7) Holy Motors (2012), dir. Leos Carax 

Besides Amour and The MasterHoly Motors is probably the most obvious choice on my list. Everyone from Cahiers du Cinéma to the AV Club has included it their “Top 10’s.” But before dismissing it as an art film that everyone’s including for fear of ostracization, let’s remember, at root, what the film is: A $7 Million endeavor, shot on 35mm, experimental in form and style, with no definite plot—in French, no less—that a bunch of Americans saw. It also has that graveyard scene where Denis Lavant, dressed as some sort of troll, kidnaps Eva Mendes, outfits her in a burkha, then tries to make love with her in the catacombs. Or I think that’s what happens.

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