JURAJ HERZ

A starkly political adaptation of Bohumil Hrabal's story about a junk shop worker in communist Czechoslovakia.

(32 minutes)

FREDERICO FELLINI

Loosely adapted from an Edgar Allen Poe story, Fellini presents a washed up actor dealing with the spiritual decay brought on by fame, materialism, and self-indulgence in a world obsessed with spectacle.

(44 minutes)

GERMAINE DULAC

The story of a young wife grappling with frustration and unfulfilled desires as she endures life with her crude, overbearing husband.

(54 minutes)

JEAN COCTEAU

An artist is transported through a mirror where he discovers another world.

(55 minutes)

CHANTAL AKERMAN

Follows 15-year-old Michelle as she skips school and wanders through Brussels, forming a series of unexpected bonds in single day.

(62 minutes)

JAN NĚMEC

The story of two young Jewish men who escape from a Nazi train transporting them from one concentration camp to another.

(64 minutes)

OUSMANE SEMBÈNE

Tells the story of Diouana, a young Senegalese woman who moves to France to work as a maid for a French family, only to face isolation and racism.

(65 minutes)

AGNÈS VARDA

A French single mother navigates loneliness and upheaval while trying to rebuild her life in Los Angeles after being left by her husband.

(65 minutes)

CLAUDE BARRAS

The story of a young boy named Courgette who, after losing his mother, is sent to a foster home.

(70 minutes)

AKI KAURISMÄKI

Iris, trapped in a soul-deadening job as a match factory quality-control worker, experiences a devastating eruption of pent-up rage after discovering she is pregnant.

(70 minutes)

JAN NĚMEC

A bizarre fable where a peaceful picnic abruptly turns into a harsh lesson in political power when a group of enigmatic authority figures arrive.

(71 minutes)

MILOS FORMAN

From the director who would one day make One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest after forcefully emigrating to America comes the story of a fireman’s ball fundraiser where absolutely everything goes wrong.

(71 minutes)

CÉLINE SCIAMMA

Follows an eight-year-old Nellie who, while exploring the woods near her late grandmother’s house, meets another young girl who turns out to be her mother as a child.

(72 minutes)

INGMAR BERGMAN

Three actors are summoned to a private hearing to justify a controversial performance. While there, their evasive testimonies and personal tensions unravel in a series of tense, claustrophobic interrogations

(72 minutes)

RENÉ LALOUX

On a planet called Ygam, a human-like species called Oms live under the domination of giant blue aliens known as Draags.

(72 minutes)

ESTER KRUMBACHOVÁ

The sole directorial work of the unsung hero of the Czech New Wave — Ester Krumbachová — the film follows a lonely woman finds herself in over her head when she rekindles a romance with an old flame.

(72 minutes)

SATYAJIT RAY

When his car breaks down in the countryside, a screenwriter is unexpectedly reunited with his former lover, who is now married

(74 minutes)

VĔRA CHYTILOVÁ

Two teenage girls gleefully embark on a journey to consume and destroy the world around them. Renowned as of the most singular, visually stunning films to emerge from the Czech New Wave.

(74 minutes)

ROY ANDERSSON

A reflection on the human condition told through a series of interconnected vignettes.

(77 minutes)

JURAJ JAKUBISKO

The story of three adult orphans who adopt a carefree lifestyle after losing their families in war.

(78 minutes)

AGNÈS VARDA

Through a dazzling (and thematically contrasting) color palette, the film follows a young husband as he falls into an affair.

(79 minutes)

SERGEI PARAJANOV

Avante-garde and poetic, a profile of life of the 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova from his childhood up to his death.

(79 minutes)

GUY MADDIN

Described by Maddin as a “docu-fantasia,” the film blends documentary and fiction in this strange, dreamlike exploration of the director’s hometown.

(80 minutes)

SERGEI PARAJANOV & DODO ABASHIDZE

A nomadic musician falls in love with a rich merchant’s daughter, but is rejected and forced to roam the earth for one thousand and one nights.

(80 minutes)

JAROMIL JIREŠ

A member of the communist party is expelled over telling a joke and spends nearly two decades plotting his revenge: an affair with the wife of a party official.

