1. Afghan Star
This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a country rarely seen. Contestants risk their lives to appear on the television show that is a raging success with the public and also monitored closely by the government.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
2. Un jour, la fête (Un jour, la fête)
Michel returns from a trip. He meets up with his friends from the H.L.M. housing estate. Together, they have set up a meeting place. The developer has the place demolished. Furious, instead of rebelling, the friends organize a party in the housing estate. The party gets off to a good start, but a tragic event interrupts it...
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
3. Family Diary (Cronaca familiare)
Enrico is a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo has died. Enrico recalls their long and difficult relationship; he was brought up by their poor but warm-hearted grandmother, Lorenzo was raised as a gentleman by a wealthy local aristocrat. Reunited in the Florence of the 1930s, Enrico becomes his spoilt brother's keeper, forever haunted by a sense of guilty responsibility towards a man he both hates and loves.
It has an average vote of 7.03 on TMDB.
4. Strip Search
Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
5. Death Laid an Egg (La morte ha fatto l'uovo)
A love triangle develops between three people who run a high tech chicken farm. It involves Anna , her husband Marco and Gabriella . Marco continues to kill as jealousy becomes more prevalent on the farm.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
6. $10,000 for a Massacre (10.000 dollari per un massacro)
After being hired to free a landowner's kidnapped daughter, a bounty hunter double-crosses his employer and joins the kidnapper's gang.
It has an average vote of 5.347 on TMDB.
7. Water (Water)
The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.
It has an average vote of 6.848 on TMDB.
8. 2001: A Space Travesty
When odd reports are received through official channels stating that the President of the United States is being held captive on a secret international moon base called Vegan and that he has been replaced on Earth by a clone, the US Marshall Service immediately sends their 'best' man, Dix, on the mission.
It has an average vote of 4.319 on TMDB.
9. Time to Love (Sevmek Zamanı)
A painter falls in love with a photograph of a woman while at work in one of the massive mansions on Istanbul's Princes' Islands. The woman in the photograph is the daughter of the owner of the mansion. The two meet on a rainy day.
It has an average vote of 7.679 on TMDB.
10. Tim's Vermeer
Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.
It has an average vote of 7.223 on TMDB.
11. Synonyms (Synonymes)
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
It has an average vote of 5.797 on TMDB.
12. We Still Kill the Old Way (A ciascuno il suo)
A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.
It has an average vote of 6.647 on TMDB.
13. One Way or Another (Todo modo)
Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, claustrophobic settings are the background to a series of mysterious crimes.
It has an average vote of 7.65 on TMDB.
14. Slap the Monster on Page One (Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina)
1972, Milan. Just a few days before the general elections, a young girl from an esteemed family is raped and murdered. Bizanti, editor-in-chief of a conservative newspaper, tries to derail the official police investigation in order to help the right-wing candidates supported by his boss to win the elections.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
15. Roma (Roma)
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
It has an average vote of 7.23 on TMDB.
16. Sorry for the Delay (Scusate il ritardo)
Vincenzo, a 30 years old apathetic and lazy man who still lives with his mother, has no job and no desire to improve. He meets Anna and fell in love with her but to keep the relationship alive he has to learn to accept more responsibility.
It has an average vote of 7.586 on TMDB.
17. Honeymoon
Young newlyweds Paul and Bea travel to a remote lake cottage for their honeymoon, where the promise of private romance awaits them. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
18. Ugetsu (雨月物語)
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
19. The Lady from Shanghai
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
It has an average vote of 7.372 on TMDB.
20. La Notte (La notte)
A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.
It has an average vote of 7.931 on TMDB.
