1. Sleeves
While dealing with the worst trauma of her life, Caroline ditches school for the first time to search for her place in the world.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
2. WHOLE
WHOLE revolves around the story of Woman, a cam-girl in her late 20s who struggles with her inner-self most of her life. She turns to hypnotherapy where she meets someone unexpected.
3. The Town
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
4. Stalked
In what could easily pass as a Twilight Zone episode, this film shows what happens when a troubled carnival owner returns back to his childhood home to escape God. Films like this would be shown to adult church groups to stimulate discussion - such as “was this man being stalked by Jesus in wooden shoes?”.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
5. Antkeeper
This classic from Rolf Forsberg, in the style of Fellini and Bergman, tells the story of a gardener who decides to introduce ants to his garden, because they will benefit what grows there. He is disturbed when the ants spend all their time fighting. He sends his son to teach them how to live peacefully.
6. Lipstick Under My Burkha (Lipstick Under My Burkha)
Four ordinary women, inflicted by silly societal norms, have to steal, lie, cheat and hide in order to lead the lives that they rightfully deserve.
It has an average vote of 6.837 on TMDB.
7. Brown Castle (Kafenio Kastello)
The centre of Athens. Surrounded by a world in crisis and generalised destruction, a small group of characters resist the end towards which they seem inevitably to be heading. The film looks at fraternity and the desire not to throw in the towel.
8. Coyote
A distraught squatter tries to cope with his werewolf nature through drugs and music.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
9. Home of my Memories (Home of my Memories)
A kid find his passion through the experience of his grandfather, all of those teachings come alive in a truly wonderful way.
10. Nightsong
A portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering around the struggles and romantic desires of an African American singer played by long-forgotten folk sensation Willie Wright.
11. Langit Budak Biru (Langit Budak Biru)
Abu and Nuwas are two teenage boys in boarding school. With different characters, both try to keep a secret between them while grappling with the challenges of bullying and self-discovery in a time of uncertainty and self-doubt.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
12. The Last Seduction
A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
It has an average vote of 6.766 on TMDB.
13. Year of the Jellyfish (L'Année des méduses)
Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
14. The Home Song Stories
Tom, now in his 40s, begins to write the memoirs of his 1960s childhood, as the little boy whose mother Rose was a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer. When Rose meets Aussie sailor Bill, they are quickly married, and she packs up Tom and his older sister May to head for Melbourne. The marriage just as quickly breaks up and Rose moves with the kids to Sydney. After a succession of male friends and little success, in 1971 Rose moves back to Melbourne, in an uncomfortable arrangement living again with Bill – and his mother. With Bill called away to sea, Rose takes up with young Chinese cook Joe, but despair and conflicts over May's relationship with Joe tear the family further apart. Little Tom is deeply hurt, but May's ongoing conflict with her mother takes a respite when Rose tells her daughter about her traumatic teenage years.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
15. My Dad Works the Night Shift (Mon père travaille de nuit)
Felix, fourteen, starts a relationship with an older boy, hoping to get caught by his conservative father so he can confront him.
It has an average vote of 3.5 on TMDB.
16. Hidden
After the death of his half-brother, a young boy struggles with his guilt and new position in the family.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
17. Pasture Prime
A widow falls for a younger man she meets at the Cowboy Church.
18. Bust
A trans cop with the New York City Police Department goes undercover to make a drug bust.
19. The Masterpiece (La Gran Obra)
Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, meet Salif and Yousef, two scrap dealers, at a recycle center. Offering them more junk, Diana invites them to their mansion, but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
20. Peaches (Peau de pêche)
June 2010. 11 years old Julia and Raphaëlle are the best at killing time together. Between walking their blind neighbor’s dogs and finishing their music video before Raph returns to Romania, they unconsciously grow apart. This nostalgic semi-autobiographical story recounts the last moments of the inevitable and awkward summer between childhood and adolescence.