1. The Piano
A mute Scottish woman arrives in colonial New Zealand for an arranged marriage. Her husband refuses to move her beloved piano, giving it to neighbor George Baines, who agrees to return the piano in exchange for lessons. As desire swirls around the duo, the wilderness consumes the European enclave.
It has an average vote of 7.381 on TMDB.
2. Open Hearts (Elsker dig for evigt)
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.
It has an average vote of 6.935 on TMDB.
3. Italian for Beginners (Italiensk for begyndere)
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.
It has an average vote of 6.316 on TMDB.
4. The Secret Life of Words
A touching story of a deaf girl who is sent to an oil rig to take care of a man who has been blinded in a terrible accident. The girl has a special ability to communicate with the men on board and especially with her patient as they share intimate moments together that will change their lives forever.
It has an average vote of 6.933 on TMDB.
5. The Favor
A troubled teenager, left alone after his mother's sudden death, is befriended and offered a home by his mom's former boyfriend.
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
6. 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 7.394 on TMDB.
7. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (Wilbur begår selvmord)
The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.
It has an average vote of 6.582 on TMDB.
8. The Last Two Lovers at the End of the World
On New Year’s Eve of 2029, a six-mile wide asteroid is headed for Earth and set to wipe out humanity and the repressive society that now plagues Los Angeles. One young couple aims to survive this catastrophic event together while simultaneously transforming their civilization into the utopia they desire.
9. Mangalyam Thanthunanena (മാംഗല്യം തന്തുനാനേന)
A newly-wed couple who find themselves in a tight spot after husband loses his job in Dubai. Will he manage to get his act together and deal with the crisis on his own?
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
10. Dog Eat Dog (De Hensynsløse)
Silje wants to leave her boyfriend, but when she finds him in a half-hearted attempt to hang himself she has to reconsider, in fear of acting reckless.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
11. Goodbye Mister De Vries (Dag meneer de Vries)
Mister De Vries sits at his window awaiting his death. Until one cold winter day he is surprised by the arrival of a parcel. When he subsequently sees a pigeon flying off he knows that this is no ordinary message. His time has come. Mister De Vries momentarily hesitates to open it. When he chances it, he finds his old Frisian skates. There’s only one thing to be done.
12. Living Out Loud
A wife and mother, diagnosed with breast cancer, decides to truly live her life, which has become comfortable and predictable, and the family must adjust.
It has an average vote of 2.5 on TMDB.
13. Flat Is Beautiful
Flat Is Beautiful is an experimental live-action cartoon using masks, animation, subtitles, drawings, and dramatic scenes to investigate the psychic life of an androgynous eleven-year-old girl. Growing up in a working class neighborhood with her single mother and gay roommate, Taylor confronts the loneliness of living between masculine and feminine in a culture obsessed with defining gender difference. Shifting between black and white film and grainy pixelvision video, Flat is Beautiful explores the internal and external worlds of sad people.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
14. The Judy Spots
These five short videos introduce Judy, a paper maché puppet who ruminates on her position in society. Like Judy, of the famous Punch and Judy puppet duo, Benning’s Judy seems to experience the world from the outside, letting things happen to her rather than making things happen around her.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
15. Don't Look at Me That Way (Schau mich nicht so an)
Hedi is the new neighbor of Iva, who raises her daughter Sofia by herself. The two women start a relationship and Iva is desperately in love with Hedi. Suddenly Iva's father appears. Hedi feels strongly attracted to him. It seems that only one world exists for Hedi. Her own.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
16. The Wolf Who Came to Dinner
Bea Barkley is an eight-year-old horror fanatic with a serious problem: her mom's brought her new boyfriend home to meet the family, and no-one but Bea seems to notice he's a werewolf.
17. The Singer and the Dancer
An older woman relives the bitter memories of her past, through her friendship with a younger girl who is experiencing a very insecure relationship with her boyfriend.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
18. Děti noci (Děti noci)
(Děti noci)
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
19. Sonny
This short film tells the story of an amnesic, generous homeless man, Sonny, who squats in a dirty old RV on an empty lot, mostly keeping to himself. When he discovers his RV has been towed, he must get past his fear and pride, and befriend a brash young woman, in order to reclaim his RV and rediscover his identity. From an award-winning filmmaker but first-time director.
20. Liberty Stands Still
As the heir and current marketing director for one of the nation's biggest gun manufacturers, Liberty Wallace is indifferent to the atrocities made possible through her business and her CEO husband, Victor. On her way to see her actor lover, Liberty ends up chained to a food cart full of explosives -- all at the insistence of "Joe", a sniper whose young daughter was a victim of gun violence, and who now has Liberty in his sights.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.