Melancholia (
2011) | IMDb:
7.1
Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth…
Starring:
Kirsten Dunst
,
Charlotte Gainsbourg
,
Kiefer Sutherland
,
Charlotte Rampling
,
John Hurt
,
Alexander Skarsgård
Antichrist (
2009) | IMDb:
6.5
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Mammoth (
2009) | IMDb:
6.8
While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the Philippines, the maid's family struggles to deal with her absence.
Starring:
Gael García Bernal
,
Michelle Williams
,
Marife Necesito
,
Sophie Nyweide
,
Tom McCarthy
,
Natthamonkarn Srinikornchot
Directed by:
Lukas Moodysson
Manderlay (
2005) | IMDb:
7.2
In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the farmers. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to influence the situation. But when harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economic reality of Manderlay.
Starring:
Bryce Dallas Howard
,
Isaach De Bankolé
,
Danny Glover
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Michaël Abiteboul
,
Lauren Bacall
Dogville (
2003) | IMDb:
8
When beautiful young Grace arrives in the isolated township of Dogville, the small community agrees to hide her from a gang of ruthless gangsters, and, in return, Grace agrees to do odd jobs for the townspeople.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman
,
Harriet Andersson
,
Lauren Bacall
,
Jean-Marc Barr
,
Paul Bettany
,
Blair Brown
Lilya 4-ever (
2002) | IMDb:
7.8
Lilya Michailova lives in poverty, dreaming of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her neglectful aunt. Desperate for money, Lilya starts working as a prostitute, and meets Andrei, who offers her a good job in Sweden. However, upon arrival, her life quickly enters a downward spiral.
Starring:
Oksana Akinshina
,
Artyom Bogucharsky
,
Lyubov Agapova
,
Liliya Shinkaryova
,
Elina Benenson
,
Pavel Ponomaryov
Dancer in the Dark (
2000) | IMDb:
7.9
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, escaping life's troubles – even if just for a moment – by dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
Breaking the Waves (
1996) | IMDb:
7.8
In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.
Starring:
Emily Watson
,
Stellan Skarsgård
,
Katrin Cartlidge
,
Jean-Marc Barr
,
Adrian Rawlins
,
Jonathan Hackett