1. Youth Wars (Youth Wars – Beobachtungen in der deutschen Provinz)
A documentary about German gangs in Kiel in the early 90s.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
2. Death of Yazdgerd (مرگ یزدگرد)
Bahram Beyzai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
3. Dogs (Perros)
Dogs is a short film that shows five ways of life in Havana through five different dogs and their relationships with their environments.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
4. Friends Forever
Friends Forever never plays inside any rock clubs. Instead, they play inside their van outside the club to stunned bystanders. Nate , Josh , Jen and three dogs don't think twice about travelling hundreds of miles across the country to play one 15-minute show in a loading zone. Friends Forever captures their smoke-spewing, generator-powered rock world, and the tour that has them crisscrossing the U.S. in search of the perfect parking spot. No audience is too small, or too baffled, to skimp on the performance when you're on "a mission to save rock."
It has an average vote of 8.4 on TMDB.
5. The Herd (Sürü)
Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
6. Wonderwall
The eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the model Penny moves in next to him, he becomes fascinated by her. He drills holes in her walls and ceiling and peeps on her day and night. He loses himself in daydreams and delusions.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
7. Aaltra
In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up, paralyzed, in a wheelchair. It seems they are doomed to stay together. They no longer focus their rage on each other but on the manufacturer of the tractor, in Helsinki. So get ready for a hilarious wheelchair road movie.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
8. Propaganda (Propaganda)
Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
9. The Blue Bead (Mavi Boncuk)
After being humiliated and kicked out from a music hall because they could not pay the bill, six ne'er-do-wells decide to kidnap the star performer Emel Sayın for revenge.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
10. Cyclo (Xích lô)
Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
11. Allure
Plagued by the abuse of her past and the turmoil of failed intimate encounters, Laura struggles to find a lover and a sense of normalcy. Her beacon of hope comes in sixteen year-old Eva, a talented pianist disillusioned by the life her mother imposes upon her. An unlikely relationship is formed between the two and Eva becomes an obsession to Laura. In light of Eva's unhappiness, Laura convinces her to runaway to her house and they soon find themselves caught within an intense entanglement. Manipulation, denial and codependency fuel what ultimately becomes a fractured dynamic that can only sustain itself for so long.
It has an average vote of 5.513 on TMDB.
12. Antonia's Line (Antonia)
After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.
It has an average vote of 7.069 on TMDB.
13. S Is for Stanley (S is for Stanley)
The incredible story of the Italian Emilio D'Alessandro, personal driver of the great director Stanley Kubrick , who met Emilio by chance in London in 1971 and hired him, thus establishing a deep friendship that lasted thirty years and helped create four masterpieces of cinema. A moving tale about two seemingly opposing people who found their ideal travel companion far away from home…
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
14. Love Steaks (Love Steaks)
Clemens works as a masseur, Lara as a cook, but their clientele is the same: the guests of a luxury hotel. As sparks begin to fly between the two, his sensitivity clashes with her more fiery temperament—opposites attract, but harmony is nowhere in sight.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
15. 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.
16. Everything's Gonna Be Great (Her Şey Çok Güzel Olacak)
When Altan swipes prescription drugs from his brother Nuri's pharmacy, they soon find themselves on a dangerous but funny road trip to get rid of the stuff and escape the mafiosi Altan tried to double-cross. Along the way, the brother who are compete opposites finally bond.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
17. Dancing Queens (Dancing Queens)
The story of Dylan Pettersson, a 23-year-old girl from a small island in the Swedish archipelago with big dancing aspirations.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
18. My Father and My Son (Babam ve Oğlum)
A left-wing journalist whose wife died while giving birth to his son during a military coup returns to his family's farm. Estranged from his father for turning his back on the family and wasting his life with political activism instead, he tries to reconnect with him so that his son will have a place to live as his health is deteriorating due to the extensive torture he had to endure.
It has an average vote of 7.553 on TMDB.
19. No Man's Land (No Man's Land)
Two soldiers from opposite sites get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ceasefire, but will they stick to it?
It has an average vote of 7.488 on TMDB.
20. The Silence of the Marsh (El silencio del pantano)
A successful, cold-blooded crime novelist gets involved in a kidnapping case while uncovering the corrupt ties between politicians and the local mafia in Valencia, Spain.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
