100MoviesEveryHighSchoolStudentShouldSee
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Arrival of a Train
at La Ciotat
(1896)
CastandCrew
Dirs: August
Lumière, Louis
Lumière.
A Trip to the
Moon (1902)
Dir: Georges
Méliès.
The Great Train
Robbery (1903)
Dir: Edwin S.
Porter.
The Cabinet of
Dr. Caligari
(1920)
Dir: Robert Weine.
Werner Krauss,
Conrad Veidt,
Friedrich Feher.
Nanook of the
North (1922)
Dir: Robert
Flaherty.
Allakariallak, Nyla,
Allee, Cunayou,
Allegoo.
Safety Last!
(1923)
Dirs: Fred C.
Newmeyer, Sam
Taylor. Harold
Lloyd, Mildred
Davis, Bill Strother.
Battleship
Potemkin (1925)
Dir: Sergei
Eisenstein.
Aleksandr Antonv,
Vladimir Barsky,
Grigori
Aleksandrov.
Dir: Oscar
Micheaux. Paul
Robeson, Marshall
Rogers, Lawrence
Chenault.
Body and Soul
(1925)
Synopsis
A group of people are
standing in a straight line
along the platform of a
railway station, waiting for
a train.
A group of astronomers go
on an expedition to the
Moon.
A group of bandits stage a
brazen train hold-up, only
to find a determined posse
hot on their heels.
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses
a somnambulist, Cesare, to
commit murders. German
Expressionism at its most
classic.
In this silent predecessor to
the modern documentary,
a filmmaker spends one
year following the lives of
Nanook and his family,
Inuits living in the Arctic.
When a store clerk
organizes a publicity stunt,
in which a friend climbs the
outside of a tall building,
circumstances force him to
make the perilous climb
himself.
A dramatized account of a
great Russian naval mutiny
and a resulting street
demonstration which
brought on a police
massacre.
A minister is malevolent
behind his righteous
facade. He consorts with
the owner of a gambling
house and betrays an
honest girl, eventually
ruining them.
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The General
(1926)
Dirs: Buster
Keaton, Clyde
Bruckman. Buster
Keaton, Marion
Mack, Glen
Canvender.
Metropolis (1927) Dir: Fritz Lang. Joh
Fredersen, Gustav
Frölich, Rudolf
Klein-Rogge,
Heinrich George.
Sunrise: A Song
of Two Humans
(1927)
Dir: F.W. Murnau.
George O’Brien,
Janet Gaynor,
Margaret
Livingston.
Man with a Movie Dir: Dziga Vertov.
Camera (1929)
Mikhail Kaufman.
City Lights
(1931)
Dir: Charles
Chaplin. Charles
Chaplin, Virginia
Cherrill, Florence
Lee, Harry Myers.
M (1931)
Dir: Fritz Lang.
Peter Lorre, Ellen
Widmann, Inge
Landgut, Otto
Wernicke.
Dir: Leo McCarey.
Groucho Marx,
Harpo Marx, Chico
Marx, Zeppo Marx.
Duck Soup
(1933)
When Union spies steal an
engineer's beloved
locomotive, he pursues it
single-handedly and
straight through enemy
lines.
In a futuristic city sharply
divided between the
working class and the city
planners, the son of the
city's mastermind falls in
love with a working class
prophet who predicts the
coming of a savior to
mediate their differences.
A married farmer falls
under the spell of a
slatternly woman from the
city, who tries to convince
him to drown his wife.
A man travels around a city
with a camera slung over
his shoulder, documenting
urban life with dazzling
invention. A landmark in
documentary/experimental
cinema.
With the aid of a wealthy
erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed
tramp who has fallen in
love with a sightless flower
girl accumulates money to
be able to help her
medically.
When the police in a
German city are unable to
catch a child-murderer,
other criminals join in the
manhunt.
Rufus T. Firefly is named
president/dictator of
bankrupt Freedonia and
declares war on
neighboring Sylvania over
the love of wealthy Mrs.
Teasdale.
