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51. The Day Will Come (2016)
119 min | Drama
At the Orphanage Godhavn violence and humiliations plays a part of the everyday life. Based on real stories from Godhavn, where lots of boys were victims of violent and sexual abuse and medical neglect.
Director: Jesper W. Nielsen | Stars: Lars Mikkelsen, Sofie Gråbøl, Harald Kaiser Hermann, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt
Votes: 5,802
52. Intersection (1994)
R | 98 min | Drama, Romance
While driving on a remote highway, a man is torn between choosing to reunite with his estranged wife or taking up with his lover.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau
Votes: 9,133 | Gross: $20.93M
53. Mini's First Time (2006)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A rebellious girl hooks up with an escort agency, where her stepfather is a client.
Director: Nick Guthe | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Nikki Reed, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jeff Goldblum
Votes: 8,630 | Gross: $0.05M
54. Wish You Were Here (1987)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Director: David Leland | Stars: Emily Lloyd, Trudi Cavanagh, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin
Votes: 3,361 | Gross: $3.28M
55. Ra.One (2011)
Not Rated | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's only the game's less powerful protagonist who can save his creator's family.
Director: Anubhav Sinha | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Shahana Goswami
Votes: 46,922 | Gross: $2.51M
56. My King (2015)
Unrated | 124 min | Drama, Romance
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent on medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio.
Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot, Louis Garrel, Isild Le Besco
Votes: 14,223 | Gross: $0.05M
57. Secret Smile (2005)
69 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After Miranda splits up with her creepy boyfriend Brendan because he read her diary she finds out that he is now going out with her sister Kerry and later proposes to her.
Stars: Claire Goose, Kate Ashfield, David Tennant, Jill Baker
Votes: 1,812
58. House of Hummingbird (2018)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama
Seoul 1994, in the year the Seongsu Bridge collapsed, 14-year-old Eunhee wanders the city searching for love.
Director: Bora Kim | Stars: Park Ji-hu, Kim Sae-byeok, Jeong In-gi, Soo-Yeon Park
Votes: 3,815
59. Trautmann (2018)
120 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The love story of a young English woman and a German PoW, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy.
Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller | Stars: David Kross, Freya Mavor, John Henshaw, Harry Melling
Votes: 6,474
60. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
TV-MA | 122 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The feature adaptation of Roger Lewis' book about the actor best remembered as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson, John Lithgow
Votes: 15,303
61. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy
Mario must find all the seven crystal stars to enter the Thousand-Year-Door and save Princess Peach.
Director: Ryota Kawade | Stars: Charles Martinet, Jen Taylor, Scott Burns
Votes: 1,283
62. Chef! (1993–1996)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Famous chef Gareth Blackstock struggles with dividing time between wife Janice and the restaurant. It's a good thing he can let off steam with his remarks.
Stars: Lenny Henry, Roger Griffiths, Caroline Lee-Johnson, Claire Skinner
Votes: 1,567
63. How to Deal (2003)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenager (Moore), disillusioned by too many examples of love gone wrong, refuses to believe that true love exists. Then this new guy (Ford) comes along...
Director: Clare Kilner | Stars: Mandy Moore, Trent Ford, Dylan Baker, Allison Janney
Votes: 9,967 | Gross: $14.11M
64. Fair City (1989– )
25 min | Drama
The day-to-day dramas of the community who live and work in the fictional north Dublin suburb of Carrigstown.
Stars: Mick Nolan, Philip Michael, Rodrigo Ternevoy, Alexander Lester
Votes: 675
65. Bergen (2022)
145 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Bergen, a valuable Turkish Arabesque singer, fights to stay afloat despite all the difficulties in her life.
Directors: Caner Alper, Mehmet Binay | Stars: Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tilbe Saran, Nergis Öztürk
Votes: 6,253
66. Ore no imouto ga konna ni kawaii wake ga nai (2010–2013)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Normal 17-year-old Kyosuke isn't close with his 14-year-old sister Kirino. But then her secret otaku hobby gives them a chance to reconnect.
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Ayana Taketatsu, Kana Hanazawa, Satomi Satô
Votes: 1,740
67. Hunt Her, Kill Her (2022)
89 min | Horror, Thriller
A janitor in a furniture factory finds herself in a fight for her life when she becomes the target of sinister masked intruders.
Directors: Greg Swinson, Ryan Thiessen | Stars: Natalie Terrazzino, JC Oakley III, Trevor Tucker, David Holt
Votes: 504
68. My Little Eye (2002)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Five people are offered one million dollars to spend six months together in an isolated mansion, with cameras watching their every move.
