Fitzcarraldo vs Good Bye, Lenin!

Werner Herzogs epic tale of a man obsessed with building an opera house in the middle of the Amazon jungle is a testament to the power of human ambition. The film is famous for its production, which involved hauling a real 320-ton steamship over a mountain without special effects. It is a visually breathtaking, surreal, and deeply intense exploration of obsession and the clash between civilization...

When a devoted socialist mother falls into a coma just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, her son goes to extreme lengths to protect her from the shock of the changing world. He creates a fake reality in their apartment, pretending that East Germany still exists. This tragicomedy is a brilliant, poignant look at the reunification of Germany and the personal cost of political change. It balances h...