1. Catch the Wind (Prendre le large)
Edith, a 45-year-old textile factory worker, sees her life turned upside down by the company’s downsizing measures. Estranged from her son and without any other ties, rather than go into unemployment, she decides to leave her life behind and follow her work at the factory which has been relocated in Morocco.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
2. Until The Birds Return (En Attendant Les Hirondelles)
Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment and an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings. Three stories that plunge us into the human soul of a contemporary Arab society.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
3. Gabriel and the Mountain (Gabriel e a montanha)
Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decides to travel the world for one year. After ten months on the road with his backpack full of dreams, immersed at the heart of various countries, he arrives in Kenya determined to discover the African continent. Until he reaches the top of Mount Mulanje, Malawi, his final destination.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
4. The Girl Without Hands (La jeune fille sans mains)
A poor miller gets tricked by the Devil and accidentally sells his daughter for a bit of gold. But Satan can't take her because she's too pure and has wept on her hands. So Satan orders the miller to cut her hands off. It's the beginning of the young girl's journey towards freedom.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
5. The Guardians (Les Gardiennes)
In this ensemble drama set in rural France, the women of the Paridier farm are left to run it by themselves while their men are off fighting in World War I. But things become complicated with the arrival of American troops.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
6. Synonyms (Synonymes)
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
It has an average vote of 5.797 on TMDB.
7. Valley of Love (Valley of Love)
A story of two famous actors who used to be a couple. They reunite after the son's death and receive a letter asking them to visit five places at Death Valley, which will make the son reappear.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
8. The Midwife (Sage femme)
Claire is a midwife and has devoted her life to others. At a moment when she is preoccupied by the imminent closure of the maternity clinic where she works, her life is further turned upside down when Béatrice, her father's former mistress, turns up on the scene. Béatrice is a capricious and selfish woman, Claire's exact opposite.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
9. Friendly Beast (O Animal Cordial)
A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals and customers alike – and situations corrode into a nightmare state, guided by manipulation and raw compulsion.
It has an average vote of 6.512 on TMDB.
10. The Ideal Palace (L'Incroyable Histoire du facteur Cheval)
Follows Joseph Ferdinand Chavel a French postman who built a palace in the French countryside over 33 years.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
11. Silent Running
After the entire flora goes extinct, ecologist Lowell maintains a greenhouse aboard a space station for the future with his android companions. However, he rebels after being ordered to destroy the greenhouse in favor of carrying cargo, a decision that puts him at odds with everyone but his mechanical companions.
It has an average vote of 6.429 on TMDB.
12. The Resistance Banker (Bankier van het Verzet)
In the occupied Netherlands during World War II, banker Walraven van Hall is asked to use his financial contacts to help the Dutch resistance. With his brother Gijs, he comes up with a risky plan to take out huge loans and use the money to finance the Resistance.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
13. The Accusation (Les Choses humaines)
The Farels are a power couple: Jean is a prominent French pundit and his wife Claire an essayist known for her radical feminism. Together they have a model son, Alexandre, who is a student at a prestigious American university. During a brief visit to Paris, Alexandre meets Mila, the daughter of his mother’s new partner, and invites her to a party. The next day, Mila files a complaint against Alexandre for rape, destroying family harmony and setting in motion an inextricable media-judicial machine that posits opposing truths.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
14. Le Brio (Le Brio)
After an incident, a brilliant professor known for his outbursts is forced to mentor the student he wronged for a speech contest.
It has an average vote of 6.97 on TMDB.
15. The Importance of Being Earnest
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities...
It has an average vote of 6.848 on TMDB.
16. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Taking place during World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A true story about a secret British World War II organization; the Special Operations Executive. Founded by Winston Churchill, their irregular warfare against the Germans helped to change the course of the war, and gave birth to modern black operations.
It has an average vote of 7.186 on TMDB.
17. Crash
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
It has an average vote of 6.426 on TMDB.
18. Loveless (Нелюбовь)
Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha. Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears.
It has an average vote of 7.358 on TMDB.
19. Custody (Jusqu'à la garde)
In the midst of a divorce, Miriam Besson decides to ask for exclusive custody of her son, in order to protect him from a father that she is accusing of violence. The judge-in-charge of the file grants a shared custody to the father whom it considers abused. Taken as a hostage between his parents, Julien Besson will do everything to prevent the worst from happening.
It has an average vote of 7.53 on TMDB.
20. Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice)
Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.
It has an average vote of 7.395 on TMDB.
