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51. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Votes: 4,092
52. Murari (2001)
180 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A family is under a curse due to an old sin; due to which a male is bound to die every 48 years.
Director: Krishna Vamsi | Stars: Mahesh Babu, Sonali Bendre, Lakshmi, Kaikala Satyanarayana
Votes: 4,369
53. English Babu Desi Mem (1996)
Not Rated | 170 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
After his brother dies, wealthy Vikram reluctantly goes back to India and forms a surprise bond with his orphaned nephew and the showgirl raising him.
Director: Praveen Nischol | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Sonali Bendre, Rajeshwari, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 2,660
54. Poison (2000 TV Movie)
R | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller
Traci is a devious teenage girl who befriends and kills anyone who comes between her and her mother, Dana, a failed movie actress who lies for and protects Traci.
Director: Dennis Berry | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Jürgen Prochnow, Mandy Schaffer, Michael Des Barres
Votes: 395
55. Anari (1959)
166 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A poor young man gets employed by a rich man admiring his honesty. But when he gets suspected in a lady's murder case, he need to prove his innocence.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Lalita Pawar, Shobha Khote
Votes: 912
56. Revival of Evangelion (1998)
159 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A compilation of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth and Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Ken Andô, Naoyasu Habu, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Masayuki, Shôichi Masuo, Seiji Mizushima, Tensai Okamura, Keiichi Sugiyama, Akira Takamura, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Tetsuya Watanabe, Minoru Ôhara, Masahiko Ôtsuka | Stars: Tiffany Grant, Megumi Hayashibara, Akira Ishida, Tetsuya Iwanaga
Votes: 368
57. Princess cursed in Time (2020)
115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Princess Ellena whom awakes to the same day over and over has to overcome an old spell which threatens to destroy the kingdom and defeat the evil witch.
Director: Petr Kubik | Stars: Natalia Germani, Marek Lambora, Eliska Krenková, Jan Révai
Votes: 442
58. Oh My Goddess! (1993–1994)
Not Rated | 160 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A college student receives an unexpected wish from a goddess and asks her to stay with him forever, but that brings complications.
Stars: Yumi Tôma, Aya Hisakawa, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Kiyoyuki Yanada
Votes: 1,270
59. Women on the Run (2019)
93 min | Comedy, Romance
Women on the Run. Vera has lived a wonderful life with Jindrich, and she is fully determined to fulfill his last wish - running a marathon. The emancipated and spirited mother of three ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Horský | Stars: Zlata Adamovská, Tereza Kostková, Veronika Khek Kubarová, Jenovéfa Boková
Votes: 843
60. Bantú Mama (2021)
77 min | Drama
After being arrested in the Dominican Republic, an Afropean woman escapes and is sheltered by three minors in a dangerous district of Santo Domingo. By becoming their protégée and maternal figure, she sees her destiny change inexorably.
Director: Ivan Herrera | Stars: Clarisse Albrecht, Euris Javiel, Johnny Morales, Arturo Perez
Votes: 211
61. Indiscreet (1931)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Monroe Owsley, Barbara Kent
Votes: 1,553
62. Crawlspace (1972 TV Movie)
74 min | Horror, Thriller
A childless middle-age couple adopt a troubled youth they find living in their crawlspace and attempt to get him to rejoin society with tragic results.
Directors: John Newland, Buzz Kulik | Stars: Arthur Kennedy, Teresa Wright, Tom Happer, Eugene Roche
Votes: 463
63. Blood Bride (1980)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A beautiful and charming betrothed is promised to a beautiful woman. But he is a completely insane killer and she will be his next victim. Everything that follows the wedding will be a carnival of wickedness, sadism and brutality.
Director: Robert J. Avrech | Stars: Ellen Barber, Philip English, Sam Gray, Bobo Lewis
Votes: 174
64. A Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story (2013)
122 min | Drama, History
During the Edo Period of Japan, an excellent cook marries the heir to a renowned cooking family. However, her husband is a terrible chef. With the help of her new mother-in-law, she begins to teach him the ways of the culinary arts.
