The Vault
Brigands, Chapter VII
1996 ★ 6.1A witty, despairing French-Russian-Italian-Swiss art movie set in 16th-century Georgia, Stalinist Georgia, contemporary Georgia, and contemporary Paris, featuri
Pulse 2: Afterlife
2008 ★ 4.3The world has been reshaped by the invasion of ghosts via the wireless internet. Cities are deserted, technology has been destroyed and the few remaining human
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928 ★ 7.4A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in
Martial Universe
2019 ★ 8.0Hailing from a banished family of the Great Lin Clan, when Lin Dong was very young, he watched, powerless, as his talented father was easily crushed and cripple
Anna H. - Geliebte, Ehefrau und Hure
2000 ★ 4.9A woman who has grown estranged from her husband and is despairing of her life as a housewife takes a job as a sexworker after some initial hesitation. Since sh
Dällebach Kari
1970 ★ 6.6Karl Tellenbach, called "Dällebach Kari", was one of Bern’s legendary characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Born with a strong hare lip which left hi
The Return of the Native
1994 ★ 6.3Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fateful lovers' triangle when she uses her wiles to entice two men
Blow-Up
1966 ★ 7.3A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in t
Bubu
1971 ★ 5.3Bubu leaves his job in a bakery, forces his girl-friend into prostitution, and from then on lives out of the money she makes. The young couple find their place
Spring Night, Summer Night
1967 ★ 6.6Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared re
LOOP
2026 ★ 0.0In a near-future world where technology has rendered most human labor obsolete, Zoe Pearce, a despairing artist, finds herself selected as a finalist for the un
A Fantastic Back and Forth
2013 ★ 6.0Middle-aged family man Arnaldo is kicked out by his wife because of a misunderstanding. Instead of despairing, Arnaldo takes advantage of the situation to turn
Brunch for a Depressed Zombie
2026 ★ 0.0One day, a wife suffering from depression turned into a zombie. However, instead of despairing, the husband begins developing strange yet lovely survival recipe
The Last Women Standing
2015 ★ 4.7For the thirtysomething Sheng Ruxi, whose surname unmistakably echoes the slang term "sheng nu" (leftover women), the wait for a perfect partner is growing more