Best debut features from Berlin, Cannes and Venezia
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1. Alambrista! (1977)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Drama
After the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family back home, he finds that working hard is not enough.
Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Domingo Ambriz, Trinidad Silva, Linda Gillen, Ned Beatty
Votes: 774
1978 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
2. Northern Lights (1978)
95 min | Drama, History
NORTHERN LIGHTS has the feel of an old black and white photograph discovered in an attic. The bitter-sweet story of young lovers caught up in an political struggle waged by farmers against ... See full summary »
Directors: John Hanson, Rob Nilsson | Stars: Robert Behling, Susan Lynch, Joe Spano, Ray Ness
Votes: 215 | Gross: $0.01M
1979 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
3. Histoire d'Adrien (1980)
95 min | Drama
In the Périgord, at the beginning of the century, Adrien, illegitimate child, is adopted by his grandmother. When the First World War ended, he becomes a railway man, and takes part in the strikes of 1920.
Director: Jean-Pierre Denis | Stars: Bernard Sautereau, Serge Dominique, Pierre Dienade, Marcelle Dessalles
Votes: 26
1980 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
4. Desperado City (1981)
98 min | Drama
Skoda is the son of a wealthy banker. To keep a privileged lifestyle, he has chosen to ditch the relationship and drive a taxi for a living. The film follows his nightly rides through the city, the different characters that come and go.
Director: Vadim Glowna | Stars: Siemen Rühaak, Beate Finckh, Vera Tschechowa, Karin Baal
Votes: 42
1981 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
5. Mourir à 30 ans (1982)
95 min | Documentary
Romain Goupil records his years of militancy and disappointment as the new world they fought for doesn't come. He praises his missing friend Michel Recanati who committed suicide at 30 years.
Director: Romain Goupil | Stars: Alain Bureau, Pierre Goupil, Romain Goupil, Sophie Goupil
Votes: 240
1982 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
6. Adj király katonát (1983)
113 min | Drama
Jutka was an innocent 15-year-old peasant when she and her friend Zsuzsa left for the big city to get work in a textile factory and live independently. Their freedom quickly became more ... See full summary »
Director: Pál Erdöss | Stars: Erika Ozsda, Andrea Szendrei, Dénes Diczházy, Árpád Tóth
Votes: 73
1983 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
7. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark
Votes: 40,654 | Gross: $2.44M
1984 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
8. Oriana (1985)
88 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young girl is sent to a South American hacienda, where she learns about the life of her reclusive aunt, Oriana
Director: Fina Torres | Stars: Doris Wells, Daniela Silverio, Rafael Briceño, Mirtha Borges
Votes: 447
1985 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
9. Noir et blanc (1986)
80 min | Drama
Antoine is an accountant, uptight and withdrawn, married to Edith, who picks out his clothes and shoes. He's assigned to a fitness gymnasium for a month to straighten out their books. The ... See full summary »
Director: Claire Devers | Stars: Francis Frappat, Jacques Martial, Joséphine Fresson, Marc Berman
Votes: 174
1986 Caméra d'or (Perspectives du cinéma français)
10. Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa (1987)
76 min | Comedy
The story, in flashback, of the death of a British Telegraph engineer in Georgia, USSR in 1920. Caught up in a civil war, and a war between his girlfriend and the women the Company send as ... See full summary »
Director: Nana Dzhordzhadze | Stars: Janri Lolashvili, Nineli Chankvetadze, Guram Pirtskhalava, Elguja Burduli
Votes: 107
1987 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
11. Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama
Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Shafiq Syed, Anjaan, Amrit Patel, Murari Sharma
Votes: 10,092 | Gross: $2.08M
1988 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
12. My Twentieth Century (1989)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two twin sisters, who grew up separately, Dóra, a pseudo-aristocrat, and Lili, an anarchist bomber, are reunited through Z, a mysterious traveller of the luxurious Orient-Express.
Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Stars: Dorota Segda, Oleg Yankovskiy, Paulus Manker, Péter Andorai
Votes: 2,001 | Gross: $0.68M
1989 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
13. Piravi (1989)
110 min | Drama
Raghu, the only son of Raghava Chakyar was born late for him. So he poured his entire love and affection on him. Raghu, studying in an engineering college in a far away city has to arrive ... See full summary »
Director: Shaji N. Karun | Stars: Premji, Archana, Lakshmi Krishnamurthy, V.K. Sriraman
Votes: 294
1989 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Un certain regard)
14. Waller's Last Trip (1989)
95 min | Biography, Drama, War
Waller, an old track inspector will be forced out of work, because his railway line will be shut down. In flashbacks he reflects his past while walking for his final inspection.
Director: Christian Wagner | Stars: Rolf Illig, Sibylle Canonica, Volker Prechtel, Herbert Knaup
Votes: 120
1989 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Semaine de la critique)
15. Freeze Die Come to Life (1990)
105 min | Drama
Two children living in a remote mining town in the distant wastes of Siberia in 1947, survive poverty and hardship through the warmth of their friendship and a shared sense of humour.
Director: Vitali Kanevsky | Stars: Dinara Drukarova, Pavel Nazarov, Elena Popova, Valeriy Ivchenko
Votes: 933
1990 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
16. Cas sluhu (1989)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dana is young medical student with no self esteem, she can't deal with life, people and even not with herself. After her boyfriend leaves her, she changes to selfish woman, manipulating ... See full summary »
Director: Irena Pavlásková | Stars: Ivana Chýlková, Karel Roden, Jitka Asterová, Libor Zídek
Votes: 197
1990 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Semaine de la critique)
17. Farendj (1990)
90 min | Drama
A young man travels with his French girlfriend to Ethiopia. Whilst there he discovers a house in which the French poet Rimbaud once lived and he becomes obsessed with finding out more information about him.
Director: Sabine Prenczina | Stars: Tim Roth, Marie Matheron, Matthias Habich, Joe Sheridan
Votes: 42
1990 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Perspectives du cinéma français)
18. Toto the Hero (1991)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Thomas believed he was switched at birth with Alfred. Feeling cheated, Thomas spent his life plotting revenge against Alfred, his perceived lifelong adversary who he felt stole the privileged life that should have been his.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Jo De Backer, Thomas Godet
Votes: 6,342 | Gross: $1.23M
1991 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
19. Sam & Me (1991)
R | 94 min | Drama
23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Ranjit Chowdhry, Peter Boretski, Om Puri, Heath Lamberts
Votes: 140
1991 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Semaine de la critique)
20. Proof (1991)
R | 86 min | Drama, Romance
The life of a blind photographer who is looked after by a housekeeper is disrupted by the arrival of an agreeable restaurant worker.
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell
Votes: 7,125 | Gross: $0.52M
1991 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
21. Mac (1992)
R | 117 min | Drama
Mac is the ambitious, overbearing, irresistible oldest of three brothers who struggle against all odds to scrape together enough money to start their own business in Queens, New York.
Director: John Turturro | Stars: John Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Carl Capotorto, Nicholas Turturro
Votes: 1,023 | Gross: $0.47M
1992 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
22. The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A Vietnamese servant girl, Mui, observes lives within two different Saigon families: the first, a woman textile seller with three boys and a frequently absent husband; the second, a handsome young pianist with his fiancée.
Director: Anh Hung Tran | Stars: Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Anh Hoa Nguyen
Votes: 9,982 | Gross: $1.91M
1993 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
23. Friends (1993)
105 min | Drama, Romance
At the end of the 1980s, three female friends share a house in Johannesburg, South Africa. Each has her own way to live with apartheid. Thoko is a Black teacher and practices non-violent ... See full summary »
Director: Elaine Proctor | Stars: Kerry Fox, Dambisa Kente, Michele Burgers, Marius Weyers
Votes: 140
1993 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Compétition)
24. Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994)
104 min | Drama
It's summer, on the beach of this little town in Brittany, a man around 40 is building a sand castle. A few people watch him. We will be told the story of three of them : a boy, Jumbo, aged... See full summary »
Director: Pascale Ferran | Stars: Didier Sandre, Alexandre Zloto, Catherine Ferran, Agathe De Chassey
Votes: 226
1994 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
25. The Silences of the Palace (1994)
116 min | Drama
As she grows up, Alia (the daughter of housemaid Khedija) learns the secrets of the peaceful palace where she and her mother live.
