1. Larks on a String (Skřivánci na niti)
In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is a young man who pines for a female convict.
It has an average vote of 7.038 on TMDB.
2. The Hardy Krüger Story (Die Hardy Krüger-Story)
(Die Hardy Krüger-Story)
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
3. On the Tiger's Back (A cavallo della tigre)
Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who murdered his fiancée's lover. Giacinto is forced by the three men to make a daring escape from prison.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
4. Scandal in Sorrento (Pane, amore e...)
Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
5. The Sign of Venus (Il segno di Venere)
Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.
It has an average vote of 6.852 on TMDB.
6. Bread, Love and Dreams (Pane, amore e fantasia)
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
It has an average vote of 7.022 on TMDB.
7. Fantozzi in Heaven (Fantozzi in paradiso)
One by one, with a sweet but inexorable rate, Ugo's colleagues, go to a better life. When Ugo is attending at one of the innumerable funerals, he and the priest remain involved in an accident. The doctor says that Ugo as only one week left to live
It has an average vote of 5.82 on TMDB.
8. Red Beard (赤ひげ)
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
It has an average vote of 8.093 on TMDB.
9. Roma (Roma)
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
It has an average vote of 7.235 on TMDB.
10. Germany, Year Zero (Germania anno zero)
In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.
It has an average vote of 7.663 on TMDB.
11. Poverty and Nobility (Miseria e nobiltà)
Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
12. The Pod Generation
Set in a near future where AI is all the rage and nature is becoming a distant memory, Rachel and Alvy are a New York couple ready to take their relationship to the next level and start a family.
It has an average vote of 5.911 on TMDB.
13. White Christmas
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
It has an average vote of 7.233 on TMDB.
14. Freaks
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
It has an average vote of 7.809 on TMDB.
15. The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste)
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
It has an average vote of 7.265 on TMDB.
16. Rose Island (L'incredibile storia dell'isola delle rose)
In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.
It has an average vote of 7.046 on TMDB.
17. Rambo: Last Blood
After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. Rambo, who has become a true father figure for Gabriela over the years, undertakes a desperate and dangerous journey to find her.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
18. GoodFellas
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
It has an average vote of 8.465 on TMDB.
19. Parasite (기생충)
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
It has an average vote of 8.509 on TMDB.
20. The Big Sleep
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
It has an average vote of 7.593 on TMDB.