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1. The Dry (2020)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Director: Robert Connolly | Stars: Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, Keir O'Donnell, John Polson
Votes: 32,990
2. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Drama, Western
A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Director: John Ford | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin
Votes: 82,417
3. Colossal (2016)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.
Director: Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson
Votes: 69,268 | Gross: $3.02M
4. Vampires Suck (2010)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Horror
In this spoof of vampire-themed movies, teenager Becca finds herself torn between two boys. She and her friends wrestle with endless dramas that crescendo at the prom.
Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Jenn Proske, Matt Lanter, Diedrich Bader, Chris Riggi
Votes: 51,574 | Gross: $36.66M
5. Black Sheep (2006)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.
Director: Jonathan King | Stars: Oliver Driver, Nathan Meister, Tammy Davis, Matthew Chamberlain
Votes: 42,124 | Gross: $0.08M
6. SubUrbia (1996)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Steve Zahn, Jayce Bartok, Amie Carey
Votes: 10,678 | Gross: $0.73M
7. R.M.N. (2022)
Unrated | 125 min | Drama
A non-judgmental analysis of the driving forces of human behavior when confronted with the unknown, of the way we perceive the other and on how we relate to an unsettling future.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Marin Grigore, Judith State, Macrina Barladeanu, Orsolya Moldován
Votes: 5,256
8. The Abandoned (2006)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An adopted woman returns to her home country and the family home that she never knew and must face the mystery that lies there.
Director: Nacho Cerdá | Stars: Anastasia Hille, Karel Roden, Valentin Goshev, Valentin Ganev
Votes: 13,308 | Gross: $1.26M
9. The Sweetest Heart (2018 TV Movie)
TV-G | 82 min | Romance
Maddie (Julie Gonzalo), who owns a cupcake business, gets help from an investment banker, but a potential new romance between them is complicated by the unexpected return of her first love, Nate.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Julie Gonzalo, Chris McNally, Tammy Gillis, Victor Zinck Jr.
Votes: 1,761
10. Love Stories in Sunflower Valley (2021 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Kate works at a Seattle newspaper and her new assignment takes her back to her hometown of Sunflower Valley. Her handsome co-worker comes along and they unravel a series of heart-warming love stories about the local townspeople.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Erin Cahill, Marcus Rosner, Colleen Wheeler, Brent Stait
Votes: 724
11. The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
An aging Sir Hector Geste (Trevor Howard) takes a young greedy wife who's after his famed Blue Water sapphire, but his sons hide the gem and join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.
Director: Marty Feldman | Stars: Marty Feldman, Ann-Margret, Michael York, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 2,633
12. The Man from Colorado (1948)
Approved | 100 min | Romance, Western
At the end of the Civil War, two friends return home to Colorado and one of them has changed and is violent and erratic.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew, Ray Collins
Votes: 1,986
13. The Shuttered Room (1967)
Unrated | 99 min | Horror
A series of horrific murders is traced to a creature that inhabits a very strange house.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Oliver Reed, Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Flora Robson
Votes: 1,885
14. Trash Fire (2016)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
When Owen is forced to confront the past he's been running from his whole adult life, he and his girlfriend, Isabel, become entangled in a horrifying web of lies, deceit and murder.
Director: Richard Bates Jr. | Stars: Adrian Grenier, Angela Trimbur, Fionnula Flanagan, AnnaLynne McCord
Votes: 3,305
15. Full Moon High (1981)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A popular high school football player becomes a werewolf after a trip to Romania, and struggles to come to terms with his new reality.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Adam Arkin, Roz Kelly, Ed McMahon, Joanne Nail
Votes: 1,624
16. The Blancheville Monster (1963)
Unrated | 88 min | Horror
The beautiful young daughter of a crazed count fears that she will fall victim to the family curse - to be sacrificed to fulfill an ancient family legend.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Gérard Tichy, Leo Anchóriz, Ombretta Colli, Helga Liné
Votes: 841
17. Scream Bloody Murder (1973)
R | 90 min | Horror
A deranged kid murders his father and has his arm crushed by the farm tractor. After being discharged from the mental hospital with an amputee, he discovers that his mother has remarried, prompting him to go on a homicidal rampage.
