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1. Mildred Pierce (1945)

Approved | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden

Votes: 28,811

2. Splendor in the Grass (1961)

Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, Romance

The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie

Votes: 22,686 | Gross: $8.72M

3. The House That Screamed (1969)

GP | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A strict headmistress runs a secluded school for wayward girls in 19th century France, whose students are disappearing under mysterious circumstances.

Director: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Cristina Galbó, John Moulder-Brown, Maribel Martín

Votes: 4,150

4. Peyton Place (1957)

Approved | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Arthur Kennedy

Votes: 6,631 | Gross: $25.60M

5. Nurse on Wheels (1963)

85 min | Comedy, Romance

Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrained mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Juliet Mills, Ronald Lewis, Joan Sims, Noel Purcell

Votes: 577

6. Parrish (1961)

Passed | 138 min | Drama

In the Connecticut River Valley, Parrish McLean and his mother are newly employed by the Sala Post tobacco farm that is engaged in a competition war with the neighboring Judd Raike tobacco corporation.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Troy Donahue, Karl Malden, Dean Jagger

Votes: 1,210

7. Nightflyers (1987)

R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Professor hires a spaceship to get to the source of weird signals from deep space. The trip is cut short however when the ship's computer gets jealous because the captain is in love with one of the female passengers and it gets homicidal.

Director: Robert Collector | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, Michael Praed, John Standing, Lisa Blount

Votes: 1,396 | Gross: $1.15M

8. Humoresque (1946)

Approved | 125 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.

Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 4,968 | Gross: $2.28M

9. Pin Cushion (2017)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama

When a socially awkward teen and her outcast mother become targets for the petty and cruel denizens of their small town, they seek refuge in an elaborate fantasy world of their own making.

Director: Deborah Haywood | Stars: Lily Newmark, Joanna Scanlan, Chanel Cresswell, Bethany Antonia

Votes: 1,183

10. Cop Au Vin (1985)

Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

In a small provincial French town, Dr Morasseau, Mr Lavoisier and butcher Filiol decide to create a significant estate business but Mrs Cuno and her son Louis do not want to sell their house. Louis presumably provokes the death of Filiol.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Jean Topart

Votes: 2,240

11. Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)

105 min | Drama, Film-Noir

While awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers. After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead friends.

Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Bette Davis, Shelley Winters, Gary Merrill, Michael Rennie

Votes: 3,025

12. The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance

A society lady engineers a marriage between her lover and a cabaret dancer who is essentially a prostitute.

Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina Labourdette, Lucienne Bogaert

Votes: 4,846

13. Luisa Fernanda (1999)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

A law student falls for her professor, who is already involved with one of the other teachers.

Stars: Scarlet Ortiz, Guillermo Pérez, Beatriz Valdés, Crisol Carabal

Votes: 56

14. Dreamers (I) (1999)

93 min | Drama, Comedy

Two childhood friends dream about escaping to Los Angeles to pursue their fame and fortune as filmmakers.

Director: Ann Lu | Stars: Jeremy Jordan, Mark Ballou, Courtney Gains, Portia Dawson

Votes: 169

15. Living Bad (2023)

124 min | Drama

Five women are running an old hotel. Guests arrive over the course of a weekend and are drawn into a web of ongoing conflict.

Director: João Canijo | Stars: Nuno Lopes, Filipa Areosa, Leonor Silveira, Rafael Morais

Votes: 391

16. That Brennan Girl (1946)

Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A mother encourages Ziggy, her teen daughter, to grow up quickly, and her boyfriend recruits Ziggy into his racket. Living fast and loose, Ziggy is soon a single mother herself.

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall, June Duprez

Votes: 361

17. Sentimental Education (I) (2013)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance

Áurea is a sentimental older woman, who befriends teenager Áureo. They like each other, so she talks to him about herself, her spirituality, mysticism and existence itself. They become inseparable, so his jealous mother confronts her.

Director: Júlio Bressane | Stars: Josie Antello, Bernardo Marinho, Débora Olivieri, Gustavo Novaes

Votes: 183

18. The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 259 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

Judd Apatow presents an emotional two-part in-depth look at the life, career and complex internal struggles of his loving mentor, the influential stand-up comedian and actor Garry Shandling, based on Shandling's personal diaries.

Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Garry Shandling, Judd Apatow, Kevin Nealon, Mike Shandling

Votes: 2,184

19. The Letters (1973 TV Movie)

74 min | Drama

Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letters.

Directors: Paul Krasny, Gene Nelson | Stars: John Forsythe, Pamela Franklin, Ida Lupino, Dina Merrill

Votes: 266

20. The Silver Cord (1933)

Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance

A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Joel McCrea, Laura Hope Crews, Eric Linden

Votes: 631

21. Return to Peyton Place (1961)

Approved | 123 min | Drama

The residents of Peyton Place are not happy when its most famous resident, Alison Mackenzie, writes a "shocking" novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town.

