TCM host Alicia Malone offers an international film for every season from new book TCM Imports

Want to watch more international cinema but don't know where to start?

Turner Classic Movies host Alicia Malone has some ideas that she's shared exclusively with Entertainment Weekly — one film for every season selected from around the world.

The films are just a small sampling of those featured in Malone's new book, TCM Imports: Timeless Favorites and Hidden Gems of World Cinema.

Malone, who also hosts the programming block TCM Imports on the network, has rounded up a lengthy list of foreign films with suggestions for everyone from the newcomer to the cinephile. The book organizes the movies by season and mood, designed to give you the perfect watch for any time of year, just as she does for us here.

TCM Imports hits shelves on April 22, but readers can get a jump start on their viewing list with these four recommendations.

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From Alicia Malone: If you’re looking for something different to watch this year — movies that your algorithms will not suggest — here are a few seasonal selections from around the world, guaranteed to give you an interesting experience.

SPRING: DDLJ (India, 1995)

It can be difficult to know where to begin with Bollywood films, the Hindi-language section of Indian cinema produces around twice the number of movies as Hollywood every single year. My suggestion? Start with one of the most popular romantic musicals of all time. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is affectionately known to fans as DDLJ, and has played almost continuously in Indian movie theaters since its release, 30 years ago. The “enemies-to-lovers” storyline touches on arranged marriages, female autonomy, and the Westernization of the modern generation, with plenty of songs, dances, romance, and comedy.

SUMMER: Purple Noon (France/Italy, 1960)

It’s unsettling to see a dark crime committed in broad daylight, especially at the hands of an impossibly handsome French actor. Purple Noon features the star-making performance of Alain Delon as Tom Ripley, in director René Clément’s adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Before Matt Damon, there was Alain Delon. His magnetic looks and sexual ambiguity draw you in, taking you for an unforgettable, sun-soaked, sweaty, and haunting summer vacation through beautiful Italy.

FALL: Babette’s Feast (Denmark, 1987)

Babette’s Feast is one of the best films about food, and a perfect choice to watch around Thanksgiving. This sweet Danish drama follows two devout sisters living in a windswept coastal village in the 1800s. Their lives change with the arrival of a French cook named Babette, who cooks a feast for the local villagers. These scenes are both comedic and mouthwatering — even if the idea of eating turtle soup does not appeal. Babette’s Feast won the Best Foreign Film Academy Award in 1987 and celebrates the magical, healing power of bringing people together over a good meal.

WINTER: Black Christmas (Canada, 1974)

If you’re anything like me, you have a list of festive favorites that you return to every year around the holidays. But it can be fun to mix it up now and then, and this Canadian slasher film will certainly do that. Black Christmas has become a cult favorite and a major influence on slasher classics such as Halloween and Scream. The story is set in a sorority house around Christmas break, where the few holdovers who remain are stalked by a serial killer. The tropes are familiar — the scared sorority sisters are picked off one by one, and the final girl’s boyfriend is acting strange — but Black Christmas doesn’t actually stick to the “rules.” The Christmas setting only adds to the creepiness because it’s not Santa Claus who is sneaking around the house.