Director: Marc B. Ray | Stars: Fred Holbert, Leigh Mitchell, Robert Knox, Ron Bastone
Votes: 1,200
18. Hastrman (2018)
98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A strange nobleman returning after years abroad to a small Bohemian village in the beginning of 19th century. The nobleman feels closer to animals despite looking like a human. He is a ... See full summary »
Director: Ondrej Havelka | Stars: Karel Dobrý, Vladimír Polívka, Jirí Lábus, Norbert Lichý
Votes: 250
19. Run, Simon, Run (1970 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 74 min | Adventure, Thriller
A Papago Indian returns to his reservation after a prison term and searches for his brother's killer.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Inger Stevens, Royal Dano, James Best
Votes: 256
20. Shinjuku Swan II (2017)
133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
On this second movie, Tatsuhiko Shiratori moves to Yokohama from Shinjuku, Tokyo. He comes into conflict with Masaki Taki who is the CEO of a scout company.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Yûsuke Arai, Kenta Arima, Kokoro Asami, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 290
21. Lovers (1994)
88 min | Drama, Romance
In a French small town, Marc, a 15-year-old teenager, reveals his homosexuality
Director: Catherine Corsini | Stars: Nathalie Richard, Pascal Cervo, Olaf Lubaszenko, Loïc Maquin
Votes: 155
22. The Sicilian Connection (1985)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
Mario (Placido), an Italian American who manages a pizzeria in NYC, is charged with an assassination of a judge in Palermo. He leaves the States, comes back to Sicily and recruit Michele, ... See full summary »
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Michele Placido, Mark Chase, Simona Cavallari, Massimo De Francovich
Votes: 418
23. That Trip We Took with Dad (2016)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
The story is set in 1968, when a Romanian-German family from the city of Arad starts a journey to the German Democratic Republic.
Director: Anca Miruna Lazarescu | Stars: Alexandru Margineanu, Razvan Enciu, Ovidiu Schumacher, Susanne Bormann
Votes: 659
24. Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
88 min | Drama, Horror
Abram returns to his small village and although his repairing skills are needed, people's suspicion about his sexual preferences make his life hard.
Director: Peter Fleischmann | Stars: Martin Sperr, Angela Winkler, Else Quecke, Michael Strixner
Votes: 757
25. Strigoi (2009)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
When the villagers killed Constantin Tirescu, they thought it was justice. Vlad Cozma thinks it was murder. Now Constantin thinks pickles might go nice with blood.
Director: Faye Jackson | Stars: Catalin Paraschiv, Rudy Rosenfeld, Constantin Barbulescu, Roxana Guttman
Votes: 1,265
26. U311 Cherkasy (2019)
102 min | Drama, History, War
The crew of Ukrainian NAVY minesweeper U311 "Cherkasy" is resisting seizure of the vessel by Russian army in Crimea in 2014.
Director: Tymur Yashchenko | Stars: Dmitriy Sova, Evgeniy Lamakh, Roman Semysal, Ruslan Koval'
Votes: 1,225
27. Tachibanakan Triangle (2018)
TV-PG | 4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
High school student Natsuno Hanabi moves into a dorm full of strange characters, including a childhood friend who's in love with her and a mysterious girl that Hanabi's slowly falling for.
Stars: Mikako Komatsu, Eri Kitamura, Minami Tsuda, Rei Matsuzaki
Votes: 152
28. Foolish Heart (1998)
130 min | Drama
Juán returns to his native Buenos Aires after 20 years to visit his dying father and tries to find Ana, his old flame.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Miguel Ángel Solá, Maria Luísa Mendonça, Walter Quiroz, Xuxa Lopes
Votes: 329
29. Rid of Me (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
A scathing black comedy of embarrassment, RID OF ME charts the emotional breakdown and rebirth of a woman ripe for self-discovery.
Director: James Westby | Stars: Katie O'Grady, John Keyser, Storm Large, Melik Malkasian
Votes: 1,024 | Gross: $0.01M
30. Virility (1974)
R | 92 min | Comedy
A father doubts his son's masculinity, especially when he appears with a girlfriend who appears to be a boy.
Director: Paolo Cavara | Stars: Turi Ferro, Agostina Belli, Marc Porel, Anna Bonaiuto
Votes: 78
31. Poslední aristokratka (2019)
110 min | Comedy
The picturesque story of the Czech-American family of Count Frantisek Antonín Kostka of Kostka who learns that his aristocratic fore bearers have left him their ancient family seat - the Castle of Kostka.
Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Hynek Cermák, Tatiana Dyková, Yvona Stolarová, Martin Pechlát
Votes: 325
32. The Watchmaker's Apprentice (2019)
99 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Urban, an orphan, serves a greedy master watchmaker as an apprentice. When Urban grows up, he falls in love with the watchmaker's daughter Laura and wants to marry her. Before this can ... See full summary »
Director: Jitka Rudolfová | Stars: Viktor Preiss, Michael Balcar, Dana Droppová, Éva Bandor
Votes: 179
33. Old-Timers (2019)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Vlasta and Tonda don't have much longer to live but they do have one more important task ahead of them - to find and kill the communist prosecutor who sent them to prison in the 1950s. An ... See full summary »
Directors: Martin Dusek, Ondrej Provaznik | Stars: Jirí Schmitzer, Ladislav Mrkvicka, Dusan Kaprálik, Milena Steinmasslová
Votes: 246
34. Un revenant (1946)
100 min | Drama
A ballet producer returns to his native town and schemes to avenge himself on the family who tried to murder him 20 years before.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Gaby Morlay, François Périer, Jean Brochard
Votes: 289
35. At the Top of the Stairs (1983)
92 min | Drama
Suzanne's husband was a collaborator during WW2 and he was denounced by his own family at the Liberation ,a family who took advantage of him during the occupation.
