The visuals are beautiful, and the story is uniquely grim and difficult to shake.

‘Underground’ (1995)

Undergroundis a wild movie.

Undergroundwon the Palme d’Or in 1995, and stands as arguably one of the best movies of the 1990s.

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Thomas and Ephraim standing next to each other and looking ahead in ‘The Lighthouse’

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Three figures kneeling on a floor in The Holy Mountain - 1973

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The Conformist (1970)

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Four figures with their back to the camera looking towards a slum in An Elephant Sitting Still

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A young woman descending a spiral staircase in Angel’s Egg

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Mirjana Joković and Miki Manojlović in a dancing scene in Underground (1995)

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Hammers in Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982)

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Mima Kirigoe stares out the window at the city in Perfect Blue

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - 1989

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Bolero sequence / dinosaur march from Allegro Non Troppo - 1976

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