Director: Moufida Tlatli | Stars: Hind Sabri, Ghalya Lacroix, Nejia Ouerghi, Amel Hedhili
Votes: 1,107
1994 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
26. The White Balloon (1995)
Unrated | 85 min | Drama, Family
Several people try to help a little girl to find the money her mom gave her to buy a goldfish with.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Anna Borkowska
Votes: 8,244 | Gross: $0.47M
1995 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
27. Denise Calls Up (1995)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy
A group of friends in New York, working away at their PCs and laptops, keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax; all are too busy to meet face-to-face. By phone, Gale plays matchmaker for... See full summary »
Director: Hal Salwen | Stars: Tim Daly, Caroleen Feeney, Dan Gunther, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Votes: 1,418
1995 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Semaine de la critique)
28. Love Serenade (1996)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In Sunray, a backwater town on Australia's Murray River, there's little to do but fish or listen to the local radio station. D.J. Ken Sherry arrives from the hustle of Brisbane to run the ... See full summary »
Director: Shirley Barrett | Stars: Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, George Shevtsov, John Alansu
Votes: 1,663 | Gross: $0.58M
1996 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
29. Suzaku (1997)
95 min | Drama
Depicts the dissolution of a small family in a remote Japanese timber village.
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono, Sachiko Izumi, Kôtarô Shibata
Votes: 1,480
1997 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
30. The Life of Jesus (1997)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A social movie about current life in the north of France. Freddy and his friends are all unemployed. They pass away time by wandering around on their motorcycles and by directing their ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: David Douche, Marjorie Cottreel, Kader Chaatouf, Sébastien Delbaere
Votes: 3,509
1997 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
31. Slam (1998)
R | 100 min | Drama
Grand Jury Prize, 1998 Sundance Film Festival. A talented youth (Saul Williams) copes with urban crime and despair by competing in poetry slams. Sonja Sohn of "The Wire" costars.
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone, Lawrence Wilson
Votes: 2,451 | Gross: $0.98M
1998 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
32. Marana Simhasanam (1999)
61 min | Drama
A satire on political corruption and class injustices in Indian village culture.
Director: Murali Nair | Stars: Vishwas Njavakkal, Lakshmi Raman, Suhas Thayat, Jeevan Mitva
Votes: 129
1999 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
33. Questo è il giardino (1999)
90 min | Drama
Director: Giovanni Maderna | Stars: Carolina Freschi, Denis Fasolo, Alessandro Quattro, Emanuela Macchniz
Votes: 86
1999 Premio Venezia Opera Prima - Luigi De Laurentiis (Settimana internazionale della critica)
34. Bye Bye Africa (1999)
86 min | Documentary, Drama
Semi-documentary film about a man going to his home country of Chad after many years living in exile in France.
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Stars: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Garba Issa, Aïcha Yelena, Abakar Mahamat-Saleh
Votes: 185
1999 Premio Venezia Opera Prima - Luigi De Laurentiis / Menzione (Nuovi Territori)
35. Djomeh (2000)
94 min | Drama
Djomeh is a young Afghan man who has come to live in Iran because of family trouble. Working as a milk boy, he encounters discrimination from the Iranian villagers and disdain from Habib, a... See full summary »
Director: Hassan Yektapanah | Stars: Jalil Nazari, Rashid Akbari, Mahmoud Behraznia, Valiollah Beta
Votes: 204
2000 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
36. A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, War
Young Iranian Kurdish siblings try to save the youngest of them, who is seriously ill.
