1. Marie Kroyer (Marie Krøyer)
Marie Krøyer is hailed as “the most beautiful woman in Europe” and leads a happy marriage life with her husband the great Danish painter P.S. Krøyer and an adorable daughter. However, not everything in her world is as perfect as it seems, and Marie’s life is crumbling as her dreams of a beloved wife, good mother and successful artist are unfulfilled. After hospitalizing her mentally ill husband Marie leaves for vacation, and in search for peace and comfort she finds herself falling in love with the young composer Hugo Alfven. Once again, internationally acclaimed Bille August exhibits the weaknesses of human beings in comparison to the ruthless nature. The grandeur scenery of deserted Scandinavian oceans speaks in volumes for the protagonists living in silence despite their lives being full of pains.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
2. The Loneliest Planet
Backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains, walking for hours, an engaged couple and their tour guide trade anecdotes and play games to pass the time, until a momentary misstep, that takes only two or three seconds, changes everything.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
3. The Spectator (La spettatrice)
Valeria is a passive onlooker to her own life in Turin, and she grows so obsessed with the activities of her neighbor Massimo that when he moves to Rome she decides to follow him. There she meets and unexpectedly befriends Massimo's companion Flavia, and becomes enmeshed in both of their lives.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
4. The Poker House
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
It has an average vote of 6.226 on TMDB.
5. Best of Enemies
A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?"
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
6. The Bridge (Die Brücke)
A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.
It has an average vote of 7.484 on TMDB.
7. Songs from the Second Floor (Sånger från andra våningen)
A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
8. Happiness (Le Bonheur)
A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.
It has an average vote of 7.469 on TMDB.
9. May God Save Us (Que Dios nos perdone)
Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what seems to be a serial killer. Their against-the-clock hunt will make them realise something they’d never imagined: neither of them are so very different from the killer.
It has an average vote of 6.724 on TMDB.
10. 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 7.873 on TMDB.
11. The Broken Hearts Gallery
Lucy is a young gallery assistant who collects mementos from her relationships. She discovers that she must let go of her past to move forward, and comes up with a lovely, artistic way to help herself and others who have suffered heartbreak.
It has an average vote of 7.196 on TMDB.
12. The 12th Man (Den 12. mann)
After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.
It has an average vote of 7.174 on TMDB.
13. Midnight in the Switchgrass
FBI Agent Karl Helter and his partner Rebecca Lombardo are very close to busting a sex-trafficking ring. When they realize their investigation has crossed the path of a brutal serial killer, they team up with a FDLE agent to put an end to the infamous 'Truck Stop Killer'.
It has an average vote of 5.986 on TMDB.
14. In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts)
Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
It has an average vote of 6.902 on TMDB.
15. Jackass Forever
The Jackass crew, along with some newcomers, returns for one final round of hilarious, absurd, and dangerous stunts.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
16. Who Am I (Who Am I - Kein System ist sicher)
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
17. Stalker (Сталкер)
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.
18. The Pale Blue Eye
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe.
It has an average vote of 6.85 on TMDB.
19. The Killer
After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
It has an average vote of 6.583 on TMDB.
20. Into the Wild
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
It has an average vote of 7.806 on TMDB.