1. Purple Noon (Plein soleil)
Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
2. Cesar and Rosalie (César et Rosalie)
Rosalie, a beautiful young woman gets involved with successful businessman Cesar. One day, Rosalie's former flame David appears and attempts to win her back. Cesar reacts with a jealous intensity never before seen by Rosalie, and because of that, she returns to David. She remains conflicted regarding her choice of partner, but eventually, one of the men does something which resolves the situation.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
3. 96 heures (96 heures)
Carré is the boss of the BRB . 3 years earlier, he arrested a big mobster, Kancel. Today, thanks to an extraction, Kancel kidnaps the cop. He has 96 hours to elicit a single information: know who gave him.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
4. Die Deutschmeister (Die Deutschmeister)
Young Stanzi who is visiting Vienna helps a young corporal and musician to become famous for his marching song "Die Deutschmeister".
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
5. The Potemkinists (Potemkinistii)
The film written and directed by Radu Jude starts from the gesture of defiance against Russia made in 1905 by the sailors on the cruiser Potemkin, who received political asylum in Romania. In 2021, a sculptor is trying to make a work inspired by this event.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
6. Venus in Furs (Le malizie di Venere)
Based on the infamous novel by Leopold Sacher-Masoch this fine film follows the perverted passions of a young couple as Severin watches the beautiful Wanda writhing naked amongst furs. His disturbing peeping tomism triggers off a whirlpool of emotions due to a childhood episode which punishes voyeurism with pain.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
7. Prides (Orgolii)
Professor Cristian conducts research on a citostatic. He is still dealing though with the unjust condemning he suffered in the 50s. Some of the people around him try to bring him down with same type of accusations.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
8. Enfin pris ? (Enfin pris ?)
Pierre Carles, the dispenser of justice seen in “Pas vu, pas pris,” is back in the saddle. After attacking French television star reporters, his new target is television critics as represented by Daniel Schneidermann, host of the "Arrêt sur images" show. “Enfin pris ?” analyzes censure at work in television. It is also a thought-provoking look at how power changes people and the intimate forces between ambition and loyalty. A cruel, biting comedy from which no one really comes out unscathed.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
9. Brandos Costumes (Brandos Costumes)
A portrait of the everyday life of a typical middle-class family in parallel with the fall of the "Estado Novo", the 48-year dictatorship led by Salazar. The daughters' conflicts and frustrations with their parents, their grandmother and their maid find an obvious echo in the country's collective events. The Carnation Revolution is about to explode.
It has an average vote of 5.938 on TMDB.
10. White Wedding (Noce blanche)
A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.
It has an average vote of 6.495 on TMDB.
11. Max and the Junkmen (Max et les ferrailleurs)
Max is a Paris detective, aloof, independently wealthy, and frustrated by gangs of robbers whom he cannot catch. To re-establish his stature and save face, he decides to inveigle a group of petty thieves to rob a bank. A reluctant captain provides Max intelligence and Max starts spending evenings with Lilly, a prostitute who's the girlfriend of the group's leader. He poses as a rich banker with money to burn and encourages Lilly to think about her future. He hints at a payroll that comes through his bank. The plot works, the petty thieves think they're ready for a big score, and the cops are in place. What could go wrong with Max's cold plan? Who's entrapped?
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
12. The Last Adventure (Les Aventuriers)
Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.
It has an average vote of 6.877 on TMDB.
13. Lovers Like Us (Le Sauvage)
A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.
It has an average vote of 6.667 on TMDB.
14. Bonjour Tristesse
Cecile is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest, comes to Raymond's villa, Cecile is afraid for her way of life.
It has an average vote of 6.637 on TMDB.
15. Street of Shame (赤線地帯)
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
16. Operation Crossbow
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
17. Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's (Viens chez moi, j’habite chez une copine)
Guy is fired from is job, and asks to stay with his friend and his girlfriend in their apartment. The longer he stays, the more disaster he creates.
It has an average vote of 6.225 on TMDB.
18. Alternate Weeks (and Half the Vacation) (Une semaine sur deux (et la moitié des vacances scolaires))
A 12 year old girl and her 8 year old brother live one week with their mother and the next week with their father. The girl blamers her mother, a super businesswoman for the divorce and turns all her anger on her. She prefers the weeks with her father who is flat broke after leaving his bank job to give people free hugs on street corners. Her brother channels his sense of injustice into the battle to save the planet. As the school year progresses and her parents struggle to mend their lives and as the girl approaches her 13th birthday, she learns to see the world in a new way.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
19. Stuck with You (Happy Nous Year)
En route to a party, two strangers get stuck in an elevator on New Year's Eve — and find themselves connecting in unexpected ways.
It has an average vote of 4.6 on TMDB.
20. The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
