1. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
2. Feeling Through
A late-night encounter on a New York City street leads to a profound connection between a teen-in-need and a DeafBlind man.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
3. Tamako in Moratorium (もらとりあむタマ子)
Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons of the year.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. Anarchist from Colony (박열)
Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and his relationship with Japanese comrade Fumiko Kaneko.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
5. The End of Violence
Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action films. His ignored wife Paige is close to leaving him. Suddenly Mike is kidnapped by two bandits, but escapes and hides out with his Mexican gardener's family for a while. At the same time, surveillance expert Ray Bering is looking for what happens in the city, but it is not clear what he wants. The police investigation for Max's disappearance is led by detective Doc Block, who falls in love with actress Cat who is playing in ongoing Max's production.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
6. 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.
7. BL Metamorphosis (メタモルフォーゼの縁側)
Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day…and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there–Urara, a seasoned BL fan–notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
8. Under the Smoky Roof (زیر سقف دودی)
Shirin is a woman facing problems in her marriage and with her child. She's trying desperately for a way to connect with her son and her husband.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
9. The Young Kieslowski
Grand romantic gestures need not apply in this comedic tale of star-crossed young love. Instead, freshman Brian Kieslowski displays endless reserves of bumbling awkwardness as he goes home with a girl for the first time... and then learns that he got her pregnant... with twins... all while she's going through a rather inconvenient Christianity phase. Could it be that being the good guy and doing what's right are two very different things?
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
10. Goodbye Bafana
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
11. On the Beach at Night Alone (밤의 해변에서 혼자)
Young-hee, an actress reeling in the aftermath of an affair with a married film director, escapes to Hamburg. But when she returns to Korea and meets with friends for drinks, startling confessions emerge.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
12. Submarino (Submarino)
As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. He drinks, lives in a shelter and tries to help an old friend. When their mother dies, Nick meets his brother at the funeral. The brother, who remains nameless, is a single father to a young boy, but also supports a drug habit that is spiraling out of control. When an opportunity presents itself, he becomes a drug dealer to secure his son's future. Eventually, the two brothers meet again.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
13. Reinventing Marvin (Marvin ou la belle éducation)
Telling the true story of Marvin Bijou, a young boy from a working-class family in a small village, who suffers constant bullying at school and home for being ‘different’ – too sensitive and too feminine. A chance encounter with a drama teacher opens the doors to a world that offers him the chance to escape his situation.
It has an average vote of 6.704 on TMDB.
14. Microhabitat (소공녀)
Miso lives from day to day by housekeeping. Cigarettes and whiskey are the two things that get her through the day. As cigarette prices and rent start to rise, Miso decides to give up her house for cigarettes and whiskey, leading her to couch surf with old friends while reconsidering her place in life.
It has an average vote of 7.72 on TMDB.
15. Masquerade
A young girl struggles to survive after a group of home invaders break into her house to steal her family's priceless artwork.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
16. Novitiate
In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
It has an average vote of 6.399 on TMDB.
17. Bloody Sunday
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
It has an average vote of 7.256 on TMDB.
18. After Yang
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
It has an average vote of 6.425 on TMDB.
19. Princess Cyd
High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
