drama Sand Storm 8th April 20218th April 2021 "Do you ever open your eyes to what's around you?" ★★★ Written and directed by Elite Zexter, the Israeli drama Sand Storm (2016) focuses on the tension between the members…
drama An Elephant Sitting Still 2nd March 202114th March 2021 "You can go wherever you want. However, you'll find nothing different." ★★★★★ Despite its extremely positive reviews from critics and the audience alike, Hu Bo's 2018 drama film An Elephant…
drama Corpus Christi 27th January 202113th March 2021 "You know what we're good at? Giving up on people" ★★★★ Jan Komasa's Corpus Christi (Polish: Boże Ciało) managed to outgrow the Polish borders in 2019, receiving many prestigious awards worldwide,…
drama I Am Kalam 11th January 202113th March 2021 "Do you believe that destiny makes a man, or his actions?" ★★★★ Nila Madhab Panda's Indian drama I Am Kalam (2010) was produced by the charity Smile Foundation, an NGO…
drama In The Name Of 16th December 202013th March 2021 "Every day we die and are reborn again" ★★★★★ Małgorzata Szumowska's 2013 Polish drama film In The Name Of (Polish: W Imię) portrays the human soul with shocking tenderness. Priest…
drama Atlantics 7th December 202013th March 2021 "Some memories are omens" ★★★★★ In an interview with Netflix, director Mati Diop stated that she wanted to dedicate her supernatural romantic drama film Atlantics (French: Atlantique, 2019) to the…
drama The Salvation 30th November 202013th March 2021 "Never start a fight you can't win" ★★★★ There are very few twists one can subject a western film to these days. Doing so would require the contortion of an…
drama The Wife 13th November 202013th March 2021 "The public can't stomach bold prose from a woman" ★★★★★ The dazzling appeal of Björn L. Runge's drama film The Wife (2017) rests in Glenn Close's reflections on her character,…
drama Metamorphoses 2nd November 202013th March 2021 "Mouths are gateways to the soul" ★★★ Christophe Honoré's French romantic fantasy drama film Metamorphoses (2014) is an ambitious project that aims to envelop the massive and multifaceted magnum opus of…
drama Pity 26th October 202013th March 2021 "And then people stop pitying you. They get tired." ★★★★ After his debut film L in 2011, Greek director Babis Makridis’ second feature film explores the raw emotion of grief…
drama The Emperor of Paris 23rd October 202013th March 2021 "Serve your country or remain mediocre" ★★★★ Jean-François Richet's 2018 historical drama film The Emperor of Paris (French: L'Empereur de Paris) puts a modern spin on the tale of the…
drama Sleeping Beauty 9th October 202013th March 2021 "Some people fake their deaths. I'm faking my life." ★★★ Do not let the title of this Australian erotic drama film mislead you. Ten seconds into the trailer, you will…
drama The Wild Pear Tree 3rd October 202013th March 2021 "Who says free will is free? Even if it was, how could you trust it?" ★★★★★ Acclaimed Turkish film director Nuri Bilge Ceylan is not one to conform to the…
drama Taste of Cherry 27th September 202013th March 2021 "When you're unhappy, you hurt other people, too" ★★★★ Abbas Kiarostami’s drama film Taste of Cherry (Persian: Ta'm e guilass, 1997) managed to be one of the winners of the 1997 Palme…
drama Arctic 9th September 202013th March 2021 "Don't worry, they'll be here tomorrow , or the day after tomorrow; don't worry" ★★★★ It's no surprise that when discussing Joe Penna's Icelandic survival drama film Arctic (2018) with…
drama The Devil’s Mistress 24th August 202013th March 2021 "War is the most shameful thing on earth, whichever side one is on" ★★ To dub or not to dub? That is the question for the Czech film industry. Perhaps…
drama Alexandria: Again and Forever 7th August 202013th March 2021 "Suffering has its charms" ★★★★ Youssef Chahine's Egyptian drama film Alexandria Again and Forever (1989) is the third and final entry in a trilogy of films, presenting a look-back at…
drama Attitude Test 1st August 202012th March 2021 "Education is like an erection. When you have it, it shows." ★★ Augusto Matte and Fabrizio Copano's 2016 Chilean drama film Attitude Test (Spanish: Prueba de Actitud) seems like the…
drama Chicken with Plums 15th July 202012th March 2021 "Life is a breath, life is a sigh. It is this sigh that you must seize." ★★★★ Chicken with Plums (2011) is a lesser known drama film created by acclaimed directors…
drama Brides 8th July 202012th March 2021 "I am from a place I will never see again" ★★★★ Before the Greek Weird Wave of cinematographers took international audiences by storm in 2009, Pantelis Voulgaris’ romantic drama film Brides…
drama Cook Off 4th July 202012th March 2021 "We all encounter difficulties" ★★ Tomas Brickhill's 2017 Zimbabwean romantic drama film Cook Off defied all odds when it was picked up by Netflix. Unfortunately, its severe filming conditions make…
drama Wasp Network 22nd June 202012th March 2021 "It's important that you know the truth" ★★★ The 1990s are known for the dissolution of the Soviet Union (December 1991), the end of the Cold War (1947-1991), and the…
drama Loving Vincent 12th June 202012th March 2021 "You want to know so much about his death, but what do you know of his life?" ★★★★★ Loving Vincent (2017) is an experimental animated biographical drama film about the…
drama 4L 4th June 202012th March 2021 "We're not talking. I don't bother life, and she leaves me alone." ★★ The latest Spanish dramedy film featured on Netflix promises a life-changing road trip through the Sahara desert.…
drama Beats 2nd June 202012th March 2021 "This is Chicago. Both my brothers are dead and I'm standing here." ★★★★ With music-centered drama films like Step Up (2006) and High School Musical (2006) once at the heart…
drama Jungle 17th May 202012th March 2021 "The jungle shows us what we really are" ★★★★★ Jungle, Greg McLean's 2017 Australian biographical survival drama film, is based on the true story of Israeli adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg's 1981…
drama Ip Man 15th May 202012th March 2021 "The virtue of martial arts is benevolence" ★★★★★ Chinese action drama film Ip Man (2008), written by Edmond Wong, was meant to be the first of a successful film series…
drama Spinners 13th May 202012th March 2021 "I'm a demon" ★★★★ Erik L. Barnes' 2014 short film Spinners focuses on two teenagers, Jace (Timothée Chalamet) and Derek (Ify Nwadiwe), who work as sign spinners in a remote…
drama Handsome Devil 8th May 202012th March 2021 "If you spend your whole life being someone else, who is going to be you?" ★★★ John Butler's 2016 Irish comedy-drama film Handsome Devil focuseson Ned's (Fionn O'Shea) return to…
drama Like Father, Like Son 3rd May 202012th March 2021 "Can you really love a child without your blood?" ★★★★★ Childhood seems to be a recurring theme of exploration for Japanese director and screenwriter Hirokazu Kore-eda. In his multi-awarded Japanese…
