Quentin Tarantino never met a genre he didn’t like, and nearly every movie he’s made thus far has been his own reworking of that specific style of film, whether it’s Reservoir Dogs’ heist film, Jackie Brown‘s blaxploitation or Death Proof‘s car chase movie. So in that spirit, it’s best to think of Inglourious Basterds as his foreign-language WWII Spaghetti Western.

When a movie that is called The Time Traveler’s Wife begins by depicting a traumatic event from the childhood of said time traveler Henry DeTamble (Eric Bana), you might begin to wonder why it’s not simply called The Time Traveler. Get used to the wondering.

In the latest opus from South Korea’s Park Chan-wook (Oldboy), you’ll be exposed to copious amounts of blood, forbidden sexual encounters and murderous appetites, but at the heart of Thirst, you’ll find the melodrama of two people caught up in selfless but unfulfilling lives.

Hugh Dancy stars as the title character, a young man hampered socially and career-wise by Asperger’s and the recent death of his father. Enter Rose Byrne as Beth, the beautiful, serious, and sensitive young woman who moves into Adam’s building. He’s obsessed with astronomy, she’s a budding children’s book author (aren’t they all?).

Following the blueprint that George Romero laid out, most zombie films are rife with themes of morality and apocalypse and colored with somber social commentary. Dead Snow bucks that trend.

Homecoming provides one valuable lesson: If your boyfriend drives off, leaving you drunk before you’ve checked into your motel room, break up with him on the spot.

The sixth film based on author J.K. Rowling’s massively popular Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince just might be the Empire Strikes Back of the series.

From its sardonic opening (a short preface of text that calls out an ex-girlfriend) to its final line of dialogue, (500) Days of Summer abounds with humor and romantic spirit, sparked by dynamic storytelling, fanciful imagery, a splendid music soundtrack, and a charismatic, star-making performance from Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Based on the cult anime series of the same name, Blood: The Last Vampire is a full-length remake of a shorter animated film.