1. The Hill
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
It has an average vote of 7.521 on TMDB.
2. Seven Days in May
A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
It has an average vote of 7.232 on TMDB.
3. Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert (Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert)
The full soundtrack to Marguerite Duras' 1975 film India Song, about a French ambassador's wife in 1930s India, is here repurposed with all new cinematography. As we hear all the dialogue of a bygone movie, we travel visually through images of absence and decay, bereft of life. It's the ghost of a film, and a further commentary on colonialism.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
4. State of the Union
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
5. Leonard Part 6
After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his daughter, who changes her career more often than her clothes, has begun dating a man old enough to be Leonard's father! On top of it all, the government has asked him to come back and save the world again.
It has an average vote of 2.9 on TMDB.
6. The Delta
In Memphis, a middle-class white teenager and a black Vietnamese immigrant meet in a gay cruising spot and discover what they don't have in common.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
7. Johnny Handsome
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
8. Lemonade Joe (Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera)
A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lemonade and convinces everyone else in town that all "real men" drink ONLY lemonade!
It has an average vote of 7.09 on TMDB.
9. The Pawnbroker
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
It has an average vote of 7.229 on TMDB.
10. Blithe Spirit
An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.
It has an average vote of 6.943 on TMDB.
11. The Ordinaries (The Ordinaries)
Paula, a young supporting character, studies at the Main Character School and dreams on graduating to become a lead.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
12. A Touch of Spice (Πολίτικη κουζίνα)
"A Touch of Spice" is a story about Fanis, a young Greek boy growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor, teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor. They both require... A Touch of Spice. Fanis grows up to become an excellent cook and uses his cooking skills to spice up the lives of those around him. 35 years later he leaves Athens and travels back to his birthplace of Istanbul to reunite with his grandfather and his first love. He travels back only to realize that he forgot to put a little bit of spice in his own life.
It has an average vote of 6.582 on TMDB.
13. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
It has an average vote of 7.819 on TMDB.
14. The Thin Man Goes Home
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
15. Clash (إشتباك)
In 2013, in Cairo, a tragic fate brings together several detainees from different political and social backgrounds inside a police truck, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of president Morsi.
It has an average vote of 7.489 on TMDB.
16. The Devil and Father Amorth
William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman named Cristina for the ninth time. Prior to filming, Cristina had purportedly been experiencing behavioural changes and “fits” that could not be explained by psychiatry, and which became worse during Christian holidays.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
17. The Fall of the Roman Empire
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decission about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
It has an average vote of 6.486 on TMDB.
18. At Close Range
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man. Inspired by the real events that led to the end of the Johnston Gang, who operated in the northeastern United States in the 1970s.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
19. The Ox-Bow Incident
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
It has an average vote of 7.705 on TMDB.
20. The Chase
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
It has an average vote of 7.09 on TMDB.