1. Midsummer's Equation (真夏の方程式)
Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where he's staying, Yukawa begins to unravel the connections that tie the victim to the activist daughter of the innkeepers, and a precocious boy who first appears on a train—and keeps popping up. It's a Sherlock Holmes mystery with an environmental twist, and one that should please fans of a classic whodunnit.
It has an average vote of 6.759 on TMDB.
2. The Voice of Sin (罪の声)
Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago.The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tapes to the companies. Eiji Akutsu comes across a mysterious cassette tape. Meanwhile, Toshiya Sone lives in Kyoto and runs a tailor shop. He discovers a cassette tape among his late father's possessions. He plays the cassette tape and hears his voice from his childhood days.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
3. Keiko (Keiko)
Keiko is a 23-year-old lonely virgin who lives in a tiny room, and hopes to meet someone in the cafe she frequents. After a bad affair with one of the other diners, she vows to give up men. She then begins a happy lesbian relationship with her co-worker Kazuyo. However she is under constant pressure from her father to marry.
It has an average vote of 4.6 on TMDB.
4. Most Likely to Murder
Billy, the coolest kid in high school, comes back to his hometown 15 years later to find he’s no longer cool and the girl he still has feelings for now dates the former town outcast. Billy becomes obsessed with proving the outcast is a murderer.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
5. Пони бегает по кругу (Пони бегает по кругу)
(Пони бегает по кругу)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
6. A Gentle Creature (Кроткая)
A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.
It has an average vote of 6.267 on TMDB.
7. Death in the Soul (La Mort dans l'âme)
Marc Lagnier confesses to the murder of his adored son, but refuses to explain.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
8. Our Little Sister (海街diary)
Upon the death of their estranged father, three sisters invite their 13-year-old half sister to live with them.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
9. After the Storm (海よりもまだ深く)
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
It has an average vote of 7.209 on TMDB.
10. Eugénie Grandet (Eugénie Grandet)
Felix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugenie lead a distraction-free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not take a favorable view of the beautiful parties who rush to ask for his daughter's hand. Nothing should damage the colossal fortune he hides from everyone. The sudden arrival of Grandet's nephew, an orphaned and ruined Parisian dandy, turns the young girl's life upside down.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
11. Marguerite & Julien (Marguerite et Julien)
Julien and Marguerite de Ravalet, son and daughter of the Lord of Tourlaville, have loved each other tenderly since childhood. But as they grow up, their affection veers toward voracious passion.
It has an average vote of 5.763 on TMDB.
12. Blue Spring Ride (アオハライド)
In middle school, Futaba Yoshioka was madly in love with Tanaka Kou but he moves away with his mother. She is reunited with him later in life but he is not the same person anymore.
It has an average vote of 6.698 on TMDB.
13. KOTOKO (KOTOKO)
Suffering from double vision, a single mother tries to take care of her baby in the grip of terrifying hallucinations. Experiencing a nervous breakdown, she is deemed unfit to take care of her child and has it taken away from her. The only respite the mother has from her visions is when she sings. An award-winning novelist overhears her singing whilst riding the bus and the pair subsequently develop a volatile relationship.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
14. Sweet Country
In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.
It has an average vote of 6.656 on TMDB.
15. Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.
It has an average vote of 6.404 on TMDB.
16. Paradox (殺破狼·貪狼)
When a Hong Kong police negotiator is informed about the sudden disappearance of his 16-year-old daughter in Thailand, he travels there to search for her whereabouts.
It has an average vote of 6.554 on TMDB.
17. Undine (Undine)
Undine is a historian and tour guide at the Berlin City Museum specializing in urban development, while Christoph is an industrial diver. Linked by a love of the water, the two form an intense bond, which can only do so much to help Undine overcome the considerable baggage of her former affair.
It has an average vote of 6.475 on TMDB.
18. Good Manners (As Boas Maneiras)
Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
19. Happy End (Happy End)
A well-to-do French family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks and crises while paying little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps within a few miles of their home.
It has an average vote of 6.156 on TMDB.
20. Joe Bell
The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.
It has an average vote of 6.509 on TMDB.