1. 11 Flowers (我11)
A coming-of-age story set during China's Cultural Revolution. 11 year old Wang Han finds himself entangled with a fugitive and struggles to understand the adult world.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
2. Shut Up and Play the Piano
The documentary follows Chilly Gonzales from his native Canada to late '90s underground Berlin, and via Paris to the world's great philharmonic halls. Diving deep into the dichotomy of Gonzales' stage persona, where self-doubt and megalomania are just two sides of the same coin.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
3. The Silences (Los silencios)
Nuria, 12, Fabio, 9, and their mother arrive on a small island in the middle of the Amazon, bordering Brazil, Colombia and Peru. They fled the Colombian armed conflict, in which their father disappeared. One day, he mysteriously reappears in their new home.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
4. You've Been Trumped
In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on celebrity tycoon Donald Trump as he buys up one of Scotland's last wilderness areas to build a golf resort.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
5. Alanis (Alanis)
A young Buenos Aires mother finds employment as a sex worker and struggles to live under the same laws that are supposed to protect her.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
6. Our Time (Nuestro tiempo)
A family lives in the Mexican countryside raising fighting bulls. Esther is in charge of running the ranch, while her husband Juan, a world-renowned poet, raises and selects the beasts. Although in an open marriage, their relationship begins to crumble when Esther falls in love with an American horsebreaker and Juan is unable to control his jealousy.
It has an average vote of 6.575 on TMDB.
7. La Ciénaga (La Ciénaga)
The life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina.
It has an average vote of 6.853 on TMDB.
8. Nocturama (Nocturama)
After a group of Parisian youths pull off a deadly terrorist attack, they decide to shelter for a night in a shopping center.
It has an average vote of 6.395 on TMDB.
9. Black Dynamite
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.
It has an average vote of 7.108 on TMDB.
10. The Illusionist (L'Illusionniste)
A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.
It has an average vote of 7.235 on TMDB.
11. Underground (Подземље)
A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
12. Embrace of the Serpent (El abrazo de la serpiente)
The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon in search of a sacred plant that can heal them. Inspired by the journals of the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon, Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes.
It has an average vote of 7.686 on TMDB.
13. Clash of the Titans
To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.
It has an average vote of 6.884 on TMDB.
14. Won't You Be My Neighbor?
For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers , host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.
It has an average vote of 8.001 on TMDB.
15. Beau Is Afraid
A man goes on a journey to visit his mother.
It has an average vote of 6.734 on TMDB.
16. You Were Never Really Here
A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, his nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
It has an average vote of 6.563 on TMDB.
17. Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice)
Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.
It has an average vote of 7.394 on TMDB.
18. Colette
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.
It has an average vote of 6.919 on TMDB.
19. A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین)
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
It has an average vote of 7.895 on TMDB.
20. Under the Silver Lake
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.
It has an average vote of 6.398 on TMDB.
