1. Mafia Is Not What It Used to Be (La Mafia non è più quella di una volta)
Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 2017. Twenty-five years after the murders of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone, on May 23, 1992, and Paolo Borsellino, on July 19, 1992; and on the occasion of the tributes held in memory of both heroes, skeptical photographer Letizia Battaglia, chronicler of their titanic combat, criticizes the opportunism of shady characters who, like businessman Ciccio Mira, profit from the commemoration of both tragedies.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
2. Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Documentary on psychedelic potash mines, expansive concrete seawalls, mammoth industrial machines, and other examples of humanity’s massive, destructive reengineering of the planet.
It has an average vote of 7.034 on TMDB.
3. The Mayor of Rione Sanità (Il sindaco del Rione Sanità)
Antonio Barracano is a respected man among the Neapolitan underworld, keeping order and administering justice according to his own criteria, beyond the law. One day he's faced with a dilemma after a young man asks him permission to kill his father.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
4. Fabrizio De André: Principe libero (Fabrizio De André: Principe libero)
A biopic on the personal and artistic life of Italian songwriter Fabrizio De André.
It has an average vote of 7.454 on TMDB.
5. The Truth (La Vérité)
Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.
It has an average vote of 6.015 on TMDB.
6. Volare (Tutto il mio folle amore)
The true story of Andrea and Franco Antonello, a father and autistic son who traveled by motorbike for three months between the United States and South America.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
7. 5 Is the Perfect Number (5 è il numero perfetto)
Peppino, a retired hitman for the Camorra, has now fully passed on his job and know-how to his single son, Nino. But when Nino is brutally assassinated, the old man is back in business to take revenge. Aside his everlasting love Rita and his longtime henchman Totò, Peppino will go to any lengths, even if it means bringing the Camorra down.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
8. O Senhor Diabo (Il signor Diavolo)
In 1950s Italy, a government official arrives in a rural town to investigate a grisly child murder. The culprit is a young boy who claims to have acted in order to kill the Devil himself.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
9. A Remarkable Tale (Lo nunca visto)
The residents of an isolated town look to revive their home's identity when a group of foreigners unexpectedly arrive, bringing culture shock with them.
It has an average vote of 5.614 on TMDB.
10. Ghosts of Rome (Fantasmi a Roma)
An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real estate group seeking to buy the palace and build a department store in its place, but when he suddenly dies his nephew signs the deal. The palace seems lost, but the ghosts forge a plan to save it from destruction.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
11. Notturno (Notturno)
A portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
12. Belluscone: A Sicilian Story (Belluscone - Una storia siciliana)
This film tells the story of three defeats: Berlusconi’s political and human defeat in his “twilight”, the one of Ciccio Mirra, Berlusconi’s unconditional supporter, deeply rooted in an ancient culture that dies hard, and the director’s artistic defeat in an Italy that recognised itself in this “Berlusconian culture” for a long time, and probably still does.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
13. Totò cerca moglie (Totò cerca moglie)
Aunt Agatha writes to Toto, informing him that she won't send him another penny until he is married.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
14. Marvelous and the Black Hole
A teenage delinquent befriends a surly magician who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic.
It has an average vote of 6.735 on TMDB.
15. Van Gogh & Japan
"I envy the Japanese" Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. In the exhibition on which this film is based - VAN GOGH & JAPAN at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam - one can see why. Though Vincent van Gogh never visited Japan it is the country that had the most profound influence on him and his art. One cannot understand Van Gogh without understanding how Japanese art arrived in Paris in the middle of the 19th century and the profound impact it had on artists like Monet, Degas and, above all, Van Gogh. The film travels not only to France and the Netherlands but also to Japan to further explore the remarkable heritage that so affected Van Gogh and made him the artist we know of today.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
16. She
The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing in him the reincarnation of the lover she long ago murdered in a fit of violent jealousy. Against all advice Leo is determined to stay and Ayesha persuades him to bathe in the flame of eternal youth... with disastrous consequences.
It has an average vote of 5.684 on TMDB.
17. Carosello Carosone (Carosello Carosone)
The life and times of Italian music legend Renato Carosone.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
18. A Corner in Wheat
On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
19. The Vanquished (I vinti)
A trilogy of stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode, a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for his money. In the Italian episode, a university student's involved in smuggling cigarettes. In the English episode, a lazy poet finds the body of a woman on the downs, and tries to sell his story to the press.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
20. The Dinner (La cena)
An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make confessions; to overhear other people's discussions, to interrupt them, to sing, listen to music, and enjoy life. The camera, just like the people, moves constantly from table to table, into the kitchen and the back room to observe the staff's petty jealousies and frustrations -- until two hours later it's time for everybody to go home.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.