1. Adebar (Adebar)
Adebar is the first of Peter Kubelka's 'metric films', in which every element of the composition is precisely ordered and in relation to the gestalt. The film is made up of single units---13, 26 and 52 frames long---which are subjected to a complex rule-system, including a strict use of positive and negative space, that determines their structure within the film.
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
2. Abbot White (少林寺传奇)
After 30 years of living in a box buried six feet underground, the so-called Devil Claw breaks from his grave and takes over the body of a monk , whom he uses to get revenge on the men who buried him decades before. With supernatural abilities to fend off blows, become invisible and use his extremities like swords, the reincarnated corpse is a vengeful force to be reckoned with, making for a classic kung fu flick that packs a punch.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
3. A Tale of Two Cities
The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.
It has an average vote of 6.75 on TMDB.
4. The Fountainhead
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
It has an average vote of 6.876 on TMDB.
5. 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.
6. The Butcher (Le Boucher)
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
It has an average vote of 7.077 on TMDB.
7. Napoléon (Napoléon)
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
8. The Golem: How He Came into the World (Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam)
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
It has an average vote of 6.954 on TMDB.
9. Seven Chances
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
It has an average vote of 7.546 on TMDB.
10. The Jazz Singer
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.
It has an average vote of 6.131 on TMDB.
11. Steamboat Bill, Jr.
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.
It has an average vote of 7.612 on TMDB.
12. The Cameraman
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
It has an average vote of 7.886 on TMDB.
13. The Great War (La grande guerra)
Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.
It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.
14. L'Atalante (L'Atalante)
Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary of Juliette's flirtations with his all-male crew, and Juliette longs to escape the monotony of the boat and experience the excitement of a big city. When she steals away to Paris by herself, her husband begins to think their marriage was a mistake.
It has an average vote of 7.501 on TMDB.
15. Vampyr (Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey)
A student of the occult encounters supernatural haunts and local evildoers in a village outside of Paris.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
16. The Way We Were
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
It has an average vote of 6.924 on TMDB.
17. The Player
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
It has an average vote of 7.197 on TMDB.
18. Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate)
Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
19. Cléo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7)
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
It has an average vote of 7.68 on TMDB.
20. Un Chien Andalou (Un chien andalou)
Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.
It has an average vote of 7.446 on TMDB.