Below you’ll find some movies that I particularly like.
Some of the them are available on Amazon Prime Video
or mubi.com
.
AFAIK most of the titles below are not available on Netflix.
Great movie lists
If you looking for something interesting to watch have a look at those lists:
About Dry Grasses, by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (orig. Kuru Otlar Üstüne), 2023
drama
France, Germany, Sweden, Turkey
My rating:
User score: 75.8%
User reviews: 8/10
Tomatometer: 91%
American Fiction, by Cord Jefferson, 2023
comedy, drama
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 73.07000000000001%
User reviews: 7.7/10
Audience score: 95% - Tomatometer: 94%
Fallen Leaves, by Aki Kaurismäki (orig. Kuolleet lehdet), 2023
comedy, drama, romance
Finland, Germany
My rating:
User score: 72%
Audience score: 56% - Tomatometer: 98%
TÁR, by Todd Field, 2022
drama, music
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 72%
Barbie, by Greta Gerwig, 2023
comedy, adventure, fantasy
United Kingdom, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 72.61%
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, by Roger Corman, 1963
horror, science fiction, thriller
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 65.35%
Watership Down, by Martin Rosen, 1978
adventure, animation, drama
United Kingdom
My rating:
User score: 71.73%
Shoplifters, by Hirokazu Kore-eda (orig. 万引き家族), 2018
drama, family, crime, thriller
Japan
My rating:
User score: 78.64%
The Super Mario Bros. Movie, by Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath, 2023
animation, family, adventure, fantasy, comedy
Japan, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 77.52%
John Wick: Chapter 4, by Chad Stahelski, 2023
action, thriller, crime
Germany, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 80.10999999999999%
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, 2023
adventure, fantasy, comedy
Canada, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 74.56%
Triangle of Sadness, by Ruben Östlund, 2022
comedy, drama
Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 72.09%
White Noise, by Geoffrey Sax, 2005
drama, horror, thriller
Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 55.57000000000001%
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Three, by Dean Fleischer Camp, 2014
comedy, animation
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 63.129999999999995%
The Fabelmans, by Steven Spielberg, 2022
drama
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 78.66%
Thor: Love and Thunder, by Taika Waititi, 2022
fantasy, action, comedy
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 66.13000000000001%
Babylon, by Damien Chazelle, 2022
drama, comedy
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 75.49000000000001%
Night of the Kings, by Philippe Lacôte (orig. La Nuit des rois), 2021
drama
Canada, Cote D'Ivoire, France
My rating:
User score: 67.82%
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Edward Berger (orig. Im Westen nichts Neues), 2022
war, drama, action
Germany, United Kingdom
My rating:
User score: 77.69999999999999%
Hellraiser, by David Bruckner, 2022
horror, mystery
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 65.4%
Nope, by Jordan Peele, 2022
horror, mystery, science fiction, thriller
Japan, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 69.48%
Werewolf by Night, by Michael Giacchino, 2022
action, fantasy, horror, tv movie
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 71%
RRR, by S. S. Rajamouli (orig. రౌద్రం రణం రుధిరం), 2022
action, drama
India
My rating:
User score: 77.67999999999999%
Prey, by Dan Trachtenberg, 2022
thriller, action, science fiction
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 78.52000000000001%
The Northman, by Robert Eggers, 2022
action, adventure, fantasy
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 71.34%
Munich: The Edge of War, by Christian Schwochow, 2022
drama, history
United Kingdom
My rating:
User score: 70%
User reviews: N/A/10 - Critic metascore: 53/100
Audience score: 77% - Tomatometer: 87%
Black Crab, by Adam Berg (orig. Svart krabba), 2022
action, thriller
Sweden
My rating:
User score: 62%
User reviews: N/A/10 - Critic metascore: 54/100
Audience score: 38% - Tomatometer: 44%
Parallel Mothers, by Pedro Almodóvar (orig. Madres paralelas), 2021
drama
Spain
My rating:
User score: 68%
User reviews: 7.1/10 - Critic metascore: 88/100
The Innocents, by Anne Fontaine (orig. Les Innocentes), 2016
drama, history
Poland, France
My rating:
User score: 71%
User reviews: 7.3/10 - Critic metascore: 78/100
Audience score: 86% - Tomatometer: 95%
The Tsugua Diaries, by Miguel Gomes, Maureen Fazendeiro (orig. Diários de Otsoga), 2021
drama
Portugal
My rating:
User score: 48%
User reviews: 6.3/10
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets, by Yaniv Raz, 2021
comedy, drama
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 58%
User reviews: 10/10 - Critic metascore: 11/100
Audience score: 79% - Tomatometer: 80%
Reminiscence, by Lisa Joy, 2021
science fiction, mystery
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 69%
User reviews: 5.9/10 - Critic metascore: 46/100
Audience score: 37% - Tomatometer: 37%
Werewolves Within, by Josh Ruben, 2021
comedy, horror
France, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 62%
User reviews: 6/10 - Critic metascore: 66/100
Audience score: 81% - Tomatometer: 86%
Before Midnight, by Richard Linklater, 2013
romance, drama
Greece, United States of America
Comments:
A great story of a mature relationship based on Greek approach to love. To understand it better, please first watch a great talk on Romanticism by Alain de Botton
My rating:
User score: 75%
User reviews: 7.9/10 - Critic metascore: 94/100
Audience score: 82% - Tomatometer: 98%
The Matrix Resurrections, by Lana Wachowski, 2021
science fiction, action, adventure
Germany, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 70%
User reviews: 5.7/10 - Critic metascore: 63/100
Audience score: 63% - Tomatometer: 64%
Don't Look Up, by Adam McKay, 2021
drama, comedy, science fiction
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 73%
User reviews: 7.3/10 - Critic metascore: 49/100
Finch, by Miguel Sapochnik, 2021
science fiction, drama, adventure
India, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 82%
User reviews: 6.9/10 - Critic metascore: 57/100
Audience score: 66% - Tomatometer: 73%
Red Notice, by Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2021
action, comedy, crime, thriller
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 68%
User reviews: 6.4/10 - Critic metascore: 37/100
Audience score: 92% - Tomatometer: 37%
Dune, by Denis Villeneuve, 2021
science fiction, adventure
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 79%
User reviews: 8.1/10 - Critic metascore: 74/100
Audience score: 65% - Tomatometer: 43%
The French Dispatch, by Wes Anderson, 2021
drama, comedy, romance
Germany, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 73%
User reviews: 7.3/10 - Critic metascore: 74/100
Audience score: 76% - Tomatometer: 75%
Riders of Justice, by Anders Thomas Jensen (orig. Retfærdighedens ryttere), 2020
action, comedy, drama
Denmark, Sweden
My rating:
User score: 73%
User reviews: 7.6/10 - Critic metascore: 81/100
Audience score: 88% - Tomatometer: 96%
The Monk, by Dominik Moll (orig. Le Moine), 2011
thriller
France, Spain
Comments: Vincent Cassel vs Devil
My rating:
User score: 54%
User reviews: 5.8/10 - Critic metascore: 56/100
Audience score: 40% - Tomatometer: 63%
Gunpowder Milkshake, by Navot Papushado, 2021
action, thriller, crime
France, Germany, United States of America
Comments: One of the worst movies I’ve seen in long time. It’s hard to tell what’s bad about it apart from saying everything.
