1. Bend It Like Beckham
Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.
It has an average vote of 6.303 on TMDB.
2. 36 Fillette (36 Fillette)
Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conversation with a concert pianist she meets, but she has a wild streak and she's testing her powers over men, finding that she doesn't always control her moods or actions, and she's impatient with being a virgin. She sets off with her brother to a disco, latching onto an aging playboy who is himself hot and cold to her. She is ambivalent about losing her virginity that night, willing the next, and determined by the third.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
3. Monsoon Wedding (Monsoon Wedding)
As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. This film traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
4. Cléo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7)
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
It has an average vote of 7.691 on TMDB.
5. Monster
An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
6. Looking for Love in 30 Days (30 Hari Mencari Cinta)
When lifelong friends Keke, Gwen, and Olin embark on a quest for love by making a pact to find boyfriends, their tight-knit bond is put to the test.
7. Strange Days
Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.
It has an average vote of 7.001 on TMDB.
8. Desert Hearts
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.
It has an average vote of 7.011 on TMDB.
9. Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille)
Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.
It has an average vote of 6.932 on TMDB.
10. Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (Grbavica)
A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.
It has an average vote of 6.949 on TMDB.
11. Bollywood/Hollywood
Rahul Seth is a dashing young millionaire who believes he is "western" enough to rebel against his mother and grandmother. They are not too keen about his Caucasian girlfriend Kimberly who, to make matters worse, is a pop star. Before you can say "karmic intervention," Kimberly dies in a freak accident and Rahul is devastated. Instead of allowing him to mourn in peace, Rahul's mother sees the opportunity she's been waiting for. She threatens to call off his sister's wedding unless he finds himself a "nice Indian girl." Rahul enlists the services of Sue, a fiercely independent escort whom he believes to be Hispanic, and therefore not "married" to the conventions taught to young Indian women. With a wink in her eye, Sue accepts the deal to pose as his Indian bride-to-be. She needs the money and having never been a fan of the typical Indian male, she feels her heart is safe. The charade begins....
It has an average vote of 5.893 on TMDB.
12. Longing (Sehnsucht)
An average, everyday metalworker and volunteer firefighter content in his marriage to his childhood sweetheart finds his emotions unexpectedly stirred when he falls for a pretty waitress from a nearby town.
It has an average vote of 6.432 on TMDB.
13. Bajo el mismo cielo (Bajo el mismo cielo)
A pair of Moroccan immigrants in Spain splits apart. He returns to Morocco because he only find precarious jobs and his wife decides to stay. Their daughter is 11 and shares with a professor from her school a taste for writing, but she decides to follow her father. The girl's mother tries to recover her, for what is essential the mediation of the teacher.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
14. Reversion
In a world in which the past, present and future simultaneously unfold, a woman whose genetic mutation leaves her devoid of morality struggles to preserve her romance with the man she loves.
15. The Taste of Apple Seeds (Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen)
When Bertha dies, her granddaughter Iris inherits her house and finds herself back in the home where she and her cousin used to play dressing-up in the summer holidays. While she wanders from room to room, she gropes her way through memories and things she had forgotten: What did her grandfather really do before he went to war? Which men were Bertha’s daughters in love with? Who ate his apple with the seeds?
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
16. Life in a Day
A scientific experiment in rapid-cell growth goes awry when a lab assistant steals the developed serum and injects it into his pregnant girl friend. The result is a child that grows through adulthood and will die within days, if a cure cannot be found.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
17. In Your Eyes
Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's experiences, creating a bond that apparently can't be broken.
It has an average vote of 7.148 on TMDB.
18. Being Venice
Venice is having trouble with the men in her life: she breaks up with her lover and starts an affair with her best friend. The aggravation of her ex-hippy dad, camped on her sofa, is the last straw.
It has an average vote of 4.6 on TMDB.
19. Palace II (Palace II)
Two young boys, Laranjinha and Acerola, living in Cidade de Deus, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, need some money to go to a concert. The "easiest" way to get it is working for some drug-dealers.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
20. The Road To (Дорога на...)
Big cities are full of lonely people.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
