Tarkovsky's Most Admired Films

A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.

A small-town priest struggles with his faith.

A priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.

After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.

With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.

A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.

A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.

An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.

A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.

As World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.

A timeless Carpathian story - the young Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father's killer among the Hutsul people of Ukraine.

Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.

In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.

A carefree young percussionist roams the streets of Tbilisi, interacting with friends and strangers alike, and tries to avoid responsibilities.

In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.

A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.

A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'

The life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors, and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia. Hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.

Recently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.

Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.