Black and White in Modern Day Movies
Shooting in Black & White is a dying art, but there are still some movies out there not afraid to use it and make it look brilliant, or give an Indie film that artistic grunge look. So here is a list of movies from 1970 and beyond that have benefitted from being shot in B&W.
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- StarsAndrew ScottDakota FanningJohnny FlynnA grifter named Ripley living in New York during the 1960s is hired by a wealthy man to bring his vagabond son home from Italy.I know it's not a movie, but Zaillian creates a unique black and white noir-ish thriller of the infamous fictional character, Ripley (top performance from Andrew Scott), with stylistic framing compositions and lighting reminiscent of a Caravaggio painting, plus a sinister tone that forces the viewer into the mind of a life grifter...
- DirectorDemetri MartinStarsRachael BeameAdam LowittRon LynchFrom his thoughts on aggressively scented trash bags to desk jobs in hell, Demetri Martin returns with a new stand-up special.Stand-up dry comedy with a difference, utilising the visual medium to perfection, and all in glorious black and white…
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneMark RuffaloWillem DafoeAn account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.Truly amazing black and white moments...
- DirectorBradley CooperStarsCarey MulliganBradley CooperMatt BomerThis love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.First half is a masterful work of black and white...
- DirectorYandy LaurensStarsRinggo Agus RahmanNirina ZubirAlex AbbadBagus, a screenwriter, reunites with his high school friend and crush, Hana, who is still grieving from the loss of her husband. He wants to convince her to fall in love once again, just like in the movies.A movie within a movie, within a movie! Something to that effect in this little B&W gem...
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsJaime VadellGloria MünchmeyerAlfredo CastroAfter living 250 years in this world, Augusto Pinochet, who is not dead but an aged vampire, decides to die once and for all.Larraín has come up with a creative tour-de-force cinematic style in black and white, about the horrendous tale of Augusto Pinochet (and even throwing in the other evil partner-in-crime, Margaret Thatcher), including the hypercritical church and other evil doers in this delicious biting dark satire of vampires and greed...
- DirectorIvan SenStarsSimon BakerRob CollinsNatasha Wanganeen'Limbo' follows the investigation of a twenty year-old outback cold case murder by jaded detective Travis Hurley.Ivan Sen creates a meditative black and white ambiguous thriller, very reminiscent of Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger and The Red Desert, with mystic landscape sounds of Coober Pedy and characters lost in vacant long shots of the outback desert...
- DirectorHilmar OddssonStarsÞröstur Leó GunnarssonKristbjörg KjeldHera HilmarThe death of Jon's mother forces him to take on a journey with her corpse in the backseat to fulfill her last wish. Bresnef the dog comes along and this trip will be the gamechanger Jon never dreamt of.A bleak road movie with a difference...
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsWill SmithBen FosterCharmaine BingwaA runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him.Interesting use of B&W with hints of color appearing in blood, fire and green plant life!
- DirectorMichael GiacchinoStarsGael García BernalLaura DonnellyHarriet Sansom HarrisFollows a lycanthrope superhero who fights evil using the abilities given to him by a curse brought on by his bloodline.Impressive directorial debut from music composer, Giacchino, who approaches visual storytelling like the magical music he creates, with every shot (note) synchronized with the character's emotions, all in splendorous black and white giving it a 1940s horror feel that reminds one of a Jacques Tourneur film...
- DirectorAndrew DominikStarsAna de ArmasLily FisherJulianne NicholsonThe story of American actress Marilyn Monroe, covering her love and professional lives.Director Dominik has proven to be an auteur of cinema with this fragmented visual essay on Marilyn Monroe's tormented soul, mixing stunning black and white with color...
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsJude HillLewis McAskieCaitríona BalfeA young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.Branagh weaves a humorous and heartfelt semi-autobiographical story about growing up in Belfast during the '69 upheaval - filled with family love and heartbreak, religious political division, and the joys of Hollywood movies - all told in a black and white that added an emotional depth...
- DirectorMike MillsStarsJoaquin PhoenixGaby HoffmannWoody NormanWhen his sister asks him to look after her son, a radio journalist embarks on a cross-country trip with his energetic nephew to show him life away from Los Angeles.Black and white magic occurs when there is the perfect ingredient of cast and story...
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsLucie ZhangMakita SambaNoémie MerlantÉmilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy - they're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.The lives of 13th District inhabitants cross paths as they first search for sexual fulfillment until love is the answer in this wonderful observation on modern urban living...
