1. Baaria (Baarìa)
Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria , from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
2. The Best Offer (La migliore offerta)
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.
It has an average vote of 7.828 on TMDB.
3. A Pure Formality (Una pura formalità)
Onoff is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to establish the events surrounding a killing, to reach a startling resolution.
It has an average vote of 7.473 on TMDB.
4. Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
5. Malena (Malèna)
During WWII, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
6. 3 Idiots (3 Idiots)
Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.
It has an average vote of 7.991 on TMDB.
7. Nothing Left to Do But Cry (Non ci resta che piangere)
Two 20th-century friends accidentally stumble into the year 1492, where they meet a charming teen and try to alter history.
It has an average vote of 7.749 on TMDB.
8. Il Sorpasso (Il sorpasso)
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.
It has an average vote of 8.202 on TMDB.
9. Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し)
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
It has an average vote of 8.536 on TMDB.
10. The Pianist
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
It has an average vote of 8.383 on TMDB.
11. Klaus
When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.
It has an average vote of 8.249 on TMDB.
12. The Fly
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene Delambre, who tells him that she has just killed her husband, André. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that André invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber during the matter transference.
It has an average vote of 7.016 on TMDB.
13. The Alphabet
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
14. The Snowman
A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.
It has an average vote of 7.472 on TMDB.
15. Human Traffic
Five twenty-something friends spend a drug-fueled weekend in Cardiff, Wales.
It has an average vote of 6.783 on TMDB.
16. Savior (Savior)
A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
17. Music Box
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
It has an average vote of 7.116 on TMDB.
18. Manhattan Night
Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when Caroline, a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life.
It has an average vote of 5.931 on TMDB.
19. The Professor (Il camorrista)
An imprisoned murderer carries out a violent bid for control of Naples' underworld crime syndicate.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
20. Turtles Can Fly (کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن)
Turtles can fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iran border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
It has an average vote of 7.702 on TMDB.
