Gabriel Yared

Broodingly atmospheric and replete with sharply-manoeuvred twists, this noir-inflected thriller examines the machinations of the East German regime in forensic detail. Winner of the Best International Feature Oscar®, The Lives of Others lucidly evokes the insidious terror of the surveillance state.

Jean-Jacques Beineix’s Oscar®-nominated, erotic masterpiece erupted on the scene with such a slick new style that a whole movement was named around it (alongside the work of Luc Besson and Leos Carax): Cinéma du look. Featuring a scintillating and unforgettably fierce debut by Béatrice Dalle.