1. 24 City (二十四城记)
As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.
It has an average vote of 7.098 on TMDB.
2. Shara (沙羅双樹)
The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art student. He now has to move forward with his life, together with his childhood friend, Yu.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
3. The World (世界)
A young dancer, her security-guard boyfriend and others work at World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the Beijing suburbs.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
4. Spring in a Small Town (小城之春)
A married couple living in a desolate small town in post-WWII China are paid a surprise visit by an old friend of the husband's.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
5. Apprentice (Apprentice)
When ambitious young correctional officer Aiman is transferred to the country's highest-security prison, he catches the attention of the seasoned chief executioner Rahim. Aiman's desire to become the hangman's apprentice is not only professional but born of an unspeakable urge to reconnect with a past that haunts him.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
6. Of Horses and Men (Hross í oss)
A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with terrible consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.
It has an average vote of 6.993 on TMDB.
7. The Stranger (Lo straniero)
Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of violence, culminating in murder.
It has an average vote of 6.859 on TMDB.
8. A Touch of Sin (天注定)
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
9. Ash Is Purest White (江湖儿女)
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
It has an average vote of 6.859 on TMDB.
10. The French Kissers (Les Beaux Gosses)
An awkward adolescent boy and his angst-ridden friends try their best to fit in amongst a cast of varied characters.
It has an average vote of 5.775 on TMDB.
11. The Return (Возвращение)
The relationships among two pre-pubescent brothers and their estranged father are tested on a trip into the Russian wilderness.
It has an average vote of 7.47 on TMDB.
12. Lust, Caution (色‧戒)
During World War II, a secret agent must seduce then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
13. Ikiru (生きる)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
It has an average vote of 8.3 on TMDB.
14. The Collector
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
It has an average vote of 6.583 on TMDB.
15. Slender Man
In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of Slender Man. When one of the girls goes mysteriously missing, they begin to suspect that she is, in fact, his latest victim.
It has an average vote of 4.307 on TMDB.
16. Minari
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
It has an average vote of 7.357 on TMDB.
17. Lost Highway
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
18. The Wave (Die Welle)
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
It has an average vote of 7.502 on TMDB.
19. Raging Bull
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.
20. Saving Private Ryan
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.