1. Alphaville (Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution)
An American private-eye arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet which is ruled by an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. Masculin Féminin (Masculin féminin)
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.
It has an average vote of 7.281 on TMDB.
3. A Woman Is a Woman (Une Femme est une femme)
Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.
It has an average vote of 7.365 on TMDB.
4. Contempt (Le Mépris)
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
It has an average vote of 7.083 on TMDB.
5. Breathless (À bout de souffle)
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
It has an average vote of 7.548 on TMDB.
6. Vivre Sa Vie (Vivre sa vie: film en douze tableaux)
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
It has an average vote of 7.755 on TMDB.
7. Band of Outsiders (Bande à part)
Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.
It has an average vote of 7.545 on TMDB.
8. Happiness (Le Bonheur)
A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.
It has an average vote of 7.469 on TMDB.
9. Lancelot of the Lake (Lancelot du Lac)
Having failed in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, their number reduced to a mere handful. Seeing a rift developing between Lancelot and Mordred, Arthur urges his knights to bury their differences and become friends. However, the king is unaware that Lancelot is having an affair with his queen, Guinevere. Lancelot is torn between his duty to his king and his love for the queen, whilst Mordred is determined to use his infidelity to destroy him.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
10. Lili Marleen (Lili Marleen)
The story of a German singer named Willie who while working in Switzerland falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
11. Johnny Gaddaar (जॉनी गद्दार)
Vikram decides to elope with his girlfriend Mini for a better life. For this purpose he decides to steal the money collected by his business partners for a drug deal. Everything goes horribly wrong when the partner carrying the money, Shiva, is accidentally killed.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
12. The Cow (گاو)
An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
It has an average vote of 7.712 on TMDB.
13. The French Detective (Adieu poulet)
When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage , Verjeat is told he's being transferred within a week. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefévre, one of his young detectives, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer. How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty?
It has an average vote of 6.757 on TMDB.
14. Red Like the Sky (Rosso come il cielo)
A nearly sightless boy is sent to a school for blind children, where he secretly discovers the possibilities of the recorded sound.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
15. Wrong Move (Falsche Bewegung)
Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his mother gives him a ticket to Bonn, telling him to live. On the train he meets an older man, an athlete in the 1936 Olympics, and his mute teen companion, Mignon. She's an acrobat in market squares for spare change.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
16. What Scoundrels Men Are! (Gli uomini, che mascalzoni...)
Bruno, a chauffeur having some problem in keeping a job, meets one morning Mariuccia, a taxi driver’s daughter working as a perfumery’s shop assistant, and trying to impress her, pretending to be rich, uses his employer’s car to took her on a trip to the lakes, but things don’t work as planned and to conquer Mariuccia’s hearth won’t be so easy…
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
17. Macunaima (Macunaíma)
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
18. Araby (Arábia)
André, a teenager, lives in an industrial town in Brazil near an old aluminum factory. One day, a factory worker, Cristiano, suffers an accident. Asked to go to Cristiano’s house to pick up clothes and documents, André stumbles on a notebook, and it’s here that Araby begins — or, rather, transforms. As André reads from the journal entries, we are plunged into Cristiano’s life, into stories of his wanderings, adventures, and loves.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
19. Actors (Les acteurs)
Les Acteurs is the absurd story of Jean-Pierre Marielle desperately waiting for a cup of hot water, the story of a conspiracy against actors, the story of aging actors whose careers are slowly less active than they used to be, but a stunning tribute to French actors and their cinema.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
20. Tout Va Bien (Tout va bien)
A strike at a French sausage factory contributes to the estrangement of a married filmmaker and his reporter wife.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.