1. I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
2. Mommy (Mommy)
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.
3. Heartbeats (Les amours imaginaires)
Francis is a young gay man, Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends -- until the day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a Montreal coffee shop. The two friends, instantly and equally infatuated, compete for Nicolas' indeterminate affections, a conflict that climaxes when the trio visit the vacation home of Nicolas' mother. The frothy comedy unfolds through narrative, fantasy sequences and confessional monologues.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
4. Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme)
A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.
It has an average vote of 6.825 on TMDB.
5. Laurence Anyways (Laurence Anyways)
The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.
It has an average vote of 7.652 on TMDB.
6. The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
It has an average vote of 6.887 on TMDB.
7. The Odyssey (L'Odyssée)
The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.
It has an average vote of 6.694 on TMDB.
8. The Bubble (Ha-Buah)
The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. The movie looks at young people's lives in Tel Aviv through the POVs of gays and straights, Jews and Arabs, men and women.
It has an average vote of 6.306 on TMDB.
9. 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.
10. Custody (Jusqu'à la garde)
In the midst of a divorce, Miriam Besson decides to ask for exclusive custody of her son, in order to protect him from a father that she is accusing of violence. The judge-in-charge of the file grants a shared custody to the father whom it considers abused. Taken as a hostage between his parents, Julien Besson will do everything to prevent the worst from happening.
It has an average vote of 7.53 on TMDB.
11. Saint Laurent (Saint Laurent)
1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
12. Live by Night
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
13. Being 17 (Quand on a 17 ans)
Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the farming community up in the mountains. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them while his mother is ill in hospital. Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorized him.
It has an average vote of 6.864 on TMDB.
14. In Bed with Victoria (Victoria)
Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who's struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown. At a friend's wedding she reconnects with Vincent, an old friend, and Sam, an old client. Her life is about to take a new turn.
It has an average vote of 5.816 on TMDB.
15. Planetarium (Planetarium)
In 1930s France, two sisters who are thought to be able to communicate with ghosts meet a visionary producer while performing in Paris.
It has an average vote of 4.586 on TMDB.
16. Everyone's Life (Chacun sa vie)
Before being judges, attorneys, or jury members, they are first of all men and women at a crossroads in their lives, with their dreams and their secrets, their hopes and their limitations, all beneath the same sun, each with their own dark side. In a lovely provincial town, during a jazz festival, life will juggle with their destinies.
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
17. The Addiction
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
18. Louise by the Shore (Louise en hiver)
On the last day of summer in a small seaside resort town, an older woman named Louise realizes that the last train has departed without her. She finds herself alone in the town, abandoned by everyone. As the weather turns for the worse and with no one to keep her company, louise must rely on her past to help her survive the present.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
19. I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
It has an average vote of 6.017 on TMDB.
20. Bogus
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
It has an average vote of 5.77 on TMDB.