Foreign & Indie Movie Watch List

Here’s a rolling selection of modern films that I’m working through. Several of these titles are available to rent or buy online and some have yet to be released. I’ll update as I come across more titles. 

FILMS I WANT TO WATCH:

Beyond the Hills (2013) 
Dir. Cristian Mungiu
Romania

Museum Hours (2013) 
Dir. Jem Cohen
Austria, USA

Upstream Color (2013)
Dir. Shane Carruth
USA

The Wonders (2014) 
Dir. Alice Rohrwacher
Italy

Two Days, One Night (2014) 
Dir. Dardenne brothers
Belgium

Goodbye to Language (2014) 
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
France

Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) 
Dir. Olivier Assayas
France/Switzerland/Germany

Mommy (2014)
Dir. Xavier Dolan
Canada

Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
Dir. Diao Yinan
China

In Bloom (2014)
Dir. Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross
Georgia

Winter Sleep (2014)
Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Turkey

Leviathan (2014)
Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
Russia

Mistress America (2015)
Dir. Noah Baumbach
USA

Queen of the Desert (2015)
Dir. Werner Herzong
USA

Nobody Wants The Night (2015/2016)
Dir. Isabel Coixet
Spain

45 Years (2015)
Dir. Andrew Haigh
United Kingdom

Knight of Cups (2015)
Dir. Terrence Malick
USA

Wild Tales (2015)
Dir. Damian Szifron
Argentina, Spain

 

FILMS I HIGHLY RECOMMEND:

A Separation (2012)
Dir. Asghar Farhadi

The Kid with a Bike (2012)
Dir. Dardenne brothers

Amour (2012)
Dir. Michael Haneke

Frances Ha (2013)
Dir. Noah Baumbach

The Hunt (2013)
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg

The Past (2013)
Dir. Asghar Farhadi

Like Father Like Son (2014) 
Dir. Hirokazu Koreeda

Ida (2014)
Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski

Birdman (2014)
Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

FILMS THAT WERE PRETTY GOOD:

Mud (2013)
Dir. Jeff Nichols (VI)

Child’s Pose (2013)
Dir. Calin Peter Netzer

Under The Skin (2014)
Dir. Jonathan Glazer

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Dir. Wes Anderson

Manakamana (2014)
Dir. Stephanie Spray , Pacho Velez

Force Majeure (2014)
Dir. Ruben Östlund

Norte, The End Of History (2014)
Dir. Lav Diaz

Boyhood (2014)
Dir. Richard Linklater
USA

FILMS I DIDN’T CARE FOR:

Begin Again (2014)
Dir. John Carney

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014)
Dir. Josephine Decker