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A 2017 American psychological horror film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky. Plot: A woman is taken by surprise when her husband lets uninvited guests in to stay at their home. As her husband's behaviour grows increasingly odd, she gets distressed and just wants everyone to leave, as more and more strange things occur.

A 1927 expressionist science-fiction drama film directed by Fritz Lang. Plot: In Metropolis, society is divided in two classes: the rich, who have all the power and all kinds of luxuries and the workers, doomed to work and confined to live in poor conditions.

A 2011 science fiction drama art film written and directed by Lars von Trier. Plot: Justine and her fiancée Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister and brother-in-law. Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth...

A 1977 experimental horror film directed by David Lynch. Plot: Lynch's fiendish cult classic adopts the logic of dreams and nightmares as layers of reality dissolve, sucking you into the eerie world of a warped mind. The befuddled "hero" Henry struggles against the powers of the shrinking mutant slab in this demented gem which promises that in heaven, everything is fine.

A 1962 supernatural surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel. Plot: High society guests find themselves unable to leave the dining room after a posh dinner party. The uncomfortable situation extends far beyond the limits of their patience and survival instincts start to arise.

A 1965 psychological horror film directed by Roman Polanski. Plot: A Belgian girl, Carol, works as a manicurist at a London beauty salon. While having lunch, a good looking young man, Colin, spots her and makes a date for another evening.

A 1980 historical drama film directed by David Lynch. Plot: John Merrick is a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England.

A 2018 horror film written and directed by Lars Von Trier. Plot: USA in the 1970s. We follow the highly intelligent Jack over a span of 12 years and are introduced to the murders that define Jack's development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack's point of view, while he postulates each murder is an artwork in itself. As the inevitable police intervention is drawing nearer, he is taking greater and greater risks in his attempt to create the ultimate artwork. Along the way we experience Jack's descriptions of his personal condition, problems and thoughts through a recurring conversation with the unknown Verge - a grotesque mixture of sophistry mixed with an almost childlike self-pity and psychopathic explanations. The House That Jack Built is a dark and sinister story, yet presented through a philosophical and occasional humorous tale.

A 1972 surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel. Plot: Several bourgeois friends planning to get together for dinner experience a succession of highly unusual occurrences that interfere with their expected dining enjoyment.

A 2006 erotic drama film directed by Bret Wood.Plot: Multi-narrative adaptation of Richard v. Krafft-Ebing's notorious medico-forensic study of sexual perversity. IMPORTANT: This interpretation was made while watching Psychopatia Sexualis (2006) with no audio.

A 1966 psychological drama directed by Ingmar Bergman. Plot: A nurse is put in charge of an actress who can't talk and finds that the actress's persona is melding with hers.

A 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene. Plot: Caligari appears in the town with his marvel Cesare the Somnambulist, a man who has been asleep for 23 years and is now under Caligari’s hypnotic control. Caligari claims that Cesare can predict the future. The arrogant young Alan rises to accept the challenge and asks how long he will live to which Cesare replies “Until dawn”.

A 2015 period supernatural horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers. Plot: New England in the 1630s: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness. When their newborn son vanishes and crops fail, the family members turn on one another. Beyond their worst fears, a supernatural evil lurks in the nearby wood.

A 2011 psychological thriller drama film directed by Lynne Ramsay. Plot: Eva puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin. The relationship between mother and son is difficult from the very first years. When Kevin is 15, he does something irrational and unforgivable in the eyes of the entire community.

A 1997 psychological thriller directed by Michael Haneke. Plot: An Austrian family who goes on a country vacation and become the victims of two cold-blooded psychopaths who are out to torture them with their "funny games".