1. I Don’t Believe In You But Then There Is Gravity (Sana İnanmıyorum Ama Yerçekimi Var)
A Sunday in a high-rise building in Istanbul. Some only hear their own voice, and some in their loud silence. The day is shadowed by an unexpected event.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
2. Five-Year Diary
Influenced by filmmakers as diverse as Ed Pincus and Carolee Schneemann, Anne Charlotte Robertson was a Boston area Super 8 filmmaker who examined and shared her life through her work – a mix of essay, performance and stop-motion animation. Diagnosed with various and changing mental disorders, Anne faced several breakdowns and mental hospitals – experiences she documented and exorcised thoroughly through her films – particularly within the annals of Five Year Diary, a project spanning nearly two decades. Though relentlessly intense and emotional, her films are not entirely bleak, for her bracing self-awareness and humor energize and bring a rare effulgence to the depths of her darkest moments. Anne boldly exposed her most intimate and obsessive inner dialogues – from illness, breakdowns and longing for love to diets, cats and the minutia of existence. She also considered the filmmaking experience therapeutic and cited the process as helping cure her depression.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
3. The Trial of Joan of Arc (Procès de Jeanne d'Arc)
Rouen, Normandy, 1431, during the Hundred Years' War. After being captured by French soldiers from an opposing faction, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans, is unjustly tried by an ecclesiastical court overseen by her English enemies.
It has an average vote of 7.195 on TMDB.
4. L'Argent (L'Argent)
A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have devastating consequences on his life.
It has an average vote of 6.904 on TMDB.
5. The Devil, Probably (Le Diable probablement)
A group of disillusioned young Parisians look for satisfaction in political activism, religion, romance, music, and drugs.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
6. Eastern Plays (Източни пиеси)
Two estranged brothers are brought together when they have opposite roles in a racist beating: while Georgi who's recently joined a neo-nazi group participates in the violence, Hristo witnesses and rescues a Turkish family. Only by reuniting will the two brothers be able to assess what they really want from life.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
7. A Gentle Woman (Une femme douce)
When his young wife commits suicide with no explanation, an introspective pawnbroker looks back on their life together.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
8. Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan)
Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her lovers.
It has an average vote of 6.031 on TMDB.
9. Au Hasard Balthazar (Au hasard Balthazar)
The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.
It has an average vote of 7.582 on TMDB.
10. Unfaithfully Yours
Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his absence. August has hired a private detective to keep tabs on her. But when the private eye's report suggests Daphne might have been canoodling with his secretary, Sir Alfred begins to imagine how he might take his revenge.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
11. One Love (Bizim İçin Şampiyon)
The mid 90’s. Turkey’s political instability, inflation and hopelesness on people were increased. In those years when all hope was lost, people deeply bond with Bold Pilot and Halis Karataş who win every race coming from the last place. People see themselves at the point where this horse and jockey are: at the back. This duo make people to believe that everybody can win. The race ends at the finish line and the first to cross this line are Bold Pilot and Halis riding it.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
12. Selfie (Selfie)
Naples, Trajan's district. Initially it was intended for the inhabitants of the shantytowns on the seafront of Naples, who were homeless after the war. But it soon became a kind of ghetto. Alessandro and Pietro are two teenagers who film with an iPhone to tell their difficult neighborhood, their daily life, the friendship that binds them.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
13. Early Summer (麦秋)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
It has an average vote of 7.818 on TMDB.
14. Vivre Sa Vie (Vivre sa vie: film en douze tableaux)
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
It has an average vote of 7.755 on TMDB.
15. Kes
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence—until tragedy strikes.
It has an average vote of 7.47 on TMDB.
16. The Seventh Continent (Der siebente Kontinent)
Chronicles three years of a middle class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, only troubled by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence however, they are actually planning something sinister.
It has an average vote of 7.464 on TMDB.
17. Crazy/Beautiful
At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.
It has an average vote of 6.635 on TMDB.
18. Berlin Calling (Berlin Calling)
A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
19. A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé)
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
It has an average vote of 7.935 on TMDB.
20. L'Eclisse (L'eclisse)
This romantic drama by Michelangelo Antonioni follows the love life of Vittoria, a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.
It has an average vote of 7.748 on TMDB.