- DirectorJoel CoenStarsDenzel WashingtonFrances McDormandAlex HassellA Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power.We all know the story, so turn down the volume and be swept away by the nightmarish visual splendor, aided by the black and white cinematography and expressionist sets that are enhanced by the powerhouse performances...
- DirectorRebecca HallStarsTessa ThompsonRuth NeggaAndré Holland"Passing" follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities.Creative use of black and white photography in a 4:3 framing to tell to great effect this delicate period piece drama...
- DirectorSam LevinsonStarsJohn David WashingtonZendayaA director and his girlfriend's relationship is tested after they return home from his movie premiere and face each other's turmoil during one long night.Supreme dialogue delivered by the perfect two header cast, and the B&W photography is very effective...
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsGary OldmanAmanda SeyfriedLily Collins1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).Oldman is superb, and Fincher managers to capture the cinematic style of the greatest film ever in black and white...
- DirectorRadha BlankStarsRadha BlankPeter KimOswin BenjaminRadha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice.The perfect Black and White drama...
- DirectorLav DiazStarsJoel LamanganPiolo PascualShaina MagdayaoMadmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.Every Lav Diaz film is a black and white splendour...
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsRobert PattinsonWillem DafoeValeriia KaramanTwo lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.Something strange on the lighthouse rock with Dafoe and Pattinson playing into Eggers' madness...
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsNatalia de MolinaGreta FernándezSara CasasnovasIn 1901, Elisa Sanchez Loriga took on the identity of Mario Sánchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, Marcela Gracia Ibeas.A taboo love at the turn of the 20th century that met harsh challenges, told with tenderness and in effective black and white...
- DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsJoanna KuligTomasz KotBorys SzycIn the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.Another Pawlikowski black and white visual treat in 4:3 framing and an epic love story on a small scale...
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsYalitza AparicioMarina de TaviraDiego Cortina AutreyA year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.Another Cuarón visual treat that is simple but yet so effective...
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPiolo PascualShaina MagdayaoBituin EscalanteA young and fearless doctor opens a clinic for a poor community in a remote village of the Phillipines. However, she disappears without a trace. Her husband, a poet and teacher seeks the truth of her vanishing.
- DirectorTamas Yvan TopolanszkyStarsFerenc LengyelEvelin DobosDeclan HanniganAs America prepares to enter WW2, Hungarian film director Michael Curtiz grapples with political intervention and a dysfunctional relationship with his estranged daughter amid the troubled production of Casablanca in 1942.More about the hard-nose director and his turmoil during the production of Casablanca in this very stylised B&W curious piece...
- DirectorRainer SarnetStarsRea LestJörgen LiikArvo KukumägiIn a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.What better way to show the witchery of an Estonian village than in black and white...
- DirectorSally PotterStarsTimothy SpallKristin Scott ThomasPatricia ClarksonJanet hosts a party to celebrate her new promotion, but once the guests arrive, it becomes clear that not everything will be going down as smoothly as the red wine.Apart from the brilliant ending, this is a hit and miss theatrical piece maybe worthy of the cast, and very effective in bnw...
- DirectorPat CollinsStarsColm SeoigheMichael O'ChonfhlaolaMacdara Ó FáthartaBorn in a remote village on Ireland's west coast, Joe Heaney conquered the shyness of his youth to become one of his country's most revered traditional vocalists, as chronicled in this lyrical biopic.Somewhat tedious if you are not spellbound by the visual black and white splendor that delves into the heart and soul of the Irish seannós music via the life of singer Joe Heaney...
- DirectorCarlos AlgaraAlejandro Martinez-BeltranStarsOlga SeguraArcelia RamírezSofía GarzaA female Psychologist who has stopped practicing medicine, decides to take the case of Veronica de la Serna, a young woman whose previous therapist has mysteriously disappeared.Technically it is brilliant, and in B&W...
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsPierre NineyPaula BeerErnst StötznerIn the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.Ozon mixes B&W and color to great effect in telling this heartfelt melodrama with a political edge...
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPiolo PascualJohn Lloyd CruzHazel OrencioThe search for the body of Andres Bonifacio.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsCharo Santos-ConcioJohn Lloyd CruzMichael De MesaAfter 30 years of wrongful imprisonment, a woman plans to take revenge on her former lover.
- DirectorRyan BalasStarsDee HerlihyAudrey KovárRyan BalasA photographer meets a model and the two women proceeds to spend the weekend having sex.Very effective use of B&W in this art indie film of the deep and sexy meaningful kind...
