Filmfestival Rotterdam
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1. Wadjda (2012)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd
Votes: 21,471 | Gross: $1.35M
2. Far from Men (2014)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, War
Algeria, 1954. Two very different men thrown together by a world in turmoil are forced to flee across the Atlas mountains. Daru, the reclusive teacher, has to escort Mohamed, a villager accused of murder.
Director: David Oelhoffen | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb, Djemel Barek, Vincent Martin
Votes: 8,806
3. Speed Walking (2014)
108 min | Drama, History
Martin (14) is forced to deal with confused sexuality and the loss of a mother in a provincial setting in the mid-seventies, where the famed Danish liberation of porn has had its influence on the grownups.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Villads Bøye, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Frederik Winther Rasmussen
Votes: 1,819
4. Atlantic. (2014)
94 min | Drama
A Moroccan fisherman sets off on an epic journey towards Europe on his wind surfboard. But the pursuit of dreams does not come without sacrifice.
Director: Jan-Willem van Ewijk | Stars: Fettah Lamara, Thekla Reuten, Mohamed Majd, Boujmaa Guilloul
Votes: 585
5. Let the Right One In (2008)
R | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl
Votes: 226,733 | Gross: $2.12M
6. Gå med fred Jamil - Ma salama Jamil (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama
An Arabic tale that takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark. About ancient religious hatred, about love, punishment, guilt and redemption, about being responsible for one's own actions and ... See full summary »
Director: Omar Shargawi | Stars: Elias Samir Al-Sobehi, Khalid Alssubeihi, Salah El Koussa, Diab El Masri
Votes: 430
7. Dagen zonder lief (2007)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
The lives of a group of friends get disturbed when one of them comes back after having been away for some years.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Koen De Graeve, Wine Dierickx, Pieter Genard, An Miller
Votes: 2,743
8. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song
Votes: 116,248 | Gross: $11.05M
9. The Guilty (2018)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
Director: Gustav Möller | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Gotthardt Olsen
Votes: 64,416 | Gross: $0.21M
10. Pin Cushion (2017)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
When a socially awkward teen and her outcast mother become targets for the petty and cruel denizens of their small town, they seek refuge in an elaborate fantasy world of their own making.
Director: Deborah Haywood | Stars: Lily Newmark, Joanna Scanlan, Chanel Cresswell, Bethany Antonia
Votes: 1,183
11. The Insult (2017)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Camille Salameh, Diamand Abou Abboud
Votes: 18,074 | Gross: $1.00M
12. Nico, 1988 (2017)
R | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The last year of singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.
Director: Susanna Nicchiarelli | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, John Gordon Sinclair, Anamaria Marinca, Sandor Funtek
Votes: 2,064 | Gross: $0.07M
13. The Man (2017)
94 min | Drama
Simon, king of the Danish art scene, sees his life turned upside down when his unknown son Casper turns up.
Director: Charlotte Sieling | Stars: Søren Malling, Jakob Oftebro, Ane Dahl Torp, Sus Wilkins
Votes: 690
14. Tramontane (2016)
105 min | Drama
Rabih, a young blind man, lives in a small village in Lebanon. He sings in a choir and edits Braille documents for an income. His life unravels when he tries to apply for a passport and ... See full summary »
Director: Vatche Boulghourjian | Stars: Barakat Jabbour, Julia Kassar, Toufic Barakat, Michel Adabachi
Votes: 373
15. A Wedding (2016)
98 min | Drama
Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir.
Director: Stephan Streker | Stars: Lina El Arabi, Sébastien Houbani, Babak Karimi, Neena Kulkarni
Votes: 1,692
16. A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
An aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.
Director: Jan-Ole Gerster | Stars: Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi, Andreas Schröders
Votes: 17,524 | Gross: $0.15M
17. Lena (2011)
119 min | Drama
Lena is a lonely, plump adolescent girl. Much to her surprise she gets a relationship with the popular but unreliable Daan. Lena moves in with Daan and his strange father Tom and is willing to do a lot for his love. More than a lot.
Director: Christophe Van Rompaey | Stars: Emma Levie, Niels Gomperts, Jeroen Willems, Agata Buzek
Votes: 591
18. Finsterworld (2013)
91 min | Drama
A number of individuals in Germany whose lives are connected in some ways, and all of them have dark sides which may shock us to the core.
Director: Frauke Finsterwalder | Stars: Gisela Aderhold, Christoph Bach, Margit Carstensen, Jakub Gierszal
Votes: 2,030
19. Han Gong-ju (2013)
R | 112 min | Drama
Han Gong-Ju transfers to a new school to escape her past. It takes a long time for her troubled past to catch up with her but when it does, the revelation is devastating.
Director: Su-jin Lee | Stars: Chun Woo-hee, Jung In-sun, So-young Kim, Yeong-ran Lee
Votes: 2,723
20. The Amazing Catfish (2013)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Martha, a single mother of four children, lets Claudia move into her home. As Claudia bonds with the family, Martha's health slowly deteriorates.
Director: Claudia Sainte-Luce | Stars: Lisa Owen, Ximena Ayala, Sonia Franco, Wendy Guillén
Votes: 2,086 | Gross: $0.01M
21. Metalhead (2013)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A girl is caught between the life that took her brother and her own inability to strike out on her own. In her grief, she finds solace in the dark music of Black Metal and dreams of becoming a rock star.
