Favorite films with under 50 checks
by emeiserloh | created - 15 Jan 2021 | updated - 16 Jan 2021 | PublicMovies that deserve a much wider audience
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1. Frozen (2007)
110 min | Drama
This is a touching and somber journey of Lasya, who lives with her father Karma and younger brother Chomo in a remote village in the Himalayas. Pristine snow capped mountains surround their... See full synopsis »
Director: Shivajee Chandrabhushan | Stars: Danny Denzongpa, Gauri, Aungchuk, Shakeel Khan
Votes: 223
2. Enlightenment Guaranteed (1999)
109 min | Drama, Comedy
Two very different brothers get together for a temporary stay in a Japanese Zen monastery. The trip from Germany to Japan brings up some unexpected quests they need to manage. Soon both ... See full summary »
Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Uwe Ochsenknecht, Gustav-Peter Wöhler, Petra Zieser, Ulrike Kriener
Votes: 1,365
3. Last Images of the Shipwreck (1989)
R | 131 min | Drama
Roberto is an insurance salesman who dreams of writing his own novel. When he meets Estela, a young woman about to commit suicide, it serves him as material to make this work.
Director: Eliseo Subiela | Stars: Lorenzo Quinteros, Noemí Frenkel, Hugo Soto, Pablo Brichta
Votes: 449
4. Vazante (2017)
116 min | Adventure, Drama
Brazil 1821. A rich cattle herder finds out that his wife dies in labor. Forced to live in the property with numerous African slaves, he marries his wife's niece. But he returns to droving, leaving his wife behind alone with the slaves.
Director: Daniela Thomas | Stars: Adriano Carvalho, Luana Nastas, Sandra Corveloni, Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Votes: 669 | Gross: $0.02M
5. Violent (2014)
102 min | Drama
A young woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event.
Director: Andrew Huculiak | Stars: Dagny Backer Johnsen, Mari Sofie Andreassen, Karl Bird, Bryn Bowen
Votes: 902
6. Jestem (2005)
93 min | Drama
A self-reliable 11-year-old boy runs away from children's home to be with his dysfunctional mother. She doesn't want him back so he starts living on an old barge.
Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska | Stars: Piotr Jagielski, Agnieszka Nagórzycka, Edyta Jungowska, Barbara Szkaluba
Votes: 1,053
7. Carnages (2002)
Unrated | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After a bull dies in an arena, its remains are transported throughout Belgium, France, and Spain, where various characters cross its path.
Director: Delphine Gleize | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Ángela Molina, Raphaëlle Molinier, Jacques Gamblin
Votes: 745 | Gross: $2.55M
8. À Tout de Suite (2004)
Unrated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A girl from bourgeoisie discovers the pleasures of banditism, following her lover in his lifestyle.
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Isild Le Besco, Ouassini Embarek, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Laurence Cordier
Votes: 1,069 | Gross: $0.25M
9. La ville est tranquille (2000)
133 min | Drama
A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Interesting characters include a hard-bitten but compassionate fish market worker with a drug addicted daughter and a ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Jacques Boudet
Votes: 1,283 | Gross: $0.05M
10. Lea (1996)
100 min | Drama, Romance
51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father killed her mother. She bears a striking ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Fíla | Stars: Lenka Vlasáková, Christian Redl, Hanna Schygulla, Miroslav Donutil
Votes: 497 | Gross: $0.03M
11. La sangre brota (2008)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cab driver Arturo has to find $2000 within 24 hours; his older son, Ramiro, who left home four years ago, has just phoned from Houston asking for urgent help.
Director: Pablo Fendrik | Stars: Arturo Goetz, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Guillermo Arengo, Stella Gallazzi
Votes: 201
12. Svjedoci (2003)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, War
When three soldiers discover a man inside a house they are bombing, they kill him easily, but when a second witness is discovered, she proves to be a bigger challenge and sets in motion a ... See full summary »
Director: Vinko Bresan | Stars: Leon Lucev, Alma Prica, Mirjana Karanovic, Drazen Kuhn
Votes: 833
13. The Sun Also Rises (2007)
116 min | Drama, Fantasy
Jiang Wen stars in his third directorial work that boasts a stellar cast including Joan Chen, Anthony Wong and Jaycee Chan. A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, ... See full summary »
Director: Wen Jiang | Stars: Wen Jiang, Joan Chen, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Jaycee Chan
Votes: 2,569
14. Seagull (2012)
100 min | Drama
A love story between a whore and a sailor.
