1. The Twin Bracelets (雙鐲)
Two teenage girls make a pledge to each other to be as "man and wife" in a small Chinese fishing town. The notions of women's rights or sexual freedom are absent in their oppressive minority culture, and when one becomes happily married to a stranger, the other is cruelly betrothed to the abusive son of a wealthy family. Seeking to free herself from a lifetime of abuse, Hui-hua desperately looks for a way out. ----by J L
It has an average vote of 1.4 on TMDB.
2. 18 Days (١٨ يوم)
10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagined.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
3. The Mouse (Musen)
This story is about the 10-year-old girl, Liv, who starts dating her classmate, Mike. Mike gives Liv a little, white mouse as a present. This mouse is very important to Mike, and he tamed it all by himself. Back at school, Mike starts talking to Liv's friend, who is the popular girl in class, and Liv finds herself getting jealous. In her powerlessness towards this strange emotion, Liv takes out her frustration on the mouse. She leaves the mouse with her cat and closes the door behind her. The mouse gets badly injured. When Liv discovers that Mike is still only interested in her, it's too late to save the mouse. A film about love, cowardice and jealousy.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. La capture (La capture)
(La capture)
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
5. 33 Teeth
Eddie's fascination with his older neighbor, Chad, heightens after he spies on him in the bathroom measuring his manhood.
It has an average vote of 6.091 on TMDB.
6. Tell Me a Riddle
Touching story of elderly couple David and Eva who go on one last journey across the USA when they discover Eva is dying, ending up with their granddaughter Jeannie in San Francisco. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
7. En loppe kan også gø (En loppe kan også gø)
Rosa is a lonely 13 year old wearing a leg prosthesis. She lives with her single father in a small town.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
8. A Last Wish (Una última voluntad)
A man awaits his execution by firing squad. His last wish before dying is a kiss, and there are only men.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
9. Reunion
The undying bond between a mother and her beloved son nearly destroys the lives of an entire family. Jessie Yates is torn between the ghost of her son and the life she has created with her husband and family.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
10. The Sheldon Kennedy Story
Alberta rural farm-boy Sheldon Kennedy feels abused by dad when punished for poor performances compared to big brother Troy. being recruited for professional ice-hockey at age 14 seems an ideal way out, straight to a party animal's good life. Yet after a Vegas marriage with Jana and hearing she's pregnant, Sheldon breaks down and tells her what's eating at him for years: coach Graham James, whoa arranged for him to be transferred each time James was, sexually abused Sheldon, who fears to be laughed away as a queer and loose his only career avenue if he goes public
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
11. The Near Future
While at work, Robin, a French immigrant pilot, receives a phone call that sends shock waves through his soul. Unseen by others, turmoil seeps into his inner world and echoes in his daily life. He will have to let this pain in, but not now. An impressionistic depiction of an all-but-ordinary day, The near future takes us to the poetic boundary between droning engines and complete silence, aerial and terrestrial, pastoral and urban, man and machine, life and death.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
12. When You Sleep
Two unstable teens live together in a slum apartment. When, in a poetic move, rats start invading their home, they realize that they have to deal with an unspoken matter that is threatening to ruin their relationship.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
13. Barefoot
In a tightly-knit Cree community in northern Canada, 16-year-old Alyssa's plans to become a mom begin to unravel.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
14. The Hunger Years: In a Land of Plenty (Hungerjahre - in einem reichen Land)
Hungerjahre is a movie about adolescence in 1950s West Germany, in which director and scriptwriter Jutta Brückner comes to terms with her own memories.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
15. The Amber Amulet
The Masked Avenger can make things happen. Though at 10 he is considered young for a justice fighter he has already proved himself highly effective in the pursuit of peace. He has discovered powers that are locked inside gems and minerals and uses them to keep Franklin Street safe. But something is wrong in the house at the end of the street. There is a woman in trouble. When The Masked Avenger leaves a 'happiness questionnaire' in her letterbox a series of events are set in motion that no one could predict. This is the story of a superhero, a beagle, an amber amulet and the potential that is locked inside all of us.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
16. Gun
After a thief breaks into Roy's home, he buys a handgun for protection. But the gun's power is seductive and Roy's obsession with it suggests he doesn't have the control he thinks he has.
17. Vatten (Vatten)
Clara enjoys swimming by herself in the local pool after dark. One night she discovers a secret in this haunting story of young love.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
18. The Captain
A hungover plane captain wakes up to discover he's done a very bad thing.
It has an average vote of 5.615 on TMDB.
19. Perception
Maia Thomas stars as Crystal: a mother, a lover, a stripper and a cancer patient. Confronting death, she grasps at life and faces herself and the ones she loves without deception.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
20. Ghost Train
A compelling and unsettling documentary, Ghost Train introduces us to an elderly man whose wife is hospitalised with dementia. Struggling to cope, he visits Dracula's theatre restaurant, where he forms a bond with one of the performers.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.