A hypnotist leaves a trail of murderers who cannot say why; Kiyoshi Kurosawa's slow terror.
Cate Blanchett as a conductor whose power comes apart in Berlin; Todd Field's return.
Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson go mad on a rock in black-and-white 1.19:1; Eggers' seagulls.
Toni Collette, a miniature-maker, and a grief that turns into something worse; A24's horror peak.
Kristen Stewart as Diana over one Christmas at Sandringham; a fable, not a biopic.
A grief-stricken American at a Swedish midsummer festival where everything happens in daylight.
Ethan Hawke as a pastor losing his faith over climate change; Schrader's Bresson film.
Benedict Cumberbatch as a cruel Montana rancher and the boy who undoes him; Campion's Oscar.
Joaquin Phoenix dances down the Bronx stairs; a comic-book film that won the Golden Lion.
A surgeon must kill one of his family or a boy's curse takes them all; Lanthimos' Greek tragedy.
Tilda Swinton as the mother of a school shooter, before and after.
Michael Shannon builds a storm shelter for a storm only he sees.
A pop-up book monster and a grieving mother; Australian horror about depression.
A programmer tests whether Ava is conscious in a glass house in the mountains.
A giant rabbit tells a teenager the world ends in 28 days; the cult film of 2001.
A widower auditions for a wife; the last twenty minutes are Miike's most infamous.
Grieving parents in a winter Venice and a small figure in a red coat.
Mia Farrow, a Manhattan apartment building and very helpful neighbours.
Nuns in a Himalayan palace, and Kathleen Byron in red lipstick; shot entirely in a Surrey studio.
A guilt-ridden detective cannot sleep through the Alaskan midnight sun.
Watch David Lynch's surreal psychological horror film Inland Empire (2006), known for its experimental narrative and digital video aesthetic.
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