Breaking the Waves

Breaking the Waves 1996

7.50

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.

1996

La Haine

La Haine 1995

8.09

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.

1995

The Idiots

The Idiots 1998

6.46

With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.

1998

Autumn Tale

Autumn Tale 1998

7.06

Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.

1998

Ulysses' Gaze

Ulysses' Gaze 1995

7.40

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

1995

The Apartment

The Apartment 1996

6.70

Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, when Max catches a glimpse of the great lost love of his life, he becomes obsessed with rekindling their relationship.

1996

The Baby of Mâcon

The Baby of Mâcon 1993

6.90

Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she attempts to seduce the bishop's son, the Church exacts a terrible revenge.

1993

A Summer's Tale

A Summer's Tale 1996

7.43

A shy maths graduate takes a holiday in Dinard before starting his first job. He hopes his sort-of girlfriend will join him, but soon strikes up a friendship with another girl working in town. She in turn introduces him to a further young lady who fancies him. Thus the quiet young lad finds he is having to do some tricky juggling in territory new to him.

1996

A Single Girl

A Single Girl 1995

6.11

A young Parisian must make major decisions about pregnancy, a job and her boyfriend.

1995

Shanghai Triad

Shanghai Triad 1995

6.80

Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, constantly threatened by his enemies, both those he knows and those lurking in the shadows.

1995

Eternity and a Day

Eternity and a Day 1998

7.70

An ailing Greek man attempts to take a young, illegal Albanian immigrant home.

1998

Chocolat

Chocolat 1988

6.70

On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy.

1988

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses 1994

5.80

After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vladimir, who now calls himself Moses lead them on their way home.

1994

A Summer in La Goulette

A Summer in La Goulette 1996

6.20

Summer, 1967. La Goulette, the touristic beach of Tunisi, is the site where three nice seventeen-year-old girls live: Gigi, sicilian and catholic; Meriem, Tunisian and Arab; Tina, French and Jewish. They would like to have their first sexual experience during that summer, challenging their families. Their fathers, Youssef, Jojo and Giuseppe, are old friends and their friendship will be in crisis because of the girls, while Hadj, an old rich Arab, would like to marry Meriem.

1996

Landscape in the Mist

Landscape in the Mist 1988

7.68

Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany.

1988

Salaam Bombay!

Salaam Bombay! 1988

7.20

After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends the drug dealer Chillum and young prostitute Sola Saal, while trying to make enough money at a neighborhood tea stall to repay his debt to his family.

1988

Savage Nights

Savage Nights 1992

6.60

Jean is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after he meets one or two women, including Laura, does he come to realize his bisexuality. Jean has to overcome a personal crisis and a tough choice between Laura and his male lover Samy.

1992

White Wedding

White Wedding 1989

6.50

A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.

1989

Caro diario

Caro diario 1993

7.40

Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted Rome, in the second he visits a reclusive friend on an island, and in the last he has to grapple with an unknown illness.

1993

Kung-Fu Master!

Kung-Fu Master! 1988

6.50

A lonely 40-year old woman finds herself shattering taboos by falling in love with the 14-year old Julien – but is it romance, or a desperate attempt to turn back time in the face of middle age?

1988