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.

Diarios de motocicleta (AKA: The Motorcycle Diaries)

IMDB: 7.7/10

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.

Nordwand (AKA: North Face)

IMDB: 7.4/10

A secretary at a Berlin newspaper in 1936 gets to write about two Alpinists, as she knows them well. She later gets to report on and photograph her friends' and other Alpinists' climbs of the dangerous Swiss Eiger north face.

The Silence of the Lambs

IMDB: 8.6/10

A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

Escape from Alcatraz

IMDB: 7.6/10

Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.

Awakenings

IMDB: 7.8/10

Dr. Sayer is a pioneering neurologist who wants to take a risk and give his patients who suffer from encephalitis a drug used for Parkinson's Disease. He tries it out on one man who miraculously wakes from his perpetual catatonic ...

El laberinto del fauno (AKA: Pan's Labyrinth)

IMDB: 8.2/10

In 1944 Spain, a girl is sent to live with her ruthless stepfather. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks.

Cube

IMDB: 7.1/10

A group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.