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51. I Am Not a Witch (2017)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
In a remote Zambian community a girl is denounced as a witch and sent on a trajectory of exploitation, as a tethered member of a witches' camp, a witch for hire and a tourist exhibit.
Director: Rungano Nyoni | Stars: Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Murilo, Margaret Spinella
Votes: 4,218 | Gross: $0.05M
52. The Wind (1928)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A frail young woman from the East moves in with her cousin in the West, where she causes tension within the family and is slowly driven mad.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming
Votes: 7,175
53. The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995 Video)
G | 71 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a sudden shortage of water threatens all life in the great valley, The gang of young dinosaur must cooperate with a group of bullies to make a risky journey outside the valley and find the cause.
Director: Roy Allen Smith | Stars: Scott McAfee, Candace Hutson, Heather Hogan, Jeff Bennett
Votes: 6,592
54. Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy
Residents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty, which leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".
Director: Henry Cornelius | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Barbara Murray, Paul Dupuis
Votes: 5,305
55. The Dust Bowl (2012)
TV-PG | 229 min | Documentary, History
A documentary about the 1930s drought of North American prairie farm land, and its consequences during the great depression.
Stars: Dorothy Christenson Wiliamson, Donald Worster, Timothy Egan, Calvin Crabill
Votes: 2,121
56. Elephant Walk (1954)
Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Drama
The young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch, Abraham Sofaer
Votes: 2,737
57. Heaven's Burning (1997)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a botched bank job, a gang takes hostage a Japanese girl on the run from an arranged marriage, and escapes. Their wheel man saves the girl from them and the two go on the run with cops, the gang and her psycho husband on their tail.
Director: Craig Lahiff | Stars: Russell Crowe, Yûki Kudô, Kenji Isomura, Ray Barrett
Votes: 2,228
58. Utama (2022)
87 min | Drama
In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. During an uncommonly long drought, Virginio and Sisa face a dilemma: resist or be defeated by the environment and time itself.
Director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi | Stars: José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Candelaria Quispe, Placide Ali
Votes: 2,080
59. Dry Summer (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A farmer has a violent dispute with his fellow villagers by claiming ownership of the water that comes out of his land. He is as sexually frustrated as greedy.
Director: Metin Erksan | Stars: Erol Tas, Hülya Koçyigit, Ulvi Dogan, Alaettin Altiok
Votes: 5,728
60. The Quest: The Longest Drive (1976 TV Movie)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Western
To save an old friend's ranch, the Beaudine brothers round up a gang of misfits to drive a huge herd to market. Join the epic action when a stableman, a retired gunslinger, a dried-out drunk and two sneaky rustlers, hit the dusty trail.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Dan O'Herlihy, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 232
61. Do Bigha Zamin (1953)
131 min | Drama
In the hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in Calcutta and faces many difficulties.
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Ratan Kumar, Murad
Votes: 2,254
62. 2040 (2019)
92 min | Documentary
Practical solutions to environmental concerns are addressed with the hope that the filmmaker's daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.
Director: Damon Gameau | Stars: Damon Gameau, Eva Lazzaro, Zoë Gameau, Davini Malcolm
Votes: 1,411
63. I, the Worst of All (1990)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
This fact-based film examines the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna), a Roman Catholic nun from Mexico City who, in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition, established herself... See full summary »
Director: María Luisa Bemberg | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Dominique Sanda, Héctor Alterio, Lautaro Murúa
Votes: 722 | Gross: $0.05M
64. Sleep Dealer (2008)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
The near future. Like tomorrow. In a world marked by closed borders, corporate warriors, and a global computer network, three strangers risk their lives to connect, break through the barriers of technology, and unseal their fates.
Director: Alex Rivera | Stars: Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Metztli Adamina
Votes: 6,690 | Gross: $0.08M
65. Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947)
G | 29 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A mysterious thief has stolen the prosperous Happy Valley's most prized possession: the musical Singing Harp. Can Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find the answer in the irritable Willie the Giant's magnificent castle up in the blue sky?
