1. The Legend of 1900 (La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano)
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life. Years later, the ship may be destroyed, and a former band member fears that 1900 may still be aboard, willing to go down with the ship.
It has an average vote of 8.262 on TMDB.
2. Correspondence (La corrispondenza)
The relationship between Ed, a married astronomer and Amy, his lover, who spend their years apart, is based only on phone calls and texts. One day Amy begins noticing something strange in Ed's messages.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
3. Malena (Malèna)
During WWII, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.
It has an average vote of 7.42 on TMDB.
4. Baaria (Baarìa)
Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria , from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
5. The Unknown Woman (La sconosciuta)
Irena, a Ukrainian woman, comes to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she can to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little girl, Thea. However, that is just the very beginning of her unknown journey.
It has an average vote of 7.197 on TMDB.
6. A Pure Formality (Una pura formalità)
Onoff is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to establish the events surrounding a killing, to reach a startling resolution.
It has an average vote of 7.472 on TMDB.
7. The Tiger and the Snow (La tigre e la neve)
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
8. The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza)
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
It has an average vote of 7.505 on TMDB.
9. The Solitude of Prime Numbers (La solitudine dei numeri primi)
Prime numbers are divisible only by one and themselves. These numbers are solitary and incomprehensible to others. Alice and Mattia are both "prime", both haunted by the tragedies that have marked them in childhood: a skiing accident for Alice which has caused a defect in her leg, and the loss of his twin sister for Matthew.
It has an average vote of 5.882 on TMDB.
10. The King's Speech
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
It has an average vote of 7.741 on TMDB.
11. The Paperboy
As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.
It has an average vote of 5.547 on TMDB.
12. Taste of Cherry (طعم گيلاس)
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.
It has an average vote of 7.659 on TMDB.
13. The Body (El cuerpo)
A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
It has an average vote of 7.558 on TMDB.
14. Righteous Kill
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
It has an average vote of 5.899 on TMDB.
15. Biutiful (Biutiful)
This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.
It has an average vote of 7.25 on TMDB.
16. Leopardi (Il giovane favoloso)
In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.
It has an average vote of 6.806 on TMDB.
17. The Book Thief
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
It has an average vote of 7.487 on TMDB.
18. The Normal Heart
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
It has an average vote of 7.794 on TMDB.
19. Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
It has an average vote of 8.453 on TMDB.
20. The Pursuit of Happyness
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
It has an average vote of 7.903 on TMDB.
