List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
by whittleboy615 | created - 12 Jan 2021 | updated - 16 Mar 2021 | PublicFor the 93rd Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2019 and 31 December 2020.
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1. Another Round (2020)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Four high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe
Votes: 195,214
Nominated, Denmark
2. Better Days (2019)
135 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
While she copes the the pressures of her final examinations, a bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants.
Director: Derek Tsang | Stars: Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee, Fang Yin, Ye Zhou
Votes: 13,141
Nominated, Hong Kong
3. The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)
104 min | Drama
His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania | Stars: Yahya Mahayni, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw, Darina Al Joundi
Votes: 7,112
Nominated, Tunisia
4. Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)
101 min | Drama, History, War
Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
Director: Jasmila Zbanic | Stars: Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic
Votes: 38,226
Nominated, Bosnia and Herzegovina
5. Collective (2019)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag
Votes: 13,443
Nominated, Romania
6. A Sun (2019)
156 min | Crime, Drama
A family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride.
Director: Mong-Hong Chung | Stars: Chien-Ho Wu, Yi-Wen Chen, Samantha Shu-Chin Ko, Kuan-Ting Liu
Votes: 10,208
Shortlisted, Taiwan
7. Hope (2019)
125 min | Drama, Romance
The relationship between artist-partners Tomas and Anja is put to the test after Anja gets a life-threatening diagnosis.
Director: Maria Sødahl | Stars: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Stellan Skarsgård, Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne, Alfred Vatne
Votes: 2,574
Shortlisted, Norway
8. Sun Children (2020)
99 min | Drama
12-year-old Ali and his three friends, together they work hard to survive and support their families. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find hidden treasure underground.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Ali Nasirian, Javad Ezati, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Rouhollah Zamani
Votes: 3,897
Shortlisted, Iran
9. Night of the Kings (2020)
R | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.
Director: Philippe Lacôte | Stars: Bakary Koné, Steve Tientcheu, Jean Cyrille Digbeu, Rasmané Ouédraogo
Votes: 2,861
Shortlisted, Ivory Coast
10. Charlatan (2020)
Unrated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of successful Czech healer Jan Mikolasek, who diagnosed and healed people using his intuition and strong familiarity with plants, set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Juraj Loj, Jaroslava Pokorná
Votes: 3,216
Shortlisted, Czech Republic
11. La Llorona (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An aging paranoid war criminal, protected by his faithful wife, faces death while being haunted by the ghosts of his past.
Director: Jayro Bustamante | Stars: María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kenéfic, Julio Diaz
Votes: 7,754
Shortlisted, Guatemala
12. I'm No Longer Here (2019)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama
In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.
Director: Fernando Frias | Stars: Juan Daniel García Treviño, Emily May Jampel, Xueming Angelina Chen, Leonardo Ávila
Votes: 9,417
Shortlisted, Mexico
13. Two of Us (2019)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Romance
Pensioners Nina and Madeleine have hidden their deep and passionate love for many decades, but their bond is put to the test when they are suddenly unable to move freely between each other's apartments.
Director: Filippo Meneghetti | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Martine Chevallier, Léa Drucker, Jérôme Varanfrain
Votes: 3,731
Shortlisted, France
14. Dear Comrades! (2020)
121 min | Drama, History
When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Yuliya Vysotskaya, Vladislav Komarov, Andrey Gusev, Yuliya Burova
Votes: 5,901
Shortlisted, Russia
15. The Mole Agent (2020)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.
Director: Maite Alberdi | Stars: Sergio Chamy, Romulo Aitken, Marta Olivares, Berta Ureta
Votes: 9,504
Shortlisted, Chile
16. The Man Standing Next (2020)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of President Park, who controls the KCIA, the organization with the edge over any branch of government.
Director: Min-ho Woo | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sung-min, Kwak Do-won, Lee Hee-joon
Votes: 4,128
South Korea
17. Blizzard of Souls (2019)
Not Rated | 123 min | Action, Drama, History
After losing his mother and his home, Arturs finds some consolation in joining the army. However, war is nothing like he imagined.
