In a month synonymous with scares, our Best of the Month selections for October veer away from the traditional Horror picks (although we did feature a few of those) and instead takes you on a surprising journey through isolation, religious extremism and a forbidden sexual desire.

Featuring the year’s festival darling, a subtle, confident piece of filmmaking exploring the depths of depression and a surprisingly gentle and relatable doc (ok this one is about necrophilia!), there are no scares here, but certainly a few surprises.