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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

R | 142 min | Drama

Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

Votes: 2,893,333 | Gross: $28.34M

2. I'll Fly Away (1991–1993)

60 min | Drama

Forrest Bedford is a Southern lawyer in the late 1950s, generally content with his privileged life.

Stars: Sam Waterston, Regina Taylor, Jeremy London, Ashlee Levitch

Votes: 1,039

3. Savannah (1996–1997)
Episode: Wedding Belle Blues: Part 1 (1996)

Drama

Lane MacKenzie, an aspiring newspaper writer returns to her hometown of Savannah, Georgia, for the wedding of her best friend Reese Burton to Travis Peterson. Lane and Reese's best friend is the scheming Peyton Richards.

Director: Richard Lang | Stars: Robyn Lively, Jamie Luner, Shannon Sturges, David Gail

Votes: 97

4. Savannah (1996–1997)
Episode: Sex, Pies and Videotape (1996)

Drama

As news of Travis' "accidental" death spreads, Peyton scrambles to find a damning video he made of them; a less-than-grief-stricken Reese decides to go on her honeymoon, and Lane considers returning to New York.

Director: Eleanore Lindo | Stars: Robyn Lively, Jamie Luner, Shannon Sturges, David Gail

Votes: 87

5. Lawn Dogs (1997)

R | 101 min | Drama

When Devon, a 10-year-old girl, forges a friendship with Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, things suddenly get very complicated and private.

Director: John Duigan | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Kathleen Quinlan, Mischa Barton, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 8,575 | Gross: $0.11M

6. Savannah (1996–1997)
Episode: The Importance of Being (1996)

Drama

Reese, Peyton and Lane supply Dean with alibis. Peyton shows who's boss when "Bunny" returns to Savannah for more hush money, and the real murderer is revealed following a robbery at the Burton estate.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Robyn Lively, Jamie Luner, Shannon Sturges, David Gail

Votes: 86

7. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama

An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone

Votes: 117,648 | Gross: $106.59M

8. Songcatcher (2000)

PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Music

After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in ... See full summary »

Director: Maggie Greenwald | Stars: Janet McTeer, Michael Harding, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin

Votes: 3,684 | Gross: $3.05M

9. I'll Fly Away (1991–1993)
Episode: The Way Things Are (1992)

Drama

Forrest is shocked when Reverend Henry's latest protest to boycott all the white stores causes Lilly to act.

Director: Roy Campanella II | Stars: Sam Waterston, Regina Taylor, Jeremy London, Ashlee Levitch

Votes: 7

10. Savannah (1996–1997)

60 min | Drama

Follows the lives of three best friends: Reese, Peyton and Lane. The three women grew up together in Savannah, Georgia.

Stars: Robyn Lively, Jamie Luner, Shannon Sturges, David Gail

Votes: 908

11. Caroline? (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

A mysterious woman claiming to be the deceased daughter of a rich man tries to solve the problems of his untrusting son and supposedly mentally handicaped daughter. But one question stands in her way: is she really Caroline?

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pamela Reed, George Grizzard, Patricia Neal

Votes: 518

12. Savannah (1996–1997)
Episode: Wedding Belle Blues: Part 2 (1996)

Drama

Reese and Travis make up, but their relationship is again ruined by Peyton, who hires a stripper to pose as "Bunny". Travis goes to get revenge on Peyton, and their encounter ends with a liquor bottle to the head.

Director: Richard Lang | Stars: Robyn Lively, Jamie Luner, Shannon Sturges, David Gail

Votes: 86

13. A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)

R | 119 min | Drama

A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.

Director: Shainee Gabel | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, John Travolta, Gabriel Macht, Deborah Kara Unger

Votes: 27,218 | Gross: $0.16M

14. Making 'the New World' (2006 Video)

60 min | Documentary

An overview of the making of Terrence Malick's The New World (2005).

Director: Austin Jack Lynch | Stars: Jack Fisk, David Crank, William Kelso, Buck Woodard

Votes: 84

15. We Are Marshall (2006)

PG | 131 min | Drama, Sport

When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.

Director: McG | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn

Votes: 64,861 | Gross: $43.55M

16. Murder in Mississippi (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama

In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.

Director: Roger Young | Stars: Tom Hulce, Jennifer Grey, Blair Underwood, CCH Pounder

Votes: 535

17. Black Snake Moan (2006)

R | 116 min | Drama, Music

A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.

Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Christina Ricci, Samuel L. Jackson, Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson

Votes: 66,570 | Gross: $9.40M

18. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.

Director: Peter Care | Stars: Kieran Culkin, Jena Malone, Emile Hirsch, Vincent D'Onofrio

Votes: 14,191 | Gross: $1.78M

19. Sudie and Simpson (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Based on Sarah Flanigan Carter's autobiographical novel about growing up in World War II-era Georgia, Sudie Harrington, a feisty twelve-year-old, befriends Simpson, a gentle black man accused of impropriety with a child.

Director: Joan Tewkesbury | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Sara Gilbert, John M. Jackson, Frances Fisher

Votes: 173

20. The New World (2005)

PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale

Votes: 89,981 | Gross: $12.71M

21. Road Trip (2000)

R | 93 min | Comedy

Four college buddies embark on a road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a female friend.

Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Amy Smart, Paulo Costanzo

Votes: 178,432 | Gross: $68.54M

22. Chrystal (2004)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama

Twenty years after the accident that claimed his son's life and permanently injured his wife, a man returns to his home in search of redemption.

Director: Ray McKinnon | Stars: Lisa Blount, Billy Bob Thornton, Kamron Ross Stacey, David Rhodes

Votes: 1,688 | Gross: $0.08M

23. Resting Place (1986 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

The mysterious death of an army officer comes under investigation by Major Kendall Laird as the young soldier's parents seek an honorable burial place, out of respect for their son. The ... See full summary »

Director: John Korty | Stars: John Lithgow, Richard Bradford, Morgan Freeman, CCH Pounder

Votes: 643

24. Unconquered (1989 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 113 min | Drama

In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richard Flowers is one of few willing to fight racial injustices even if it costs him his family's peace.

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Peter Coyote, Dermot Mulroney, Tess Harper, Jenny Robertson

Votes: 158

25. A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

His life was emotionally closed off from the world, until an orphaned baby showed up at his house.

Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara

Votes: 6,085 | Gross: $3.43M

26. Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Romance

A young woman who has reinvented herself as a New York City socialite must return home to Alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband after seven years of separation.

Director: Andy Tennant | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Lucas, Candice Bergen

Votes: 123,730 | Gross: $127.22M

27. Gods and Generals (2003)

PG-13 | 219 min | Biography, Drama, History

The rise and fall of confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, as he meets with military success against the Union from 1861 to 1863, when he is accidentally killed by his own soldiers.

Director: Ron Maxwell | Stars: Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Jeff Daniels, Donzaleigh Abernathy

Votes: 17,225 | Gross: $12.87M

28. Stolen Babies (1993 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

A 1940s Tennesee welfare worker learns that Georgia Tann, the charismatic head of a local adoption agency, is actually running a black-market baby ring behind the Tennesee Childrens Home Society.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Lea Thompson, Kathleen Quinlan, Mary Nell Santacroce, Mary Tyler Moore

Votes: 185

29. Shallow Hal (2001)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A shallow man falls in love with a 300-pound woman because of her inner beauty.

Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli

Votes: 144,915 | Gross: $70.84M

30. The Alamo (2004)

PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, History, War

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarría, Jason Patric

Votes: 22,325 | Gross: $22.41M

31. The Adventures of Ociee Nash (2002)

G | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

In 1898, spirited nine-year-old Ociee Nash lives with her father and brother in rural Mississippi until her father sends her to live with her refined aunt in Asheville, North Carolina.

Director: Kristen McGary | Stars: Skyler Day, Woofer, Anthony P. Rodriguez, Bill Butler

Votes: 419

32. The Littlest Victims (1989 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Drama

A true account of the life of pioneering AIDS doctor James Oleske.

Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Tim Matheson, Lewis Arlt, Mary-Joan Negro, Maryann Plunkett

Votes: 30

33. Justice in a Small Town (1994 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 94 min | Drama

A civil service worker in Georgia places her family at risk when she agrees to help expose high-level corruption.

Director: Jan Egleson | Stars: Kate Jackson, John Shea, Terry O'Quinn, Beth Broderick

Votes: 104

34. The Cemetery Club (1993)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy

Lifelong friends meet weekly to celebrate the past and present.