Director: Marc Evans | Stars: Sean Cw Johnson, Kris Lemche, Stephen O'Reilly, Laura Regan
Votes: 12,922
69. Look Back in Anger (1959)
Approved | 98 min | Drama
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans
Votes: 4,386
70. Your Friends and Neighbors (1998)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Unhappy couples fall apart and hop into other beds with other people.
Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Ben Stiller, Nastassja Kinski
Votes: 8,364 | Gross: $4.71M
71. Make Me a Sandwich (2019)
3 min | Short, Horror
Marcy and her husband live together in a constant state of disarray. Her husband demands that she make him sandwiches, ad nauseam. How long can she withstand his abuse before she finally cracks?
Directors: Denman Hatch, Matt Hamilton | Stars: Anne Shepherd, Peter Hodgins
Votes: 700
72. At A Distance, Spring Is Green (2021– )
65 min | Drama, Romance
A coming of age campus story about youth in their 20s whose lives appear to be like the beauty of spring from afar but cold and harsh when viewed up close.
Stars: Park Ji-hoon, Kang Min-ah, Bae In-hyuk, Kwon Eun-bin
Votes: 1,199
73. The D.I. (1957)
106 min | Drama
A no-nonsense Drill Instructor is convinced that he can make a recruit, that is haunted by his family combat history and who falters under pressure, into a Marine.
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, Don Dubbins, Jackie Loughery, Lin McCarthy
Votes: 1,041
74. The Groomsmen (2006)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A groom (Ed Burns) and his four attendants wrestle with issues related to friendship and maturity a week before the big day.
Director: Edward Burns | Stars: Edward Burns, Matthew Lillard, Brittany Murphy, Heather Burns
Votes: 4,805 | Gross: $0.13M
75. 44 Inch Chest (2009)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
A jealous husband and his friends plot the kidnapping of his wife's lover with the intention of restoring his wounded ego.
Director: Malcolm Venville | Stars: Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 7,143
76. Molly (1999)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bachelor becomes the unwilling guardian of his autistic, intellectually disabled sister; then an experimental treatment works a dramatic change in her brain and his attitude.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Elisabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart, Jill Hennessy, Thomas Jane
Votes: 3,145 | Gross: $0.02M
77. Who's Watching Oliver (2017)
TV-MA | 87 min | Drama, Horror
Oliver aimlessly wanders the streets on what can only be described as a truly shocking and humiliating killing spree. His only savior is the beautiful Sophia with her sweet eccentricity and naivety to the danger she has put herself in.
Director: Richie Moore | Stars: Russell Geoffrey Banks, Sara Malakul Lane, Margaret Roche, Kelly Woodcock
Votes: 1,288
78. Josie & Jack (2019)
103 min | Drama
Raised in a decaying old Pennsylvania mansion and home schooled by their tyrannical professor father, Josie and Jack Raeburn have never had anyone but each other to depend on. Set in the 1990s.
Director: Sarah Lancaster | Stars: Olivia DeJonge, Alex Neustaedter, William Fichtner, Annabelle Dexter-Jones
Votes: 326
79. Stoic (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama
A heated game of poker causes three men incarcerated for nonviolent offenses to brutalize their cellmate before taking drastic measures in order to cover up their crime.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Edward Furlong, Shaun Sipos, Sam Levinson, Steffen Mennekes
Votes: 2,887
80. When She Was Bad... (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, family, and counselors can stop her from harming Robbie and herself.
Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Robert Urich, Eileen Brennan, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 256
81. The Last Stop (II) (2017)
110 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The Elan School was the last stop. Set deep in the woods of Maine, Elan delivered controversial therapy to troubled teens. It was a meat grinder of raw emotion and harsh discipline. Some say it sold hope, others say it sold Hell.
Director: Todd Nilssen | Stars: Peter Arnold, Liz Arnold, Alec Canarri, Jeff Bloking
Votes: 481
82. Sue (1997)
R | 91 min | Drama
An unemployed ex-office worker (Anna Thomson) searching for work floats a fragile line of sanity as she struggles to find friendship and companionship. Her tenuous grasp on reality further ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Anna Thomson, Matthew Powers, Tahnee Welch, Tracee Ellis Ross
Votes: 1,499 | Gross: $0.05M
83. Ghosts... of the Civil Dead (1988)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Prisoners and guards clash in a high-tech security jail where there are no rules.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: David Field, Mike Bishop, Chris DeRose, Kevin Mackey
Votes: 1,969
84. My Love Affair with Marriage (2022)
Not Rated | 107 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A young spirited woman, Zelma, is determined to conform to the pressures of singing Mythology Sirens in order to be loved, but the more she conforms, the more her body resists. A story of inner female rebellion.
