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Hollywood | Rewriting the Golden Age of cinema

Adventure Time | Magic, swords and heartbreak

In the Mouth of Madness | A Storyteller’s Testament

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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

David Cronenberg

Seinfeld | The Sitcom Grandma

Momo | The importance of taking time

Parasite | Defying definition and labels

The Wilds | A matriarchal utopia inspired by teenage girls

Sarah Streicher

Tiger King | A captivating portrait of obsession gone wrong

When They See Us | The long way towards equality

I Know This Much is True | A centrifuge of sadness

Derek Cianfrance

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

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

Galavant | A different happily ever after

Sex Education | How hard being normal can be

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

Karen Bernstein

Midsommar | Ari Aster’s horror fairy tale

Queen Sugar is a portrayal of oppression

Dark City Beneath the Beat is Baltimore’s audiovisual symphony

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

Jonathan Entwistle

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

A new renaissance in Atlanta

Chungking Express | A whirling tale of 1990s Hong Kong

The Trial of the Chicago 7 | A movie about today

Throne of Blood | Translating Shakespeare into Film

What feed journalists in The Newsroom

Captain Fantastic | Can a family thrive away from society?

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

Malcolm Spellman

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

Philipp Käßbohrer

Joker | A portrayal of contemporary man

I Am Not Your Negro | Witnessing American History

WandaVision | The ultimate coping mechanism

The Lighthouse portrays the struggle of humanity

Loki | The God of Mischief is back (again)

Michael Waldron

Dark humor meets heavy drama in Orange Is the New Black

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

Steven Soderbergh

BoJack Horseman | A human journey

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Chernobyl | What history can teach

Gunpowder Heart | Revenge drama in Guatemala City

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

13th |A lineage of racial oppression across 150 years

Mad Men | The pursuit of happiness in American society

Gilmore Girls | An everlasting flavor of friendship

Amy Sherman-Palladino

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

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | The witches of modern times

Roberto Aguirre Sacasa

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

Russell T. Davies

The Man Standing Next | Shakespearean Tragedy in 70s Korea

Fantastic Mr. Fox | A story about animals and humans

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

D.A. Pennebaker

Mank | The Impression of a Man’s Life

The Office | Pure comedy in the workplace

Glee | The anthem of underdogs worldwide

Mulholland Drive | All roads lead to Cinema

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

Nathaniel Halpern

Watchmen | A subversion of the superhero

If Beale Street Could Talk | A story of ecstatic love

Fleabag challenges the viewer in many ways

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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

Lost | The first mainstream phenomenon on TV

Pan’s Labyrinth | An Antifascist Fantasy

Guillermo Del Toro

Schitt’s Creek | Not a regular family

Amour | An experience

Victoria | One city, one night, one take

Sebastian Schipper

Wag the Dog | When comedy looks like reality

Freaks and Geeks | A genuine portrait of adolescence

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

Christopher Nolan

Breaking Bad | The downward spiral of an ordinary man

Dark is an exception among TV shows

The Underground Railroad | On the screen

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

Killing Eve | Spies and Assassins play their game

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Elite | A teen drama dealing with complex themes

Sharp Objects | A deep and dark humanity

Trying | An amusing glimpse into adoption

The Leftovers | A symphony of grief

Gaslight | When the personal becomes political

Ted Lasso | Being good is the new being bad

The Morning Show | A story about power

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | It’s comedy time

Amy Sherman-Palladino

The Father | A psychological thriller in disguise

Betty Blue | A commentary on women depiction in the media

Jean-Jacques Beineix

Before and after Twin Peaks

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

Céline Sciamma

Unbelievable | A story of injustice

Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller

Alfred Hitchcock

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

Minimalism and poetry in Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad

Locke | The hero’s journey at the wheel

Selfie | Meaning (and connection) cravings

Tristan Aurouet

The Serpent | Asia’s most famous serial killer

The Flight Attendant | The room where everything changed

Arrival | A close encounter of the fifth kind

Denis Villeneuve

Sense8 | A celebration of human connectedness

Alien | In space no one can hear you scream

VEEP | A female vice-president? Not fiction anymore

Armando Iannucci

Bicycle Thieves | A simple and unforgettable story

Vittorio De Sica

House, M.D. | When diagnostics becomes investigation

Boyhood | When cinema captures real life

Richard Linklater

The Good Place could be a better place

Mustang | A battle for women’s freedom

Deniz Gamze Ergüven

The Candidate | American politics before the Watergate

Michael Ritchie

Stand by Me | A cult journey into adulthood

The Queen’s Gambit | A western on the chessboard

The Walking Dead explores human nature

Dear White People | An exploration of racial identity

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

Hwang Dong-hyuk

Bridgerton | A revolutionary period drama

Devs | Alex Garland’s outlook on godlike tech companies

Whiplash | Deromanticizing music and success

Damien Chazelle

Ida | A journey to discover one’s own identity

Paweł Pawlikowski

In the Mood for Love | Loneliness and expectation

Dawson’s Creek | Teen drama revolution

Kevin Williamson

Pose | Ball culture and trans representation

Solos | Humans wanted

The Law of Desire | Entertainment mixes with auteur cinema

Pedro Almodóvar

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

Sound of Metal | A quest for stillness

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

Mommy | An intimate portrait of the mother-son bond

Normal People | Diverting the viewer’s expectations

House of Cards offers a dark portrait of America

Will & Grace | Breaking taboos and making TV history

The Kominsky Method | Laughter and melancholy

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

Westworld | Free will is not free

Neon Genesis Evangelion | The harsh relationship with the other

Game of Thrones | When TV goes big

Another Round | Awakening to Life

Thomas Vinterberg

Friends | Suspension of disbelief at Central Perk

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

Vesela Kazakova

Clichés & the City with Emily in Paris

The Boys | The dark side of superheroes

Mindhunter | How to understand serial killers’ patterns

Go Ahead | Family is not about blood relations

The Crown | Royalty & the Grey Zone

Manchester by the Sea | An emotional study on grief

Kenneth Lonergan

Jojo Rabbit | The best Nazi in the world

Euphoria | A visceral portrayal of the teenage experience

Nomadland | See You Down the Road

Brooklyn Nine-Nine | The good cops do exist

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

Community | The best college to attend

Bombay Rose has a unique visual animation style

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a love story

Ana Lily Amirpour

The Thing | To Gaze Long into an Abyss

Soul | Life is not about what you think it is

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

Russell T Davies

Unorthodox | Finding one own’s voice

Mistery and domestic struggles in Desperate Housewives

The Undoing is not only a murder story

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Big Little Lies | What lies beneath the surface

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

George C. Wolfe

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