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini, Madi Ekhtiar-dini
Votes: 8,831 | Gross: $0.70M
2000 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
37. Poetical Refugee (2000)
130 min | Drama
A young illegal immigrant from Tunisia tries to survive in the world of Paris miseries.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Élodie Bouchez, Bruno Lochet, Aure Atika
Votes: 925
2000 Premio Venezia Opera Prima - Luigi De Laurentiis (Settimana internazionale della critica)
38. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
R | 172 min | Drama
The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.
Director: Zacharias Kunuk | Stars: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk
Votes: 6,860 | Gross: $3.79M
2001 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
39. Bread and Milk (2001)
68 min | Comedy, Drama
Because of a doctor's strike, Ivan is released a day early from an alcoholic treatment program. He returns to his wife Sonja and his 16-year-old son Robi. His first afternoon at home is ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Cvitkovic | Stars: Peter Musevski, Sonja Savic, Tadej Troha, Perica Radonjic
Votes: 465
2001 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Nuovi Territori)
40. Beneath Clouds (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Lena is the daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn is a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic events throw them together on a journey with no money and no transport.
Director: Ivan Sen | Stars: Dannielle Hall, Damian Pitt, Jenna Lee Connors, Terry Dahlstron
Votes: 1,189
2002 PREMIERE First Movie Award (Wettbewerb)
41. Chen Mo he Meiting (2002)
78 min | Drama
The touching encounter of two drifting beings - Meiting, a hairdresser, and Chen Mo, a street vendor, in Beijing. A strange relationship on the background of survival and anonymous urbanization, a chronicle on the survival of feelings.
Director: Hao Lui | Stars: Huanan Du, Lingbo Wang
Votes: 74
PREMIERE First Movie Award / Lobende Erwähnung (Forum)
42. The Laramie Project (2002 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, History
The true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard.
Director: Moisés Kaufman | Stars: Christina Ricci, Steve Buscemi, Kathleen Chalfant, Laura Linney
Votes: 6,957
2002 PREMIERE First Movie Award / Lobende Erwähnung (Panorama)
43. Bord de mer (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Seaside takes place in a small coastal town on the Bay of Somme. The year-round inhabitants find ways to make their lives work; Paul, a lifeguard in the summer, works at the grocery all ... See full summary »
Director: Julie Lopes-Curval | Stars: Hélène Fillières, Jonathan Zaccaï, Bulle Ogier, Ludmila Mikaël
Votes: 318 | Gross: $0.01M
2002 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
44. Japan (2002)
R | 122 min | Drama
A painter from the big city goes to a remote canyon to commit suicide. To reach some calmness, he stays at the farmstead of Ascen, an old, religious woman. Although but a few words are spoken, love grows.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalena Flores, Yolanda Villa, Martín Serrano
Votes: 3,990
2002 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
45. Due amici (2002)
86 min | Drama
Two Sicilian friends, Nunzio and Pino, share the same apartment in Turin. Nunzio works in a factory but is laid off because of his illness. Pino, on the other hand, is a mysterious man and ... See full summary »
Directors: Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli | Stars: Francesco Sframeli, Spiro Scimone, Teresa Saponangelo, Felice Andreasi
Votes: 176
2002 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
46. Roger Dodger (2002)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
After breaking up with his lover and boss, a smooth-talking man takes his teenaged nephew out on the town in search of sex.
Director: Dylan Kidd | Stars: Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg, Isabella Rossellini, Elizabeth Berkley
Votes: 17,920 | Gross: $1.27M
2002 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
47. Reconstruction (2003)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A young man who thought himself already in love with a nice girl is drawn into a literary drama when he is captured by a deep and stimulating love affair.
Director: Christoffer Boe | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Maria Bonnevie, Krister Henriksson, Klaus Mulbjerg
Votes: 7,618 | Gross: $0.07M
2003 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
48. Osama (2003)
PG-13 | 83 min | Drama
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
Director: Siddiq Barmak | Stars: Marina Golbahari, Zubaida Sahar, Khwaja Nader, Mohammad Arif Herati
Votes: 9,530 | Gross: $1.13M
2003 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
49. The Return (2003)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov, Konstantin Lavronenko, Nataliya Vdovina
Votes: 47,502 | Gross: $0.50M
2003 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Concorso)
50. Ballo a tre passi (2003)
107 min | Drama
Four separate-but-interconnected stories - one for each season - about life in Sardinia.
