Watch Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

A woman waits for a soldier who will not return; the Soviet film that won the Palme d'Or.

A married woman, a cavalry officer and a train; "all happy families are alike".

A Russian surveyor and a Nanai hunter survive the Siberian taiga together.

Scarlett O'Hara, the burning of Atlanta and the biggest box office in inflation-adjusted history.

The Soviet account of the counter-offensive that stopped the Wehrmacht outside Moscow, re-cut for American cinemas.

A divorcing couple's son goes missing while they argue; Zvyagintsev's coldest film.

Wire-work swordplay across the bamboo forests of Qing dynasty China.

Tornatore's tender love letter to cinema and a Sicilian boyhood — keep tissues nearby for the final reel