World cinema worth the subtitles

A terrific Argentine-Spanish thriller about a retired legal counselor revisiting an unsolved murder. It has an incredible tracking shot through a packed soccer stadium and one of the craziest twists I’ve ever seen. Did I mention I like twists?

A deeply moving thriller about a Stasi officer monitoring a playwright and his lover in East Berlin. I love how it captures both the history and emotional atmosphere of life under surveillance. It’s romantic, tense, and one of those films I know I’ll never forget.