Me when I want to find a film on Mubi that isn't about "sensual longing and animal instincts"
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Me when I want to find a film on Mubi that isn't about "sensual longing and animal instincts"
Oh so this is all fine but being critical of Donald Trump means everyone has to resign
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Oh so this is all fine but being critical of Donald Trump means everyone has to resign
1. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Demy, 1964)
Pastel colours abound in this most astonishing, romantic, sung-through musical with a superb score by Michel Legrand
Two young lovers are torn apart when one of them is called up to the army... can their love survive the time apart?
The perfect film.
Pastel colours abound in this most astonishing, romantic, sung-through musical with a superb score by Michel Legrand
Two young lovers are torn apart when one of them is called up to the army... can their love survive the time apart?
The perfect film.
December 31, 2024 at 11:39 PM
1. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Demy, 1964)
Pastel colours abound in this most astonishing, romantic, sung-through musical with a superb score by Michel Legrand
Two young lovers are torn apart when one of them is called up to the army... can their love survive the time apart?
The perfect film.
Pastel colours abound in this most astonishing, romantic, sung-through musical with a superb score by Michel Legrand
Two young lovers are torn apart when one of them is called up to the army... can their love survive the time apart?
The perfect film.
2. SUSPIRIA (Argento, 1977)
A whirlwind of colour and sound, a kaleidoscope for all the senses, with a screaming soundtrack and all the whimsy of the greatest dark fairytales... this is an absolute cinematic feast, perhaps the greatest horror film, as a series of gorgeously rendered murders occur.
A whirlwind of colour and sound, a kaleidoscope for all the senses, with a screaming soundtrack and all the whimsy of the greatest dark fairytales... this is an absolute cinematic feast, perhaps the greatest horror film, as a series of gorgeously rendered murders occur.
December 31, 2024 at 11:32 PM
2. SUSPIRIA (Argento, 1977)
A whirlwind of colour and sound, a kaleidoscope for all the senses, with a screaming soundtrack and all the whimsy of the greatest dark fairytales... this is an absolute cinematic feast, perhaps the greatest horror film, as a series of gorgeously rendered murders occur.
A whirlwind of colour and sound, a kaleidoscope for all the senses, with a screaming soundtrack and all the whimsy of the greatest dark fairytales... this is an absolute cinematic feast, perhaps the greatest horror film, as a series of gorgeously rendered murders occur.
3. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Jonze, 1999)
Possibly the most unpredictable film I have ever seen. I can't even begin to describe it.
A man discovers a portal into the mind of esteemed actor John Malkovich in a cupboard at his workplace... this is one of the least odd things that happens in this movie.
Possibly the most unpredictable film I have ever seen. I can't even begin to describe it.
A man discovers a portal into the mind of esteemed actor John Malkovich in a cupboard at his workplace... this is one of the least odd things that happens in this movie.
December 31, 2024 at 11:25 PM
3. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Jonze, 1999)
Possibly the most unpredictable film I have ever seen. I can't even begin to describe it.
A man discovers a portal into the mind of esteemed actor John Malkovich in a cupboard at his workplace... this is one of the least odd things that happens in this movie.
Possibly the most unpredictable film I have ever seen. I can't even begin to describe it.
A man discovers a portal into the mind of esteemed actor John Malkovich in a cupboard at his workplace... this is one of the least odd things that happens in this movie.
4. BICYCLE THIEVES (De Sica, 1948)
"Papa!"
In postwar Italy, jobs are scarce, and one man's livelihood lies in his bicycle.
One day, his bicycle is stolen, and this leads him on a desperate attempt to recover it.
One of the most stressful films I have ever seen - bitter, horrible realism.
"Papa!"
In postwar Italy, jobs are scarce, and one man's livelihood lies in his bicycle.
One day, his bicycle is stolen, and this leads him on a desperate attempt to recover it.
One of the most stressful films I have ever seen - bitter, horrible realism.
December 31, 2024 at 11:17 PM
4. BICYCLE THIEVES (De Sica, 1948)
"Papa!"
In postwar Italy, jobs are scarce, and one man's livelihood lies in his bicycle.
One day, his bicycle is stolen, and this leads him on a desperate attempt to recover it.