My rating: -1 Stars. DO NOT WATCH IT! You've been warned
User score: 64%
User reviews: 6.1/10 - Critic metascore: 47/100
Audience score: 47% - Tomatometer: 58%
A Quiet Place Part II, by John Krasinski, 2021
science fiction, thriller, horror
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 77%
User reviews: 7.3/10 - Critic metascore: 71/100
Audience score: 92% - Tomatometer: 91%
Memories of My Melancholy Whores, by Henning Carlsen (orig. Memoria de Mis Putas Tristes), 2011
drama, romance
Denmark, Mexico, Spain, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 65%
User reviews: 5.9/10
Rogue City, by Olivier Marchal (orig. Bronx), 2020
thriller, action, drama, crime
France
My rating:
User score: 59%
User reviews: 6.1/10
Audience score: 31%
Jumanji: The Next Level, by Jake Kasdan, 2019
adventure, comedy, fantasy
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 70%
User reviews: 6.7/10 - Critic metascore: 58/100
Audience score: 87% - Tomatometer: 71%
Black Widow, by Cate Shortland, 2021
action, adventure, thriller, science fiction
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 76%
User reviews: 6.7/10 - Critic metascore: 67/100
Audience score: 41% - Tomatometer: 50%
Persian Lessons, by Vadim Perelman, 2020
drama, war
Belarus, Germany, Russia
My rating:
User score: 76%
User reviews: 7.4/10
Audience score: 88% - Tomatometer: 76%
Miss Bala, by Gerardo Naranjo, 2011
drama, action
Mexico
My rating:
User score: 66%
User reviews: 6.5/10 - Critic metascore: 79/100
Audience score: 63% - Tomatometer: 87%
The History of Future Folk, by Jeremy Kipp Walker, John Mitchell, 2012
comedy, science fiction, music
United States of America
Comments:
A really cool story on deciding what’s valuable to you… even if you’re from a different planet. Apart from that the film features great banjo tracks :) PS. Lord Buckethead
would be jealous of those fancy red helmets.
My rating:
User score: 68%
User reviews: 7.1/10 - Critic metascore: 67/100
Audience score: 85% - Tomatometer: 93%
Sound of Metal, by Darius Marder, 2020
drama, music
United States of America
Comments: Simply, a great story! Love the sound work.
My rating:
User score: 78%
User reviews: 7.8/10 - Critic metascore: 82/100
Audience score: 90% - Tomatometer: 97%
The Trouble with Being Born, by Sandra Wollner, 2021
drama, science fiction
Austria, Germany
Comments: I had to watch an interview with the director to somehow digest the ‘What did I just watch?’ moment.
My rating:
User score: 53%
User reviews: 5.5/10
Tomatometer: 92%
Last and First Men, by Jóhann Jóhannsson, 2020
drama, science fiction
Iceland
My rating:
User score: 68%
User reviews: 6.7/10 - Critic metascore: 80/100
Tomatometer: 100%
Zack Snyder's Justice League, by Zack Snyder, 2021
Below Zero, by Lluís Quílez (orig. Bajocero), 2021
action, crime, thriller
Spain
My rating:
User score: 64%
User reviews: 6.2/10
Audience score: 21%
Nomadland, by Chloé Zhao, 2021
drama, western
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 73%
User reviews: 7.4/10 - Critic metascore: 93/100
Audience score: 82% - Tomatometer: 93%
Another Round, by Thomas Vinterberg (orig. Druk), 2020
comedy, drama
Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden
My rating:
User score: 78%
User reviews: 7.8/10 - Critic metascore: 79/100
Audience score: 90% - Tomatometer: 92%
Tenet, by Christopher Nolan, 2020
action, thriller, science fiction
United Kingdom, United States of America
My rating:
User score: 72%
User reviews: 7.4/10 - Critic metascore: 69/100
Audience score: 76% - Tomatometer: 69%
Mank, by David Fincher, 2020
drama, history
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 68%
User reviews: 6.9/10 - Critic metascore: 79/100
Audience score: 59% - Tomatometer: 83%
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, by Jason Woliner, 2020
comedy
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 65%
User reviews: 6.6/10 - Critic metascore: 68/100
Audience score: 63% - Tomatometer: 85%
Recent and fairly recent
Beasts of the Southern Wild, by Benh Zeitlin, 2012
adventure, drama, fantasy
United States of America
User score: 68%
User reviews: 7.3/10 - Critic metascore: 86/100
Audience score: 76% - Tomatometer: 86%
Django Unchained, by Quentin Tarantino, 2012
revisionist western
United States of America
User score: 81%
User reviews: 8.4/10 - Critic metascore: 81/100
Audience score: 91% - Tomatometer: 87%
Free State of Jones, by Gary Ross, 2016
action, biography, drama
United States of America
User score: 67%
User reviews: 6.9/10 - Critic metascore: 53/100
Audience score: 64% - Tomatometer: 48%
La Haine, by Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995
crime, drama
France
Comments: One of the best french movies I’ve ever seen
User score: 81%
User reviews: 8.1/10
Audience score: 95% - Tomatometer: 100%
Malèna, by Giuseppe Tornatore, 2000
romantic, comedy, drama
Italy
User score: 74%
User reviews: 7.5/10 - Critic metascore: 54/100
Audience score: 84% - Tomatometer: 54%
Marriage Story, by Noah Baumbach, 2019
comedy, drama, romance
United Kingdom
Comments: Oh Scarlet!!!
