1. Mami Wata
In the oceanside village of Iyi, the revered Mama Efe acts as an intermediary between the people and the all-powerful water deity Mami Wata. But when a young boy is lost to a virus, Efe’s devoted but rebellious daughter Zinwe and skeptical protégé Prisca warn Efe about unrest among the villagers. With the sudden arrival of a mysterious rebel deserter named Jasper, a conflict erupts, leading to a violent clash of ideologies and a crisis of faith for the people of Iyi.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
2. Okiku and the World (せかいのおきく)
Two rogue vagrants make their living as “manure men”, turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku, the only daughter of a fallen samurai, and amongst the overflowing piles of excrement, a well-nourished love story unfolds.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
3. Who Loves the Sun
A man encounters a childhood friend who had an affair with his wife five years earlier.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
4. Youth (Spring) (青春)
This film was shot between 2014 and 2019 in the town of Zhili, a district of Huzhou City in Zhejiang province, China. Zhili is home to over 18,000 privately-run workshops producing children's clothes, mostly for the domestic market, but some also for export. The workshops employ around 300,000 migrant workers, chiefly from the rural provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan and Jiangsu.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
5. When the Cat Comes (Až přijde kocour)
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
6. Goodbye Julia (وداعا جوليا)
Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona — a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage — tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</p><p> Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
7. Lick the Star
A clique of school girls devise a secret plan that they code-name "Lick the Star".
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
8. Origin
While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, writer Isabel Wilkerson sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
9. The Rapture (Le Ravissement)
Lydia, a midwife very invested in her work, is in the middle of a breakup. At the same time, her best friend, Salomé, announces to her that she is pregnant and asks her to follow her pregnancy. The day Lydia meets Milos, a one-night stand, while she is holding her friend's baby in her arms, she sinks into a lie, at the risk of losing everything.
It has an average vote of 6.771 on TMDB.
10. All to Play For (Rien à perdre)
Sylvie lives with her two children whom she’s raising on her own. One evening, there’s an accident, and her youngest son is removed from her care. Sylvie must subsequently fight to get her son back and to keep herself afloat.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
11. 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 6.544 on TMDB.
12. Non-Fiction (Doubles vies)
Alain, a successful Parisian publisher struggling to adapt to the digital revolution, has major doubts about the new manuscript of Léonard, one of his long-time authors — another work of auto-fiction recycling his love affair with a minor celebrity. Selena, Alain’s wife, a famous stage actress, is of the opposite opinion.
It has an average vote of 5.427 on TMDB.
13. The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
After a particularly challenging day, Miles experiences a panic attack that forces him to confront the manifestations of his anxiety and learn that reaching out for help can be just as brave an act as protecting his city from evil.
It has an average vote of 7.176 on TMDB.
14. Marguerite's Theorem (Le théorème de Marguerite)
Marguerite is a young and brilliant mathematician, the only girl in her class at the ENS, entirely devoted to her passion. The day she discovers an error in her thesis, she is devastated. In a dizzy spell, she leaves the school, wipes out the past. She then dives into the real world, discovers autonomy, befriends the young Léa, and makes love for the first time. Grown by her experiences, it is in this new momentum that she will find the solution to her theorem.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
15. Anaïs in Love (Les Amours d’Anaïs)
A young woman struggling to stay on top of everything in her life meets a married publisher and begins an affair with him.
It has an average vote of 6.237 on TMDB.
16. Lie with Me (Arrête avec tes mensonges)
An author returns to his hometown of Cognac for the first time in 35 years to help promote a distillery. Once there, he meets his first love’s son, Lucas. Memories come rushing back to him: irrepressible attraction, bodies becoming one in the heat of desire, a passion that can never be revealed… His first love’s name was Thomas. They were 17.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
17. The King of Algiers (Omar La Fraise)
Omar, better known as Omar the Strawberry, is an old-fashioned bandit. Forced to flee to Algeria, he makes a living out of petty crime, accompanied by his famous sidekick Roger. After decades of ruling the French criminal underworld, they must come to terms with their new life together, which until now has been one of debauchery and violence.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
18. The House of the Devil
A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.
It has an average vote of 6.289 on TMDB.
19. Life Is a Long Quiet River (La vie est un long fleuve tranquille)
Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and contented children. The other family is poor, with rambunctious children, often hungry, but with lots of laughter in the house.
It has an average vote of 6.757 on TMDB.
20. Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
It has an average vote of 6.16 on TMDB.
