Fists in the Pocket I Pugni in tasca

Director Marco Bellocchio rethinks the horror genre with unsettling results in his feature-film debut, widely considered one of the great achievements of Italian cinema. Vowing to fix it so that his only normal brother (Marino Mase) can get married without fear of being burdened, a death-obsessed epileptic (Lou Castel) sets out to rid his aberrant family of its faults — and he starts by throwing his blind mother (Liliana Gerace) into a ravine.

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Shablool..

A collaboration from popular Israeli composers this film is a campy, offbeat romp along the lines of the Beatles’ films. Part musical, part mockumentary, the film centers on the making of a rock album titled “Shablool.” Einstein and Hanoch star in multiple roles in their cinematic creation, which reflects the energy of Israel’s popular music scene in the 1960s.

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Andrei Rublev

Widely recognized as a cinematic masterpiece, this mesmerizing account of 15th century Russian monk Andrei Rublev follows the icon painter as he faces violence, political persecution and, eventually, a crisis of faith after leaving the monastery to paint Vladimir Cathedral’s interior. The Soviets suppressed this sweeping epic, which was not seen as director Tarkovsky intended until its re-release more than 20 years after completion

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Double Suicide, Shinju Ten No Amijima(1969)

Racking up Best Picture and Best Actress awards in the Japanese equivalent of the Oscars, this acclaimed drama from director tells the story of a tragic love affair between a married merchant (Kichiemon Nakamura) and a prostitute (Shima Iwashita). Based on an 18th-century Bunraku puppet play, the film follows the increasingly desperate lovers as they enter into a suicide pact when society offers them no hope for happiness.

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The tree of the wooden clogs

This ambitious effort from Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi spans an entire year, capturing the lives of four peasant families in turn-of-the-century Lombardy who all live in the same farmhouse on the estate of their boss, an often-absent man. The relationships inside each family unit and the members’ interactions with the closely neighboring families are examined. Winner of the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Bankrupt and lonely, an old man considers committing suicide. Since he has only a devoted dog and a maid (Lina Genneri) as his companions, things look bleak — until one day when the old man’s luck changes, giving him new hope. Director Vittorio de Sica touching portrait of one man’s effort to retain his pride in the face of adversity is a treasure of Italian post-war cinema.

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Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Writer-director Sam Peckinpah brings us the story of a wealthy Mexican businessman who places a million-dollar bounty on a man who broke his daughter’s heart. Two men decide to go after the money, so they hire a local barkeeper to do the killing for them. In the process, they end up leaving a trail of death and destruction throughout the vast Mexican countryside.