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King Kong (1925) Dir: Merian C.
Cooper. Fay Wray,
Robert Armstrong,
Bruce Cabot.
A film crew goes to a
tropical island for an exotic
location shoot and
discovers a colossal giant
gorilla who takes a shine to
their female blonde star.
He is brought back to New
York for public exhibition.
It Happened One Dir: Frank Capra.
A spoiled heiress running
Night (1934)
Clark Gable,
away from her family is
Claudette Colbert,
helped by a man who is
Walter Connolly,
actually a reporter in need
Roscoe Karns.
of a story.
Modern Times
Dir: Charles
The Tramp struggles to live
(1936)
Chaplin. Charles
in modern industrial society
Chaplin, Paulette
with the help of a young
Goddard.
homeless woman.
Grand Illusion
Dir: Jean Renoir.
During the First World War,
(1937)
Jean Gabin, Dita
two French soldiers are
Parlo, Pierre
captured and imprisoned in
Fresnay, Erich von a German P.O.W. camp.
Stroheim, Julien
After escape attempts, they
Carette.
are sent to a seemingly
impenetrable fortress.
Bringing Up Baby Dir: Howard Hawks. While trying to secure a $1
(1938)
Katherine Hepburn, million donation for his
Cary Grant,
museum, a befuddled
Charles Ruggles,
paleontologist is pursued
Walter Catlett,
by a flighty and often
Barry Fitzgerald.
irritating heiress and her
pet leopard, Baby.
Citizen Kane
Dir: Orson Welles.
Following the death of a
(1941)
Orson Welles,
publishing tycoon, news
Joseph Cotton,
reporters scramble to
Dorothy
discover the meaning of his
Comingore.
final utterance.
Casablanca
Dir: Michael Curtiz. In Casablanca, Morocco in
(1942)
Humphrey Bogart,
December 1941, a cynical
Ingrid Bergman,
American expatriate meets
Paul Henreid,
a former lover, with
Claude Rains.
unforeseen complications.
Meshes of the
Dir: Maya Deren.
A woman returning home
Afternoon (1943) Maya Deren,
falls asleep and has vivid
Alexander Hammid. dreams that may or may
not be happening in
reality. Experimental short.
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Double Indemnity Dir: Billy Wilder.
(1944)
Fred MacMurray,
Barbara Stanwyck,
Edward G.
Robinson, Porter
Hall.
Motion Painting
No. 1 (1947)
Dir: Oskar
Fischinger.
Bicycle Thieves
(1948)
Dir: Vittorio De
Sica. Lamberto
Maggiorani, Enzo
Staiola, Lianella
Carell.
Dir: Akira
Kurosawa. Toshirô
Mifune, Machiko
Kyô, Masayuki
Mori.
Dir: Billy Wilder.
William Holden,
Gloria Swanson,
Erich von Stroheim,
Nancy Olson.
Dir: Fred
Zinnemann. Gary
Cooper, Grace
Kelly, Thomas
Mitchell, Lloyd
Bridges.
Dir: Norman
McLaren. Grant
Munro, Jean Paul
Ladouceur.
Dirs: Stanley
Donen, Gene Kelly.
Gene Kelly, Donald
O’Connor, Debbie
Reynolds.
Dir: William Wyler.
Audrey Hepburn,
Gregory Peck,
Eddie Albert,
Harcourt Williams.
Rashomon
(1950)
Sunset
Boulevard (1950)
High Noon
(1952)
Neighbours
(1952)
Singin’ in the
Rain (1952)
Roman Holiday
(1953)
An insurance
representative lets himself
be talked into a
murder/insurance fraud
scheme that arouses an
insurance investigator's
suspicions.
Animated short created
with oil paint on acrylic
glass, set to Bach’s
Brandenberg Concerto.
In post-war Italy, a
working-class man's
bicycle is stolen. He and
his son set out to find it.
USA
In 15th Century Japan, a
heinous crime and its
aftermath are recalled from
differing points of view.
