1. The Seed of Discord
On the day she learns of her pregnancy, a woman also finds out that her husband is sterile.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
2. For Your Love (Per amor vostro)
An extremely mannered and increasingly preposterous tale of a fortysomething woman who has to deal with an abusive, double-dealing husband and a handsome, soap-actor lover who seems to be too good to be true.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
3. Sud (Sud)
During a hot Sunday afternoon in a small Southern Italian town, a school serving as a polling place is occupied by a group of three locals and an Eritrean immigrant, all unemployed, desperate and armed.
It has an average vote of 6.845 on TMDB.
4. The Pool Hustlers (Io, Chiara e lo scuro)
Francesco, nicknamed 'Toscano', is a very good pool player but he never wins when he plays for money. He meets Chiara, a saxophone player, on a late night bus by swapping his case containing the cue with her one, containing the sax. The two fall in love, but in the meantime Francesco loses a big amount of money playing versus 'Scuro', the long-time Italian champion. His only chance to pay the debt is to win the Italian Championships.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
5. Sonny Boy (Sonny Boy)
Waldemar Nods, a young man from Suriname, meets the older Dutch woman Rika van der Lans and they fall in love. In pre-WWII Netherlands they could not be more different. The one black, the other white, 17 years between them and on top of that Rika already has four children with another man. They love each other, but then Rika appears to be pregnant.
It has an average vote of 6.717 on TMDB.
6. The Yes Man (Il portaborse)
Cesare Botero, an ambitious and corrupt young minister, hires a new spokesman, honest and polite high school professor Luciano Sandulli.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. Assolo (Assolo)
(Assolo)
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
8. You Came Back (Lasciami andare)
Marco and Anita discover they are expecting a child. Finally a ray of light in Marco’s life after his heartbreak following the loss of Leo, his first born with his former wife Clara. Suddenly, however Perla, the new owner where the couple lived until the tragic accident, bursts into Marco’s and his ex-wife’s lives. The mysterious woman claims she keeps feeling a strange presence and hearing the voice of a child that is tormenting her and her son. Marco therefore finds himself torn between the ties of the past and an unwritten future.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
9. Il rosso e il blu (Il rosso e il blu)
The story of a teacher and his students, set in an Italian high school.
It has an average vote of 6.006 on TMDB.
10. Daughter of Mine (Figlia mia)
A daughter torn between two mothers, one who raised her with love and her biological mother, who instinctively claims her back.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
11. La scuola (La scuola)
In a high school in the outskirts of Rome, it's the last day before the summer holidays. A literature teacher reminisces the past year and wonders what will become of the students he cared for as if they were his children.
It has an average vote of 6.705 on TMDB.
12. 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 7.478 on TMDB.
13. Precious
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret; She can't read.
It has an average vote of 7.33 on TMDB.
14. The Dinner
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.
It has an average vote of 4.466 on TMDB.
15. Mia madre (Mia madre)
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
It has an average vote of 6.646 on TMDB.
16. The Caiman (Il caimano)
Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of Italy’s prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, a subject so controversial that even the public television broadcaster refuses to produce it
It has an average vote of 6.687 on TMDB.
17. Palombella Rossa (Palombella Rossa)
Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election day, he begins to remember his past life, revealing the picture of a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors the one of Italian communism.
It has an average vote of 7.192 on TMDB.
18. Fasten Your Seatbelts (Allacciate le cinture)
Elena and Antonio seem not to be made for each other. They are too different in terms of character, life choices, worldview, and the way they relate to others. They are total opposites. However, they are overwhelmed by a mutual attraction they're trying hard to avoid; but to which they succumb to.
It has an average vote of 6.713 on TMDB.
19. The Armadillo's Prophecy (La profezia dell'armadillo)
A 27-year-old suburban slacker entertains daily conversations bordering on paradoxical with his conscience, which manifests itself in the form of a human-sized armadillo. Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Zerocalcare.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
20. Alaska (Alaska)
Nadine is a French young woman. Fausto is an Italian young man trying to make it in Paris as a restaurant waiter. They accidentally meet at a five-star hotel. Both are fragile, alone and obsessed with the idea of an unattainable happiness. Their intense love is challenged by their own individual ambition and desperation.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
