Movies i gotta watch in 2026

A Woman Under the Influence

John Cassavetes · 1974

Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.

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.

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Carl Theodor Dreyer · 1928

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

No Country for Old Men

2007

There Will Be Blood

2007

The Pianist

2002

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 Ugly Stepsister

Emilie Blichfeldt · 2025

Em um reino de conto de fadas onde a beleza é um negócio brutal, Elvira luta para competir com sua meia-irmã incrivelmente linda, e ela fará de tudo para chamar a atenção do príncipe. Uma versão moderna e bem diferente do Conto da "Cinderela".

Life Is Beautiful

Roberto Benigni · 1997

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

Anna Karenina

Joe Wright · 2012

In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

I, Tonya

Craig Gillespie · 2017

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

Gone Girl

David Fincher · 2014

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

Wuthering Heights

1992

City of God

Fernando Meirelles · 2002

Trainspotting

Danny Boyle · 1996

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

All About Eve

Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 1950

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

Christiane F.

Uli Edel · 1981

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the 'Sound', a new disco with most modern equipment. Although she's legally too young, she asks a friend to take her. There she meets Detlef, who's in a clique where everybody's on drugs. Step by step she gets drawn deeper into the scene.

Eraserhead

David Lynch · 1977

First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Pedro Almodóvar · 1988

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

Bones and All

Luca Guadagnino · 2022

Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.

Anora

Sean Baker · 2024

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Robert Aldrich · 1962

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

Interstellar

Christopher Nolan · 2014

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

The Parent Trap

Nancy Meyers · 1998

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.

Pretty Woman

Garry Marshall · 1990

While on a business trip in Los Angeles, Edward Lewis, a millionaire entrepreneur who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a prostitute, Vivian, while asking for directions; after, Edward hires Vivian to stay with him for the weekend to accompany him to a few social events, and the two get closer only to discover there are significant hurdles to overcome as they try to bridge the gap between their very different worlds.

Top Gun

Tony Scott · 1986

La Marina de los Estados Unidos ha creado una escuela de élite para pilotos con el fin de sacar una promoción de expertos en técnicas de combate. En la academia, más conocida como Top Gun, a los mejores se les entrena para ser intrépidos y fríos al mismo tiempo, capaces de no perder los nervios en situaciones extremas y de no inmutarse al romper la barrera del sonido a los mandos de un F-14. A la escuela llega el joven Maverick, famoso por su temeraria aunque brillante forma de pilotar.

Gone with the Wind

Victor Fleming · 1939

La storia di Rossella O'Hara, bellezza del sud che si ritrova a fare i conti con la guerra civile, il crollo del mondo in cui è cresciuta e varie disavventure amorose - il tutto con tenacia proverbiale.

Roman Holiday

William Wyler · 1953

Eurooppalainen prinsessa saa tarpeekseen jatkuvasta julkisuudessa edustamisesta. Roomassa nainen karkaa omille teilleen voidakseen edes yhden vuorokauden elää kuin tuiki tavallinen turisti. Hän tapaa amerikkalaisen lehtimiehen, joka päättää näyttää naiselle kaupungin nähtävyyksiä. Mies tunnistaa naisen, mutta pitää asian omana tietonaan. Romanttisen komedian klassikko on Audrey Hepburnin bravuuri ja oiva matkailumainos Roomalle.

Casablanca

1955

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