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The Wages of Fear
1953 film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Day of the Jackal
1973 film by Fred Zinnemann
Urban Legend
1998 film by Jamie Blanks
It Was Just an Accident
2025 film directed by Jafar Panahi
Cosmopolis
2012 film directed by David Cronenberg
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000 film by John Ottman
Subway
1985 film directed by Luc Besson
Les Misérables
2019 film directed by Ladj Ly
Blood and Black Lace
1964 film by Mario Bava
Sirāt
Sirāt is a 2025 drama road film directed by Óliver Laxe and co-written by Santiago Fillol and Laxe. It follows a father (Sergi López) in search of his missing daughter along with his son and a group of ravers in the deserts of southern Morocco.
Web of Passion
1959 French-Italiyn film by Claude Chabrol, Philippe de Broca
Stranger by the Lake
2013 film by Alain Guiraudie
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014 film by Gregg Araki
The Vanishing
1988 film by George Sluizer
The Beasts
2022 film directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Empire of the Wolves
2005 film directed by Chris Nahon
The Translators
2020 film directed by Régis Roinsard
Cold Sweat
1970 film directed by Terence Young
Desierto
Desierto is a 2015 thriller film co-written and directed by Jonás Cuarón. It was produced by Cuarón together with his father Alfonso and his uncle Carlos, and distributed by STXfilms. The film stars Gael García Bernal (also executive producer) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for Special Presentations, and was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominate
The Sleeping Car Murders
1965 film by Costa-Gavras
The German Doctor
2013 film by Lucía Puenzo
The Medusa Touch
1978 film by Jack Gold
Catch a Fire
2006 film by Phillip Noyce
Marlowe
2022 film directed by Neil Jordan
Paradise Lost
2014 film
Barocco
Barocco is a 1976 French romantic thriller film, directed by André Téchiné. The film stars Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu and Marie-France Pisier. Identity, redemption and resurrection are the themes of the film. The plot follows a young woman who convinces her boxer boyfriend to accept a bribe to tell a lie that discredits a local politician. When the boyfriend is murdered, she is racked with guilt until she meets the killer and plans to remake him into the image of her slain lover. The film won three César Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Cinematography and Best Music. The
Magical Girl
2014 film directed by Carlos Vermut
The Room
2019 film directed by Christian Volckman
The Ax
2005 film directed by Costa-Gavras
The Monk
2011 film by Dominik Moll
I.T.
2016 film by John Moore
Stars at Noon
2022 film directed by Claire Denis
Club Zero
2023 film directed by Jessica Hausner
Just Before Nightfall
1971 film by Claude Chabrol
The Two Faces of January
2014 film by Hossein Amini
Michel Vaillant
2003 film by Louis-Pascal Couvelaire
Lemming
2005 film by Dominik Moll
Thérèse Raquin
1953 film by Marcel Carné
Without Apparent Motive
1971 film by Philippe Labro
The Champagne Murders
1967 film directed by Claude Chabrol
Col cuore in gola
1967 film by Tinto Brass
Anima persa
1977 film by Dino Risi
Misericordia
2024 film by Alain Guiraudie
This Sweet Sickness
1977 film by Claude Miller
Cosmos
2015 film directed by Andrzej Żuławski
La Chair de l'orchidée
1975 film by Patrice Chéreau
Salt and Fire
2016 film by Werner Herzog
Dancing Machine
1990 film by Gilles Béhat
Last Known Address
1970 film by José Giovanni
The Wages of Fear
2024 film directed by Julien Leclercq
Pioneer
2013 film directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg
The Convent
1995 film by Manoel de Oliveira
Julia
2008 film directed by Erick Zonca
School's Out
2018 French film
Disorder
2015 film by Alice Winocour
The Mad Woman's Ball
2021 film by Mélanie Laurent
Agent trouble
1987 film by Jean-Pierre Mocky
Sept morts sur ordonnance
1975 film by Jacques Rouffio
Bruiser
2000 film by George A. Romero
Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978 film by Jacques Deray