Andrei Rublev (USSR, 1966, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, written by Andrei Tarkovsky and Andrei Konchalovsky)
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives (USA, 2012, directed by Mary Wigmore and Sarah Lamb)
Children of Men (UK/USA/Japan, 2006, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, written by Alfonso Cuarón, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby)
Interstellar (USA, 2014, directed by Christopher Nolan, written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan)
The Road (USA, 2009, directed by John Hillcoat, written by Joe Penhall, from the novel by Cormac McCarthy)
Solaris (USSR, 1972, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, written by Andrei Tarkovsky and Friedrich Gorenstein, from the novel by Stanisław Lem)
The Dam Keeper (USA, 2014, directed and written by Robert Kondo and Daisuke Tsutsumi)
Fanny and Alexander (Sweden, 1982, directed and written by Ingmar Bergman)
Marriage Story (USA, 2019, directed and written by Noah Baumbach)
Minari (USA, 2020, directed and written by Lee Isaac Chung)
Queen of Katwe (USA, 2016, directed by Mira Nair, written by William Wheeler, based on the book by Tim Crothers)
The Quiet Girl (Ireland, 2022, directed and written by Colm Bairéad, from the novella by Claire Keegan)
The Red Balloon (France, 1956, directed and written by Albert Lamorisse)
Whale Rider (Aotearoa/New Zealand, 2002, directed and written by Niki Caro, based on the book by Witi Ihimaera)
Where Is the Friend’s House? (Iran, 1987, directed and written by Abbas Kiarostami)
Wonderstruck (USA, 2017, directed by Todd Haynes, written by Brian Selznick)
The Antidote (USA, 2020, directed by Kahane Cooperman and John Hoffman)
The Circle (Iran, 2000, directed by Jafar Panahi, written by Kambuzia Partovi and Jafar Panahi)
Lars and the Real Girl (USA, 2007, directed by Craig Gillespie, written by Nancy Oliver)
The Last Picture Show (USA, 1971, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, written by Peter Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry)
Powwow Highway (USA, 1989, directed by Jonathan Wacks, written by David Seals, Janet Heaney, and Jean Stawarz, from the novel by Seals)
Skins (USA, 2002, directed by Chris Eyre, written by Adrian C. Louis and Jennifer D. Lyne, from the novel by Adrian C. Louis)
Smoke (USA, 1995, directed and written by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster)
Tillsammans (Sweden, 2000, directed and written by Lukas Moodysson)
Casablanca (USA, 1942, directed by Michael Curtiz, written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch)
Endless Poetry (France/Chile, 2015, directed and written by Alejandro Jodorowsky)
Ikiru (Japan, 1952, directed by Akira Kurosawa, written by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Nguni)
Living (UK, 2023, directed by Oliver Hermanus, screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro)
Mass Appeal (USA, 1984, directed by Glenn Jordan, written by Bill C. Davis)
On the Waterfront (USA, 1954, directed by Elia Kazan, written by Elia Kazan, Budd Schulberg, and Malcolm Johnson)
Stranger Than Fiction (USA, 2006, directed by Marc Forster, written by Zach Helm)
True Confessions (USA, 1981, directed by Ulu Grosbard, written by John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion, and Gary S. Hall)
Bend It Like Beckham (UK/USA/Germany, 2002, directed by Gurinder Chadha, written by Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, and Guljit Bindra)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China/Taiwan/Hong Kong/USA, 2000, directed by Ang Lee, written by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung, based on the novel by Wang Dulu)
Daughters of the Dust (USA, 1991, directed and written by Julie Dash)
An Education (UK/USA, 2009, directed by Lone Scherfig, written by Nick Hornby, based on the memoir by Lynn Barber)
Ida (Poland/France/Denmark/UK, 2013, directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, written by Paweł Pawlikowski and Rebecca Lenkiewicz)
Little Women (USA, 2019, directed and written by Greta Gerwig, based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott)
Nebraska (USA, 2013, directed by Alexander Payne, written by Bob Nelson)
Samsara (India/Germany/France/Italy/Switzerland, 2001, directed by Pan Nalin, written by Pan Nalin and Tim Baker)