Director: Salvatore Mereu | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Domenico Arba, Pietro Arba, Karo Ardenti
Votes: 271
2003 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” / Menzione speciale (Settimana internazionale della critica)
51. Posledniy poezd (2003)
82 min | Drama, War
In early winter of 1944, as the Nazi army flees the Soviet advance, two Germans, a doctor and a postmaster, wander as refugees in inhospitable territory, surrounded by the enemy, including rampaging partisans.
Director: Aleksey German Jr. | Stars: Pavel Romanov, Pyotr Merkurev, Aleksey Devotchenko, Aleksandr Tyurin
Votes: 255
2003 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” / Menzione speciale (Nuovi terrotori)
52. Or (My Treasure) (2004)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel... See full summary »
Director: Keren Yedaya | Stars: Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Meshar Cohen, Katia Zinbris
Votes: 1,611 | Gross: $0.03M
2004 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
53. Passages (2004)
112 min | Drama
Two students travel across rural China looking for some meaning to their lives.
Director: Chao Yang | Stars: Le Geng, Jieping Chang
Votes: 81
2004 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Un certain regard)
54. Bitter Dream (2004)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
For forty years, Esfandiar has been unconcernedly preparing corpses for the journey to their final resting place. One day, whilst preparing a burial service, he's taken ill. Might he too be mortal ?
Director: Mohsen Amiryoussefi | Stars: Yadollah Anvari, Abbas Esfandiari, Delbar Ghasri, Mohsen Rahimi
Votes: 433
2004 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
55. The Great Journey (2004)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance
Reda, a young French-Moroccan guy and his old father drive from the south of France to Mecca in order for the father to do his pilgrimage. At first distant, they gradually learn to know each other.
Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi | Stars: Nicolas Cazalé, Mohamed Majd, Jacky Nercessian, Ghina Ognianova
Votes: 2,572
2004 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
56. Saimir (2004)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Albanian teenager, Saimir, emigrates to Italy to start a new life with his father. His father tries to make a living transporting illegal immigrants. When this fails to make his father any ... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Munzi | Stars: Xhevdet Ferri, Anna Ferruzzo, Lavinia Guglielman, Mishel Prela
Votes: 258
2004 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” / Menzione speciale (Orizzonti)
57. The Forsaken Land (2005)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama
Weary residents (Soma, Lata, Piyasiri) of a war-ravaged country drift through life.
Director: Vimukthi Jayasundara | Stars: Mahendra Perera, Hemasiri Liyanage, Nilupili Jayawardena, Kaushalaya Fernando
Votes: 474
2005 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
58. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.
Director: Miranda July | Stars: John Hawkes, Miranda July, Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff
Votes: 37,427 | Gross: $3.89M
2005 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
59. 13 Tzameti (2005)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man takes over a dead man's task without realizing the horror it entails.
Director: Géla Babluani | Stars: George Babluani, Aurélien Recoing, Pascal Bongard, Fred Ulysse
Votes: 18,034 | Gross: $0.12M
2005 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Giornate degli autori)
60. A Soap (2006)
Unrated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A tragicomedy focused on the relationship between the owner of a beauty clinic and a transgender woman.
