Portrait of a Lady on Fire

If grand gestures and easily avoidable misunderstandings put you off romance, start with people who have other things going on. These films make room for work, friendship, migration, music and the...

A ranking for viewers who want both the year's major achievements and rewarding routes beyond its most familiar hits. Family arguments, class conflict, documentary investigation and adventurous...

For adult viewers who want romance to do more than deliver a reassuring ending, this ranking values chemistry, emotional precision and the ways filmmaking makes desire visible. It ranges across...

An argued ranking of 100 films for viewers ready to range across film history, languages and forms. Direction, performance, invention, emotional force and influence all count; the order reflects...