1. EMO the Musical
Ethan, a sullen high-school student whose life is defined by what he hates, finds love with a blindly optimistic Christian girl Trinity, much to the annoyance of his angst-filled band mates and her evangelistic brethren.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
2. Rage (怒り)
A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the stranger might be the murderer.
It has an average vote of 6.764 on TMDB.
3. La Roue (La Roue)
Sisif, a railwayman, saves a young girl named Norma orphaned by a train crash and raises her as his own daughter alongside his son, Elie. As she becomes an adult, Sisif grapples with whether to tell Norma the truth about her parentage.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
4. Smooch
An imaginative youngster comes across an amnesiac prince, who she believes is a fairy-tale figure. Convinced the man would be perfect for her widowed mom, she launches a plan to set the two up, starting by tricking her mom into hiring him as the new nanny.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
5. No Highway
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
It has an average vote of 6.964 on TMDB.
6. Smoking / No Smoking (Smoking / No Smoking)
"Smoking" and "No Smoking" are two segments of the film which are based on closely connected plays. The original plays covered eight separate stories, which have been pared down to three each for these movies. At a certain point in the story of each segment, the five female characters and the four male characters have their lives skillfully recapped in terms of "what might have happened" if they had made or failed to make certain choices. For example, "No Smoking" focuses chiefly on the relationship between the mild-mannered Miles Coombes and his infinitely more aggressive and ambitious wife, Rowena.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
7. I Am Not Madame Bovary (我不是潘金莲)
Li Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached the capital.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
8. The Man in the Shadows
A newlywed photographer is stalked by a dark man in a brimmed hat who followers her from her nightmares. Sanity slipping, she meets a mysterious man claiming to know the shocking secrets of the Hat Man.
It has an average vote of 4.296 on TMDB.
9. Blocks
An existential comedy about the mother of two young children who begins to spontaneously vomit plastic toy blocks.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
10. Springtime (꽃피는 봄이 오면)
A struggling musician takes a job teaching music to middle school children in a rural mining town.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
11. Swimming with Sharks
Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a domineering, manipulative, coldhearted boss. When Guy also finds out that his cynical girlfriend, Dawn, has been using sex as a career move, he reaches his limit. Guy decides to exact revenge on Buddy by kidnapping him and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment.
It has an average vote of 6.631 on TMDB.
12. Bed of Roses
The seeds of love are planted when Lisa, a high-powered investment banker, receives flowers from a secret admirer. But when his fairy-tale fantasies clash with her workaholic ways, they soon find out that sometimes, it's harder than it seems for love to conquer all.
It has an average vote of 5.844 on TMDB.
13. Holy Hell
An inside look at a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.
It has an average vote of 6.69 on TMDB.
14. Rescue Under Fire (Zona hostil)
The crew of a medical helicopter suffers an accident when helping a joint force of USA and United Nations troops under Spanish command division in Afghanistan. The Spanish army has only one night to organize the rescue of the crew and injured, but what seems routine turns into hell once they receive the order to rescue the helicopter as well. Things only get worse when during the night a huge a concentration of Talibans begin surround them.
It has an average vote of 6.828 on TMDB.
15. Take Down
Sons and daughters of international billionaires are sent to an boot camp where they are taught basic survival skills in hopes it will teach them responsibility. When they are taken hostage and taken for ransom by kidnappers, they will need to utilize every skill they learned to survive.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
16. After the Storm (海よりもまだ深く)
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
It has an average vote of 7.209 on TMDB.
17. Cinderella the Cat (Gatta Cenerentola)
Cenerentola struggles to escape the shadow and evil schemes of her stepmother and six stepsisters who all live aboard the Megaride, a ship stuck in the port of a decaying future Naples.
It has an average vote of 7.026 on TMDB.
18. Trespass Against Us
Three generations of the rowdy Cutler family live as outlaws in some of Britain's richest countryside – hunting hares, ram-raiding stately homes, and taunting the police. Struggling to retain a way of life fast becoming extinct, Chad Cutler ends up caught between his father's archaic principles and trying to do right by his kids, whilst the full force of the law is finally catching up with him.
It has an average vote of 5.782 on TMDB.
19. When a Man Loves a Woman
An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of his enabling behavior.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
20. From the Land of the Moon (Mal de pierres)
In 1950s France, a free-spirited woman trapped in an arranged marriage falls in love with an injured veteran of the Indochinese War.
It has an average vote of 6.558 on TMDB.
