1. Tomorrow We Live
Julie Bronson, whose father operates a desert cafe, is attracting the unwanted attention of a half-crazed gangster known as The Ghost who runs a desert night club several miles away.
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
2. The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Ağacı)
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
3. Desert Fury
The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. Women (Women)
The bodies of women lying on the ground weave relationships around them, they breastfeed, they connect with the ground ... Carla Simón's first short, shot on 16 mm in the Californian forests. An experimental exercise that connects with the cinematographic avant-gardes of the early twentieth century.
5. Afire (Roter Himmel)
Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.
It has an average vote of 6.97 on TMDB.
6. The Return of the Native
Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fateful lovers' triangle when she uses her wiles to entice two men, a dashing suitor and a successful man who made his name abroad and returned to his home on the heath.
It has an average vote of 6.357 on TMDB.
7. Recycled
After Martin Lamm's wife Esther announces that she hired someone to kill him, the famous writer's life changes rapidly. Just hours later Esther is found at the bottom of a river.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
8. Baba (Baba)
In this visually arresting drama, a musician recalls his life and the painful choice his mother made when she could feed only one of her twin sons.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
9. Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα)
An ailing Greek man attempts to take a young, illegal Albanian immigrant home.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
10. The Egyptian
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
It has an average vote of 6.319 on TMDB.
11. Deadline
A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
12. Bengazi
An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by Bedouin bandits.
It has an average vote of 3.4 on TMDB.
13. The Sun Also Rises
A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920's France and Spain.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
14. Ace in the Hole
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
It has an average vote of 7.847 on TMDB.
15. The Tenants
The story of a Jewish novelist, Harry Lesser, struggling to complete his latest work, and his antagonistic relationship with a black writer who moves in down the hall.
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
16. Punishment Park
In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
17. Boys
Two boys let their imagination run wild in a barren desert, but the fun and games come to a shocking halt.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
18. A Time to Love (Il tempo dell'amore)
Il Tempo Dell'Amore is an omnibus film of three different love stories that take place in three different eras and locations. The common element is the theme: love causes a lot of pain.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
19. Mother
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
20. Anton Tchekhov 1890 (Anton Tchekhov 1890)
Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchékhonté. Important characters, writer and editor, just make him aware of his talent. His situation is improving and Anton Chekhov gets the Pushkin prices and admiration of Tolstoy. But when one of his brothers died of tuberculosis, Anton saw it as a personal failure and wants to escape his fame and his love.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.