See You Yesterday (USA, 2019, directed by Stefon Bristol, written by Stefon Bristol and Fredrica Bailey, based on their short film)
Silence (USA/Taiwan/Mexico/UK, 2016, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Martin Scorsese and Jay Cocks, from the novel by Shūsaku Endō)
The Souvenir (UK/USA, 2019, directed and written by Joanna Hogg)
First Man (USA, 2018, directed by Damien Chazelle, written by Josh Singer)
Gandhi (USA/UK/India, 1982, directed by Richard Attenborough, written by John Bailey)
Harriet (USA, 2019, directed by Kasi Lemmons, written by Kasi Lemmons and Gregory Allen Howard)
A Hidden Life (Austria/Germany/Italy/USA, 2019, directed and written by Terrence Malick)
Selma (USA, 2014, directed by Ava DuVernay, written by Paul Webb)
Taxi (Iran, 2015, directed and written by Jafar Panahi)
There Is No Evil (Iran, 2020, directed and written by Mohammad Rasoulof)
The Before Trilogy (USA, 1995–2013, directed by Richard Linklater, written by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy)
Close (Belgium, 2022, directed by Lukas Dhont, written by Lukas Dhont and Angelo Tijssens)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (USA, 2004, directed by Michel Gondry, written by Charlie Kaufman)
I Was a Simple Man (USA, 2021, directed and written by Christopher Makoto Yogi)
Midnight Cowboy (USA, 1969, directed by John Schlesinger, written by Waldo Salt, from the novel by James Leo Herlihy)
Supernova (UK, 2020, directed and written by Harry Macqueen)
Thelma & Louise (USA, 1991, directed by Ridley Scott, written by Callie Khouri)
The Duellists (UK, 1977, directed by Ridley Scott, written by Gerald Vaughan-Hughes)
A Face in the Crowd (USA, 1957, directed by Elia Kazan, written by Budd Schulberg)
Fearless (USA, 1993, directed by Peter Weir, written by Rafael Yglesias)
The Piano (Aotearoa/New Zealand, 1993, directed and written by Jane Campion)
Stories We Tell (Canada, 2012, directed and written by Sarah Polley)
Sweet Smell of Success (USA, 1957, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, written by Clifford Odets)
The Verdict (USA, 1982, directed by Sidney Lumet, written by David Mamet)
Life Is Beautiful (Italy, 1997, directed and written by Roberto Benigni)
A Matter of Life and Death (UK, 1946, directed and written by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
Where Is the Friend’s House? (Iran, 1987, directed and written by Abbas Kiarostami)
The Abyss (USA, 1989, directed and written by James Cameron)
As It Is in Heaven (Sweden, 2004, directed by Kay Pollak, written by Kay Pollak, Anders Nyberg, Ola Olsson, Carin Pollak, and Margaretha Pollak)
Bulletproof Heart (USA, 1994, directed by Mark Malone, written by Gordon Melbourne)
Mass (USA, 2021, directed and written by Fran Kranz)
Munich (USA, 2005, directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Tony Kushner)
Munyurangabo (Rwanda/USA, 2007, directed by Lee Isaac Chung, written by Lee Isaac Chung and Samuel Gray Anderson)
Past Lives (USA, 2023, directed and written by Celine Song)
Secrets & Lies (UK, 1996, directed and written by Mike Leigh)
Wolfwalkers (Ireland/Luxembourg/France, 2020, directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, written by Will Collins)
Cries and Whispers (Sweden, 1972, directed and written by Ingmar Bergman)
Departures (Japan, 2008, directed by Yojiro Takita, written by Kundo Koyama)
Field of Dreams (USA, 1989, directed and written by Phil Alden Robinson, based on the novel Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella)
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present (USA, 2012, directed by Matthew Akers and Jeff Dupre)
Ordinary Love (UK/Ireland, 2019, directed by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, written by Owen McCafferty)
The Seventh Seal (Sweden, 1957, directed and written by Ingmar Bergman, based on his play Trämålning)
Soul (USA, 2020, directed by Pete Docter, written by Pete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers)
Wristcutters: A Love Story (UK/USA, 2006, directed and written by Goran Dukić)
In Pursuit of Silence (USA, 2015, directed by Patrick Shen)
The Tree of Life (USA, 2011, directed and written by Terrence Malick)
Wall-E (USA, 2008, directed by Andrew Stanton, written by Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon)