The following is a set of films that each follow a distinct thread. Films should be watched in order and will be periodically updated.


Beauty Will Save the World

  1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma, 2019 ↓
  2. Yi Yi, Edward Wang, 2000 ↓
  3. Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021 ↓
  4. Burnt by the Sun, Nikita Mikhalkov, 1994 ↓
  5. The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick, 2011 ↓
  6. Perfect Days, Wim Wenders, 2023 ↓
  7. La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher, 2023


Absurdist Lens

  1. The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, 2013 ↓
  2. Force Majeure, Ruben Östlund, 2014 ↓
  3. Sundown, Michel Franco, 2021 ↓
  4. Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Östlund, 2022


Character Thrillers

  1. Incendies, Denis Villeneuve, 2010 ↓
  2. Azor, Andreas Fontana, 2021 ↓
  3. Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017 ↓
  4. Tár, Todd Field, 2022 ↓
  5. Ex Machina, Alex Garland, 2014 ↓
  6. The Invisible Guest, Oriol Paulo, 2016 ↓
  7. Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet, 2023 ↓
  8. Parasite, Bong Joon-ho, 2019


The Way of Violence

  1. No Country for Old Men, Coen Brothers, 2007 ↓
  2. Sicario, Denis Villeneuve, 2015 ↓
  3. Heat, Michael Mann, 1995 ↓
  4. City of God, Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, 2002


Assorted (Just Great Films)

  1. A Seperation, Asghar Farhadi, 2011 ↓
  2. Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve, 2023