1. Ashes of Time (東邪西毒)
Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. Throughout five seasons in exile, Ouyang spins tales of his clients' unrequited loves and unusual acts of bravery.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. Fallen Angels (墮落天使)
An assassin goes through obstacles as he attempts to escape his violent lifestyle despite the opposition of his partner, who is secretly attracted to him.
It has an average vote of 7.701 on TMDB.
3. Days of Being Wild (阿飛正傳)
Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.
It has an average vote of 7.332 on TMDB.
4. In the Mood for Love (花樣年華)
In Hong Kong of 1962, Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow, a journalist, move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their respective spouses creates an intimate bond between them.
It has an average vote of 8.104 on TMDB.
5. In Between Seasons (환절기)
When her son gets critically injured in a car accident, a mother discovers that there's more to his relationship with his friend than she had thought.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
6. Madeline's Madeline
Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.
It has an average vote of 5.821 on TMDB.
7. Shopgirl
Mirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous Ray, and her life takes a magical turn, but eventually she realizes that she must empower herself and make a choice between them.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
8. Wild Style
Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the movie concerns the tension between Zoro's passion for his art and his personal life, particularly his strained relationship with fellow artist Rose.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
9. Time
Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated husband. An intimate, epic, and unconventional love story, filmed over two decades.
It has an average vote of 6.899 on TMDB.
10. Arang (아랑)
A salt storehouse near the sea may be haunted. A penniless ex-con dies a gristly death in a house he can ill afford. The detectives assigned the case are Min, newly reinstated after a suspension, and Lee, a new transfer from forensics. Min has nightmares: a sexual assault that haunts her. She and Lee work well together, but soon two more deaths occur - each mysteriously poisoned, both friends of the ex-con. A fourth friend, a newly married doctor, is a suspect. But what has all this to do with the salt storehouse, a death ten years ago, and a missing girl? Can Min and Lee get to the bottom of it, or is the supernatural beyond a cop's reach?
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
11. Pastoral: To Die in the Country (田園に死す)
A director faces creative block while working on his latest film - a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.
It has an average vote of 7.467 on TMDB.
12. The Treacherous (간신)
The story of Joseon's tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
13. The Transition Period (书记)
As Chinese Communist Party secretary, Guo Yongchang was the most powerful man in his county, located in the rural inland province of Henan. Guo invited acclaimed documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao to record his final months in office. Through Zhou’s lens, we see Guo work tirelessly to achieve his greatest desire: for Henan to match the affluence of booming coastal areas. Zhou also captures the sordid details of local-level politics in pursuit of growth: lavish parties with foreign investors, threats to local workers protesting unpaid wages, and offers of bribes and kickbacks.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
14. Camila (Camila)
In 1847 Buenos Aires, a young noblewoman and a young Jesuit fall in love, much to the disapproval of her family and the Church.
It has an average vote of 7.03 on TMDB.
15. A Little Red Flower (送你一朵小红花)
The film tells a warm and realistic story, thinking and facing the ultimate problem that every ordinary person will face-imagining that death may come at any time, the only thing we have to do is love and cherish.
It has an average vote of 6.466 on TMDB.
16. If I Had Wings
Alex, blind since the age of two, dreams of running for his school's cross-country team. His father, a probation officer, finds a running partner who spends his time 'running' from the law.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
17. A Blast (Η Έκρηξη)
Running away on the highway, Maria is alone in her roaring SUV. Behind her, fire and a case full of money. In front of her, the hopeless vastness of the motorway. Only a day before she was a caring mother, a loving wife, a responsible daughter. Today she has gone rogue.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
18. Feels Good Man
When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator, artist Matt Furie, fights to bring Pepe back from the darkness and navigate America's cultural divide.
It has an average vote of 7.065 on TMDB.
19. The Cloud-Capped Star (মেঘে ঢাকা তারা)
A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
20. Time and Tide
A drama examining the romantic relationships of one man's life. Jumping from past to present, the story focuses on the highs and lows of four specific affairs, alternately revealing passion, humor, beauty, and truth.
It has an average vote of 9.5 on TMDB.