1. Learn by Heart (La Vie en grand)
The film follows children growing up in the projects, where they juggle the pressures of school and street life.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
2. Everything Now (Tout, tout de suite)
This gripping and wrenching thriller tells the story of Ilan Halimi who was kidnapped for ransom in a Paris suburb. His captors, who dub themselves The Gang of Barbarians, operate under the assumption that his Jewish heritage means he is worth a lot of money. Taking the audience through the harrowing experience of the Halimi family and sharing a searing insight into Ilan's vicious ordeal, the story tracks the massive but futile investigation doomed by near-misses and tragedy that triggered a national outcry. For 24 days the police, insistent upon handling the case as a normal for-ransom kidnapping, failed to recognize the anti-Semitic overtones of the abduction. Faithfully reenacting events from the view of the various characters, Tout, tout de suite raises troubling questions about the state of anti-Semitism and race relations in contemporary France.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
3. Jim: The James Foley Story
In August, 2014, a video of the public execution of American photojournalist James Foley rippled across the globe. Foley wore an orange jumpsuit as he knelt beside an ISIS militant dressed in black. That image challenged the world to deal with a new face of terror. And it tested one American family. Seen through the lens of filmmaker Brian Oakes, Foley’s close childhood friend, Jim takes us from small-town New England to the adrenaline-fueled front lines of Libya and Syria, where Foley pushed the limits of danger to report on the plight of civilians impacted by war.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
4. Rains (L'ondée)
A sudden rainstorm is unleashed on a city. Everyone seeks refuge. When the clouds thin out, life continues.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
5. The Left Hand of the Law (La Polizia Interviene: Ordine Di Uccidere)
After a couple of 'special squad' cops are gunned down while chasing some kidnappers, the head of the squad takes it really personally! His violent path to find the kidnappers leads him to the upper echelons of the government. Now, the powers-that-be don't want to be found out and decide it's time to kill one more cop...
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. Lilli (ലില്ലി)
Abducted and confined in a room by a gang of sadistic men, a pregnant woman tries to escape, against insurmountable odds.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
7. This Is the Life
In 1989, a collective of young hip hop artists gathered at a health food café in South Central Los Angeles. Their mandate? To reject gang culture and expand the musical boundaries of hip hop. DuVernay's documentary chronicles the historic legacy of the Good Life Cafe — the open mic nights that became an L.A. institution, the eclectic array of talented young MCs that emerged there, the alternative hip hop movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the artform.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
8. Amateur (Amateur)
It’s a hot afternoon. Serena is helping Christopher to study German. He is bored and prefers to record her with his cell phone. She doesn't want him to but he likes it because she makes him laugh, especially when Serena acts like a little pig. And when Christopher laughs she is happy. Through this game, the two grow closer and discover an unexpected intimacy.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
9. Call Me Francis (Chiamatemi Francesco - Il Papa della gente)
Biopic about Jorge Maria Bergoglio before he became Pope Francis I.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
10. Legends of Valhalla: Thor (Hetjur Valhallar - Þór)
An over confident teen with a magical weapon and a handful of imperfect gods join forces against an evil queen and her army of giants
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
11. Kitchen Stories (Salmer fra kjøkkenet)
Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik . By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
12. Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
13. The Infernal Cauldron (Le chaudron infernal)
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
14. Vitus (Vitus)
Vitus tells the story of a highly-gifted boy whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him.
It has an average vote of 7.38 on TMDB.
15. 78/52
The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession.
It has an average vote of 7.266 on TMDB.
16. Under the Sand (Sous le Sable)
When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
17. Even Dwarfs Started Small (Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen)
The inhabitants of an institution in a remote country rebel against their keepers. Their acts of rebellion are by turns humorous, boring and alarming. An allegory on the problematic nature of fully liberating the human spirit, as both commendable and disturbing elements of our nature come forward. The film shows how justifiable revolt may be empowering, but may also turn to chaos and depravity. The allegory is developed in part by the fact that the film is cast entirely with dwarfs
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
18. Asuran (அசுரன்)
A family from the underprivileged class is on the run after the teenaged son kills a rich man from the upper caste. Can the pacifist father be able to save his hot-blooded son?
It has an average vote of 7.74 on TMDB.
19. The Keeping Room
In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to the isolated farmhouse that she shares with her sister Louise and their female slave Mad. When the pair of soldiers track Augusta down intent on exacting revenge, the trio of women are forced to take up arms to fend off their assailants, finding ways to resourcefully defend their home––and themselves––as the escalating attacks become more unpredictable and relentless.
It has an average vote of 5.737 on TMDB.
20. Chouf (Chouf)
Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, gets shot before his eyes. Sofiane gives up on his studies and gets involved in the drug network, ready to avenge him. He quickly rises to the top and becomes the boss’s right hand. Trapped by the system, Sofiane is dragged into a spiral of violence…
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