Director: Yûzô Asahara | Stars: Aya Ueto, Kengo Kôra, Kimiko Yo, Riko Narumi
Votes: 573
65. Maggie and Her (1976–1979)
30 min | Comedy
Maggie (Julia McKenzie) and Mrs P (Irene Handl) are two neighbours who are always ready to help each other out.
Stars: Julia McKenzie, Irene Handl, Carol Gillies, Peter Hale
Votes: 22
66. No me toques el pito que me irrito (1983)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Professor Casimiro Berga, famed sexologist, comes to his office completely dejected, defeated, nervous. Moments before we have seen him leave his home, after a night full of eroticism, anxiety, curiosity and - nothing.
Director: Ricard Reguant | Stars: Carles Velat, Carmen Serret, Andrea Albani, Emma Quer
Votes: 46
67. June R (2005)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Family
An orphan girl, after craving for mother's love since childhood, starts finding it in an elderly woman, who was abandoned by her own son.
Director: Revathy S. Varma | Stars: Jyotika, Saritha, Khushbu Sundar, Suriya
Votes: 217
68. The Woman for Joe (1955)
91 min | Drama, Romance
A sideshow owner and his main attraction, a midget, fall for the same woman.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Diane Cilento, George Baker, Jimmy Karoubi, David Kossoff
Votes: 132
69. Piège pour Cendrillon (1965)
118 min | Crime, Mystery
The young Michèle Isola, who is about to inherit a fortune from her godmother, scarcely survives a terrible fire. When she regains consciousness it becomes evident she suffers with amnesia.
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Dany Carrel, Madeleine Robinson, Hubert Noël, Jean Gaven
Votes: 179
70. Olsenbanden for full musikk (1976)
91 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Valborg needs to get her son Basse married, after getting a girl pregnant, while Egon has got work for a baron. However a spook makes trouble for his planned coup against the National Theater.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann
Votes: 1,033
71. The Cult That Stole Children: Inside the Family (V) (2016)
TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary
An incendiary, heartbreaking investigation into one of Australia's most notorious cults, and the scars its survivors still bear today.
Director: Rosie Jones | Stars: Sung Yun Cho, Lex de Man, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Anne Hamilton-Byrne
Votes: 366
72. Hahamakin ang lahat (2016–2017)
Crime, Drama, Family
A story of two opposing families fighting for love what they truly believe in. A compelling tale of deception, opposition, treachery, secrets, love, searching, hatred, and even wholeness.
Stars: Snooky Serna, Ariel Rivera, Eula Valdez, Joyce Ching
73. Boy (V) (2018)
7 min | Short, Drama
The film is about a young man who finds himself during backpacking in Prague and gets confronted with loneliness. The first step into adulthood and the distance to the family hurts. He gets... See full summary »
Director: Simon Maria Kubiena | Stars: Beatriz Abrisqueta, Tomás Weber
74. Waiting for August (2014)
88 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Fifteen year old Georgiana is left to raise her 6 siblings in Bacau (Romania), since mother has to work abroad to get by. Torn between adolescence and heavy responsibilities, the teenage girl struggles to keep everyone afloat.
Director: Teodora Mihai
Votes: 236
76. Inside Irvin (2004)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Inside Irvin is a compelling character study in the fragility of the human psyche and the effects of isolation and loneliness on the human spirit. Set in the Los Angeles home of Irvin and Ida Walter.
Director: Armen Titizian | Stars: Christo Dimassis, Christie Lynn Smith, Alandra Ortis, Michael J. Mancini
Votes: 37
77.
The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
Episode:
Ship o' the Dead
(1957)
Adventure, Family
From his new sloop, Jim spies a ship, the Rachel, with dead men strewn over the deck, but when he reports it, none believe him, not even the Governor -- nor Long John.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Billy Kay
Votes: 16
78.
