By Vlad Zakh · June 17, 2026
Drama thought provokingintense
The Palme d’Or, Cannes’s highest honor, crowned a boundary-pushing decade of world cinema in the 1990s, from dreamlike surrealism to unflinching social realism. In Underground (1995): Two friends profiteering from World War II find their lives entangled across decades of Yugoslav history. Worth seeking out is Secrets & Lies (1996): A Black optometrist searching for her birth mother discovers she is white, upending both of their lives.
01 A desperate teenage girl living in poverty fights fiercely to hold onto any job she can find.
Directed by Luc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne · 1h 35m · Rated R
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02 A dying writer reflects on his life while caring for an orphaned refugee boy on his final day.
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos · 2h 13m
03 A Black optometrist searching for her birth mother discovers she is white, upending both of their lives.
Directed by Mike Leigh · 2h 22m · Rated R
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Rent: Pijama Films
Rent: Pijama Films
04 Two friends profiteering from World War II find their lives entangled across decades of Yugoslav history.
Directed by Emir Kusturica · 2h 50m
Stream: Kino Film Collection · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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05 A young Swedish couple's turbulent courtship and marriage reveals the deep class divisions of their society.
Directed by Bille August · 3h 02m
Rent or buy: FlixFling
Rent or buy: FlixFling
06 Two young lovers on the run from her deranged, controlling mother encounter a series of bizarre characters across the American South.
Directed by David Lynch · 2h 05m · Rated R
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