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsTeodor CorbanMihai ComanoiuToma CuzinSet in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
- DirectorMickey KeatingStarsLauren Ashley CarterSean YoungBrian MorvantA lonely girl's violent descent into madness.Saved by the eerie cinematography and nightmarish editing...
- DirectorCiro GuerraStarsNilbio TorresJan BijvoetAntonio BolívarThe story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.This would have been amazing in colour because of the locations, but it was more intense in black and white...
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPerry DizonRoeder CamanagHazel OrencioThe Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081 putting the entire country under Martial Law.
- DirectorAna Lily AmirpourStarsSheila VandArash MarandiMarshall ManeshIn the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.Nothing is cooler and hip than an Iranian Vampire on a skateboard in this twisted surreal and stylistic black and white tale...
- DirectorLav DiazStarsSid LuceroAngeli BayaniArchie AlemaniaAn embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced into a harsh prison sentence; a mother and her two children wander the countryside looking for some kind of redemption.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsBruce DernWill ForteJune SquibbAn aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.B&W works a treat in this recent production...
- DirectorAleksey GermanStarsLeonid YarmolnikAleksandr ChutkoYuriy TsuriloIn the distant future, a space traveler from Earth breaks a special law and interferes with the history of another, Medieval-like planet.At least the black and white photography made it worth the while...
- DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsAgata KuleszaAgata TrzebuchowskaDawid OgrodnikA novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.Brilliant use of black and white in a creative 4:3 frame, and the story itself is also unique without being melodramatic...
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsJulian BarrattPeter FerdinandoRichard GloverAmid the Civil War in 17th-century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.
- DirectorFernando TruebaStarsJean RochefortAida FolchClaudia CardinaleIn 1943, a sculptor is inspired by a young woman who has escaped from a refugee camp.Black and white naked beauty under the lush sunlight in the French countryside at the end of the war, as an elderly sculptor finds a muse in a Spanish refugee who seeks shelter in exchange for nude modeling…
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsGreta GerwigMickey SumnerAdam DriverA New York woman apprentices for a dance company and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as the possibility of realizing them dwindles.Adorable performances show us life on the go for those trying to make it in the big city...
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsWinona RyderCatherine O'HaraMartin ShortWhen a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.Very brave of Tim Burton to make a 3D animation in B&W.
- DirectorJan-Ole GersterStarsTom SchillingKatharina SchüttlerJustus von DohnányiAn aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.
- DirectorPablo BergerStarsMaribel VerdúEmilio GaviraDaniel Giménez CachoA twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.Wonderful storytelling in this modern silent film full of melodramatic fairytale elements and a heroine to cheer for...
- DirectorLav DiazStarsHazel OrencioKristine KintanaNoel Sto. DomingoIn a rural area, a father forces his daughter into prostitution. Somewhere else, two men embark on a quest for a buried treasure.
- DirectorMiguel GomesStarsTelmo ChurroMiguel GomesHortêncílio AquinaA restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor's maid to seek out a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner at the foothill of Mount Tabu in Africa.Effective black and white in the 4:3 frame...
- DirectorLav DiazStarsHazel OrencioSigrid Andrea BernardoEvelyn VargasA woman from the end of the 19th century visits modern day Philippines and observes three interwoven stories: that of a prostitute, a group of criminals and a musician.
- DirectorSean BranneyStarsStephen BlackehartAutumn WendelP.J. KingBased on the H. P. Lovecraft story of the same name, a folklorist investigates reports of unusual creatures in Vermont only to uncover more than he bargained for
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsJason PatricIsabella RosselliniUdo KierGangster and deadbeat dad Ulysses Pick embarks on an unusual journey through his home.
- DirectorMichael PolishStarsMark PolishStana KaticJean-Claude ThibautAn American photographer runs into an old flame while on assignment in Paris.A past relationship reunites accidently in France creating a passionate and heartfelt torrid love affair in glorious black and white...
- DirectorAlex Ross PerryStarsCarlen AltmanBob ByingtonKate Lyn SheilWhen a brother accompanies his estranged sister on a road trip, they rediscover how obnoxious they are together - and how much they might need each other.Very grainy black and white comedy road movie shot on 16mm...
