1. I, Daniel Blake
A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
It has an average vote of 7.744 on TMDB.
2. Comidark Films 2: Insane (Karakomik Filmler 2: Deli)
Güven, a taxi driver is desperately in love with Meral, but he’s too shy to open up to her. One day he picks up a customer, gets accused of a crime he didn’t commit and his world is turned upside down.
It has an average vote of 6.411 on TMDB.
3. Beats
Summer 1994, Scotland. Johnno and Spanner are best mates, but Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape they head out on one last night to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
4. Land and Freedom
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.
It has an average vote of 7.407 on TMDB.
5. Mother (Madre)
Ten years have gone by since Elena's six-year old son has disappeared. The last thing she heard of him was a phone call he gave her, saying that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn't find his father. Nowadays, Elena lives on this same beach and manages a restaurant. She is finally beginning to emerge from this tragic episode when she meets a French teenager who strongly reminds her of her lost son. The two of them will embark on a relationship which will sow chaos and distrust around them.
It has an average vote of 6.66 on TMDB.
6. The Farewell
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
It has an average vote of 7.437 on TMDB.
7. Alice and the Mayor (Alice et le maire)
The mayor of Lyon, Paul Théraneau, is in a delicate position. After 30 years in politics, he is running out of ideas and is faced with a feeling of existential emptiness. To overcome this, Paul hires a young and brilliant philosopher, Alice Heimann. Then follows a dialogue between two diametrically opposed personalities who will turn their certainties upside down.
It has an average vote of 6.22 on TMDB.
8. Notre Dame (Notre Dame)
Maud is an architect and a mother. Due to a misunderstanding, she wins the competition to refurbish the parvis of Notre-Dame. Torn between these responsibilities and love issues, she will go through an emotional storm.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
9. Sole (Sole)
Lena is seven months pregnant and she's ready to sell the baby in her belly. Ermanno agrees to pretend to be the father. Fabio, the uncle of Ermanno, will pay them to buy the child that he and his wife Bianca cannot have. A fake adoption between relatives, a loophole to bypass the law in Italy. A world in which money is the only standard of value, the only thing that matters. Ermanno and Lena are two strangers that must pretend in public to be a couple and live together until the delivery. They are used to only thinking about themselves and they fight all the time. But living side by side they start becoming what they were only pretending to be.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
10. The Band's Visit (ביקור התזמורת)
A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
11. It's a Free World...
Angie is a working class woman. After being fired, she decides to set up a recruitment agency of her own, running it from her kitchen with her friend, Rose. Taking advantage of the desperation of immigrants, Angie builds a successful business extremely quickly.
It has an average vote of 6.519 on TMDB.
12. The Match (La partita)
One football match on a dirt pitch near Rome becomes a day of reckoning as a young player, his coach and their team's owner wrestle internal demons.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
13. Pavarotti
Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
14. Asylum
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
It has an average vote of 5.757 on TMDB.
15. Let's Hope It's a Girl (Speriamo che sia femmina)
Let's Hope It's a Girl is a multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for assistance, Ullmann runs the farm herself with the help of her female servants and relatives. When the Count comes back into her life, he and his male buddies find themselves outclassed by the expertise of the ladies.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
16. your name. orchestra concert (「君の名は。」 オーケストラコンサート)
The "Your Name." Orchestra Concert was held on December 4-5, 2017 at the Tokyo International Forum.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
17. Camille (Camille)
Camille, a young idealistic photojournalist, goes to the Central African Republic to cover the civil war that is brewing up. What she sees there will change her destiny forever.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
18. Chocolat (Chocolat)
On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
19. Raining Stones
Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.
It has an average vote of 6.894 on TMDB.
20. Happy Hour (ハッピーアワー)
Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life's biggest questions: "Am I who I want to be?"
It has an average vote of 7.264 on TMDB.
