14 Good Movies for Those Tired of Hollywood Clichés

Do endless action and superhero movies tire you out? Fortunately, in the world we find some titles that deserve two good hours of your life. As much as we love Hollywood cinema for its splendor and abundance of famous actors, sometimes we want to watch movies with a completely different style.

O awesome.club paid special attention to 14 films by directors from different countries. One thing unites them: there are no typical, honeyed clichés. See, enjoy and share this selection with your
friends and family.

Country: China Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 7.9

Boo accidentally caused the death of a “bully” at school. Ling ran away from her mother and looks up to her teacher. Chen feels guilty about his friend’s suicide. Wang is in danger of being kicked out of the house by his own son. What unites them? Everyone wants to reach Manzhouli City. They say there is an elephant, that nothing can disturb it. Whatever happens, he rests, flooded with calm.

Countries: Greece, Poland Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 6.7

The main character starts every morning crying: his wife is in a coma. It is not surprising that everyone around him feels sorry for him. Surprisingly, this is what makes him happy. He suffers from grief addiction and needs the compassion of others so much that he is willing to do anything just to continue to get it. But what will happen when the wife starts to
recovering?

Country: Spain Film Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 6.9

The life of a rich woman in high society is disturbed by the unexpected visit of her daughter, whom she left more than 30 years ago. The girl didn’t come to ask her mother for money, her only wish is to spend 10 days in her company.

Country: United States Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 7.1

Ordinary workers, immigrants from Mexico, look forward to the arrival of Sunday to play soccer and escape their daily worries. José, messenger, is the captain of this heterogeneous team in which all players have high hopes and want victory in an important match. However, José’s boss has totally different plans for Sunday. He will have to choose who he will disappoint: his superior or the team.

Country: Brazil Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 8.1

Augusto dreams of achieving the glory of an actor and, finally, he is offered the role of presenter of a television program for children. Thanks to his sense of humor and talent, the program becomes a real success. Anyone would say that the long-awaited glory has arrived, but there is another thing: the contract prohibits the presenter from revealing his identity. Furthermore, although Augusto pleases all the children of Brazil, he is unable to establish contact with his own son. This Brazilian film even competed for an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

Country: Thailand Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 7.7

Lynn, a good student, recently moved to a prestigious school. She once helped her friend with the exam and now the other students are willing to pay her for the right answers. She accepts, as her family is in need of money. One of the requests will be a big challenge for the young woman, which even involves going to Australia. But what not to do when there is a large sum of money at stake?

Country: Dominican Republic Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 7

Julián had no idea that he would find the reason for his life in prison. But it is there that he finds his soulmate, Yanelly, but they are separated by dozens of guards and walls. They are forced to communicate using sign language to keep their relationship a secret.

Countries: France, Belgium Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 6.2

The fragile and beautiful Chloé is affected by intense and persistent abdominal pain. The doctor considers this pain to be psychosomatic and refers her to the psychoanalyst Paul. Therapy not only brings relief: the characters fall in love and decide to live together. But soon Chloé begins to suspect that Paul is not who he says he is.

Country: Australia Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 7.6

In the near future, technology controls everything around them, although some show resistance. Gray is an inveterate technophobe and is suspicious of new developments. However, a tragic case forces him to accept the installation of an experimental implant. Will the protagonist be able to preserve his personality in a continuous dialogue with artificial intelligence?

Countries: Germany, Austria Film Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 6.7

The film consists of 13 different scenes, in each of which Cate Blanchett reads the texts of the main artistic manifestos of the 20th century. In each scene, the actress embodies a new character, including a homeless man, a teacher, a choreographer, a news anchor and a punk.

Countries: Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 7.3

Christian is the successful supervisor of a prestigious Stockholm museum. Its new exhibit, “O Quadrado” (“The Square”), is designed to teach people to trust each other and provoke bouts of altruism. However, the theft of a wallet and a telephone takes Christian himself into a personal and professional crisis, in which the message of the “Square” is completely forgotten.

Countries: South Korea, United States Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 7.3

An influential international company created giant experimental animals and distributed them to farmers around the world. In this way, the young protagonist gains her best friend, Okja. Together, they lived in the mountains away from worries, until one day the evil corporate general manager took Okja away. Young Mija sets out to rescue her friend, without even the remotest idea of ​​the crazy adventure that awaits her.

Countries: England, Sweden, Germany Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 5.8

Sisters Inês and Emilie had not seen each other for many years after an argument, but now they have decided to make up. Emilie invited her sister on a trip to an unusual place, hiding her true purpose. Upon arrival, Inês discovers that her sister suffers from an incurable disease and this place turns out to be a hospital where they can organize her euthanasia. Would Inês be able to accept Emilie’s decision?

Countries: Germany, Belgium Movie Ranking Score IMDb (from 0 to 10): 6.7

Colette is a patient advocate and a true addict. She takes on the difficult case of Eleanor, an eccentric patient at a psychiatric clinic, who claims she is given an excessive amount of medication, like other patients at the institution. Not only does Colette face an uphill legal battle with a major clinic, but a friendship that will change her life.

If you’ve already seen some of the movies on this list, feel free to share your impressions in the comments. And, of course, recommend your favorite movies!