1. Life as a House
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
It has an average vote of 7.067 on TMDB.
2. Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire))
"Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand-to-mouth until the day Jean plans a daring bank robbery. Although other gang members feel out of their league, Jean persuades them to take part and Caty finds herself in a hellish world of betrayal, violence and murder.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. Birth of the Living Dead
A behind the scenes look into George Romero's groundbreaking horror classic Night of the Living Dead.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
4. Illegal (Illégal)
Tania, a young Russian woman who lives illegally in Belgium with her 13-year-old son Ivan. Constantly on her guard, she dreads police checks until the day she is arrested.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
5. Ulysses
Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship and a father figure in Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged Jew. Meanwhile, Bloom's day, illuminated by a funeral and an evening of drinking and revelry that stirs paternal feelings toward Stephen, ends with a rapprochement with Molly, his earthy wife.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. Le viol (Le viol)
21 August 1974. In Marseille, two Belgian tourists, Nicole and Malia, are savagely attacked and raped by three men. Their attackers claim that the women consented and are allowed to remain free. Though their friends and family advise them to forget the ordeal, Nicole and Malia instead decide to fight. Helped by their lawyer, Gisèle Halimi, they request that the attackers be judged at the assize court. On 8 May 1978, after a long battle, they finally obtain justice. A trial which made history as until then rape had been considered simply as a misdemeanor, whereas now it became a crime.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
7. Summer Holiday
1960s musical showcasing Cliff Richard. Four bus mechanics working for London Transport strike up a deal with the company: they do up a one of the company's legendary red double decker buses and take it to southern Europe as a mobile hotel. If it succeeds, they will be put in charge of a whole fleet. While on the road in France they pick up three young British ladies whose car breaks down and offer to take them to their next singing job in Athens. They also pick up a stowaway, who hides the fact that she's a famous American pop star on the run, chased by the media and her parents.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
8. Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
Cult leader Warren Jeffs rises to power in the polygamist Mormon sect once headed by his late father, but some of his wives fight back to bring him to justice. Based on a true story.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
9. Barcelona: A Love Untold (Barcelona: A Love Untold)
Ely, a young man who can't get over Celine, his past love, meets Mia, a young woman who escaped from a painful past in the Philippines and is trying her luck to rebuild her life in Spain. They meet. They fall in love. But can they overcome the hurt of the past to have a future together?
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
10. The Round Up (La Rafle)
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
It has an average vote of 7.575 on TMDB.
11. Leaving (Partir)
A bourgeois housewife, planning to go back to work as a physiotherapist after having devoted 20 years to her husband and two children, has her comfortable, elegant life turned upside down when she falls for a Spanish builder and begins a runaway affair.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
12. Tutto l'amore del mondo (Tutto l'amore del mondo)
Four friends to the discovery of the most fun and romantic of Europe: Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam and finally Scotland. A road trip that will bring our protagonists to know each other better and to fall in love.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
13. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro)
A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
14. Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood (Caravaggio - L'anima e il sangue)
An exciting and unsettling cinematic journey through the life, work and torments of Caravaggio.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
15. The Tobacconist (Der Trafikant)
Vienna, 1937, on the eve of the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The young and inexperienced Franz Huchel begins to learn about both the joys and hardships of life by working as an apprentice to the mutilated war veteran Otto Trsnjek in a small tobacco shop, where he meets the famous psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, who will become a valuable friend in times of chaos and uncertainty.
It has an average vote of 6.551 on TMDB.
16. 200 Cigarettes
In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses on New Years Eve.
It has an average vote of 5.913 on TMDB.
17. Ill Manors
Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
18. The Silence of the Hams (Il silenzio dei prosciutti)
The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
19. The Hoarder
Ella discovers a terrifying secret when she becomes trapped in an underground storage facility. To survive she must join forces with a group of strangers, each with something to hide.
It has an average vote of 4.4 on TMDB.
20. I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
It has an average vote of 7.284 on TMDB.
