Melancholy Movies

A comedy which concerns the struggles of an ambitious department store sales clerk who is caught up in New York high society.

In the not too distant future, a man without hope attempts to save the life he was hired to end with HELPER, a world changing technology that allows...

The memories of a man and a woman come to life through photography and animation.

Just after stealing the urn containing the ashes of her deceased lover, Paloma, a drag queen, meets Mike, a quiet and gloomy trucker.

A lonely young woman struggles to deal with her melancholy despite the efforts of friends and family.

Soon after learning of the death of his mother Pérola, Mauro returns to his old family home in Bauru (São Paulo, Brazil). A look back...

A melancholic and old-fashioned man arrives in an unfamiliar village and begins asking several rather peculiar guides what they know about 'The Honey...

The last moments of a suicidal teenager as he remembers all the pain and torment of his unfortunate life.

Inspired by the alarming increase in real-life tragedies involving high school bullying and suicide, Teens Like Phil tells the story of a gay teen,...

In 'Quédate' we meet Ana, a young prostitute, who has a disturbing encounter with Manuel, a lonely man who seeks consolation for a painful...

A young doctor has a promising career in São Paulo, but the diagnosis of a serious illness profoundly changes her relationship with the world...

An incoherent film diary.

Nestor is a boy immersed in melancholy. In an attempt to forget an old love, he begins a relationship with Isabel, an android.

When an 80 year old intellectual is confronted with issues of old age and death, she reminisces the death of her mother that happened 30 years...

Desperate to simmer down his bubbling anxiety, a stressed-out line cook enters a contest and seeks to complete one simple objective: bake the best...

When my friend Whitney added me to her ABC’s of Quarantine Film Festival lineup in March, I was excited and then immediately thought about the...

Filmmaker Karim Aïnouz decides to take a boat, cross the Mediterranean, and embark on his first journey to Algeria. Accompanied by the memory of...

This deeply human documentary examines the subject of environmental destruction, highlighting the impoverished migrant workers who are chopping down...

It’s a central premise of the American dream: If you’re willing to work hard, you’ll be able to make a living and build a better...

A dystopian, post-modern retelling of the Easter story.