A stylish and profound silent film from Yasujiro Ozu — director of Tokyo Story and Late Spring — Dragnet Girl stands alone in the gangster (yakuza) genre.
True to Ozu, the film is intimately focused on family and the interpersonal relationships between career hardened criminal Joji, his jealous girlfriend, and an innocent shop girl who gets pulled into his world.
Read MoreKiyoshi Kurosawa breaks the mold of serial killer movies with an engrossing thriller that takes you inside the psyche of society.
When police uncover a series of murders, committed by different people using the same strange method, a gloomy detective takes on the descent into the killers’ madness while managing his wife’s own mental stability.
Eerie and masterful, Bong Jon-ho (director of Parasite) lists it as one of his all-time favorite films.
Read MoreMiranda July’s new offbeat family drama stars Evan Rachel Wood as the child of criminal parents whose world is turned upside down by a newly recruited partner in crime (Gina Rodriguez). A critically acclaimed Sundance choice, this film’s got heart and humor.
Read MoreHell, any of them could have done it.
Read MoreBong Joon-ho (Parasite) wrote and directed this fantastic crime thriller based on the real story of Korea’s first known serial killer. It’s widely considered one of the best films to ever come out of Korea and has been a longtime fav of our staff!
Read MoreCan two strangers get away with murder? If you’re a charming psychopath striking up a conversation on a…
Read MoreHitchcock’s 1934 original (which he later remade in 1956) casts an ordinary British couple on vacation when they suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue and attempted political assassination.
Read MoreThis early Wong Kar-wai film shows his developing directorial style and follows Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls’ hearts, who tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn’t his mother.
Read MoreThis early Wong Kar-wai film shows his developing directorial style and follows a disillusioned young man through 1960s Hong Kong. Starring Maggie Cheung and Andy Lau.
Read MoreMiyazaki’s directorial debut stars master of disguise and deduction, inventor of all sorts of gadgets, and gentleman thief Lupin III — a character from the popular Monkey Punch manga. Miyazaki brings his magic to this staple character of anime and comics. (1979)
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