1. Stromboli (Stromboli (Terra di Dio))
After the end of WWII, a young Lithuanian woman and a young Italian man from Stromboli impulsively marry, but married life on the island is more demanding than she can accept.
It has an average vote of 7.041 on TMDB.
2. Paisan (Paisà)
Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
3. Marie Antoinette
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
4. City of Joy
The Democratic Republic of Congo has endured 20 years of devastating violence. Rape has been used as a weapon of war to destroy community and access precious minerals. Congo is often referred to as “the worst place in the world to be a woman.” "City of Joy" tells a different story of the region. The film focuses on Jane, a student at a center where women who have suffered unimaginable abuse join together to become leaders. We also meet the founders of the center: a devout Congolese Doctor, a Congolese activist, and a radical N.Y. playwright. The film weaves between joy and pain as these individuals band together to demand hope in a place so often deemed hopeless.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
5. Jacquot (Jacquot de Nantes)
Jacquot Demy is a little boy at the end of the thirties. His father owns a garage and his mother is a hairdresser. The whole family lives happily and likes to sing and to go to the movies. Jacquot is fascinated by every kind of show . He buys a camera to shoot his first amateur film... An evocation of French cineast Jacques Demy's childhood and vocation for the cinema and the musicals.
It has an average vote of 7.457 on TMDB.
6. Gold of Rome (L'oro di Roma)
Rome 1943. The German Commandant of the city causes a turmoil in the Jewish community by offering them what seems to be an expensive way out of imprisonment and death.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
7. The Plague in Florence (Die Pest in Florenz)
Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns the city's churches into dens of sexual debauchery. Acts of evil and corruption continue unabated until the arrival of Death, who brings with her a horrible plague which she is about to loose upon the city.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
8. A Little Game
Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in the form of an irascible chess-master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
9. The Path of Hope (Il cammino della speranza)
The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
10. A Woman's Life (Une vie)
Normandy, 1819. Jeanne is a young woman full of childish dreams and innocence when she returns home after finishing her schooling in a convent. She marries a local Viscount, Julien de Lamare, who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful man. Little by little Jeanne’s illusions are stripped away.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
11. King Creole
Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
12. Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta)
During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the leader of the Resistance is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
It has an average vote of 8.005 on TMDB.
13. The Three Musketeers
Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
14. Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation (映画 佐々木と宮野ー卒業編ー)
Miyano’s world of Boys’ Love manga turns to reality when chance leads him to Sasaki. Now, Sasaki wants to spend every opportunity with him.
It has an average vote of 5.661 on TMDB.
15. Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Making of featurette for Sherlock Holmes .
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
16. The Earth Trembles (La terra trema)
In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.
It has an average vote of 7.733 on TMDB.
17. Caesar Must Die (Cesare deve morire)
Inmates at a prison in Rome rehearse for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
It has an average vote of 7.255 on TMDB.
18. Young Ahmed (Le jeune Ahmed)
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
19. Shoeshine (Sciuscià)
At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys Pasquale, an orphan, and Giuseppe, his younger friend are riding. The pair have been saving to buy a horse of their own to ride...
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
20. Brian and Charles
An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head, Brian gets an idea. Three days, a washing machine, and sundry spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and proves a charming, cheeky companion. Before long, however, Charles also develops autonomy. Intrigued by the wider world — or whatever lies beyond the cottage where Brian has hidden him away — Charles craves adventure.
It has an average vote of 6.332 on TMDB.