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1. Rumble Fish (1983)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 37,782 | Gross: $2.49M
2. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
R | 137 min | Drama
A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
Director: Kenneth Lonergan | Stars: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges
Votes: 314,456 | Gross: $47.70M
3. Pride (I) (2014)
R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
Director: Matthew Warchus | Stars: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine
Votes: 61,728
4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.
Director: Dean DeBlois | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson
Votes: 364,598 | Gross: $177.00M
5. Crossroads (I) (2002)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three childhood friends embark on a cross-country adventure to pursue dreams they once put aside, taking risks that are sure to change their lives forever.
Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning
Votes: 44,208 | Gross: $37.19M
6. Goodnight Mommy (2014)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest, Hans Escher
Votes: 59,875 | Gross: $1.17M
7. Gretel & Hansel (2020)
PG-13 | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw
Votes: 34,101 | Gross: $15.35M
8. Horns (2013)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to find strange horns sprouting from his forehead.
Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Max Minghella, Joe Anderson
Votes: 88,070 | Gross: $0.16M
9. La Vie En Rose (2007)
PG-13 | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.
Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner
Votes: 90,809 | Gross: $10.30M
10. Casanova (1976)
R | 155 min | Biography, Drama, History
Giacomo Casanova uses his sexuality to find his place in life amid eccentric and strange characters.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Cicely Browne, Carmen Scarpitta
Votes: 8,680
11. Vivre sa vie (1962)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe, Guylaine Schlumberger
Votes: 35,072
12. Our Little Sister (2015)
PG | 127 min | Drama, Family
Three sisters who live in their grandmother's home invite their thirteen-year-old half sister, whom they have just met, to join them.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose
Votes: 16,931 | Gross: $0.46M
13. I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
X | 121 min | Drama, Romance
Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren
Votes: 4,304 | Gross: $20.24M
14. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
R | 121 min | Drama
A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.
Director: Joe Talbot | Stars: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold
Votes: 21,984 | Gross: $4.52M
15. Love, Classified (2022 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Emilia, a romance novelist, returns home after a long absence to reconnect with her children who are also finding their own paths to love.
Director: Stacey N. Harding | Stars: Melora Hardin, Arienne Mandi, Katherine McNamara, Max Lloyd-Jones
Votes: 1,882
16. Master (I) (2022)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Three women strive to find their place at an elite Northeastern university. When anonymous racist attacks target a Black freshman, who insists she is being haunted by ghosts, each woman must determine where the real menace lies.
Director: Mariama Diallo | Stars: Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Julia Nightingale, Talia Ryder
Votes: 5,935
17. The Sunlit Night (2019)
106 min | Drama, Romance
An aspiring painter meets eccentric locals and a fellow New Yorker while working on a barn in Norway.
Director: David Wnendt | Stars: Jenny Slate, Alex Sharp, Fridtjov Såheim, Gillian Anderson
Votes: 2,559
18. Poetry (2010)
TV-PG | 139 min | Drama
A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Yun Jeong-hie, Lee Da-wit, Kim Hee-ra, Ahn Nae-sang
Votes: 13,563 | Gross: $0.36M
19. Three Months (2022)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Coming-of-age film about Caleb, a South Florida teen. On the eve of his high school graduation, everything changes when he's exposed to HIV. While he waits three months for his results, he finds love in the most unlikely of places.
Director: Jared Frieder | Stars: Troye Sivan, Viveik Kalra, Brianne Tju, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 2,375
20. Legendary (2010)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Sport
A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.
Director: Mel Damski | Stars: John Cena, Patricia Clarkson, Danny Glover, Devon Graye
Votes: 5,389 | Gross: $0.19M
21. Offering to the Storm (2020)
TV-MA | 139 min | Crime, Thriller
Inspector Amaia Salazar confronts the origins of her nightmares as she unfolds the darkest secrets of the Baztan valley.
