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1. The Prestige (2006)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine
Votes: 1,442,183 | Gross: $53.09M
2. The Rescuers (1977)
G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Two mice of the Rescue Aid Society search for a little girl kidnapped by unscrupulous treasure hunters.
Directors: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens | Stars: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page, Joe Flynn
Votes: 69,951 | Gross: $71.22M
3. My Summer of Love (2004)
R | 86 min | Drama, Romance
In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. Over the summer season, the two young women discover they have much to teach one another, and much to explore together.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Natalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine, Dean Andrews
Votes: 21,792 | Gross: $0.99M
4. The Pledge (I) (2001)
R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Clarkson, Beau Daniels
Votes: 67,763 | Gross: $19.72M
5. Ophelia (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A reimagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia's perspective.
Director: Claire McCarthy | Stars: Daisy Ridley, Mia Quiney, Calum O'Rourke, Nathaniel Parker
Votes: 13,061 | Gross: $0.05M
6. The Shoes of the Fisherman (I) (1968)
G | 162 min | Drama
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner, David Janssen
Votes: 4,158
7. Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)
G | 98 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A family of Appalachian children live together in the backwoods so that they can stay together after the death of their widower father.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Julie Gholson, Jan Smithers, Matthew Burril, Helen Harmon
Votes: 1,058
8. Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
R | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
A darkly romantic story of murder and redemption, set against an eerily familiar American landscape.
Director: Rob Schmidt | Stars: Monica Keena, Ellen Barkin, Michael Ironside, Vincent Kartheiser
Votes: 3,514 | Gross: $0.03M
9. Night Nurse (1931)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable
Votes: 4,495
10. The End of the Affair (1955)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
In WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills, Peter Cushing
Votes: 1,467
11. The Christmas Project (2016)
TV-PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family
A writer looks back on his memorable 1986 Christmas, dealing with brothers, bullies, first love, pregnancy and family "elving."
Director: Michael Buster | Stars: Jacob Buster, Anson Bagley, Josh Reid, Cooper Johnson
Votes: 550
12. Penrod and Sam (1937)
Passed | 64 min | Drama
Penrod, Sam and the rest of the Jr. G Men go after a gang of murderous bank robbers.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Billy Mauch, Frank Craven, Spring Byington, Craig Reynolds
Votes: 153
13. A Wicked Woman (1934)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance
Naomi is almost to term with her fourth child when Ed decides to leave taking all their money and the oldest son Curtis. With the sheriff after him, he is in no mood to think of his family.... See full summary »
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Mady Christians, Jean Parker, Charles Bickford, Betty Furness
Votes: 228
14. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914)
54 min | Drama
A black and white silent film based on Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel documenting the life and times of Uncle Tom.
Director: William Robert Daly | Stars: Sam Lucas, Walter Hitchcock, Hattie Delaro, Master Abernathy
Votes: 191
15. Uncle Willie's Bicycle Shop (1953)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
In England, alcoholic Uncle Willie vexes his family. They let him buy a bike shop to woo American heiress Virginia, who loves Willie's nephew Frank.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie, Donald Wolfit, Peter Asher
Votes: 146