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1. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
TV-MA | 117 min | Drama
In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti
Votes: 65,752
2. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
R | 136 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
Votes: 880,558 | Gross: $6.21M
3. Eraserhead (1977)
Not Rated | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates
Votes: 127,316 | Gross: $7.00M
4. The Holy Mountain (1973)
16+ | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara
Votes: 47,957 | Gross: $0.06M
5. The Tree of Life (2011)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
Votes: 184,017 | Gross: $13.30M
6. Gummo (1997)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Lonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.
Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Lara Tosh, Jacob Reynolds
Votes: 38,201 | Gross: $0.02M
7. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David
Votes: 85,321 | Gross: $22.24M
8. Hardcore Henry (2015)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Henry is resurrected from death with no memory, and he must save his wife from a telekinetic warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers.
Director: Ilya Naishuller | Stars: Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth, Haley Bennett, Danila Kozlovskiy
Votes: 101,819 | Gross: $9.25M
9. House (1977)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror
A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ôba, Ai Matsubara
Votes: 33,664
10. Fritz the Cat (1972)
X | 78 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Fritz drops out of college, starts a riot in Harlem and hits the road with an ex-girlfriend before getting mixed up with domestic terrorists.
Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry, Judy Engles
Votes: 14,322 | Gross: $25.00M
11. Darkman (1990)
R | 96 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A brilliant scientist left for dead returns to exact revenge on the people who burned him alive.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake
Votes: 69,758 | Gross: $33.88M
12. Mirror (1975)
Not Rated | 107 min | Biography, Drama
A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Margarita Terekhova, Filipp Yankovskiy, Ignat Daniltsev, Oleg Yankovskiy
Votes: 52,157 | Gross: $0.18M
13. The City of Lost Children (1995)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 71,625 | Gross: $1.51M
14. Persepolis (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Danielle Darrieux
Votes: 100,100 | Gross: $4.45M
15. Sweet Movie (1974)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
After winning the "most virgin" contest, Miss Canada is married to a rich milk tycoon. But she quickly flees the marriage to experience the world around her, full of sweetness and anarchy.
Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Carole Laure, Pierre Clémenti, Anna Prucnal, Sami Frey
Votes: 6,443
16. Last Days (2005)
R | 97 min | Drama, Music
A Seattle musician's life and career are reminiscent of those of Kurt Cobain.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green
Votes: 23,747 | Gross: $0.45M
17. Sans Soleil (1983)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama
A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Amilcar Cabral, Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda
Votes: 12,122 | Gross: $0.03M
18. Fellini Satyricon (1969)
R | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy
A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone
Votes: 17,182 | Gross: $1.14M
19. Breakfast of Champions (1999)
R | 110 min | Comedy
A rich car dealer is losing his mind. His son lives in the bomb shelter. His suicidal wife has an affair with his transvestite sales manager.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney, Barbara Hershey
Votes: 8,244 | Gross: $0.18M
20. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox
Votes: 6,316 | Gross: $0.67M
21. She-Shaman (1996)
110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young anthropology student stumbles upon the perfectly preserved body of an ancient shaman in a peat bog. As he explores the shaman's history, his girlfriend begins to exhibit uncanny, ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Iwona Petry, Piotr Machalica, Pawel Burczyk
Votes: 1,687
22. House of Boys (2009)
Unrated | 117 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Two young soul mates find each other while working at an all-male performance club/brothel. Eventually, one contracts AIDS.
Director: Jean-Claude Schlim | Stars: Loïc Peckels, Layke Anderson, Harry Ferrier, Michael N. Kuehl
Votes: 1,355
23. School's Out (2018)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A substitute teacher is put in charge of a class of future geniuses after their teacher commits suicide.
Director: Sébastien Marnier | Stars: Laurent Lafitte, Emmanuelle Bercot, Luàna Bajrami, Victor Bonnel
Votes: 3,112
24. Diamantino (2018)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A fallen soccer superstar vows to adopt a refugee child, while becoming the naive unwitting centerpiece in in a bizarre plot to Make Portugal Great Again.
Directors: Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt | Stars: Carloto Cotta, Cleo Tavares, Anabela Moreira, Margarida Moreira
Votes: 3,182 | Gross: $0.07M
25. Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968)
X | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A teenage goldsmith with a dark past tragically falls in love with a young nude model.
Director: Susumu Hani | Stars: Haruo Asanu, Kazuko Fukuda, Kuniko Ishii, Ichirô Kimura
Votes: 926
26. Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)
66 min | Animation, Fantasy
A sequence of surreal cutout animation imagery, largely without a discernible narrative.
Director: Harry Smith
Votes: 868
27. The Marina Experiment (2009)
Not Rated | 18 min | Documentary, Short
A father documents the emotional violations his daughter endured under his direction, throughout the first 16 years of her life. After his death, she uncovers boxes of reel-to-reel ... See full summary »
Director: Marina Lutz | Stars: Marina Lutz, Abbot Lutz
Votes: 54
28. The Other Christopher (1963)
115 min | Drama, Fantasy
The dictator Anastasio rules with an iron fist backed by business-men making deals and speeches about building canals, completely disconnected from the chaos amongst the population. ... See full summary »
Director: Armand Gatti | Stars: Jean Bouise, Marc Dudicourt, Alden Knight, Bertina Acevedo
Votes: 46
29. Paradise (2014)
68 min
The experience of living through two periods of depression and the quiet expectation of a third has endowed a filmmaker with the capacity to perceive the true beauty of life and to capture it on film.
Director: Alain Cavalier | Stars: Nine d'Urso, Thibault Duteil, Maia Fontaine, Corentin Lunedic
Votes: 146
30. A Bronx Morning (1931)
Not Rated | 11 min | Documentary, Short
Arrival in the Bronx is shown with a view from an elevated train as it enters the city. Then follows a montage of sights from the Bronx. Many typical neighborhood activities are shown, along with scenes from many local businesses.
Director: Jay Leyda
Votes: 500
31. Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom (2000)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: James Brih Abee | Stars: Roberts Blossom, Edward Asner, Beverly Blossom, Debbie Blossom
Votes: 11
32. Disco limbo (2016)
70 min
A young man briefly meets another young man in a party and loses sight of him after a experiencing a quick crush. The search begins.
Directors: Fredo Landaveri, Mariano Toledo | Stars: Ivana Brozzi, Juan Chapur, Jonatan Ciarrocca, Lucas Escariz
Votes: 59
33. 63 Glances (2010)
49 min | Drama
Director: Christophe Pellet | Stars: Mireille Perrier, Dominique Reymond, Françoise Lebrun, Katarzyna Krotki
34. Brownie (2019)
16 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
The manager of an apartment building cannot get out the rents of some tenants. Then he decides to call on the brownie to free up space for new people.
Directors: Sergey A., Ivan Lachance, Mike Lachance, Mikhail Ryabkov, Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Sergey A., Ivan Lachance, Mike Lachance, Mikhail Ryabkov
Votes: 143
35. Darkness There (2009)
22 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Explores Edgar Allan Poe's dark romanticism through the fictional blending of his life and stories with authentic historical artifacts.
Director: Jacob Dodd | Stars: Meghan Marchetti, Stephen Williams