1. Reach for the SKY (공부의 나라)
Can one day shape the rest of your life? A feature documentary on the South-Korean education system.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
2. Tomtarnas Äventyr i Snön (Tomtarnas Äventyr i Snön)
(Tomtarnas Äventyr i Snön)
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
3. Intimate Grammar (Hadikduk HaPnimi)
"Intimate Grammar" is a sensitive study of an inner journey rich in detailed observation. A dysfunctional family and delayed puberty make life miserable for a pre-adolescent growing up in Jerusalem in the 1960's. The film, an adaptation of David Grossman's "The Book of Intimate Grammar", shows our hero, Aharon Kleinfeld, striving to survive his domineering mother, his anti-intellectual father and his own diminutive stature in a setting of a lower-middle-class housing development where gossip is rampant and appearances are all important.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
4. The Last Movie (Den siste filmen)
A serious and terminal diagnosis changes filmmaker Petter Vennerøds life abruptly. He wants you to join him o his last film - but it's urgent. The illness in his head is taking his words and thoughts. We follow Petter until he gets the opening sequence he wants in the film; the funeral.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
5. Illusive Tracks (Skenbart: En film om tåg)
Christmas 1945. In a train from Stockholm to Berlin are a motley collection. It is the failure of the author Gunnar who wants to leave his old life and make a contribution in Berlin; physician Henry who plan to marry Marie and likewise Henry's current wife Karin, who he plans to kill during the journey, the middle-aged gay couple Pompe and Sixten, a soldier going to Uppsala but is on the wrong train: the cheerful and cynical old Margaret, and a dressed elf and a surly conductor. With the train are also a number of Baltic refugees accompanied by two nuns to be sent to Germany.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. Blood Wedding (Bodas de sangre)
A bride elopes with her lover on the very day of her wedding. The groom follows the two lovers, and a knife fight takes place. The rivals stab each other and the only wedding that takes place is that one knotting their destinies together in death. A blood wedding.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
7. Phantom Lady
A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.
It has an average vote of 7.038 on TMDB.
8. Heist School (Sınav)
Five high school students plans to steal University Entrance Exam booklets.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
9. Spirits of the Dead (Histoires extraordinaires)
Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
10. Fox and His Friends (Faustrecht der Freiheit)
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
11. Maborosi (幻の光)
A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
12. Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
Set in New York City's gritty East Village, the revolutionary rock opera RENT tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent. "Measuring their lives in love," these starving artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
It has an average vote of 8.02 on TMDB.
13. He Loves Me… He Loves Me Not (À la folie... pas du tout)
A talented art student named Angélique is passionately in love with Dr. Loïc Le Garrec, a handsome married man whom she believes will leave his wife. When he eventually decides to stay in his marriage, it causes Angélique to spiral. However, as the story shifts from Angélique's perspective to Loïc's, the surprising truth about their relationship is revealed.
It has an average vote of 6.699 on TMDB.
14. White God (Fehér Isten)
Failing in his desperate efforts to find his beloved owner, an abandoned dog eventually joins a canine revolt leading a revolution against their human abusers.
It has an average vote of 6.61 on TMDB.
15. The Fool (Дурак)
The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.
It has an average vote of 7.908 on TMDB.
16. Hunting & Gathering (Ensemble, c'est tout)
When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.
It has an average vote of 6.576 on TMDB.
17. Hope Floats
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
18. Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål)
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
19. Lilya 4-ever (Lilja 4-Ever)
Lilja lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilja hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working as a prostitute, and later meets Andrei. He offers her a good job in Sweden, but when Lilja arrives her life quickly enters a downward spiral.
It has an average vote of 7.641 on TMDB.
20. Steel Magnolias
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.