Cidade de Deus (AKA: City of God)

IMDB: 8.6/10

In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

Ba wang bie ji (AKA: Farewell My Concubine)

IMDB: 8.1/10

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (AKA: Castle in the Sky)

IMDB: 8.0/10

Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

IMDB: 8.7/10

In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.

Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec (AKA: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec)

IMDB: 6.3/10

An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.

Ye yan (AKA: The Banquet)

IMDB: 6.4/10

A loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

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.

Muyeong geom (AKA: Shadowless Sword)

IMDB: 6.4/10

So-ha, a deadly female warrior, is sent to find a exiled prince after the Killer Blade Army killed the royal family.