1.

Saul fia (2015)

7.8/10
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds
moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.
(107 mins.)
Director: Lszl Nemes
Stars: Gza Rhrig, Levente Molnr, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont
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2.
El abrazo de la serpiente (2015)
8.2/10
The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of
his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the
Amazon for a sacred healing plant. (125 mins.)
Director: Ciro Guerra
Stars: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar, Brionne Davis
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3.
Krigen (2015)
7.1/10
Company commander Claus M. Pedersen (Pilou Asbk) and his men are stationed in an
Afghan province. Meanwhile... (115 mins.)
Director: Tobias Lindholm
Stars: Pilou Asbk, Alex Hgh Andersen, Dar Salim, Tuva Novotny
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4.
Mustang (2015)
7.6/10
When five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized
conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged. (97 mins.)
Director: Deniz Gamze Ergven
Stars: Gnes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan
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5.
Theeb (2014)
7.3/10
In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a
greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British
officer to his secret destination. (100 mins.)
Director: Naji Abu Nowar
Stars: Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh,
Jack Fox
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6.
Ida (2013)
7.4/10
Anna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she
discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation. (82 mins.)
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Stars: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela
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7.
Mandariinid (2013)
8.4/10
War in Georgia, Apkhazeti region in 1990. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest
his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo
is forced to take him in. (87 mins.)
Director: Zaza Urushadze
Stars: Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nganen, Giorgi Nakashidze, Misha Meskhi
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8.
Leviafan (2014)
7.6/10
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his
house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings
further misfortune for Kolya and his family. (140 mins.)
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov
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9.
Povesti trasnite (2014)
8.1/10
Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
(122 mins.)
Director: Damin Szifron
Stars: Daro Grandinetti, Mara Marull, Mnica Villa, Rita Cortese
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10.
Timbuktu (2014)
7.2/10
A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.
(97 mins.)
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Stars: Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed
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11.
La grande bellezza (2013)
7.7/10
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but
after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to
find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (141 mins.)
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Stars: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso
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12.
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
7.8/10
Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens.
He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill,
their love is put on trial. (111 mins.)
Director: Felix van Groeningen
Stars: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse, Geert Van Rampelberg
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13.
The Hunt (2012)
8.3/10
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly
gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to
be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie. (115 mins.)
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrm
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14.
L'image manquante (2013 Documentary)
7.4/10
Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities
Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979. (92 mins.)
Director: Rithy Panh
Stars: Randal Douc, Jean-Baptiste Phou
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15.
Omar (2013)
7.6/10
A young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an
admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier's killing. (96 mins.)
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Stars: Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Eyad Hourani, Samer Bisharat
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16.
Amour (2012)
7.9/10
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers.
Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke,
and the couple's bond of love is severely tested. (127 mins.)
Director: Michael Haneke
Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
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17.
Rebelle (2012)
7.1/10
Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona, a 14-year-old girl, tells her unborn child
growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she
was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12. (90 mins.)
Director: Kim Nguyen
Stars: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Ralph Prosper
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18.
Nu (2012)
7.4/10
An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988
referendum. (118 mins.)
Director: Pablo Larran
Stars: Gael Garca Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Luis Gnecco
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19.
En kongelig affre (2012)
7.6/10
A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever. (137 mins.)
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Flsgaard, Trine Dyrholm
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20.
Kon-Tiki (2012)
7.2/10
Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood
raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in
Polynesia in pre-Columbian times. (118 mins.)
Director: Joachim Rnning, Espen Sandberg
Stars: Pl Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgrd, Odd-Magnus
Williamson
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21.
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)
8.4/10
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by
moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has
Alzheimer's disease. (123 mins.)
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Stars: Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini
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22.
Rundskop (2011)
7.4/10
A young cattle farmer is approached by a veterinarian to make a deal with a notorious beef
trader. (129 mins.)
Director: Michal R. Roskam
Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian
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23.
Hearat Shulayim (2011)
7.1/10
Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies.
When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship
reaches a new peak. (107 mins.)
Director: Joseph Cedar
Stars: Shlomo Bar-Aba, Lior Ashkenazi, Aliza Rosen, Alma Zack
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24.
In Darkness (2011)
7.3/10
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of
Lvov. (145 mins.)
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Frmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader
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25.
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
7.5/10
At a Montral public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher
who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his
own recent loss is revealed. (94 mins.)
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Stars: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nlisse, milien Nron, Danielle Proulx
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26.
Hvnen (2010)
7.7/10
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship
comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait. (119 mins.)
Director: Susanne Bier
Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Markus Rygaard, Wil Johnson
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27.
Biutiful (2010)
7.5/10
This is the story of Uxbal, a man living in this world, but able to see his death, which guides
his every move. (148 mins.)
Director: Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu
Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel lvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella
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28.
Canin (2009)
7.3/10
Three teenagers live isolated, without leaving their house, because their over-protective
parents say they can only leave when their dogtooth falls out. (94 mins.)
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Stars: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Hristos Passalis
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29.
Incendies (2010)
8.2/10
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother's last
wishes. (139 mins.)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mlissa Dsormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel
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30.
Hors la loi (2010)
6.7/10
A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII. (138 mins.)
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa
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31.
Secretul (2009)
8.2/10
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved
homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt
him decades later. (129 mins.)
Director: Juan Jos Campanella
Stars: Ricardo Darn, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Carla Quevedo
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32.
La teta asustada (2009)
6.7/10
Fausta is suffering from a rare disease called the Milk of Sorrow, which is transmitted through
the... (95 mins.)
Director: Claudia Llosa
Stars: Magaly Solier, Susi Snchez, Efran Sols, Brbara Lazn
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33.
Das weie Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)
7.8/10
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before
World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible? (144 mins.)
Director: Michael Haneke
Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur
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34.
Ajami (2009)
7.4/10
Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are
five stories about the everyday life in Ajami. (124 mins.)
Director: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
Stars: Fouad Habash, Nisrine Rihan, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani
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35.
Un prophte (2009)
7.9/10
A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin. (155 mins.)
Director: Jacques Audiard
Stars: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
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