1. Lights Out (Simon Werner a disparu)
March 1992, in a small town in the suburbs of Paris. During an alcohol fueled party, teenagers discover a body hidden in the bushes of a forest. A body that seems lifeless. Two weeks earlier. Simon, a 16 year-old teenager, has not shown up for class. Blood stains are found in a class-room. Run-away, kidnap, suicide, murder? A few days later, Laetitia, a student from the same class goes missing without her parents knowing where she has gone. A young girl with no dark background or connection to Simon. The next day, Jean-Baptiste, a third student, also disappears. Rumors start to spread. The psychosis begins...
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
2. The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes)
In the wake of their father’s death, two children gradually come to realize the perverse nature of their upbringing.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. Saint John of Las Vegas
An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
4. When I Was Alive (Quando Eu Era Vivo)
After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman and the place feels unwelcome and oppressive. Júnior develops and obsession for his family history, as strange things start happening in the house.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
5. Birds of Neptune
For Rachel growing up requires letting go of the haunting memory of her deceased parents, the influence of her older sister Mona, the masking of long buried secrets and inherited spiritual practices.
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
6. Adoption (Örökbefogadás)
When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses to comply. But by developing an unlikely friendship with the angst-ridden teenage orphan Anna, who is also involved in a controversial relationship, Kata discovers aspects of herself, and her role as a woman, that have gone unexamined throughout her entire, lonely life.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
7. The Ugly Swans (Гадкие лебеди)
In the near future, writer Victor Banev gets himself on a UN commission to investigate what's going on in the remote town of Tashlinsk, where reports tell of a virus-created race of brainiac mutants. Banev's tween daughter Ira is enrolled at a school for gifted children which has been taken over by the mutants, who have grown to despise ordinary humanity.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
8. Misunderstood (Incompresa)
Rome, 1984, Aria is nine-year-old girl. On the verge of divorce, Aria's infantile and selfish parents are too preoccupied with their careers and extra-marital affairs to properly tend to any of Aria's needs. While her two older sisters are pampered, Aria is treated with cold indifference. Yet she yearns to love and to be loved. At school, Aria excels academically but is considered a misfit by everyone. She is misunderstood. Aria finds comfort in her cat - Dac and in her best friend - Angelica. Thrown out of both parents' homes, abandoned by all, even her best friend, Aria finally reaches the limit of what she can bear. She makes an unexpected decision in her life.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
9. The Reunion (Återträffen)
A film between fiction and reality, highlighting questions about group dynamics and established hierarchies. A group of people meet for their high school reunion 20 years later. One of them talks about her being bullied and outcast and soon the former classmates fall back to the roles they used to have back in school. But this is just half of the film.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
10. Circumstance (Circumstance)
A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's newfound conservatism.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
11. The Skin of the Wolf (Bajo la piel de lobo)
Martinón is the last inhabitant of Auzal, a village in the mountains where he lives in communion with nature. He only goes down to the valleys twice a year to trade and to buy provisions. But one day he’s convinced to take a wife, a decision intended to soften his calloused soul—but in some ways his real struggle is only just beginning.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
12. Mountains May Depart (山河故人)
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
13. The Wonders (Le meraviglie)
Gelsomina’s family works according to some special rules. First of all, Gelsomina, at twelve years of age, is head of the family and her three younger sisters must obey her: sleep when she tells them to and work under her watchful eye. But the world, the outside, mustn’t know anything about their rules, and must be kept away from them. They must learn to disguise themselves.
It has an average vote of 6.878 on TMDB.
14. Maps to the Stars
Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
15. Virgin Mountain (Fúsi)
Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world.
It has an average vote of 7.186 on TMDB.
16. Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
17. Room 237
A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments.
It has an average vote of 6.195 on TMDB.
18. Timbuktu (Timbuktu)
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
It has an average vote of 6.971 on TMDB.
19. My Life as a Zucchini (Ma vie de courgette)
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
It has an average vote of 7.809 on TMDB.
20. The Insult (L'Insulte)
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
It has an average vote of 7.509 on TMDB.