un día un nuevo sistema operativo basado en el modelo de Inteligencia Artificial, diseñado para satisfacer todas las necesidades del usuario. Para su sorpresa, se crea una relación romántica entre él y Samantha, la voz femenina de ese sistema operativo.

Whiplash

Damien Chazelle · 2014

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Stephen Herek · 1989

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Daniel Scheinert · 2022

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.