1. Fling
An attractive young couple's open relationship is stretched to the breaking point when each partner finds themselves falling in love with other people.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
2. Exhaust
A young man, Jimmie, runs for his life.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
A documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita and an intimate tribute from a son about his mother that delves into the life of the first woman from an Indigenous Nation to solely direct a film anywhere in the world. Known as the grandmother of Indigenous cinema, Merata’s independent political documentaries of the 1970s and 80s highlighted injustices for Māori people and often divided the country. Mita was fearless in her life, her activism and her art. Chronicling the director’s journey to decolonize the film and television screens of New Zealand and the world, the film documents her work, her early struggles with her family and her drive for social justice that often proved personally dangerous.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
4. Born Bone Born (洗骨)
A visibly pregnant Yuko returns home to find her family still grappling with the recent passing of her mother, Emiko, while her father becomes increasingly withdrawn and her older brother hopelessly combative.
It has an average vote of 9.3 on TMDB.
5. Noah Land (Nuh Tepesi)
Suffering through a mid-life crisis, Omer has to face the angry villagers in order to realize his estranged father's dying wish to be buried under the enshrined Noah Tree which his father claims to have planted half a century ago.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
6. The Day I Lost Myself (El día que me perdí)
Xochil is a woman who must immerse in her past to find herself, opening the doors to a world that she thought was long forgotten.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
7. Lords of Scam (Les Rois de l'arnaque)
This documentary traces the rise and crash of scammers who conned the EU carbon quota system and pocketed millions before turning on one another.
It has an average vote of 6.638 on TMDB.
8. Undefeated
Set against the backdrop of a high school football season, Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s documentary UNDEFEATED is an intimate chronicle of three underprivileged student-athletes from inner-city Memphis and the volunteer coach trying to help them beat the odds on and off the field. For players and coaches alike, the season will be not only about winning games — it will be about how they grapple with the unforeseeable events that are part of football and part of life.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
9. Last Night
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
It has an average vote of 6.614 on TMDB.
10. Low Tide
In the long days of summer in a beach town on the New Jersey shore, high schooler Alan and his friends Red and Smitty break into vacation homes to steal valuables, funding dates at the boardwalk and lunches at the burger stand. When Alan and his younger brother Peter find a bag of gold coins, they try to hide them from the others — but Red, suspicious and violently unpredictable, seems willing to do anything to get the money.
It has an average vote of 6.16 on TMDB.
11. A Plastic Ocean
A documentary focused on plastic pollution in the world's oceans.
It has an average vote of 7.66 on TMDB.
12. For All Mankind
A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the missions and astronaut interviews, the documentary offers the viewpoint of the individuals who braved the remarkable journey to the moon and back.
It has an average vote of 7.813 on TMDB.
13. Gloria Bell
Gloria is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity, and family.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
14. Paddleton
An unlikely friendship between two neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
It has an average vote of 6.985 on TMDB.
15. Polite Society
Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
It has an average vote of 6.308 on TMDB.
16. Shortbus
In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
17. The Road Within
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
It has an average vote of 6.925 on TMDB.
18. Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres)
Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
19. Diego Maradona (Diego Maradona)
Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the personal life and career of the controversial football player Diego Maradona who played for SSC Napoli and Argentina in the 1980s.
It has an average vote of 7.468 on TMDB.
20. The Salt of the Earth (Le sel de la terre)
During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvations and exodus… He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of the wild fauna and flora, of grandiose landscapes: a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last journeys, and by Wim Wenders, a photographer himself.
It has an average vote of 8.104 on TMDB.