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts | Stars: Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 4,158
66. The Forest (V) (2016)
109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A new teacher arrives at a small village in rural Thailand. He has just left the monkhood and has taken a job at the local school in a quest to discover life outside the monastery. He finds... See full summary »
Director: Paul Spurrier | Stars: Wannasa Wintawong, Tanapol Kamkunkam, Asanee Suwan, Pongsanart Vinsiri
Votes: 326
67. Kangaroo (1952)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals for the affection of the rancher's beautiful daughter.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford, Finlay Currie, Richard Boone
Votes: 392
68. The Adventures of Mowgli (1973)
Not Rated | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A boy raised by animals learns to live by the laws of the jungle. Full-length version of the Soviet animated series.
Director: Roman Davydov | Stars: Lyusena Ovchinnikova, Aleksandr Nazarov, Anatoliy Papanov, Sergey Martinson
Votes: 2,304
69. Banel & Adama (2023)
87 min | Drama
A young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village.
Director: Ramata-Toulaye Sy | Stars: Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy, Moussa Sow
Votes: 419
70. Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)
177 min | Drama, History
A meticulous chronicle of the evolution of the Algerian liberation national movement. The film demonstrates that the Algerian War was a slow process of revolts and suffering, uninterrupted, from the start of colonization of Algeria in 1830
Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Stars: Yorgo Voyagis, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Leila Shenna, Cheikh Nourredine
Votes: 624
71. Young Aphrodites (1963)
88 min | Drama, History, Romance
200 BC. During a merciless drought, the brute nature of man and the delicate essence of woman become inextricably intertwined, as the omnipotence of the carnal instinct demands the total surrender of the flesh.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Eleni Prokopiou, Takis Emmanuel, Kleopatra Rota, Vangelis Ioannidis
Votes: 841
72. Beyond the Horizon (2019)
90 min | Drama
Gus spends his vacation reading comic books, helping his father who has invested his entire savings in a modern battery henhouse, and running free with Mado.
Director: Delphine Lehericey | Stars: Luc Bruchez, Laetitia Casta, Thibaut Evrard, Clémence Poésy
Votes: 487
73. The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
About a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos Island of Floreana in the 1930s.
Directors: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann, Diane Kruger
Votes: 1,498 | Gross: $0.25M
74. Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet (2021 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 73 min | Documentary
David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted.
Director: Jonathan Clay | Stars: David Attenborough, Elena Bennett, Jason Box, Terry Hughes
Votes: 3,288
75. The Land (1970)
130 min | Drama
A small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of the large local landowner. The Land shows why political oppression does not necessarily lead to a sense of solidarity among the disinherited.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Mahmoud Al Meleji, Nagwa Ibrahim, Ezzat El Alaili, Hamdy Ahmed
Votes: 2,465
76. August in the Water (1995)
117 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Rena Komine, Shinsuke Aoki, Reiko Matsuo, Masaaki Takarai
Votes: 786
77. The Unknown Saint (2019)
100 min | Comedy, Crime
A criminal returns to the fake grave where he buried his loot years before and discovers that it has become the shrine of an unknown saint and a thriving little village.
Director: Alaa Eddine Aljem | Stars: Younes Bouab, Salah Ben Saleh, Bouchaib Semmak, Mohammed Nouaimane
Votes: 1,591
78. Pray for Rain (2017)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
When a journalist returns to the California farming community where she was raised, she discovers that it has been ravaged by drought and become a place ruled by gangs.
Director: Alex Ranarivelo | Stars: Jane Seymour, Annabelle Stephenson, Nicholas Gonzalez, James Morrison
Votes: 1,094
79. Back to 1942 (2012)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, History, War
A deadly drought in 1942 takes its toll on central China's Henan province during the war against Japan.
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Guoli Zhang, Hanyu Zhang, Wei Fan, Yuanzheng Feng
Votes: 3,738 | Gross: $0.31M
80. Love's Everlasting Courage (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 88 min | Drama, Family, Western
In the early west, a young husband's trials in raising his child after his wife's unexpected death.
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Wes Brown, Cheryl Ladd, Bruce Boxleitner, Julie Mond
Votes: 1,040
81. Kandahar (2001)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Ike Ogut, Sadou Teymouri
Votes: 7,070 | Gross: $0.02M
82. Suro (2022)
116 min | Drama, Thriller
Elena and Iván. About to have their first child, they decide to leave the city and move to the countryside to reset the cork plantation.
Director: Mikel Gurrea | Stars: Vicky Luengo, Pol López, Ilyass El Ouahdani, Josep Estragués
Votes: 965
83. Howling VI: The Freaks (1991 Video)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A villainous carnival owner traps a young werewolf to include in his growing menagerie of inhuman exhibits.