Director: Fernando González Molina | Stars: Marta Etura, Leonardo Sbaraglia, 'Nene' Carlos Librado, Francesc Orella
Votes: 7,586
22. Perrier's Bounty (2009)
R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Cillian Murphy, Michael McElhatton, Don Wycherley
Votes: 7,454 | Gross: $0.00M
23. Americano (2011)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A man who returns to Los Angeles to wrap up his mother's estate sets out in search of the mysterious woman named in her will.
Director: Mathieu Demy | Stars: Mathieu Demy, Geraldine Chaplin, Chiara Mastroianni, Carlos Bardem
Votes: 1,118
24. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Horror, Musical
Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London to uncover the past, along the way meeting pie shop owner Mrs. Nellie Lovett, and begins to start his life of crime.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal, Sara Woods
Votes: 3,892
25. The Circle (1925)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Drama
An unhappy woman considers leaving her dull husband for another man.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Malcolm McGregor, Alec B. Francis, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 709
26. Amanda (2018)
107 min | Drama
After his sister is brutally killed, David finds himself in charge of his 7 year old niece, Amanda.
Director: Mikhaël Hers | Stars: Vincent Lacoste, Isaure Multrier, Stacy Martin, Ophélia Kolb
Votes: 3,497
27. Beyond (2010)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
A drama set in 1970s Sweden and centered on a young woman's experiences growing up in a home riddled with abuse and alcoholism.
Director: Pernilla August | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Ola Rapace, Outi Mäenpää, Ville Virtanen
Votes: 4,411
28. The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)
PG-13 | 88 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Follows a young boy who runs away from home in search of his estranged mother.
Director: Martin Krejcí | Stars: Chloë Sevigny, Eve Hewson, Jaeden Martell, John Turturro
Votes: 993
29. The Influence (2019)
TV-MA | 99 min | Horror
After moving back to her family home to care for her dying mother, a nurse haunted by her childhood memories must struggle with an evil force in the house.
Director: Denis Rovira van Boekholt | Stars: Manuela Vellés, Maggie Civantos, Alain Hernández, Claudia Placer
Votes: 4,200
30. Like Crazy (2016)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
Two quite different women escape a mental institution to see Tuscany in a stolen car and get to know each other.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti, Valentina Carnelutti, Sergio Albelli
Votes: 10,287 | Gross: $0.11M
31. Joshua's Heart (1990 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Abandoned by his mother the week of his fifth birthday, Joshua a 10 year-old child whose promiscuous father meets a new beau Claudia. At first he assumes it is another fling, however she ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Tim Matheson, Matthew Lawrence, Lisa Eilbacher
Votes: 299
32. Much Loved (2015)
104 min | Drama
A group of women in Morocco make a living as prostitutes in a culture that is very unforgiving toward women in that profession.
Director: Nabil Ayouch | Stars: Loubna Abidar, Asmaa Lazrak, Halima Karaouane, Sara Elhamdi Elalaoui
Votes: 3,047
33. The Last Bath (2020)
95 min | Drama
A nun is called upon to adopt her 15-year-old nephew, and as a consequence religion, family and love become entangled.
Director: David Bonneville | Stars: Anabela Moreira, Martim Canavarro, Margarida Moreira, José Manuel Mendes
Votes: 338
34. The Goddess of Fortune (2019)
118 min | Drama
When Annamaria, a longtime friend of Alessandro and Arturo, asks the couple to take care of her children, the relationship between the two men reaches a point of no return.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Edoardo Leo, Jasmine Trinca, Sara Ciocca
Votes: 2,756
35. Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
R | 105 min | Drama
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Anne Heywood, Donald Pleasence, Robert Vaughn, Earl Holliman
Votes: 458
36. La primera piedra (2018)
4 min | Short
An estranged mother and son, or just a naughty nun? In either case, they are using each other for one thing only.
