1. Stolen Desire (盗まれた欲情)
A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
2. An Old Potter (독짓는 늙은이)
A lonely old potter saves the life of a young woman. She is grateful to him, but does not return the love he feels for her. However she feels obligated to marry him. In time, her former boyfriend finds her and takes a job working with the potter until he can convince her to run away with him.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. Zone Out
A sci-fi short film written and directed by Benjamin, an AI.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
4. Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (天浴)
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 . A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
5. Farewell Amor
Reunited after a 17-year separation, Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teenage daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help overcome the emotional distance between them.
It has an average vote of 6.949 on TMDB.
6. Chronicle of a Summer (Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960))
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
7. Lazy Hazy Crazy (同班同學)
Childhood friends Tracy, Chloe and Alice share an apartment over the summer. They live close together, meet guys and sell their company as well as sex. With a romantic imagery and sometimes provocative theme the female debutant director Luk Yee-sum give the audience a playful story about sexuality, desire and friendship.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
8. Yellow Earth (黄土地)
A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family , he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust…
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
9. Swordsman (笑傲江湖)
When a scroll containing valuable martial arts secrets is stolen from the Emperor, an army detachment is sent to recover it. It is based on the novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jinyong.
It has an average vote of 6.944 on TMDB.
10. The 317th Platoon (La 317ème Section)
In Laos, 1954, eight days before the french defeat in the Indochina war, the 317th platoon – four french soldiers and 41 laotian combatants – has been ordered to leave its outpost and to retreat for the plains of Diên Biên Phu, where the french army is getting stucked. Led by the inexperienced and idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, fresh out of the military academy, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht, the group must cross 150 kilometers of jungle. But dripping rainwater, hostile nature, and the Viêt-minh ambushes expose them to constant danger.
It has an average vote of 7.338 on TMDB.
11. It Was the Son (È stato il figlio)
The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, another son, takes the car out and damages the car door.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
12. @In the Mood for Love (@In the Mood for Love)
A documentary following Wong Kar-wai and his cast and crew through the production of his 2000 film IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE.
It has an average vote of 6.839 on TMDB.
13. Crossfire
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
It has an average vote of 6.597 on TMDB.
14. Yearning (乱れる)
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
It has an average vote of 8.139 on TMDB.
15. Eternal Summer (盛夏光年)
Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.
It has an average vote of 6.054 on TMDB.
16. Pastoral: To Die in the Country (田園に死す)
A director faces creative block while working on his latest film - a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
17. Days of Being Wild (阿飛正傳)
Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.
It has an average vote of 7.322 on TMDB.
18. City Hunter (城市獵人)
A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
It has an average vote of 6.57 on TMDB.
19. Be with You (지금 만나러 갑니다)
Along with his young son, Ji-ho, Woo-jin misses his wife Soo-a, who died after promising to return a year later with the rainy season. Miraculously, they reunite with Soo-a when the rainy season comes around, but she has no memory of her husband and son whom she dearly loved.
It has an average vote of 8.229 on TMDB.
20. Yi Yi (一一)
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.
It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.