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Frank Thiel, Elsebeth Steentoft
Votes: 2,011 | Gross: $0.00M
2006 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Wettbewerb)
61. 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A local talk show host organizes an alcoholic professor and a pensioner known for playing Santa Claus to decide whether there was ever a revolution in their town Vaslui.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mirela Cioaba
Votes: 8,120 | Gross: $0.09M
2006 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
62. Khadak (2006)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.
Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Batzul Khayankhyarvaa, Tsetsegee Byamba, Banzar Damchaa, Tserendarizav Dashnyam
Votes: 966 | Gross: $0.00M
2006 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Giornate degli autori)
63. Vanaja (2006)
111 min | Drama
Vanaja, the 15 year old daughter of a financially troubled fisherman goes to work in the local landlady's house in hopes of learning Kuchipudi dance. She does well, but when the Landlady's ... See full summary »
Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli | Stars: Mamatha Bhukya, Urmila Dammannagari, Ramachandriah Marikanti, Krishnamma Gundimalla
Votes: 550 | Gross: $0.15M
2007 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Generation)
64. Jellyfish (2007)
Unrated | 78 min | Drama
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life... See full summary »
Directors: Shira Geffen, Etgar Keret | Stars: Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Gera Sandler, Noa Raban
Votes: 2,744 | Gross: $0.34M
2007 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
65. Control (2007)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to die by suicide at the age of 23.
Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 68,552 | Gross: $0.87M
2007 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
66. The Zone (2007)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.
Director: Rodrigo Plá | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Daniel Tovar, Alan Chávez, Carlos Bardem
Votes: 5,682
2007 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Giornate degli autori)
67. Pâku ando rabuhoteru (2007)
111 min | Drama
Tsuyako turns the rooftop of her shabby love hotel into a park and opens it up to the lonely women of various ages who rent rooms.
Director: Izuru Kumasaka | Stars: Chiharu, Yûji Ishikawa, Sachi Jinno, Hikari Kajiwara
Votes: 99
2008 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Forum)
68. Hunger (2008)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw
Votes: 73,546 | Gross: $0.15M
2008 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
69. Everybody Dies But Me (2008)
80 min | Drama
Life is never easy, especially when you're fourteen. But some teenagers have to deal not only with their inner feelings and complexes and youthful maximalism, but also with the cruel surrounding reality.
Director: Valeriya Gay Germanika | Stars: Polina Filonenko, Agniya Kuznetsova, Olga Shuvalova, Yuliya Aleksandrova
Votes: 2,553
2008 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Semaine de la critique)
70. Mid-August Lunch (2008)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama
Broke, and armed with only a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, all will be forgiven.
Director: Gianni Di Gregorio | Stars: Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì, Grazia Cesarini Sforza
Votes: 4,298 | Gross: $0.67M
2008 Premio Venezia Opera Prima - Luigi De Laurentiis (Settimana internazionale della critica)
71. Giant (2009)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
A chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.
Director: Adrián Biniez | Stars: Horacio Camandule, Leonor Svarcas, Néstor Guzzini, Federico García
Votes: 2,188 | Gross: $0.01M
2009 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Wettbewerb)
72. Flickan (2009)
100 min | Drama, Family
Story of a nine-and-a-half year old girl left alone in Sweden while her family is in Africa during the summer of 1981.
Director: Fredrik Edfeldt | Stars: Blanca Engström, Shanti Roney, Annika Hallin, Calle Lindqvist
Votes: 1,622
2009 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm / Lobende Erwähnung (Generation)
73. Samson & Delilah (II) (2009)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A glue-sniffing boy and his girlfriend escape the government-controlled no-hope Aboriginal community they live in and go to the city, Alice Springs, looking for a better life.
Director: Warwick Thornton | Stars: Rowan McNamara, Marissa Gibson, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, Scott Thornton
Votes: 3,763
2009 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
74. Ajami (2009)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama
Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
Directors: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani | Stars: Fouad Habash, Nisrin Siksik, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani
Votes: 6,529 | Gross: $0.62M
2009 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
75. Engkwentro (2009)
60 min | Drama
"Engwkentro" follows two teenage brothers attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run ... See full summary »
Director: Pepe Diokno | Stars: Celso Ad. Castillo, Felix Roco, Daniel Medrana, Zyrus Desamparado
Votes: 108 | Gross: $0.03M
2009 Premio Venezia Opera Prima - Luigi De Laurentiis (Orizzonti)
76. Sebbe (2010)
79 min | Drama
Sebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in a small apartment
Director: Babak Najafi | Stars: Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs, Eva Melander, Kenny Wåhlbrink, Emil Kadeby
Votes: 1,373
2010 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Generation)
77. Leap Year (2010)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
Laura's personal life consists of one affair after another. She meets Arturo and the pair enter into an intense, violent sexual relationship. As days go by, Laura crosses out the days on a calendar, revealing her secret past to her lover.