Japan
A hack screenwriter writes
a screenplay for a former
silent-film star who has
faded into Hollywood
obscurity.
A marshal, personally
compelled to face a
returning deadly enemy,
finds that his own town
refuses to help him.
USA
A surreal story of two
neighbors' destructive feud
over a flower. Stop motion
animation short.
Landmark musical in which
a silent film production
company and cast make a
difficult transition to sound.
Canada
A bored and sheltered
princess escapes her
guardians and falls in love
with an American
newsman in Rome.
USA
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USA
Tokyo Story
(1953)
On the
Waterfront
(1954)
The Apu Trilogy
(1955-1959)
A Man Escaped
(1956)
The Searchers
(1956)
The Seventh
Seal (1957)
The 400 Blows
(1959)
Breathless
(1960)
La Dolce Vita
(1960)
Dir: Yasujirô Ozu.
Chishû Ryû, Chieko
Higashiyama,
Setsuko Hara,
Haruko Sugimura.
Dir: Elia Kazan.
Marlon Brando,
Karl Malden, Eva
Marie Saint.
Dir: Satyajit Ray.
Smaran Ghosal,
Kamela Adhikari,
Lalchand Banerjee. Dir: Robert
Bresson. François
Leterrier, Charles
Le Clainche,
Maurice Beerblock. Dir: John Ford.
John Wayne,
Jeffrey Hunter,
Natalie Wood.
Dir: Ingmar
Bergman. Max von
Sydow, Gunnar
Björnstrand, Bengt
Ekerot.
Dir: François
Truffaut. JeanPierre Léaud,
Claire Maurier,
Albert Rémy.
Dir: Jean-Luc
Godard. Jean-Paul
Belmando, Jean
Seberg, Daniel
Boulanger, Roger
Hanin.
Dir: Federico
Fellini. Marcello
Mastroianni, Anika
Ekberg.
An old couple visit their
children and grandchildren
in the city; but the children
have little time for them.
Japan
An ex-prize fighter turned
longshoreman struggles to
stand up to his corrupt
union bosses.
Following his father's
death, a boy leaves his
home and family to study in
Calcutta.
A French Resistance
fighter attempts to escape
a Nazi occupied prison
while he awaits a death
sentence.
A Civil War veteran
embarks on a journey to
rescue his two nieces from
an Indian tribe.
A man seeks answers
about life, death, and the
existence of God as he
plays chess against the
Grim Reaper during the
Black Plague.
A landmark of the French
New Wave, the story of a
young boy who, left without
attention, delves into a life
of petty crime.
A small-time thief steals a
car and impulsively
murders a policeman.
Wanted by the authorities,
he unites with a hip
American student and
attempts to persuade her
to run away with him to
Italy.
A series of stories following
a week in the life of a
philandering paparazzo
journalist living in Rome.
USA
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Psycho (1960)
Dir: Alfred
Hitchcock. Janet
Leigh, Anthony
Perkins, Vera
Miles, John Gavin.
West Side Story
(1961)
Dirs: Robert Wise,
Jerome Robbins.
Natalie Wood,
Richard Beymer,
George Chakiris,
Rita Moreno.
Dir: Jacques Demy.
Catherine
Deneuve, Nino
Castelnuovo, Anne
Vernon.
Dir: Ousmane
Sembene. Mbissine
Thérèse Diop,
Anne-Marie Jelinek,
Robert Fontaine.
The Umbrellas of
Cherbourg
(1964)
Black Girl (1966)
The Graduate
(1967)
Dir: Mike Nichols.
Dustin Hoffman,
Anne Bancroft,
Katharine Ross.
Guess Who’s
Dir: Stanley
Coming to Dinner Kramer. Spencer
(1967)
Tracy, Katherine
Hepburn, Sidney
Poitier.
2001: A Space
Odyssey (1968)
Dir: Stanley
Kubrick. Keir
Dullea, Gary
Lockwood, William
Sylvester
Romeo and Juliet Dir: Franco
(1968)
Zeffirelli. Leonard
Whiting, Olivia
Hussey, John
McEnery, Milo
O’Shea.
