While the vast majority of audiences in the United States are only accustomed to watching the major American and Canadian releases in a given year, there are always many amazing and groundbreaking films released worldwide. Worldwide cinema continues year after year to create varied and creative stories that are completely different from the style and tone of films made and released for U.S. markets.

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30 Ballerina (발레리나)

Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn’t protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend’s last wish: sweet revenge.

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29 Nowhere

Set in a dystopian future, Spain has been turned into a dictatorship, where its government plans to eradicate children, pregnant women, and the elderly to deal with the lack of resources. The plot follows a pregnant woman separated from her husband while trying to flee the country to Ireland. She then finds herself trying to survive inside a shipping container in the heart of the sea.

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28 Sisu

During the last desperate days of WWII, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Germans on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Germans steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have just tangled with no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word “sisu”, this legendary ex-commando will embody what sisu means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. And no matter what the Germans throw at him, the one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold back – even if it means killing every last German in his path.

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27 Alcarràs

The life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood.

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26 When Evil Lurks (Cuando acecha la maldad)

Inhabitants of a quaint countryside town uncover chilling news: a demon is on the verge of being born in their midst. In a race against time, they attempt to flee before the malevolent force comes to life, but escaping may already be out of reach.

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25 Life for Real (La vie pour de vrai)

Tridan Lagache has spent his life at Club Med, changing friends every 8 days. At 50, he resigned from the Mexican holiday club where he was born, determined to find, 42 years later, his great childhood love, Violette. He arrives in Paris, naive and lost but happy to be staying with Louis, a half-brother he did not know existed. To get rid of a cumbersome Tridan, Louis begs one of his conquests, Roxane, to pretend to be Violette, whom Tridan thinks he recognizes at first sight.

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24 The Wandering Earth II (流浪地球2 | Liu lang di qiu 2)

Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.

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23 The Crime Is Mine (Mon crime)

Paris, France, 1935, and a young actress has just been acquitted of murdering a famous French Producer. However, this is where the story just begins. Is she really innocent?, or has she gotten away with Murder?

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22 Afire (Roter Himmel)

A group of friends are in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around them catches fire.

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21 Mixed by Erry

The rise and fall of the pirate mixtape empire of three brothers from Naples and their “Mixed by Erry”-trademarked cassettes that brought pop music to 1980s Italian youth.

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