User score: 78%
User reviews: 7.9/10 - Critic metascore: 94/100
Audience score: 85% - Tomatometer: 94%
Minamata, by Andrew Levitas, 2020
drama, history
Serbia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
2021-10-14
User score: 69%
User reviews: 7.7/10 - Critic metascore: 51/100
Tomatometer: 73%
November, by Rainer Sarnet, 2017
drama, fantasy, horror
Estonia, Poland, Netherlands
Comments: A gloomy & murky Estonian movie with fantastic camera work
User score: 76%
User reviews: 7.2/10 - Critic metascore: 79/100
Audience score: 74% - Tomatometer: 96%
Pandorum, by Christian Alvart, 2006
scifi, horror, action & adventure
Germany, United Kingdom
Comments: A must see for all Alien series lovers
User score: 65%
User reviews: 6.7/10 - Critic metascore: 28/100
Audience score: 49% - Tomatometer: 30%
Roma, by Alfonso Cuarón, 2018
social drama
United States of America, Mexico
User score: 77%
User reviews: 7.7/10 - Critic metascore: 96/100
Audience score: 72% - Tomatometer: 96%
The Bar, by Álex de la Iglesia, 2017
black comedy, thriller
Spain
User score: 63%
User reviews: 6.3/10
Audience score: 56% - Tomatometer: 88%
The best offer, by Giuseppe Tornatore, 2013
psychological thriller
Italy
2021-01-28
User score: 79%
User reviews: 7.8/10 - Critic metascore: 49/100
Audience score: 77% - Tomatometer: 56%
The Gentleman, by Guy Ritchie, 2019
action, comedy, crime
United Kingdom, United States of America
User score: 77%
User reviews: 7.8/10 - Critic metascore: 51/100
Audience score: 84% - Tomatometer: 75%
The Handmaiden, by Chan-wook Park, 2016
drama, romance, thriller
South Korea
User score: 83%
User reviews: 8.1/10 - Critic metascore: 84/100
Audience score: 91% - Tomatometer: 95%
The Nightingale, by Jennifer Kent, 2018
adventure, drama, thriller
Australia
Comments: A female Django Unchained!!!
User score: 71%
User reviews: 7.3/10 - Critic metascore: 77/100
Audience score: 73% - Tomatometer: 86%
The Red Turtle, by Michaël Dudok de Wit, 2016
animation, family, fantasy
Belgium, France, Japan
User score: 75%
User reviews: 7.5/10 - Critic metascore: 86/100
Audience score: 80% - Tomatometer: 93%
The Square, by Ruben Östlund, 2017
satire, drama
Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden
User score: 68%
User reviews: 7.2/10 - Critic metascore: 73/100
Audience score: 71% - Tomatometer: 85%
Togo, by Ericson Core, 2019
drama
United States of America
Comments: Willem Dafoe FTW!
