Jean-Marc Barr

This early triumph by Lars von Trier, which won no less than three prizes at Cannes, is one of his most bizarre yet accessible works: a feverish retooling of film noir, an unhinged thriller, and a visually mind-blowing odyssey into a nightmare of our past.

Jack Kerouac, coming off the recent success of On the Road, is unable to cope with a suddenly demanding public and his rise in popularity and begins battling advanced alcoholism. He seeks respite first in solitude in the Big Sur cabin, then in a relationship with Billie, the mistress of his long-time friend Neal Cassady.

A slumming musician whose marriage is falling apart turns to desperate and lawless measures when his daughter suddenly goes missing.

A son of Italian immigrants who settled in Nice is hunted down due to his debts.

Nicolas Maury (Netflix's Call My Agent! and Knife+Heart) stars in this Cannes Official Competition coming-of-age dramedy as Jérémie, a hypersensitive struggling actor with an uncontrollable green-eyed monster on his back. Grappling with personal loss, a love life in shambles, and a faltering career, Jérémie turns to his clear-headed mother for support (Nathalie Baye in one of the loveliest roles of her career) in this auspicious, often touching, directorial debut.

In a remote Scottish village, a devoted couple’s marriage is interrupted by a tragic accident. Physical intimacy is replaced with verbal frankness, as the wide-eyed Bess devotes her body to the erotic impulses of her husband. It’s a journey of sexual martyrdom and religious ecstasy, portrayed with unwavering commitment by Emily Watson in her remarkable film debut.

After stumbling onto something shocking, a documentary filmmaker begins to think she is being brainwashed by a shadow government group.

A sexually-ambiguous Frenchman tours his native countryside with his naive American lover in pursuit of the ultimate thrill. From the moment they meet, brooding Chris (Pierre Perrier) and the beautiful Aurore (Lizzie Brocheré) fall instantly and passionately in love but it's not long before their intense connection is consumed by Chris's dark obsession with gay men. Before long, the pair embarks on a violent and sexual journey filled with seduction and destruction of young gay hustlers. Hard-hitting, intensely sexy and wildly controversial, American Translation is a twisted "Bonnie and Clyde" for a new generation.

In the near future, a couple secures a spot at the Womb Center, where detachable artificial pods offer a convenient, shareable form of pregnancy.

A difficult yet rewarding film from the equally complex Danish provocateur Lars von Trier! This fiercely polemical, little-seen sequel to Dogville tackles a topic as sensitive as slavery, all the while maintaining its predecessor’s Brechtian premise, anti-American bent, and yes, its brilliance.

NYMPHOMANIAC: VOLUME II continues the story of the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her adulthood, during which her journey of self-discovery leads to darker complications. With Jamie Bell, Willem Dafoe, Stellan Skarsgård.