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1. Jawan (2023)
Not Rated | 169 min | Action, Drama, Musical
A prison warden recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice - and that lead him to an unexpected reunion.
Director: Atlee | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Deepika Padukone
Votes: 94,787
2. Revenge of Others (2022– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Follows the story of Ok Chan-mi as she seeks revenge for the death of her twin brother.
Stars: Shin Ye-eun, Park Solomon, Seo Ji-Hoon, Chae Sang-woo
Votes: 3,018
3. Article 15 (2019)
Not Rated | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the rural heartlands of India, an upright police officer sets out on a crusade against violent caste-based crimes and discrimination.
Director: Anubhav Sinha | Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Nassar, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra
Votes: 36,818
4. Human Resources (1999)
TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barré, Véronique de Pandelaère
Votes: 2,800 | Gross: $0.12M
5. Teens React (2011– )
Short, Comedy, Reality-TV
Teens react to viral hits, youtubers and more in this new web series. From the directors of Kids React comes Teens react.
Stars: Chelsea Cook, Olivia Pakula, Ethan Woods, Adam Lusk
Votes: 1,176
6. A Second Chance (2014)
TV-MA | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
A conscientious police officer who investigates a violent case of domestic dispute in the squalid apartment of a drug addict has to make the most contemptible decision in his life. Just how far would a parent go to get a second chance?
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulrich Thomsen, Roland Møller
Votes: 6,965
7. Sister (2012)
Unrated | 97 min | Crime, Drama
A drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
Director: Ursula Meier | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Martin Compston, Gillian Anderson
Votes: 7,209
8. Death by Hanging (1968)
Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Korean man is sentenced to death by hanging, but he survives the execution. For the following two hours, his executioners try to work out how to handle the situation in this black farce.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Kei Satô, Do-yun Yu, Fumio Watanabe, Hôsei Komatsu
Votes: 3,345
9. Rosie (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 86 min | Drama
The story of a mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless.
Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Sarah Greene, Molly McCann, Darragh Mckenzie, Ruby Dunne
Votes: 2,176 | Gross: $0.01M
10. Mindwalk (1990)
PG | 112 min | Drama
Philosophical conversations between a poet, politician, and scientist.
Director: Bernt Amadeus Capra | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, John Heard, Ione Skye
Votes: 3,251 | Gross: $0.77M
11. Kids React (2010– )
TV-14 | 6 min | Short, Comedy, Reality-TV
A web series where kids react to videos.
Stars: Morgan Bertsch, Lucas Daniel Vazquez, Dylan Djoenadi, Emma Rex
Votes: 1,056
12. Tribhanga (2021)
TV-MA | 95 min | Drama, Family
The lives of three women spanning the late 1980s to present day and underscores the value of family in everyday life.
Director: Renuka Shahane | Stars: Kajol, Tanvi Azmi, Mithila Palkar, Kunaal Roy Kapur
Votes: 3,202
13. Peepli [Live] (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
An impoverished farmer's threat to end his life invites attention from politicians and media.
Directors: Anusha Rizvi, Mahmood Farooqui | Stars: Onkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffar
Votes: 12,775 | Gross: $0.75M
14. The Mask You Live In (2015)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, News
Explores how our culture's narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys, men and society at large and unveils what we can do about it.
Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Stars: Joe Herman, Michael Kimmel, Caroline Heldman, Tony Porter
Votes: 2,798
15. Shameful Secrets (1993 TV Movie)
105 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A woman and her children live the idyllic suburban dream, but unbeknownst to their neighbors and friends, the husband and father has a violent temper and abuses them brutally.
Director: David Carson | Stars: Joanna Kerns, Tim Matheson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Katherine Cortez
Votes: 372
16. Noura's Dream (2019)
92 min | Drama
With her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad - but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream.
Director: Hinde Boujemaa | Stars: Hind Sabri, Lotfi Abdelli, Hakim Boumsaoudi, Imen Cherif
Votes: 457
17. The King of the Cattle (1996–1997)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The enmity between two rancher families in territorial dispute, and the forbidden love between a drover and a landless, mysterious woman with no past.
Stars: Vanusa Spindler, Antônio Fagundes, Glória Pires, Patricia Pillar
Votes: 753
18. Dunia (2005)
112 min | Drama, Romance
After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian ... See full summary »
Director: Jocelyne Saab | Stars: Hanan Turk, Mohamed Mounir, Fathi Abdulwahhab, Sawsan Badr
Votes: 320
19. Swing Vote (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Joseph Kirkland, new appointee to the US Supreme Court, suddenly finds himself the center of attention as his other eight justices have split their votes down the middle on a case involving... See full summary »
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Andy Garcia, Harry Belafonte, Robert Prosky, Ray Walston
Votes: 557
20. A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Just after losing her husband to a similar condition, Dr. Anne Turner (Dame Julie Walters) is diagnosed with a fatal neurological condition. So she plans to end her life herself. Based on a true story.
Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Julie Walters, Stephen Campbell Moore, Lyndsey Marshal, Liz White
Votes: 604
21. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
22. Roll Red Roll (2018)
80 min | Documentary, Crime
An account of a notable sexual assault that took place in Steubenville, Ohio in 2012, and the role that social media played in the crime and on the community.
Director: Nancy Schwartzman | Stars: Mark Cole, Anthony Craig, Rachel Dissell, Alexandria Goddard
Votes: 2,692
23. I'm Not Angry! (2014)
110 min | Drama, Romance
I'm not Angry. is the story of Navid, a starred and expelled university student who - while trying to provide the least requirements of a normal life -, tries not to get angry when he is ... See full summary »
Director: Reza Dormishian | Stars: Baran Kosari, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Milad Rahimi, Bahram Afshari
Votes: 3,212
24. 39 (I) (2020)
14 min | Short, Drama
Keren is a social worker in the welfare department in Haifa. The corridor is packed with struggling mothers, abused woman and children at risk and everyone is suffering. But today it's ... See full summary »
Director: Anat Schwartz | Stars: Lucy Dubinchik, Maya Gasner, Eyal Zusman
Votes: 8
25. The City Dark (2011)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, News
THE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about the loss of night. After moving to NYC from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question - do we need the stars? - taking him from ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Cheney
Votes: 340
26. Salaryman (I) (2021)
80 min | Documentary, Drama
Documentary on Tokyo's work culture through the salaryman, an anonymous cog in Japan's immense labor force, via interviews analyzing their role.
Director: Allegra Pacheco
Votes: 31
27. Lantouri (2016)
111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Girl, Maryam, is attacked with Acid by Pasha, a young man who is madly in love with her.
Director: Reza Dormishian | Stars: Baran Kosari, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Maryam Palizban, Reza Behbudi
Votes: 3,806
28. Candy Rain (2008)
106 min | Romance
Four separate vignettes about lesbian relationships and dating, ending with a summation about relationships.
Director: Hung-i Chen | Stars: Josephine A. Blankstein, Cheer Chen, Yang-kun Chen, Belle Hsin
Votes: 351
29. Susanna (1996)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Before her brutal death, Susanna had been engaged to marry Moroccan immigrant Said. Before that, the confused recovering drug-addict had been involved with wine salesman Alex, an arrangement set up by her boss to repay a debt to him.
Director: Antonio Chavarrías | Stars: Eva Santolaria, Said Amel, Àlex Casanovas, Rosa Gàmiz
Votes: 120
30. Swallow (2021 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 128 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A naive secretary whom after a series of career woes, considers her roommate's offer to work as a drug mule in mid-1980s Lagos.
Director: Kunle Afolayan | Stars: Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha, Kunle Afolayan, Deyemi Okanlawon, Mercy Aigbe
Votes: 226
31. Planeta Petrila (2016)
80 min | Documentary
In Petrila, a Romanian mining town, an ex-miner uses art and absurdism in a struggle to keep history alive.
Director: Andrei Dascalescu | Stars: Ion Barbu, Catalin Cenusa, Mihai Barbu, Ilinca Paun-Constantinescu
Votes: 724
32. Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rich businessman wants to marry his secretary, but first he has to pass muster with her middle-class family.
Director: Reinhold Schünzel | Stars: Robert Young, Lana Turner, Lew Ayres, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 395
33. Las cartas de Alou (1990)
100 min | Drama
Alou, an illegal African inmigrant, send letters to his parents talking about his new life in Spain.
Director: Montxo Armendáriz | Stars: Mulie Jarju, Eulàlia Ramon, Ahmed El-Maaroufi, Akonio Dolo
Votes: 260
34. Ross Kemp Living with... (2019– )
30 min | Documentary
Ross travels around the UK meeting people living with some of the biggest issues affecting Britain today, including immersing himself in situations to gain a first-hand taste of the difficulties they face.
Star: Ross Kemp
Votes: 18
35. B.L.I.N.D: Born To Live In Near Darkness (2020)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
In this coming-of-age story about ending the stigma of the disabled being labeled as 'sinners in a past life', a blind girl, late on puberty due to malnutrition, achieves womanhood with the help of a philanthropic doctor.