User score: 82%
User reviews: 8/10 - Critic metascore: 69/100
Audience score: 95% - Tomatometer: 92%
1917, by Sam Mendes, 2019
drama, war
Canada, China, India, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America
Comments: Amazing long takes
User score: 80%
User reviews: 8.3/10 - Critic metascore: 78/100
Audience score: 88% - Tomatometer: 89%
Animated
The Breadwinner, by Nora Twomey, 2017
drama
Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg
My rating:
User score: 79%
User reviews: 7.7/10 - Critic metascore: 78/100
Audience score: 88% - Tomatometer: 95%
Classics
Amistad, by Steven Spielberg, 1997
biography, drama, history
United States of America
User score: 70%
User reviews: 7.3/10 - Critic metascore: 63/100
Audience score: 79% - Tomatometer: 77%
Brazil, by Terry Gilliam, 1985
drama, sci-fi
United Kingdom, United States of America
User score: 77%
User reviews: 7.9/10 - Critic metascore: 84/100
Audience score: 90% - Tomatometer: 98%
Europa, by Lars von Trier, 1991
drama, history
Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland
2023-04-26
My rating:
User score: 73.66%
Soy Cuba, by Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964
drama, history, war
Cuba, Russia, Soviet Union
Comments:
Amazing camera work and long takes. Watch it for free in 4K on Youtube
. I didn’t like the communist propaganda in this movie. It’s simply because Cubans had to suffer (and still do) under two regimes. Out of the frying pan of Batista into the fire of Castro! And they will suffer for the time under USA, once States get rid of post-Castro regime.
User score: 79%
User reviews: 8.2/10
Audience score: 92% - Tomatometer: 100%
The Legend of 1900, by Giuseppe Tornatore, 1998
drama, music, romance
Italy
User score: 83%
User reviews: 8.1/10 - Critic metascore: 58/100
Audience score: 91% - Tomatometer: 54%
Documentaries
Seaspiracy, by Ali Tabrizi, 2021
documentary
United States of America
2021-05-22
Comments: I think I’m going to stop eating seafood after seeing it. Since a long time I considered fisherman to be poachers, since they only plunder the seas without giving anything back to the nature.
My rating:
User score: 80%
User reviews: 8.2/10
Audience score: 87% - Tomatometer: 75%
The Laundromat, by Steven Soderbergh, 2019
biography, comedy, drama
United States of America
Comments: System of money laundering explained by Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca
My rating:
User score: 60%
User reviews: 6.3/10 - Critic metascore: 57/100
Audience score: 40% - Tomatometer: 40%
The red pill, by Cassie Jaye, 2016
documentary
United States of America
My rating:
User score: 75%
User reviews: 8.2/10
Audience score: 92% - Tomatometer: 29%
Short Movies
The Human Voice, by Pedro Almodóvar, 2020
drama
Spain
2021-09-17
User score: 70%
User reviews: 6.9/10 - Critic metascore: 88/100
Audience score: 67%
The world of nature and wildlife
Anima Mundi (The Soul of the World), by Godfrey Reggio, 1992
documentary
Italy, United States of America
Comments: Ah! the dance of the kelp forest was amazing! PS. The film was scored by Philip Glass.
User score: 70%
User reviews: 7.6/10
Audience score: 88%
Baraka, by Ron Fricke, 1992
non-narrative, documentary
United States of America
User score: 83%
User reviews: 8.6/10
Audience score: 96% - Tomatometer: 81%
Chronos, by Ron Fricke, 1985
abstract, non-narrative, documentary
United States of America, Canada
User score: 76%
User reviews: 7.7/10
Audience score: 83%
Samsara, by Ron Fricke, 2011
non-narrative, documentary
Angola, Brazil, China, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mali, Myanmar, Namibia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States of America
User score: 82%
User reviews: 8.5/10 - Critic metascore: 65/100
Audience score: 87% - Tomatometer: 76%
Tearjerkers
Fatherhood, by Paul Weitz, 2021
drama, family, comedy
Canada, United States of America
2021-06-20
Comments: Kevin Hart played way better than I expected!
