1. Romeo + Juliet
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
It has an average vote of 6.794 on TMDB.
2. Lady Bird
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
It has an average vote of 7.267 on TMDB.
3. Rumba
A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. The Adolescent (L'Adolescente)
In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a small town near Avignon. Marie discovers her femininity and falls for a young Jewish doctor, but he prefers Eva, Marie's mother.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
5. Lola's Rainbow
Lola's Rainbow is a film about the mundanity of life. It's about feeling trapped in the everyday cycle of repetition. The rainbow is symbolic for many reasons to many different people, however for Lola it symbolises a way out. In a world that is often dull and vapid, the rainbow's bright colours call to Lola. Dreaming of chasing the rainbow and actually doing it are two different things. Most of us give up and accept that life doesn't get better than the cycle that we find ourselves in. EAT. SLEEP. WORK. REPEAT.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
6. The Gyurkovics Boys (Gyurkovicsarna)
Mr. and Mrs. Gyurkovics have a dozen children the oldest of which, the twins Géza and Bandi, just preparing for their matriculation examination. When graduation day has come Géza refuses to set up but taken by force by the principal's henchmen. When dad Gyurkovics later dies, takes over Bandi goods while Géza becoming an officer cadet in the nearby garrison city.
It has an average vote of 4.2 on TMDB.
7. The Letter (La carta)
A young woman returns to her rural Mexican village after a few years away to find out if her first love can be revived.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
8. Flashdance
Alex Owens, a teen juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
9. What It All Could Be (Was Alles Sein Könnte)
Hum lives in a refugee camp near Hamburg. He loves films and finances his visits to the cinema by selling lost properties from cinema visits in the refugee camp. One day he meets Anna and her friend Ida. At a dinner together in the shared flat of the two, they find out that they all share a love of music. Anna and Ida can sing great together and Hum shares the contact with his friends who play in a band. A timid and touching love story develops between Hum and Anna. Both are looking forward to the first performance of the band, in which Anna now sings. But shortly before the performance, Hum is to be deported. Neither his love for Anna and music nor his imagination can save him from the everyday life of a refugee.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. Fame
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
It has an average vote of 6.45 on TMDB.
11. Two Little Boys
A boy's love for his closeted bully drives him into an unconventional road to confession and its consequences.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
12. Gangland
The city of Chicago is plagued by gang violence on both sides of the city in this modern retelling of the classic Romeo and Juliet story. In the midst of their chaos, two young lovers must navigate their dangerous circumstances to escape their affiliations.
13. Quand les branches se querellent, les racines s’embrassent (Quand les branches se querellent, les racines s’embrassent)
(Quand les branches se querellent, les racines s’embrassent)
14. Mr. Jones
The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
15. Praise House
“Draw or Die” is the divine imperative received by the painter, Hannah, who is being nurtured by her Grandmother, but controlled by her pragmatic mother. When her Granny spirit shouts this command to Hannah, she closes a celebration of personal visions in a dance piece that is close to visionary in itself.
It has an average vote of 3.2 on TMDB.
16. Dance of the Flamingo
the story of an audition and the story of a girl who meets a guy in said audition.
17. The Dancer (La Danseuse)
A young woman from the American Midwest, Loïe Fuller became the toast of the Folies Bergère at the turn of the 20th century and an icon of the Belle Epoque. Inventor of the breathtaking Serpentine Dance, she was a pioneer of modern dance and lighting techniques. It was her complicated relationship to her protégé - Isadora Duncan – that precipitated the downfall of this early 20th century icon.
It has an average vote of 6.611 on TMDB.
18. West Side Story
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
19. Footloose
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
20. Cry Me a Sad River (悲伤逆流成河)
Qi Ming is a handsome boy and he is also a top student at school, but Yi Yao is a so-called bitch on everyone’s lips. Qi and Yi grew up together and they have been maintaining a good relationship. However, everything is interrupted and changed by Tang Xiaomi. Rumors have become a sharp weapon to destroy people. Yi Yao's life falls into darkness, and she suffers all kinds of cruel bullying at school.
It has an average vote of 5.826 on TMDB.