Director: Michael Rowe | Stars: Mónica Del Carmen, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Marco Zapata, Diego Chas
Votes: 2,797
2010 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
78. Majority (2010)
111 min | Drama
Mertkan has a simple life in Istanbul: 'working' as an office-boy in his dad's construction company, hanging out with his male friends in malls and discos, cruising with his dad's 4-wheel ... See full summary »
Director: Seren Yüce | Stars: Bartu Küçükçaglayan, Settar Tanriögen, Nihal G. Koldas, Esme Madra
Votes: 6,135
2010 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Giornate degli autori)
79. On the Ice (2011)
R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.
Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean | Stars: Josiah Patkotak, Frank Qutuq Irelan, John Miller, Teddy Kyle Smith
Votes: 1,075 | Gross: $0.07M
2011 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Generation)
80. The Guard (2011)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an uptight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.
Director: John Michael McDonagh | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Ronan Collins
Votes: 95,614 | Gross: $5.36M
2011 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm / Lobende Erwähnung (Panorama)
81. The Fatherless (2011)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
They never expected Kyra to turn up again. The two brothers and their sister, brought together when their father dies, are stunned by the appearance of their sister. Kyra suddenly vanished ... See full summary »
Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Andreas Kiendl, Andrea Wenzl, Emily Cox, Philipp Hochmair
Votes: 251
2011 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm / Lobende Erwähnung (Panorama)
82. Las Acacias (2011)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
Reluctantly, a dour long-distance truck driver agrees to give a lift to a Paraguayan single mother and her five-month-old daughter to Buenos Aires. Can the palpable silence soften up the taciturn trucker's sullen heart?
Director: Pablo Giorgelli | Stars: Germán De Silva, Hebe Duarte, Nayra Calle Mamani, Matilde Jazmín Mamani
Votes: 2,453
2011 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
83. Là-bas: A Criminal Education (2011)
98 min | Crime, Drama
Yssouf arrives in Castel Volturno, 30 km from Naples, a small town known as the 'most African of European cities'. He is supposed to join his uncle Moses there but nobody comes to the ... See full summary »
Director: Guido Lombardi | Stars: Kader Alassane, Moussa Mone, Esther Elisha, Billi Serigne Faye
Votes: 169
2011 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
84. Kauwboy (2012)
81 min | Drama
A young boy and his father have a difficult relationship, but are trying to reach each other. They need a catalyst to make that happen.
Director: Boudewijn Koole | Stars: Rick Lens, Loek Peters, Cahit Ölmez, Susan Radder
Votes: 2,377
2012 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Generation)
85. Beyond the Hill (2012)
94 min | Drama
When some people from the other side of the mountain invade the territory of a farming family, the family head tries to unite the family and fight back. But then problems within the family start to appear as well.
Director: Emin Alper | Stars: Tamer Levent, Reha Özcan, Mehmet Özgür, Berk Hakman
Votes: 3,944
2012 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm / Lobende Erwähnung (Forum)
86. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
PG-13 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
Director: Benh Zeitlin | Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes
Votes: 85,065 | Gross: $12.80M
2012 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
87. Mold (2012)
94 min | Drama
Basri, a widower little out of retirement, walks every day along the railroad tracks to check the status. Aside from his work, his only thought is to have news of his son, who's been ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Aydin | Stars: Ercan Kesal, Muhammet Uzuner, Tansu Biçer, Ali Çoban
Votes: 1,008
2012 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
88. The Rocket (2013)
96 min | Drama
Laos. In a land ravaged by war and exploitation, a boy whose family believe he is cursed must redeem himself by taking part in a dangerous rocket competition.
