Kaze tachinu (AKA: The Wind Rises)

IMDB: 7.8/10

Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.

Narcos

IMDB: 8.7/10

A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.

El secreto de sus ojos (AKA: The Secret in Their Eyes)

IMDB: 8.2/10

A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.

Counterpart

IMDB: 8.0/10

A cog in a bureaucratic agency discovers his agency is guarding a crossing to a parallel dimension.

Biutiful

IMDB: 7.4/10

A man dying of cancer tries his best to leave the world on his own terms.

The Game

IMDB: 6.4/10

New players offer a modern-day examination of Black culture through the prism of pro football, while trying to keep their souls as they play The Game.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

IMDB: 7.7/10

Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.

The Night Manager

IMDB: 8.0/10

The night manager of a Cairo hotel is recruited to infiltrate an arms dealer's inner circle.