1. 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.
2. Simon of the Desert (Simón del desierto)
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
It has an average vote of 7.656 on TMDB.
3. Lights in the Dusk (Laitakaupungin valot)
Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipulating him for her criminal boyfriend.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
4. My Voyage to Italy (Il mio viaggio in Italia)
World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinema.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
5. Deep Crimson (Profundo carmesí)
Driven by desire and desperate for self-love, Coral and Nicolás will abandon their past lives in a journey surrounded by murder.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
6. The Brute (El bruto)
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
7. The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli)
September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, most people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon realize Germans are still in control—and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, the Neapolitan civilians spontaneously rise up en masse against their occupants—and overwhelming odds, driving them from the city after four days of fighting.
It has an average vote of 7.548 on TMDB.
8. Beauties of the Night (Les Belles de nuit)
A daydreaming French composer sees himself as a fine figure dashing through history.
It has an average vote of 6.25 on TMDB.
9. Life and Death in the Warehouse
Follows Megan, who in a desperate attempt to keep her new job at a Welsh warehouse, presses Alys – who is pregnant – to get her "pick rate" up, putting her and her baby at risk.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
10. Ronin-gai (浪人街)
Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
11. I Married You for Fun (Ti ho sposato per allegria)
Pietro is a young bourgeois lawyer who married Giuliana, a pretty girl who was a little unscrewed, and met at a party of artists. Despite the premises, everything between the two seems to work best.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
12. 15 Faros de Puerto Rico (15 Faros de Puerto Rico)
Each one of the 15 lighthouses around the island of Puerto Rico tells the story of the lighthouse keepers, wives or daughters that lived in them. Additional testimonies by architects, historians, biologists and fishermen take us on a trip of beauty, hope, perseverance around them, as we witness the magnificence of its structures and its magical surroundings. Some lighthouses are active, some have been restored, others have been abandoned but all have a unique story to tell.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
13. Bathroom Intimacy (Intimidades en un cuarto de baño)
A family crisis revealed through each member's bathroom intimacy.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
14. Floating Clouds (浮雲)
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
15. That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir)
After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
16. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
It has an average vote of 7.819 on TMDB.
17. The Blood of a Poet (Le Sang d'un poète)
Told in four episodes, an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios. This film is the first part of Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, which consists of The Blood of a Poet , Orpheus and Testament of Orpheus .
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
18. Land Without Bread (Las Hurdes)
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
19. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Ensayo de un crimen)
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
It has an average vote of 7.284 on TMDB.
20. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle)
As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.
It has an average vote of 6.295 on TMDB.