My rating:
User score: 77%
User reviews: 6.6/10 - Critic metascore: 53/100
Miracle in Cell No. 7, by Mehmet Ada Öztekin (orig. 7. Koğuştaki Mucize), 2019
drama
Turkey
Comments: Let’s see for how long you’ll be able to hold back your tears
User score: 83%
User reviews: 8.2/10
By country
Brazil
Bacurau, by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles, 2019
weird western
Brazil, France
Comments:
Imagine Tarantino going on holidays to Brazil just to make a movie about human hunting as a sport combined with some references to The Magnificent Seven and to Brazilian social banditry legends (Cangaço
). Moreover, all of that is set in the near future with flying-saucer like drones.
User score: 79%
User reviews: 7.4/10 - Critic metascore: 82/100
Audience score: 85% - Tomatometer: 93%
Black Orpheus, by Marcel Camus (orig. Orfeu Negro), 1959
drama, fantasy, music, romance
Brazil, France, Italy
User score: 72%
User reviews: 7.5/10 - Critic metascore: 81/100
Audience score: 86% - Tomatometer: 87%
City of God, by Fernando Meirelles (orig. Cidade de Deus), 2002
drama, crime
Brazil
User score: 84%
User reviews: 8.6/10 - Critic metascore: 79/100
Audience score: 97% - Tomatometer: 91%
Elite Squad, by José Padilha (orig. Tropa de Elite), 2007
drama, action, crime
Brazil
User score: 81%
User reviews: 8/10 - Critic metascore: 33/100
Audience score: 87% - Tomatometer: 51%
Gabriela, by Bruno Barreto (orig. Gabriela, Cravo e Canela), 1983
drama, romance
Brazil
User score: 59%
User reviews: 6.3/10
Audience score: 48% - Tomatometer: 33%
The Bandit, by Lima Barreto (orig. O Cangaceiro), 1953
drama, adventure, western
Brazil
User score: 71%
User reviews: 7.4/10
Audience score: 55%
France
Diabolique, by Henri-Georges Clouzot (orig. Les Diaboliques), 1955
drama, horror, thriller
France
2023-04-16
My rating:
User score: 78.84%
Goto, Island of Love, by Walerian Borowczyk (orig. Goto, l'île d'amour), 1969
drama
France
2021-03-21
User score: 68%
User reviews: 6.6/10
Audience score: 67%
Italy
8½, by Federico Fellini (orig. Otto e mezzo), 1963
drama
Italy, France
User score: 82%
User reviews: 8/10 - Critic metascore: 91/100
Audience score: 92% - Tomatometer: 98%
Bicycle Thieves, by Vittorio De Sica (orig. Ladri di biciclette), 1948
drama
Italy
User score: 83%
User reviews: 8.3/10
Audience score: 94% - Tomatometer: 98%
Divorce Italian Style, by Pietro Germi (orig. Divorzio all'italiana), 1961
comedy, drama, romance
Italy
User score: 80%
User reviews: 8/10
Audience score: 93% - Tomatometer: 100%
Dogman, by Matteo Garrone, 2018
crime, drama
Italy
Comments: Being coerced by a bully to do bad things, sucks!