Director: Dzintars Dreibergs | Stars: Oto Brantevics, Greta Trusina, Martins Vilsons, Rezija Kalnina
Votes: 5,024
Latvia
18. The Endless Trench (2019)
TV-MA | 147 min | Drama, History
1936. A country taken by the fascism. A husband marked for the killing. A wife determined to all for saving him. An endless incarceration in his own home.
Directors: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Belén Cuesta, Vicente Vergara, José Manuel Poga
Votes: 7,303
Spain
19. Tove (2020)
103 min | Biography, Drama
Depiction on the life of Tove Jansson, showing both her personal relationships, and the creation of the popular Moomin books.
Director: Zaida Bergroth | Stars: Alma Pöysti, Krista Kosonen, Shanti Roney, Joanna Haartti
Votes: 3,804
Finland
20. Wet Season (2019)
103 min | Drama, Romance
A teacher and student at a Singapore high school form a special, self-affirming bond.
Director: Anthony Chen | Stars: Yann Yann Yeo, Jia Ler Koh, Christopher Ming-Shun Lee, Shi Bin Yang
Votes: 1,503
Singapore
21. And Tomorrow the Entire World (2020)
TV-MA | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
How far one is willing to go for the sake of one's political commitment.
Director: Julia von Heinz | Stars: Mala Emde, Noah Saavedra, Tonio Schneider, Andreas Lust
Votes: 3,625
Germany
22. Charter (2020)
94 min | Drama
After a divorce, Alice hasn't seen her children in two months as she awaits a custody verdict. When her son calls her in the middle of the night, Alice takes action, abducting the children on an illicit charter trip to the Canary Islands.
Director: Amanda Kernell | Stars: Ane Dahl Torp, Sverrir Gudnason, Troy Lundkvist, Tintin Poggats Sarri
Votes: 1,502
Sweden
23. Impetigore (2019)
Not Rated | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A toll booth operator travels to her ancestral village in hopes of claiming an inheritance - until she discovers the unsettling truth about her past.
Director: Joko Anwar | Stars: Tara Basro, Ario Bayu, Marissa Anita, Christine Hakim
Votes: 7,329
Indonesia
24. Leap (2020)
135 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
After 12 years, the Chinese women's volleyball team again reached the Olympic final in 2016. They were now coached by Lang Ping, a stalwart of the 1980s Chinese women's team, who won consecutive World Championships from 1981 to 1985.
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Stars: Gong Li, Huang Bo, Gang Wu, Yuchang Peng
Votes: 1,444 | Gross: $0.08M
China
25. Monster (2019)
90 min | Drama
Ireland, 1845. As the famine progresses, a fisherman unable to protect his family is subsumed by darkness until a helpless little girl saves him from despair.
Director: Tom Sullivan | Stars: Dónall Ó Héalai, Saise Quinn, Dara Devaney, Eoin O'Dubhghaill
Votes: 503
Ireland
26. Asia (2020)
85 min | Drama
Despite living together, Asia barely interacts with her daughter Vika. Their routine is shaken when Vika's health deteriorates rapidly. Asia must step in and become the mother Vika so desperately needs
Director: Ruthy Pribar | Stars: Alena Yiv, Shira Haas, Tamir Mula, Gera Sandler
Votes: 717
Israel
27. Buladó (2020)
87 min | Drama
As the different mentalities of rational father Ouira and spiritual grandfather Weljo start to clash, eleven-year-old Kenza is determined to find her own path into adult life. A magical-realism film placed on a junkyard in Curaçao.
Director: Eché Janga | Stars: Tiara Richards, Felix de Rooy, Everon Jackson Hooi, Vanessa Abad
Votes: 1,260
Netherlands
28. 14 Days, 12 Nights (2019)
99 min | Drama
Isabelle and her partner adopted Clara in Vietnam, who died several years after. In order to heal her wounds, Isabelle flies to Hanoi to discover the culture of Clara and meet her biological mother, who will later become her friend.
