Best festival movies

Triangle of Sadness

Gender Roles • Island Survival • Ambiguous • Social Class Clash • Influencers • Triangle Of Sadness

2022 • Movie • GR, MX, DK, SE, US, FR, GB, DE, TR

The Square

Museum Staff • Stockholm • Art World Critique • Denmark • Sydney Film Festival

2017 • Movie • FR, US, DE, SE, DK

Quo vadis, Aida?

Un Camp • Family Separation • Ratko Mladic • Handheld Camera • Where Are You Going, Aida? • Low-Budget

2021 • Movie • PL, TR, AT, NO, FR, NL, ME, DE, RO, BA

Volver

Murder Of Paco • Almagro • Family Revelation • Slow-Paced • Mid-Budget • Thoughtful

2006 • Movie • US, ES

Flee

Identity Secrecy • Refugee • Soviet-Afghan War • Biographical • Toronto

2021 • Movie • IT, SE, US, NO, ES, FR, EE, FI, GB, SI, DK

Cold War

Post-World War Ii • Composer • Personal Freedom • Cold War Era • European Film Awards • Oscar Nominations

2018 • Movie • GB, FR, PL

Gomorrah

Scampia • Families • Neapolitan Suburbs • Original Score • Gangsters • Award-Winning

2008 • Movie • IT

Close

Friendship Rupture • Leo • 2020S • Remy • Award-Winning • Teen Boys

2022 • Movie • NL, FR, BE

Toni Erdmann

Globalization • Public Park • Alienation • Costume • Costumed Confrontation • Thoughtful

2016 • Movie • FR, CH, DE, AT, BE, RO

Talk to Her

Spain • Reconciliation • Moral Ambiguity • Nonlinear • Drama Lovers • Academy Award Best Original Screenplay

2002 • Movie • US, ES

The White Ribbon

Netzow • Moral Corruption • Disquiet • Minimalist Score • Evil Roots • Village Doctor

2009 • Movie • DE, CA, FR, AT, IT

Melancholia

Contemporary • 2011 • Leo • Rotten Tomatoes 79% • Slow-Motion • Orchestral

2011 • Movie • DE, FR, SE, DK

EO

Donkey • Ambiguous • Tragic • Independent • Urban Chaos • Long Takes

2022 • Movie • IT, PL

The Man Without a Past

Poor Neighbors • Urban Finland • Nameless Man • Independent Film • Memory Loss • Helsinki

2002 • Movie • DE, FR, FI

Head-On

Immigration Issues • Turkish-German • Early 2000S • Episodic • Faith • Critically Acclaimed

2004 • Movie • DE, TR

The Great Beauty

Socialite • Existential Crisis • Urban Landscape • Jep Gambardella • European Cinema • High-Budget

2013 • Movie • IT, FR

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Artistic Secrecy • Brittany • Bittersweet • 95 Metacritic • Female Friendship • Castle

2019 • Movie • FR

Un prophète

Ambiguous • Marseille • Hopeful • Handheld • Natural Lighting • Adults

2009 • Movie • IT, FR

Amélie

Self-Discovery • Romantic Pursuit • Helping Others • Kindness • Romance With Nino • Visual Storytelling

2001 • Movie • DE, FR

Drunk - Another Round

Marital Issues • Post-2020 • Drunken Night • Intimate • Alcohol Experiment • Contemporary

2020 • Movie • NL, SE, DK

The Lobster

County Kerry • Finding A Partner • Dublin • Absurdist Cinema • Thought-Provoking • Singletons

2015 • Movie • GR, IE, FR, GB, NL

Corsage

Affair Rumors • Royal Court • Fictive Ending • Luxembourg • Italy • Historical Drama

2022 • Movie • DE, FR, LU, AT

Girl

Resolute • Family Home • Hormone Therapy • Queer Palm • Contemporary

2018 • Movie • NL, BE

The Lives of Others

Playwright • Gdr • Agent • Cold War • 1984 • Stasi Officer

2006 • Movie • DE, FR

Titane

Birth • Urban Environments • Final Death • Fragmented • Critically Successful • Cult Following

2021 • Movie • FR, BE

Alcarràs

Catalonia • Harvest Season • Solar Panel Plans • Modern • Feature-Length • Bittersweet

2022 • Movie • ES

Les Misérables

Police Officers • Urban France • Paris Suburbs • Urgent • Award-Winning • 2018 Fifa World Cup

2019 • Movie • FR

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

World War Ii • Final Speech • Holocaust • Gestapo Investigator • Hans Scholl • Courage

2005 • Movie • DE

The English Patient

Death • Love Triangle • War Espionage • Slow-Paced • History Enthusiasts • Period Music

1996 • Movie • US, GB

The Queen

Queen Elizabeth Ii • Monarchy Adapts • London • Orchestral • Balmoral Castle • Media Controversy

2006 • Movie • IT, FR, GB, US