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Woman in the Dunes (1964)
砂の女
★ 8.5 8 ratings
Hiroshi Teshigahara actor: Eiji Okada / Kyôko Kishida …
other title: La donna di sabbia / Kvinden i sandet …
A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
To watch Oct. 17, 2026
Because: mum loved it
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Robot Dreams (2023)
Robot Dreams
★ 8.5 121 ratings
Pablo Berger actor: Ivan Labanda / Tito Trifol …
other title: Il mio amico Robot / Mon ami robot …
A lonely dog's friendship with his robot companion takes a sad turn when an unexpected malfunction forces him to abandon Robot at the beach. Will Dog ever meet Robot again?
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Arco (2025)
Arco
★ 7.3 18 ratings
Ugo Bienvenu actor: Alma Jodorowsky / Swann Arlaud …
other title: Arco - Un'amicizia per salvare il futuro
What if rainbows were actually time travelers flying across the sky? On his first flight through time, Arco (10) crash lands from the year 3000 into our near future. His fall is witnessed by a little girl, Iris, who helps him return home.
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Josep (2020)
Josep
Aurel actor: Sergi López / Alba Pujol …
other title: 조셉 / 何塞 …
February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing Franco's dictatorship, the French government's solution consists in confining the Spanish refugees in concentration camps where they have no other choice than to build their own shelters, feed off the horses which have carried them out of their country, and die by the hundred for lack of hygiene and water... In one of these camps, two men, separated by barbwire, will become friends. One is a guard, and the other is Josep Bartoli, a cartoonist who fights against the Franco regime.
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The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995)
The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space WikiData IMDb TMDB
Max Tash actor: Daniel Riordan / Ronald Francis Perlman …
other title: Les aventures de Captain Zoom / Captain Zoom
The forces of evil are attempting to recapture a human-inhabited Earth-like planet that has been liberated by rebels. The son of one of the rebel leaders, an electronic genius, searches the galaxy for a hero and finds Captain Zoom, star of a 1950s TV series. He is transported to the planet as its savior, which role he must play despite himself.
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Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
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René Cardona actor: José Elías Moreno / Carlos López Moctezuma …
other title: Korang la terrificante bestia umana / La horripilante bestia humana …
A surgeon transplants the heart of an ape into his ailing son with horrific results.
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The Vampire (1957)
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Fernando Méndez actor: Abel Salazar / Ariadna Welter …
other title: La stirpe dei vampiri / Vampiro …
A pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being infested by vampires, and she eventually begins to suspect that her remaining aunt and the mysterious next-door neighbor may be involved.
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The Exterminating Angel (1962)
El ángel exterminador
★ 8.0 5 ratings
Luis Buñuel Portolés actor: Silvia Pinal / Enrique Rambal …
other title: L'angelo sterminatore / O Anjo Exterminador …
A formal dinner party starts out normally enough, but after the bourgeois group retire to the host’s music room, they inexplicably find themselves unable to leave.
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Le Bal (1983)
Le bal
Ettore Scola actor: Étienne Guichard / Régis Bouquet …
other title: 舞厅 / Le bal …
In a French nightclub, choreographed song and dance routines are performed, rather than a streamlined narrative. They tell the story of Parisian culture and politics from the 1920s—1980s. A disparate, anachronistic series of characters, including an ordinary waiter, a Nazi collaborator, resistance fighters, and 1960s student protestors gather to celebrate and satirize 20th century France's icons, demons, and social changes.
To watch Oct. 10, 2026
Because: Multi-César-winning film, inc Best Music for Vladimir Cosma who also scored Diva (1981)
France 1980s
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Faust (1994)
Lekce Faust
Jan Švankmajer actor: Petr Čepek / Jan Kraus …
other title: La Leçon Faust / Fausto …
A very free adaptation of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", Goethe's "Faust" and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. A nondescript man is lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, where he finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.
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Shadow World (2016)
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Johan Grimonprez actor: Andrew Feinstein / David Leigh …
other title: Bag om den internationale våbenhandel / The Shadow World …
A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting a state of permanent war throughout the world, while they cynically asked for a lasting and universal peace.
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eXistenZ (1999)
eXistenZ
★ 7.0 14 ratings
David Cronenberg actor: Jennifer Jason Leigh / Jude Law …
other title: Existenz / ExistenZ …
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
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Peter Knife (1984)
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Alfonso Rosas Priego Jr. actor: Andrés García / Sergio Goyri …
other title: Pedro Navaja / Pedro Navalha
The story of the coolest, street-smart hustler ever to walk the streets of Mexico City, based on the international hit song. The police are after him, his rivals are after him, and all the while the most beautiful women of Mexico are in the cup of his hand.
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Bronco Bullfrog (1970)
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Barney Platts-Mills actor: Del Walker / Anne Gooding …
Del and his friends agree to take part in a robbery with a boy fresh from the borstal prison. When Del falls in love with Irene they decide to run away from their nagging parents — and the law.
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Take It or Leave It (1981)
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Dave Robinson actor: Suggs / Mark Bedford …
Take It or Leave It is an autobiographical account of the cult '80s British pop group Madness, with members of the group playing themselves, charting their rise from humble beginnings as pub band The Invaders to chart success and their first overseas tour. The film follows the ups and downs of individual members of the group, and features all of their early hits including The Prince, One Step Beyond, Baggy Trousers, and Night Boat to Cairo.
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My Man Godfrey (1936)
My Man Godfrey
Gregory La Cava actor: William Powell / Carole Lombard …
other title: L'impareggiabile Godfrey / Godfrey ordner alt …
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.