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- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.THE UNITED STATES
Honorable mentions:
Schindler's List
Boogie Nights
Pulp Fiction
The Lady from Shanghai
Strangers in a Train
Magnolia
Before Sunrise
Memento
Taxi Driver
Sherlock Jr. - DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGösta EkmanEmil JanningsCamilla HornThe demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.GERMANY
Honorable mentions:
Wings of Desire
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Metropolis
Downfall
Spies
The Lives of Others
Destiny
Chinese Roulette
The Tin Drum - DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsTatsuya NakadaiMikijirô HiraKyôko KishidaA businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.JAPAN
Honorable mentions:
Ugetsu
Red Beard
Throne of Blood
Harikari
High and Low
Kuroneko
Ran
Yojimbo
Audition
The Boy and the Beast - DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsFrançois CluzetOmar SyAnne Le NyAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.FRANCE
Honorable mentions:
Last Tango in Paris
Elevator to the Gallows
La Belle et la Bete (1946)
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Blue is the Warmest Color
Le Silence de la Mer
La Haine
A Woman is a Woman
La Grande Illusion
Juels and Jim - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsIngrid BergmanLiv UllmannLena NymanA devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she was young.SWEDEN
Honorable mentions:
Scenes From a Marriage
Fanny and Alexander
Wild Strawberries
Smiles of a Summer Night
The Phantom Carriage
Persona
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Winter Light
A Woman's Face
Cries and Whispers - DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsMargarita TerekhovaFilipp YankovskiyIgnat DaniltsevA dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.RUSSIA
Honorable mentions:
Solaris
The Cranes are Flying
Stalker
Man With a Movie Camera
Ivan the Terrible Part I
Ivan's Childhood
Ivan the Terrible Part II
Ballad of a Soldier
Letter Never Sent - DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsJavier BardemBelén RuedaLola DueñasThe factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.SPAIN
Honorable mentions:
The Skin I Live In
Open Your Eyes
Talk To Her
Thesis
Julia's Eyes
Timecrimes
The Spirit of the Beehive - DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsCarmela SazioGar MooreWilliam TubbsAmerican military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.ITALY
Honorable mentions:
La Notte
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Black Sundat
The Confirmist
Bicycle Thieves
Cinema Paradiso
L'Avventura - DirectorJames MarshStarsEddie RedmayneFelicity JonesTom PriorStephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.ENGLAND
Honorable mentions:
The Imitation Game
Atonement
Secrets & Lies
The Red Shoes
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Naked - DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisPete PostlethwaiteAlison CrosbieAn Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.IRELAND
Honorable mentions:
The Crying Game
My Left Foot
Michael Collins
Hunger
The Boxer - DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsBrigitte LinTakeshi KaneshiroTony Leung Chiu-waiTwo melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.CHINA
Honorable mentions:
The Killer
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Hard Boiled
Kung Fu Hustle - DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLee Byung-hunChoi Min-sikJeon Gook-hwanA secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.South Korea
Honorable mentions:
Oldboy
The Attorney
The Handmaiden - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.MEXICO
Honorable mentions:
Chronos
Y Tu Mamá También - DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsIrène JacobWladyslaw KowalskiHalina GryglaszewskaTwo parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.POLAND
Honorable mentions:
Camera Buff
Three Colors: Blue - DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalAntoine Olivier PilonSuzanne ClémentA widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.CANADA
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I Killed My Mother - DirectorNeil ArmfieldStarsHeath LedgerAbbie CornishGeoffrey RushA poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.AUSTRALIA
Honorable mentions: - DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeShailen MukherjeeThe lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.INDIA
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The Stranger - DirectorSeverin FialaVeronika FranzStarsLukas SchwarzElias SchwarzSusanne WuestTwin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.AUSTRIA
Honorable mentions: - DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenAnnika WedderkoppA teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.DENMARK
Honorable mentions: - DirectorMikhail KalatozovStarsSergio CorrieriSalvador WoodJosé GallardoFour vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.CUBA
Honorable mentions: - DirectorLucía PuenzoStarsAlex BrendemühlDiego PerettiGuillermo PfeningThe story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.ARGENTINA
Honorable mentions: - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.IRAN
Honorable mentions: - DirectorEdward YangStarsChin TsaiHsiao-Hsien HouI-Chen KoLung is a former member of the national Little League team who lives with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a traditional family woman. Although they live together, Ah-chin is weary of Lung's past liaison with another girl.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsShahab HosseiniTaraneh AlidoostiMina SadatiWhile Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.