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1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Caleb Landry Jones
Votes: 555,332 | Gross: $54.51M
2. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 62,211 | Gross: $0.75M
3. Wimbledon (2004)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him, he meets a young player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Jon Favreau, Sam Neill
Votes: 66,644 | Gross: $17.00M
4. The Children Nobody Wanted (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Based on the true story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the youngest single adult to ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Fredric Lehne, Michelle Pfeiffer, Matt Clark, Noble Willingham
Votes: 263
5. 7 Days: The story of Blind Dave Heeley (2019)
45 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Dave Heeley has decided to run one of the toughest marathons in the world, the "Sevens" - 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days. The only problem is that Dave is completely blind.
Directors: Dominic Higgins, Ian Higgins | Stars: James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Finty Williams, Carl Wharton
Votes: 24
6. The Walk Home (2014)
5 min | Animation, Short, Crime
The problematic journey of a boy through a hostile city, which will lead him to an unexpected discovery.
Director: Steve Cutts
Votes: 243
7. The Stars Are Shining (2015–2016)
40 min | Drama
After the death of her father, Jo Bong-hee attempts to ease her impoverished family's burden by relocating to a nearby city. She perseveres through adversity and eventually becomes a renowned fashion designer.
Stars: Go Won-Hee, Kim Yoo-bin, Lee Ha-yul, Seung-ha Jang
Votes: 13
8. The Tale of Timmy Two Chins (2013)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The Tale of Timmy Two Chins examines body image, weight issues and gender stereotypes through friendship, family, determination, self-esteem, grief, and peer pressures, including bullying and shaming.
Director: Nancy Savoca | Stars: Brett Azar, Taylor Black, Armani Del Rio, Andre Jackson Jr.
Votes: 11
9. Working Poor (2016)
25 min | Short, Drama
When the rent comes due and his bank account has been tapped out, a single father goes to extraordinary lengths to make a life for himself and his young daughter in his working class neighborhood.
Director: Steven Bozga | Stars: Thaddeus Schneider, Caroline Whitney Smith, Jason Morck, Melissa Navia
Votes: 10
10. Overrated (2015)
25 min | Short, Drama
A young man attempts to build a new life away from home but is struck by the exponential wrong turn his plans seem to take, and learns that some maturing is needed to get them right.
Director: Joe W. Bridges | Stars: Griffin Avis-Foster, Liz Harper, Rupert Raineri, Cameron Ellis
Votes: 6
11. A Fighter's Mentatlity (TV Movie)
Documentary | Filming
The city of Los Angeles, CA has always been thought of as metropolitan city and home of the Hollywood lights. Unfortunately, this overshadows the hardworking citizens living in the ... See full summary »
Director: Leon Hogg | Stars: Joshua Salazar Fallat, Victor Rivera, Hector Trujillio, Jesse Chavez
12. Beyond Adversity (2021)
Drama
Six strangers seek to better themselves in Emotions Anonymous, each of them offering a line of support for another member. When conflict arises they do the only thing they can to get through it - band together.
Director: Kaneesha Heath | Stars: Lorenzo Beronilla, Jillie Simon, Dean Deck, Davina Reid
13. The Goal of the Century (2023)
29 min | Short
Fabrizio is a talented soccer player, but he will have to face bullying and a vital threat that will only disappear if he compete in The Goal of the Century Competition.
Director: Christian Leonardo Talarico | Stars: Mitchell Cavieres, Kenneth Esquivia, Carlos Hansen, Fernando Hansen
14. Sleeping with the Bear (2012)
18 min | Short, Drama
Emily, former Olympic hopeful, lost her dreams to a crippling accident that destroyed her leg. She receives news that the 'revolutionary' series of surgeries planned to restore her quality ... See full summary »
Director: Eva Minemar | Stars: Carmen Argenziano, Eileen Grubba
Votes: 18
15. Cody (2009)
69 min | Documentary, Biography
A young woman's story about living with paralysis and challenging the world to find a cure.
