Movies that at their worst are bound to leave you feeling bleak and hopeless, but at their best capture the languorous, bleak, and somehow beautiful emotion of melancholy.
When their relationship isn’t working out how they’d planned, a couple attempt to erase each other from their memories… Only to find that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city; but the children have little time for them.
Two neighbors, a woman and a man, form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.
A computer operating system proves to be an unforeseen companion to a lonely writer.
An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Adele's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
