Based on a true story that marks an especially repugnant episode in Australian history, Noyce's visually arresting, powerfully moving "Fence" concerns efforts begun in the 1930s to recondition indigenous ...

Bava’s nihilistic auto horror-thriller “Kidnapped,” filmed in 1974 but locked up until 1998, is not for the faint of heart, but it is, quite literally, one hell of a ride. Filmed mostly in the hot, claustrophobic ...

This moving psychological drama was a true family affair—with Paul Newman directing, his wife Woodward starring as the adult Rachel, and their daughter Nell Potts playing Rachel as a child. Via flashbacks and fantasy ...

For “City,” a veteran journalist and an intrepid documentarian set out to dissect the idealistic mystique of suburbia and examine its effects on the prototypically average Moss family. From the strip-mall churches to ...

Director Stone vividly recounts a tragic chapter in our history too often overlooked, mingling color footage of the Bikini project with newsreel interviews. The result is as unsettling as any nuclear doomsday movie, ...

Based on LaMotta's memoirs and filmed in gorgeous black-and-white, Martin Scorsese's gritty, no-holds-barred drama-possibly his greatest-tackles the familiar theme of redemption with blunt force. Oscar winner De Niro, ...

Thrills, chills, cheeky humor, and pure rollicking fun in the mold of George Lucas's own "Star Wars" mark the ingeniously stylish-and monumentally successful-"Raiders," which introduced us to ...

Levinson's ingenious, slightly off-kilter road picture is also genuinely moving, offering a warm-hearted, humane look at disability. Though Cruise sometimes grates in an unsympathetic role, Hoffman's Raymond-a ...

One of Loach's finest films, by turns funny and desperate, "Stones" is also a tender and heartbreaking look at modern life in Britain, told from the perspective of a penniless man too proud to accept a loan from his ...

Controversial upon its release in China, Yimou's lusciously photographed, Oscar-nominated "Lantern" tells the story of a trapped woman who learns to play a game of cunning domestic maneuvering and manipulation just to ...

This winning coming-of-age romance disarms the viewer with its authenticity and depth of feeling. Director Sollett coaxes incredibly natural performances from his young cast of unknowns, and builds a story that avoids ...

Kurosawa's late-career triumph is a vibrant, colorful epic, its drama magnified by an awesome visual sweep encompassing both period pageantry and setting. Shakespeare's fundamental themes of loyalty and betrayal play ...

A deeply moving fable showcasing the superb talents of Colman and Garson (fresh from her Oscar-winning turn in "Mrs. Miniver"), "Harvest" was adapted from James Hilton's bestselling 1940 novel and became one of MGM's ...

Belgian director Belvaux combines the rigor of a police procedural with a timely social commentary in this taut, well-scripted thriller based on an actual 1978 kidnapping. Attal, who was nominated for an acting Cesar in ...

Kurosawa's ingenious breakthrough feature examines the elusive nature of truth, and our ability to reshape it to suit what we want to believe. Brilliantly composed and shot, the film's dreamlike quality is hypnotic. ...

A rat in the kitchen? Mon dieu! From filthy sewer to bubbling stock pot, Bird's rollicking Pixar hit has everything you could ask for in a restaurant-based family comedy: terrific, state-of-the-art animation, loads of ...

The debut feature of writer/director Ramsay, “Ratcatcher” is bleak, unrelenting, and tragic, and yet undeniably beautiful in its mesmerizing intimacy. Filmed in a strong Scottish dialect that necessitates the use of ...

This hard-as-nails potboiler was made for pennies at a Poverty Row studio by Mann and his legendary cinematographer, John Alton. Like the very best films in this genre, there's plenty of raw dialogue, heart-fluttering ...

This multiple Academy Award-nominated film brings Ray Charles to the screen with vibrant immediacy, linking some of the most famous songs in recording history to the passionate but dangerous life of their creator. Jamie ...

Raymond Bernard, the unsung hero of French cinema, created a bleak, uncompromising view of war in his landmark film “Wooden Crosses,” which left audiences rapt and often wracked in despair as they watched each soldier ...