Mizoguchi’s 30th film is the earliest surviving example of his work, and his only film of the 1920s to survive complete. Song of Home finds the director already concerning himself with the collision of traditional and modern values. The film is structured around the contrast of two country-bred boys: a coach driver who has never left his home, and a student who returns from Tokyo with city-slicker affectations and Western jazz records. Produced by the Ministry of Education, the film has a simplistic lesson-plan at its heart, but what lingers in the mind after viewing are its more ineffable qualities: The dulcet, lyric, evocation of a disappeared rural past.
Ugetsu
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
8.0
American Psycho
Thriller, Drama, Crime
7.4
The Conjuring
Horror, Thriller
7.5
Nightcrawler
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.7
Passengers
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
7.0
Mad Max: Fury Road
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.6
Full Metal Jacket
Drama, War
8.1
Taxi Driver
Crime, Drama
8.1
Irreversible
Drama, Thriller, Crime
7.2
Roma
Drama
7.6
Into the Wild
Adventure, Drama
7.8
Spirited Away
Animation, Family, Fantasy
8.5
Casablanca
Drama, Romance
8.2
Shutter Island
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
8.2
Howl's Moving Castle
Fantasy, Animation, Adventure
8.4
The Big Lebowski
Comedy, Crime
7.8
The Matrix
Action, Science Fiction
8.2
Trainspotting
Drama, Crime
8.0
Léon: The Professional
Crime, Drama, Action
8.3
Don't Look Up
Comedy, Science Fiction
7.1
Tropical Malady
Drama, Romance, Fantasy
6.8
Robbery Under Arms
Drama, Western
5.4
La malquerida
Drama
6.0
The Man Next Door
Drama, TV Movie
5.0
Alexander
War, History, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
5.9
Hideko the Bus Conductress
Drama, Comedy
7.0
Red Beard
Drama
8.1
The Quiet Man
Romance, Comedy, Drama
7.3
The Village
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
6.5
My Life as a Dog
Drama, Comedy
7.2
My Summer in Provence
Comedy, Drama
6.3
The Divine Order
Comedy, Drama
7.3
Dancing at Lughnasa
Drama
5.9
Amarcord
Comedy, Drama
7.9
Centaur
Drama
6.5
Aśoka
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
6.5
The Return of Martin Guerre
Drama, History
6.7
Jamon Jamon
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.2
Handsome Serge
Drama
6.9
Viridiana
Drama
7.6