1. Carla's Song
A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
2. The Lost Son
Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children's sexual slavery.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
3. King for a Day (Господин за един ден)
This film is a comedy about a poor man named Purko. Purko always fails in his attempt to escape from poverty. The film illustrates the social and the moral atmosphere in Bulgaria during the 1930's.
It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.
4. Young Adam
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.
It has an average vote of 5.934 on TMDB.
5. The Angels' Share
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
It has an average vote of 6.98 on TMDB.
6. Lessons of Darkness (Lektionen in Finsternis)
Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.
It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.
7. Secrets & Lies
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to a working class white woman, Cynthia.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
8. Opening Night
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
It has an average vote of 7.543 on TMDB.
9. XXY (XXY)
Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her gender, she meets both hostility and compassion.
It has an average vote of 6.846 on TMDB.
10. Marilyn's Eyes (Marilyn ha gli occhi neri)
Clara and Diego, under the guidance of the psychiatrist of a day rehabilitation center for disturbed people who attend, decide to transform the treatment center into a restaurant, involving all their other companions.
It has an average vote of 6.751 on TMDB.
11. The Player
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
It has an average vote of 7.199 on TMDB.
12. Fireworks (HANA-BI)
Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, paralyzed. Nishi leaves the police force to spend time with his wife at home, and must find a way to pay off his debts to the yakuza.
It has an average vote of 7.673 on TMDB.
13. Open Range
A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
It has an average vote of 7.182 on TMDB.
14. The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte)
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
It has an average vote of 7.501 on TMDB.
15. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
It has an average vote of 7.383 on TMDB.
16. The Consequences of Love (Le conseguenze dell'amore)
Lugano, Switzerland. Titta Di Girolamo is a discreet and sullen man who has been living for almost a decade in a modest hotel room, a prisoner of an atrocious routine, apparently without purpose. His past is a mystery, nobody knows what he does for a living, he answers indiscreet questions evasively. What secrets does this enigmatic man hide?
It has an average vote of 7.567 on TMDB.
17. Delicatessen (Delicatessen)
In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.
It has an average vote of 7.316 on TMDB.
18. The Gold Rush
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
19. Nosferatu (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens)
In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen . After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock , prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
It has an average vote of 7.701 on TMDB.
20. La Dolce Vita (La dolce vita)
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.
