1. Apur Sansar (অপুর সংসার)
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1996.
It has an average vote of 8.159 on TMDB.
2. La gran mentira (La gran mentira)
César Neira, an almost forgotten Spanish actor, gets involved by chance with Teresa, a teacher from a small village in the province of Cáceres, who has won a radio contest. The prize is a trip to Madrid to experience just for a fortnight the life of the famous and wealthy people.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. Blaise Pascal (Blaise Pascal)
In this evocative, atmospheric biography, Roberto Rossellini brings to life philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal, who, amid religious persecution and ignorance, believed in a harmony between God and science.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
4. Devi (দেবী)
A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation and Merchant Ivory Foundation in 1996.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
5. The Merchant of Four Seasons (Händler der vier Jahreszeiten)
Hans is a street fruit peddler and born-loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes.
It has an average vote of 6.713 on TMDB.
6. Pather Panchali (পথের পাঁচালী)
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
It has an average vote of 7.969 on TMDB.
7. The Untold History Of The United States
Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
It has an average vote of 8.111 on TMDB.
8. Pagglait (पगलैट)
Widowed soon after marriage, a young woman grapples with an inability to grieve, quirky relatives and a startling discovery about her late husband.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
9. The Tingler
A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
10. The Music Room (জলসাঘর)
A wealthy landlord lives a decadent life with his wife and son. His passion – his wife would calls it his addiction – is music, and he spends a great deal of his fortune on concerts held for the locals in his magnificent music room. He feels threatened by his neighbour, a commoner who has attained riches through business dealings. His passion for music and quest for social respect are his undoing, as he sacrifices his family and wealth trying to retain it.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
11. The Man with the Golden Arm
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
It has an average vote of 7.12 on TMDB.
12. A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé)
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
It has an average vote of 7.933 on TMDB.
13. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams.
It has an average vote of 7.603 on TMDB.
14. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
15. Manderlay (Manderlay)
In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the farmers. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to influence the situation. But when harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economic reality of Manderlay.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
16. The Seventh Continent (Der siebente Kontinent)
Chronicles three years of a middle class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, only troubled by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence however, they are actually planning something sinister.
It has an average vote of 7.464 on TMDB.
17. 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.
18. Limelight
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
It has an average vote of 7.934 on TMDB.
19. The Last Picture Show
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
It has an average vote of 7.639 on TMDB.
20. Scarface
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
It has an average vote of 7.452 on TMDB.