- DirectorBertrand MandicoStarsElina LöwensohnThierry BenoitonJacques MalnouA fantasized portrayal of Polish auteur Walerian Borowczyk: Boro in the Box discovers a cruel and obscene world. He experiences banal yet colorful adventures, caressing erotic birds and organic cameras in a phantasmagorical Alphabet.Mandico's surreal creative style works a treat on telling the life story of controversial Polish filmmaker, Walerian Borowczyk, and in brilliant use of B&W...
- DirectorMichel HazanaviciusStarsJean DujardinBérénice BejoJohn GoodmanWhen George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.Not only was it in B&W, but it was also silent and not in the WS format.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPerry DizonAngel AquinoBart GuingonaAn artist struggles to finish his work. A storyline about a cult plays in his head. Fundamentalism will destroy the world. The artist destroys his muse in the process. He redeems her in the end.
- DirectorBéla TarrÁgnes HranitzkyStarsJános DerzsiErika BókMihály KormosA rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.Among the bleakness there is a tinge of black and white beauty that is hard to see through the misery of it all...
- DirectorChuan LuStarsYe LiuWei FanHideo NakaizumiIn 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone.
- DirectorAdolfo Alix Jr.Raya MartinStarsPiolo PascualRosanna RocesJay ManaloA tribute to filmmakers and National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.A somewhat tribute to legendary Filipino filmmakers...
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsChristian FriedelErnst JacobiLeonie BeneschStrange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?Haneke takes us to another dark corner of the world...
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsVincent GalloAlden EhrenreichMaribel VerdúBennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.
- DirectorLarry BlamireStarsJim BeaverJennifer BlaireLarry BlamireIn the 1930s the family of old Sinas Cavinder, gathered for the reading of his will, find themselves being murdered by a mysterious phantom while two rival reporters compete for the story.
- DirectorEsteban SapirStarsAlejandro UrdapilletaValeria BertuccelliJulieta CardinaliThis near-silent black and white film from Argentina tells the story of a city that has lost its voice, stolen by Mr. TV, and the attempts of a small family to win the voice back. Similar in design to early German expressionist films.An artful surreal tale that is creative in its black and white madness, and plenty to say about controlling the airwaves…
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsSam RileySamantha MortonCraig ParkinsonA profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to die by suicide at the age of 23.Music kills the musician, and B&W really shows the dark state of mind...
- DirectorBlutchCharles BurnsMarie CaillouStarsAure AtikaGuillaume DepardieuNicole GarciaSeveral scary black-and-white animated segments in different styles appeal to our fear(s) of the dark.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsChristian BaleCate BlanchettHeath LedgerRuminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.Plenty of various Bobs to keep one interested...
- DirectorSebastián SilvaStarsGabriel DíazDiego MuñozClaudia CeledónA man is depressed by the death of his brother and his life changes when he meets an eccentric young man, whose favorite subject is death.Low budget black and white Chilean dark comedy on the fascination of death and attempting to get on with life...
- DirectorTom MatteraDavid MazzoniStarsLouis MorabitoMiles WilliamsKaren PeakesJack is a loner confined to a workbench in the back of an antique shop. When a mysterious woman presents him with a broken antique clock that is not to be fixed, unexplainable events begin to occur. After finding Albert Einstein's journal on his still unsolved Unified Field Theory, Jack becomes obsessed with analyzing time and theorizing its connection to his supernatural experiences, his surreal dreams, and his perception of reality, only to lead to the discovery of the biggest mystery of all - himself.
- DirectorVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveGena RowlandsA precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.A very creative black & white way to learn about the true people of Iran, and in animation form as well...
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyCate BlanchettTobey MaguireWhile in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation that involves his former mistress and his driver.How can you go past a team like this...
- DirectorJames Felix McKenneyStarsChristine SpencerAngus ScrimmBrenda CooneyA low-tech FX film about the horrors of war and robots.
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsRie RasmussenJamel DebbouzeGilbert MelkiA beautiful woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together.Interesting for Besson to shoot this French fantasy farce in b&W, but it was effective...
- DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsDavid StrathairnGeorge ClooneyPatricia ClarksonBroadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
- DirectorPeter TscherkasskyStarsClint EastwoodLee Van CleefEli WallachAn attempt to transform a Roman Western into a Greek tragedy.Giving a classic western a new experimental life in black and white...
- DirectorAndrew BujalskiStarsJustin RiceRachel CliftAndrew BujalskiAlan is a musician who leaves a busted-up band for New York, and a new musical voyage. He tries to stay focused and fends off all manner of distractions, including the attraction to his good friend's girlfriend.
