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1. Carol & The End of the World (2023)
TV-MA | 29 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Global human annihilation is impending due to a mystery planet speeding towards Earth. Among the hedonistic crowd, one quiet and perpetually uneasy woman stands out, while the majority feel free to follow their greatest desires.
Stars: Martha Kelly, Kimberly Hebert Gregory, Shelby Young, Mel Rodriguez
Votes: 4,967
2. Pierrot the Fool (1965)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Aicha Abadir
Votes: 36,972
3. Taste of Cherry (1997)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhosein Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Votes: 36,842 | Gross: $0.31M
4. Disco Boy (2023)
92 min | Drama
After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei arrives in Paris to join the Foreign Legion. Meanwhile, in the Niger Delta, Jomo struggles against the oil companies threatening his village and the lives of his family.
Director: Giacomo Abbruzzese | Stars: Morr Ndiaye, Wahab Oladiti, Salem Kisita, Mutamba Kalonji
Votes: 1,244
5. L'Avventura (1960)
Not Rated | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar
Votes: 32,660
6. A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon, Andréa Ferréol, Frances Barber
Votes: 7,579
7. Orpheus (1950)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa
Votes: 13,421
8. Every Man for Himself (1980)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
An examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Roland Amstutz
Votes: 3,951
9. Kill Your Friends (2015)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.
Director: Owen Harris | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Thomas Conroy, James Corden, Georgia King
Votes: 10,036
10. The Wanderings of Ivan (2018)
Unrated | 75 min | Drama
Ivan is a young Russian vagrant in Paris. Rejected by all, he takes refuge in the woods of Vincennes. But this new haven of peace turns into a nightmare when Ivan tries to resist the traffic of an underworld wildlife.
Director: Claude Chamis | Stars: Aram Arakelyan, Benjamin Baclet, Camille Freychet, Franck Zerbib
Votes: 49
11. Paris Awakens (1991)
95 min | Drama
Adrien arrives in Paris to stay with his father, Clément, whom he hasn't seen in four years. Clément lives with Louise, a twenty-year-old girl eager for independence and success. After an argument, Louise leaves Clément for Adrien.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Judith Godrèche, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Thomas Langmann, Antoine Basler
Votes: 312
12. Luna Park (1992)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
Andrei leads a group of nationalist skinheads. They've taken over a Luna Park depot. They indulge in violence and racketeering against Jews, homosexuals and the marginalized.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Oleg Borisov, Andrei Gutin, Natalya Egorova, Nonna Mordyukova
Votes: 528
13. Francisca (1981)
166 min | Biography, Drama
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Teresa Menezes, Diogo Dória, Mário Barroso, Francisco Brás
Votes: 611
14. Eastern Plays (2009)
83 min | Drama
Through Georgi (a juvenile) and Itso (an adult), we take a quick glance (about one and a half hour quick) at what happens in post cold-war Bulgaria.
Director: Kamen Kalev | Stars: Christo Christov, Ovanes Torosian, Saadet Aksoy, Nikolina Iancheva
Votes: 3,191
15. Palermo or Wolfsburg (1980)
173 min | Drama
An impoverished young man from Sicily travels to Wolfsburg, West Germany to find work. He takes a job in the Volkswagen factory after he travels through Northern Italy by train.
Director: Werner Schroeter | Stars: Nicola Zarbo, Otto Sander, Ida Di Benedetto, Magdalena Montezuma
Votes: 272
16. Seuls (1981)
100 min | Drama
Jean, 35, stumbles across a photo of a young woman in a photo booth that looks like her mother, who died shortly after birth. Troubled by this picture, he begins to fantasize about the identity of this unknown and makes unusual encounters.
Director: Francis Reusser | Stars: Niels Arestrup, Christine Boisson, Michael Lonsdale, Bulle Ogier
Votes: 38
17. Av Zamani (1988)
96 min | Drama
A writer who lost his friend as a result of assassination leaves everything and returns to the island where he grew up. One day he witnesses a murder. This event will cause him to face the political conflicts he thought he had left behind.
Director: Erden Kiral | Stars: Aytaç Arman, Serif Sezer, Zihni Küçümen, Nüvit Özdogru
Votes: 120
18. Je m'abandonne à toi (2023)
95 min | Drama
Paul, Padre in the Foreign Legion, is immersed in the sufferings of war. He is solicited by families of the dying, tormented soldiers. Paul also tries to comfort a loved one: his mother.
Director: Cheyenne Carron | Stars: Johnny Amaro, Anne Sicard, Laurent Borel, Pierre-Yves Touzot
19. The End of Fun??? (2021)
3 min | Short, Adventure, Biography
Man celebrates his 20th birthday by proclaiming his infantilism as a proud trait.
Director: Danil Andreev | Star: Danil Andreev
20. La cavale blanche (2013)
117 min | Drama
A poetic inquiry following the paths of Stephan and Henri, two men who died in their forties a few years ago, one in Brussels and one in Brest.
Directors: Guy Bordin, Renaud De Putter | Stars: Isabelle Bats, Rachid Benbouchta, Giulio Bucci, Christian Crahay
21. Tout s'accélère (2016)
80 min | Documentary
Director: Gilles Vernet | Stars: Nicole Aubert, Jean-Louis Beffa, Nicolas Hulot, Étienne Klein
Votes: 21
22. Parti sans laisser d'adresse (1982)
80 min | Drama
In a Lausanne, Salvatore, a young addict, after nine months of preventive prison, commits suicide.
Director: Jacqueline Veuve | Stars: Jacques Zanetti, Roland Amstutz, Jean-Pierre Baste, Michel Cassagne
Votes: 14