Exploring issues of feminism, religion, and horror, Iranian-American filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour exploded onto the international cinema scene with this critically acclaimed indie horror classic

Amidst the "Blaxploitation" trend of early 70s American cinema, African-American filmmaker Bill Gunn found the opportunity to take a commercial project, a "Black vampire" movie, and use it to talk about the African diaspora, drug addiction, and other issues affecting the Black community of the time.

South Korean director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden) explores themes of faith, morality, and the nature of desire in this acclaimed erotic horror inspired by the works of Émile Zola.