Best festival movies

Triangle of Sadness

Social Class Clash • Mediterranean Sea • Survivors • Satirical Allegory • Survival • Gender Roles

2022 • Movie • GR, MX, DK, SE, US, FR, GB, DE, TR

The Square

Ambiguous • Gothenburg • Public Scandal • Denmark • Art Curator • Controversial

2017 • Movie • FR, US, DE, SE, DK

Quo vadis, Aida?

Serbian Soldiers • No Consolation • Ratko Mladic • Aida (Mother, Translator) • Massacre • Universal Acclaim

2021 • Movie • PL, TR, AT, NO, FR, NL, ME, DE, RO, BA

Flee

Kasper • Reunion • Marriage • Refugee Crisis • Deliberate • Escape From Afghanistan

2021 • Movie • IT, SE, US, NO, ES, FR, EE, FI, GB, SI, DK

Cold War

Suicide Metaphor • Escape Attempt • East Berlin • Independent • Romance • Political Oppression

2018 • Movie • GB, FR, PL

Gomorrah

Drug Violence • Scampia • Tragic • Based On Non-Fiction Book • Grand Prix Cannes • Camorra War

2008 • Movie • IT

Close

Bittersweet • Parents • Social Ostracism • Eden Dambrine • Léa Drucker • Teen Boys

2022 • Movie • NL, FR, BE

Toni Erdmann

Romania • Winfried Conradi • Public Park • Disguise • Party Guests • Tony Erdmann

2016 • Movie • FR, CH, DE, AT, BE, RO

The White Ribbon

Moral Corruption • Oakwood • Netzow • Feature Film • Sharpened Images • Dreetz

2009 • Movie • DE, CA, FR, AT, IT

Talk to Her

Moral Ambiguity • Bullfighter • Hope • Journalist • Cucurrucucú Dove • Darío Grandinetti

2002 • Movie • US, ES

Melancholia

Michael • Wedding Chaos • Leo • Cannes Best Actress • Justine • Best Actress (Dunst)

2011 • Movie • DE, FR, SE, DK

EO

Social Critique • Urban Settings • Poland • Reflective • Circus Life • Sandra Drzymalska

2022 • Movie • IT, PL

The Man Without a Past

Urban Finland • Finding Community • Open-Ended • Oscar Nomination • Diegetic Music • Helsinki

2002 • Movie • DE, FR, FI

The Great Beauty

Hopeful • Renewal • Renewed Writing • Toronto • Giglio Island • High-Budget

2013 • Movie • IT, FR

Amélie

Loneliness • Paris • Late 1990S • Café Culture • Yann Tiersen • 89% Rotten Tomatoes

2001 • Movie • DE, FR

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Open-Ended • Portrait Painting • Artistic Secrecy • Intimate • France • Portrait Of A Lady On Fire

2019 • Movie • FR

Un prophète

French Prison • Modern-Day France • Maghrebi Inmate • Power • Long Runtime • Award-Winning

2009 • Movie • IT, FR

Corsage

France • Royal Court Life • Aging Beauty • Belgium • Franz Joseph

2022 • Movie • DE, FR, LU, AT

The Lobster

Escape • Finding A Partner • Dystopian Future • Festival Success • Thought-Provoking • Cannes Film Festival

2015 • Movie • GR, IE, FR, GB, NL

Drunk - Another Round

School • Increased Bac • Post-2020 • Alcohol Experiment • Celebration • Realistic

2020 • Movie • NL, SE, DK