Director: Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Stars: Salome Demuria, Gio Gabunia
Votes: 73
15. Los Perros (2017)
94 min | Drama
Follows the story of a woman in her forties who becomes friend with an ex colonel and riding instructor with a shady past.
Director: Marcela Said | Stars: Antonia Zegers, Alfredo Castro, Rafael Spregelburd, Alejandro Sieveking
Votes: 469
16. Men at Work (2006)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama
A political allegory on four middle-class guys who pile into their car for a ski weekend. A brief stop at a picturesque vista leads to their chance discovery of a prominent rock formation it seems would be oh so easy to tip over, but...
Director: Mani Haghighi | Stars: Atila Pesiani, Mahmoud Kalari, Ahmad Hamed, Omid Roohani
Votes: 643
17. Men... (1985)
99 min | Comedy, Romance
A man's wife leaves him to take up with an artist, so the man responds by becoming the artist's roommate.
Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener, Janna Marangosoff
Votes: 1,348
18. Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
109 min | Drama
In a small village in Latin America, Santiago Nasar is killed in the morning, which surprises nobody. The Vicario brothers were openly declaring they would kill him to regain the lost honor... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Rupert Everett, Ornella Muti, Gian Maria Volontè, Irene Papas
Votes: 1,305
19. The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or ... See full summary »
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson | Stars: Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ugla Egilsdóttir, Heino Ferch, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Votes: 697
20. Margarette's Feast (2003)
90 min | Comedy
A black and white, surreal and silent comedy. Pedro has a dream of giving his wife an unforgettable birthday feast.
Director: Renato Falcão | Stars: Hique Gomez, Carmem Silva, Jefferson Silveira, Isis Medeiros
Votes: 95
21. Cold Light (2004)
90 min | Drama
What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. One that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.
Director: Hilmar Oddsson | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir, Ruth Olafsdottir, Steinunn Harðardóttir
Votes: 613
22. The Great Water (2004)
93 min | Drama, War
Based on a children's book written by Zivko Cingo in the 1970s, the movie is about the difficult transition in Macedonia after World War II.
Director: Ivo Trajkov | Stars: Saso Kekenovski, Maja Stankovska, Mitko Apostolovski, Verica Nedeska
Votes: 872 | Gross: $0.01M
23. I Love You (1981)
R | 110 min | Drama
Man meets woman, and invites her home. The two start an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from loneliness.
Director: Arnaldo Jabor | Stars: Sonia Braga, Paulo César Peréio, Vera Fischer, Tarcísio Meira
Votes: 682
24. Only Child (2016)
112 min | Drama
Delfina lives in New York, but goes to a coastal city in the province of Buenos Aires to visit the tomb of a woman who was identical to her. From this, she begins to recall memories from the past and reflect about it.
Director: Santiago Palavecino | Stars: Juan Barberini, Pablo Chao, Stella Gallazzi, Francisco Hauser
Votes: 78
25. Far North (1988)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.
Director: Sam Shepard | Stars: Jessica Lange, Charles Durning, Tess Harper, Donald Moffat
Votes: 758 | Gross: $0.15M
26. Mado (1976)
135 min | Drama
Middle-aged businessman, Simon Léotard finds his future in jeopardy when his partner Julien commits suicide after having accumulated a mass of debts. Simon's unscrupulous business rival ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Ottavia Piccolo, Jacques Dutronc, Charles Denner
Votes: 918
27. Not of This World (1999)
100 min | Drama
The rumpled owner of a dry-cleaning firm joins forces with a nun to care for an abandoned baby.
Director: Giuseppe Piccioni | Stars: Margherita Buy, Silvio Orlando, Carolina Freschi, Maria Cristina Minerva
Votes: 826
28. Butley (1974)
R | 129 min | Drama, Romance
An English professor finds his life crumbling around him.
