With this orgiastic immersion in the mystic reveries of a real-life historical figure, the king of the erotic thriller Paul Verhoeven gives the nunsploitation flick a high-art makeover. Elegant, perverse, and teasingly scandalous, Benedetta critiques religious hypocrisy with an impish grin.

Hopping on his trusted Vespa, Nanni Moretti whizzes through the streets of Rome—and the winding paths of Italian history—in this Cannes-prizewinning travelogue. Unique in its blend of droll slapstick and sincere autobiography, this cult classic welcomes the eccentricities of life with open arms.