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1. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Sakura Andô, Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yuki Yamada
Votes: 54,093
2. The Color Purple (2023)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama, Musical
A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
Director: Blitz Bazawule | Stars: Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo
Votes: 15,664
3. Nightmare Alley (2021)
R | 150 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychologist bent on exposing him.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 165,453 | Gross: $11.34M
4. All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
The trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham
Votes: 4,402
5. Conspiracy (2001 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.
Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: Clare Bullus, Stanley Tucci, Simon Markey, David Glover
Votes: 24,842
6. The Time Machine (1960)
G | 103 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot
Votes: 44,865
7. A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Romance
Paul Sutton, a young married soldier, befriends a pregnant lady who is petrified her father will disown her, and agrees to pose as her boyfriend. As time passes, they start growing fond of each other.
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Anthony Quinn, Giancarlo Giannini
Votes: 36,625 | Gross: $50.01M
8. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
G | 155 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher falls for a flashy showgirl.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, George Baker
Votes: 3,836 | Gross: $2.55M
9. Imitation of Life (1959)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner
Votes: 18,226 | Gross: $13.99M
10. The Chorus (2004)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Music
Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.
Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad
Votes: 67,197 | Gross: $3.64M
11. The Key (1983)
R | 116 min | Drama, History, Romance
1940s Venice. After twenty years of marriage, a retired art critic and his younger wife feel their passion is waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor records his sexual fantasies in a diary.
Director: Tinto Brass | Stars: Frank Finlay, Stefania Sandrelli, Franco Branciaroli, Barbara Cupisti
Votes: 3,243
12. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
R | 117 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Years before Father Lankester Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil's soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa. Merrin's initial battle with Pazuzu leads to the rediscovery of his faith.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar, Billy Crawford
Votes: 13,589 | Gross: $0.25M
13. The Unknown Soldier (2017)
132 min | Drama, War
A film adaptation of Väinö Linna's best selling novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and the novel's unedited manuscript version, Sotaromaani.
Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Eero Aho, Johannes Holopainen, Jussi Vatanen, Aku Hirviniemi
Votes: 12,916
14. Sahara (1995 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, War
A tank commander and his men along with a group of assorted stragglers they picked up along the way try to keep a limited supply of water away from the Nazis.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Jim Belushi, Alan David Lee, Simon Westaway, Mark Lee
Votes: 3,569
15. Mame (1974)
PG | 132 min | Comedy, Musical
Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
Director: Gene Saks | Stars: Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Bea Arthur, Bruce Davison
Votes: 3,456
16. Carol for Another Christmas (1964 TV Movie)
84 min | Drama, Fantasy
Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Percy Rodrigues, Sterling Hayden, Ben Gazzara, Barbara Ann Teer
Votes: 1,455
17. The Dresser (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 105 min | Drama
A drama, based on a successful play, about an aging actor (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his personal assistant (Sir Ian McKellen).
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Emily Watson, Sarah Lancashire
Votes: 3,760
18. Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
A South African preacher goes to search for his wayward son, who has committed a crime in the big city.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Richard Harris, James Earl Jones, Vusi Kunene, Charles S. Dutton
Votes: 2,039 | Gross: $0.68M
19. Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get her the proper dress.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Shirley Temple, William Gargan, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore
Votes: 597
20. Naked Among Wolves (2015 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, War
As WWII comes to an end, a group of Buchenwald's emaciated prisoners risk their lives for the safety of the camp's youngest inmate: a four-year-old Auschwitz-born Jewish prisoner. Is there a future for the Buchenwald boy?
Director: Philipp Kadelbach | Stars: Florian Stetter, Peter Schneider, Sylvester Groth, Sabin Tambrea
Votes: 4,186
21. Caravans (1978)
PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, History
In 1948, at the U.S. embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U.S. Senator.
Director: James Fargo | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Christopher Lee, Jennifer O'Neill
Votes: 1,151 | Gross: $1.00M
22. Never Say Goodbye (1956)
Approved | 96 min | Drama, Romance
In 1945 Vienna, an American doctor marries an Austrian girl, who later disappears in the Soviet Control Zone during a visit there, forcing everyone to presume her dead.
Directors: Jerry Hopper, Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Cornell Borchers, George Sanders, Shelley Fabares
Votes: 735
23. The Shiralee (1987)
Not Rated | 180 min | Drama, Family
Macauley is a swagman who finds himself in charge of his young daughter, Buster. The pair hike across the harsh outback landscape, in an attempt to repair their relationship and find a home.
Stars: Bryan Brown, Noni Hazlehurst, Rebecca Smart, Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Votes: 464
24. Easy to Wed (1946)
Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
To prevent a libel case against the paper, a reporter tries to compromise the reputation of a tycoon's slandered daughter.
Directors: Edward Buzzell, Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 942
25. The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
Approved | 113 min | Comedy, Sport
After a timid milkman knocks unconscious a boxing champion who was accosting his sister, he decides to take up boxing himself in order to impress a beautiful nightclub singer.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran
Votes: 1,286
26. Casbah (1948)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Musical
The life, loves and adventures of a classic Casbah thief.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Märta Torén
Votes: 574
27. Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In 1945, the Nazis are planning to resurrect Heinrich I. After being imprisoned, it is up to O.S.A. soldier B.J. Blazkowicz to foil the operation.
