1. The Society of the Spectacle (La Société du spectacle)
Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
2. Juha (Juha)
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
3. Nadja in Paris (Nadja à Paris)
Nadja is a guest student, who stays at Cité Universitaire and visits the Sorbonne, while preparing a thesis on Proust; she also likes to stroll about Paris.
It has an average vote of 6.348 on TMDB.
4. Providence
On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes for a novel in which characters based on his own family are shaped by his fantasies and memories, alongside his caustic commentary on their behaviour.
It has an average vote of 6.804 on TMDB.
5. La Vie de Bohème (La Vie de Bohème)
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.
It has an average vote of 7.516 on TMDB.
6. After Dark, My Sweet
The intriguing relationship between three desperados, who try to kidnap a wealthy child in hope of turning their lives around.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
7. Ants in the Pants (Harte Jungs)
Flo is not quite a normal teenager: While all his friends only think about sex he can't even pronounce the word "S - E - X". But everything changes completely when one morning Flo wakes up from a strange call. His penis, excited for the first time, begins to talk to him. He claims that Flo severely neglected him for 15 years and it's time to release him.
It has an average vote of 4.975 on TMDB.
8. Omen (Augure)
Between Brussels, Kinshasa and Lubumbashi, Augure borrows from magic realism to paint a portrait of “undesirables” and “sorcerers” through the intertwined stories of protagonists of different genders and generations, confronted with the prejudice and suspicion of those around them.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
9. The Beekeeper (Ο Μελισσοκόμος)
Following the wedding of his daughter, stone-faced beekeeper Spyros makes an annual journey from the north of Greece to the south, traveling along with his hives. En route, he meets an erratic, young female drifter, with whom he strikes up an unusual, self-destructive relationship.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
10. Age of Panic (La Bataille de Solférino)
May 6, 2012. Cable news reporter Laetitia is covering the French presidential elections, while Vincent, her ex-husband, demands to see their two young daughters. It's a manic Sunday in Paris: two agitated girls, a frazzled babysitter, a needy new boyfriend, a grumpy lawyer and France cut in half!
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
11. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
12. Kontroll (Kontroll)
A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, and the fellow ticket inspectors on his team who work aboard the subterranean Budapest Metro. A tale about racing along the tracks, and about a mysterious serial killer. And a tale about love.
It has an average vote of 7.127 on TMDB.
13. The Girl with a Pistol (La ragazza con la pistola)
A Sicilian woman is dishonored by her lover, then goes to London with a pistol intending to murder him.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
14. Scordato (Scordato)
(Scordato)
It has an average vote of 6.161 on TMDB.
15. The Match Factory Girl (Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö)
Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.
It has an average vote of 7.323 on TMDB.
16. Mystery Train
In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.
It has an average vote of 7.274 on TMDB.
17. Santa sangre (Santa sangre)
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.
It has an average vote of 7.123 on TMDB.
18. Calvary
After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
It has an average vote of 7.099 on TMDB.
19. Valkyrie
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.
It has an average vote of 6.929 on TMDB.
20. Ariel (Ariel)
After the coal mine he works at closes and his father commits suicide, a Finnish man leaves for the city to make a living but there, he is framed and imprisoned for various crimes.
It has an average vote of 7.104 on TMDB.
