1. Powaqqatsi
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
2. Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si è fermato a Eboli)
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
3. Scandal (醜聞)
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
4. Funeral in Berlin
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
5. Welcome to Sarajevo
Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get children out of the country, a British correspondent decides to take an orphaned girl home to London.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
6. Pa Paandi (ப பாண்டி)
‘Power’ Paandi, once a legendary stunt master who ruled the world of film stunts in his prime years is now content in living a peaceful life with his son and grandchildren. But he soon realizes that his acts that he thinks is normal and righteous, constantly irks his son who seems to taking their relationship for granted. One such overblown tiff with his son drives him to go do some soul searching, the outcome of which has many unexpected experiences.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. L.627 (L.627)
In Paris, Lulu, a passionate policeman, works with the faith of a rookie, despite the sclerotic bureaucracy and the incompetence or negligence of some of his colleagues. In his new position as a narcotics inspector, he tries to keep his sanity as he witnesses the worst of the human condition.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
8. Tender Mercies
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
It has an average vote of 6.618 on TMDB.
9. Liquid Sky
An alien creature invades New York's punk subculture in its search for an opiate released by the brain during an orgasm.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
10. Wall Engravings (Au pan coupé)
Jeanne looks back on her love for Jean. The melancholic young man wouldn't accept the world as it was, always wishing to depart. She doesn't know that he's dead.
It has an average vote of 7.172 on TMDB.
11. Over the Hills (Dálava)
Father and son Vít and Grisha travel to Russia to visit the boy’s mother and sister. Why did their previously harmonious family split in two? A documentary road movie about the distance between two Slavic countries, the difficulties of fatherhood and puberty, and the alienation between people who should, in theory, be the closest of all.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
12. Beans
Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
13. Bluebeard (Barbe Bleue)
Anne reads her younger sister, Marie-Catherine , the story of Bluebeard. In 17th-century France, another set of sisters — also named Anne and Marie-Catherine — are left impoverished by their father's death. Marie-Catherine dreams of marrying into money, and soon falls for wealthy divorcé Bluebeard . Grateful for the chance at a life of comfort, Marie-Catherine marries Bluebeard — in spite of rumors that he has made a hobby of murdering his wives.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
14. Men and Women (Noite Vazia)
Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
15. The Offsiders (Boisko bezdomnych)
Under the leadership of an ex-footballer, a bunch of homeless men set up a football team and train hard to take part in the world championship.
It has an average vote of 7.231 on TMDB.
16. Evil in the Woods
A young boy checks out a book titled Evil in the Woods from his local library. He immediately takes the book home and begins to read it and is soon sucked into a strange world set in Mildew Georgia. The book describes the plight of a group of low budget film makers who start to make their newest schlock piece in a woods that is occupied by not only an evil witch but also her cannibalistic and mentally disabled family. As the boy reads the book he starts to get sucked into the story just a little too much, the plot draws him in but will his will be enough to finish the fractured fable or will he forever get sucked into its pages.
It has an average vote of 3.4 on TMDB.
17. When Lambs Become Lions
In the Kenyan bush, a crackdown on ivory poaching forces a silver-tongued second-generation poacher to seek out an unlikely ally in this fly-on-the-wall look at both sides of the conservation divide.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
18. The Scarlet and the Black
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.
It has an average vote of 6.934 on TMDB.
19. Transylvania 6-5000
Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman, the Vampiress Odette and a whole cast of other weirdos.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
20. West and Soda (West and Soda)
West and soda is a 1965 traditionally-animated Italian feature film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is a parody of the traditional American Western.
It has an average vote of 6.833 on TMDB.
