Joyeux Noel (
2005) | IMDb:
7.7
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…
Silentium (
2004) | IMDb:
7.5
A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.
Starring:
Josef Hader
,
Simon Schwarz
,
Joachim Król
,
Maria Köstlinger
,
Udo Samel
,
Jürgen Tarrach
Directed by:
Wolfgang Murnberger
Before the Fall (
2004) | IMDb:
7.4
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column,Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
Starring:
Max Riemelt
,
Tom Schilling
,
Devid Striesow
,
Joachim Bißmeier
,
Justus von Dohnányi
,
Michael Schenk
Directed by:
Dennis Gansel
Sunshine (
1999) | IMDb:
7.5
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Starring:
Ralph Fiennes
,
Rosemary Harris
,
Rachel Weisz
,
Jennifer Ehle
,
Deborah Kara Unger
,
William Hurt