1. The Major (Майор)
On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who dies. Now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal the crime. Sobolev decides to compromise with his conscience and calls on a colleague to help him out. But the case turns out to be messy and when Sobolev finally changes his mind and tries to make up for his deed, it’s already too late…
It has an average vote of 6.82 on TMDB.
2. Nachalnik (Начальник)
Two burglars enter a summer house. They should have checked to whom it belonged.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
3. Friends
Paul, a rich English boy, and Michelle, an orphaned French girl, run away from home to a remote beach. Living on their own, their friendship grows into love.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. The Forest for the Trees (Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen)
As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.
It has an average vote of 6.55 on TMDB.
5. The Organ (Organ)
The Organ is a drama set in the times of the wartime Slovak State. A young Polish deserter and gifted organist finds shelter from the fascists in a Slovak Franciscan monastery. He gets into a conflict with the local organist and choir leader, a man limited in his world views and spiritual values. The collision of talent and beauty with pettiness and closed-mindedness leads to envy and ill will, which draw young Felix away from his temporary hiding place and back to the dangers of war.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
6. Zoology (Зоология)
Natasha is a lonely, middle-aged admin employee at the zoo who still lives at home with her mother. One day her life is turned upside down when she discovers she has grown a tail…
It has an average vote of 5.655 on TMDB.
7. Ivan the Fool (Иван-дурак)
A science fiction take on the classic folk character Ivan the fool/idiot.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
8. Moranbong (Moranbong, une aventure coréenne)
At the beginning of the Korean war, the love story, in a remote village, between a young worker and the daughter of a traditional musician.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
9. Mighty Fine
Set in the 1970's, MIGHTY FINE is the story of Joe Fine a charismatic, high-spirited man, who relocates his family--wife Stella , a Holocaust survivor, daughters Nathalie and Maddie --from Brooklyn to New Orleans, in search of a better life. Unfortunately, Joe's spending spree is wildly out of touch with reality, as his apparel business is teetering on the brink of collapse, a fact he refuses to accept. Written and directed by Debbie Goodstein, MIGHTY FINE is told from the perspective of an adult Nathalie remembering the events of her youth, and is inspired by Goodstein's memories of her own father. MIGHTY FINE ultimately shows how coming to terms with the past without judgment is the most fruitful way to move toward the future.
It has an average vote of 4.4 on TMDB.
10. Kazantzakis (Καζαντζάκης)
The true story of the greatest Greek writer of the 20th century, Nikos Kazantzakis, based on his work, Report to Greco, which is, essentially, his autobiography.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
11. Of Freaks and Men (Про уродов и людей)
St. Petersburg, early 20th century. The handsome and secretive Johann specializes in shooting erotic pictures depicting the floggings of bare-bottomed women. With the help of his assistants, the photographic creations gradually penetrate the peaceful households of two upper-class Russian families.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
12. To Live (Жить)
Early autumn, godforsaken Russian countryside. A local hunter Michail witnesses a skirmish in the middle of the forest - three men want to kill the forth, Andrey. Kind-hearted Michail helps Andrey escape and together they run from the villains who chase them. Thus, two totally different men start a long and dangerous journey together, constantly arguing with each other regarding their ideology, morals and opinions about life. But life will put everything on its place and make the men understand who they really are.
It has an average vote of 6.552 on TMDB.
13. Aloys (Aloys)
A lonely private investigator is contacted by a mysterious woman who pulls him into a mind game known as “telephone walking”. Fascinated by her voice, Aloys discovers an imaginary universe that allows him to break out of his isolation.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
14. The Duelist (Дуэлянт)
Returning to Saint Petersburg after a long exile, the dashing Yakovlev, a retired army officer, makes a comfortable living by winning other people's duels. An enigmatic, focused, and extremely skilled professional, he leaves a trail of dead bodies behind him as he swirls through polite society, frequently called upon to wield a pistol as a surrogate in duels at dawn. But when Yakovlev meets the naïve young Prince Tuchov and his beautiful sister, Princess Martha, the normally cold-hearted mercenary is surprised by hitherto undetected emotions. What transpires uncovers a series of revelations about his past and his present self.
It has an average vote of 6.302 on TMDB.
15. Sisters (Сёстры)
A movie about two sisters - thirteen year old Sveta, poor and abandoned by her father, who longs to go off and be a sniper in the army, and spoilt eight-year old Dina, doted on by her gangster father...
It has an average vote of 6.993 on TMDB.
16. The Hottie & The Nottie
Nate moves to L.A. to track down Cristabel, the woman he's been in love with since childhood, only to discover that his plan to woo her only has one hurdle to overcome: what to do with June, Cristabel's ever-present, not-so-hot best friend? What's even more complicating is Nate's growing feelings for June, whose true beauty starts to emerge.
It has an average vote of 2.802 on TMDB.
17. The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (Географ глобус пропил)
Victor Sluzhkin signs on as a teacher of geography in a secondary school in his native Perm and gets lost in a haze of hard vodka, desperate love for a nymphet-like student and the stress of educating teenagers. Geographer, as the students immediately dub Sluzhkin, attempts to escape from the grueling, dull, stultifying reality of Russia's provincial life in a rafting tour to the Urals. Accompanied by wild, adventure-seeking adolescents, faced with the numerous grim surprises of the nature, Geographer is poised to find himself and his own truth.
It has an average vote of 6.662 on TMDB.
18. Text (Текст)
Ilya Goryunov has spent seven years in prison on false charges of drug trafficking. When Ilya is free he realizes that the old life that he yearned for is no more. Although he did not intend to take revenge on the man who sent him to prison, now there is no other way out.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
19. A City of Sadness (悲情城市)
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
20. The Olive Tree (El Olivo)
Alma’s family has been producing quality olive oil in the Baix Maestrat area of Spain’s Castellón for generations. Yet changing pressures in the industry have made their traditional practices economically untenable, and the family is now in the mass-production poultry business. Alma’s grandfather has not spoken in years. Sadness envelopes him, and he no longer wants to eat. His sons—Alma’s father and uncle—are impatient with him, but Alma understands her grandfather. She realizes he has been grieving for a thousand-year-old olive tree that the family has uprooted and sold to pay some debts. Unable to bear the idea that her grandfather could die without seeing this terrible wrong corrected, Alma undertakes a quixotic mission to locate the tree and return it to the family orchard, so that her grandfather may have peace in his final days.
It has an average vote of 6.693 on TMDB.