User score: 76%
User reviews: 7.2/10 - Critic metascore: 71/100
Audience score: 78% - Tomatometer: 84%
L'Eclisse, by Michelangelo Antonioni (orig. L'eclisse), 1962
romance, drama
Italy, France
2023-04-27
My rating:
User score: 78.24%
La Dolce Vita, by Federico Fellini (orig. La Dolce Vita), 1960
comedy, drama
France, Italy
User score: 82%
User reviews: 8/10 - Critic metascore: 95/100
Audience score: 90% - Tomatometer: 96%
La strada, by Federico Fellini, 1954
drama
Italy
Comments: Depicts harsh reality of post-war Italy
User score: 79%
User reviews: 8/10
Audience score: 93% - Tomatometer: 98%
Life Is Beautiful, by Roberto Benigni (orig. La vita è bella), 1997
comedy, drama, romance
Italy
Comments: Buon Giorno Principessa
User score: 85%
User reviews: 8.6/10 - Critic metascore: 59/100
Audience score: 96% - Tomatometer: 80%
Marriage Italian Style, by Vittorio De Sica (orig. Matrimonio all'italiana), 1964
comedy, drama, romance
Italy, France
User score: 78%
User reviews: 7.5/10
Audience score: 84% - Tomatometer: 80%
Rocco and His Brothers, by Luchino Visconti (orig. Rocco e i suoi fratelli), 1960
crime, drama
Italy, France
User score: 81%
User reviews: 8.3/10 - Critic metascore: 84/100
Audience score: 94% - Tomatometer: 89%
Rome, Open City, by Roberto Rossellini (orig. Roma città aperta), 1945
drama, thriller, war
Italy
User score: 81%
User reviews: 8.1/10
Audience score: 92% - Tomatometer: 100%
Japan
After life, by Hirokazu Kore-eda (orig. ワンダフルライフ, Wandafuru Raifu), 1998
drama, fantasy
Japan
User score: 72%
User reviews: 7.6/10 - Critic metascore: 91/100
Audience score: 91% - Tomatometer: 88%
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, by Takashi Miike (orig. 一命), 2011
drama
Japan, United Kingdom
2021-12-10
My rating:
User score: 72%
User reviews: 7.3/10 - Critic metascore: 76/100
Audience score: 75% - Tomatometer: 76%
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, by Masaki Kobayashi (orig. 人間の條件, Ningen no jōken), 1959
epic, drama, romance
Japan
Comments: great story and top-notch camera work
User score: 83%
User reviews: 8.6/10
Audience score: 95% - Tomatometer: 71%
Tokyo Story, by Yasujirō Ozu (orig. 東京物語, Tōkyō Monogatari), 1953
drama
Japan
Comments: it’s worth to watch it with the commentary
User score: 83%
User reviews: 8.2/10
Audience score: 93% - Tomatometer: 100%
Poland
A Short Film About Killing, by Krzysztof Kieślowski (orig. Krótki film o zabijaniu), 1988
crime, drama
Poland
User score: 77%
User reviews: 8/10
Audience score: 90% - Tomatometer: 91%
A Short Film About Love, by Krzysztof Kieślowski (orig. Krótki film o miłości), 1988
drama, romance
Poland
User score: 79%
User reviews: 8.2/10
Audience score: 93% - Tomatometer: 95%
Cold war, by Paweł Pawlikowski (orig. Zimna wojna), 2008
drama, history, music
France, Poland, United Kingdom
User score: 75%
User reviews: 7.6/10 - Critic metascore: 90/100
Audience score: 81% - Tomatometer: 92%
Day of the Wacko, by Marek Koterski (orig. Dzień Świra), 2002
comedy, drama
Poland
Comments: Great ironic comedy. Depicts the political & social transformation of the early 90s
User score: 76%
User reviews: 8.1/10
Audience score: 90%
Dekalog, by Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1988
drama
Poland
Comments: A set of 10 movies, loosely based on 10 commandments (these are not religious movies). Very moving!
User reviews: 9/10 - Critic metascore: 100/100
Ida, by Paweł Pawlikowski (orig. Ida), 2013
drama
Denmark, France, Poland, United Kingdom
User score: 73%
User reviews: 7.4/10 - Critic metascore: 91/100
Audience score: 79% - Tomatometer: 96%
Innocent Sorcerers, by Andrzej Wajda (orig. Niewinni czarodzieje), 1960
drama, music, romance
Poland
Comments: oh that Jazz!
