1. Faust (Lekce Faust)
A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. A nondescript man is lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, where he finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
2. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Two minor characters from the play "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
It has an average vote of 6.916 on TMDB.
3. A Face in the Crowd
The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.
It has an average vote of 7.615 on TMDB.
4. A Cock and Bull Story
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
5. Holy Man
In a world governed by commerce, Ricky and Kate, dedicated employees, find their lives forever changed when they encounter the enigmatic stranger G. As they navigate the realm of commerce, their paths intertwine in a surreal dance of love, loss, and redemption. G's presence, amplified through the pervasive influence of globalized television, casts a spell that reverberates beyond Ricky and Kate, impacting the lives of those who bear witness to their intertwined destinies.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
6. Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean...
It has an average vote of 5.934 on TMDB.
7. Ricochet
An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
It has an average vote of 6.089 on TMDB.
8. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
It has an average vote of 8.108 on TMDB.
9. The Weather Man
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
10. 1984
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
11. Extreme Close-Up
While doing a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples' private lives, a television reporter rents some surveillance equipment to get a feel for what it's like to spy.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
12. L.A. Story
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.
It has an average vote of 6.467 on TMDB.
13. National Theatre Live: King Lear
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in Western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
14. National Theatre Live: Phèdre
A new English adaptation of the classic French tragedy Phèdre by Jean Racine . It retells the ancient Greek tale of the wife of the Atenian King Theseus, who conceived a forbidden love for his son Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.
It has an average vote of 9.5 on TMDB.
15. Who Goes There!
When Miles Cornwall returns suddenly to the home he shares with his father and sister in a grace-and-favour house at St. James's Palace, he's amazed to find a pretty Irish girl in his favorite armchair. Intrigued, he turns on the charm but, as she explains her situation, he finds himself unaccountably falling in love with this pretty interloper.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
16. Up Close & Personal
Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. Tally’s career takes a meteoric rise and she and Warren fall in love. The romance that results is as intense and revealing as television news itself. Yet, each breaking story, every videotaped crisis that brings them together, also threatens to drive them apart...
It has an average vote of 6.303 on TMDB.
17. Ang Bukas ay Akin! (Langit ang Uusig) (Ang Bukas ay Akin! (Langit ang Uusig))
This drama is based on the serialized comics of Nerissa Cabral.
18. Vantage Point
The attempted assassination of the American president is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
It has an average vote of 6.394 on TMDB.
19. Inferno (Strindberg's Inferno)
The TV-play from the set of Inferno at "Strindbergs Intima Teater", directed by Anna Pettersson and with Siri Hamari in the role of Strindberg, is a lively tale of boundless dreams and frightening fantasies. With the help of magic, music effects and film, Strindberg's portrayal of the creative crisis and the search for new forms. During Strindberg's chaotic time in France and Austria in 1894-1896, his so-called Inferno year, he performed alchemical experiments, tore his hands and suffered hallucinations. In the village where he closes in, he is called the cuckoo. In another country, a little daughter is waiting for her father. This version has been called an "age performance", performing arts that suit all ages. And the finely nuanced and detailed presentation would surely have appealed to the scientist Strindberg.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
20. The Last Lear
The film starts with the veteran thespian Harish Mishra, he is gravely ill. The punishments of a film shoot have left the old man in a coma. His co-star, Shabnam, is wracked with worry, but their director, Siddharth, keeps strangely distant and refuses to visit his ailing star. In flashbacks, their story emerges.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.