1. The Scarlet Empress
During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
2. The Grey Zone
The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
3. Il Grido (Il Grido)
A sugar-refinery worker flees his Northern Italy town after a woman refuses his marriage proposal.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
4. The Letter
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
It has an average vote of 7.293 on TMDB.
5. The Debt Collector
A classically-trained martial artist goes to work as a debt collector for the mob. The job seems easy enough, until one “client” pulls him into a situation deeper than could ever be expected.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
6. The Missouri Breaks
When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.
It has an average vote of 6.505 on TMDB.
7. L'Argent (L'Argent)
A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have devastating consequences on his life.
It has an average vote of 6.904 on TMDB.
8. The Cameraman
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
It has an average vote of 7.886 on TMDB.
9. Vampyr (Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey)
A student of the occult encounters supernatural haunts and local evildoers in a village outside of Paris.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
10. Repulsion
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia . When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
It has an average vote of 7.421 on TMDB.
11. The Man Who Knew Too Much
A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
It has an average vote of 7.458 on TMDB.
12. Citizen Kane
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
It has an average vote of 8.009 on TMDB.
13. Miss Sloane
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
It has an average vote of 7.444 on TMDB.
14. Scent of a Woman
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
15. Moonrise Kingdom
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
16. The Bourne Supremacy
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
It has an average vote of 7.321 on TMDB.
17. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
It has an average vote of 8.097 on TMDB.
18. Dunkirk
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
It has an average vote of 7.454 on TMDB.
19. Arrival
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
It has an average vote of 7.602 on TMDB.
20. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
It has an average vote of 7.282 on TMDB.
