Parasite
Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Why you'll love it
This film made history by winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, showcasing class struggle through a darkly comedic lens.
12 Years a Slave
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Why you'll love it
This powerful film won the Academy Award for Best Picture and is based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Moonlight
Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes
A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
Why you'll love it
This film won the Academy Award for Best Picture and explores themes of identity, family, and love.
The Shape of Water
Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
Why you'll love it
An Academy Award winner for Best Picture, this film tells a unique love story between a mute woman and a mysterious aquatic creature.
Birdman
Caroline Christl Long
A portrait of Robert, a troubled but poetic soul struggling with his purgatorial existence in a hackney scrapyard.
Why you'll love it
An innovative film that won multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture, focusing on a washed-up actor trying to revive his career.