1. Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i suoi fratelli)
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.
2. Senso (Senso)
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
It has an average vote of 7.171 on TMDB.
3. The Damned (La caduta degli dei)
In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.
It has an average vote of 7.319 on TMDB.
4. Ossessione (Ossessione)
Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
5. Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia)
Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
6. The Acid House
A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche.
It has an average vote of 6.224 on TMDB.
7. Brute Force
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
It has an average vote of 7.31 on TMDB.
8. L'amore (L'amore)
In the first episode, a heartbroken woman talks to her ex-lover on the phone. In the second, a pregnant woman believes she is carrying the child of Saint Joseph.
It has an average vote of 6.795 on TMDB.
9. The Golden Coach
A viceroy, a nobleman and a bullfighter court a comedy-troupe actress in 18th-century Peru.
It has an average vote of 7.138 on TMDB.
10. Mondo Cane (Mondo Cane)
A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise, including an insect banquet and a memorable look at a practicing South Pacific cargo cult.
It has an average vote of 6.394 on TMDB.
11. I Love Trouble
Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
12. The Big Dream (Il grande sogno)
Italy, 1968. Aspiring actor Nicola enrolls in the police to pay for his studies, ending up undercover among college students protesting the government, the Vietnam War and the values of their parents' generation. However, he complicates his mission by falling for Laura, a bourgeois girl dreaming of a better world.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
13. Waste Land
An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.
It has an average vote of 7.595 on TMDB.
14. The Great Silence (Il silenzio grande)
Villa Primic was once a luxurious home. Now in disrepair, the Primic family home is up for sale by the owner, Rose, and her two heirs, Massimiliano and Adele. The head of the family, Valerio, is vehemently opposed to this. The reunion is going to be complicated...
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
15. Wild Nights with Emily
Explore Emily Dickinson's vivacious, irreverent side that was covered up for years — most notably her lifelong romantic relationship with another woman.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
16. And the Party Goes On (Et la fête continue !)
In Marseille, Rosa, 60, dedicated her life to family and politics with the same sense of duty. Everyone considers her unwavering, until the day she falls in love with Henri. For the first time, Rosa is afraid to commit. Between the pressure of his family, politics and a desire to indulge in her feelings, the conflict is difficult to sustain.
It has an average vote of 6.806 on TMDB.
17. Le Bal (Le Bal)
The 50 year story of a ballroom in France, from the 1920s. The people who go there is always the same, even the musicians. You can see all kind of people dancing all the fashion dances .
It has an average vote of 7.025 on TMDB.
18. The Desert of the Tartars (Il deserto dei Tartari)
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
19. A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne)
In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his daugther Irene arrives. She is always in a hurry, she lives alone and does not come so often... An intimist chronicle in which what is not shown, what is guessed, is more important than how it looks, dealing with what each character expects of life.
It has an average vote of 6.982 on TMDB.
20. Danton (Danton)
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
It has an average vote of 6.89 on TMDB.
