Superb international movies

Anatomy of a Fall

At a remote chalet in the French Alps, a husband is found dead at the foot of a third-story window. His wife is a suspect, and his blind son the sole witness. Nominated for Best Picture, this French thriller unfolds with Hitchcockian tension and precision. $6 on demand

Society of the Snow

You can practically feel the frostbite while watching this technically awe-inspiring enactment of a 1972 plane crash that stranded a Uruguayan rugby team on a remote Andean peak for 72 days. A Best Foreign Film nominee from Spain, it’s a remarkable tale of faith and resilience. Netflix

Fallen Leaves

This Finnish dramedy opens with an old-school setup: After meeting a woman in a Helsinki karaoke bar, a construction worker loses the slip of paper on which she wrote her number. A quirky and charming love story ensues. Mubi

The Promised Land

Mads Mikkelsen is terrifically stoic in this tense new Danish historical drama. He plays an 18th-century war veteran who, while laboring to establish a colony for the king on an unforgiving heath, edges toward a showdown with a preening nobleman who finds sport in trying to thwart the enterprise. $7 on demand

Passages

A narcissistic film director, bored with his stable marriage to his husband, begins a heated affair with a woman. A love triangle forms and then breaks down in this intimate French drama, which is charged by excellent performances from Ben Whishaw, Franz Rogowski, and Adele Exarchopoulos. Mubi

When Evil Lurks

This horrifying, gory tale of demonic possession all but remakes the genre. An evil presence is discovered in a rural Argentine village, then gathers force as the populace bungles its efforts to stop it. Shudder