Happy End (
2017) | IMDb:
6.6
A well-to-do French family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks and crises while paying little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps within a few miles of their home.
Starring:
Isabelle Huppert
,
Jean-Louis Trintignant
,
Mathieu Kassovitz
,
Fantine Harduin
,
Franz Rogowski
,
Laura Verlinden
Amour (
2012) | IMDb:
7.9
Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Starring:
Jean-Louis Trintignant
,
Emmanuelle Riva
,
Isabelle Huppert
,
Alexandre Tharaud
,
William Shimell
,
Ramon Agirre
The White Ribbon (
2009) | IMDb:
7.8
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
Starring:
Christian Friedel
,
Ernst Jacobi
,
Burghart Klaußner
,
Steffi Kühnert
,
Maria Dragus
,
Susanne Lothar
Directed by:
Michael Haneke
Caché (
2005) | IMDb:
7.3
George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.
Starring:
Daniel Auteuil
,
Juliette Binoche
,
Annie Girardot
,
Bernard Le Coq
,
Daniel Duval
,
Maurice Bénichou
Time of the Wolf (
2003) | IMDb:
6.5
When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.
Starring:
Isabelle Huppert
,
Patrice Chéreau
,
Brigitte Roüan
,
Daniel Duval
,
Béatrice Dalle
,
Anaïs Demoustier
Directed by:
Michael Haneke
Pan Tadeusz (
1999) | IMDb:
6.1
A grand and patriotic tale of Poland's struggle for freedom just before Napoleon's war with Russia. Written in poetic style by Adam Mickiewicz, this story follows two feuding Polish families as they overcome their old conflicts and petty lives. However, they are able to unite as one with their patriotic and rebellious efforts to free the country they deeply love from Russian control.
Starring:
Bogusław Linda
,
Daniel Olbrychski
,
Grażyna Szapołowska
,
Andrzej Seweryn
,
Michal Zebrowski
,
Marek Kondrat
Directed by:
Andrzej Wajda