1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
It has an average vote of 7.784 on TMDB.
2. True Grit
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
It has an average vote of 7.376 on TMDB.
3. Limelight
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
It has an average vote of 7.934 on TMDB.
4. 7th Heaven
A dejected Parisian sewer worker feels his prayers have been answered when he falls in love with a street waif.
It has an average vote of 7.324 on TMDB.
5. The Greatest Show on Earth
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
6. Buddy (Buddy)
Inexperienced guardian angel, Buddy arrives to assist Eddie with getting his life back on track, but instead only causes more chaos.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
7. War Photographer
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
8. The Image Book (Le Livre d'image)
In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images , quotes excerpts from books, uses fragments of music. The driving force is poetic rhyme, the association or opposition of ideas, the aesthetic spark through editing, the keystone. The author performs the work of a sculptor. The hand, for this, is essential. He praises it at the start. “There are the five fingers. The five senses. The five parts of the world . The true condition of man is to think with his hands. Jean-Luc Godard composes a dazzling syncopation of sequences, the surge of which evokes the violence of the flows of our contemporary screens, taken to a level of incandescence rarely achieved. Crowned at Cannes, the last Godard is a shock film, with twilight beauty.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
9. Ironweed
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.
It has an average vote of 6.315 on TMDB.
10. Circus World
Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
11. The High and the Mighty
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.
It has an average vote of 5.924 on TMDB.
12. Killing (斬、)
In Edo period Japan, a lone ronin spends time in a village helping the farmers tend to their land. To keep his sword skills sharp, he spars daily with a farmer's son. Meanwhile, the nation is in the midst of major unrest with civil war on the horizon. One day, a group of outlaw ronin enters the village.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
13. The Five Venoms (五毒)
A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu.
It has an average vote of 6.679 on TMDB.
14. Berlin Blues (Herr Lehmann)
In October 1989, the part of the West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg called SO 36, had been largely shut off by the Wall from the rest of the city for 28 years. A lethargic sub-culture of students, artists, bohemians and barflys had flourished among crumbling buildings. Part of that microcosm is barkeeper Frank, semi-formally called 'Herr Lehmann' by friends and patrons. He hangs out drinking, sports utter disregard for anything beyond SO 36 and lazily pursues an affair with cook Katrin. His lifestyle is gradually disturbed, when his parents show up for a visit, things go awry with Katrin and his best friend Karl starts to act strange. Meanwhile, political turmoil mounts on the other side of the Wall.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
15. Ride Lonesome
On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a recently-widowed woman, with the murderer's brother and his men in hot pursuit.
It has an average vote of 6.603 on TMDB.
16. Me, You, Them (Eu Tu Eles)
A true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
17. Escape from Fort Bravo
A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
18. The Dog, the General, and the Birds (Le Chien, le général et les oiseaux)
A long time ago, a young Russian general chose to sacrifice hundreds of birds to burn Moscow and save his motherland from the troops of Napoleon. For this feat, he was hailed as a hero by the people of Russia but regarded an executioner by the winged creatures. Now fifty years older the aging general leads a drab life. To make matters worse, the descendants of the sacrificed birds keep attacking him. One day however a meets an engaging little dog who soon becomes his faithful companion. Both friends decide to break the curse plaguing the general's life : they start militating for all the caged birds of Russia to be set free.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
19. Fortress
After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.
It has an average vote of 6.843 on TMDB.
20. Distant Drums
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
