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1. The Truman Show (1998)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

8.2
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90 Metascore

An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich

Votes: 1,195,672 | Gross: $125.62M

2. Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

6.2
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62 Metascore

Upon learning that his father has been kidnapped, Austin Powers must travel to 1975 and defeat the aptly named villain Goldmember, who is working with Dr. Evil.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Mike Myers, Beyoncé, Seth Green, Michael York

Votes: 222,852 | Gross: $213.31M

3. Mommie Dearest (1981)

R | 129 min | Biography, Drama

6.6
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55 Metascore

The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.

Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva

Votes: 18,330 | Gross: $19.03M

4. Happy Endings (2005)

R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

6.3
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57 Metascore

Happy Endings weaves multiple stories to create a witty look at love, family and the sheer unpredictability of life itself.

Director: Don Roos | Stars: Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jesse Bradford

Votes: 9,411 | Gross: $1.31M

5. The Man Who Cried (2000)

R | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance

6.1
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40 Metascore

A young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman.

Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Oleg Yankovskiy, Claudia Lander-Duke

Votes: 16,453 | Gross: $0.74M

6. All About Actresses (2009)

105 min | Comedy, Drama

6.5
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A director shooting a documentary about all kinds of actresses falls for one of them.

Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Romane Bohringer, Julie Depardieu, Mélanie Doutey

Votes: 1,276

7. A Simple Life (2011)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama

7.5
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78 Metascore

After suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home.

Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Andy Lau, Deannie Ip, Hailu Qin, Fuli Wang

Votes: 6,305 | Gross: $0.19M

8. Life After the Navigator (2020)

91 min | Documentary

7.4
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A documentary that not only celebrates the classic film Flight of the Navigator (1986), but also looks at the life of its child star, Joey Cramer.

Director: Lisa Downs | Stars: Joey Cramer, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff De Young, Howard Hesseman

Votes: 527

9. Torremolinos 73 (2003)

Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

6.5
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62 Metascore

Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.

Director: Pablo Berger | Stars: Javier Cámara, Candela Peña, Juan Diego, Fernando Tejero

Votes: 4,057 | Gross: $0.09M

10. The Confessional (1995)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

7.4
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The year is 1952, in Québec City, Québec. Rachel (Suzanne Clément), sixteen, unmarried, and pregnant, works in the church. Filled with shame, she unburdens her guilt to a young Priest under... See full summary »

Director: Robert Lepage | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Patrick Goyette, Jean-Louis Millette, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 1,634 | Gross: $0.58M

11. Girl 27 (2007)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography

7.0
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The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.

Director: David Stenn | Stars: Patricia Douglas, Baby Peggy, Richard W. Bann, Kelly Brown

Votes: 1,185

12. Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)

Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography

7.7
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A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.

Director: Nicholas Eliopoulos | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Votes: 223

13. The Public Girl (2013)

Biography

6.9
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Yasmeen has been placed in a foster family since the age of three months. As Yasmeen is about to be adopted, a woman starts harassing her, claiming she is her mother.

Director: Cheyenne Carron | Stars: Doria Achour, Camille de Leu, Agnès Delachair, Pascal Elso

Votes: 21

14. Spinnin' (2007)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.2
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Spinnin' is a wonderfully exuberant, multi-layered Spanish drama. MADRID 1995. Garate and Omar are young, gay and in love, and want to have a child. After failed attempts with their female ... See full summary »

Director: Eusebio Pastrana | Stars: Damián Alcolea, Matilde Alcázar, María Brea, Ainhoa Calles

Votes: 184

15. The Cider House Rules: The Making of an American Classic (1999 Video)

23 min | Documentary, Short

5.5
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This made-for-video documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Cider House Rules, the adaptation of John Irving's novel about a young man who leaves his ... See full summary »

Stars: Erykah Badu, Michael Caine, Richard N. Gladstein, Mel Gussow

Votes: 110



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