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1. Booksmart (2019)
R | 102 min | Comedy
On the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.
Director: Olivia Wilde | Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis
Votes: 131,236 | Gross: $22.68M
2. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 26,985 | Gross: $16.07M
3. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
Not Rated | 132 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Toby, a disillusioned film director, is pulled into a world of time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes himself to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: José Luis Ferrer, Ismael Fritschi, Juan López-Tagle, Adam Driver
Votes: 22,196 | Gross: $0.39M
4. Battle in Heaven (2005)
Unrated | 98 min | Crime, Drama
Marcos lusts after his boss's promiscuous daughter, but after botching an extortion scheme, he becomes wracked with guilt.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Marcos Hernández, Anapola Mushkadiz, Bertha Ruiz, David Bornstein
Votes: 6,646 | Gross: $0.07M
5. Blame (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to 'The Crucible'.
Director: Quinn Shephard | Stars: Quinn Shephard, Marcia DeBonis, Elizabeth Howell, Carlyle Owens
Votes: 3,251
6. Stroszek (1977)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz, Wilhelm von Homburg
Votes: 15,332
7. Cookie's Fortune (1999)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell
Votes: 13,827 | Gross: $10.92M
8. Shadows (1958)
PG | 87 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.
Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd, Anthony Ray
Votes: 12,566
9. Hamlet 2 (2008)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Music
In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Steve Coogan, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener, J.J. Soria
Votes: 17,358 | Gross: $4.88M
10. Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Approved | 122 min | Drama
A new senior at a boy's prep school, finds himself harassed by the machismo culture of his classmates and the unfeelingly behavior by his father, only being treated with decency by his roommate and with affection by the coach's wife.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson, Edward Andrews
Votes: 3,218
11. Wassup Rockers (2005)
R | 111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A group of teenage boys opt to form their own identity by riding skateboards, wearing tight pants.
Director: Larry Clark | Stars: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Usvaldo Panameno
Votes: 5,019 | Gross: $0.22M
12. Even the Rain (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, History
As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Karra Elejalde, Juan Carlos Aduviri
Votes: 14,229 | Gross: $0.56M
13. Clouds of May (1999)
130 min | Comedy, Drama
Muzaffer goes to the house where his parents live for the movie he will shoot. He is thinking of starring his relatives in the movie he will shoot. But his father struggles with the forest ... See full summary »
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Emin Ceylan, Muzaffer Özdemir, Fatma Ceylan, Mehmet Emin Toprak
Votes: 6,790
14. Not One Less (1999)
G | 106 min | Drama
13-year old Wei Minzhi is the new substitute teacher of a mountain village school. She is told not to lose any of her pupils under any circumstances.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao
Votes: 9,366 | Gross: $0.59M
15. Games of Love and Chance (2003)
123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Krimo a 15 years old shy boy falls in love for Lídia who is his classmate.To be able to assume his love for her he decides to take a part in the play that was to be one of his friends.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Osman Elkharraz, Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Nanou Benhamou
Votes: 3,253 | Gross: $0.01M
16. 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: 3,995
17. Silent Light (2007)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama, Romance
In a Mennonite community in Mexico, a father's faith is tested when he falls in love with a new woman.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz, Peter Wall
Votes: 6,841 | Gross: $0.05M
18. Una noche (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
In Havana, Raul dreams of escaping to Miami. Accused of assault, he appeals to Elio to help him reach the forbidden world 90 miles across the ocean. One night, full of hope, they face the biggest challenge of their lives.
Director: Lucy Mulloy | Stars: Dariel Arrechaga, Anailín de la Rúa de la Torre, Javier Núñez Florián, María Adelaida Méndez Bonet
Votes: 1,983 | Gross: $0.07M
19. The Last Movie Ever Made (2023)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
With the world about to end, Marshall convinces a group of friends and strangers to help finish the sci-fi movie he abandoned in high school.
Director: Nathan Blackwell | Stars: Adam Rini, Megan Hughes Rini, Craig Curtis, Dallas Teat
Votes: 34
20. The Crater Lake Monster (1977)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
A meteor that crashed into Oregon's Crater Lake unearths a dinosaur egg. The heat from the meteor causes the egg to hatch, and the emerging dinosaur takes to snacking on the locals.