One of the most stressful films I have ever seen - bitter, horrible realism.
"Papa!"
In postwar Italy, jobs are scarce, and one man's livelihood lies in his bicycle.
One day, his bicycle is stolen, and this leads him on a desperate attempt to recover it.
One of the most stressful films I have ever seen - bitter, horrible realism.
5. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Powell & Pressburger, 1943)
The Archers take their incredible skill and vision to their most epic film - the story of a lifetime, of a soldier forever haunted by a lost love he keeps seeing and a lost sense of decency and fair play in war. It's heartbreaking.
The Archers take their incredible skill and vision to their most epic film - the story of a lifetime, of a soldier forever haunted by a lost love he keeps seeing and a lost sense of decency and fair play in war. It's heartbreaking.
December 31, 2024 at 11:12 PM
5. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Powell & Pressburger, 1943)
The Archers take their incredible skill and vision to their most epic film - the story of a lifetime, of a soldier forever haunted by a lost love he keeps seeing and a lost sense of decency and fair play in war. It's heartbreaking.
The Archers take their incredible skill and vision to their most epic film - the story of a lifetime, of a soldier forever haunted by a lost love he keeps seeing and a lost sense of decency and fair play in war. It's heartbreaking.
6. THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (Chomet, 2003)
A demented, maximalist dream vision of a sort of New York/Paris hybrid where an old lady must save her cyclist grandson from the mafia with the assistance of a trio of elderly vaudeville performers
It must be seen to be believed
A demented, maximalist dream vision of a sort of New York/Paris hybrid where an old lady must save her cyclist grandson from the mafia with the assistance of a trio of elderly vaudeville performers
It must be seen to be believed
December 31, 2024 at 11:03 PM
6. THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (Chomet, 2003)
A demented, maximalist dream vision of a sort of New York/Paris hybrid where an old lady must save her cyclist grandson from the mafia with the assistance of a trio of elderly vaudeville performers
It must be seen to be believed
A demented, maximalist dream vision of a sort of New York/Paris hybrid where an old lady must save her cyclist grandson from the mafia with the assistance of a trio of elderly vaudeville performers
It must be seen to be believed
7. ROOM (Abrahamson, 2015)
A moving, sometimes terrifying thriller/drama about childhood and parenthood, centred on a small boy whose whole world is the small room that he has never left in his life and which is therefore his whole universe.
A career-best performance from Brie Larson in this.
A moving, sometimes terrifying thriller/drama about childhood and parenthood, centred on a small boy whose whole world is the small room that he has never left in his life and which is therefore his whole universe.
A career-best performance from Brie Larson in this.
December 31, 2024 at 10:57 PM
7. ROOM (Abrahamson, 2015)
A moving, sometimes terrifying thriller/drama about childhood and parenthood, centred on a small boy whose whole world is the small room that he has never left in his life and which is therefore his whole universe.
A career-best performance from Brie Larson in this.
A moving, sometimes terrifying thriller/drama about childhood and parenthood, centred on a small boy whose whole world is the small room that he has never left in his life and which is therefore his whole universe.
A career-best performance from Brie Larson in this.
8. DECISION TO LEAVE (Park, 2022)
A sumptuous thriller worthy of Hitchcock, defined by the mountains and the sea
A detective finds himself enthralled by the chief suspect in a case that may be murder or suicide... but once he gets close, he becomes entangled in a web of intrigue and tragedy.
A sumptuous thriller worthy of Hitchcock, defined by the mountains and the sea
A detective finds himself enthralled by the chief suspect in a case that may be murder or suicide... but once he gets close, he becomes entangled in a web of intrigue and tragedy.
December 31, 2024 at 10:53 PM
8. DECISION TO LEAVE (Park, 2022)
A sumptuous thriller worthy of Hitchcock, defined by the mountains and the sea
A detective finds himself enthralled by the chief suspect in a case that may be murder or suicide... but once he gets close, he becomes entangled in a web of intrigue and tragedy.
A sumptuous thriller worthy of Hitchcock, defined by the mountains and the sea
A detective finds himself enthralled by the chief suspect in a case that may be murder or suicide... but once he gets close, he becomes entangled in a web of intrigue and tragedy.