Director: Hope Perello | Stars: Brendan Hughes, Michele Matheson, Sean Sullivan, Antonio Fargas
Votes: 2,473
84. Yellow Earth (1984)
TV-PG | 89 min | Drama, History, Music
A communist soldier travels to Shanbei to collect folk songs for propaganda while visiting a poor peasant family, giving hope to the teenage daughter in escaping an arranged marriage.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Xueqi Wang, Bai Xue, Quiang Liu, Tuo Tan
Votes: 2,581
85. Romeo and the Black Brothers (1995)
TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The adventures of a young Swiss boy working as a chimney sweeper in Milan.
Stars: Ai Orikasa, Toshiko Fujita, Aya Ishizu, Tomoko Ishimura
Votes: 1,358
86. Aloko Udapadi (2017)
113 min | Drama, History
"Aloko Udapadi" ("Light Arose") is an Epic Film of the unswerving human effort to record for all time, a unique spiritual heritage. In 89 BC, King Walagamba of Sinhala kingdom (present day ... See full summary »
Directors: Chathra Weeraman, Bharatha Hettiarachchi | Stars: Uddika Premarathna, Dilhani Ekanayake, Roshan Ravindra, Menaka Peiris
Votes: 6,886
87. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
PG | 98 min | Documentary
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change to the heart of popular culture, the follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Directors: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk | Stars: Al Gore, Cory Booker, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton
Votes: 8,364 | Gross: $3.50M
88. Barren Lives (1963)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo, Jofre Soares
Votes: 2,922
89. Out in the Open (2019)
103 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In a tyrannical and oppressive Spain of misery and poorness, a child starts a runaway looking for freedom.
Director: Benito Zambrano | Stars: Luis Tosar, Luis Callejo, Jaime López, Vicente Romero
Votes: 1,595
90. Therese (1962)
109 min | Drama
Unhappy in her marriage to a boring man who doesn't love her, a woman plans to get rid of him by slowly increasing the dosage of his medication.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Philippe Noiret, Edith Scob, Sami Frey
Votes: 651
91. Skylark (1993 TV Movie)
G | 95 min | Drama
Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Lexi Randall, Christopher Bell
Votes: 1,103
92. Shower (1999)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A young wealthy businessman's icy attitude toward his working-class background is about to thaw as he is forced to reconnect with his elderly father and mentally challenged younger brother, who together run a public bathhouse.
Director: Yang Zhang | Stars: Jiayi Du, Zheng Fang, Bing He, Wu Jiang
Votes: 4,227 | Gross: $1.15M
93. In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (1985)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Because of a severe drought in Kenya in 1984, ninety thousand starving baboons go on a murderous rampage, killing humans and animals alike.
Director: Raju Patel | Stars: John Rhys-Davies, Timothy Bottoms, Irene Miracle, Calvin Jung
Votes: 517 | Gross: $0.18M
94. Our Daily Bread (1934)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper, Addison Richards
Votes: 2,202
95. Presagio (1974)
118 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
When the bottle she uses to help women give birth to their children breaks, midwife Mama Santos announces that something terrible will happen in a small town in the Mexican countryside. ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: David Reynoso, Fabiola Falcón, Lucha Villa, Pancho Córdova
Votes: 115
96. The Rainmaker (1982 TV Movie)
135 min | Drama
Traveling rainmaker Starbuck arrives at the drought-ridden Curry place, promising rain for the farm and perhaps a romance for 'spinster sister' Lizzie.
Director: N. Richard Nash | Stars: William Traylor, Taylor Lacher, James Cromwell, Lonny Chapman
Votes: 150
97. Ay Lav Yu (2010)
102 min | Comedy
Ibrahim returns to Tinne, along with his girlfriend, Jessica, but will the tiny village become their new home?
Director: Sermiyan Midyat | Stars: Sermiyan Midyat, Katie Gill, Steve Guttenberg, Mariel Hemingway
Votes: 5,275
98. It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
A New York couple takes over a small town newspaper.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Loretta Young, John Forsythe, Frank McHugh, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 312
99. The Outsider (1961)
Approved | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War
Tony Curtis plays an Indian (Nicknamed "Chief" by other soldiers) who fights in WWII and helps to raise the flag at Iwo Jima.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, Gregory Walcott, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 935
100. Trail Street (1947)
Approved | 84 min | Western
Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 832