Director: Sid Katragadda | Stars: T.S. Chandrasekar, Kalai, Sadhana, Selvi
Votes: 47
36. Inside/Out (1973–1974)
15 min | Family
Dramatizations of various social issues and ethical dilemmas are presented for the viewer to ponder the resolutions themselves.
Votes: 28
37. Killat (2022)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A middle-aged woman struggles to arrange a bucket of water for his son-in-law who is stuck in a bathroom without water. Her struggle to find a bucket of water amidst dire scarcity involves a comic and dramatic wrestle with her neighbor.
Director: Saurabh Dixit | Stars: Meeta Jeswani, Chiranjeev Joshi, Laxmi Pandey, Niti Shrivastava
38. The Attic (2014)
Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Drama
A powerful story of a young boy struggling to deal with his mom's mental illness. With the help of his new-found friend he finds a way to un-mute his suppressed feelings and break the taboo.
Director: Lars Kristian Mikkelsen | Stars: Thomas Norgreen Nielsen, Oliver Methling Søndergaard, Trine Appel, Martin Hestbæk
39. Bullied to Death (2016)
75 min | Documentary, Drama
Bullied to Death depicts a 24 hour journey through the true stories of teenagers worldwide that experience severe bullying episodes at school, from their own families and on the web, as a result of their coming out about their sexuality.
Directors: Giovanni Coda, Marco Oppo | Stars: Tendal Mann, Sergio Anrò, Gianni Dettori, Assunta Pittaluga
Votes: 14
40. Wives on Strike: The Revolution (2017)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
After a woman is beaten to death by her husband, her friends gather to take a stand against horrible injustice.
Director: Omoni Oboli | Stars: Fatukasi Abimbola, Toyin Abraham, Odunlade Adekola, Julius Agwu
Votes: 33
41. Alma gitana (1996)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A young man who wants to become a professional dancer falls in love with a gypsy girl and gets in conflict with her totally different cultural background. But love can overcome these ... See full summary »
Director: Chus Gutiérrez | Stars: Amara Carmona, Pedro Alonso, Peret, Rafael Álvarez 'El Brujo'
Votes: 120
42. From the Cradle to the Grave (1985)
Documentary
Documentary series about people caught up in the machinery of Britain's welfare state.
43. I sidira kyria (1983)
102 min | Comedy
A dynamic Greek housewife and fervent fan of the former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, decides to take action, in a valiant attempt to rectify the country's negative aspects.
Director: Takis Vougiouklakis | Stars: Rena Vlahopoulou, Teti Shoinaki, Tasos Perzikianidis, Kostas Floratos
Votes: 61
44. Gangs (1988)
98 min | Action
Two brothers are forced into joining a gang.
Director: Lawrence Ah-Mon | Stars: Chiu Chan, Chung Chan, Chi-wah Cheung, Ping Chiang
Votes: 46
45. Too Sane for This World (2011)
74 min | Documentary, News
'Too Sane For This World' explores the challenges, gifts and unique perspectives of 12 adults on the autism spectrum. The film features an introduction by Dr. Temple Grandin. Many adults on... See full summary »
Director: William Davenport
Votes: 31
46. Saïd (1998)
100 min | Drama
Saïd is convinced that life in Europe will be wonderful. The small boat in which he crosses the strait of Gibraltar is the first thing that disappoints him, and when he arrives in Barcelona... See full summary »
Director: Llorenç Soler | Stars: Noufal Lhafi, Núria Prims, Marouane Mribti, Mercedes Sampietro
Votes: 75
47. Sakhhii (2019)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Shouvick Sarkar | Stars: Arjun Chakrabarty, Saayoni Ghosh, Debshankar Haldar, Rituparna Sen
Votes: 8
48. The Pink Circle Story (2011)
7 min | Short
The radio in the kitchen plays popular Bollywood songs as a mother cooks food for her children while the father smokes cigarettes on the roof. Experimental silent short about family, sanitation and breast cancer.
Director: Prashant Bhilare | Stars: Aishwarya Dalvi, Asif Kazi, Mst. Sahil, Mst. Ninad Sonare
49. Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television (2004 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
Tells the story of EC Comics, the controversy that led to the end of mainstream horror comics, and the HBO anthology series "Tales from the Crypt".
Director: Chip Selby | Stars: Wendy Gaines Bucci, John Carpenter, Russ Cochran, Jack Davis
Votes: 154
50. Lola vende cá (2002)
93 min | Drama
Lola is a gypsy of uncertain origin, since she was adopted by a family where she has grown up in gypsy customs and traditions. About to finish high school, Lola plans, against her family ... See full summary »
Director: Llorenç Soler | Stars: Cristina Brondo, Miguel Martín Angulo, Carmen Muñoz, Francisca Perona
Votes: 42