Director: José Ferrer | Stars: Carol Lynley, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor

Votes: 1,008

22. Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951)

Passed | 78 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Tennis prodigy Florence Farley is torn between romance and her mother's ambitions.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Claire Trevor, Sally Forrest, Carleton G. Young, Robert Clarke

Votes: 674

23. Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)

Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Romance

Dancing teacher Anastacia "Stacie" Macaboy (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) falls in love with smart theatre agent Jud Parker (Larry Parks). He likes her too, just not enough to give up his exciting... See full summary »

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor, Josephine Hutchinson, Tom Tully

Votes: 622

24. Sinners' Holiday (1930)

Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance

Ma Delano (Lucille LaVerne) runs a boardwalk penny arcade and lives upstairs with her sons Harry and Joe (James Cagney and Ray Gallagher) and daughter Jennie (Evalyn Knapp); their story ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Grant Withers, Evalyn Knapp, James Cagney, Joan Blondell

Votes: 703

25. Deadly Revenge (2013 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama, Thriller

A woman starts suspecting that her seemingly perfect fiancee might be a killer when she learns about his last girlfriend's mysterious disappearance.

Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Alicia Ziegler, Mark Hapka, Donna Mills, Constance Wu

Votes: 364

26. Killjoy (1981 TV Movie)

PG | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller

Story of a young woman's murder and the people who become involved with it.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Kim Basinger, Robert Culp, Stephen Macht, Nancy Marchand

Votes: 459

27. A Woman Possessed (1958)

Not Rated | 68 min | Drama

John and Ann want to marry but John's possessive mother is a bit overbearing and jealous. How far will mother go to come between them?

Director: Max Varnel | Stars: Margaretta Scott, Francis Matthews, Kay Callard, Alison Leggatt

Votes: 133

28. Allotment Wives (1945)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Kay Francis, Paul Kelly, Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael

Votes: 571

29. El hombre de la mandolina (1985)

90 min | Drama, Musical

A mother discovers that her son "Jardiel" is homosexual, a situation that causes family disintegration.

Director: Gonzalo Martínez Ortega | Stars: Rosita Quintana, María Sorté, Omar Moreno, Héctor Reynoso

Votes: 14

30. After School (II) (2011)

36 min | Short, Drama

Two high school boys discover the hidden love that one have for the other through some innocent games with they're friends. Is the kiss from the toilet of the school going to put an end to they're "innocent experience"?

Directors: Alexandru Tudor, Alexandru Zepciuc | Stars: Burcea Mihai, Cornelius Florin Suciu, Liliana Pana, Mihaela Radescu

Votes: 31

31. Bésame, tonta (1982)

90 min | Comedy, Musical

In view of his eccentric way of being and behaving, a young bank employee named Javier is transferred by his superiors to a branch of misfits, where he will have the opportunity to meet a ... See full summary »

Director: Fernando González de Canales | Stars: Javier Gurruchaga, Esperanza Roy, Popocho Ayestarán, Fernando Fernán Gómez

Votes: 29

32. Les parents terribles (1960 TV Movie)

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Director: Jean-Paul Carrère | Stars: Jany Holt, Simone Renant, Nelly Vignon, Julien Bertheau

33. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Coming, Mama (1961)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Lucy Baldwin and her mother are increasingly at odds over the man Lucy wants to marry. Lucy's mother believes he just wants her money and aging Lucy is desperate to wed, but just how desperate?

Director: George Stevens Jr. | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Eileen Heckart, Don DeFore, Madge Kennedy

Votes: 415

34. Homicide (1964–1977)
Episode: Command Performance (1975)

Action, Crime, Drama

A talented young pianist and his mother stumble across the grisly remains of a vague acquaintance while out walking their dog.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Don Barker, Dennis Grosvenor, Gary Day

35. Queer as Folk (2000–2005)
Episode: Escalating Violence (2004)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Justin finds Cody becoming too violent; Brian hires Ted at his new agency; Mel struggles with an important case; Hunter's social worker arrives unannounced.

Director: Kevin Inch | Stars: Michelle Clunie, Robert Gant, Thea Gill, Gale Harold

Votes: 193

36. P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode: Par amour (2008)

Crime, Thriller

A woman living near the police station,Magali Janson, has been attacked in her apartment by a man wearing a balaclava,she appears in the courtyard,barefoot and with hits on the face.Bernard... See full summary »

Director: Thierry Petit | Stars: Charles Schneider, Valérie Bagnou-Beido, Raphaëlle Lubansu, Jalil Naciri

37. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Bubble Wrap (2023)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A construction tycoon interferes with an SVU investigation into her family. Carisi struggles to get an indictment when the complainant backs down.

Director: Batan Silva | Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Peter Scanavino, Octavio Pisano

Votes: 278

38. Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014–2020)
Episode: Losin' It (2016)

TV-14 | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Mike and the team recount for an audience how they helped an obese man with a dominant needy mother lose weight. The horrifying result shocks even them.

Director: Ethan Spaulding | Stars: Mike Tyson, Norm MacDonald, Rachel Ramras, Jim Rash

Votes: 94

39. Amigas y rivales (2001)
Episode: Episode #1.129 (2001)

43 min | Drama, Romance

Laura talks to Abelardo. Georgina reports to the wicked duo. It's the evening of the cocktail party and Nayeli's dream comes true. Luis meets with his possessive mother.

Stars: Michelle Vieth, Angélica Vale, Ludwika Paleta, Arath de la Torre

40. Amigas y rivales (2001)
Episode: Episode #1.132 (2001)

43 min | Drama, Romance

Ofelia rejects Ulises. Nayeli is protected by a security detail. Laura worries about Andrea. Jimena has lunch with Rolando. Abelardo is on his way to the border. Angela has a proposal.

Stars: Michelle Vieth, Angélica Vale, Ludwika Paleta, Arath de la Torre