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Grey’s Anatomy | A pillar in the modern TV era

Alfredino | Reconstruction of a national tragedy

Barbara Petronio

BoJack Horseman | A human journey

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Lost | The first mainstream phenomenon on TV

Gunpowder Heart | Revenge drama in Guatemala City

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | It’s comedy time

Amy Sherman-Palladino

Rick and Morty | The absurd balance between tragedy and miracle of life

The Rules of the Game | A war movie without a war

Gaslight | When the personal becomes political

The Underground Railroad | On the screen

Amour | An experience

Funny Games | Becoming Accomplice to Violence

The Flight Attendant | The room where everything changed

I’m Gonna Make You Love Me | A search for acceptance

Karen Bernstein

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | What does it mean to be American

Malcolm Spellman

Sound of Metal | A quest for stillness

Watchmen | A subversion of the superhero

The Rose of Versailles | Putting politics into a children’s anime

Clichés & the City with Emily in Paris

The Woman in The House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window | Playing with clichés

Sherlock | The beloved investigative loner

Neon Genesis Evangelion | The harsh relationship with the other

Downton Abbey | Upstairs and Downstairs Intrigues

Julian Fellowes

Portrait of a Lady on Fire | A manifesto about the female gaze

Céline Sciamma

This is Us | How life is the perfect mix of sweet and sour

Passing | On Racial Passing and Racial Identity

Marvel’s Daredevil | Being a Catholic superhero

M.O.D.O.K. | A husband, a father, a Marvel villain having a harsh time

The Dark Glow of the Mountains | Explore inner landscapes

Breaking Bad | The downward spiral of an ordinary man

Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet | It’s not only about gaming

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | A social commentary in the shape of a comedy

Minimalism and poetry in Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad

A History of Violence | The past of a shining knight casts shadows

David Cronenberg

The Candidate | American politics before the Watergate

Michael Ritchie

Primary | An intimate portrait of J.F.K.

Sex Education | How hard being normal can be

Fleabag challenges the viewer in many ways

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

13th |A lineage of racial oppression across 150 years

Jojo Rabbit | The best Nazi in the world

Being the Ricardos | Behind the Scenes of Show Business

Boyhood | When cinema captures real life

Richard Linklater

The White Lotus | Evil & WASPs

The Handmaid’s Tale | It’s all much more than fiction

How I Met Your Mother | No time for regret

The Undoing | Not only a murder story

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Community | The best college to attend

Dune | A Sci-Fi movie both grounded and reaching for the Stars

Denis Villeneuve

Devs | Alex Garland’s outlook on godlike tech companies

City Lights | The time Charlie Chaplin risked it all

Charlie Chaplin

What feeds journalists in The Newsroom

On Body and Soul | The disability to expose oneself

Bombay Rose has a unique visual animation style

The Dark Knight | An allegory of 9/11 and The War on Terror

Christopher Nolan

Normal People | Diverting the viewer’s expectations

The Walking Dead explores human nature

L’Événement | Women’s Right to Choose

Selfie | Meaning (and connection) cravings

Tristan Aurouet

Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller

Alfred Hitchcock

Nomadland | See You Down the Road

The Leftovers | A symphony of grief

Unorthodox | Finding one own’s voice

Thelma & Louise | Revolutionary women on screen

Alcarràs | A Tribute to Resistant Farmers’ Families

Chernobyl | What history can teach

The Good Place could be a better place

Taxi Driver | The Dark Night of the Psyche

Martin Scorsese

Dark is an exception among TV shows

Cat In The Wall | A critical look at the loss of tolerance

Vesela Kazakova

Unbelievable | A story of injustice

Solos | Humans wanted

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | A Rare Movie Combining Different Realities

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau

Parasite | Defying definition and labels

Spirited Away | An otherworldly journey for growing up

Elite | A teen drama dealing with complex themes

Last Night in Soho | A glamorous tribute to the swinging 60’s

Mindhunter | How to understand serial killers’ patterns

Dawson’s Creek | Teen drama revolution

Kevin Williamson

Wild at Heart | Make love against the world

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a love story

Ana Lily Amirpour

Fargo | The endless war between Good and Evil, Chance and Inevitability

Soul | Life is not about what you think it is

Tokyo Godfathers | A Christmas Movie Full of Depth

Romulus | A coming-of-age story in the ancient Lazio

Vincent | Tim Burton’s First Experiment in Style

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | The witches of modern times

Roberto Aguirre Sacasa

Sense8 | A celebration of human connectedness

Lupin | The gentleman thief who never dies

Mustang | A battle for women’s freedom

Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Will & Grace | Breaking taboos and making TV history

Seinfeld | The Sitcom Grandma

Maid | A game-changing tail on motherhood and abuse

Molly Smith Metzler

I Am Not Your Negro | Witnessing American History

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | A Case of the Blues

George C. Wolfe

The Crown | Royalty & the Grey Zone

Betty Blue | A commentary on women depiction in the media

Jean-Jacques Beineix

The Queen’s Gambit | A western on the chessboard

Mistery and domestic struggles in Desperate Housewives

The Trial of the Chicago 7 | A movie about today

The End of the F***ing World | A psychopathic love story

Jonathan Entwistle

Sharp Objects | A deep and dark humanity

Squid Game | Rules, rage and revolution of the TV Rubik’s cube

Hwang Dong-hyuk

Fantastic Mr. Fox | A story about animals and humans

Gilmore Girls | An everlasting flavor of friendship

Amy Sherman-Palladino

The Man in the High Castle | “What have might been”

The Politician | An ironic and extra political satire

The Last Duel | The Idea of Justice for Medieval Women

West Side Story | Rewriting a cult classic

Steven Spielberg

Trying | An amusing glimpse into adoption

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) | The greatest drug dealers

