1. The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Ağacı)
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.
It has an average vote of 7.563 on TMDB.
2. The Girl on the Bridge (La Fille sur le pont)
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.
It has an average vote of 7.077 on TMDB.
3. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
In the rural area around the Anatolian town of Keskin, the local prosecutor, police commissar, and doctor lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is proving more difficult than expected as Kenan is fuzzy as to the body's exact location. As the group continues looking, its members can't help but chat among themselves about both trivia and their deepest concerns in an investigation that is proving more trying than any of them expected.
It has an average vote of 7.501 on TMDB.
4. Mandıra Filozofu (Mandıra Filozofu)
Mustafaali, as a person who left the modern life behind him and lives in Cokertme Village, spends his days by reading books. Mustafaali, a person who is against working, satisfies all his vital needs from the blessing of nature. Cavit, on the other hand, is a rich businessman who lives in Istanbul. He has worked in his entire life and all he matters is to work, to earn and to make savings. Cavit's life becomes upside down after he met Mustafaali when he wants to buy Mustafaali's land to build a boutique hotel in Cokertme Bay. Living far from the modern life in his small land under the natural circumstances, Mustafaali's philosophy confuses Cavit who is a person from a big city.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
5. Braguino (Braguino)
In the middle of the Siberian taiga, 450 miles from the nearest village, live two families : the Braguines and the Kilines. Not a single road leads there. A long trip on the Ienissei River, first by boat, then by helicopter, is the only way to reach Braguino. Self-sufficient, both families live there according to their own rules and principles. In the middle of the village: a barrier. The two families refuse to speak. In the river sits an island, where another community is being built : that of the children. Free, unpredictable, wild. Stemming from the fear of the other, that of wild beasts, and the joy procured by the immensity of the forest, unravels a cruel tale in which tensions and fear give shape to the geography of an ancestral conflict.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
6. Magic Town
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy . And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
7. The Shadow Play (Gölge Oyunu)
Mahmut and Abidin work as comedians at a night club, Mahmut is honest yet Abidin is sly. A deaf and mute girl named Kumru is brought to work in the night club.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
8. Alex Vizorek est une œuvre d'art (Alex Vizorek est une œuvre d'art)
(Alex Vizorek est une œuvre d'art)
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
9. And There Was Evening and There Was Morning (E fu sera e fu mattina)
In the main square of the town of Avila, everybody is celebrating the feast of Saint Eurosia, protector of earth's harvest. But something is happening in the village bar...
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
10. Seduced and Abandoned
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their next feature film. Moving from director to financier to star actor, the two players provide us with a unique look behind the curtain at the world's biggest and most glamourous film festival, shining a light on the bitter-sweet relationship filmmakers have with Cannes and the film business. Featuring insights from directors Martin Scorsese, 'Bernando Bertolucci' and Roman Polanski; actors Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain and a host of film distribution luminaries.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
11. Exodus
The film documents two men carrying palm trees through the streets of East London. McQueen tracked the men through a bustling Brick Lane market.
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
12. The Journey (一路有你)
The Journey is a cross-continental story that explores the idea of culture, not just as tradition but as an expression of love. When Bee returns to Malaysia for the first time in a decade - she introduces her conservative father Uncle Chuan to her happy-go-lucky British fiancé, Benji . With Benji's lack of cultural understanding and comprehension of Chinese traditions, Chuan opposes their marriage. Unexpected circumstances ensue, and Chuan reluctantly submits to their union, on the condition that their wedding adheres to Chinese tradition. Part of that tradition is that Chuan must invite all of his childhood friends personally. So the quintessential odd couple, Benji and Chuan, embark on a cross country adventure to deliver the invitations. Despite language barriers and initial hesitation from both parties, the two men come to realize that their priorities are essentially one and the same.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
13. Khaytarma (Хайтарма)
The film tells about the tragic date in the history of the Crimean Tatar people — May 18, 1944 — Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars. The plot of the film — a pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Amethan Sultan. In May, 1944, a year after liberation of Sevastopol Amethan goes on vacation to his native town Alupka. On May 18 his eyes witness begining of deportation of the Crimean Tatars.
It has an average vote of 7.75 on TMDB.
14. Enjoy Poverty (Episode III: Enjoy Poverty)
An investigation of the emotional and economic value of Africa's most lucrative export: filmed poverty. Deep in the interiors of the Congo, Dutch artist Renzo Martens single-handedly undertakes an epic journey and launches an emancipatory program that helps the poor become aware of what is their primary capital resource: Poverty. After three years of traveling through the Democratic Republic of the Congo he asks the question: "Who owns poverty?
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
15. Kuzgun (Kuzgun)
(Kuzgun)
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
16. Duelo de baile (Duelo de baile)
A young man starts practicing his dancing routine only to realize a stranger seems to be copying his moves.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
17. Fat City
Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.
It has an average vote of 7.059 on TMDB.
18. Dillinger
After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.
It has an average vote of 6.551 on TMDB.
19. Distant (Uzak)
Uzak/Distant chronicles the numbing loneliness, longing, and isolation in the lives of two men who are consumed by their own problems. Istanbul photographer Mahmut reluctantly receives his relative Yusuf, but the mingling of their lives does little to alleviate their detachment.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
20. Women Reply (Réponse de femmes : Notre corps, notre sexe)
What does being a woman really mean? How do women live the status society reserves for them? A group of women, beautiful or not, young or not, gifted with motherly instinct or not, answer before Agnès Varda's camera.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.