Director: Chris Schueler | Stars: Glenn Close, Brent Hannify, Douglas Kerr, Alyson Mitchel
16. Hopwood XIV (2017– )
Comedy, Reality-TV
American Hopwood DePree embarks on the comedic adventure of a lifetime when he moves to England to rescue his decrepit 600-year-old ancestral home, Hopwood Hall.
Star: Hopwood DePree
Votes: 10
17. Timberland Terror (1937)
56 min | Adventure, Romance
A story of the romance of the daughter, Joan Burbridge (Ann Richards) of a large Australian timber-holding owner, Stephen Burbridge (Harvey Adams, with his political adversary Jim Thornton ... See full summary »
Director: Ken G. Hall | Stars: Frank Leighton, Ann Richards, Campbell Copelin, Frank Harvey
Votes: 34
18. It Hurts to Win (2015)
Documentary, Sport
It Hurts To Win is a feature-length documentary which follows the Boston University wrestling team throughout its final season of competition. After being unexpectedly cut at the end of the... See full summary »
Director: Brandon Lavoie | Stars: Carl Adams, Sean Harrington, Nestor Taffur
19. Fatal Premonition (2016)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller
After an arrogant, young businessman gets a new job as his best friend's boss, he receives a premonition of his murder.
Directors: Ryan Crepack, David Esposito | Stars: David Esposito, Ryan Crepack, Dominik Zdzioch, Steve Lo Biondo
20. Chris Algieri: I Want More (2014)
3 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Pete Sussi | Star: Chris Algieri
21. Ghosts of Rome (2011)
30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Meet Tommy Nero (Adam Montgomery), our hapless hero as he tries to hold his struggling band, the Ghosts of Rome together. Not helped by the band's resident rocknroller Jimmy Caesar (Bradley... See full summary »
Stars: Ed Christie, Bradley De La Cloche, Hannah Jacques, Adam Montgomery
22. The City with a Dirty Face (2010)
13 min | Documentary, Short
A portrait of the demise and fall of the Soviet Empire as seen through the eyes of the people who endured it. The film explores the power of human spirit in its battle against adversity.
Director: Peter King
Votes: 30
23.
The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
The SAT Now Tests for Victimhood
(2019 Podcast Episode)
47 min | Talk-Show
Star: Michael J. Knowles
24.
FightMediocrity (2014– )
Episode:
3 Stoic Lessons from Seneca that Will Change Your Life
(2021)
3 min | Documentary
Here are a collection for quotations from the Roman stoic philosopher Seneca offering three important lessons. First, we unnecessarily imagine more peril that we experience so stop worrying... See full summary »
Star: Ryan Holiday
25.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Two American Families
(2013)
TV-PG | 84 min | Documentary, News
From PBS and FRONTLINE: With poignant and revealing intimacy, Two American Families chronicles the struggles of the Neumanns and the Stanleys as they try to hold onto their homes, their ... See full summary »
Stars: Bill Berland, George Bush, George W. Bush, Sarah Childress
Votes: 56
26.
The Raising of America (2015– )
Episode:
The Raising of America
(2015)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Christine Herbes-Sommers | Stars: Jeffrey Armstrong, Rasmus Birn, Renée Boynton-Jarrett, Ellen Bravo
27.
The Raising of America (2015– )
Episode:
Wounded Places
(2015)
Documentary
Director: Llewellyn M. Smith | Stars: Aswad Aarif, Javier Arango, Sandra Bloom, Millie Burns
28.
£1 Houses: Britain's Cheapest Street (2018–2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2018)
47 min | Documentary
Childhood sweethearts Mel and Rob want to give their children a home through sheer hard graft, but a nearby shooting makes them question their decision. Rachael and Sam transform a derelict wreck.
Directors: Steve Blears, Charlotte Faux, Steve McConville, Andy Miles, Johnny Perks, Rachael Smith | Star: Sue Johnston