Director: Alberto Fernández Prados | Stars: Isabel Ampudia, Ventura Rodríguez
Votes: 29
37. Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama
Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France - where she will never sculpt again - the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Jessica Errero, Robert Leroy, Jean-Luc Vincent
Votes: 3,940 | Gross: $0.02M
38. Montparnasse Bienvenüe (2017)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
In her early thirties, broke, and in the wake of a humbling breakup, a spirited, yet rudderless young woman finds herself struggling to get by in the bustling Parisian metropolis; however, if she can make it there, she'll make it anywhere.
Director: Léonor Serraille | Stars: Laetitia Dosch, Souleymane Seye Ndiaye, Grégoire Monsaingeon, Jean-Christophe Folly
Votes: 2,936
39. Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
123 min | Biography, Comedy, History
Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people lived in 18th-century Venice: their customs, habits, medicine, ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Leonard Whiting, Maria Grazia Buccella, Lionel Stander, Raoul Grassilli
Votes: 463
40. Rötmånad (1970)
100 min | Comedy
Somewhere in the archipelago outside Sandhamn lives the barber Assar Gustafsson and his 17-year old daughter Anna-Bella. Out of the blue his wife comes back after five years of absence. She... See full summary »
Director: Jan Halldoff | Stars: Ulla Sjöblom, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Christina Lindberg, Ernst Günther
Votes: 376
41. 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: 4,089
42. If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama
Two weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a student working in the penitentiary as an intern.
Director: Florin Serban | Stars: George Pistereanu, Ada Condeescu, Mihai Constantin, Clara Voda
Votes: 6,555 | Gross: $0.01M
43. Give Me Your Hand (2008)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Twin 18-year-olds hitchhike to their mother's funeral in Spain. The journey changes their lives forever.
Director: Pascal-Alex Vincent | Stars: Alexandre Carril, Victor Carril, Anaïs Demoustier, Samir Harrag
Votes: 1,357 | Gross: $0.00M
44. Maging sino ka man (2023– )
Action, Comedy, Drama
Monique and Carding comes from two different worlds -- one is an heiress of a business empire whose life is in danger, while the other is a petty thief who looks after orphans. The two are ... See full summary »
Stars: Barbie Forteza, David Licauco, Juancho Trivino, Faith Da Silva
Votes: 26
45. Midnight Bayou (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Silver spoon Boston lawyer Declan Fitzpatrick fell in instant love with a Louisiana bayou 'haunted' estate when he drove by with college friends. Now he learns it's on sale and rushes to ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Lauren Stamile, Isabella Hofmann, Alan Ritchson
Votes: 1,424
46. Mariposas Verdes (2017)
101 min | Drama
Mateo an intelligent and popular school-boy falls in love with Daniel, but when that relationship is made public, Mateo is at a crossroads, and will have to decide between fighting his adversaries, or giving up everything.
Director: Gustavo Nieto Roa | Stars: Deivi Duarte, Kevin Bury, Cecilia Suárez, Maria Helena Doering
Votes: 714
47. On My Way (2013)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
Facing a failed relationship and a struggling restaurant, a woman hits the road for a trip with her grandson.
Director: Emmanuelle Bercot | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Némo Schiffman, Gérard Garouste, Camille
Votes: 2,591 | Gross: $0.31M
48. Mug (2018)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
A man undergoes a face transplant and experiences ensuing identity issues.
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska | Stars: Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Malgorzata Gorol, Roman Gancarczyk
Votes: 2,806
49. The Staple of News (I) (2013)
94 min | Drama
The story of a family and a love affair told through the journey of a young woman called Suzanne.
Director: Katell Quillévéré | Stars: Sara Forestier, François Damiens, Adèle Haenel, Paul Hamy
Votes: 1,864
50. Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Jim Stauton Rogers, a Texas rancher turned international diplomat, takes his young daughter, Elizabeth Rogers, on a trip to Paris. He is concerned that his daughter might come in contact ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, Vic Damone
Votes: 572