Director: William R. Stromberg | Stars: Richard Cardella, Glen Roberts, Mark Siegel, Bob Hyman
Votes: 1,688
21. Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958)
101 min | Drama, History, War
During World War II, a British actor impersonates Field Marshal Montgomery in order to confuse German intelligence.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: M.E. Clifton James, John Mills, Cecil Parker, Patrick Allen
Votes: 1,643
22. Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood (2000 Video)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
Three drama students revive three witches, who want to open a gate to hell; Will Spanner and Kelly get involved, while Detectives Lutz and Garner investigate.
Director: Ron Ford | Stars: Miranda Odell, Lauren Ian Richards, Kathleen St. Lawrence, Don Scribner
Votes: 298
23. Hello Cinema (1995)
75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the screen tests of the would-be actors.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Shaghayeh Djodat, Behzad Dorani, Feizola Gashghai, Maryam Keyhan
Votes: 2,187
24. Ask Me If I'm Happy (2000)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Giacomo meets Giovanni, his former best friend with whom he quarreled three years before. Giovanni persuades him to go visit their third friend Aldo, who is dying in Sicily; flashbacks tell... See full summary »
Directors: Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti, Massimo Venier | Stars: Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti, Marina Massironi
Votes: 6,920
25. K11 - Kommissare im Einsatz (2002– )
Crime, Drama
A team of detectives in Munich solve all kinds of crimes.
Stars: Andre Parusel, Mehmet Fahri, Alexandra Rietz, Michael Naseband
Votes: 257
26. Curse of Bigfoot (1975 TV Movie)
Unrated | 88 min | Horror
"Curse of Bigfoot" tells the tale of a group of high school students on an archaeological dig who discover a centuries old mummified body in a sealed cave.
Director: Dave Flocker | Stars: Bob Clymire, Jan Swihart, Bill Simonsen, Dennis Kottmeier
Votes: 778
27. Myst III: Exile (2001 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Ten years after the events of Riven: The Sequel to Myst (1997), the Stranger visits Atrus who wrote a new Age, Releeshahn, for his people. But the book is stolen by Saavedro and the Stranger has no other choice but to follow the thief to J'nanin.
Director: Phil Saunders | Stars: Brad Dourif, Maria Galante, Rand Miller, Audrey Uhler
Votes: 388
28. Louisiana Story (1948)
Approved | 78 min | Adventure, Drama
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.
Director: Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Joseph Boudreaux, Lionel Le Blanc, E. Bienvenu, Frank Hardy
Votes: 2,152
29. The Barefoot Battalion (1953)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, War
A young survivor of World War II and former member of the reputed "Barefoot Battalion", a close-knit pack of disciplined orphaned boys, recounts to a homeless street urchin the story of 160 orphans who aided the Resistance.
Director: Gregg G. Tallas | Stars: Maria Kosti, Nikos Fermas, Vasileios Fragedakis, Antonis Voulgaris
Votes: 235
30. Bisbee '17 (2018)
PG | 112 min | Documentary, History, Western
An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past.
Director: Robert Greene | Stars: Mike Anderson, Charles Bethea, Chris Dietz, Mary Ellen Dunlap
Votes: 714 | Gross: $0.12M
31. The Passion (1999– )
55 min | Drama
During a rural representation of The Passion of Christ, a young actor and a married costume designer start a romance.
Stars: Gina McKee, Juliet Cowan, Paul Nicholls, Alastair Galbraith
Votes: 137
32. Insect (2018)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Amateur actors rehearsing "Pictures from the Insects' Life". The actors find themselves living out their characters' roles and hallucinating insects. "Insects", is intercut with the ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Jirí Lábus, Jan Budar, Pavel Nový, Norbert Lichý
Votes: 522
33. Köln 50667 (2013– )
Drama, Reality-TV
The Daily Soap shows the everyday life of various employees and friends who live in the center of Cologne. The age of the main characters is between 17 and 68 years.
Stars: Benito Hofmann, Jay Sirtl, Patrick Beinlich, Sophia Kretschmann
Votes: 187
34. Girlfriend (2010)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A young man with Down syndrome romantically pursues a small-town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend.
Director: Justin Lerner | Stars: Shannon Woodward, Jackson Rathbone, Amanda Plummer, Evan Sneider
Votes: 717
35. Shakespeare in... and Out (1999)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Rich Longfellow is a young aspiring actor who dreams of playing Shakespeare's Hamlet. He moves from a small town in Ohio to L.A., sure he will star in major motion pictures before making ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Shushtari | Stars: Roger Shank, Lawrence Trilling, J.D. Smith, Bill Neenan
Votes: 149
36. Stopped on Track (2011)
110 min | Drama
Frank is diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor and given only a few months to live. He and his wife don't know how and when to tell their children about it. Meanwhile, Frank's health is getting worse with each day.
Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Steffi Kühnert, Milan Peschel, Talisa Lilly Lemke, Mika Seidel
Votes: 1,648
37. Aftenlandet (1977)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Dystopian presentation of a Denmark in imminent risk of sinking into police violence and a military coup.
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Bent Andersen, Kai Schøning Andersen, Mogens Andersen, Oluf Andersen
Votes: 151
38. Waiting for Happiness (2002)
90 min | Drama, Music
The story of two people who cross paths in Nouhadhibou.
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed, Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda
Votes: 1,095 | Gross: $0.00M
39. Austeria (1982)
109 min | Drama, War
During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Franciszek Pieczka, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Szurmiej, Ewa Domanska
Votes: 660
40. The Blot (1921)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Romance
The Professor dispenses the wisdom of the ages and does not make a living wage. The sons of the rich and powerful are students lacking any motivation. The next door neighbor of the ... See full summary »
Director: Lois Weber | Stars: Philip Hubbard, Margaret McWade, Claire Windsor, Louis Calhern
Votes: 698
41. The Matinee Idol (1928)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
A Broadway matinee idol famous for his black-face portrayals anonymously joins an amateur acting troupe and falls in love with the leading lady.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore
Votes: 627
42. OT: Our Town (2002)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
Dominguez High, in the infamous Compton, CA, has not produced a play in over twenty years. With no money and no stage, two teachers and twenty-four students attempt to produce Thornton Wilder's American Classic OUR TOWN.
Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy | Stars: Catherine Borek, Karen Greene, Ebony Starr Norwood-Brown, Archy Posada
Votes: 323
43. The Tyrant Father (1941)
114 min | Comedy
Francisco, salesman in a shoe store, is totally in love with Tatão, which sells perfume in the same street. But he is an amateur theater actor, as she hates theater and is a fan of cinema. Will this unlikely love endure?
Director: António Lopes Ribeiro | Stars: Vasco Santana, Francisco Ribeiro, Leonor Maia, Barroso Lopes
Votes: 861
44. I Call First (2015)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A touching love story about a couple unable to bridge the gap between their divergent worlds.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Hannah Richter, Mazen Abdelkareem, Nikkolas Soto, Nicholas Winand
Votes: 69
45. When We Are All Sleep (2009)
107 min | Drama
Chakameh who has lost both her husband and child in a car accident meets a guy who recently been released from prison. While she is under pressure from the lawyers to compromise with the ... See full summary »
Director: Bahram Beyzaie | Stars: Mozhdeh Shamsai, Alireza Jalali-tabar, Hesam Navab Safavi, Shaghayegh Farahani
Votes: 1,031
46. Events (1970)
84 min | Drama
Sexuality without pretense gives the wallop to Events. A dramatic street story of young runaway flower-kids in the Greenwich Village of 1968, it raises ethical questions while the screen ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Baker | Stars: Ryan Listman, Joy Bang, Frank Cavestani, Marsha Rossa
Votes: 38
47. Tano da morire (1997)
80 min | Drama, Musical
Shot in his butcher shop by a rival clan during the Mafia wars of 1988, the Palermo Mobster Tano Guarrasi is mourned by his wife, four unmarried sisters and his daughter. But in truth, his ... See full summary »
Directors: Roberta Torre, Vincenzo Navarra | Stars: Ciccio Guarino, Enzo Paglino, Mimma De Rosalia, Maria Aliotta
Votes: 237
48. Ma bei shang de fa ting (2006)
101 min | Drama
The film follows three characters on a tour of the remote Yunman province of China where they travel with a horse to deal with legal disputes in mountain villages.
Director: Jie Liu | Stars: Baotian Li, Yaning Yang, Yulai Lü, Tingliang Li
Votes: 251
49. Szegény gazdagok (1959)
104 min | Adventure
The old, sickly Demeter Lapussa is a tyrant in the family. He forces his granddaughter, the beautiful Henriette, to marry baron Hátszegi, although the girl loves the penniless Vámhidy ... See full summary »
Director: Frigyes Bán | Stars: Gyula Benkö, Marianne Krencsey, Margit Bara, József Láng
Votes: 122
50. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1973 TV Movie)
75 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In the course of one night, the world of real and fairy tale characters collide, the ruler Theseus plans a wedding, the capricious elf king Oberon longs to punish his consort Titania, and ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Belka | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Josef Bláha, Kveta Fialová, Jirí Hrzán
Votes: 21