30 films · 30 GCML Curated films · High engagement + ease
The Movie Night Canon
Thirty GCML Curated films chosen for nights when you want to discover something great without turning movie night into homework.
Thirty GCML Curated selections offer a route through films chosen for high Engagement and Ease. Each lies outside the Big Three reference lists. The collection makes unfamiliar cinema approachable while preserving the scores and Master Rank of the complete canon.
Films in this collection
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Hayao Miyazaki · Japan · 117 min
Master Rank #173 · GCML Total 9.02
- Tumbbad (2018)
Rahi Anil Barve · India · 104 min
Master Rank #175 · GCML Total 9.02
- Persepolis (2007)
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi · France / Iran · 95 min
Master Rank #176 · GCML Total 9.02
- The Killing (1956)
Stanley Kubrick · USA · 85 min
Master Rank #177 · GCML Total 9.02
- Her (2013)
Spike Jonze · USA · 126 min
Master Rank #187 · GCML Total 9.00
- Castle in the Sky (1986)
Hayao Miyazaki · Japan · 124 min
Master Rank #196 · GCML Total 8.98
- Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Hayao Miyazaki · Japan · 103 min
Master Rank #197 · GCML Total 8.98
- Drishyam (2013)
Jeethu Joseph · India · 160 min
Master Rank #199 · GCML Total 8.98
- Serpico (1973)
Sidney Lumet · USA · 129 min
Master Rank #208 · GCML Total 8.96
- Sound of Metal (2019)
Darius Marder · USA · 120 min
Master Rank #209 · GCML Total 8.96
- Lagaan (2001)
Ashutosh Gowariker · India · 224 min
Master Rank #211 · GCML Total 8.96
- Another Round (2020)
Thomas Vinterberg · Denmark · 117 min
Master Rank #217 · GCML Total 8.94
- The Worst Person in the World (2021)
Joachim Trier · Norway · 128 min
Master Rank #226 · GCML Total 8.92
- Dunkirk (2017)
Christopher Nolan · UK / USA · 107 min
Master Rank #227 · GCML Total 8.92
- Kumbalangi Nights (2019)
Madhu C. Narayanan · India · 135 min
Master Rank #228 · GCML Total 8.92
- Drive (2011)
Nicolas Winding Refn · USA · 100 min
Master Rank #233 · GCML Total 8.90
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Sergio Leone · Italy · 99 min
Master Rank #234 · GCML Total 8.90
- A Taxi Driver (2017)
Jang Hoon · South Korea · 137 min
Master Rank #235 · GCML Total 8.90
- Headhunters (2011)
Morten Tyldum · Norway · 100 min
Master Rank #236 · GCML Total 8.90
- Volver (2006)
Pedro Almodóvar · Spain · 121 min
Master Rank #239 · GCML Total 8.88
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Pedro Almodóvar · Spain · 88 min
Master Rank #251 · GCML Total 8.86
- Ponyo (2008)
Hayao Miyazaki · Japan · 100 min
Master Rank #263 · GCML Total 8.84
- Kahaani (2012)
Sujoy Ghosh · India · 122 min
Master Rank #265 · GCML Total 8.84
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
Kim Jee-woon · South Korea · 130 min
Master Rank #266 · GCML Total 8.84
- Riders of Justice (2020)
Anders Thomas Jensen · Denmark · 116 min
Master Rank #274 · GCML Total 8.82
- The Invisible Guest (2016)
Oriol Paulo · Spain · 106 min
Master Rank #275 · GCML Total 8.82
- Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Satoshi Kon · Japan · 92 min
Master Rank #288 · GCML Total 8.80
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
Aditya Chopra · India · 190 min
Master Rank #289 · GCML Total 8.80
- Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
Emir Kusturica · Serbia · 127 min
Master Rank #358 · GCML Total 8.70
- Shutter (2004)
Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom · Thailand · 97 min
Master Rank #409 · GCML Total 8.62