1. The Tokyo Wind Orchestra (東京ウィンドオーケストラ)
Shiori Higuchi works at a town hall in Yakushima Island. She is in charge of a plan to hold a concert for the famous Tokyo Wind Orchestra. 10 members of the orchestra from Tokyo arrive on Yakushima Island, but they are not from the famous Tokyo Wind Orchestra.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. Come for You (为你而来)
(为你而来)
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
3. Blasphemy
Blasphemy, a non-narrative film.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
4. Chuck Close
Chuck Close, an astounding portrait of one of the world's leading contemporary painters, was one of two parting gifts from Marion Cajori, a filmmaker who died recently, and before her time. With editing completed by filmmaker Ken Kobland, Chuck Close lives the life and work of a man who has reinvented portraiture. Close photographs his subjects, blows up the image to gigantic proportions, divides it into a detailed grid and then uses a complex set of colors and patterning to reconstruct each face.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
5. Morning Days 12 ~Niigaki Risa & Michishige Sayumi in Yamaguchi~ (Morning Days 12 ～新垣里沙 ＆ 道重さゆみ in 山口～)
Fanclub-exclusive DVD by Morning Musume. member Niigaki Risa & Michishige Sayumi.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. Legend of a Ghost (La légende du fantôme)
A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the ghost appearing compels her to remain. He explains to the terrified girl that she must go to the kingdom of Satan and get a bottle of the Water of Life, which she must bring back to him. The girl consents to do as he desires and starts forth on her expedition after the precious fluid. She summons a lot of soldiers and friends to her aid, and we follow the whole army down into the bowels of the earth.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
7. SECRETS ABOUT MEN EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW
VHS from a thrift store.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
8. Valentín Lazaña (Valentín Lazaña)
Parody of the Zorro-styled "noble bandit" story.
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
9. Sucré (Sucré)
(Sucré)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
10. Pain
Dad catches a ball badly, injuring his finger. His guttural scream instantly hushes the entire sports complex. Sarah is paralysed. She barely recognises him; red faced, clutching his hand and crying. In the sanctuary of the locker changing rooms, Sarah explores and tests theories about what has happened with her Dad. She questions who her father is while struggling to grasp the concept of pain, both inside and out. Having found an apparent conclusion, Sarah returns to an apologetic Dad, and decides to put his promises to the test.music:Annette Focksproducer:Tobias Rosen, Heike Wiehle-Timmproduction:Relevant Film, Warner Bros Entertainment Germanybacking:Deutscher Filmförderfonds , Schleswig-Holstein Film Commission , Filmförderungsanstalt distributor:Warner Bros Entertainment Germany
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
11. Bruises Behind Closed Doors
Bruises Behind Closed Doors takes its audience into the life of Herbert, an abusive husband who has been secretly in with another woman throws his wife, Angel's life completely upside down.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
12. Scorpions - Amazonia Live in the Jungle
In August 2007, Germany’s most successful music export worldwide, the Scorpions, already ventured deep into the Brazilian jungle for a sold out show – in front of 40,000 enthusiastic fans the band played a concert in Manaus, the metropolis on the Amazon river. A cooperation with Greenpeace was already existent at this point and when the band returned to South America the next year, they happily intensified it. Kaus Meine, lead singer of the Scorpions, recollects, “Due to the unbelievable success we returned to Manaus in 2008, but we also played Rio, Sao Paulo and Recife again. During the show in Belem we accepted Greenpeace’s invitation to participate in a three-hour flight across the rainforest in order to get a picture of the proceeding destruction .
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
13. 39-45 : Les Cheminots dans la résistance (39-45 : Les Cheminots dans la résistance)
(39-45 : Les Cheminots dans la résistance)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
14. The Hit Parade
Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds fits in better with her social status. To get even, Pete wants to make an unknown singer into a star. He finds Ruth Allison, drives her hard through rehearsals and makes her a star. But she is worried about her past, something she hasn't told Pete: She's an ex-convict and jumped bail in order to keep her partners in crime out of it. Further she's in love with Pete, but feels that he's still carrying a torch for Monica. When Monica's popularity is decreasing, Pete is able to get Ruth a stint on the program, the result is Monica is fired and Ruth get her job, but Monica takes revenge by revealing Ruth's past. Ruth considers it is best for her to disappear before being arrested, but she has become a star in public opinion. Will she get Pete or will she go to prison again?
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
15. The Great Silence (Den Store Stilhed)
Alma lives a humble and secluded life behind the walls of a contemporary Catholic convent in Denmark. As she prepares for her perpetual vows as a nun, her older brother Erik unexpectedly shows up. He is a recovering alcoholic and clearly depressed, yet Alma struggles to show him mercy, as his presence unearths a family secret she has desperately tried to suppress. With the ceremony impending, Alma begins to lose her footing and doubt whether she is worthy of the love of her God.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
16. Nun Story: Frustration in Black (修道女 黒衣の中のうずき)
A pious woman takes her vows but discovers that the nunnery is awash in sin and perversity.
It has an average vote of 3.7 on TMDB.
17. Rivers of Babylon (Rivers of Babylon)
Dark satire about bare-knuckled capitalism in the immediate post-Cold War era. Set just as the Communist government is collapsing, the film focuses on the brutish Racz, the handyman in a Bratislava hotel. Knowing that his job is insured for life, Racz turns off the building's heat and demands food, money, and sex to have it restored. The film is narrated by a pimp named Urban who explains that people in the former Czechoslovakia were so used to being abused that they simply put up with Racz's corruption. By the end of the film, Racz's fortunes have changed considerably. Instead of being a lowly worker, he is now a ruthless and wealthy businessman, unafraid to kill or kidnap those who get in his way.
It has an average vote of 3.9 on TMDB.
18. 247 Degrees North
This entry for the London Sci-Fi 48 Hour Film Challenge is fantastic for its location, costuming and cinematography alone, but the nearly naked blind chick with the power to make people spout poetry with a touch of her fingertips to the temple is a confusing and intriguing figure that shoves it right over the top. And what does she want with that baby?
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