Director: Jean-Philippe Duval | Stars: Anne Dorval, Leanna Chea, François Papineau, Hiep Tran Nghia
Votes: 365
Canada
29. True Mothers (2020)
140 min | Drama
A woman with an adopted child is contacted unexpectedly by the child's birth mother.
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Hiromi Nagasaku, Arata Iura, Aju Makita, Reo Sato
Votes: 1,978
Japan
30. Agnes Joy (2019)
92 min | Drama
Rannveig is experiencing burnout in all aspects of her mundane suburban life. She's stuck with a job she hates and a marriage that is slowly dying. On top of that, she's constantly fighting... See full summary »
Director: Silja Hauksdóttir | Stars: Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Donna Cruz
Votes: 328
Iceland
31. My Little Sister (2020)
99 min | Drama
Lisa has bid goodbye to her ambitions as a playwright and the Berlin arts scene and now lives in Switzerland with her husband, who runs an international school. When her twin brother falls ill, she returns to Berlin.
Directors: Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond | Stars: Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus
Votes: 1,344
Switzerland
32. Notturno (I) (2020)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary
Gianfranco Rosi's new documentary is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Votes: 1,317
Italy
33. Derë e hapur (2019)
78 min | Drama
A married Albanian mother and her pregnant sister try to find a man to play the part of the sister's husband before they meet up with their strict, traditional father.
Director: Florenc Papas | Stars: Luli Bitri, Jonida Vokshi, Gulielm Radoja, Sotiraq Bratko
Votes: 77
Albania
34. The Sleepwalkers (2019)
107 min | Drama
Tracking the tandem voyages of a mother and daughter into fraught emotional terrain, Argentinian director Paula Hernández examines the ways desire and expectation clash when familial pressures push women to their limits.
Director: Paula Hernández | Stars: Erica Rivas, Ornella D'Elía, Marilú Marini, Luis Ziembrowski
Votes: 986
Argentina
35. Songs of Solomon (2020)
R | 103 min | Drama
From the two time academy award winning producer and writer of "Green Book" and Inspired by true events, comes a film about a childhood friendship torn apart by a horrible empire set out to... See full summary »
Director: Arman Nshanian | Stars: Samvel Tadevossian, Arman Nshanian, Sos Janibekyan, Arevik Gevorgyan
Votes: 1,400
Armenia
36. What We Wanted (2020)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama
A couple facing fertility issues finds their marriage tested on a vacation to a Sardinian resort - and the family next door only adds to the tension.
Director: Ulrike Kofler | Stars: Lavinia Wilson, Elyas M'Barek, Anna Unterberger, Lukas Spisser
Votes: 2,033
Austria
37. Sincerely Yours, Dhaka (2018)
134 min | Drama
Eleven emerging Bangladeshi filmmakers present a collection of gritty shorts centered on the capital city and the people living in its margins.
Directors: Abdul Qaiyum Leon, Tanvir Ahsan, Saleh Sobhan Auneem, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Golam Kibria Farooki, Mir Mukarram Hossain, Nuhash Humayun, Mahmudul Islam, Abdullah Al Noor, Rahat Rahman, Robiul Alam Robi, Syed Ahmed Shawki | Stars: Mostafizur Noor Imran, Shah Yeanur, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Johan
Votes: 756
Bangladesh
38. Working Girls (2020)
91 min | Drama
Every day, three sex workers cross the border from France into Belgium to practice their trade. At the end of one particularly hot summer, all three share a secret that will bind them together forever.
