Watch Raise the Red Lantern

A family through forty years of Chinese history, from the civil war to the Cultural Revolution.

Jet Li tells the King of Qin three versions of a story, each in a different colour.

A bamboo forest fight and an echo game of drums; wuxia at its most beautiful.

Watch the 1980 biographical drama film about Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man

Watch Stanley Kubrick's 1975 period drama Barry Lyndon, known for its visual beauty and historical accuracy.

A butler who cannot say what he feels, in a house whose master is entertaining the Nazis.

Greta Gerwig's Alcott, cut between two timelines so the ending lands twice.

Eggers remakes Murnau with Bill Skarsgard's moustached count and Lily-Rose Depp.