Venice Film Festival

1989 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film WinnerA City of SadnessHsiao-Hsien HouA beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers.Amazon1989 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film NomineesAnd Then There Was LightOtar IosselianiAmazonAustraliaJean-Jacques AndrienAmazonBerlin-JerusalemAmos GitaiAmazonBlauäugigReinhard HauffAmazonChristianGabriel AxelAmazonDeath of a Tea MasterKei KumaiAmazonEk Din AchanakMrinal SenAmazonFallgropenVilgot SjömanAmazonI Want to Go HomeAlain ResnaisAmazonIslandPaul CoxAmazonLayla, Ma RaisonTaieb LouhichiAmazonLove Me Not?Giorgos PanousopoulosAmazonMuzh i doch' Tamary AleksandrovnyOlga NarutskayaAmazonNew Year's DayHenry JaglomAmazonRecollections of the Yellow HouseJoão César MonteiroAmazonScreen OnePeter HallAmazonScugn...

1988 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film WinnerThe Legend of the Holy DrinkerErmanno OlmiAn alcoholic homeless man is given two hundred francs by a stranger, who requests that when he can he will return the money to Saint Therese in the cathedral.Amazon1988 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film NomineesÀ corps perduLéa PoolAmazonA Very Old Man with Enormous WingsFernando BirriAmazonBurning SecretAndrew BirkinAmazonCamp de ThiaroyeOusmane SembeneAmazonCaro GorbaciovCarlo LizzaniAmazonChess KingWenji TengAmazonDedé MamataRodolfo BrandãoAmazonEldorádóGéza BereményiAmazonGli invisibiliPasquale SquitieriAmazonHard TimesJoão BotelhoAmazonHaunted SummerIvan PasserAmazonLandscape in the MistTheodoros AngelopoulosAmazonLights and ShadowsJaime CaminoAmazonMadame SousatzkaJohn Sch...

1987 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film WinnerAu revoir les enfantsLouis MalleA French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of the top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.Amazon1987 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film NomineesA Boy from CalabriaLuigi ComenciniAmazonA Taxing WomanJûzô ItamiAmazonComédie!Jacques DoillonAmazonDivinas palabrasJosé Luis García SánchezAmazonHip Hip Hurrah!Kjell GredeAmazonHouse of GamesDavid MametAmazonIf the Sun Never ReturnsClaude GorettaAmazonL'homme voiléMaroun BagdadiAmazonLa vallée fantômeAlain TannerAmazonLe sourd dans la villeMireille DansereauAmazonLong Live the Lady!Ermanno OlmiAmazonMade in HeavenA...

1986 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film WinnerSummerÉric RohmerIt's July, and Delphine has nowhere to go for the summer. She feels very bored and "empty", but this won't last; one day she accidently meets someone who seems to be totally made for her...Amazon1986 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film NomineesA King and His MovieCarlos SorinAmazonA Room with a ViewJames IvoryAmazonA Tale of LoveFrancesco MaselliAmazonAmorosaMai ZetterlingAmazonDas Schweigen des DichtersPeter LilienthalAmazonFinal Take: The Golden Age of MoviesYôji YamadaAmazonIdö vanPéter GothárAmazonKhrani menya, moy talismanRoman BalayanAmazonLa puritaineJacques DoillonAmazonLinnaJaakko PakkasvirtaAmazonOn Valentine's DayKen HarrisonAmazonOviriHenning CarlsenAmazonRegalo di NatalePupi AvatiAmazonRomanc...

1985 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film WinnerVagabondAgnès VardaA young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.Amazon1985 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film NomineesBekçiAli ÖzgentürkAmazonDustMarion HänselAmazonGlissandoMircea DaneliucAmazonLegendRidley ScottAmazonLife Is BeautifulBoro DraskovicAmazonMamma EbeCarlo LizzaniAmazonMer mankutyan tangonAlbert MkrtchyanAmazonNo Man's LandAlain TannerAmazonParade of the PlanetsVadim AbdrashitovAmazonPervola, sporen in de sneeuwOrlow SeunkeAmazonPetrina hroniaPantelis VoulgarisAmazonPoliceMaurice PialatAmazonPrizzi's HonorJohn HustonAmazonRéquiem por un campesino españolFrancesc BetriuAmazonShokutaku no nai ieMasaki KobayashiAmazonTang...

