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★★★★½
Caught by the Tides is Jia Zhangke's drifting love story built partly from two decades of his own footage, with Zhao Tao ageing alongside a changing China.
Yes. It is a moving, singular film for viewers who love patient, poetic cinema and Jia Zhangke's earlier work; anyone wanting a conventional plot may feel adrift.
★★★★½
Cell 211 is Daniel Monzón's ferocious Spanish prison thriller about a rookie guard forced to pose as an inmate during a riot, led by a towering Luis Tosar.
Yes. It is one of the most gripping prison thrillers ever made, ideal for viewers who like tense, adult genre films with real moral weight and can handle brutality.
★★★★½
Central Station is Walter Salles's Brazilian road movie about a jaded letter writer and an orphaned boy, powered by Fernanda Montenegro's extraordinary lead.
Yes. It is a deeply moving road drama and one of the landmarks of Brazilian cinema, perfect for viewers who like emotional stories told with restraint and grit.
★★★½☆
Champions of the Golden Valley is Ben Sturgulewski's uplifting documentary about young Afghan skiers on homemade skis, shadowed by the country's coming collapse.
Mostly yes. It is a warm, visually striking sports documentary for viewers who like underdog stories, though its tidy structure skims the upheaval around it.
★★★★★
Chernobyl is Craig Mazin's five-episode HBO miniseries about the 1986 reactor disaster, a gripping procedural horror about what happens when a state denies the truth.
Yes, without hesitation. It is one of the finest miniseries ever made, essential for anyone who values historical drama, though its horror is hard to shake.
★★★½☆
Chhaava is Laxman Utekar's Hindi historical epic about the Maratha ruler Sambhaji's war with Aurangzeb, powered by Vicky Kaushal but loud, long and one-sided.
Mostly yes. Fans of big Indian historical action will find Vicky Kaushal commanding, but viewers wanting nuanced history or a lighter touch may find it exhausting.
★★★★☆
Chicken for Linda! is a hand-painted French animated farce about a mother's frantic quest to cook her grieving daughter one special dish, and it is a joy.
Yes, with reservations. It is a bold, funny and tender animated comedy for adults and older children, though its loose style and frantic energy won't suit every taste.
★★★½☆
Chicken Nugget is a 10-episode Korean Netflix comedy in which a woman turns into a nugget, and its commitment to a ridiculous premise pays off more often than not.
Mostly yes, if you like your comedy very strange. It rewards viewers who enjoy deadpan absurdity, but its rapid-fire gags will exhaust anyone after a normal sitcom.
★★★★☆
Chiraiya is a six-episode Hindi family drama led by Divya Dutta, about a wife who hears a secret that forces her to question her own home, and it hits hard.
Yes. It is a compact, well-acted Hindi drama about the silences families keep, best for viewers ready for difficult subject matter handled with restraint.
★★★★½
Cigarette Girl (Gadis Kretek) is a five-episode Indonesian period romance set in the 1960s clove cigarette trade, gorgeously directed and led by Dian Sastrowardoyo.
Yes. It is one of the most beautiful Asian series on Netflix, a must for lovers of period romance, provided you are happy with a slow, sensuous pace.
★★★½☆
Cinderella and the Four Knights (2016) is a Korean romcom about a student living with three rich brothers, featherweight fun that Park So-dam makes worth watching.
Mostly yes, as light comfort viewing. Park So-dam gives this wish-fulfilment romcom real spine, though viewers after substance should look elsewhere.
★★★★★
Cinema Paradiso is Giuseppe Tornatore's Oscar-winning Sicilian memory film about a boy, a projectionist and a village cinema, and it remains overwhelmingly moving.
Yes. It is one of the most beloved films ever made about the movies, essential for anyone who has ever fallen in love with cinema or felt pulled back to home.
★★★★½
City Lights is Charlie Chaplin's silent romantic comedy about the Tramp's devotion to a blind flower seller, and it is still as funny as it is heartbreaking.
Yes. It is Chaplin at his peak and one of the best entry points to silent film, ideal for newcomers to classic cinema and anyone who loves romantic comedy.
★★★★★
City of God is Fernando Meirelles's explosive crime saga about boys growing up amid Rio's favela drug wars, and it remains one of the great films of its century.
Yes. It is a dazzling, devastating crime epic and essential viewing for adults who can handle intense violence, including violence involving children.
★★★★½
Clarkson's Farm follows Jeremy Clarkson trying to run a Cotswolds farm, a very funny reality series that also makes British agriculture surprisingly gripping.
Yes. It is one of the best reality series of the decade, funny and unexpectedly informative, and worth trying even if you have no time for Clarkson.
★★★½☆
Clean with Passion for Now is a Korean romcom pairing a germ-phobic CEO with a gloriously messy employee, a sweet, silly watch that Kim Yoo-jung keeps afloat.
Mostly yes. It is a cheerful, easygoing romcom for fans of Kim Yoo-jung and opposites-attract setups, though its middle drags and the humour is broad.
★★★½☆
Climates is Nuri Bilge Ceylan's austere Turkish breakup drama, starring Ceylan and Ebru Ceylan as a couple drifting apart across summer, autumn and winter.
Mostly yes. It is a precise, beautifully shot study of a failing relationship for patient art-house viewers, though its chilly protagonist and slow pace will test others.
★★★★☆
Cobra Kai revives The Karate Kid from the loser's side, and across six seasons it turns nostalgia into a funny, surprisingly heartfelt martial-arts saga.
Yes. It is a hugely entertaining legacy sequel, best for Karate Kid fans and anyone who enjoys earnest teen drama, though later seasons get repetitive and overblown.
★★★★½
Coco is Pixar's dazzling Day of the Dead adventure about a Mexican boy who dreams of music and crosses into the Land of the Dead, and it is gloriously moving.
Yes. It is one of Pixar's finest films, a vibrant, funny and deeply emotional family adventure that works just as well for adults as for children.
★★★½☆
Come Drink with Me is King Hu's influential Shaw Brothers wuxia film, with Cheng Pei-pei as a swordswoman on a rescue mission, and its best scenes still thrill.
Mostly yes. It is a stylish, historically important martial arts film for genre fans and classic-cinema explorers, though its second half sidelines its heroine.
★★★★★
Come See Me in the Good Light follows poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley through a terminal diagnosis and finds a love story as funny as it is brave.
Yes. It is a documentary about dying that plays as a love story and a comedy, and it suits anyone ready for tears that come with a lot of laughter.
★★★½☆
Conclave turns a papal election into a gripping locked-room thriller, with Ralph Fiennes superb as the cardinal running it. Its late turns are less convincing.
Yes, with reservations. It is a handsome, well-acted Vatican thriller that suits fans of talky political drama, as long as they accept a plot that leans on contrivance.
★★★★½
Cover-Up profiles investigative reporter Seymour Hersh across decades of unwelcome scoops, and plays as a gripping case study in how buried stories get out.
Yes. It is a sharp, absorbing portrait of a great and difficult reporter, essential for anyone interested in journalism, secrecy and how power avoids scrutiny.
★★★★½
Crash Landing on You is Park Ji-eun's 16-episode romance about a South Korean heiress stranded in North Korea, a fairy tale sincere enough to earn every tear.
Yes. It is one of the most beloved K-dramas for good reason, a perfect starting point for newcomers and a treat for romance fans, despite a long final stretch.