Director: Paul Vecchiali | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Hélène Surgère, Françoise Lebrun, Nicolas Silberg
Votes: 115
36. Muzzikanti (2017)
109 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Robin Svátek is a young rock guitarist who is trying to break through with his band and finally earn money from his music. He and his band gave themselves a one-year deadline and now, even ... See full summary »
Director: Dusan Rapos | Stars: Patrik Dergel, Peter Cmorik, Michalina Olszanska, Hana Vagnerová
Votes: 80
37. Daniel (1971)
84 min | Comedy
After a one-year trip around the world, Twenty-year-old Daniel comes home to his extremely boring parents, who go along with their time in their own way. In their trendy clothes they make ... See full summary »
Director: Erik Terpstra | Stars: Peter Schaapman, Sylvia de Leur, Bob De Lange, André van den Heuvel
Votes: 32
38. Stillman's Portrait (2016)
15 min | Short, Drama
Stillman's Portrait is about a closeted 28 year old in New York who is struggling to paint a self-portait for his solo debut at a Chelsea gallery. In search of inspiration, in the form of ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Davy | Stars: Rob Brinkmann, David Gibson, Shirley Huang, Max Killough
Votes: 29
39. Back Again (2015)
13 min | Short, Drama
After two years Alex returns to his town with Jordi to celebrate the night of San Juan.
Director: Gabriel Dorado | Stars: Carlos Cuevas, Aleix Melé
Votes: 243
40. Pro Rakov (2003)
15 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A serpent with wings and a human face kidnaps a girl before the wedding.
Director: Valentin Olschvang | Stars: E. Gracheva, Kseniya Ustyuzhaninova, T. Zurovskaya
Votes: 27
41. Un soupçon d'amour (2020)
92 min | Drama
Geneviève Garland, famous actress, is acting in « Andromaque » by Racine, with her husband André. She feels a deep malaise to play this part and cede it to her friend Isabelle, which is her... See full summary »
Director: Paul Vecchiali | Stars: Marianne Basler, Fabienne Babe, Jean-Philippe Puymartin, Ferdinand Leclère
Votes: 64
42. Buenos Aires Chinatown
Action | Pre-production
Director: Andrew Dasz | Stars: Steven Dasz, Andrew Dasz, Doua Vang
43. Svet nic neví (1987)
108 min | Drama
The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls apart. His German friend forced him to enter the Nazi party.
Director: Jirí Svoboda | Stars: Emil Horváth, Milan Knazko, Jirí Ornest, Marcela Batková
Votes: 24
44. Krásno (2014)
119 min | Comedy, Crime
Story follows two best friend on private investigation. They are going to their hometown to prove that Michals mother was killed by his stepmother.
Director: Ondrej Sokol | Stars: Ondrej Sokol, Martin Finger, Jana Krausová, Karel Roden
Votes: 145
45. Sejdrem (2008 TV Movie)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Zdenek Tyc | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Miroslava Plestilová, Igor Bares, Marie Dolezalová
Votes: 28
46. Návrat domù (1949)
Drama
Just after the end of the war, in May 1945, Lieutenant Mares returned to Prague with his unit. He looks forward to seeing his family, fiancee and friends. Gradually he learns that his ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Milka Balek-Brodská, Otýlie Benísková, Marie Blazková, Emil Bolek
Votes: 31
47. The Man from London (1974)
91 min | Comedy, Crime
A British citizen by the name of George Reiner (Jirí Sovák) arrives at Prague airport. He was once a Czech safe-breaker, and has now returned home after thirty years to steal twenty-dollar ... See full summary »
Director: Hynek Bocan | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Kveta Fialová, Lubomír Lipský, Václav Babka
Votes: 28
48. Kristálová noc (1966 TV Movie)
65 min | Drama
Director: Eva Sadková | Stars: Vladimír Smeral, Marie Vásová, Václav Voska, Marie Drahokoupilová
49. B + F (2014)
9 min | Short, Drama, Romance
An old man returns to his hometown and recalls his youth.
Director: Amálie Kovárová | Stars: Katerina Coufalová, Jan Kacer, Zdenek Piskula, Jan Santroch
50. Návrat do cizí zeme (1994 TV Movie)
64 min | Drama
Director: Eva Sadková | Stars: Vladimír Brabec, Michal Bumbálek, Frantisek Derfler, Vlasta Fialová