Director: Ragnar Bragason | Stars: Thora Bjorg Helga, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson
Votes: 7,869
22. Northwest (2013)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
18-year-old Caspar wants to reach the top, no matter what. He carries out small-time break-ins for Jamal, before moving on to work for big player Björn. All goes well, until Jamal's gang ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Oscar Dyekjær Giese, Lene Maria Christensen, Annemieke Bredahl Peppink
Votes: 4,308
23. God of the Piano (2019)
80 min | Drama
For Anat, music is everything. Having never been able to reach her father's musical standards, she rests her hopes on the child she's about to have. When the baby is born deaf, Anat succumbs to extreme measures to keep the dream alive.
Director: Itay Tal | Stars: Naama Preis, Andy Levi, Ze'ev Shimshoni, Ron Bitterman
Votes: 421
24. Bathtubs Over Broadway (2018)
PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
A Late Night comedy writer stumbles upon a hilarious, hidden world of corporate entertainment and finds an unexpected connection to his fellow man. Tribeca and WGA Award winner.
Director: Dava Whisenant | Stars: David Letterman, Martin Short, Chita Rivera, Susan Stroman
Votes: 1,226
25. The Best of Dorien B. (2019)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Dorien has everything - two children, a husband, her own veterinary practice. But suddenly everything is different: her mother has been having an affair for years.
Director: Anke Blondé | Stars: Kim Snauwaert, Jelle De Beule, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Wine Dierickx
Votes: 348
26. Coureur (2018)
96 min | Drama, Sport
Young Felix grows up as an inside spectator at cycling races, a bizarre environment where violence and drugs seem to reign. Following his father's footsteps, Felix discovers that his body is not made for the game.
Director: Kenneth Mercken | Stars: Fortunato Cerlino, Serge-Henri Valcke, Koen De Graeve, Nicola Rignanese
Votes: 649
27. Rocks (2019)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama
A young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother with no choice but to live out on the streets.
Director: Sarah Gavron | Stars: Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali, D'angelou Osei Kissiedu, Shaneigha-Monik Greyson
Votes: 5,547
28. A Perfectly Normal Family (2020)
97 min | Drama, Family
Emma has a perfectly normal family until one day it turns out her dad, Thomas, is transgender. As Thomas becomes Agnete, both father and daughter struggle to hold on to what they had while accepting that everything has changed.
Director: Malou Reymann | Stars: Kaya Toft Loholt, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Rigmor Ranthe, Neel Rønholt
Votes: 1,481
29. Les Misérables (2019)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.
Director: Ladj Ly | Stars: Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga, Issa Perica
Votes: 28,286 | Gross: $0.33M
30. Marona's Fantastic Tale (2019)
Not Rated | 92 min | Animation, Drama, Family
After an accident, a little dog remembers all the different masters she's had successively and loved unconditionally.
Director: Anca Damian | Stars: Lizzie Brocheré, Olimpia Melinte, Marius Manole, Bruno Salomone
Votes: 1,350
31. Marius and Jeannette (1997)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Marius is the keeper of an abandoned cement works staying high above the quarter of l'Estaque in Marseilles. Jeannette is bringing up her two children alone with her poor checkout operator ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Pascale Roberts, Jacques Boudet
Votes: 1,721 | Gross: $0.28M
32. The Crazy Stranger (1997)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban, Ovidiu Balan
Votes: 8,369 | Gross: $0.67M
33. Dis-moi que je rêve (1998)
97 min | Drama, Comedy
A family of farmers has to deal with the retarded elder son. He gets everybody bored and tired of him, even his cow to whom he goes to talk to several times a day.
Director: Claude Mouriéras | Stars: Frédéric Pierrot, Muriel Mayette, Vincent Dénériaz, Cédric Vieira
Votes: 192
34. Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men's group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.
Director: Rose Troche | Stars: Kevin McKidd, Julie Graham, Simon Callow, Con O'Neill
Votes: 3,523 | Gross: $0.02M
35. Run Lola Run (1998)
R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Votes: 206,955 | Gross: $7.27M
36. Windhorse (1998)
97 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Three young Tibetans struggle for freedom against the Chinese communist regime. Windhorse was filmed clandestinely inside Tibet and in Nepal. It was the first digital feature film, shot in ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wagner | Stars: Dadon, Jampa Kelsang, Richard Chang, Yu Lu
Votes: 175 | Gross: $0.28M
37. All About My Mother (1999)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan
Votes: 102,853 | Gross: $8.26M
38. Show Me Love (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust
Votes: 55,395 | Gross: $0.17M
39. Solas (1999)
R | 101 min | Drama
While waiting for her husband to recover in a hospital, a mother stays with her estranged daughter, Maria, who fled her parents rural home in Andalusia because she could no longer bear her father's abusiveness and her mother's passivity.
Director: Benito Zambrano | Stars: María Galiana, Ana Fernández, Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, Antonio Dechent
Votes: 3,882 | Gross: $0.37M
40. Split Wide Open (1999)
Unrated | 103 min | Crime, Drama
A search for a lost street girl amid exposés of modern sexual behavior in Bombay and a water Mafia in the city, this is a real 'split wide open' of the Indian glamour capital.
Director: Dev Benegal | Stars: Rahul Bose, Laila Rouass, Shivaji Satam, Farida Haider Mulla
Votes: 276
41. Les convoyeurs attendent (1999)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Dreaming of more than his routine life, a father pushes his 15 years old son to break a world record: opening and closing a door 40,000 times in 24 hours.
Director: Benoît Mariage | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Morgane Simon, Bouli Lanners, Dominique Baeyens
Votes: 1,344 | Gross: $0.01M
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