Without Memory

IMDB: 7.5/10

This documentary follows the life of a man who has a disability which prevents him from forming new memories. The vital importance of human memory is revealed through his daily interactions with his family and the filmmakers.

Ninjô kami fûsen (AKA: Humanity and Paper Balloons)

IMDB: 7.6/10

The lives of two slum neighbors, one of a happy-go-lucky gambler and the other of a poor ronin, converge when the two get involved with the affairs of a powerful samurai official and his gangsters.

Tôkyô kazoku (AKA: Tokyo Family)

IMDB: 7.5/10

In this update of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story", a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern-day Tokyo.

Qing chun ji (AKA: Sacrificed Youth)

IMDB: 7.4/10

A young girl from the city is sent out to work in a village of Dai people in China's cultural revolution. Here she learns to enjoy being young and gains a new outlook on life.

La Pointe-Courte (AKA: La Pointe Courte)

IMDB: 7.0/10

Follow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage.

La vie sur terre (AKA: Life on Earth)

IMDB: 6.8/10

In the last days of 1999, after a few shots of a French supermarket, abundant in food and color, we hear Dramane compose a letter home to his father in Mali whom he then visits in the village of Sokolo. He meets the lovely Nana, a...

Titicut Follies

IMDB: 7.7/10

Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness.

Amarcord

IMDB: 7.8/10

A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.