1. American Beauty
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
It has an average vote of 8.018 on TMDB.
2. American History X
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
It has an average vote of 8.346 on TMDB.
3. Porcelain Horse (Mejor no hablar (de ciertas cosas))
Paco Chavez's life is careless and charming. It's a life of illicit drugs and a forbidden love affair he carries with Lucia, his former high school sweetheart, now married to another man. One night, Paco and his younger brother Luis, enter their parent's home to steal a porcelain horse to pawn in order to score more drugs. Their father catches them and a fight ensues. The consequences of that fight will haunt both brothers forever.
It has an average vote of 6.133 on TMDB.
4. Jimmy
The story of a mentally challenged teenager who interacts with supernatural beings he calls "Watchers".
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
5. Das brennende Schaukelpferd (Das brennende Schaukelpferd)
(Das brennende Schaukelpferd)
6. Time in a Bottle
In the 1970s, a bubbly photographer falls in love with a charming man, only to realize that he's not the person she believed him to be.
7. Lost in Translation
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
It has an average vote of 7.395 on TMDB.
8. Unrelated
A woman in an unhappy relationship takes refuge with a friend's family on holiday in Tuscany.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
9. Mother (مور)
After the death of the family's matriarch, her husband and son must confront not only the corruption in society around them but the corruption within themselves.
It has an average vote of 7.091 on TMDB.
10. 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 6.306 on TMDB.
11. La Ceremonie (La Cérémonie)
Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
12. Breach
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits, however Hanssen is really suspected of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for years and being responsible for the deaths of agents working for the United States.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
13. Babruvahana (ಬಭ್ರುವಾಹನ)
Babhruvahana, like Arjuna at the beginning of the Kurukshetra war, faces a moral dilemma. Can he risk harming his parents? While Chitarangada alerts Arjuna to shoot an arrow at their son and take advantage of Babhruvahana’s momentary lapse due to a sense of devotion towards them , Uluci, the Naga princess and yet another abandoned wife of Arjuna’s, reminds Babhruvahana of the teaching of the Kurukshetra battle that in the battlefield there is no space for feelings even towards parents. What Babhruvahana must do is to establish his mother’s good name and thereby his own character. This film captures this conflict spectacularly. The eerie parallels with the moral dilemmas of the great Mahabharata battle aside, here all the familial relationships become exaggerated and demand our attention.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
14. After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet)
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
It has an average vote of 7.125 on TMDB.
15. The Naked Island (裸の島)
A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
16. Mado (Mado)
Middle-aged businessman, Simon Léotard finds his future in jeopardy when his partner Julien commits suicide after having accumulated a mass of debts. Simon's unscrupulous business rival Lépidon offers to save him from bankruptcy by buying his company, at a discount rate. Reluctant to fall into Lépidon's trap, Simon decides to resolve the crisis himself. A prostitute, Mado, provides him with the solution to his problems...
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
17. The Last Train (Le Train)
Two people, a Frenchman Julien Maroyeur and a Jewish German woman met on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
It has an average vote of 6.546 on TMDB.
18. The Only Ones (Die Einzigen)
After a young management consultant involuntarily stumbles over the roots of his identity in Muotathal, he struggles just like a fatefully interwoven "gothic girl" to break out of the narrowness of the valley and make peace with the past.
19. Heirdoms (Soumissions)
A family mediator tries to resolve a crisis situation in Joseph's household. Since Roxanne left him, he forbids her to see their son Mathieu, and slyly sequesters him in their country property. Numb in the silence and emptiness created by Roxanne's absence, Joseph and Mathieu rush over.
20. Wir sagen Du! Schatz. (Wir sagen Du! Schatz.)
Oliver doesn’t have a family so he steals one.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.