1. Property Is No Longer a Theft (La proprietà non è più un furto)
A young bank teller, literally allergic to paper money, becomes the worst nightmare of his best customer, a wealthy butcher who manages his business unscrupulously.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
2. Sacco & Vanzetti (Sacco e Vanzetti)
Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.
It has an average vote of 7.566 on TMDB.
3. 11 Minutes (11 Minut)
The lives of urbanites intertwine in a world where anything can happen at any time.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
4. Four of the Apocalypse (I quattro dell'apocalisse)
Four petty criminals, three men and a woman, wander through the trackless terrain of the Wild West Utah and are hounded by a sadistic bandit.
It has an average vote of 6.387 on TMDB.
5. The 10th Victim (La decima vittima)
In the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance to kill in the Big Hunt. The Hunt is the most popular form of entertainment in the world and also attracts participants who are looking for fame and fortune. It includes ten rounds for each competitor, five as the hunter and five as the victim.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
6. It All Starts Today (Ça commence aujourd'hui)
In a mining town which has been blighted by economic downturns, an elementary school headmaster struggles to obtain social services on behalf of his students.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto)
Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.
It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.
8. Blind Mountain (盲山)
Young student Bai Xuemei is cheated and sold as a wife by human traffickers to a remote village. Raped and beaten, she leads the life of a sex slave and child-bearer with no hope of escape because of the villagers apathy and selfishness.
It has an average vote of 7.585 on TMDB.
9. Help Me, My Love (Amore mio aiutami)
Giovanni and Raffaella are happily married from ten years, but their relationship goes into crisis when Raffaella falls in love with Valerio Mantovani, a handsome forty-year-old man she knew during the concerts of chamber music she weekly attends with her mother.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
10. Land Without Bread (Las Hurdes)
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
11. Crooklyn
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
12. We Still Kill the Old Way (A ciascuno il suo)
A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.
It has an average vote of 6.647 on TMDB.
13. Many Wars Ago (Uomini contro)
Time after time, soldiers of the Italian Army are forced to leave their mountain trenches in attempts to storm an enemy fortress, always with the same disastrous results. As casualties mount, indignation spreads among the rank and file. Disturbed by his superiors' decisions, Lieutenant Sassu is led to question the purpose of war and reconsider where his real duties lie.
It has an average vote of 7.28 on TMDB.
14. Even Angels Eat Beans (Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli)
Two mismatched buddies are mistaken for mob enforcers in Depression-era America.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
15. Gallo cedrone (Gallo cedrone)
The life and times of Armando Feroci, a fortyish year old, who's been everything, a divorced husband, a careless father, an unreliable brother. The story is told in flashback by his friends while Armando has been mysteriously kidnapped in an Arab country by an integralist group and condemned to death.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
16. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
It has an average vote of 7.133 on TMDB.
17. Shoeshine (Sciuscià)
At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys Pasquale, an orphan, and Giuseppe, his younger friend are riding. The pair have been saving to buy a horse of their own to ride...
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
18. Claire's Knee (Le Genou de Claire)
On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, a career diplomat visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend. Through her he meets an intense teenager, Laura, and then lusts after her sister, Claire. Whilst Laura attempts to flirt with him, his fantasy becomes focused on wanting to caress Claire's knee.
It has an average vote of 7.308 on TMDB.
19. Slap the Monster on Page One (Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina)
1972, Milan. Just a few days before the general elections, a young girl from an esteemed family is raped and murdered. Bizanti, editor-in-chief of a conservative newspaper, tries to derail the official police investigation in order to help the right-wing candidates supported by his boss to win the elections.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
20. The Servant
Hugo Barrett is a servant in the Chelsea home of indolent aristocrat Tony. All seems to go well until the playboy’s girlfriend Susan takes a dislike to the efficient employee. Then Barrett persuades Tony to hire his sister Vera as a live-in maid, and matters take another turn for the worse…
It has an average vote of 7.563 on TMDB.