1. The Phantom Lover (夜半歌聲)
In 1936 China, a nearly bankrupt drama troupe starts performing in a burned-out theater where the great actor Song Danping was killed. One of the actors, Wei Qing, starts seeing strange apparitions that could revive his troupe and deliver him to the same fate as Song Danping.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
2. Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (書を捨てよ町へ出よう)
Conditions have been better for the nameless protagonist: his grandmother is a shoplifter and his war criminal father and sister have an unhealthy, intimate relationship with the family rabbit.
It has an average vote of 7.33 on TMDB.
3. Eat the Schoolgirl: Osaka Telephone Club (コギャル喰い 大阪テレクラ篇)
"Eat the Schoolgirl" concerns two young adults who made a dirty work for a yakuza gang by making sadistic rape/snuff films. Both of them are sexually obsessed; one is addicted to telephone sex whilst the other can only function sexually, whilst seeing mutilated female corpses.
It has an average vote of 4.2 on TMDB.
4. The Harbinger
A family moves their troubled daughter to a small town, where people suspect she is responsible for a series of mysterious deaths. Fearing something evil followed them, the tormented parents must do whatever it takes to save their daughter.
It has an average vote of 4.6 on TMDB.
5. Aashiqui (आशिकी)
Rahul and Anu Verghese meet on the same day, while both are held by the police on charges of creating a disturbance, and running away respectively. They meet again, and love happens. Rahul helps Anu to be independent, and seek a job. Then Anu is discovered by a talent agent to be a model, which she accepts. Rahul wants to marry Anu, but first must establish himself.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
6. The Big Bird Cage
Women rebel against slave labor in a filthy jungle prison where they feed sugar cane to a mechanical maw.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
7. Lady Killer (Gueule d'amour)
Lucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women. He met Madeleine Courtois at Cannes. She is beautiful and lives in luxury. He lends her a large amount of money, which she loses gambling. Then she drops him. But Lucien is now in love, and once demobilized, he goes to Paris to find her again. But he's not so sexy without his uniform, and Madeleine and him do not belong to the same milieu.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
8. Tach, Herr Dokter! – Der Heinz-Becker-Film (Tach, Herr Dokter! – Der Heinz-Becker-Film)
Next to the home of Heinz and Hilde Becker is the villa of the company boss Dr. Bernhard Schenkberg and his wife, who he called "Püppchen". While Schenkberg always politely strives for a good neighborly relationship, his elegant, arrogant wife looks down contemptuously on the grumpy, constantly do-it-yourself Heinz and the conservative, naive housewife Hilde.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
9. Funny Ha Ha
Unsure of what to do next, 23-year-old Marnie tries her best to navigate life after college. Still partying like there's no tomorrow, Marnie drags herself out of bed for her miserable temp job and can't decide whether she's wasting her time going after best buddy Alex, who doesn't seem to be interested.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
10. Of Unknown Origin
A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel.
It has an average vote of 5.682 on TMDB.
11. The Getaway
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
12. Things to Come
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
13. The Wild Bunch
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
It has an average vote of 7.619 on TMDB.
14. Marathon Man
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
15. The Five Venoms (五毒)
A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu.
It has an average vote of 6.681 on TMDB.
16. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (La ragazza che sapeva troppo)
A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.
It has an average vote of 6.953 on TMDB.
17. Le Cercle Rouge (Le Cercle rouge)
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
18. Faces
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost -- love, excitement, passion -- this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.
It has an average vote of 7.189 on TMDB.
19. Ride the High Country
An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
20. Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt)
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.
It has an average vote of 6.815 on TMDB.