Philipp Käßbohrer

How Breeders tells the truth about parenting

Wag the Dog | When comedy looks like reality

Glee | The anthem of underdogs worldwide

House of Cards offers a dark portrait of America

The Thing | To Gaze Long into an Abyss

Only Murders in the Building | Three strangers, a crime scene, and a podcast

Mulholland Drive | All roads lead to Cinema

The Father | A psychological thriller in disguise

Manchester by the Sea | An emotional study on grief

Kenneth Lonergan

The Power of the Dog | Human Depths Barking

The Danish Girl | Becoming Truly Oneself

Game of Thrones | When TV goes big

Master of None | Different stories, same show

Whiplash | Deromanticizing music and success

Damien Chazelle

The Green Knight | An Epic Tale of Humans and Nature

Bicycle Thieves | A simple and unforgettable story

Vittorio De Sica

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Getting Lost in the Labyrinthine World of Mind and Feelings

Friends | Suspension of disbelief at Central Perk

Mad Men | The pursuit of happiness in American society

Freaks and Geeks | A genuine portrait of adolescence

Queen Sugar is a portrayal of oppression

Schitt’s Creek | Not a regular family

Tiger King | A captivating portrait of obsession gone wrong

Brooklyn Nine-Nine | The good cops do exist

Tear along the dotted line by Zerocalcare | Being a black belt in dodging life

Alien | In space no one can hear you scream

Captain Fantastic | Can a family thrive away from society?

Another Round | Awakening to Life

Thomas Vinterberg

Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Peeping on a brave new intimacy

Steven Soderbergh

If Beale Street Could Talk | A story of ecstatic love

Stand by Me | A cult journey into adulthood

Euphoria | A visceral portrayal of the teenage experience

Avatar | The Persuasion of an Alien Way of Life

It’s a Sin | The AIDS invasion in 1980s’ London

Russell T. Davies

Some Like It Hot | Challenging Stereotypes Through Laughter

Throne of Blood | Translating Shakespeare into Film

Victoria | One city, one night, one take

Sebastian Schipper

Dickinson | The great American poet, revised

Locke | The hero’s journey at the wheel

Midsommar | Ari Aster’s horror fairy tale

Bridgerton | A revolutionary period drama

Chris Van Dusen

The Office | Pure comedy in the workplace

Momo | The importance of taking time

Titane | Cyberpunk hybrids, homicide and a quest for love

Encanto | Breaking the Circle of Trauma

House, M.D. | When diagnostics becomes investigation

The Law of Desire | Entertainment mixes with auteur cinema

Pedro Almodóvar

In the Mood for Love | Loneliness and expectation

WandaVision | The ultimate coping mechanism

Hollywood | Rewriting the Golden Age of Cinema

Dark City Beneath the Beat is Baltimore’s audiovisual symphony

The Man Standing Next | Shakespearean Tragedy in 70s Korea

Years and Years | A timely representation of today’s reality

Russell T Davies

Ted Lasso | Being good is the new being bad

Before and after Twin Peaks

The Lighthouse portrays the struggle of humanity

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

The Kominsky Method | Laughter and melancholy

Killing Eve | Spies and Assassins play their game

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Chungking Express | A whirling tale of 1990s Hong Kong

Galavant | A different happily ever after

When They See Us | The long way towards equality

Grand Budapest Hotel | A romantic adventure in a fairy tale world

I Know This Much is True | A centrifuge of sadness

Derek Cianfrance

The Wilds | A matriarchal utopia inspired by teenage girls

Sarah Streicher

Go Ahead | Family is not about blood relations

Pose | Ball culture and trans representation

Adventure Time | Magic, swords and heartbreak

The Big Bang Theory | How nerds and geeks conquered the world

Scenes from a Marriage | Gender roles, love and an empty house

Selma | Drawing out the essence of Martin Luther King Jr.

Tick, Tick… Boom! | Tribute to Jonathan Larson and creativity

Lin-Manuel Miranda

You | A Satire on Toxic Masculinity

The Morning Show | A story about power

Force Majeure | The shame of surviving unfulfilled expectations

Arrival | A close encounter of the fifth kind

Denis Villeneuve

The Serpent | Asia’s most famous serial killer

Un Año, Una Noche | Living again, not surviving

Loki | The God of Mischief is back (again)

Michael Waldron

Shameless | Tongue-in-cheek humor and kitchen sink realism

Ida | A journey to discover one’s own identity

Paweł Pawlikowski

Mommy | An intimate portrait of the mother-son bond

Mank | The Impression of a Man’s Life

Blade Runner 2049 | On how to be human

Denis Villeneuve

Westworld | Free will is not free

In the Mouth of Madness | A Storyteller’s Testament

Pan’s Labyrinth | An Antifascist Fantasy

Guillermo Del Toro

Dear White People | An exploration of racial identity

The Boys | The dark side of superheroes

Parenthood | The white picket fence family illusion

Million Dollar Baby | A Path of Suffering and Liberation

The Shock of the Future | It’s the music that matters

Inspector Montalbano | Sicily’s quintessence in a nutshell

Andrea Camilleri

VEEP | A female vice-president? Not fiction anymore

Armando Iannucci

The War Room | A testimony of Direct Cinema’s last days

D.A. Pennebaker

Tales from the Loop | A guide on how to accept Time

Nathaniel Halpern

Veronica Mars | When teen drama meets neo-noir

Big Little Lies | What lies beneath the surface

A new renaissance in Atlanta

Joker | A portrayal of contemporary man

Dark humor meets heavy drama in Orange Is the New Black

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