1. East/West (Est-Ouest)
June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
2. Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, not just through his music, but also as a social activist. Charting his journey from rhythm and blues to funk, MR. DYNAMITE: THE RISE OF JAMES BROWN features rare and previously unseen footage, photographs and interviews, chronicling the musical ascension of “the hardest working man in show business,” from his first hit, “Please, Please, Please,” in 1956, to his iconic performances at the Apollo Theater, the T.A.M.I. Show, the Paris Olympia and more.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
3. A Crime in Paradise (Un crime au Paradis)
In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed Jojo from murder is the threat of the guillotine...
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
4. All That... for This?! (Tout ça… pour ça !)
The plot is about a trial against three men who tried to earn loads of money by illegal methods to get to Canada and about the lawyers and the judge who get on with the trial and who are being unfaithful to their couples.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
5. Smoking / No Smoking (Smoking / No Smoking)
"Smoking" and "No Smoking" are two segments of the film which are based on closely connected plays. The original plays covered eight separate stories, which have been pared down to three each for these movies. At a certain point in the story of each segment, the five female characters and the four male characters have their lives skillfully recapped in terms of "what might have happened" if they had made or failed to make certain choices. For example, "No Smoking" focuses chiefly on the relationship between the mild-mannered Miles Coombes and his infinitely more aggressive and ambitious wife, Rowena.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
6. Elisa (Elisa)
Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
7. Assassin(s) (Assassin(s))
Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
8. Madadayo (まあだだよ)
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
9. The Tiger Brigades (Les Brigades du Tigre)
The film, set in 1912, is about the exploits of France's first motorized police brigade.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
10. 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.
11. The Butterfly (Le Papillon)
An old man who has one interest in life, collecting butterflies, has his life changed by an eight year old girl.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
12. The Flower of My Secret (La flor de mi secreto)
Leo is a middle-aged writer of popular romantic novels who writes under a pseudonym, but despises her own work. At home, her husband, who works overseas, is distant both physically and emotionally. As she reevaluates her life and writing, Leo is led to an unexpected relationship with Angel, a sensitive newspaper editor.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
13. Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ (Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ)
In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the small people who find a leader in the person of Ben-Hur Marcel.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
14. Trouble at Timpetill (Les Enfants de Timpelbach)
The children of a small European mountain village end up being its only residents, soon after the adults cannot take their behavior any longer.
It has an average vote of 6.097 on TMDB.
15. Coexister (Coexister)
Under the pressure of his boss, a music producer decides to set up a group consisting of a rabbi, a priest and an imam to make them sing the living together. But the religious he recruits are far from being saints ...
It has an average vote of 5.88 on TMDB.
16. Jean de Florette (Jean de Florette)
In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts, they think only of getting the water.
It has an average vote of 7.697 on TMDB.
17. Take the Money and Run
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
It has an average vote of 7.118 on TMDB.
18. A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying life circumstances in the untamed west of Montana in the 1920s.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
19. In Your Eyes
Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's experiences, creating a bond that apparently can't be broken.
It has an average vote of 7.146 on TMDB.
20. Tenor (Ténor)
While working part-time as a food deliveryman, Antoine, an aspiring young rapper from the suburbs of Paris, meets Mrs. Loiseau, an eminent teacher at the Paris Opéra. Stunned by the young man's raw talent, she introduces him to the world of opera. As Antoine becomes one of Mrs. Loiseau's students, he hides his new dream from his friends and family, fearing that they won’t understand – this double life burdens him... Somewhere in between the gilded and uptight Parisian upper-class, and the harsh yet free-spirited and familiar suburbs he grew up in, Antoine will have to find his own voice.
It has an average vote of 7.149 on TMDB.