A secretary embezzles
USA
$40,000, goes on the run,
and checks into a remote
motel run by a sinister
young man, Norman Bates,
and his mother.
Two youths from rival New USA
York City gangs fall in love,
but tensions between their
respective friends build
toward tragedy.
A young girl separated
from her lover by war faces
a life-altering decision.
Story told entirely in
musical verse.
A black girl from Senegal
becomes a servant in
France, where she is made
aware of her race and
mistreated by her
employers.
A disillusioned college
graduate finds himself torn
between his older lover
and her daughter.
A couple's attitudes are
challenged when their
daughter introduces them
to her African American
fiancé.
France
Humanity finds a
mysterious, obviously
artificial object buried
beneath the Lunar surface
and, with the intelligent
computer H.A.L. 9000, sets
off on a quest.
When two young members
of feuding families meet,
forbidden love ensues.
Generally considered to be
the greatest Shakespeare
film adaptation.
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The Learning
Tree (1969)
Dir: Gordon Parks.
Kyle Johnson, Alex
Clarke, Estelle
Evans, Dana Elcar.
Mon Oncle
Antoine (1971)
Dir: Claude Jutra.
Jacques Gagnon,
Lyne Champagne,
Jean Duceppe,
Olivette Thibault.
Sounder (1972)
Dir: Martin Ritt.
Cicely Tyson, Paul
Winfield, Kevin
Hooks, Carmen
Mathews.
American Graffiti
(1973)
Dir: George Lucas.
Richard Dreyfuss,
Ron Howard, Paul
Le Mat, Charles
Martin Smith.
Dir: François
Truffaut. Georges
Desmouceaux,
Philippe Goldmann,
Nicole Félix.
Small Change
(1976)
Days of Heaven
(1978)
Being There
(1979)
Gandhi (1982)
Dir: Terrence
Malick. Richard
Gere, Brooke
Adams, Sam
Shepard, Linda
Manz.
Dir: Hal Ashby.
Peter Sellers,
Shirley MacLaine,
Melvyn Douglas,
Jack Warden.
Dir: Richard
Attenborough. Ben
Kingsley, John
Gielgud, Candice
Bergen.
Set in Kansas during the
1920s, a year in the life of
a black teenager, and the
series of events which
force him into sudden
manhood.
The coming of age of a
young boy in 1940s
Quebec and the life of his
family which owns the
town's general store and
undertaking business.
The oldest son of a family
of black sharecroppers
comes of age in the
Depression-era South after
his father is imprisoned for
stealing food.
A couple of high school
grads spend one final night
cruising the strip with their
buddies before they go off
to college.
A series of vignettes from a
small town in France,
centering on a group of
children, their parents and
teachers, and their
interconnected lives.
A hot-tempered farm
laborer convinces the
woman he loves to marry
their rich but dying boss so
that they can have a claim
to his fortune.
A simple, sheltered
gardener becomes an
unlikely trusted advisor to a
powerful businessman in
Washington DC.
Mahatma Gandhi, a young
lawyer, is urged to take up
the fight for India's
independence from the
British Empire, and mounts
a non-violent campaign.
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Koyaanisqatsi
(1982)
Dir: Godfrey
Reggio.
El Norte (1983)
Dir: Gregory Nava.
Zaide Silvia
Gutiérrez, David
Villalpando,
Ernesto Gómez
Cruz.
Dir: Milos Forman.
F. Murray
Abraham, Tom
Hulce, Elizabeth
Berridge, Roy
Dotrice.
Dir: John Hughes.
Emilio Estevez,
Anthony Michael
Hall, Molly
Ringwald.
Amadeus (1984)
The Breakfast
Club (1985)
Jean de Florette Dir: Claude Berri.
and Manon of the Yves Montand,
Spring (1986)
Gérard Depardieu,
Daniel Auteuil.
Au Revoir, les
Enfants (1987)
Dir: Louis Malle.
Gaspard Manesse,
Raphael Fejtö,
Francine Racette.