- DirectorMary HarronStarsGretchen MolLili TaylorChris BauerThe life of Bettie Page, a 1950s pin-up model and one of the first sex icons in America, who became the target of a Senate investigation because of her risqué bondage photos.
- DirectorFrank MillerQuentin TarantinoRobert RodriguezStarsMickey RourkeClive OwenBruce WillisAn exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsBill MurrayTom WaitsRoberto BenigniA series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.
- DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsAsuka KurosawaYûji KôtariShin'ya TsukamotoA woman is being stalked by a stranger. His stalking turns to blackmail when he sends her copies of photos of her in an embarrassing position. Now he controls her and she has to do anything he says. Anything.Black and white to a surreal perfection...
- DirectorDamien OdoulStarsPierre-Louis BonnetblancDominique ChevalierMaxime DalbrutDavid is a teenager like any other. His world is filled with loud music and imaginary encounters. His mother away and his father nowhere to be found, David is forced to stay on his uncle's farm, where life lacks the excitement he craves.
- DirectorJoel CoenStarsBilly Bob ThorntonFrances McDormandMichael BadaluccoA laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.
- DirectorCory McAbeeStarsCory McAbeeRocco SistoGregory Russell CookSamuel Curtis, an interplanetary trader, sets forth through a rustic and remote solar system, unaware that his old friend Professor Hess is trying to kill him.
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsVanessa ParadisDaniel AuteuilFrédéric PflugerOne night, a fading entertainer intervenes when a woman contemplates suicide, beginning a strange, unpredictable relationship.
- DirectorTony KayeStarsEdward NortonEdward FurlongBeverly D'AngeloLiving a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsJeremy TheobaldAlex HawLucy RussellA young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsSean GulletteMark MargolisBen ShenkmanA paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
- DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsShin'ya TsukamotoKirina ManoTatsuya NakamuraA man sees his life changed forever when his fiancee shoots herself. Baffled, he wants by all means to obtain such a weapon of destruction and he finds himself caught in the middle of a violent group of young vicious punks. They first beat him severely and then he seeks revenge with his fist, then with a gun. Everything from then on is a complete downward spiral.
- DirectorDavid RikerStarsAnthony RiveraJoseph RiganoMiguel MaldonadoThe stories of four Hispanic immigrants living in New York City.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsKenneth BranaghJudy DavisLeonardo DiCaprioThe fortunes of a husband and wife differ drastically after they divorce.
- DirectorShane MeadowsStarsBob HoskinsDanny NussbaumTobyIn a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and into doing something they can believe in: Boxing. Soon he opens a training facility which is accepted gratefully by them and the gangs start to grow together into friends. Darcy manages to organize a public fight for them to prove what they have learned. A training camp with hiking tours into the mountains of Wales forge the group into a tight-knit club society. With the day of the fight drawing closer, the young boxers get more and more excited.
- DirectorMatthew GissingMalcolm IngramStarsJason LeeRenée HumphreyJason MewesA young man, with the help of his unsuspecting roommates, hikes through the Canadian wilderness in search of Sasquatch.
- DirectorLeon IchasoStarsRené LavanMayte VilánMiguel GutiérrezGustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague. But his faith in the new Cuba is tested: his father, a psychiatrist, can make four times as much playing piano at a hotel for foreigners; his sweetheart, Yolanda, wants a career as a dancer and longs for the riches of Miami; his younger brother Bobby simply wants to play rock music, and as a result is in constant trouble with the authorities. When Bobby takes a shocking step of revolt and Gustavo is refused service at a foreigners-only bar, the contradictions in his resolve to become a "new man" push him to the breaking point.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohnny DeppGary FarmerCrispin GloverOn the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
- DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsVincent CasselHubert KoundéSaïd Taghmaoui24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsMichael MaloneyRichard BriersHetta CharnleyA group of theatre actors plays "Hamlet" in a provincial village, faced with their own temptations, disappointments, and joys.
- DirectorStephen QuayTimothy QuayWeiser QuayStarsMark RylanceAlice KrigeGottfried JohnA young man goes to a school for servants run by a brother and sister. In the dreamlike and surreal world that he enters, how will his presence impact the people there and possibly even the school itself?
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsLili TaylorChristopher WalkenAnnabella SciorraA New York philosophy grad student turns into a vampire after getting bitten by one, and then tries to come to terms with her new lifestyle and frequent craving for human blood.