1. La part de l’ombre
La part de l’ombre recovers the life of the Hungarian photographer Oskar Benedek, who disappeared the day his exhibition opened; what happened to him? - IndieLisboa
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
2. Deadly Delusion
Hoping for a fresh start, Julia moves to Los Angeles with her boyfriend. After settling into a fancy new home, it seems her demons have come back to haunt her when mysterious things begin to happen.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
3. Darkness (Buio)
Three sisters, Stella, Luce and Aria, live in an isolated house, immersed in the shadows, submitted by a violent and authoritarian father, a religious fanatic obsessed with the end of the world, who keeps them prisoners behind locks and closed windows, under the pretext that the Apocalypse has finally arrived.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
4. The Telephone Always Rings Twice (Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois)
Marc Elbichon, a novice private sleuth, is investigating a wave of assassinations bearing a particular characteristic: the perpetrator, dubbed the "telephone killer" always strangles his female victims with a telephone cord.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
5. Staircase C (Escalier C)
Story of a snooty young critic at the centre of several plotlines which run throughout his apartment block.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
6. French Tour (Tour de France)
Far’Hook is a 20-year-old rapper. Following a violent dispute with a rival, he’s forced to leave Paris for a while. His producer, Bilal, suggests that Far’Hook acts as driver for Bilal’s father, Serge, on a tour of French ports, following in the footsteps of the classic painter Joseph Vernet. Despite the age gap and culture clash, an unlikely friendship forms between this talented rapper and a bricklayer from the north of France during a road trip that concludes in Marseille for a final concert, one of reconciliation.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
7. Down by Love (Éperdument)
A man, a woman. A prison director, his inmate. An impossible love, a true story.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
8. The Wakhan Front (Ni le ciel, ni la terre)
Afghanistan, 2014. As the withdrawal of troops approaches, Captain Antarès Bonassieu and his squad have been assigned a surveillance mission in a remote valley of Wakhan, on the border of Pakistan. Despite Antarès and his men’s determination, control of the secluded valley will slowly fall out of their hands. One dark night, soldiers begin to mysteriously disappear in the valley.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
9. Kuffs
George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job, and his college-age girlfriend is pregnant. To top it off, George's brother Brad is killed and George inherits Brad's "patrol special" privatized police district and all the problems that come with it.
It has an average vote of 5.775 on TMDB.
10. Frenchmen 3 (Le Cœur des hommes 3)
Alex, Antoine and Manu meet Jean, a loner who ignores the pleasures of friendship. Little by little, they learn to know each other, to appreciate each other. Jean is moved by the complicity and affection that fuels the relationship with his new friends.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
11. The Big Bad Wolf (Le Grand Méchant Loup)
Once upon a time in 2012, three brothers lived happily. One day their mom fell into a coma. So Henri, Philippe, and Louis suddenly started wondering about the meaning of their lives and were swamped by a wave of existential doubts. An entirely new situation for this bourgeois trio in their forties, one which opened a door to the novel and indeed the forbidden... and to the big bad wolf!
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
12. Corporate (Corporate)
Emilie is a bright young workaholic manager in Human Resources, working for a huge French agro-food company. But, one day, one of the employees commits suicide at the company in front of her. While an investigation is underway, stuck between her traumatized colleagues and under pressure of a powerful hierarchy, she will have to get by on her own.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
13. Dany (Mon Ket)
Dany, the king of petty thefts, did not wait until the end of his prison sentence to reunite with his 13-year-old son Sullivan. The only thing he now needs is a job and an apartment to regain custody of his son.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
14. Family Resemblances (Un air de famille)
An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.
It has an average vote of 7.27 on TMDB.
15. The New Girlfriend (Une nouvelle amie)
A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
16. A Woman Is a Woman (Une Femme est une femme)
Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.
It has an average vote of 7.365 on TMDB.
17. Family for Rent (Une famille à louer)
Forty-year-old Paul-André is a timid, rather introverted man. Rich but alone, he is deeply bored and ends up concluding that what he needs is a family. Violette, a forty-year-old full of energy, is threatened with eviction and is afraid she'll lose custody of her two children. Paul-André then proposes a totally above the board contract to rent the family in exchange for him paying off Violette's debts. For better and for worse..
It has an average vote of 5.232 on TMDB.
18. The World Is Yours (Le Monde est à toi)
To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gangsters, his longtime crush and his scheming mother.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
19. Red Rocket
Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, ex porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things work, Mikey meets a young woman named Strawberry working the cash register at a local doughnut shop.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
20. Reality (Réalité)
A wanna-be director is given 48 hours by a producer to find the best groan of pain, worthy of an Oscar, as the only condition to back his film.
It has an average vote of 7.103 on TMDB.
