1. Hypnotized (얼굴없는 미녀)
A psychiatrist fails to help a mental patient during her stay in hospital. The doctor becomes obsessed with his former patient, seeks her on the outside and uses hypnosis to fulfill his sexual desires.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
2. Exhale (Exhala)
No matter what I do to appease it, it is always there. Perhaps asleep, perhaps very awake... either way, waiting for me.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
3. Cry Wolf
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
4. The Third Lover (L'Œil du Malin)
The story of a journalist in southern Germany who stays with a novelist and his wife and gradually begins to destroy the young couple's lives.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
5. Hail, Sarajevo (Je vous salue, Sarajevo)
A short two-minute rumination on the once volatile situation during the period of the Bosnian War presented in the form of a photo-montage with accompanying text.
It has an average vote of 6.792 on TMDB.
6. The Carabineers (Les carabiniers)
During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
7. A Tale of Autumn (Conte d'automne)
Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.
It has an average vote of 7.044 on TMDB.
8. Tokyo Drifter (東京流れ者)
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
It has an average vote of 7.116 on TMDB.
9. The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun)
Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.
It has an average vote of 7.351 on TMDB.
10. The New Monsters (I nuovi mostri)
15 years after the monumental "I mostri" which was a great example of Italian sketch comedy, 3 of the greatest Italian directors ever the best Italian writers ever the best Italian actors ever one of the most beautiful woman in the world participate to this great tribute.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
11. Contempt (Le Mépris)
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
It has an average vote of 7.083 on TMDB.
12. Less Than Zero
A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
It has an average vote of 6.352 on TMDB.
13. Good Morning (お早よう)
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
It has an average vote of 7.724 on TMDB.
14. The Young Karl Marx (Le Jeune Karl Marx)
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.
It has an average vote of 6.839 on TMDB.
15. Alphaville (Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution)
An American private-eye arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet which is ruled by an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
16. The Wild Goose Lake (南方车站的聚会)
A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam.
It has an average vote of 6.622 on TMDB.
17. Masculin Féminin (Masculin féminin)
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.
It has an average vote of 7.281 on TMDB.
18. Army of Shadows (L'Armée des ombres)
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
It has an average vote of 7.962 on TMDB.
19. Au Revoir les Enfants (Au revoir les enfants)
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
It has an average vote of 7.519 on TMDB.
20. The Exterminating Angel (El ángel exterminador)
A formal dinner party starts out normally enough, but after the bourgeois group retire to the host’s music room, they inexplicably find themselves unable to leave.
It has an average vote of 7.938 on TMDB.
