Get Carter (1971) dir. Mike Hodges
Jack Carter, a London gangster, returns to his hometown of Newcastle for the funeral of his brother, in whose “accidental” death he suspects foul play. A classic British crime thriller,...Read more
2. Films by Decade
In the Mood for Love (2000) dir. Wong Kar-Wai
花樣年華: In 1960’s Hong Kong, two neighbors – a woman and a man – form a deep, platonic bond after suspecting that their spouses are having an affair with each...Read more
Missing (1982) dir. Costa-Gavras
During the Chilean military coup d’état of 1973, a young, leftist American writer disappears. His father arrives from the US in order to aid his daughter-in-law in finding him. A...Read more
A Short Film About Killing (1988) dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Krótki film o zabijaniu / Dekalog: Five: After a young lawyer successfully passes his bar examination, a brutal and motiveless murder is paralleled by a state execution of the death...Read more
Le Samouraï (1967) dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
A cool, methodical and lonely contract killer is driven into a corner by police after making an unusual mistake in his latest hit. Perhaps the most defining role of Alain...Read more
On the Waterfront (1954) dir. Elia Kazan
A dockworker and once-promising young boxer stands up against a corrupt union boss with an “iron fist” control over the docks. Based in part on a true story, details a...Read more
Damnation (1988) dir. Béla Tarr
Kárhozat: In an unnamed small town, a lonely and depressed man falls in love with a married bar singer. Through a series of long, elegantly composed black and white scenes,...Read more
Rocky (1976) dir. John G. Avildsen
A small-time club boxer from the slums of Philadelphia gets the chance of a lifetime – to fight the world heavyweight champion on national television. One of the greatest sports...Read more
High and Low (1963) dir. Akira Kurosawa
天国と地獄 / Tengoku to Jigoku: In the midst of a corporate war, a wealthy executive’s plans of taking over his company are put on hold after a kidnapper extorts him...Read more
Close-Up (1990) dir. Abbas Kiarostami
Nema-ye Nazdik: A young man cons his way into a wealthy family’s household by pretending to be a famous Iranian film director (Mohsen Makhmalbaf). Described as a “docufiction”, based entirely...Read more