1. The Ugly Duckling (Гадкий утёнок)
Adapted from the Andersen tale and played out in musical comedy mode, The Ugly Duckling is set in a farmyard where roosters, hens, ducks and geese live and lay eggs together. One fine day, a rooster discovers a giant egg behind the farmyard kingdom fence, and discreetly slips it into the clutch laid by his partner... Very soon, a cygnet emerges, but as he in no way resembles any of them he is immediately stigmatized by the whole farmyard, enduring humiliations and suspicion on the part of his feathered companions. But in the end he becomes a magnificent white swan.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
2. The Hunters (Οι κυνηγοί)
During a hunting party on New Year's Eve 1976, five representatives of the bourgeoisie encounter with their companion the body of a partisan from the Civil War of the late forties. What they are most confused about is the fact that the corpse that lies at their feet is still bleeding…
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
3. Dead End (بن بست)
Documentary about Babak Bayat . Babak Bayat was an Iranian songwriter and film score composer. He was repeatedly nominated for the Crystal Simorgh award in the field of the soundtrack at the Fajr Film Festival and received this award twice in 1991 and 1997.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
4. The Child of Paris (L'enfant de Paris)
The young daughter of an army captain missing in action runs away from school and is kidnapped by Parisian lowlifes. When the kidnapper flees to Nice with the child, the kind-hearted employee of one of his accomplices sets off in pursuit.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
5. Anthropo-Cynical Farce (Kenju giga)
Dog racing is used as a metaphor for the futility of human existence.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
6. Hi Mister Comolli (Bonjour Monsieur Comolli)
A few months before he died, Jean-Louis Comolli meets up with Dominique Cabrera for some free conversations with Isabelle Le Corff. They talk about cinema, life, love, death and Chassagne-Montrachet wine. There is laughter and smiles. One is not really serious at the age of eighty.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
7. Eros + Massacre (エロス+虐殺)
Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers on two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
8. The Travelling Players (Ο θίασος)
This expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country during World War II. While the production that they put on is entitled "Golfo the Shepherdess," the thespians end up echoing scenes from classic Greek tales in their own lives, as Elektra plots revenge on her mother for the death of her father, and seeks help from her brother, Orestes, a young anti-fascist rebel.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
9. Yuni (Yuni)
In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.
It has an average vote of 7.13 on TMDB.
10. News from Home (News from Home)
Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman lives in New York. Filmed images of the City accompany texts of Akerman's loving mother back home in Brussels. The City comes more and more to the front while the words of the mother, read by Akerman herself, gradually fade away.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
11. Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
12. The Student and Mister Henri (L'Étudiante et Monsieur Henri)
Because of his wavering health, Monsieur Henri can no longer live alone in his Paris appartment. Particularly grumpy, he ends up nonetheless accepting his son Paul's suggestion that he let one of his rooms out to a young female student. Far from falling for her charms, Henri uses her to orchestrate utter family chaos...
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
13. Back to 1942 (一九四二)
In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by the most tragic famine in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, epidemic disease and the corruption of the ruling Kuomintang government.
It has an average vote of 6.47 on TMDB.
14. Margarita with a Straw (Margarita with a Straw)
A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
15. Gertrud (Gertrud)
Hopeless romantic Gertrud inhabits a turn-of-the-century milieu of artists and musicians, where she pursues an idealized notion of love that will always elude her. She abandons her distinguished husband and embraces an affair with a young concert pianist, who falls short of her desire for lasting affection. When an old lover returns to her life, fresh disappointments follow, and Gertrud must try to come to terms with reality.
It has an average vote of 7.206 on TMDB.
16. Big
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
17. My Afternoons with Margueritte (La Tête en friche)
An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
18. Human Capital (Il capitale umano)
The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.
It has an average vote of 7.476 on TMDB.
19. To Live (活着)
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.
It has an average vote of 8.044 on TMDB.
20. Coven (Akelarre)
French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of a small fishing village have gone to sea. Judge Rostegui, who has been charged by the king with ridding the country of the devil's wiles, arrests Ana and her friends and accuses them of witchcraft.
It has an average vote of 6.677 on TMDB.