1. A Happy Event (Un heureux événement)
She drove me into a corner, then forced me to go beyond my limits. She made me confront the absolute: love, sacrifice, tenderness, abandonment. She dislocated me, transformed me. Why didn't anyone warn me? Why doesn't anyone ever talk about this?" Un heureux événement, or an intimate view of motherhood, sincere and with no taboos.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
2. The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Le Premier Jour du reste de ta vie)
A sprawling drama centered on five key days in a family's life.
It has an average vote of 7.495 on TMDB.
3. Someone, Somewhere (Deux moi)
Rémy and Mélanie live next door to each other in Paris but have never met. The two thirty-year-old Parisians search for connections online, but never have much success. Falling deeper into loneliness and depression, both decide to start attending regular therapy. With the help of their therapists, they uncover the real roots of their issues, and find that the connection they were both searching for is much closer than they thought.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
4. Marie-Francine (Marie-Francine)
A woman at the age of 50 moves back in with her parents after her husband leave her for a younger woman.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
5. Five (Five)
A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills – only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.
It has an average vote of 6.976 on TMDB.
6. Les Cowboys (Les Cowboys)
Drama about a father and son who set out to find their missing daughter/sister with the help of an American headhunter.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
7. Diving (Plonger)
A restless photographer leaves her family to "find herself" and takes up deep-sea diving.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
8. Dreamchild (L'Enfant rêvé)
François and Noémie run a sawmill in the mountains not far from the Swiss border. François has taken over his family's business, making him the fourth generation. He dreams of having a child. After years of failed fertility assistance, they give up on having a baby of their own and turn to adoption. But then François meets Patricia, new to the neighborhood. They begin a passionate affair. Soon after, Patricia gets pregnant.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
9. Goal of the Dead (Goal of the Dead)
For the Olympique de Paris soccer team, this away match scheduled against Caplongue was merely supposed to be one last chore before the end of the professional season. Yet no one could ever have imagined that an unknown rabies-like infection was going to spread like wildfire, turning this small town’s inhabitants into ultra-violent and highly contagious creatures.
It has an average vote of 5.356 on TMDB.
10. I'm Not Here
A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
11. Bank Error in Your Favour (Erreur de la banque en votre faveur)
After working with the bank for a long time, Julien decides to open a restaurant with his best friend. Unfortunately, when the bank refuses to grant him a loan, he comes up with a plan.
It has an average vote of 5.578 on TMDB.
12. Shoulder Arms
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
It has an average vote of 6.736 on TMDB.
13. Testament (Testament)
In an era of political correctness, identity evolution, protests, cultural scandals, activism, media storms, and other disputes, Jean-Michel, a 70-year-old single man, has lost all his bearings in this society. He lives in a retirement home located in a heritage building, managed with care and precision by Suzanne. Their peace is shaken by the arrival of young activists who demand the destruction of a historic fresco. Overwhelmed by an era dominated by political correctness, Jean-Michel will regain faith in humanity with the birth of an unexpected love.
It has an average vote of 6.967 on TMDB.
14. River of Grass
Cozy, a dissatisfied housewife, meets Lee at a bar. A drink turns into a home break-in, and a gunshot sends them on the run together, thinking they've committed murder.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
15. Anselm (Anselm – Das Rauschen der Zeit)
This unique cinematic experience dives deep into an artist’s work and reveals his life path, inspiration, and creative process. It explores his fascination with myth and history. Past and present are interwoven to diffuse the line between film and painting, allowing the audience to be completely immersed in the remarkable world of one of the greatest contemporary artists, Anselm Kiefer. Wim Wenders shot this unique portrait over the course of two years in stunning 3D.
It has an average vote of 7.077 on TMDB.
16. Wùlu (Wùlu)
Malian-French director Daouda Coulibaly's auspicious debut is a pulse-pounding political thriller. Wùlu tells the unsettling tale of a man's rise from the bottom rung of the social ladder to the heights of criminal power.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
17. Der letzte Bulle (Der letzte Bulle)
25 years of coma lie behind the hard-hitting policeman Mick Brisgau, as he awakens in a world unknown to him.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
18. Blood Brother
Blood Brother takes place on he mean streets of a city in decay, where a recently released convict begins to take a murderous revenge against his childhood friends, whom he believes let him take the fall for a crime they collectively committed. As the bodies start piling up, one of the friends, now a cop, will stop at nothing to put and end to the murderous rampage and to right the many wrongs of their tragically violent past.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
19. Up the Mountain (Debout sur la montagne)
Hugo, Stan and Bérénice grew up together then grew apart. They were inseparable. Fifteen years later, they meet again as adults. But life has been tough on them. Will they reignite the crazy sparks of their childhood ?
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
20. At the Drive-In
Unable to purchase a $50,000 digital projector, a group of film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight to keep a dying drive-in theater alive by screening only vintage 35mm film prints and working entirely for free.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.