1. New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, a tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love her: lawyer Fredrik Egerman and Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When Desirée's show travels through Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
2. Ground Control (Ground Control)
A journey to an unknown star, a children's theatre play, an untalented writer and the fear of becoming the worst version of oneself. A mixture of live-action footage and animated scenes. A stream of conscious stereotypes.
3. Marquise (Marquise)
Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favourite of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the mistress of the celebrated Racine, who wrote roles especially for her; but her fate, in the end, is a tragic one.
It has an average vote of 5.625 on TMDB.
4. Hercules in New York
Hercules is sent from Mount Olympus to modern-day Manhattan, where he takes up professional wrestling before getting mixed up with a gang of mobsters.
It has an average vote of 4.1 on TMDB.
5. Girl with a Pearl Earring
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
6. As Good as It Gets
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
It has an average vote of 7.398 on TMDB.
7. Bell, Book and Candle
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
8. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.
It has an average vote of 7.76 on TMDB.
9. Have You Seen Me
When Benny's younger brother, Loren, suddenly reappears after being missing for months, the two are forced to reckon with the drastically different ways they have chosen to live their lives.
10. The Libertine
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
11. Vatel
In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the steward, Vatel, a man of honor, talent, and low birth. The prince is craven in his longing for stature: no task is too menial or dishonorable for him to give Vatel. While Vatel tries to sustain dignity, he finds himself attracted to Anne de Montausier, the king's newest mistress. In Vatel, she finds someone who's authentic, living out his principles within the casual cruelties of court politics. Can the two of them escape unscathed?
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
12. Search for the Jewel of Polaris: Mysterious Museum
While visiting a museum, two siblings Ben and Kim a fierce electrical storm creates a passage between the real world and worlds within the paintings. They are magically whisked through time to the 1600's and find they must square off against a wicked magician and also locate a valuable jewel in order to return to the present day.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
13. Lorna Doone
An English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
14. Rembrandt (Rembrandt)
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15. Golden Stripes
Young Tyrone embarks on a fulfilling journey as an artist following a tumultuous start in life, subjected to horrific abuse in a foster home that violated their duty of care.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
16. The Mysterious Rider (Il cavaliere misterioso)
Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery.
It has an average vote of 4.6 on TMDB.
17. Lady
Lady is an artificially intelligent virtual assistant that is granted sentience and has to cope with the consequences of human emotions, the good and the bad.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
18. Earthquake in Chile (Erdbeben in Chili)
Tutor Jeronimo and heiress Josephe fall in love but are quickly torn from one another by execution and jail. However, when fate intervenes in the form of a massive earthquake, the two lovers have no idea what is in store for them.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
19. Begotten
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the birth of nature on a barren earth.
It has an average vote of 5.92 on TMDB.
20. Amor Emanuelle
A young woman is introduced to the new world of the rich and famous only to discover its dark and dangerous side.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