Directors: Frédéric Fonteyne, Anne Paulicevich | Stars: Sara Forestier, Noémie Lvovsky, Annabelle Lengronne, Nicolas Cazalé
Votes: 966
Belgium
39. Chaco (2020)
80 min | Drama, War
In 1934, Bolivia is at war with Paraguay. Liborio and Ticona and other Bolivian indigenous soldiers are lost in the hell of the Chaco, under the commandment of German Captain Kundt. They're... See full summary »
Director: Diego Mondaca | Stars: Raimundo Ramos, Fabián Arenillas, Mauricio Toledo, Fausto Castellón
Votes: 151
Bolivia
40. Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2019)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
"I have already lived my death and now all that is left is to make a film about it." So said the filmmaker Hector Babenco to Bárbara Paz when he realized he did not have much time left. She... See full summary »
Director: Bárbara Paz | Stars: Hector Babenco, Regina Braga, Willem Dafoe, Paulo José
Votes: 531
Brazil
41. The Father (2019)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Vasil has just lost his long-time partner in life, his wife Valentina. When a woman at her funeral proclaims that the dead woman called her cell phone, Vasil seeks out the help of a ... See full summary »
Directors: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Stars: Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov, Tanya Shahova, Hristofor Nedkov
Votes: 702
Bulgaria
42. Fathers (2020)
110 min | Drama, Family
Based on a true story, Losing one leg, a man lives on his cyclo-trisaw drives to provide for two children his wife abandons at a pagoda's corner.
Director: Huy Yaleng | Stars: Huy Yaleng, Sonyta Mean, Kong Sophy, Tep Sreypov
Votes: 12
Cambodia
43. The Fisherman's Diary (2020)
TV-MA | 143 min | Drama
Ekah is determined to go to school in a village of fishermen where a girl child's education is considered a taboo. Her drive to break this old adage gets her embroiled with her father, Solomon's past.
Director: Enah Johnscott | Stars: Kang Quintus, Faith Fidel, Cosson Chinepoh, Ramsey Nouah
Votes: 752
Cameroon
44. Memories of My Father (2020)
136 min | Drama, History
An author recalls life with his father, a university professor who fought against oppression and social inequality in Colombia in the seventies.
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Javier Cámara, Nicolás Reyes Cano, Juan Pablo Urrego, Patricia Tamayo
Votes: 2,622
Colombia
45. Land of Ashes (2019)
82 min | Drama
Selva (13) lives in a coastal town in the Caribbean. After the sudden disappearance of her only motherly figure, she is left to take care of her grandfather who doesn't want to live. ... See full summary »
Director: Sofía Quirós | Stars: Smashleen Gutiérrez, Humberto Samuels, Hortensia Smith, Keha Brown
Votes: 392
Costa Rica
46. Extracurricular (2019)
101 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
The recently divorced father of a nine-year-old, furious his daughter can't spend her birthday with him, bursts into her classroom with a birthday cake and a rifle. A hostage crisis ensues,... See full summary »
Director: Ivan-Goran Vitez | Stars: Milivoj Beader, Zeljko Königsknecht, Anita Matic Delic, Marko Cindric
Votes: 276
Croatia
47. Buscando a Casal (2019)
116 min | Drama
Director: Jorge Luis Sánchez | Stars: Yasmani Guerrero, Yadier Fernández, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Armando Miguel Gómez
Votes: 6
Cuba
48. A State of Madness (2020)
93 min | Drama, History
A film noir evocative Caribbean drama set in 1953 in the Dominican Republic during the cruel dictatorship of Leonidas Trujillo.
Director: Leticia Tonos | Stars: Luis José Germán, Jane Santos, Pavel Marcano, Ico Abreu
Votes: 44
Dominican Republic
49. Emptiness (2019)
94 min | Drama, Thriller
Lei and Wong clandestinely arrive to Ecuador, on their way to the port city of Guayaquil. From there Lei plans to continue her journey to New York, but Chang, a bipolar mobster will decide ... See full summary »
Director: Paúl Venegas | Stars: Jing Fu, Lidan Zhu, Day Min Meng, Ricardo Velasteguí
Votes: 52
Ecuador
50. When We're Born (2019)
110 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
When we are born, we each have a life path, which is then influenced by how we are raised and the beliefs ingrained in us. The film interweaves the hopes and dreams of three characters at ... See full summary »
Director: Tamer Ezzat | Stars: Amr Abed, Ibtihal Elserety, Salma Hassan, Mohamed Hatem
Votes: 255
Egypt
51. The Last Ones (2020)
117 min | Drama
A struggling mine owner supplies his workers with drugs so they'll forget a tough existence. Nearby a small community of reindeer breeders also struggles.This critique of capitalism unfolds against a Western like Lapland landscape.
