1. Young & Beautiful (Jeune & Jolie)
Isabelle, a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
2. Danton (Danton)
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
It has an average vote of 6.89 on TMDB.
3. The Choice (La scelta)
A childless couple struggle in the aftermath of a sexual assault leaves the woman pregnant.
It has an average vote of 5.425 on TMDB.
4. Salon Kitty (Salon Kitty)
Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army official who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself. A girl named Margherita discovers the little ploy and with Kitty's help plans to take on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
5. Golden Balls (Huevos de oro)
Benito González is a flamboyant engineer in Melilla, with a brash and pushy personality. His dream is to build the tallest building ever in the region. After his girlfriend leaves him, he devotes himself entirely to his ambitions, deciding to let nothing get in his way. He marries the daughter of a billionaire, intending to use her father's money to realise his project. Benito waltzes his way through a career of excess, fetishes and deceptions, but the personal conflicts he unleashes ultimately send his life spiraling down to disaster.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
6. Manila in the Claws of Light (Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag)
Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
7. Intimate Strangers (Confidences trop intimes)
Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a psychiatrist. From appointment to appointment, a strange ritual is created between them. William is moved and fascinated to hear the secrets no man ever heard.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
8. The Bra (The Bra)
The Bra tells the story of the lonely and soon to be pensioned train driver Nurlan. On his last day of work his train hits a clothes line and snags a white bra with blue dots with it. Determined to find the owner, Nurlan leaves no stone unturned and embarks on a dazzling journey through the neighbourhoods of Baku, trying to convince as many women as possible to try on the lost bra.
It has an average vote of 6.113 on TMDB.
9. Pay Day
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
It has an average vote of 6.965 on TMDB.
10. Unleashing Mr. Darcy
Fishing for direction in life, Elizabeth gets the opportunity of showing her dog in a fancy New York dog show. The judge, Donovan Darcy, comes across as aristocratic and rude, and a chain of misunderstandings unfold during the competition, complicating their attraction to one another.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
11. Animal (Animal)
16-year-old Bella and Vipulan are part of a generation convinced its very future is in danger. Between climate change and the 6th mass extinction of wildlife, their world could well be inhabitable 50 years from now. They have sounded the alarm over and over, but nothing has really changed. So they’ve decided to tackle the root of the problem: our relationship with the living world. Over the course of an extraordinary journey, they come to realize just how deeply humans are tied to all other living species. And that by saving them… we’re also saving ourselves. Humans thought they could distance themselves from nature, but humans are part and parcel of nature. For man is, after all, an Animal.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
12. Special Section (Section spéciale)
In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.
It has an average vote of 7.05 on TMDB.
13. Enter the Phoenix (大佬愛美麗)
Georgie Hung is handsome, stylish and charming but he hides a secret that his old-fashion father, Hung who is a Triad leader, can never forgive. He has been sent to Thailand since he was a child and never returned. After Hung's death, his right-hand Cheung intends to bring back Georgie to take over. However, Cheung finds Sam, Georgie's flat-mate, whom he mistakes for Geogie...
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
14. The Flesh (La carne)
A beautiful film which is basically about a man, a piano player, who meets and falls in love with a beautiful and voluptuous woman, who, by some strange procedure, leaves the man unable to move but with a permanent priapism! After some time he becomes sick of it and she relieves his paralysis. Eventually she gets bored and decides to leave, but he can't take it because he loves her…
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
15. You Are God (Jesteś bogiem)
One of the biggest Polish film premieres of 2012 and eagerly anticipated for over a decade, it is the story of the late 90s generation and the three friends behind the music: Magik, Focus and Rahim. The fact-based film directed by Leszek Dawid charts the relentless struggle for success of Paktofonika, against the backdrop of crumbling traditional values in dreary 90s Silesia. The contradictory ideals of hiphop - the rebellious, edgy lyrics against the ‘system’ juxtaposed with the money and fame sought by the artists - are superbly captured in this dark, unforgettable drama.
It has an average vote of 6.371 on TMDB.
16. Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis (Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis)
The trajectory of musician and comedian Mussum as vocalist of the group "Os Originais do Samba" and later in cinema and TV as a member of "Os Trapalhões", a group that revolutionized the way of making humor on Brazilian television.
It has an average vote of 7.096 on TMDB.
17. Dead Man Talking (Dead Man Talking)
8pm in a rundown prison. A prisoner on death row will be executed. He has the right to make a final declaration. But the law doesn't stipulate how long he can talk. So, as long as he talks the execution is postponed…
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
18. Lady Jane (Lady Jane)
Centers on three childhood friends: Muriel, Francois and Rene. Partners in crime , the three end their "criminal" activities after one of their attempted burglaries fails. They vow never to see each other again until, however, Muriel's son is kidnapped, which leads the three to join forces again to get the ransom money.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
19. Maborosi (幻の光)
A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
20. Dance with Him (Danse avec lui)
Three years after simultaneously parting with a philanderer husband and experiencing a dramatic fall during a horse jumping contest, Alexandra Balzan, a Parisian architect, regains an appetite for life and love after a chance encounter with an aging misanthrope of a master horseman and his horse
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
