1. The Future Is Now!
A journalist meets “Man of Today” who, while a responsible citizen, is disengaged from greater society. He believes once he’s dead nothing more matters. As an experiment to see if she can turn his pessimistic view around, the journalist sends him on a journey of enlightenment to prove that the future does matter. Travelling the globe, he finds himself in surprising encounters with great minds in the arts and sciences. Starting with an unexpected poetry reading and conversation with experimental poet Christian Bök, Man of Today engages with architect Shigeru Ban, activist Francis Dupuis-Déri, philosopher Alain de Botton, artist Marlene Dumas, novelist Rivka Galchen, leading scientists and a ghost. Will the journalist succeed in turning a cynic into an optimist? Will it matter? What can one person do?
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
2. The Future
A comically cynical vision of a future in which the water is gone, and all that’s left is dust and desperation.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
3. The Moon Bird
The Moon Bird is a dark fairytale about an orphan girl called Teardrop who inherits magical powers from her late parents. A terrible sorceress Experimentia desires the magic for herself and pursues Teardrop for her own evil ends. Teardrop must outwit the sorceress with the help of a magical bird created after one of her tears binds with the moon.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
4. Hsueh Ping-Kuei and Wang Pao-Chuan (薛平貴與王寶釧)
A taiwanese language film. The folk tales of Gezai Opera are put on the screen, and the form of the stage play is maintained.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
5. Red Rooster Plymouth Rock (Красный петух плимутрок)
Valka is a young boy whose dream is to get a red Plymouth Rock breed rooster and teach him to dance.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
6. A Letter from Death Row
A psychological thriller that takes you through the mind of convicted killer, Michael Raine, and his experiences on death row. Was he guilty of killing his girlfriend or was he a victim of a conspiracy to frame him for a crime he didn't commit? As the story unfolds Jessica Foster, an assistant to the Governor of Tennessee begins to interview Raine while on death row, claiming that she's writing a book about the inmates. Through various circumstances, Raine puts two and two together and builds a case that he believes can prove his innocence...or does he? Ms. Foster is the only one on the 'outside" who can give Raine a voice, but is she working for those who framed him? As time draws near to the date of his execution, in his most desperate hour Raine finds the missing pieces to the puzzle to prove his innocence, but is it too late...? Was this story told from Raine's point of view or from the book writers or from yours, the viewer - you decide.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
7. The Crooked Road
An investigative reporter travels to a small European country with the hope of exposing its dictator's family secrets.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
8. Ms J Contemplates Her Choice
Jo Yang, a celebrity radio guest, receives a phone call while on air and sets in motion a series of events that threaten her life and her family. Forced to choose between saving a prostitute or a loan-shark, her choice is confronted by public outcry. This film is loosely inspired by real-life events in Singapore, and explores how it is more choice rather than chance that shapes our lives.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
9. Betty Boop and Grampy
Betty Boop and some friends go to Grampy's house for a party.
It has an average vote of 6.722 on TMDB.
10. Lollygag (Lollygag)
A woman recounts her sensual yet macabre childhood memory about the boy next door.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
11. For Unto Us (포 언투 어스)
A musical portrayal of the nativity of Jesus Christ that delivers the true message of Christmas.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
12. Sneyd Green
It’s any day, any year in the house of Alan and Vera Ellis in their Post-Industrial English conurbation formerly known for their world renown pottery industry, yet this week they are interrupted by their 16mm camera toting grandson. This year's spring is one of moving, dancing, and gliding more softly and with greater awareness. Conceived as a ditty and presented with an orchestra of loved ones, Sneyd Green is a handmade exploration of positive and negative space in concert with past and present yearnings.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
13. 人间世 (人间世)
(人间世)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
14. Joggers Park (जोगर्स पार्क)
The film opens at a Rotary Club function to honor the recently retired Justice Jyotin Chatterjee. The judge has served the profession all his life with honor and spotless integrity. As he is about to retire, he recognizes there will now be a void in his life. His wife remarks to reporters that neither he nor she knows what he would do after he retires. Retired life is not easy for the aging judge. The younger generation is bolder and quicker than he was in his time.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
15. Tell Her (Скажи ей)
What is to be a child to whom parents ask the same question every day: whom does he love more? Mom or dad? What should mom do if she madly loves her son, but circumstances force him to take the child away from his father? What should be done to dad if his son is taken to America forever, and he cannot imagine his life without him? This is a story of choice. When deciding for a child, a parent often does as he is comfortable with. The child agrees, afraid to hurt the parent, but time will pass, he will mature and at some point he will decide for himself. Only the parent from this will be much more painful.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
16. Tab & Tony
Tab Hunter’s first-person account of his struggle to come to terms with his sexual orientation in 1950s Hollywood, an era in which being openly gay was taboo.
17. Les Ondes du souvenir (Les Ondes du souvenir)
Near the town of Longwy two adolescent boys were exploring an old steel factory when they discovered a corpse in a ventilation duct.The victim, was worker of this steel factory, union activist and also volunteer at the free radio "Lorraine Coeur d'acier" and died 40 years ago.Lorraine Coeur d'acier was the most important free radio in the winter 1978-1979 when 12.000 workers of the steel industries of Lorraine lost their jobs.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
18. Rio Sex Comedy
A group of strangers from different countries end up on Rio's beaches. Seeking self-fulfillment, they look for answers to existential questions. Yet it isn't until their different paths cross that they begin to understand why they came.
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.