The Elephant Man ★★★★★

David Lynch, 1980, 122m

Distinctive and moving.

Europa ★★★★★

Lars von Trier, 1991, 114m

Masterwork of mood.

Che Part 2: Guerrilla ★★★★

Steven Soderbergh, 2008, 135m

Forensic.

Che Part 1: The Argentine ★★★★

Steven Soderbergh, 2008, 132m

Coldly dramatic.

Green Border ★★★★

Agnieszka Holland, 2023, 147m

Harrowing.

Never Look Away ★★★★

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2018, 188m

Middlebrow brilliance.

The Mustache ★★★★

Emmanuel Carrère, 2005, 87m

Puzzle box.

Kinds of Kindness ★★★★

Yorgos Lanthimos, 2024, 164m

Agreeably disturbing.

Dying of the Light **

Paul Schrader, 2014, 94m

Mixed bag.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? *****

Mike Nichols, 1966, 132m

Scorching.

Rear Window *****

Alfred Hitchcock, 1954, 111m

Peerless technique.

Cocoon ***

Ron Howard, 1985, 117m

Blends genres nicely.

The Black Windmill ****

Don Siegel, 1974, 106m

Rock-solid thrills.

The World's Greatest Lover ***

Gene Wilder, 1977, 89m

Intermittently funny.

The Prince of Tides ***

Barbra Streisand, 1991, 132m

Watchable but overwrought.

Electra Glide in Blue ****

James William Guercio, 1973, 114m

Beyond genre.

Man in the Wilderness ****

Richard C. Sarafian, 1971, 104m

Brutal and thoughtful.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie *****

Ronald Neame, 1969, 116m

Magnificent Maggie Smith.

The Winter's Tale ****

Gregory Doran and Robin Lough, 1999, 230m

Inventive and moving.

Presumed Innocent ****

Alan J. Pakula, 1990, 127m

Genre at its best.