Directors: Drew Markham, Brandon James | Stars: James Alcroft, Steve Blum, Cam Clarke, Jonathan David Cook
Votes: 2,711
28. The Way Ahead (1944)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, War
World War II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald, John Laurie
Votes: 2,226
29. Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980 TV Movie)
156 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Billy Crystal, Kim Darby, Patrick Duffy, Gary Frank
Votes: 325
30. That Kind of Woman (1959)
92 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1944, on a Miami to New York train, two paratroopers on furlough meet and fall in love with two 'kept women' who are on their way to meet their 'sugar-daddies'.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sophia Loren, Tab Hunter, Jack Warden, Barbara Nichols
Votes: 713
31. Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War
In WW2 Manchuria, a prostitute grows to resent an abusive adjutant and falls in love with his aide.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Tamio Kawaji, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa, Shôichi Ozawa
Votes: 1,602
32. Convicted (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A D.A. becomes the prison warden where he tries to help an inmate he prosecuted, because he believes his sentence was excessive.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Millard Mitchell, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 1,488
33. Testing Movie1 (2015)
PG-13 | 1,234 min | Crime, Drama, Family
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Directors: Dom Fantana, James Hannay, James P Savage, Ruarc Sorensen, Timothy Fantastic, Elise Huard | Stars: Dom Fantana, Paul Ohlhaut, Andrew Zhang, James P Savage
Votes: 128 | Gross: $0.01M
34. Lassie Come Home (2020)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Remake of the 1943 movie based on Eric Knight's book "Lassie Come Home".
Director: Hanno Olderdissen | Stars: Nico Marischka, Sebastian Bezzel, Anna Maria Mühe, Bella Bading
Votes: 639
35. Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
60 min | Crime, Mystery
On the trail of a singer who killed the man she loved in Honolulu, Charlie finds her stabbed to death when he ultimately catches up to her in Rio.
Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mary Beth Hughes, Cobina Wright, Ted North
Votes: 1,471
36. The Lady and the Monster (1944)
Approved | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death, and telepathically begins to take control of those around him.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, Richard Arlen, Helen Vinson
Votes: 443
37. Two Guys from Texas (1948)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Musical, Western
Two performers become stranded in Texas after their car breaks down, and become embroiled in criminal and romantic misadventures.
Directors: David Butler, Friz Freleng, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone, Penny Edwards
Votes: 433
38. Dough for the Do-Do (1949)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Porky ventures into Darkest Africa in search of the last Do-Do bird, and winds up in Wackyland, a surreal place where the sun comes up atop a human pyramid, the Warner Brothers shield comes... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett
Votes: 1,218
39. Mickey's Birthday Party (1942)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The gang gives Mickey a surprise party that turns into a jam session with everyone playing instruments while Goofy has problems baking a cake.
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Riley Thomson | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Walt Disney, Florence Gill, George Johnson
Votes: 1,042
40. Smoky (1946)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Family, Music
Drama about the strong bond between a cowpoke and a wild bronco set during the 1940s.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter, Burl Ives, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 463
41. Cutie Pie... Her Loves and Sins (1995– )
50 min | Drama
A big tragedy happens in one of Espirito Santo's most prominent families after the teenager Engraçadinha seduces her cousin Sílvio, who's engaged to her best friend Letícia. Years later, ... See full summary »
Stars: Ângelo Antônio, Mylla Christie, Alexandre Borges, Nicette Bruno
Votes: 139
42. The Fan (1949)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Lord Windermere appears to all, including his young wife Margaret, as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk after Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, Richard Greene
Votes: 760
43. In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, War
A Rabbi in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland in 1942 fights to maintain his stance of peace and acceptance of his fellow man despite the growing turmoil and atrocities created by the Germans. ... See full summary »
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Charles Dance, Elina Löwensohn, Chad Lowe
Votes: 363
44. The Burmese Harp (1985)
133 min | Drama, War
After becoming separated from his platoon, a Japanese soldier dons a Buddhist monk's robe and tends to the bodies of the many war casualties strewn across the countryside.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Kiichi Nakai, Takuzô Kawatani, Atsushi Watanabe
Votes: 196
45. Slightly French (1949)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A cinema director who is in an emotional and professional crisis thinks that he has discovered a French star when he meets an ordinary dancer.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Janis Carter, Willard Parker
Votes: 371
46. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
Passed | 64 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A mystery writer gets caught up in a real mystery when he accepts a bet to write a book at Baldpate, a remote inn.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Phillip Terry, Jacqueline White, Eduardo Ciannelli, Margaret Lindsay
Votes: 445
47. Step Lively (1944)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, George Murphy, Frank Sinatra, Gloria DeHaven
Votes: 634
48. Detour (1992)
Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A nightclub piano player (Tom Neal Jr.) hitchhikes to the West Coast and soon figures into two deaths.
Director: Wade Williams | Stars: Tom Neal Jr., Lea Lavish, Susanna Foster, Erin McGrane
Votes: 59
49. South Sea Sinner (1950)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
On a South Sea island, a local hoodlum tries to blackmail a tramp steamer's sick crewman who's wanted for wartime collaboration with the Japanese and desperate to clear his name.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Shelley Winters, Luther Adler, Frank Lovejoy
Votes: 139
50. Casey at the Bat (1946)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Animated version of classic baseball poem.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Jerry Colonna, John Brown, Dessie Flynn, James MacDonald
Votes: 569