1. A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé)
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
It has an average vote of 7.935 on TMDB.
2. The Trial of Joan of Arc (Procès de Jeanne d'Arc)
Rouen, Normandy, 1431, during the Hundred Years' War. After being captured by French soldiers from an opposing faction, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans, is unjustly tried by an ecclesiastical court overseen by her English enemies.
It has an average vote of 7.202 on TMDB.
3. L'Argent (L'Argent)
A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have devastating consequences on his life.
It has an average vote of 6.904 on TMDB.
4. Au Hasard Balthazar (Au hasard Balthazar)
The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.
It has an average vote of 7.582 on TMDB.
5. Loulou (Loulou)
A bored wife leaves her husband for an unemployed, petty criminal.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
6. South of the Border
A road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents.
It has an average vote of 5.716 on TMDB.
7. Die Stunde des Wolfes (Die Stunde des Wolfes)
(Die Stunde des Wolfes)
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
8. Viva Algeria (Viva Laldjérie)
This movie portrays three women living in today's Algeria between modern society and Islamic fundamentalism, self-determination and dependence. Goucem, a young woman who works for a photographer and mistress of a rich doctor, her mother Papicha, a former cabaret star, and her best friend Fifi, a prostitute, all live in a hotel in the city center of Algiers. Their difficult personal situation and the growing influence of Islam lead to dramatic consequences...
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
9. Rose Hobart
Cornell employs clips from 1931's jungle melodrama East of Borneo – more specifically, clips of its lead actress, Rose Hobart – to disquieting effect. Through Cornell's collage editing, Hobart becomes a singular object of desire and dread, trapped in an exotic paradise.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
10. Bride of the Monster
Dr. Eric Vornoff, with the help of his mute assistant Lobo, captures twelve men for a grisly experiment; His goal to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Reporter Janet Lawton, fiancée of the local lieutenant, vows to investigate Vornoff's supposedly haunted house.
It has an average vote of 4.411 on TMDB.
11. The Staggering Girl
Francesca, an Italian-American writer who lives in New York, must return to Rome to retrieve her aging mother. There, the ghosts of her childhood will come to her through her mother's art.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
12. While the City Sleeps
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
13. Placido (Plácido)
In a small Spanish town, during the Christmas holidays, a group of rich old ladies organize a peculiar event that consists of inviting a homeless person to sit down to dinner at their wealthy table. Plácido, a humble worker, is hired by the organizers to participate in a parade with his three-wheeled vehicle, a seemingly simple mission that will not be easy for him to accomplish.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
14. Harlan County U.S.A.
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004.
It has an average vote of 7.548 on TMDB.
15. Hard to Be a God (Трудно быть богом)
A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
16. The Tale of Zatoichi (座頭市物語)
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
It has an average vote of 7.256 on TMDB.
17. Four Nights of a Dreamer (Quatre nuits d'un rêveur)
Jacques, a young man with artistic aspirations, spends four nights wandering Paris with a young woman, whom he rescued from suicide.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
18. Day of Wrath (Vredens dag)
In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon's son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.
It has an average vote of 7.99 on TMDB.
19. The Earrings of Madame de... (Madame de…)
In France of the late 19th century, the wife of a wealthy general, the Countess Louise, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts; she claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, & her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
It has an average vote of 7.596 on TMDB.
20. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant)
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene . Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.
It has an average vote of 7.318 on TMDB.
