Zero for Conduct (1933)

6.2

Documentary
1931
Movie

Taris

6.2
1931

Short documentary directed by Jean Vigo about the French swimmer Jean Taris. The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses, including close ups and freeze frames of the swimmer's body.

Comedy
1931
Movie

À Nous la Liberté

7
1931

In this classic French satire, Louis, a convict, escapes from prison and takes on legitimate work, making his way up in the business world. Eventually becoming the head of a successful factory, Louis opts to modernize his company with mechanical innovations. But when his friend Émile finally leaves jail years later and reunites with Louis, the past catches up with them. The two, worried about being apprehended by police, long to flee the confines of industry.

7.1

Romance
1931
Movie

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

7.1
1931

On the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.

Genre : Romance

7.1

Documentary
2013
Movie

The Missing Picture

7.1
2013

Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.

Thriller
1978
Movie

Butterfly on the Shoulder

6
1978

On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering who brought him there. The doctor insists he hallucinated, but it's not long before he obtains evidence that it wasn't a dream.

Genre : Thriller

Comedy
1932
Movie

Boudu Saved from Drowning

7
1932

Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.

Documentary
2017
Movie

Of Fathers and Sons

7
2017

Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses on Osama and his younger brother Ayman, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up in an Islamic Caliphate.

4.3

Comedy
1987
Movie

The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque

4.3
1987

On the day he loses his job in advertising agency, Gérard Floque returns home to find that his infant daughter has been arrested for drugs trafficking and his wife is having an affair with a TV presenter. Gérard's only comfort in this time of mid-life crisis is his colleague, a young punk girl named Martine.

6.3

Drama
1971
Movie

The Trojan Women

6.3
1971

In the aftermath of the Trojan Wars, Queen Hecuba takes stock of the defeated kingdom. Her son has been killed, and his widow, Andromache, is left to raise their son, Astyanax, alone. Hecuba's daughter, Cassandra, fears being enslaved by her Greek masters, while Helen of Troy risks being executed. Astyanax also becomes the focus of the Greeks' attention as the last male heir of the Trojan royal family.

Documentary
2004
Movie

The Cure - Curiosa Festival

7
2004

The Cure headline their self curated Curiosa Festival, live in Toronto 9th of August 2004

Drama
1927
Movie

Invitation to a Journey

7
1927

A woman enters a nightclub and slowly begins to open herself up.

7.4

Drama
1925
Movie

Strike

7.4
1925

Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.

7.4

Horror
1929
Movie

Un Chien Andalou

7.4
1929

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

Genre : Horror

7.6

Drama
1946
Movie

Paisan

7.6
1946

During the Allied invasion of Italy in World War II, six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley. These tales follow the interactions between American soldiers and Italian civilians as they navigate their way through language barriers and cultural differences.

7.5

Comedy
1934
Movie

L'Atalante

7.5
1934

Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary of Juliette's flirtations with his all-male crew, and Juliette longs to escape the monotony of the boat and experience the excitement of a big city. When she steals away to Paris by herself, her husband begins to think their marriage was a mistake.

7.7

Drama
2023
Movie

About Dry Grasses

7.7
2023

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.

7.3

Drama
1993
Movie

Naked

7.3
1993

An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.