1. Ozu: The Filmmaker of Happiness (Yasujirō Ozu, le cinéaste du bonheur)
In the later part of his oeuvre, the famous Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu looks at the society of post-war Japan through family stories from the lower middle class. Arte has compiled a decalogy of 10 films from this period from the director's creative work. This short documentary film, created in this context, explains the film works using fragments of Ozu's notes, which he wrote between 1933 and 1963, elegant drawings and film clips. A fine insight into the themes and aesthetics of this moving cinema about intimacy and the passage of time and a fascinating journey into the moving final part of the Japanese master's work.
It has an average vote of 7.188 on TMDB.
2. The Big Heart of Girls (Il cuore grande delle ragazze)
Carlino Vigetti is pushed by his family to court the daughters of the Osti, landowners. But the return of their third daughter, the beautiful Francesca, will shatter the plans ...
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
3. Siberia
Clint is a dead man who lives alone in a frozen tundra. However, this isolation cannot bring either evasion or peace. One night, he begins a journey where he must confront his dreams, memories, and visions, crossing the darkness into the light.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
4. Last Harem (Harem Suare)
A story of the impossible love between one of the Sultan's concubines and one of his eunuchs in a harem at the end of the Ottoman Empire.
It has an average vote of 5.652 on TMDB.
5. Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None (COWBOY BEBOP PV “Don't Bother None”)
When three bounty hunters accidentally meet in a bar, their stark personalities begin to clash, turning into a three way gun fight.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. Taxi Girl (Taxi Girl)
Marcella inherits a taxi business from her father and now sets out on the job of her life. With each new fare she becomes involved with sex and crime, all done up 70's Italian comedy style.
It has an average vote of 5.306 on TMDB.
7. Piovono mucche (Piovono mucche)
(Piovono mucche)
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
8. Woman of Straw
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
9. Detective (Détective)
Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
10. A Girl Cut in Two (La Fille coupée en deux)
Gabrielle Deneige is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior, and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor. An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing - and darkening - matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control, inexorably leading to a shocking clash of violence and passion.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
11. Workers - Pronti a tutto (Workers - Pronti a tutto)
(Workers - Pronti a tutto)
It has an average vote of 5.564 on TMDB.
12. Dancing with the Birds
Some of the world's most majestic birds display delightfully captivating mating rituals, from flashy dancing to flaunting their colorful feathers.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
13. Tandem (Tandem)
(Tandem)
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
14. Dead Uncle (Cristian e Palletta contro tutti)
When an unemployed young man finds himself in dire straits and up to his eyes in gambling debt, he believes the only solution is to become a drug courier.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
15. Good King Dagobert (Le Bon Roi Dagobert)
King's Dagobert I intestinal and sexual problems loom large as he survives an attack on his royal caravan then barely makes it to Rome to personally give thanks to the Pope. After he arrives at the Vatican, he becomes involved in the battle between two contenders for the papacy and has to face the machinations of a ruthless Byzantine princess.
It has an average vote of 4.1 on TMDB.
16. I Vicerè (I Vicerè)
In late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient viceroys that ruled those lands—fights to preserve its waning power in the face of the newly unified Italian regime.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
17. Abbiamo fatto 30... (Abbiamo fatto 30...)
A comedy special and reuniun of Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo.
It has an average vote of 9.5 on TMDB.
18. Here
A young woman's journey across the world following a set of cryptic clues.
It has an average vote of 2.5 on TMDB.
19. Una squadra (Una squadra)
The story of the Italian national tennis team that won the Davis Cup in ’76 and reached the final three more times in the following years.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
20. The Referee (L'arbitro)
An ambitious soccer referee ends up handling a crucial match between two small Sardinian teams
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.