9. GODZILLA MINUS ONE (Yamazaki, 2023)
This is not about Godzilla
This is about a kamikaze pilot facing the shame of surviving his suicide mission after the war has ended in Japan
It is a profound and powerful examination of the psychology of war and survivorship in Japan. Also, Godzilla is cool.
This is not about Godzilla
This is about a kamikaze pilot facing the shame of surviving his suicide mission after the war has ended in Japan
It is a profound and powerful examination of the psychology of war and survivorship in Japan. Also, Godzilla is cool.
December 31, 2024 at 10:46 PM
9. GODZILLA MINUS ONE (Yamazaki, 2023)
This is not about Godzilla
This is about a kamikaze pilot facing the shame of surviving his suicide mission after the war has ended in Japan
It is a profound and powerful examination of the psychology of war and survivorship in Japan. Also, Godzilla is cool.
This is not about Godzilla
This is about a kamikaze pilot facing the shame of surviving his suicide mission after the war has ended in Japan
It is a profound and powerful examination of the psychology of war and survivorship in Japan. Also, Godzilla is cool.
10. Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1950)
Gloria Swanson embraces the role of a lifetime as a terrifying, controlling, obsessive former star who can't comprehend the fact that she's no longer the legend she once was.
When a desperate young writer enters her life, will he be able to escape?
Gloria Swanson embraces the role of a lifetime as a terrifying, controlling, obsessive former star who can't comprehend the fact that she's no longer the legend she once was.
When a desperate young writer enters her life, will he be able to escape?
December 31, 2024 at 10:37 PM
10. Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1950)
Gloria Swanson embraces the role of a lifetime as a terrifying, controlling, obsessive former star who can't comprehend the fact that she's no longer the legend she once was.
When a desperate young writer enters her life, will he be able to escape?
Gloria Swanson embraces the role of a lifetime as a terrifying, controlling, obsessive former star who can't comprehend the fact that she's no longer the legend she once was.
When a desperate young writer enters her life, will he be able to escape?
11. Good Bye, Lenin! (Becker, 2003)
In East Germany of the early 1990s, a woman who was in a coma when the Berlin Wall fell must be shielded from her son from the fall of Communism as it takes place outside.
Really funny and deeply heartfelt - a premise to die for and a superb execution.
In East Germany of the early 1990s, a woman who was in a coma when the Berlin Wall fell must be shielded from her son from the fall of Communism as it takes place outside.
Really funny and deeply heartfelt - a premise to die for and a superb execution.
December 31, 2024 at 10:21 PM
11. Good Bye, Lenin! (Becker, 2003)
In East Germany of the early 1990s, a woman who was in a coma when the Berlin Wall fell must be shielded from her son from the fall of Communism as it takes place outside.
Really funny and deeply heartfelt - a premise to die for and a superb execution.
In East Germany of the early 1990s, a woman who was in a coma when the Berlin Wall fell must be shielded from her son from the fall of Communism as it takes place outside.
Really funny and deeply heartfelt - a premise to die for and a superb execution.
12. THREE COLOURS: RED (Kieślowski, 1994)
The final, and best, film in the astonishing Three Colours trilogy explores the theme of Fraternity in hues of red
A woman nearly runs over a dog, and takes it to its owner, a judge, but he doesn't want it. The pair end up sharing a powerful connection.
The final, and best, film in the astonishing Three Colours trilogy explores the theme of Fraternity in hues of red
A woman nearly runs over a dog, and takes it to its owner, a judge, but he doesn't want it. The pair end up sharing a powerful connection.
December 31, 2024 at 10:17 PM
12. THREE COLOURS: RED (Kieślowski, 1994)
The final, and best, film in the astonishing Three Colours trilogy explores the theme of Fraternity in hues of red
A woman nearly runs over a dog, and takes it to its owner, a judge, but he doesn't want it. The pair end up sharing a powerful connection.
The final, and best, film in the astonishing Three Colours trilogy explores the theme of Fraternity in hues of red
A woman nearly runs over a dog, and takes it to its owner, a judge, but he doesn't want it. The pair end up sharing a powerful connection.