User score: 72%
User reviews: 7.4/10
Audience score: 91%
Kanal, by Andrzej Wajda (orig. Kanał), 1956
drama, war
Poland
User score: 78%
User reviews: 7.9/10
Audience score: 93% - Tomatometer: 100%
Memoirs of a Sinner, by Wojciech Has (orig. Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany), 1986
fantasy, drama
Poland
2023-04-06
My rating:
User score: 70%
Night Train, by Jerzy Kawalerowicz (orig. Pociąg), 1959
drama, mystery, thriller
Poland
User score: 73%
User reviews: 7.8/10
Audience score: 94%
Sexmission, by Janusz Machulski (orig. Seksmisja), 1983
cult, comedy
Poland
Comments: One of the greatest Polish comedies
User score: 74%
User reviews: 7.6/10
Symmetry, by Konrad Niewolski (orig. Symetria), 2003
drama
Poland
Comments: Modern, moving and depressing
User score: 72%
User reviews: 7.6/10
Audience score: 81%
Teddy Bear, by Stanisław Bareja (orig. Miś), 1980
comedy
Poland
Comments: Great comedy but might be a bit too hard to understand without prior knowledge of some the absurds of everyday life in a communist country
User score: 80%
User reviews: 8.2/10
Audience score: 95%
Russia
Burnt by the Sun, by Nikita Mikhalkov (orig. Утомлённые солнцем), 1994
drama, history, war
France, Russia
User score: 71%
User reviews: 7.9/10
Audience score: 93% - Tomatometer: 80%
Solaris, by Andrei Tarkovsky (orig. Солярис), 1972
drama, mystery, sci-fi
Russia
User score: 79%
User reviews: 8/10 - Critic metascore: 90/100
Audience score: 90% - Tomatometer: 92%
Stalker, by Andrei Tarkovsky (orig. Сталкер), 1979
drama, sci-fi
Russia, Soviet Union
User score: 83%
User reviews: 8.1/10
Audience score: 93% - Tomatometer: 100%
The Cranes Are Flying, by Mikhail Kalatozov (orig. Летят журавли), 1957
drama, romance, war
Russia, Soviet Union
Comments: A moving love drama. It’s worth to ignore communist propaganda of that era.
User score: 81%
User reviews: 8.3/10
Audience score: 94% - Tomatometer: 96%
TV Shows
Blinded by the Lights, by Krzysztof Skonieczny, Jakub Żulczyk (orig. Ślepnąc od świateł), 2018
crime
Poland
2020-11-10
My rating:
Loki, by Michael Waldron, 2021
drama, sci-fi & fantasy
United States of America
2022-04-08
My rating:
Primal, by Genndy Tartakovsky, 2019
action & adventure, animation, drama
France
2021-06-20
1883, by Taylor Sheridan, 2021
western, drama
United States of America
2022-03-10
My rating:
By director
Luis Buñuel
Rather scandalous and avant-garde movies:
That Obscure Object of Desire, by Luis Buñuel (orig. Cet obscur objet du désir), 1977
comedy
France, Spain
User score: 75%
User reviews: 7.9/10 - Critic metascore: 84/100
Audience score: 90% - Tomatometer: 97%
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, by Luis Buñuel (orig. Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie), 1972
comedy
France, Italy, Spain
User score: 76%
User reviews: 7.9/10 - Critic metascore: 93/100
Audience score: 89% - Tomatometer: 98%
The Phantom of Liberty, by Luis Buñuel (orig. Le Fantôme de la liberté), 1974
comedy
France, Italy
User score: 77%
User reviews: 7.9/10
Audience score: 91% - Tomatometer: 87%
Akira Kurosawa
Rashomon, by Akira Kurosawa (orig. 羅生門, Rashōmon), 1950
crime, drama, mystery
User score: 82%
User reviews: 8.2/10 - Critic metascore: 98/100
Audience score: 93% - Tomatometer: 98%
Sanjuro, by Akira Kurosawa (orig. 椿三十郎, Tsubaki Sanjūrō), 1962
action, comedy, crime
User score: 80%
User reviews: 8.1/10
Audience score: 95% - Tomatometer: 100%
Seven Samurai, by Akira Kurosawa (orig. 七人の侍, Hepburn: Shichinin no Samurai), 1954
epic samurai drama
User score: 85%
User reviews: 8.6/10 - Critic metascore: 98/100
Audience score: 97% - Tomatometer: 100%
The Hidden Fortress, by Akira Kurosawa (orig. 隠し砦の三悪人, Kakushi toride no san akunin. literally, 'The Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress'), 1958
User score: 66.83%
User reviews: 7.1/10
Audience score: 75% - 
Tomatometer: 64%