(81 minutes)

INGMAR BERGMAN

A small-town pastor doubts his faith as he fails those who ask him for guidance.

(81 minutes)

SATOSHI KON

A pop singer gives up her musical career to become an actress, but spirals into insanity when her career is interrupted by a crazed stalker and the ghost of her past self.

(81 minutes)

MANI KAUL

A ghost falls in love with a merchant’s bride, and when he is sent away to take over the family business, takes his form.

(82 minutes)

PAWEŁ PAWILKOWSKI

In 1962, a nun on a verge of taking her vows discovers a secret about herself that threatens to upend her life.

(82 minutes)

Wanuri Kahiu

The romance between two young women that blossoms under the political and social pressures of their neighborhood and families. This was the first ever LGBT film to come from Kenya.

(83 minutes)

ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

An Iranian schoolboy treks through his neighborhood searching for a classmate’s home in order to return a lost notebook.

(83 minutes)

INGMAR BERGMAN

A study of the emotional and psychological convergence between a stage actress who has suddenly gone mute and the nurse assigned to care for her.

(83 minutes)

CÉLINE SCIAMMA

After moving to a new area, 10 year old Laure poses as a boy named Mikael to the neighborhood kids.

(84 minutes)

DIETMAR SCHIPEK, URSULA PUERRER & ASHLEY HANS SCHEIRL

Set in the fictional city of Asche in the year 2700, the film follows the entangled lives of three women: a comic artist, a party-loving pyromanic, and a reptile-eating alien.

(84 minutes)

DUŠAN MAKAVEJEV

A tribute to the work of controversial philosopher William Reich through the story of a sexual and romantic encounter between a champion skater and young Yugoslavian beautician.

(84 minutes)

LARISA SHEPTIKO

Following WWII, a former pilot struggles to adjust to her life in peacetime.

(85 minutes)

CÉLINE SCIAMMA

A third Sciamma film, really? Yes.

The story of Marie, who develops a crush on Floriane, a member of her towns synchronized swimming team.

(85 minutes)

VĔRA CHYTILOVÁ

Shot in documentary-style, follows the daily lives of two women: a female gymnast dealing with her harsh male trainer, and a bored housewife with an indifferent husband and defiant son

(85 minutes)

ROBERT BRESSON

Follows a counterfeit bill as it troubles the lives of those it comes in contact with.

(87 minutes)

LEONTINE SAGAN

A teenage girl sent off to boarding school by her mother develops an attachment to one of her teachers that turns romantic. Widely considered to be the first lesbian film.

(88 minutes)

NOBUHIKO OBAYASHI

A schoolgirl and six of her friends venture to her aunts house int he country, which turns out to be haunted by evil spirits.

(88 minutes)

AKIRA KUROSAWA

Four people recount the same crime in entirely different ways.

(88 minutes)

ÉRIC ROHMER

Two friends travel to spend their summer relaxing at a seventeenth century villa, but are met with Haydée, who is known to be a “collector” of men.

(89 minutes)

ISAO TAKAHATA

Watch with a box of tissues.

(89 minutes)

ROBERT BRESSON

A heartbreaking portrait of a young girl as she faces hardship after hardship in the French countryside.

(90 minutes)

GEORGES FRANJU

Bearing the responsibility for an accident that disfigured his daughter, Christine, Dr. Génessier takes to kidnapping young women in attemps to graft their faces onto Christine.

(90 minutes)

JACQUES DEMY

A gambling addicts draws a bank clerk into her world of romance and addiction.

(90 minutes)

LUIS BUÑUEL

A nun about to take her vows must make an unexpected visit to see her uncle, who is intent on seducing her.

(90 minutes)

AGNÈS VARDA

As she fearfully waits on the results of a biopsy, pop singer Cléo wanders around Paris.

(90 minutes)

SATOSHI KON

A machine that allows therapists to enter patient’s dreams is stolen, leading to a battle between one young therapist and this “dream terrorist.”

(90 minutes)

CHANTAL AKERMAN

Following a devastating breakup, a woman spirals through a slow, depressive nervous breakdown.

(90 minutes)