Cinema Paradiso
(1988)
Dir: Giuseppe
Tornatore. Philippe
Noiret, Enzo
Cannavale,
Antonella Attili.
A collection of expertly
photographed phenomena
with no conventional plot.
The footage focuses on
nature, humanity and the
relationship between them.
Peasants escaping
mindless labor and a
murderous Guatemalan
government head to
America in hopes for
something better.
The story of Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, told from
the perspective of his peer
and rival, Antonio Salieri,
now confined to an insane
asylum.
Five high school students,
all different stereotypes,
meet in detention, where
they pour their hearts out
to each other, and discover
how they have a lot more
in common than they
thought.
A greedy landowner and
his backward nephew
conspire to block the only
water source for an
adjoining property in order
to bankrupt the owner.
Years later, revenge.
At a Catholic boarding
school in 1944 France, a
new boy arrives with a
secret identity. Based on
director Malle’s real-life
experiences.
A filmmaker recalls his
childhood, when he fell in
love with the movies at his
village's theater and
formed a deep friendship
with the theater's
projectionist.
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Grave of the
Fireflies (1988)
Dir: Isao Takahata.
Tsutomu Tatsumi,
Ayano Shiraishi,
Akemi Yamaguchi,
Yoshiko Shinohara.
Boyz n the Hood
(1991)
Dir: John Singleton.
Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Laurence
Fishburne, Ice
Cube, Morris
Chestnut.
The Man in the
Moon (1991)
Dir: Robert
Mulligan. Reese
Witherspoon, Emily
Warfield, Jason
London.
Dir: Yimou Zhang.
Li Gong, Jingwu
Ma, Saifei He,
Cuifen Cao.
Raise the Red
Lantern (1991)
Malcolm X
(1992)
King of the Hill
(1993)
Schindler’s List
(1993)
Dir: Spike Lee.
Denzel
Washington,
Angela Bassett,
Delroy Lindo, Al
Freeman Jr.
Dir: Steven
Soderbergh. Jesse
Bradford, Jeroen
Krabbé, Lisa
Eichorn, Adrien
Brody.
Dir: Steven
Spielberg. Liam
Neeson, Ben
Kingsley, Ralph
Fiennes, Embeth
Davidtz.
During World War II, an
American firebombing
separates two Japanese
children from their parents,
forcing them to rely on one
another while they struggle
to fight for their survival.
Follows the lives of three
black teenagers living in
the Crenshaw, Los
Angeles, dissecting
questions of race,
relationships, violence and
future prospects.
An Elvis-obsessed tomboy
discovers first love and
heartbreak in small town
Louisiana during the
1950s.
A young woman becomes
the fourth wife of a wealthy
lord, and must learn to live
with the strict rules and
tensions within the
household.
Biographical epic of the
influential Black Nationalist
leader, from his early life
as a small time gangster to
his ministry as a member
of the Nation of Islam.
A young boy struggles on
his own in a run-down
motel after his parents and
younger brother are
separated from him in
1930s Depression-era
Midwest.
In German-occupied
Poland during World War
II, Oskar Schindler
gradually becomes
concerned for his Jewish
workforce after witnessing
their persecution by the
Nazi Germans.
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Forrest Gump
(1994)
Hoop Dreams
(1994)
The Celluloid
Closet (1995)
Clueless (1995)
Children of
Heaven (1997)
Princess
Mononoke
(1997)
Smoke Signals
(1998)
The Virgin
Suicides (1999)
Dir: Robert
Zemeckis. Tom
Hanks, Robin
Wright, Gary
Sinise, Sally Field.
Forrest Gump, while not
intelligent, has accidentally
been present at many of
the 20th Century’s most
historic moments, but his
true love eludes him.
Dir: Steve James.
Documentary following the
William Gates,
lives of two inner-city
Arthur Agee.
Chicago boys who struggle
to become college
basketball players on the
road to going professional.
Dirs: Rob Epstein,
A documentary surveying
Jeffrey Friedman.
