Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. Year 1994.
| Generes: Action, Crime, Drama |
| Director: Oliver Stone |
| Writer: Quentin Tarantino (story), David Veloz (screenplay), Richard Rutowski (screenplay), Oliver Stone (screenplay) |
| Actors: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield |
The world’s largest black pearl has vanished without a trace, and it’s up to detective Ippei to track it down. His only clue is the mysterious words of a dying man, “Pussy Print!”. Year 1984.
| Generes: Comedy, Mystery |
| Director: Yôjirô Takita |
| Writer: Isao Takagi (screenplay) |
| Actors: Kaoru Kaze, Yûka Takemura, Serina Miyabi, Kazumi Kimura |
Juzo is a self-important director. Production is stopped on his new film whenever lead celebrity Meiko is too obviously expecting to film gender views. Interested in a replacement, he comes… Year 1975.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro |
| Writer: Giichi Fujimoto (novel), Tatsumi Kumashiro |
| Actors: Shin Kishida, Naomi Tani, Meika Seri, Hajime Tanimoto |
Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. Year 1997.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Director: Takeshi Kitano |
| Writer: Takeshi Kitano |
| Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima |
A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. Year 1995.
| Generes: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Director: Mamoru Oshii |
| Writer: Shirow Masamune (based on the manga by), Kazunori Itô (screenplay) |
| Actors: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano |
After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks. Year 1998.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Director: Tom Tykwer |
| Writer: Tom Tykwer (screenplay) |
| Actors: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri |
This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner. Year 1995.
| Generes: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance |
| Director: Kar-Wai Wong |
| Writer: Kar-Wai Wong |
| Actors: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung |
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. Year 1987.
| Generes: Action, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Steven Spielberg |
| Writer: Tom Stoppard (screenplay), J.G. Ballard (novel) |
| Actors: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers |
In 1999, Claire’s life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and starts traveling around the world with him. Writer Eugene follows them and writes their story, as a way of recording dreams is being invented. Year 1991.
| Generes: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Director: Wim Wenders |
| Writer: Peter Carey (screenplay), Wim Wenders (screenplay), Wim Wenders (original idea by), Solveig Dommartin (original idea by), Michael Almereyda |
| Actors: Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Chick Ortega |
When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army. Year 1988.
| Generes: Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Director: Yimou Zhang |
| Writer: Jianyu Chen, Yan Mo (books), Wei Zhu |
| Actors: Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng, Ji Liu |
A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. Year 1954.
| Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama |
| Director: Akira Kurosawa |
| Writer: Akira Kurosawa (screenplay by), Shinobu Hashimoto (screenplay by), Hideo Oguni (screenplay by) |
| Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki |
A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers. Year 1989.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou |
| Writer: T’ien-wen Chu, Nien-Jen Wu |
| Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung Young Chen, Jack Kao |
N/A Year 1996.
| Generes: Drama, Short |
| Director: Aleksandr Sokurov |
| Writer: Aleksandr Sokurov |
| Actors: Aleksandr Sokurov |
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and to locate their mentor. Year 1971.
| Generes: Drama, History |
| Director: Masahiro Shinoda |
| Writer: Shûsaku Endô (novel), Shûsaku Endô (adaptation), Masahiro Shinoda (adaptation) |
| Actors: David Lampson, Don Kenny, Tetsurô Tanba, Mako |
In 1905, Polish horse thieves living near the Russian border find their livelihoods threatened by the new Russo-Japanese conflict because the Russian army requisitions all horses and forcibly conscripts all men for the war. Year 1971.
| Generes: Adventure, Drama, History |
| Director: Abraham Polonsky |
| Writer: David Opatoshu (screenplay), Joseph Opatoshu (novel) |
| Actors: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Jane Birkin, Lainie Kazan |
A girl loves an older man. He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him. Year 1981.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: Shûji Terayama |
| Writer: Dominique Aury (novel), Shûji Terayama (adaptation), Rio Kishida (adaptation), Dominique Aury (text) |
| Actors: Isabelle Illiers, Klaus Kinski, Arielle Dombasle, Pîtâ |