1. News from a Personal War (Notícias de Uma Guerra Particular)
Documentary about urban violence in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Policemen, drug dealers, and shantytown dwellers get trapped into a daily war that knows no winners.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
2. Hans Christian Andersen
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
3. The Telescope of Time (A Luneta do Tempo)
Musical drama that uses popular myths of Brazilian culture to narrate a story full of meetings and misunderstandings, betrayals and loves, crimes and punishments. Against the backdrop of the Pernambuco backlands – its people and its culture, the cordel, the bandits, the cinema and the circus – the film is a universal drama, laden with unique poetry, where reality and the dreamworld mingle.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
4. Laughter in Paradise
When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
5. Beauty and the Beast
The beautiful daughter of a merchant sacrifices her freedom to save her father from the punishment of a cursed beast.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
6. Ernest & Celestine's Winter (Ernest et Célestine en hiver)
Ernest is a big bear from Charabie. He likes playing music and eating marmalade. He lives with Celestine, a little orphan mouse, and they share his house. Our two friends never get bored! When the first snowflakes start to fall they need to prepare for Ernest’s hibernation: they must take care of Bibi, their wild goose, who will fly away before the big winter, prepare cakes for Ernest and go to the mice’s ball to celebrate the first day of winter.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
7. Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes (Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus)
Daniel needs some money to buy a duffle coat that is in fashion, so he agrees to work for a photographer by dressing up as Santa Claus. He discovers that it is much easier to meet girls when he is in his costume.
It has an average vote of 7.429 on TMDB.
8. The Boy with Green Hair
Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new caretaker, but when he is taunted for being an orphan, he gets demoralized. The next day Peter wakes up with green hair. Embarrassed and further ridiculed, Peter seeks solace in a nearby forest. To his surprise, he finds other orphans in the woods, who encourage him to spread news of the injustices of war.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
9. The Little Mermaid (Русалочка)
Rusalochka opens in modern day Copenhagen, Denmark. Several tourists gather around the capital's famous mermaid statue, as a tour guide explains its significance. A fish in the water below the tourists scoffs at their foolishness, and then, proceeds to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
10. Giants vs. Yanks
The gang, after a premature end to their baseball game, find themselves quarantined in an elegant home, which they proceed to destroy.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
11. Red Psalm (Még kér a nép)
Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
12. Like Someone in Love (Like Someone in Love)
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.
It has an average vote of 6.887 on TMDB.
13. Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre)
Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
14. Anne of the Thousand Days
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
15. Bedazzled
A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
It has an average vote of 6.197 on TMDB.
16. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
17. My Happy Family (ჩემი ბედნიერი ოჯახი)
In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents’ home and live alone. Without her family and her husband, a journey into the unknown begins.
It has an average vote of 7.211 on TMDB.
18. Cosmos (Cosmos)
Two young men seek the solitude of the country; their peace is disturbed when a set of random occurrences suggest to their susceptible minds a pattern with sinister meanings.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
19. 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.
20. The Fog of War
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
It has an average vote of 7.706 on TMDB.
