311. Kisapmata (1981)

Country: The Philippines Directed by Mike de Leon A, rather unknown to the West, filipino masterpiece,Kisapmata is an very disturbing and unconfortable to watch film, that builds the tension slowly, moment to moment, minute to minute, to reach at the end almost unbearable limits of anciety for the viewer, even if it uses very low amounts of actual violence. One of the best achievements for the genre of psychological thriller ever, Kisapmata functions additionally as a socio-political commentary, as the stressful situation that depicts has a perfect analogy with the suffocating nature of Ferdinand Marco's regime, the political reality for the Philippines of that era