Hana-bi (AKA: Fireworks)

IMDB: 7.7/10

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

Micro Monsters 3D

IMDB: 8.4/10

David Attenborough uses the latest 3D technology to bring to life the extreme and deadly unseen world of bugs.

Parashuram

IMDB: 7.6/10

A rural migrant comes to the city and shares a temporary shelter with an old beggar in an abandoned graveyard.

Yume to kyôki no ôkoku (AKA: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness)

IMDB: 7.7/10

Follows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.

Una vita difficile (AKA: A Difficult Life)

IMDB: 8.0/10

Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.

Enjô (AKA: Conflagration)

IMDB: 7.0/10

Follows Mizoguchi, an aspiring Buddhist monk who became involved in the temple that was owned by his father. Through a series of flashbacks, framed as a police interrogation, Mizoguchi unravels the story of his obsession with the ...

Das letzte Schweigen (AKA: The Silence)

IMDB: 7.0/10

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

Rabu hoteru (AKA: Love Hotel)

IMDB: 6.6/10

In a fit of despair, Muraki decides to kill himself and a prostitute he has picked up. However, he loses his nerve and doesn't go through with it. Two years later he runs into her again.