1. The World of Jacques Demy (L'Univers de Jacques Demy)
Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacquot de Nantes.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
2. Ham on Rye
A bizarre rite of passage at the local deli determines the fate of a generation of teenagers, leading some to escape their suburban town and dooming others to remain…
It has an average vote of 6.086 on TMDB.
3. Ashik Kerib (აშიკ-ქერიბი)
Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights. Now presumed dead by those he loves, he performs for the poor and unfortunate on his journeys through the wilderness. Parajanov's visually ravishing 'tableaux vivants' tell Lermontov's romantic tale while Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs transport us into its mystical landscapes.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
4. Chinaman (Kinamand)
Keld is in a rut. His wife of 25 years has left him. For sustenance, he eats his way through the menu at the local Chinese takeaway. The owner talks him into a marriage of convenience with his sister from China and the unplanned-for happens. A delicate romance blossoms between these two damaged, fragile individuals, but a secret gives their relationship a fateful twist. A subtle and touching story of life's diversity.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
5. The Bridges of Sarajevo (Les ponts de Sarajevo)
Thirteen European directors explore the theme of Sarajevo; what this city has represented in European history over the past hundred years, and what Sarajevo stands for today in Europe. These eminent filmmakers of different generations and origins offer exceptional singular styles and visions.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
6. The Shock Doctrine
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
7. Black Panthers (Black Panthers)
A film shot during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California around the meetings organised by the Black Panthers Party to free Huey Newton, one of their leaders, and to turn his trial into a political debate. They tried and succeeded in catching America’s attention.
It has an average vote of 7.108 on TMDB.
8. Earth (Земля)
Vasyl, a member of the Komsomol, with the help of a local party organization, gets a tractor and plows private boundaries "on kulak fields". However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
9. La Ronde (La Ronde)
An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The young man seduces a married woman. On and on, spinning on the gay carousel of life.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
10. Too Beautiful for You (Trop belle pour toi)
A car dealer, well-to-do and with a beautiful wife, finds himself attracted to his rather plain new temporary secretary. Despite her own commitments she feels the same and the two soon embark on an affair. Though it would seem it has happened before his wife finds this particular entanglement of her husband's very difficult to accept.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
11. Wolfen
A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
It has an average vote of 5.922 on TMDB.
12. Full Moon in Paris (Les Nuits de la pleine lune)
Louise is dissatisfied with her mundane life in a bleak Parisian new-town. She rents a pied-à-terre in the city so she can experience independence.
It has an average vote of 6.759 on TMDB.
13. A Girl Returned (L'arminuta)
A 13 years old girl is forced to go living with another family for reasons unknown.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
14. Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes)
France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abortions and rents a room to a familiar prostitute. She doesn't pay any attention to her husband, who returned from the war because of his injury and lives her own life. Abortions gradually begin to bring a good income, and boredom can be easily dispelled by starting a young lover.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
15. A Tale of Springtime (Conte de printemps)
The story of an introverted young girl just reaching adulthood who takes a liking to an older woman she meets at a party and determines to match her off with her father, despite the latter's already having a lover of his own.
It has an average vote of 6.843 on TMDB.
16. Scout Toujours (Scout toujours…)
France, 1965 - An aging mamma's boy becomes the replacement leader of a rowdy group of teenage boy scouts who make his life miserable.
It has an average vote of 5.648 on TMDB.
17. Ninjababy (Ninjababy)
When Rakel finds out she's six months pregnant after a one-night stand, her world changes. She is absolutely not ready to be a mother, but since abortion is no longer an option, adoption is the only answer. That's when Ninjababy, an animated character who makes Rakel's life a living hell, turns up.
It has an average vote of 7.119 on TMDB.
18. The Gleaners and I (Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse)
Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.
It has an average vote of 7.636 on TMDB.
19. The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite)
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.
It has an average vote of 7.194 on TMDB.
20. Beau Travail (Beau travail)
Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.
It has an average vote of 6.983 on TMDB.
