"Wings of Desire" (1987) is a lyrical German drama starring Bruno Ganz as Damiel, an angel who wanders through West Berlin alongside fellow angel Cassiel (Otto Sander) while listening to the private thoughts of strangers.

“Us” (2019) is a deeply unnerving horror film starring Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide Wilson as she returns to the location of childhood trauma and is confronted by eerie doubles of herself and her family. As the night turns violent and similar attacks spread across the country, Adelaide’s buried childhood secret comes to the surface.

'American Hustle' (2013) is a sharp crime drama about con artists drawn into an FBI sting that spirals into political chaos, exposing ambition, risk, and fragile loyalties.

'We Own the Night' (2007) is a tightly wound crime drama starring Joaquin Phoenix as Bobby Green, a 1980's-era Brooklyn nightclub manager who keeps his family’s NYPD background at arm’s length.

"Civil War" (2024) follows a team of war correspondents traveling from New York to Washington, D.C., through a violently fractured America. As they navigate militias, checkpoints, and collapsing order, veteran photojournalist Lee mentors young Jessie while confronting her own emotional exhaustion. Their journey toward the capital becomes a stark portrait of truth-seeking, trauma, and a nation on the verge of implosion.

'Spirited Away' (2001) is a resplendent Japanese animated fantasy that follows ten-year-old Chihiro Ogino, as she strays into an abandoned amusement park that reveals itself to be a gateway to the spirit world.

'My Own Private Idaho' (1991) is an artful and melancholic independent drama starring River Phoenix as Mike Waters, a narcoleptic street hustler drifting through the Pacific Northwest in search of family and self. His closest companion is Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves), a wealthy mayor’s son passing time on the streets—their bond a charged mixture of brotherhood, rebellion and unspoken desire.

'Batman' (1989) is a darkly stylish superhero film starring Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne, a Gotham City billionaire who secretly stalks criminals as the masked “Batman” of comic-book lore.

'Pig' (2021) follows Rob Feld, a reclusive former Portland chef living in the Oregon woods with his truffle pig. When the animal is stolen, Rob ventures back into the city’s high-end food underworld with his buyer, Amir, confronting old wounds and uneasy power players.

"Apocalypse Now" (1979) is a visceral and hypnotic American war epic starring Martin Sheen as Captain Benjamin Willard, a battle-scarred intelligence officer recalled to Saigon and tasked with a covert assignment. He must travel upriver into Cambodia and terminate Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a once-lauded commander who has gone rogue and established a brutal, quasi-spiritual dominion beyond military control.

'Rachel Getting Married' (2008) is a charged and engrossing human drama starring Anne Hathaway as Kym Buchman, a recovering addict granted a pass from rehab to attend the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt).

"September 5" is a harrowing historical drama-thriller that recreates the events of the 1972 Olympics hostage crisis, told from the perspective of the ABC Sports broadcasting team situated nearby.

'Armageddon Time' (2022), directed by James Gray, is a distinctly reflective drama set in 1980s Queens. It follows Paul Graff, a Jewish sixth-grader whose world is shaped by family, friendship and the harsh inequalities around him. Tender and unsentimental, the film captures both the intimacy of childhood and the lasting imprint of privilege across generations.

'Birds of Passage' is an epic Colombian crime saga tracing the Wayuu community’s rise and collapse during the marijuana boom of the 1960s-1980s. Blending myth and realism, it follows Rapayet’s quest for wealth to marry Zaida, the family’s ensuing prosperity, and the betrayals and violence that erode tradition. Visually striking and thematically rich, it’s a haunting fable of greed, honor and loss.

'A Simple Plan' (1998) is a taut neo-noir thriller set in a frozen Midwestern landscape, where three men discover a crashed plane carrying millions in cash. What begins as a pact to keep quiet soon unravels into secrecy, suspicion and violence. A gripping story of temptation and moral collapse, it shows how easily trust and family ties can shatter when greed takes hold.

'About a Boy' (2002) is a witty and heartfelt British comedy about a self-absorbed bachelor whose unlikely friendship with an awkward 12-year-old forces them both to rethink the lives they’ve been living. Blending humor with emotional depth, the film explores themes of loneliness, connection and personal growth.

'The Wild Robot' (2024) is a tender, visually stunning fable about a robot and a fox who become unlikely parents to a young gosling. The storyline explores the evolving bond between nature and technology while celebrating empathy, adaptation and the quiet power of camaraderie across boundaries.

'Rust and Bone' is a stark and unsentimental French-Belgian drama about trauma, survival and the unconventional bond between an orca trainer and a drifting ex-boxer."

'Quadrophenia' (1979) is a visceral and indelible British drama starring Phil Daniels as Jimmy Cooper, a young working-class Mod living in London in 1964. The film captures the restless energy and cultural identity of the Mod subculture, a youth movement defined by sharp fashion, Italian scooters and a passion for modern jazz, R&B and early rock music. Jimmy struggles with his place in a rigid society, torn between the excitement of the mod lifestyle and the harsh realities o

"Bridge of Spies" (2015) is a meticulously crafted and suspenseful historical drama-thriller starring Tom Hanks as James B. Donovan, an American lawyer who finds himself at the center of Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.