Director: Veiko Õunpuu | Stars: Pääru Oja, Laura Birn, Tommi Korpela, Elmer Bäck
Votes: 558
Estonia
52. Beginning (2020)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
When a Jehovah's Witness community is attacked, leader's wife Yana questions her desires as her familiar world crumbles.
Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili | Stars: Ia Sukhitashvili, Rati Oneli, Kakha Kintsurashvili, Saba Gogichaishvili
Votes: 2,388
Georgia
53. Apples (II) (2020)
91 min | Drama
Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities.
Director: Christos Nikou | Stars: Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovassili, Anna Kalaitzidou, Argyris Bakirtzis
Votes: 5,460
Greece
54. Days of Light (2019)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
A solar storm hits Central America. Its inhabitants must face life disconnected from technology. Fear, friendship and love emerge as they come together with others, while the skies are lit by lights never seen before.
Directors: Gloria Carrión Fonseca, Julio López Fernández, Enrique Medrano, Mauro Borges Mora, Enrique Pérez Him, Sergio Ramírez | Stars: Zenith Gálvez, Cloty Luna, Joel Davaz, Gustavo Gómez
Votes: 37
Honduras
55. Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Márta, a forty-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man. But the love of her life claims they have never met before.
Director: Lili Horvát | Stars: Natasa Stork, Viktor Bodó, Benett Vilmányi, Zsolt Nagy
Votes: 2,764
Hungary
56. Jallikattu (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence.
Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery | Stars: Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad, Jaffer Idukki
Votes: 9,049
India
57. 200 Meters (2020)
96 min | Adventure, Drama
A Palestinian father trapped on the other side of the separation wall is trying to reach the hospital for his son.
Director: Ameen Nayfeh | Stars: Ali Suliman, Anna Unterberger, Motaz Malhees, Mahmoud Abu Eita
Votes: 2,103
Jordan
58. The Crying Steppe (2021)
108 min | Drama
70% of indigenous population of Kazakhstan died during the Great Famine, artificially imposed on people in the 1920s by the Bolsheviks. Overcoming blind fear of death and despair, an eagle hunter Turar tries to save his family.
Director: Marina Kunarova | Stars: Sayazhan Kulymbetova, Akylkhan Almassov, Dulyga Akmolda, Sergey Ufimtzev
Votes: 664
Kazakhstan
59. The Letter (V) (2019)
84 min | Documentary
Karisa's city-life is interrupted when his Grandma back home is called a witch and receives a death threat. Returning to his rural village in Kenya, he finds a frenzied mixture of consumerism and Christianity.
Directors: Chris King, Maia Lekow
Votes: 25
Kenya
60. Exile (2020)
121 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
EXIL tells the story of a chemical engineer of foreign origin who feels discriminated and bullied at work, plunging him into an identity crisis.
Director: Visar Morina | Stars: Misel Maticevic, Sandra Hüller, Rainer Bock, Thomas Mraz
Votes: 1,144
Kosovo
61. Running to the Sky (2019)
88 min | Drama
Twelve-year-old Jekshen is an exceptional runner. Lonely Jekshen only has his girlfriend from school and his father's friends for support. They encourage him to take part in a big race that could change his life for the better.
Director: Mirlan Abdykalykov | Stars: Temirlan Asankadyrov, Ruslan Orozakunov, Meerim Atantaeva, Ilim Kalmuratov
Votes: 78
Kyrgyzstan
62. Broken Keys (2021)
110 min | Drama
Trying to escape his war-ravaged Middle Eastern neighborhood where music has been banned, a musician embarks on a journey to rebuild his piano after it is destroyed by extremists.
