Wong Kar-wai - 2046 (2004)

A melancholic writer navigates love, longing, and memory against the backdrop of a futuristic dystopia.IMDB

Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

An introspective portrayal of Jesus grappling with his humanity, divinity, and ultimate sacrifice.IMDB

Fred Zinnemann - A Man for All Seasons (1966)

A principled Sir Thomas More defies King Henry VIII over his divorce, standing firm in his moral convictions.IMDB

Ingmar Bergman - Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal) (1957)

A knight challenges death to a game of chess. The movie explores the themes of life, death, suffering and religion.IMDB

Tung-Shing Yee - San bat liu ching (C'est la vie, mon chéri) (1993)

A struggling Jazz musician meets a "Glass-half-full" girl. Romance ensues. The tragic part? The girl has cancer.IMDB

Takeshi Kitano - Hana-bi (Fireworks) (1997)

A cop sees one of his friends killed in an encounter and other left paralyzed, resigns from the force, robs a bank, and goes on a trip with his dying wife.
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Takeshi Kitano - Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi (A Scene at the Sea) (1991)

A deaf/mute guy develops a passion for surfing after finding a broken surf board. Determined to learn surfing and supported by his also deaf/mute girlfriend, he is able to overcome the challenges and manages to finish at a respectable position in a local surfing contest.Lovely movie, fills one with…

Michael Haneke - La pianiste (The Piano Teacher) (2001)

A boys falls in love with a piano teacher with some questionable indulgences.What exactly does the movie want to convey? Who knows. Brilliant acting though.

Kar-Wai Wong - Fa yeung nin wah (In the Mood for Love) (2000)

2 neighbors try to cope with their respective spouse's infidelity by finding solace in each other.

Yasuzô Masumura - Aozora musume (The Blue Sky Maiden) (1957)

A village girl is told by her dying grandmother, that she is a lovechild of a wealthy businessman and his secretary. She then goes to Tokyo to meet her father and find her mother.

Jûzô Itami - Sûpâ no onna (Supermarket Woman) (1996)

A supermarket store Honest Goro, faces competition from rival store Bargain Galore. Same time the owner Goro, meets a old classmate of his, Hanako. Impressed by her understanding on how a supermarket business should be run, he decides to hire her. Hanako then brings in changes that are well receive…

Yasujiro Ozu - Higanbana (Equinox Flower) (1958)

Yasujiro Ozu's first colored movie. Equinox Flower is about a father who doesn't agree with his daughter's choice of husband.Ozu's movies don't show any major events in the story. Here for example, the entire movie revolves around the daughter's wedding, yet the wedding is n…

Yasujiro Ozu - Tôkyô boshoku (Tokyo Twilight) (1957)

Yasujiro Ozu's movies usually tell stories of the lives of ordinary people. Tokyo Twilight is a rather depressing story of one such family. Three people, a father and his 2 daughters. The daughters learn about the existence of their mother who left them when they were kids. This is Ozu's la…