Another Day Of Life
True story of a reporter who took a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the civil war in Angola in the 70s.
Blue Is The Warmest Colour
Two young women fall unexpectedly and passionately in love.
Capernaum
A child rebels against the life imposed upon him.
Chevalier
Six men on a boat try to judge who is best.
Couscous
The head of a Tunisian immigrant clan tries to realise his dream of opening a couscous restaurant.

D

Dogtooth
Three siblings cut off from society spend their lives trapped in their family’s home.
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Classic western in which three men variously scheme, save and double-cross each other in the search for a legendary stash of gold.

I

The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
A teenage boy tries to integrate a surgeon into his broken family but his motives become increasingly sinister.
Lift To The Scaffold
Moreau's first lead role about an unfaithful wife who finds nothing but trouble after a fling with her lover.
Let The Corpses Tan
A woman's summer retreat becomes the scene for a showdown after a gang come looking for a hideout, pursued by the police.
The Lobster
In a dystopian near future, single people are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days or are transformed into animals and released into the woods.

M

Mesrine: Killer Instinct
The rise to fame of a violent modern day Robin Hood.
Pity
The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need for pity, that he’s willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.

R

Read My Lips
Deaf secretary and ex-con plan robbery of drugs money from night club owner.
The Reports On Sarah And Saleem
A man and a woman from two disparate worlds meet at nights just to have sex. However, when they get caught, the extra-marital relationship between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man causes tensions in the socio-politically divided Jerusalem.
Secret Ingredient
A mechanic steals a stash of marijuana to use as a cure for his dad... only to find himself chased by dealers and hounded by people who think he's a healer.
Shoot The Pianist
François Truffaut's follow up to The 400 Blows explores American film noir in the style of le nouvelle vague.
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
After a bullion heist, two gangsters face a test of friendship when one of them is kidnapped.
Le Trou
Four inmates try to tunnel out of a prison.
The Truk
An ex-con makes a plan with his friend to travel from rave to rave selling water and Ketamine from their food truck.

V

Wajib
A father and his son come together to deliver wedding invitations.
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