1. My Name Is Khan (My Name Is Khan)
Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.
It has an average vote of 8.038 on TMDB.
2. Make the Yuletide Gay
The holidays get overly festive as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
3. Methadonia
Shot over the course of 18 months in New York City's Lower East Side, METHADONIA sheds light on the inherent flaws of legal methadone treatments for heroin addiction by profiling eight addicts, in various stages of recovery and relapse, who attend the New York Center for Addiction Treatment Services .
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
4. The Home Song Stories
Tom, now in his 40s, begins to write the memoirs of his 1960s childhood, as the little boy whose mother Rose was a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer. When Rose meets Aussie sailor Bill, they are quickly married, and she packs up Tom and his older sister May to head for Melbourne. The marriage just as quickly breaks up and Rose moves with the kids to Sydney. After a succession of male friends and little success, in 1971 Rose moves back to Melbourne, in an uncomfortable arrangement living again with Bill – and his mother. With Bill called away to sea, Rose takes up with young Chinese cook Joe, but despair and conflicts over May's relationship with Joe tear the family further apart. Little Tom is deeply hurt, but May's ongoing conflict with her mother takes a respite when Rose tells her daughter about her traumatic teenage years.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
5. I Am Trying to Remember (من سعی میکنم فراموش نکنم)
Pegah talks about Gholam, a man who’s not like her father, mother, uncles, or aunts, even though he’s always present at family gatherings. Gholam films these everyday scenes with his own camera. At the time, Pegah can’t imagine what the purpose of these films might be, but she’s happy to pose before the lens of this family friend, who she’s certainly very fond of.
It has an average vote of 8.25 on TMDB.
6. Afganistanbul (Afganistanbul)
(Afganistanbul)
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
7. A Ghost In Her Eyes
A lost soul travels through canvases, cabins and time itself to a bygone era, where he discovers the transformational power of true love.
8. MUM
MUM portrays a loving and nurturing relationship between mother and child. Like millions of mothers out there this mum works hard to put food on the table. But her work puts her in great danger
9. Hotel de Memórias (Hotel de Memórias)
(Hotel de Memórias)
10. The Soul Of The Tiger (L'âme du tigre)
Alex Chen and his girlfriend, Eloane, head to the mountains in order to go rock climbing. Their light-hearted holiday is put to an abrupt end, however, when Alex receives a shocking telephone call: his brother Jun is dead. Back in Paris’s Chinatown, Alex is determined to find out what happened. While his French mother retreats into mourning, his Chinese father refuses to tell him anything in detail. The traditional wake begins and Alex is left dealing with his relatives and the imminent cultural differences. Reluctant to believe that his brother died of a sudden brain haemorrhage, Alex begins to dig deeper into his father’s family history. His beautiful yet mysterious cousin Lili, who soon begins to exert an unexplainable force of attraction upon him, assists Alex in his quest.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
11. Never Eat Alone
An elderly widow starts to wonder what happened to a would-be lover from her past who appeared with her in a live televised drama in the 1950s. After discovering the show in CBC’s archive, her granddaughter Audrey attempts to try and track the man down.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
12. Grandad
Follow the tender and fascinating life of Mallory B. Winstead, the fearless and visionary army veteran and family man.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
13. That's My Man
A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
14. Bye Bye Barcelona (Bye Bye Barcelona)
Bye Bye Barcelona is a documentary about a city and its relation to tourism , on the difficult coexistence between Barcelona the city and Barcelona the tourist destination
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
15. Red Dog
Country songwriter Luke Dick spent his toddler years living in the Red Dog, the rowdiest and most popular strip club in Oklahoma City. Now 30 years later, Luke has a toddler and a newborn of his own. As he began asking his mom questions about his own childhood, she turned out to be more hilariously forthcoming than he ever imagined.
It has an average vote of 6.455 on TMDB.
16. Sunset over Mulholland Drive (Sunset over Hollywood)
Hidden away at the end of Mulholland Drive, just north of Los Angeles, lies the Motion Picture & Television Fund. Its residents were once the backbone of American showbiz. The Fund gives them a home and new meaning in their old age. Still going strong in their own studio, they produce short films and pursue other creative projects. This documentary follows one such project from the first brainstorming session all the way to the premiere, revealing enduring dreams and hopes beyond the limelight — and lessons in life and love.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
17. Égalité (Égalité)
14-year-old Leila is only supposed to have her tonsils operated on, a routine procedure. But when she wakes up from the anesthesia, she is suddenly blind. While the doctors are completely at a loss to explain how this could have happened, Leila's father Attila is beside himself. In his opinion, the doctors botched the operation. From day to day, he gets more and more involved in this thought and gets into a downward spiral that seems to have no end. Meanwhile, the family members drift further and further away from each other and become increasingly estranged. One day Attila finally makes a decision that will have consequences...
18. Skyward
Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. Dupree teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. Koup Trenton runs an aircraft repair service and is trying desperately to get an old airplane back in the air. The three, together, put the young girl and the old plane up in the air.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
19. The House of Us (우리집)
A girl from a troubled family befriends two younger girls and begins to feel a sense of normalcy as they go adventuring at the seaside.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
20. The Needle (الإبرة)
Two young parents of an only baby, confront the sexual malformation of their child. Between social pressure and the struggle for acceptance, discover their poignant journey to unconditional love. An ode to diversity and resilience.
