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Dark fantasy
El laberinto del fauno (2006) • Guillermo del toro
In post-civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her 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.
Coraline (2009) • Henry Selick
Wandering her old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
Coming of age
Mean girls (2004) • Mark Waters
Cady Heron, a naïve teenager who transfers to an American high school after years of homeschooling in Africa, quickly befriends outcasts Janis and Damian, with the trio forming a plan to exact revenge on Regina George, the leader of an envied clique known as "the Plastics"
Monsters university
Grease (1978) • Randal Kleiser
Danny Zuko and Australian transfer student Sandy Olsson develop an attraction for each other during a summer romance, but things get complicated when their friend groups start to meddle
Luca (2021) • Enrico Casarosa
1950s, Italian Riviera. Luca Paguro, a young sea monster boy with the ability to assume human form while on land, explores the town of Portorosso with his new best friends, Alberto Scorfano and Giulia Marcovaldo, experiencing a life-changing summer adventure
Jennifer's body (2009) • Karyn Kusama
After a traumatic near-death experience, anita "needy" notices that there's something... wrong with Jennifer, her popular, beautiful, malignant best friend.
The secret world of Arriety (2010) • Studio Ghibli
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
Billy Elliot (2000) • Stephen Daldry
England, 1984. The miners' strike has started. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented.
Heathers (1988) • Michael Lehmann
Four teenage girls—three of whom are known as "Heather"—in a clique at an Ohio high school, see their lives disrupted by the arrival of a misanthrope intent on murdering the popular students and staging their deaths as suicides
Clueless (1995) • Amy Heckerling
Cher is a beautiful, charismatic, wealthy high school student who, in a journey to become a good person and do good deeds, is confronted with how "clueless" she can be about life
Gothic
Interview with the vampire (1994) • Neil Jordan
Louis recounts how he became a vampire at the hands of the radiant and sinister Lestat and how he became indoctrinated, unwillingly, into the vampire way of life.
Sleepy hollow (1999) • Tim Burton
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to Sleepy Hollow, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people - murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.
Corpse bride (2005) • Tim Burton
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.
Crimson peak (2015) • Guillermo del toro
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds... and remembers.
Dark academia
Like minds (2006) • Gregory J. Read
Alex, a privileged and intelligent student, is charged with murder after the sudden death of his roommate, Nigel Colbie. Forensic psychologist Sally Rowe is assigned to evaluate him. Through flashbacks, Alex recounts his time with Nigel at boarding school, revealing a deeply unsettling relationship.
Kill your darlings (2013) • John Krokidas
Psychological
We need to talk about Kevin
Black swan (2010) • Darren Aronofsky
When Nina Sayers, a devoted ballet dancer, finds herself competing for the role of Swan queen at his company's new production, the overwhelming stress causes her to lose her tenuous grip on reality
Antiviral (2012) • Brandon Cronenberg
Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans.
Romance
Your name
Young hearts (2024) • Anthony Schatteman
The story of Elias, a boy who falls in love with his new neighbour, a boy of the same age named Alexander.
Call me by your name (2017) • Luca Guadagnino
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.
Brokeback mountain (2005) • Ang Lee
1960s Wyoming. Two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
Doukyuusei
Pride and prejudice (2005)
Joe Wright
Mystery | suspense
Donnie Darko (2001) • Richard Kelly
Donnie Darko is a troubled teenager who inadvertently escapes a bizarre accident by sleepwalking. While "asleep", he has visions of Frank, a mysterious figure in a rabbit costume who informs him that the world will end in 28 days
Gone girl
Creep
Drama
The man in the iron mask
Whiplash
The goldfinch (2019) • John Crowley
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
Saltburn (2023) • Emerald Fennell
Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
Cracks (2009) • Jordan Scott
When the beautiful and knowledgeable Fiamma Corona arrives at an isolated all-girls boarding school, she inmediately caughts the eye of "Miss G", the girls most beloved teacher, which causes them to retaliate against Fiamma
Mommy
Unbreakable
Dramatic comedy
Confessions of a shopaholic
Zootopia
The truman show
The devil wears prada (2006) • David Frankel
Andy Sachs is an aspiring journalist who gets a job at a fashion magazine, only to find herself at the mercy of her demanding and ruthless editor, Miranda Priestly
Horror | thriller
Pearl
Annihilation
The menu
Pandorum
Perfume
Taking lives
Hereditary
Uncategorized
Wall-e
The Da Vinci code
Spirited away
Monster house
Inglorious bastards
Reservoir dogs (1992) • Quentin Tarantino
Eight men plan to rob a jewelry store for a diamond shipment. However, the heist goes wrong, and they slowly start to realize there must be a snitch between them
