1. Carne (Carne)
After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.
It has an average vote of 6.822 on TMDB.
2. After Blue (Dirty Paradise) (After Blue (Paradis sale))
In a faraway future, on a wild and untamed female inhabited planet called After Blue, a lonely teenager named Roxy unknowingly releases a mystical, dangerous, and sensual assassin from her prison.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
3. Attachment
Maja, a Danish actress past her prime, falls in love with Leah, a young Jewish academic from London. Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, and Maja returns with her to London. There, she meets Leah’s mother, an overbearing woman who could hold dark secrets.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
4. Destricted
A compilation of erotic films intended to illuminate the points where art meets sexuality.
It has an average vote of 4.417 on TMDB.
5. Cesar Chavez
A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to working people.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
6. T'amerò sempre (T'amerò sempre)
Seduced by count Diego and then abandoned, Adriana finds a job at a large hairdresser shop, so she can lead a dignified life together with her daughter.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. The Romance of Aniceto and Francisca (Este es el romance del Aniceto y la Francisca, de cómo quedó trunco, comenzó la tristeza y unas pocas cosas más…)
Aniceto is used to being lonely. When Francisca offers him her love, his personal limitations and little miseries arise.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
8. Human Resources (Ressources humaines)
Set in Limoges, the movie tells the story of "good son" Franck , who returns to his hometown to do a trainee managerial internship in the Human Resources department of the factory where his anxious, taciturn father has worked for 23 years.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
9. Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
Soon after moving in with her aging aunt Dora, Adele meets Beth, seductive and mysterious, who tests the limits of Adele's moral ground and sends her spiraling down a psychologically unstable and phantasmagoric path.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
10. Irreversible (Irréversible)
A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.
It has an average vote of 7.228 on TMDB.
11. A Self-Made Hero (Un héros très discret)
Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator.
It has an average vote of 6.823 on TMDB.
12. The Price of Success (Le prix du succès)
A comedian's relationship with his family crumbles when his career begins to take off.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
13. Dead Man's Letters (Письма мертвого человека)
In a world after the nuclear apocalypse a scholar helps a small group of children and adults survive, staying with them in the basement of the former museum of history. In his mind he writes letters to his son — though it is obvious that they will never be read.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
14. Saint Frances
At the start of the summer, Bridget has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in affluent Evanston, Illinois — nannying a six-year old.
It has an average vote of 6.527 on TMDB.
15. Lux Æterna (Lux Æterna)
Two actresses, Béatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling stories about witches.
It has an average vote of 6.218 on TMDB.
16. Typhoon Club (台風クラブ)
Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the five-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly-liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while marooned in their school.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
17. The Beast (La Bête)
The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son. The daughter and her aunt then travel out to the French countryside to meet with the family, unaware that a mysterious 'beast' is stalking the vicinity.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
18. The Dirties
The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
19. Roujin Z (老人Z)
Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic features that allegedly displays more efficiency and skills than any human nurse, but Haruko mistrusts a machine unable to consider human feelings.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
20. I'm Here
A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a chance meeting opens his eyes to the power of creativity and ultimately, love. When this new life and love begin to fall apart, he discovers he has a lot to give. This short film proves that ordinary is no place to be.
It has an average vote of 7.256 on TMDB.