LGBTQ representation in
Lily Tomlin, Tony
Hollywood and attitudes
Curtis, Susie Bright, toward homosexuality
Arthur Laurents.
depicted through film.
Dir: Amy
A rich high school student
Heckerling. Alicia
in Beverly Hills tries to
Silverstone, Stacey boost a new pupil's
Dash, Brittany
popularity, but reckons
Murphy, Paul Rudd. without affairs of the heart
getting in the way.
Dir: Majid Majidi.
After an Iranian boy loses
Mohammad Amir
his sister's pair of shoes,
Naji, Amir Farrokh
he goes on a series of
Hashemian, Bahare adventures in order to find
Seddiqi.
them.
Dir: Hayao
On a journey to find the
Miyazaki. Yôji
cure for a Tatarigami's
Matsuda, Yuriko
curse, Ashitaka finds
Ishida, Yûko
himself in the middle of a
Tanaka, Tsunehiko war between the forest
Kamijô
gods a mining colony.
Dir: Chris Eyre.
A young Native American
Adam Beach, Evan man leaves his reservation
Adams, Irene
with a friend in order to
Bedard, Gary
pick up the remains of his
Farmer.
deceased father.
Dir: Sofia Coppola. A group of friends become
Kirsten Dunst, Josh obsessed with five
Hartnett, James
mysterious sisters who are
Woods, Kathleen
sheltered by their strict,
Turner, Danny
religious parents in
DeVito.
suburban Detroit in the
mid-1970s.
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Almost Famous
(2000)
Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon
(2000)
In the Mood For
Love (2000)
Monsoon
Wedding (2001)
City of God
(2002)
Far From
Heaven (2002)
Rabbit-Proof
Fence (2002)
Dir: Cameron
Crowe. Patrick
Fugit, Billy Crudup,
Kate Hudson,
Frances
McDormand.
A high-school boy is given
the chance to write a story
for Rolling Stone Magazine
about an up-and-coming
rock band as he
accompanies them on their
concert tour.
Dir: Ang Lee. Chow Two warriors in pursuit of a
Yun-Fat, Michelle
stolen sword and a
Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang,
notorious fugitive are led to
Chen Cheng,
an impetuous, physically
Sihung Lun, Pei-Pei skilled, adolescent
Cheng.
nobleman's daughter, who
is at a crossroads.
Dir: Wong Kar-Wai. In 1960s Hong Kong, two
Tony Leung Chiuneighbors form a strong
Wai, Maggie
bond after both suspect
Cheung, Ping Lam extramarital activities of
Siu, Rebecca Pan. their spouses. However,
they agree to keep their
bond platonic.
Dir: Mira Nair.
A stressed father, a brideNaseeruddin Shah, to-be with a secret, a
Lillete Dubey,
smitten event planner, and
Shefali Shetty,
distant relatives create
Vijay Raaz.
much ado about the
preparations for an
arranged marriage.
Dirs: Fernando
Two boys growing up in a
Meirelles, Kátia
violent neighborhood of Rio
Lund. Alexandre
de Janeiro take different
Rodrigues,
paths: one becomes a
Matheus
photographer, the other a
Nachtergaele.
drug dealer.
Dir: Todd Haynes.
In 1950s Connecticut, an
Julianne Moore,
affluent white housewife
Dennis Hastert,
faces a marital crisis and
Dennis Quaid,
mounting racial tensions in
Patricia Clarkson.
the outside world, causing
her to question her beliefs.
Dir: Phillip Noyce.
In 1931, three aboriginal
Everlyn Sampi,
girls escape after being
Tianna Sansbury,
plucked from their homes
Laura Monaghan,
to be trained as domestic
David Gulpilil.
staff and set off on a trek
across the Outback.
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Kong
India
Brazil
USA
Australia
Real Women
Have Curves
(2002)
Dir: Patricia
Cardoso. America
Ferrera, Lupe
Ontiveros, Ingrid
Oliu, George
Lopez.
Osama (2003)
Dir: Siddiq Barmak.
Marina Golbahari,
Zubaida Sahar,
Mohammad Arif
Herati.
