Venice Film Festival

1994 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerHeavenly CreaturesPeter JacksonTwo teenage girls share a unique bond; their parents, concerned that the friendship is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge.AmazonLittle OdessaJames GrayEarly 1990s drama about a family of Soviet Jews living in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach ocean-side neighborhood nicknamed Little Odessa.AmazonThe BullCarlo MazzacuratiItalia, 1994. Franco e Loris are two friends that decide to steal a stud bull. The bull is worth a lot. Their idea is to immediately leave Italy and try to sell the bull in Hungary. But ...Amazon

1993 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerKosh ba koshBakhtyar KhudojnazarovAmazon

1992 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerHotel de luxDan PitaIn an allegorical tale, a luxurious hotel is ruled like a communist country. The ignorant views of leaders and the social stratification are the main focus.AmazonJamón, JamónBigas LunaWhen a mother disapproves of her son's lover, she hires an underwear model and former bullfighter to seduce her away.AmazonUn coeur en hiverClaude SautetBeautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.Amazon

1991 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerJ'entends plus la guitarePhilippe GarrelFor those who were young, living under the delusions of love and soft drugs in Paris, May 1968 - even if the guitar is still playing, they can't hear it any longer.AmazonRaise the Red LanternYimou ZhangA young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.AmazonThe Fisher KingTerry GilliamA former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.Amazon

1990 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerGoodfellasMartin ScorseseThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.Amazon

1989 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerDeath of a Tea MasterKei KumaiYears after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death. Years before: Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who ...AmazonRecollections of the Yellow HouseJoão César MonteiroLisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor idiot, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's waterfront.Amazon

1988 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerLandscape in the MistTheodoros AngelopoulosTwo children journey the long road to Germany to find the man they believe to be their father.Amazon

1987 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerLong Live the Lady!Ermanno OlmiAmazonMauriceJames IvoryAfter his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.Amazon

1957 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerLe notti biancheLuchino ViscontiA humble clerk courts a woman who night after night awaits for the return of her lover.Amazon

1955 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerCiske de RatWolfgang StaudteAmazonLe amicheMichelangelo AntonioniA young woman returns to her home town of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.AmazonThe Big KnifeRobert AldrichHollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.AmazonThe GrasshopperSamson SamsonovOsip Ivanovich Dymov, the titular counselor and the doctor of thirty one years, serves in two hospitals at the same time: intern and anatomist. From nine o'clock in the morning and in the ...Amazon