Xi yan (AKA: The Wedding Banquet)

IMDB: 7.6/10

To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.

Tengoku to jigoku (AKA: High and Low)

IMDB: 8.4/10

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.

Bellissima

IMDB: 7.7/10

A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.

Holy Motors

IMDB: 7.0/10

A man boards a limousine to be driven to his day's work: nine mysterious "appointments."

Yi yi (AKA: Yi Yi)

IMDB: 8.1/10

Each member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.

Ikiru

IMDB: 8.3/10

A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.

Kiseki (AKA: I Wish)

IMDB: 7.3/10

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

8½

IMDB: 8.0/10

A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.