Sunday Bloody Sunday
A man and a woman vying for a man — with brilliant Finch and Glenda Jackson.
Dead Calm
Advice. When grief-stricken, invite no strangers to board your boat or...
L’Auberge Espagnole
Put a bunch of students in a Barcelona apartment and you get EU comedy central.
Defense of the Realm
Once upon a time, the UK had a bad feeling about nukes. No longer.
Vajont
Renzo Martinelli's wobbly story about an Italian damn that cracked.
La Fille sur le Pont (The Girl on the Bridge)
Patrice Leconte's wondrous fantasy is its own best freak show.
La Dolce Vita
You can run but you can't hide, something the hardscrabble 50s taught Fellini.
Brazil
Any totalitarian state with DeNiro as a plumber can't be all bad.
Le Souffle aux Coeur (Murmur of the Heart)
Malle was rarely so tender and non-judgmental as in his "incest" movie.
The Elephant Man
John Hurt's performance as John Merrick is among the most moving of the postwar.
Breaking the Waves
Amazing Emily Watson dies two dozen times just to make Lars happy.