The Underdog

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.

Runtime

2h 34m

Director

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Cast

Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast

Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Lorit

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.

Runtime

2h 28m

Director

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Cast

Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck

Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Pedro Almodóvar

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas

Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk, as they make their way to the coal mine where Dastaguir's son Murad works. Dastaguir must tell Murad that the rest of their family were all killed in a recent bomb attack.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Atiq Rahimi

Cast

Abdul Ghani, Jawan Mard Homayoun, Wali Talash

In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah

Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa