Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Foreign Cinema: 1774 Films to Buy & Rent
Two Women (1961)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Sophia Loren
- Sophia Loren won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as a WW2 widow who endures turmoil with her 13–year–old daughter before they are…
Viridiana (1961)
- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey
- Bunuel purges his spiritual demons in this potent psychological study of a novice nun who loses her innocence when she visits her…
Bad Sleep Well, The (1960)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune
- A contemporary gangster saga that uses a Hamlet–esque narrative to indict corporate and political corruption. Government officials were not…
Cloud-Capped Star, The (1960)
- Dir. Ritwik Ghatak
Feat. Supriya Choudhury
- The kind–hearted daughter of a middle–class refugee family from East Pakistan sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family,…
L'Avventura (1960)
- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Monica Vitti
- The quintessential Euro–arthouse film of the 60s – a rambling yet elegant voyage through the sterile lives of the bourgeiousie, following…
La Dolce Vita (1960)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni
- An episodic film following the very cool Marcello Mastroianni, a disillusioned journalist trapped in shallow, so called 'decadent' society. A…
Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Bernadette Lafont, Clotilde Joano, Stephane Audran
- An early comedy from French new wave director Claude Chabrol (LE BOUCHER), following four single Parisian women as they encounter the romantic…
Lola (1960)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Marc Michel
- Irresistible 'New Wave' confection breezily spins its romantic tale around the alluring presence of Anouk Aimee, here a cheery cabaret–dancer…
Moderato Cantabile (Seven Days...Seven Nights) (1960)
- Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jeanne Moreau
- New Wave two–hander stars Jeanne Moreau as a bored housewife who falls for Belmondo's brooding stranger. Stunning wide–screen…
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot…
- An uncompromising, richly detailed portrait of an impoverished family who travel to Milan where they are beset by violent misfortune.