1984 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film WinnerA Year of the Quiet SunKrzysztof ZanussiShortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in deep love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him....Amazon1984 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film NomineesA Proper ScandalPasquale Festa CampanileAmazonAngelas krigEija-Elina BergholmAmazonAngyali üdvözletAndrás JelesAmazonBeregAleksandr AlovAmazonClaretta PetacciPasquale SquitieriAmazonDer SpiegelErden KiralAmazonDionysosJean RouchAmazonFavourites of the MoonOtar IosselianiAmazonFull Moon in ParisÉric RohmerAmazonGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesHugh HudsonAmazonLa neve nel bicchiereFlorestano VanciniAmazonLos zancosCarlos Saur...

1983 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film WinnerFirst Name: CarmenJean-Luc GodardA woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.Amazon1983 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film NomineesA Love in GermanyAndrzej WajdaAmazonBiquefarreGeorges RouquierAmazonBlack Shack AlleyEuzhan PalcyAmazonCareful, He Might Hear YouCarl SchultzAmazonEdiths TagebuchHans W. GeissendörferAmazonGlutThomas KoerferAmazonHanna K.Costa-GavrasAmazonHotel CentralVeselin BranevAmazonIl disertoreGiuliana BerlinguerAmazonLife Is a Bed of RosesAlain ResnaisAmazonMaria ChapdelaineGilles CarleAmazonMat MariyaSergey KolosovAmazonSleight of HandMonique RutlerAmazonStraight Through the HeartDoris DörrieAmazonStreamersRobert AltmanAmaz...

1982 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film WinnerThe State of ThingsWim WendersOn location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's Day the World Ended (1955). The producer is nowhere to be found and director Friedrich...Amazon1982 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film NomineesA EstrangeiraJoão Mário GriloAmazonA Good MarriageÉric RohmerAmazonAn Egyptian StoryYoussef ChahineAmazonApprehensionLothar WarnekeAmazonChastnaya zhiznYuli RaizmanAmazonChopinLuciano OdorisioAmazonColpire al cuoreGianni AmelioAmazonEstoy en crisisFernando ColomoAmazonFünf letzte TagePercy AdlonAmazonGolosIlya AverbakhAmazonGrihajuddhaBuddhadev DasguptaAmazonGrogFrancesco LaudadioAmazonGuernicaFerenc KósaAmazonHeroBarney Platts-MillsAmazonImperativeK...

1981 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film WinnerMarianne & JulianeMargarethe von TrottaTwo sisters both fight for women's rights. Juliane is a journalist and Marianne a terrorist. When Marianne is jailed, Juliane feels obligated to help her despite their differing views on how to live.Amazon1981 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film NomineesBeirut the EncounterBorhane AlaouiéAmazonBosco d'amoreAlberto BevilacquaAmazonChaalchitraMrinal SenAmazonDo You Remember Dolly Bell?Emir KusturicaAmazonForfølgelsenAnja BreienAmazonKargusJuan MiñónAmazonLa caduta degli angeli ribelliMarco Tullio GiordanaAmazonLe occasioni di RosaSalvatore PiscicelliAmazonPrince of the CitySidney LumetAmazonShortcutsJirí MenzelAmazonSilvestreJoão César MonteiroAmazonSweet DreamsNanni MorettiAmazonSweet...

1980 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film WinnerAtlantic CityLouis MalleIn a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.AmazonGloriaJohn CassavetesWhen a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.Amazon1980 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion - Best Film NomineesAlexander the GreatTheodoros AngelopoulosAmazonDeux lions au soleilClaude FaraldoAmazonGoing in StyleMartin BrestAmazonLa petite sirèneRoger AndrieuxAmazonMelvin and HowardJonathan DemmeAmazonRichard's ThingsAnthony HarveyAmazonStory of an Unknown ManVytautas ZalakeviciusA...