Best of 2011

A Separation , Elite Squad : The Enemy Within , Once upon a time in Anatolia ....

Darbareye Elly aka About Elly (Iran , 2009)

Ratings - IMDB – 8.0 Release Year -2009 Country - Iran Genres – Drama | Mystery IMDB page From the director of the acclaimed movie "A Separation" "Gripping as sheer storytelling, the plot smoothly raises some unusual moral questions. It touches on masculine honor, on the way a thoughtless laugh can wound someone’s feelings, on the extent to which we try to take charge of others’ fates. I can’t recall another film that so deeply...

Lola rennt aka Run Lola Run (Germany , 1998)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.9 | Matacritic - 77 | Rotten Tomatoes - 93% Release Year - 1998 Country - Germany Genres – Crime | Thriller IMDB page| Metacritic page | Rotten Tomatoes Every second of every day you make a choice that can change your life "DAZZLING! PLAYFULLY PROFOUND! HOT, FAST, AND POST HUMAN!" - Janet Maslin, The New York Times "A LANDMARK!" - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "EXHILARATING! The most...

Gomorra aka Gomorrah (Italy , 2008)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.0 | Matacritic - 87 | Rotten Tomatoes - 91% Release Year - 2008Country - ItalyGenres - Crime | Drama IMDB page | Metacritic page | Rotten Tomatoes In 2006, a book on organised crime in Naples shocked the world. Its author, Roberto Saviano, has been living under police protection ever since. Now a motion picture tells the unbelievable true story. "A FURIOUS and BRILLIANT Engagement With The Times In...

Entre les murs aka The Class (France , 2008)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.6 | Matacritic - 92 | Rotten Tomatoes - 97% Release Year - 2008Country - FranceGenres - Drama IMDB page | Metacritic page | Rotten Tomatoes The Greatest Lessons Are Learnt When Life Enters The Classroom Recommended and praised by audiences and critics all over .... "A true movie miracle" - David Edelstein, New York Magazine "Extraordinary. Fierce, funny and moving. The Class is truly unmissable." -...

Die Fälscher aka The Counterfeiters (Germany , 2007)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.6 | Metacritic - 78 | Rotten Tomatoes - 94% Release Year - 2009Country - GermanyGenres - Crime | Drama | War IMDB page | Metacritic page | Rotten Tomatoes "Salomon Sorowitsch - The King of Counterfeiters" Based on the True Story of a Master Criminal During The War, He was a prisoner of the Third Reich He Was The One Man Who Could Save The Nazi War Machine "Morally challenging twist on the long...

Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche aka The White Ribbon (Germany , 2009)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.8 | Matacritic - 82 | Rotten Tomatoes - 85% Release Year - 2009Country - GermanyGenres - Drama | Mystery IMDB page | Metacritic page | Rotten Tomatoes A German children's story - If real life were ever as cold, bleak and irredeemable as the fictional realms depicted by The White Ribbon, it wouldn't be worth living a day longer "It Feels Like a Classic Even as You Are Watching It For The First...

Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Taiwan , 2000)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.9 | Matacritic - 92 | Rotten Tomatoes - 96% fresh Release Year - 2000Country - TaiwanGenres - Drama | Music | Romance IMDB page | Metacritic page | Rotten Tomatoes "When it's over, you'll wish it were't. You'll also feel better about being alive.  Do yourself a favor. Don't miss this one" - John Leonard, CBS News Sunday Morning "A marvel of delicacy and humor!" - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "A...

Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage aka Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Germany , 2005)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.7 | Matacritic - 76 |  Release Year - 2005Country - GermanyGenres - Biography | Crime | Drama IMDB page | Metacritic page The true story of a young woman who did what few in Nazi Germany  dared even think! "Chilling Authenticity! Grippingly Portrayed! Julia Stench is terrific! An ace performance" - Derek Elley , Variety "A gripping true story! Challenges you to gauge your own...

La battaglia di Algeri aka The Battle of Algiers (Italy , 1966)

Ratings - IMDB - 8.2 | Matacritic - 94 Release Year - 1966Country - ItalyGenres - Drama | History | War IMDB page | Metacritic page The Revolt that Stirred the World!  An account of the bloodiest revolution in modern history. "A Most Extraordinary Film" - New York Times "The most emotionally powerful revolutionary epic since Eisenstein's Potemkin!" - Pauline Kael, The New Yorker Synopsis : The Battle of Algiers  is...

Chi bi aka Red Cliff I & II (China , 2008 - 2009)

Ratings - IMDB - 7.3 | Matacritic - 73 | Rotten Tomatoes - 89% Release Year - 2008 - 2009Country - ChinaGenres - Action | Adventure | History | War | Drama Part I IMDB page | Part II IMDb page | Rotten Tomatoes Must watch the "GRAND - SCALE" of this epic action flick ... "'RED CLIFF' SCALES THE HEIGHTS. It balances character, grit, spectacle and visceral action in a meaty, dramatically satisfying pie that delivers on the...