Director: Jimmy Keyrouz | Stars: Tarek Yaacoub, Rola Beksmati, Mounir Maasri, Ibrahim El Kurdi
Votes: 340
Lebanon
63. This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection (2019)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
When her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to reservoir construction, an 80-year-old widow finds a new will to live and ignites the spirit of resilience within her community.
Director: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | Stars: Mary Twala, Jerry Mofokeng, Makhaola Ndebele, Tseko Monaheng
Votes: 1,454
Lethoso
64. Nova Lituania (2019)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, History
It's late 1930's. Foreseeing the upcoming war in Europe, Lithuanian geographer Feliksas Gruodis comes up with an idea to save his country by establishing a Lithuanian colony overseas. The ... See full summary »
Director: Karolis Kaupinis | Stars: Aleksas Kazanavicius, Vaidotas Martinaitis, Valentinas Masalskis, Rasa Samuolyte
Votes: 970
Lithuania
65. River Tales (2020)
82 min | Documentary
While a Chinese businessman wants to take control of the interoceanic route in Nicaragua, actor and teacher Yemn creates a play with the local kids to reflect on their history, their identity and the country's future.
Director: Julie Schroell
Votes: 13
Luxembourg
66. Roh (2019)
83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Set in the past, in which a family gets a visit from a strange little girl with a frightening prediction.
Director: Emir Ezwan | Stars: Farah Ahmad, Mhia Farhana, Harith Haziq, June Lojong
Votes: 1,093
Malaysia
67. Veins of the World (2020)
96 min | Drama, Family
A young Mongolian boy turns grief into a source of power, after the death of his father.
Director: Byambasuren Davaa | Stars: Bat-Ireedui Batmunkh, Enerel Tumen, Yalalt Namsrai, Algirchamin Baatarsuren
Votes: 494
Mongolia
68. Breasts (2020)
92 min | Drama
Twenty year high-school reunion bring together four friends. One of them is gravely ill. The rest want to help her. But to do that, they firstly have to find out who they really are.
Director: Marija Perovic | Stars: Marija Skaricic, Vojin Cetkovic, Dubravka Drakic, Nada Sargin
Votes: 105
Montenegro
69. The Unknown Saint (2019)
100 min | Comedy, Crime
A criminal returns to the fake grave where he buried his loot years before and discovers that it has become the shrine of an unknown saint and a thriving little village.
Director: Alaa Eddine Aljem | Stars: Younes Bouab, Salah Ben Saleh, Bouchaib Semmak, Mohammed Nouaimane
Votes: 1,577
Morocco
70. The Milkmaid (2020)
136 min | Drama
A Fulani milkmaid confronts religious extremists in rural Sub-Saharan Africa in a quest to locate her missing sister, but efforts to recapture her disrupted past prove complicated.
Director: Desmond Ovbiagele | Stars: Maryam Booth, Ibrahim Jammal, Anthonieta Kalunta, Faruq Usman Kona
Votes: 33
Nigeria
71. Willow (2019)
101 min | Drama
Three women - one medieval, two contemporary - struggle to become mothers. They have not set out to change the world or society, but their struggles with tradition, loyalty, adoption and ... See full summary »
Director: Milcho Manchevski | Stars: Sara Klimoska, Natalija Teodosieva, Kamka Tocinovski, Nenad Nacev
Votes: 1,039
North Macedonia
72. Circus of Life (2019)
138 min | Drama
Circus of Life provides a calm and detailed picture of challenging issues of a man who live in Lahore.
Director: Sarmad Sultan Khoosat | Stars: Arif Hassan, Samiya Mumtaz, Eman Suleman, Ali Kureshi
Votes: 500
Pakistan
73. Gaza mon amour (2020)
87 min | Drama
Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works at the market with her daughter Leila. When he discovers an ancient phallic statue of Apollo in ... See full summary »
Directors: Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser | Stars: Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abd Elhadi, George Iskandar
Votes: 989
Palestine
74. Operation Just Cause (2019)
95 min | Drama, War
Operation Just Cause was the largest and most complex U.S. combat operation since the Vietnam war. Nearly 26,000 combat troops deployed in Panama, this is the story told by the Panamanians who lived it that Christmas of 1989
Directors: Luis Franco Brantley, Luis Pacheco | Stars: Patricia De Leon, Arian Abadi, Aída Morales, Anthony Anel
Votes: 118
Panama
75. Killing the Dead (2019)
87 min | Thriller
In 1978, Paraguay lives a dictatorship and, clandestinely, two men bury corpses. But one day they find a man who is still breathing. They have to kill him, but they never killed anyone before.