13. APOCALYPSE NOW (Coppola, 1979)
A hallucinatory nightmare of war in Vietnam, populated by Americans who have no regard for the locals whose lives they are destroying. Perhaps the key scene sees a soldier murder a number of Vietnamese civilians but then saves the dog. Chilling.
A hallucinatory nightmare of war in Vietnam, populated by Americans who have no regard for the locals whose lives they are destroying. Perhaps the key scene sees a soldier murder a number of Vietnamese civilians but then saves the dog. Chilling.
December 31, 2024 at 8:43 PM
13. APOCALYPSE NOW (Coppola, 1979)
A hallucinatory nightmare of war in Vietnam, populated by Americans who have no regard for the locals whose lives they are destroying. Perhaps the key scene sees a soldier murder a number of Vietnamese civilians but then saves the dog. Chilling.
A hallucinatory nightmare of war in Vietnam, populated by Americans who have no regard for the locals whose lives they are destroying. Perhaps the key scene sees a soldier murder a number of Vietnamese civilians but then saves the dog. Chilling.
14. VERTIGO (Hitchcock, 1958)
A delirious tale of obsession, as an unusually unnerving Jimmy Stewart attempts to recreate a woman in another woman's image whilst his own sense of vertigo becomes increasingly potent to the structure of the narrative. Wild and compelling.
A delirious tale of obsession, as an unusually unnerving Jimmy Stewart attempts to recreate a woman in another woman's image whilst his own sense of vertigo becomes increasingly potent to the structure of the narrative. Wild and compelling.
December 31, 2024 at 8:35 PM
14. VERTIGO (Hitchcock, 1958)
A delirious tale of obsession, as an unusually unnerving Jimmy Stewart attempts to recreate a woman in another woman's image whilst his own sense of vertigo becomes increasingly potent to the structure of the narrative. Wild and compelling.
A delirious tale of obsession, as an unusually unnerving Jimmy Stewart attempts to recreate a woman in another woman's image whilst his own sense of vertigo becomes increasingly potent to the structure of the narrative. Wild and compelling.
15. THELMA & LOUISE (Scott, 1991)
I've watched a lot of Ridley Scott this year, so I feel prettu confident when I say this is his best work.
The ultimate road trip movie - two women find themselves on the run from the law when one commits a crime to save the other. It is SO much fun.
I've watched a lot of Ridley Scott this year, so I feel prettu confident when I say this is his best work.
The ultimate road trip movie - two women find themselves on the run from the law when one commits a crime to save the other. It is SO much fun.
December 31, 2024 at 8:12 PM
15. THELMA & LOUISE (Scott, 1991)
I've watched a lot of Ridley Scott this year, so I feel prettu confident when I say this is his best work.
The ultimate road trip movie - two women find themselves on the run from the law when one commits a crime to save the other. It is SO much fun.
I've watched a lot of Ridley Scott this year, so I feel prettu confident when I say this is his best work.
The ultimate road trip movie - two women find themselves on the run from the law when one commits a crime to save the other. It is SO much fun.
16. THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (Wyler, 1961)
Two schoolteachers have their careers and reputations threatened when a child starts a rumour that they are in a lesbian relationship
The result is a swirlingly intense thriller about the darkness and prejudice put into the hearts of children by adults.
Two schoolteachers have their careers and reputations threatened when a child starts a rumour that they are in a lesbian relationship
The result is a swirlingly intense thriller about the darkness and prejudice put into the hearts of children by adults.
December 31, 2024 at 8:09 PM
16. THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (Wyler, 1961)
Two schoolteachers have their careers and reputations threatened when a child starts a rumour that they are in a lesbian relationship
The result is a swirlingly intense thriller about the darkness and prejudice put into the hearts of children by adults.
Two schoolteachers have their careers and reputations threatened when a child starts a rumour that they are in a lesbian relationship
The result is a swirlingly intense thriller about the darkness and prejudice put into the hearts of children by adults.
17. Chinatown (Polanski, 1974)
Yes, I know, but gosh, what an extraordinary noir this is. Absolutely captivating. The script for this film won awards, and it's not at all difficult to see why - it's so perfectly controlled, so compelling. Possibly the best film noir I've seen.