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Diane Ladd, Danny Aiello

Votes: 951 | Gross: $6.01M

35. Leader of the Band (1987)

PG | 90 min | Comedy

Eddie is a down-on-his-luck bar pianist who has just been fired from another job. Desperate for work, he finds a school looking for a leader for its hopelessly incompetent marching band. ... See full summary »

Director: Nessa Hyams | Stars: Steve Landesberg, Gailard Sartain, Mercedes Ruehl, Ron Culbreth

Votes: 106

36. A Killing Affair (1985)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama

The story of a widow (in West Virginia) who takes in a drifter who she believes killed her husband. She begins to fall for him but cannot be sure if she should trust him.

Director: David Saperstein | Stars: Peter Weller, Kathy Baker, John Glover, Bill Smitrovich

Votes: 315

37. Black Dog (1998)

PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A weapons loaded truck is shadowed by FBI and ATF. It explodes and kills the driver. Jack, just out of prison, is pressured into driving another truck from Atlanta to NJ. Things get rough when hijacking attempts are made.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Randy Travis, Meat Loaf, Gabriel Casseus

Votes: 10,020 | Gross: $12.83M

38. Fled (1996)

R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Two prisoners chained together flee during an escape attempt gone bad.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton, Robert John Burke

Votes: 9,835 | Gross: $17.10M

39. Man Outside (1987)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Thriller

A lawyer, running away from his past, becomes a recluse in the Alabama woods and becomes the primary suspect in the abduction of a local boy.

Director: Mark Stouffer | Stars: Robert Logan, Kathleen Quinlan, Bradford Dillman, Levon Helm

Votes: 118

40. Pals (1987 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Two long time friends, Jack Stobbs (George C. Scott) and Art Riddle (Don Ameche), have a fun and laughable adventure trying to spend the rest of their days fishing.

Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: George C. Scott, Don Ameche, Sylvia Sidney, Susan Rinell

Votes: 132

41. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi

Aliens land in the town of "Speelburgh" searching for the source of rock & roll. They find trouble with Dee Dee, Frankie and the pack.

Director: James Fargo | Stars: Pia Zadora, Craig Sheffer, Tom Nolan, Ruth Gordon

Votes: 1,574

42. The Wager (2007)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama

When the life of mega film star, Michael Steele (Travis), is destroyed right before the most important day of his life, his faith is put to the ultimate test.

Director: Judson Pearce Morgan | Stars: Randy Travis, Jude Ciccolella, Nancy Stafford, Nancy Valen

Votes: 404

43. Desperate for Love (1989 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance

The story of murder among a trio of teenagers after a boy breaks up with a girl and she runs into the arms of his vulnerable best friend.

Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Christian Slater, Tammy Lauren, Brian Bloom, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 316

44. Dead Aim (1987)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In a crime ridden city, a tough police detective seeks justice for 4 ODed/murdered strippers.

Director: William VanDerKloot | Stars: Ed Marinaro, Darrell Larson, Cassandra Gava, Isaac Hayes

Votes: 193

45. Stars and Bars (1988)

R | 94 min | Comedy

A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process.

Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, Kent Broadhurst, Maury Chaykin

Votes: 1,018 | Gross: $0.11M

46. The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option (2001 Video)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Former mercenary Karl Thomasson returns once again as a substitute teacher, this time to infiltrate a military school's faculty to cease the actions of white supremacists.

Director: Robert Radler | Stars: Treat Williams, Angie Everhart, Patrick Kilpatrick, Bill Nunn

Votes: 1,372

47. No Holds Barred (1989)

PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Sport

A TV-network boss pits a wrestler called Zeus against a wrestler called Rip in a wrestling match.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Hulk Hogan, Joan Severance, Kurt Fuller, Tom Lister Jr.

Votes: 6,985 | Gross: $16.09M

48. Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

R | 83 min | Action, Sci-Fi

The "universal soldiers" must fight the whole army, when the military's supercomputer S.E.T.H gets out of control.

Director: Mic Rodgers | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bill Goldberg, Heidi Schanz, Michael Jai White

Votes: 30,793 | Gross: $10.43M

49. I'll Fly Away (1991–1993)
Episode: A Dangerous Comfort (1992)

Drama

Tucker Henderson's alcoholic addiction which causes his to crash his car brings Forrest and Christina together to step in and help him overcome it.

Director: Michael Fresco | Stars: Sam Waterston, Regina Taylor, Jeremy London, Ashlee Levitch

50. I'll Fly Away (1991–1993)
Episode: Cool Winter Blues (1992)

Drama

Lilly decides to change her pastor to one who believe in integration of black and white people. Nathan develops a crush on Diane.

Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Sam Waterston, Regina Taylor, Jeremy London, Ashlee Levitch