Director: Hugo Giménez | Stars: Ever Enciso, Aníbal Ortiz, Silvio Rodas, Jorge Román
Votes: 74
Paraguay
76. Song Without a Name (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
Georgina's newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation.
Director: Melina León | Stars: Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas, Ruth Armas
Votes: 1,150
Peru
77. Mindanao (2019)
124 min | Drama
Mindanao tells the story of Muslim woman Saima Datupalo (Judy Ann Santos). While she is taking care of her cancer-stricken daughter Aisa Datupalo (Yuna Tangog) in a temporary home for ... See full summary »
Director: Brillante Mendoza | Stars: Judy Ann Santos, Allen Dizon, Yuna Tangog, Nezzar Pitt
Votes: 129
Philippines
78. Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)
Unrated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East, works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in a wealthy gated community of his clients.
Directors: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert | Stars: Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati
Votes: 2,763
Poland
79. Vitalina Varela (2019)
124 min | Drama
A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Manuel Tavares Almeida, Francisco Brito
Votes: 2,471
Portugal
80. Scales (2019)
74 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Set in a dystopian landscape, SCALES is the story of a young strong-willed girl, Hayat, who lives in a poor fishing village governed by a dark tradition in which every family must give one ... See full summary »
Director: Shahad Ameen | Stars: Ashraf Barhom, Basima Hajjar, Fatima Al Taei, Yagoub Alfarhan
Votes: 2,275
Saudi Arabia
81. Nafi's Father (2019)
107 min | Drama
A fight between an Imam and his powerful brother over their children's marriage. At stake: how a small community slowly drifts towards extremism.
Director: Mamadou Dia | Stars: Alassane Sy, Aicha Talla, Saikou Lo, Penda Daly Sy
Votes: 116
Senegal
82. Dara of Jasenovac (2020)
R | 130 min | Drama, War
A 10-year-old girl and her family come face-to-face with the horrors of the Holocaust when they are sent to a concentration camp in Croatia. She must summon the courage to protect herself and her infant brother while trying to escape.
Director: Predrag Antonijevic | Stars: Biljana Cekic, Zlatan Vidovic, Anja Stanic, Luka Saranovic
Votes: 81,854 | Gross: $0.05M
Serbia
83. The Auschwitz Report (2021)
94 min | Drama, History, War
A fictionalized tale of the escape by Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, based on the novel by Wetzler called 'What Dante did not See.' They hide for 3 days and escape once the search for them is over. They report their experiences.
Director: Peter Bebjak | Stars: Noel Czuczor, Peter Ondrejicka, Florian Panzner, Jan Nedbal
Votes: 2,875
Slovakia
84. Stories from the Chestnut Woods (2019)
81 min | Drama
In a decaying forest on the Yugoslav-Italian border in the years after World War II, a stingy, old carpenter and a lonely, young chestnut seller share imaginative memories of the past as ... See full summary »
Director: Gregor Bozic | Stars: Massimo De Francovich, Ivana Roscic, Giusi Merli, Tomi Janezic
Votes: 467
Slovenia
85. Toorbos (2019)
120 min | Drama
"Toorbos" explores the uprooting of a young forest woman and her community during the time of the last forest inhabitants of South Africa's Knysna forest of the 1930s.
Director: Rene van Rooyen | Stars: Elani Dekker, Stiaan Smith, Ira Blanckenberg, Clare Marshall
Votes: 73
South Africa
86. You Will Die at 20 (2019)
103 min | Drama
Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.