Director: Kim Mordaunt | Stars: Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Suthep Po-ngam, Boonsri Yindee
Votes: 3,201
2013 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Generation)
89. The Battle of Tabato (2013)
78 min | Drama
Director: João Viana | Stars: Mamadu Baio, Fatu Djebaté, Imutar Djebaté
Votes: 101
2013 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm / Lobende Erwähnung (Forum)
90. Ilo Ilo (2013)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
In 90s Singapore, the friendship between Filipino nursemaid Teresa and her young charge Jiale makes waves in a family, while the Asian recession hits the region.
Director: Anthony Chen | Stars: Yann Yann Yeo, Tian Wen Chen, Angeli Bayani, Jia Ler Koh
Votes: 4,997 | Gross: $0.05M
2013 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
91. White Shadow (2013)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
The story of Alias, a young Albino on the run, hunted by local witch doctors who use Albinos body parts for their potions.
Director: Noaz Deshe | Stars: Hamisi Bazili, James Gayo, Glory Mbayuwayu, Salum Abdallah
Votes: 417
2013 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
92. Gueros (2014)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
Tomas is too much for his lone mother so she sends him to live with his older brother Federico, aka Sombra, in Mexico City.
Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios | Stars: Tenoch Huerta, Sebastián Aguirre, Ilse Salas, Leonardo Ortizgris
Votes: 5,106
2014 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Panorama)
93. Party Girl (I) (2014)
96 min | Drama
An aging nightclub hostess decides to settle down and get married.
Directors: Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis | Stars: Angélique Litzenburger, Joseph Bour, Mario Theis, Samuel Theis
Votes: 1,527
2014 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
94. Court (2014)
116 min | Drama
When an aging activist is arrested, the lives of the accused, the lawyers, and the judge intertwine to reveal bigotry that underscores the judicial system.
Director: Chaitanya Tamhane | Stars: Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Pradeep Joshi
Votes: 5,272
2014 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Orizzonti)
95. 600 Miles (2015)
R | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons for a deadly Mexican cartel. ATF agent Hank Harris attempts to apprehend him, but gets kidnapped by Rubio, instead. Rubio takes him to his bosses, but during the 600-mile-long drive, they slowly befriend.
Director: Gabriel Ripstein | Stars: Tim Roth, Kristyan Ferrer, Mónica Del Carmen, Noé Hernández
Votes: 2,489
2015 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Panorama)
96. Land and Shade (2015)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
After having left a long time ago, a humble country sugar cane worker returns home to meet his grandson and deal with the hardships his family has been put into.
Director: César Augusto Acevedo | Stars: Haimer Leal, Hilda Ruiz, Edison Raigosa, Marleyda Soto
Votes: 1,883
2015 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
97. The Childhood of a Leader (2015)
115 min | Drama
A chronicle of the childhood of a post-World War I leader.
Director: Brady Corbet | Stars: Bérénice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin, Yolande Moreau
Votes: 6,499
2015 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Orizzonti)
98. Hedi (2016)
88 min | Drama, Romance
Hedi, a young man with great dreams, is struggling his way through social conventions in Tunisia. While his mother tries to decide his life for him, Hedi meets Rim and suddenly he discovers that his world goes beyond and above conventions.
Director: Mohamed Ben Attia | Stars: Majd Mastoura, Rym Ben Messaoud, Sabah Bouzouita, Hakim Boumsaoudi
Votes: 1,325
2016 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Wettbewerb)
99. Divines (2016)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.
Director: Houda Benyamina | Stars: Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kévin Mischel, Jisca Kalvanda
Votes: 10,523
2016 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
100. The Last of Us (2016)
95 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
N is coming from the desert to reach North Africa and make an illegal crossing to Europe. He steals a boat, but it soon sinks into the middle of the sea, then embarks in an imaginary ... See full summary »
Director: Alaeddine Slim | Stars: Jahwar Soudani, Fethi Akkari, Jihed Fourti, Slim Majdoub
Votes: 201
2016 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
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