Filmreviews jan-aug 22
by imdbtoppling | created - 05 Aug 2022 | updated - 05 Aug 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Stone Turtle (2022)
91 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A time-traveling tale of a woman living in the Peninsular Malaysian east coast, who gets entangled with a man in a dangerous dance of duplicity and deception.
Director: Ming Jin Woo | Stars: Asmara Abigail, Bront Palarae, Amerul Affendi, Samara Kenzo
Votes: 104
2. Lost Illusions (2021)
149 min | Drama, Romance
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan
Votes: 6,357
3. Hatching (2022)
91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young gymnast, who tries desperately to please her demanding mother, discovers a strange egg. She hides it and keeps it warm, but when it hatches, what emerges shocks them all.
Director: Hanna Bergholm | Stars: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin
Votes: 15,196
4. Zero Fucks Given (2021)
115 min | Drama
Cassandre (Adèle Exarchopoulos) is disconnected from life after the death of her mother, spending her days working on a budget airline, and having meaningless relationships.
Directors: Julie Lecoustre, Emmanuel Marre | Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Alexandre Perrier, Mara Taquin, Arthur Egloff
Votes: 4,888
5. Petrov's Flu (2021)
Unrated | 145 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy and reality.
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: Semyon Serzin, Chulpan Khamatova, Vladislav Semiletkov, Yuri Kolokolnikov
Votes: 3,026
6. Utama (2022)
87 min | Drama
In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. During an uncommonly long drought, Virginio and Sisa face a dilemma: resist or be defeated by the environment and time itself.
Director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi | Stars: José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Candelaria Quispe, Placide Ali
Votes: 2,056
7. Something in the Dirt (2022)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Maverick filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead offer up a twisted reflection of our paranoid times in this inventive mix of buddy comedy and sci-fi thriller.
Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Stars: Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Sarah Adina Smith, Wanjiru M. Njendu
Votes: 5,269
8. The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future (2022)
98 min | Drama
Cecilia travels to her father's farm after he has a heart attack. Back in her childhood home, Cecilia is met by her long-deceased mother whose presence brings to life a painful past chorused by the natural world around them.
Director: Francisca Alegria | Stars: Mía Maestro, Enzo Ferrada Rosati, Benjamin Soto, Leonor Varela
Votes: 369
9. The Five Devils (2022)
Unrated | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Vicky lives with her mother Joanne and father Jimmie. When Vicky's aunt Julia arrives after being released from prison, her presence brings back the past in a violent, magical way.
Director: Léa Mysius | Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Swala Emati, Sally Dramé, Moustapha Mbengue
Votes: 4,885
10. One of These Days (I) (2020)
119 min | Drama
In a small town in Texas, an annual endurance contest (Hands On) to win a pickup truck promises thrilling entertainment to spectators and the chance of a lifetime to participants, but ends in real tragedy.
Director: Bastian Günther | Stars: Douglas M. Griffin, David M. Welch, Joe Cole, Carrie Preston
Votes: 528
11. Elvis (2022)
PG-13 | 159 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson
Votes: 234,648 | Gross: $151.04M
12. Pacifiction (2022)
165 min | Drama, Thriller
On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the high commissioner of the Republic and French government must investigate an ongoing rumor: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing.
Director: Albert Serra | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Marc Susini, Matahi Pambrun
Votes: 3,206
13. Mother and Son (2022)
116 min | Drama
In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to Paris with her two young sons. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.
Director: Léonor Serraille | Stars: Annabelle Lengronne, Stéphane Bak, Kenzo Sambin, Ahmed Sylla
Votes: 446
14. Broker (2022)
R | 129 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona, IU
Votes: 16,709
15. Leila's Brothers (2022)
165 min | Drama
Leila, who has spent her entire life caring for her family, makes a plan as her brothers are struggling to make ends meet.