Director: Amjad Abu Alala | Stars: Mustafa Shehata, Islam Mubarak, Mahmoud Maysara Elsaraj, Bonna Khalid
Votes: 2,668
Sudan
87. Wiren (2018)
105 min | Drama
When nine-year-old Wiren meets the American Dr. Young a world of opportunities opens up for the small deaf boy. Driven by his ambition to get ahead in life he leaves his life in rural ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Tai-Apin | Stars: Idi Lemmers, Gaby Treurniet, Altaafkhan Dhonre, Rafe Leysner
Votes: 54
Suriname
88. Happy Old Year (2019)
TV-MA | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A woman wants to reorganize her house and convert it into a home office. She will throw away anything that has been lying around unused. However, she faces a great challenge when she comes across some items that belonged to her ex-boyfriend.
Director: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Stars: Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, Sunny Suwanmethanont, Sarika Sartsilpsupa, Thirawat Ngosawang
Votes: 2,837
Thailand
89. Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019)
120 min | Drama
Joselito (Aga Muhlach), an intellectually-disabled man, is wrongfully charged with sexual assault, kidnapping, and murder of a little girl. In prison he becomes friends with his fellow ... See full summary »
Director: Nuel C. Naval | Stars: Aga Muhlach, Bela Padilla, Xia Vigor, Joel Torre
Votes: 2,039
Turkey
90. Atlantis (2019)
108 min | Drama, War
A soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.
Director: Valentyn Vasyanovych | Stars: Andriy Rymaruk, Liudmyla Bileka, Vasyl Antoniak, Lily Hyde
Votes: 2,671
Ukraine
91. Alelí (2019)
TV-MA | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
The death of their father causes three dysfunctional siblings to fight over their beloved childhood home.
Director: Leticia Jorge | Stars: Néstor Guzzini, Mirella Pascual, Cristina Morán, Romina Peluffo
Votes: 404
Uruguay
92. Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (2020)
TV-PG | 99 min | Documentary
Villagers in the Venezuelan community of Lake Maracaibo fight against pollution, corruption and neglect to keep homes and way of life.
Director: Anabel Rodriguez Rios
Votes: 432
Venezuela
93. Dreamy Eyes (2019)
117 min | Drama, Romance
The movie tells the one-sided love story of a young man, Ngan, for his girlfriend from childhood, Ha Lan.
Director: Victor Vu | Stars: Trúc Anh, Tran Nghia, Tran Phong, Nguyen Lam Thao Tam
Votes: 1,193
Vietnam
94. Héliopolis (2021)
116 min | Drama, History
In region of Guelma, a small village called Heliopolis , the daily life of an Algerian family takes its usual course. But on May 8, 1945, the day the end of World War II was announced, ... See full summary »
Director: Djaffar Gacem | Stars: Aziz Boukrouni, Mehdi Ramdani, Souhila Mallem, Alexis Rangheard
Votes: 386
Withdrawn, Algeria
95. Persian Lessons (2020)
127 min | Drama, War
A young Jewish man in a concentration camp has his life saved when executioners realize he owns a Persian book. Brought before a camp officer who wants to learn Farsi, Gilles agrees to teach him despite not knowing a word of the language.
Director: Vadim Perelman | Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, David Schütter
Votes: 12,188
Disqualified, Belarus
96. 2000 Songs of Farida (2020)
110 min | Drama
Kamil's peaceful life with his three wives in the remote region of Turkestan is disrupted when a fourth wife arrives. Changes simultaneously rush at a family that seem far from a historical... See full summary »
Director: Yalkin Tuychiev | Stars: Bakhram Matchanov, Marjona Uljayeva, Ilmira Rahimjanova, Yulduz Rajabova
Votes: 44
Disqualified, Uzbekistan
97. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019)
110 min | Drama, Family
An aspiring singer living with his grandmother in the capital of Bhutan dreams of getting a visa to move to Australia.
Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji | Stars: Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Pem Zam
Votes: 6,604
Disqualified, Bhutan
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