Fists in the Pocket (1965), Brewster McCloud (1970), The Headless Woman (2008), The Lovers on the Bridge (1991), Arizona Dream (1993), Light Years Away (1981), You Were Never Really Here (2017), Palindromes (2004) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Auteur Cinema movies.
Storyline: Augusto (Marino Mase) is the oldest son in a dysfunctional Italian family that includes a blind mother (Liliana Gerace), a selfish sister, Giulia (Paola Pitagora), and two epileptic brothers, Alessandro (Lou Castel) and Leone (Pier Luigi Troglio). Augusto is planning to marry Lucia (Jennie MacNeil) despite Giulia's repeated attempts to drive them apart, but cannot do so while taking care of the clan. An angry and unstable Alessandro decides to help Augusto by killing their mother and siblings.
Plot Keywords: psychological drama, family conflict, mental illness, moral dilemma, black comedy, social critique, existentialism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A birdlike boy (Bud Cort) lives in the Houston Astrodome, advised by his guardian angel (Sally Kellerman).
Plot Keywords: black comedy, absurdist, satire, counterculture, surreal, allegory, crime ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Feelings of guilt haunt a woman (María Onetto) who might have killed someone in a hit-and-run accident.
Plot Keywords: mystery, drama, psychological thriller, female perspective, social class, identity crisis, amnesia ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind. The film portrays the harsh existence of the homeless as Alex, Michele and Hans, an older vagrant survive on the streets with their wits. As they both slowly get their lives back together, Michele becomes increasingly dependent on Alex as her vision deteriorates further. Fearing that Michele will leave him if she receives a new medical treatment Alex attempts to keep Michele practically a prisoner. The streets, skies and waterways of Paris are used as a backdrop to the story in a series of stunning visuals which dominate the film.
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, french cinema, art film, independent film, street life, poverty ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.
Plot Keywords: surrealism, black comedy, coming of age, dreams, absurdity, american dream, alienation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds.
Plot Keywords: science fiction, adventure, fantasy, french cinema, 1980s, time travel, philosophy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Balancing between feverish dreamlike hallucinations of a tormented past and a grim disoriented reality, the grizzled Joe--a traumatised Gulf War veteran and now an unflinching hired gun who lives with his frail elderly mother--has just finished yet another successful job. With an infernal reputation of being a brutal man of results, the specialised in recovering missing teens enforcer will embark on a blood-drenched rescue mission, when Nina, the innocent 13-year-old daughter of an ambitious New York senator, never returns home. But amidst half-baked leads and a desperate desire to shake off his shoulders the heavy burden of a personal hell, Joe's frenzied plummet into the depths of Tartarus is inevitable, and every step Joe takes to flee the pain, brings him closer to the horrors of insanity. In the end, what is real, and what is a dream? Can there be a new chapter in Joe's life when he keeps running around in circles?
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, crime, drama, revenge, violence, trauma, film noir ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A fable of innocence: thirteen-year-old Aviva Victor wants to be a 'mom'. She does all she can to make this happen, and comes very close to succeeding, but in the end her plan is thwarted by her sensible parents. So she runs away, still determined to get pregnant one way or another, but instead finds herself lost in another world, a less sensible one, perhaps, but one pregnant itself with all sorts of strange possibility. She takes a road trip from the suburbs of New Jersey, through Ohio to the plains of Kansas and back. Like so many trips, this one is round-trip, and it's hard to say in the end if she can ever be quite the same again, or if she can ever be anything but the same again.
Plot Keywords: independent film, black comedy, coming of age, social satire, moral dilemma, female perspective, family dynamics ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After incurring the wrath of the mob, a comic flees Detroit for Chicago taking the name "Mickey One" from a stolen Social Security card from a homeless bum he witnesses being beaten up and robbed. As he returns to the stage and becomes successful, he fears that the mob will track him down. He wishes to square himself with the mob, but doesn't know what he did to anger them or what his debt is.—<JeanneArmintrout@juno.com>
Plot Keywords: film noir, existentialism, mystery, psychological thriller, fugitive, jazz, paranoia ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Eccentric scientist Dr.Daniel and his shy, clumsy assistant Max, lead a quiet life on their space station where they carry out illegal research into androids, until they receive an unwelcome visit from three fugitives from justice, one of whom is female. Dr.Daniel and Max are both interested in her, but one of them has rather more sinister intentions than just romance. At first, they all get along, but when one of the criminals becomes psychotic, violence erupts. Meanwhile, the space police is on their trail.—Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, artificial intelligence, dystopian, futuristic, robot, technophobia, human nature ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Million Dollar Hotel follows the supposed murder of Izzy Goldkiss. FBI Agent Skinner is sent into investigate the crime, and to weed out the killer. When he reaches the 'hotel', he comes across many of the forgotten types of people living in the city. You have Geronimo, who is a self proclaimed Native American artist. Dixie, played with great gusto by Peter Stormare, as the 'fifth' Beatle still waiting for his royalty payments as well as recognition. Eloise, who is the neighborhood 'whore'. And then there is Tom-Tom, played by Jeremy Davies. He's the center of the story, being that he's the 'village idiot' of the bunch, and has the trust of everyone in the Hotel. Agent Skinner has a few days to find out who the killer is, while the residents of the hotel devise a scheme to sell off Izzy's fabled 'Tar Paintings'.
Plot Keywords: drama, mystery, romance, crime, black comedy, independent film, art film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An aging photographer's obsession with an early form of photography draws his assistant and daughter into a work of mystery.
Plot Keywords: supernatural, horror, mystery, drama, french film, psychological thriller, gothic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A man experiences mystifying events that cause him to kill his mother with a sword.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, crime, drama, mystery, family, mental illness, murder ...
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