Sanshô dayû (AKA: Sansho the Bailiff)

IMDB: 8.4/10

In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

Mitt liv som hund (AKA: My Life as a Dog)

IMDB: 7.6/10

In the late '50s, young Ingemar learns a lot about life and himself when he is sent away from his sick mother to live with his aunt and uncle in a town full of eccentrics.

Berlin Alexanderplatz (1983)

IMDB: 8.4/10

In late-1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city's criminal underworld.

Gomgashtei dar Aragh (AKA: Marooned in Iraq)

IMDB: 7.4/10

During the war between Iran and Iraq, a group of Iranian Kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. They will try to find Hanareh, a singer with a magic voice who crossed the border and may now be in danger in the Ira...

Chung Hing sam lam (1996) (AKA: Chungking Express)

IMDB: 8.0/10

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (AKA: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis)

IMDB: 7.3/10

The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.

Da hong denglong gaogao gua (AKA: Raise the Red Lantern)

IMDB: 8.1/10

China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that ar...

Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (AKA: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse)

IMDB: 7.9/10

A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.