Director: Signe Baumane | Stars: Dagmara Dominczyk, Michele Pawk, Matthew Modine, Cameron Monaghan
Votes: 508
85. Weakest Link (2001–2003)
60 min | Game-Show
In this hybrid of "Inquizition" and "Survivor," contestants test their trivial mettle as a team and against each other. After each round of play, the team votes out the most expendable ... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Robinson, John Cramer, Aisha Tyler, Michael Rapaport
Votes: 1,512
86. Dangerous Ground (1997)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother ... See full summary »
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Ice Cube, Elizabeth Hurley, Thokozani Nkosi, Ron Smerczak
Votes: 2,022 | Gross: $5.08M
87. Sins of the Mother (1991 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A charismatic Real Estate agent, Kevin Coe, is publicly proud of his mother, a prominent socialite, but privately he must put up with her constant belittlement's and taunts. And while his ... See full summary »
Director: John Patterson | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dale Midkiff, Heather Fairfield, Talia Balsam
Votes: 465
88. How Harry Became a Tree (2001)
R | 99 min | Drama
This drama is set in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney ('Colm Meany') sets out to ruin George O'Flaherty - the most powerful man in town, who ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar, Cillian Murphy, Kerry Condon
Votes: 943
89. Prima Donnas (2019– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Married couple Jaime, the sole heir to the affluent Claveria Group of Companies, and Maita, having trouble starting their family, hire Lilian, daughter of their most-trusted house helper, ... See full summary »
Stars: Katrina Halili, Wendell Ramos, Chanda Romero, Jillian Ward
Votes: 106
90. The Killer of Dolls (1975)
98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A groundskeeper's son, who is mentally unstable due to childhood trauma, goes on a murdering spree where his perception of reality is distorted by imagining people as mannequins and vice versa.
Director: Miguel Madrid | Stars: David Rocha, Inma de Santis, Helga Liné, Elisenda Ribas
Votes: 397
91. Doble Kara (2015–2017)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Family
Stars: Julia Montes, Carmina Villaroel, Mylene Dizon, Carl John Barrameda
Votes: 62
92. Past Obsessions (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman fakes her own death to escape from her abusive husband, but her peaceful new life is shattered when he discovers she's alive.
Director: Raul Inglis | Stars: Josie Davis, David Millbern, Lochlyn Munro, Sonja Bennett
Votes: 299
93. American Fable (2016)
Not Rated | 96 min | Thriller
After 11-year-old Gitty discovers a man who can grant wishes hiding in her family's silo, she is forced to choose between saving the man's life and protecting her family.
Director: Anne Hamilton | Stars: Peyton Kennedy, Richard Schiff, Kip Pardue, Marci Miller
Votes: 4,678
94. When Strangers Appear (2001)
R | 98 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
A man enters a roadside diner run by a young woman and claims he is being chased by murderers.
Director: Scott Reynolds | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Josh Lucas, Barry Watson, Kevin Anderson
Votes: 3,230
95. Wildflower (2017–2018)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It follows the story of Ivy Aguas, a beautiful and smart heiress who is seeking justice for her parents' death against the family of Ardiente.
Stars: Tirso Cruz III, Aiko Melendez, Maja Salvador, Zsa Zsa Padilla
Votes: 212
96. Hayley Kiyoko: Girls Like Girls (2015 Music Video)
5 min | Short, Drama, Music
Two teenage girls test the waters of their relationship to the disapproval of a jealous boyfriend.
Directors: Hayley Kiyoko, Austin Starrett Winchell | Stars: Stefanie Scott, Kelsey Asbille, Hayden Thompson, Justin Lieberman
Votes: 456
97. Mifune (1999)
R | 98 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama
Kresten's dad dies and he returns to the farm on Lolland to take care of things, including his developmentaly-challenged brother. He employs a hooker as maid. He loses his wife and job due to lies. The maid's kid brother moves in and they're a family of 4.
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jesper Asholt, Emil Tarding
Votes: 8,059 | Gross: $0.59M
98. Dangerous Intentions (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A man stalks his wife and child when they leave for an abused women's shelter.
Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno | Stars: Donna Mills, Corbin Bernsen, Allison Hossack, Sheila Larken
Votes: 586
99. Down River (2018)
70 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Zachary Greene, Cody Poirot, Nicholas Winand
Votes: 593
100.
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
Episode:
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
(1980)
TV-14 | 210 min
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Directors: Rodney Bennett, John Gorrie | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Patrick Stewart, Eric Porter
Votes: 666