Dir: Sylvain
Chomet. Michèle
Caucheteux, JeanClaude Donda,
Michel Robin.
The Triplets of
Bellville (2003)
Whale Rider
(2003)
Tsotsi (2005)
Dir: Niki Caro.
Keisha CastleHughes, Rawiri
Paratene, Vicky
Haughton, Cliff
Curtis.
Dir: Gavin Hood.
Presley
Chweneyagae,
Mothusi Magano,
Israel Makoe, Terry
Pheto.
Chop Shop
(2007)
Dir: Ramin Bahrani.
Alejandro Polanco,
Isamar Gonzales,
Rob Sowulski,
Carlos Zapata.
The Diving Bell
and the Butterfly
(2007)
Dir: Julian
Schnabel. Mathieu
Amalric,
Emmanuelle
Seigner, MarieJosée Croze.
Torn between her
mainstream ambitions and
her cultural heritage, a first
generation MexicanAmerican teen agrees to
work with her mother at her
sister's sewing factory.
A preteen girl in
Afghanistan disguises
herself as a boy in order to
get a job to support her
family.
When her grandson is
kidnapped during the Tour
de France, Madame Souza
and her dog team up with
the Belleville Sisters--an
aged song-and-dance
team from the days of Fred
Astaire--to rescue him.
A contemporary story of
love, rejection and triumph
as a young Maori girl fights
to fulfill a destiny her
grandfather refuses to
recognize.
In Johannesburg, South
Africa, a small-time criminal
attempts to hijack a car but
instead inadvertently
comes across an
abandoned infant in the
back seat.
In Queens, New York, a
resourceful street orphan
works at an auto shop and
tries to make a better life
for himself and his 16-yearold sister.
The true story of Elle
Magazine editor JeanDominique Bauby who
suffers a stroke and has to
live with an almost totally
paralyzed body; only his
left eye isn't paralyzed.
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Africa
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Sugar (2008)
Pariah (2011)
Dirs: Anna Boden,
Ryan Fleck. Algenis
Perez Soto, Jose
Rijo, Walki Cuevas,
Karl Bury.
Dir: Dee Rees.
Adepero Oduye,
Kim Wayans,
Aasha Davis,
Charles Parnell.
A Separation
(2011)
Dir: Asghar
Farhadi. Peyman
Moaadi, Leila
Hatami, Sareh
Bayat, Shahab
Hosseini.
Tomboy (2011)
Dir: Céline
Sciamma. Zoé
Héran, Malonn
Lévana, Jeanne
Disson.
Selma (2014)
Dir: Ava DuVernay.
David Oyelowo,
Carmen Ejogo,
Oprah Winfrey,
Tom Wilkinson.
Two Days, One
Night (2014)
Dirs: Jean-Pierre
Dardenne, Luc
Dardenne. Marion
Cotillard, Fabrizio
Rongione,
Catherine Salée.
Dir: John Crowley.
Saoirse Ronan,
Emory Cohen,
Domhnall Gleeson,
Julie Walters, Jim
Broadbent.
Brooklyn (2015)
The odyssey of a 19-yearold baseball prospect from
Dominican Republic, as he
adjusts to life in the United
States minor leagues.
A Brooklyn teenager
juggles conflicting identities
and risks friendship,
heartbreak, and family in a
desperate search for
sexual identity.
A married couple is 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.
A family moves into a new
neighborhood, and a 10year-old named Laure
deliberately presents as a
boy named Mikhael to the
neighborhood children.
A chronicle of Martin
Luther King Jr.’s campaign
to secure equal voting
rights through an epic
march from Selma to
Montgomery, Alabama in
1965.
A factory worker discovers
that her workmates have
opted for a bonus in
exchange for her dismissal.
She has only a weekend to
to keep her job.
An Irish immigrant lands in
1950s Brooklyn, where she
quickly falls into a romance
with a local. When her past
catches up with her,
however, she must choose
between two countries and
the lives that exist within.
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France
USA
France
USA
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