1. Angel (天使)
One day, an angel materializes before Kato's eyes. While the angel seems like an average girl with a passion for gin and lime, she sports a pair of big white wings. Only lonely-hearted people can see her. She may seem ordinary, but this angel touches hearts and transforms lives.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
2. Chrysanthemum Inspiration (Chrysanthemum綺想)
(Chrysanthemum綺想)
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
3. Hana no Asuka-gumi! (花のあすか組!)
Television drama adaptation of the manga by Satosumi Takaguchi.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
4. Salt of the Earth
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
It has an average vote of 6.925 on TMDB.
5. No Longer Human (人間失格 太宰治と3人の女たち)
The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan's most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; married and in a relationship with two other lovers.
It has an average vote of 6.13 on TMDB.
6. Foxy Brown
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
It has an average vote of 6.243 on TMDB.
7. The Life of Oharu (西鶴一代女)
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
It has an average vote of 7.784 on TMDB.
8. A City of Sadness (悲情城市)
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
9. Ice (Лёд)
Contemporary Russia. Nadya gives up her dream of becoming a champion figure skater when she is hospitalized with an injury. But then she meets Sasha, a hockey player, who decides to teach her to believe in herself and her dream again.
It has an average vote of 7.131 on TMDB.
10. Cobweb (거미집)
In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?
It has an average vote of 6.554 on TMDB.
11. The Last Metro (Le Dernier Métro)
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
12. Days of Being Wild (阿飛正傳)
Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.
It has an average vote of 7.332 on TMDB.
13. Joint Security Area (공동경비구역 JSA)
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.
It has an average vote of 7.843 on TMDB.
14. White Snake (白蛇:缘起)
One day a young woman named Blanca is saved by Xuan, a snake catcher from a nearby village. She has lost her memory, and together they go on a journey to discover her real identity, developing deeper feelings for one another along the way. But as they learn more about her past, they uncover a darker plot of supernatural forces vying for power, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
15. Yojimbo (用心棒)
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
It has an average vote of 8.107 on TMDB.
16. Young & Beautiful (Jeune & Jolie)
Isabelle, a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
17. Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ)
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.
18. Extraction 2
Tasked with extracting a family who is at the mercy of a Georgian gangster, Tyler Rake infiltrates one of the world's deadliest prisons in order to save them. But when the extraction gets hot, and the gangster dies in the heat of battle, his equally ruthless brother tracks down Rake and his team to Vienna, in order to get revenge.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
19. The Master
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
20. The Book of Life
The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.
It has an average vote of 7.542 on TMDB.