Journey to the Unknown (1968– )
Episode:
Miss Belle
(1968)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A drifter goes to work in a strange household where an unhinged aunt refuses to acknowledge that her orphaned nephew (living in her care), is a boy - rather than a girl.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: George Maharis, Barbara Jefford, Kim Burfield, Adrienne Posta
Votes: 47
79.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
The Changeling
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A powerful artificially intelligent Earth probe, with a murderously twisted imperative, comes aboard the Enterprise and mistakes Capt. Kirk for its creator.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Votes: 3,689
80.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Molly Kincaid Story
(1963)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
After leaving St. Joseph, Hale tells everyone there are no Indians when in fact two escaped Comanches have stolen horses and shown up at the wagon train's first stop. There, the female wants to kill a man-her cowardly husband.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson
Votes: 115
81.
Rude Awakening (1998–2001)
Episode:
TV Mom
(1998)
TV-MA | Comedy
Billie pays her TV mom Colleen Woods a visit to make amends with her. Colleen and Trudy argue about which one of them has been a better mother to Billie.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Jonathan Penner, Rain Pryor, Lynn Redgrave
Votes: 9
82.
Hanna (2019–2021)
Episode:
To the Meadows
(2020)
TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Drama
At Hanna's request, Marissa agrees to help save Clara from The Meadows and arranges a passport for her, so that she can join Hanna in Canada. Hanna returns to Passway, where she locates ... See full summary »
Director: Eva Husson | Stars: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Dermot Mulroney, Natasha Atherton
Votes: 825
83.
Andor (2022– )
Episode:
That Would Be Me
(2022)
TV-14 | 38 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Cassian attempts to lay low on Ferrix as agents of the law close in.
Director: Toby Haynes | Stars: Malini Raman-Middleton, Imogen Ross, Antonio Viña, Luiza Mesquita Maia
Votes: 14,052
84.
The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode:
Growing Pains
(2021)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a mysterious ice powered enemy frames Frost for a brutal crime, she must find a way to clear her name; Barry and Iris have a surprise houseguest, and Joe continues to deal with Kristen Kramer.
Director: Alexandra La Roche | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes
Votes: 1,688
85.
Abbott Elementary (2021– )
Episode:
Open House
(2022)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Janine prepares to meet her student's mother during open house, while the rest of the faculty uses the time to relax; Gregory is taken aback when he learns how Ava got the principal job; Barbara's daughter's visit creates a commotion.
Director: Jennifer Celotta | Stars: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter
Votes: 1,013
86.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
All That Cremains
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
CSI investigates the discovery of a dead body with cremated remains in his mouth, and whose body parts were cut up and placed in thrift store boxes. Meanwhile, Langston's ex-wife comes to him with a surprise announcement.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Jorja Fox
Votes: 684
87.
Royal Pains (2009–2016)
Episode:
Whole Lotto Love
(2010)
TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy, Drama
Hank treats a lottery winner with hand trouble, and a kidney transplant recipient with pain and stomach issues, while suspecting a sly purpose behind Eddie's party.
Director: Tawnia McKiernan | Stars: Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Flint, Reshma Shetty
Votes: 150
88.
Marple (2004–2013)
Episode:
Endless Night
(2013)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Miss Marple investigates the downfall of an optimistic young couple who ignored the warnings of a gypsy and built a dream home on allegedly cursed land.
Director: David Moore | Stars: Julia McKenzie, Tom Hughes, Aneurin Barnard, Adam Wadsworth
Votes: 1,210
89.
Abbott Elementary (2021– )
Episode:
Mom
(2023)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Janine's plan for a Memorial Day weekend solo trip is derailed when her mother shows up unannounced asking for help; Gregory notices his colleagues are great at small talk and realizes he needs to brush up on his people skills.
Director: Ken Whittingham | Stars: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter
Votes: 689
90.
Servant (2019–2023)
Episode:
Myth
(2023)
TV-MA | 27 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Dorothy discovers a connection with Leanne. Uncle George shares knowledge with the Turners.
Director: Ishana Shyamalan | Stars: Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free, Rupert Grint
Votes: 668
91.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Trump Talks to Tucker, Musk Dunks on BBC, Inflation, Colbert Mocks Biden
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
92.
The Goldbergs (2013–2023)
Episode:
A Kick-Ass Risky Business Party
(2015)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Lainey, Erica and Barry plan a big party while Lainey's father is out of town; Murray is annoyed by the amount of time Adam spends on the phone talking to Dana.
Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia
Votes: 427