Little Ashes

Another Love Story

1986 · ★ 4.8

A dynamic young man falls in love with his own boss, a married businessman, with two children.

Jakarta Twilight

2011 · ★ 8

An omnibus movie derived from five real events experienced by some urban Jakarta residents during maghrib.

Closed Off

After witnessing the death of a child, Camilo, a young traffic officer, is plunged into deep introspection, haunted by recurring dreams of his own death. Amid this internal struggle, he reconnects with Leslye, who gradually helps him rediscover the value of life.

Blind Chance

1987 · ★ 7.5

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.

Bad Education

2004 · ★ 7.4

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.

Brokeback Mountain

2005 · ★ 7.8

In 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.

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930 · ★ 7.8

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

Breaking the Waves

1996 · ★ 7.5

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

East of Eden

1955 · ★ 7.5

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Man of Marble

1977 · ★ 7

A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.

The Big Blue

1988 · ★ 7.4

Childhood friends Jacques and Enzo share a passion for the danger of free diving. Jacques, following in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy, harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing patterns in the water, with his vital signs more closely resembling those of dolphins than men.

Desert Hearts

1985 · ★ 7.1

While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.