Yes, I know, but gosh, what an extraordinary noir this is. Absolutely captivating. The script for this film won awards, and it's not at all difficult to see why - it's so perfectly controlled, so compelling. Possibly the best film noir I've seen.
December 31, 2024 at 8:02 PM
17. Chinatown (Polanski, 1974)
Yes, I know, but gosh, what an extraordinary noir this is. Absolutely captivating. The script for this film won awards, and it's not at all difficult to see why - it's so perfectly controlled, so compelling. Possibly the best film noir I've seen.
Yes, I know, but gosh, what an extraordinary noir this is. Absolutely captivating. The script for this film won awards, and it's not at all difficult to see why - it's so perfectly controlled, so compelling. Possibly the best film noir I've seen.
18. WITHNAIL & I (Robinson, 1987)
"We've gone on holiday by mistake!"
Richard E Grant and Paul McGann are breathtakingly funny as two out of work actors in the late 1960s, at their lowest point in both health and sanity. It's a riot, but it's also very touching.
"We've gone on holiday by mistake!"
Richard E Grant and Paul McGann are breathtakingly funny as two out of work actors in the late 1960s, at their lowest point in both health and sanity. It's a riot, but it's also very touching.
December 31, 2024 at 7:58 PM
18. WITHNAIL & I (Robinson, 1987)
"We've gone on holiday by mistake!"
Richard E Grant and Paul McGann are breathtakingly funny as two out of work actors in the late 1960s, at their lowest point in both health and sanity. It's a riot, but it's also very touching.
"We've gone on holiday by mistake!"
Richard E Grant and Paul McGann are breathtakingly funny as two out of work actors in the late 1960s, at their lowest point in both health and sanity. It's a riot, but it's also very touching.
19. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (Cukor, 1940)
Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, perhaps the greatest cast ever assembled for a film, provide perfect foils for each other in this brilliantly funny work about a socialite caught between three men and the press on the eve of her wedding.
Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, perhaps the greatest cast ever assembled for a film, provide perfect foils for each other in this brilliantly funny work about a socialite caught between three men and the press on the eve of her wedding.
December 31, 2024 at 7:27 PM
19. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (Cukor, 1940)
Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, perhaps the greatest cast ever assembled for a film, provide perfect foils for each other in this brilliantly funny work about a socialite caught between three men and the press on the eve of her wedding.
Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, perhaps the greatest cast ever assembled for a film, provide perfect foils for each other in this brilliantly funny work about a socialite caught between three men and the press on the eve of her wedding.
20. PLAYTIME (Tati, 1967)
A rhapsody in grey
This satirical non-narrative presents a vision of Paris overtaken by grey office blocks and dull, identical houses viewed from outside giant windows, with vars going round and round... but it reveals an anarchic spirit as a restaurant is torn apart.
A rhapsody in grey
This satirical non-narrative presents a vision of Paris overtaken by grey office blocks and dull, identical houses viewed from outside giant windows, with vars going round and round... but it reveals an anarchic spirit as a restaurant is torn apart.
December 31, 2024 at 7:22 PM
20. PLAYTIME (Tati, 1967)
A rhapsody in grey
This satirical non-narrative presents a vision of Paris overtaken by grey office blocks and dull, identical houses viewed from outside giant windows, with vars going round and round... but it reveals an anarchic spirit as a restaurant is torn apart.
A rhapsody in grey
This satirical non-narrative presents a vision of Paris overtaken by grey office blocks and dull, identical houses viewed from outside giant windows, with vars going round and round... but it reveals an anarchic spirit as a restaurant is torn apart.
The best Doctor Who episode to air in 2024 was 73 YARDS, a spooky masterpiece by Russell T Davies about abandonment symbolised through the central image of a magical haunting by a woman who remains, at all times, 73 yards away.
December 31, 2024 at 7:16 PM
The best Doctor Who episode to air in 2024 was 73 YARDS, a spooky masterpiece by Russell T Davies about abandonment symbolised through the central image of a magical haunting by a woman who remains, at all times, 73 yards away.
The best new TV shows I've seen this year have been Douglas is Cancelled, Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, and Squid Game 2.
December 31, 2024 at 7:10 PM
The best new TV shows I've seen this year have been Douglas is Cancelled, Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, and Squid Game 2.