Director: Harold Pinter | Stars: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan, Georgina Hale
Votes: 880
29. A Friend of the Deceased (1997)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tolla takes out a contract on himself and then changes his mind.
Directors: Leonid Boyko, Vyacheslav Krishtofovich, Viacheslav Kryshtofovych | Stars: Tetyana Kryvytska Stang Lund, Aleksandr Lazarev, Anzhelika Nevolina, Elena Korikova
Votes: 396 | Gross: $0.15M
30. Three Dollars (2005)
R | 118 min | Drama
THREE DOLLARS is the story of Eddie, an honest, compassionate man who finds himself with a wife, a child, and three dollars. Eddie's world revolves around the three women in his life: his ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Connolly | Stars: David Wenham, Frances O'Connor, Sarah Wynter, Robert Menzies
Votes: 742
31. Light of My Eyes (2001)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Antonio is a lonely man who works as a driver of luxury cars. Outside of his work, he spends his time reading science fiction novels, and, especially by night, driving through the streets ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Piccioni | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Sandra Ceccarelli, Silvio Orlando, Barbara Valente
Votes: 886
32. Vinicius (2005)
121 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary about Brazilian songwriter and poet Vinicius de Moraes, showing his life, work, family, friends, and love-affairs.
Director: Miguel Faria Jr. | Stars: Maria Bethânia, Ricardo Blat, M.S. Bom, Renato Braz
Votes: 526
33. The Summer Is Gone (2016)
106 min | Drama
In Inner Mongolia in the early 1990s, 12-year-old Xiaolei enjoys summer with his father, who works at a film studio, and his education-minded mother. But life is rapidly changing, as stable... See full summary »
Director: Dalei Zhang | Stars: Weiyi Kong, Chen Zhang
Votes: 394
34. Made In Mexico (2012)
R | 98 min | Documentary, History, Music
A documentary on some of contemporary Mexico's most iconic artists and performers.
Director: Duncan Bridgeman | Stars: Diego Luna, Kinky, Lila Downs, Molotov
Votes: 696 | Gross: $0.15M
35. La mitad del cielo (1986)
127 min | Drama
Rosa is an cantabrian woman who travel to Madrid after the Civil War. With the help of Don Pedro, a chief supplies, she opens a restaurant that transforms in a political and intelectual center.
Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: Ángela Molina, Margarita Lozano, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Antonio Valero
Votes: 450
36. Flamenco Flamenco (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Music
A look at the history and traditions of flamenco music and dance through the live performance of a wide variety of pieces.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Sara Baras, José Miguel Carmona, Montse Cortés, Paco de Lucía
Votes: 487 | Gross: $0.06M
37. Sheng si jie (2005)
90 min | Drama
When Yan'ni starts college, she believes she is embarking on a new life away from her family, and she is but without the new beginning she anticipates. Once at school, she immediately meets... See full summary »
Director: Shaohong Li | Stars: Xun Zhou, Jun Wu, Ming Cai, Xiaoming Su
Votes: 361
38. Village of Dreams (1996)
112 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Tells of the childhood of nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys' relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Mieko Harada, Keigo Matsuyama, Shogo Matsuyama, Kyôzô Nagatsuka
Votes: 430
39. A Boy Ten Feet Tall (1963)
G | 118 min | Adventure
Ten year old Sammy travels 4500 miles on his own from the Suez Canal to Durban, South Africa.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Fergus McClelland, Constance Cummings, Harry H. Corbett
Votes: 649
40. Southern District (2009)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama
For a rich upper-class family locked into their own little world, Bolivia's social changes threaten to burst their bubble.
Director: Juan Carlos Valdivia | Stars: Ninón del Castillo, Pascual Loayza, Nicolás Fernández, Juan Pablo Koria
Votes: 396
41. Malaga (1960)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A jewel thief pulls off a big heist, stabs his partner-in-crime in the back, dumps his girlfriend and goes on the run with the loot. The ex-partner and the girlfriend team up to go after him.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Trevor Howard, Dorothy Dandridge, Edmund Purdom, Michael Hordern
Votes: 129
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