Director: Saeed Roustayi | Stars: Saeed Poursamimi, Taraneh Alidoosti, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Payman Maadi
Votes: 14,036
16. Nostalgia (I) (2022)
Unrated | 117 min | Drama
After 40 years of absence, Felice returns to his hometown: Naples. He rediscovers the places, the codes of the city and a past that eats away at him.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Francesco Di Leva, Tommaso Ragno, Aurora Quattrocchi
Votes: 3,298
17. The Traitor (2019)
R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi
Votes: 12,976
18. Holy Spider (2022)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Alice Rahimi, Diana Al Hussen, Soraya Helli, Mehdi Bajestani
Votes: 25,411
19. Decision to Leave (2022)
Not Rated | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-pyo
Votes: 55,218
20. Tori and Lokita (2022)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
From two-time Palme d'Or-winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Tori and Lokita is a heart-stopping thriller that casts an unflinching eye on the trials of the young and dispossessed.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Pablo Schils, Joely Mbundu, Alban Ukaj, Tijmen Govaerts
Votes: 2,934
21. The Son (2002)
103 min | Drama, Mystery
A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Nassim Hassaïni
Votes: 10,093 | Gross: $0.07M
22. The Child (2005)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione
Votes: 19,401 | Gross: $0.65M
23. Young Ahmed (2019)
85 min | Drama
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Victoria Bluck
Votes: 4,700
24. R.M.N. (2022)
Unrated | 125 min | Drama
A non-judgmental analysis of the driving forces of human behavior when confronted with the unknown, of the way we perceive the other and on how we relate to an unsettling future.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Marin Grigore, Judith State, Macrina Barladeanu, Orsolya Moldován
Votes: 5,217
25. Armageddon Time (2022)
R | 114 min | Drama
A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb
Votes: 15,354
26. Wet Sand (2021)
115 min | Drama
A village on the Georgian Black Sea is full of friendly people convinced they know each other. One day, Eliko is found hanged. His granddaughter Moe comes to organize his funeral. She is confronted with a web of lies and the tragic consequences of Eliko’s hidden love life.
Director: Elene Naveriani | Stars: Bebe Sesitashvili, Gia Agumava, Megi Kobaladze, Giorgi Tsereteli
Votes: 704
27. Schwarzarbeit (2022)
109 min | Documentary
The labour inspectors in the canton of Bern are on the hunt for workers that are illegally employed. Who are the victims and who are the villains?
Director: Ulrich Grossenbacher | Stars: Regula Aeschbacher, Christoph Blocher, Ignazio Cassis, Marcos Feijoo
Votes: 9
28. Fierce: A Porn Revolution (2022)
96 min | Documentary
In Lausanne, a group of twenty-something women and queer persons start directing ethical and dissident pornographic films: the OIL Productions collective is born. Committed to an artistic ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Muroni | Stars: Mélanie Boss, Julie Folly, Mahalia Tage Giotto, Olivia Schenker
Votes: 36
29. The Fam (2021)
112 min | Drama
A group of teenage girls have been placed in a residential care home with social workers. This forced "family" experience creates unexpected tensions and intimacies. An incident triggers a chain of over-reactions.
Director: Fred Baillif | Stars: Claudia Grob, Anais Uldry, Kassia Da Costa, Joyce Esther Ndayisenga
Votes: 298
30. Carol (2015)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler
Votes: 142,393 | Gross: $12.71M
31. Loving Highsmith (2022)
83 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Based on Patricia Highsmith's personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer's life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.
Director: Eva Vitija | Stars: Annina Butterworth, Patricia Highsmith, Marijane Meaker, Courtney Coates Blackman
Votes: 523
32. Compartment Number 6 (2021)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance
As a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Seidi Haarla, Yura Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug
Votes: 15,453
33. The Black Spider (2022)
116 min | Drama, Thriller
The courageous young midwife Christine makes a pact with the devil to save her village from the brutal terror of the Teutonic Knights. Punished by a spider plague, Christine goes from savior to hunted.
Director: Markus Fischer | Stars: Marin Blülle, Philipp Droste, Mária Dér, Marina Gera
Votes: 283
34. Swan Song (II) (2021)
R | 105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A formerly flamboyant hairdresser takes a long walk across a small town to style a dead woman's hair.
Director: Todd Stephens | Stars: Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans, Michael Urie
Votes: 3,460
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