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1. Rome (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Stars: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon
Votes: 185,667
2. Oz (1997–2003)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters
Votes: 106,827
3. Beauty and the Beast (I) (2017)
PG | 129 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad
Votes: 334,964 | Gross: $504.01M
4. 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: 52,336 | Gross: $0.18M
5. The Kite Runner (2007)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub
Votes: 82,583 | Gross: $15.80M
6. Anonymous (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Thriller
The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Sebastian Armesto
Votes: 42,143 | Gross: $4.46M
7. Delta of Venus (1995)
R | 102 min | Drama
A struggling American writer (England) and a fellow American expatriate (Mandylor) begin a sordid affair among the chaos and discord of 1940 Paris, France on the brink of World War II.
Director: Zalman King | Stars: Audie England, Costas Mandylor, Eric da Silva, Raven Snow
Votes: 2,364 | Gross: $0.06M
8. L.I.E. (2001)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama
A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Bruce Altman, Billy Kay
Votes: 10,459 | Gross: $1.14M
9. Henry Fool (1997)
R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama
An introverted garbageman writes his thoughts in a notebook after Henry Fool, writer and ex-con, rents the basement and gives him a notebook and the idea. He writes poetry and Henry helps him along.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Maria Porter
Votes: 7,893 | Gross: $1.34M
10. Day of the Wacko (2002)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
24 hours in the bitter life of a frustrated divorced teacher who stays in the vicious circle of his numerous obsessions.
Director: Marek Koterski | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Janina Traczykówna, Andrzej Grabowski, Michal Koterski
Votes: 11,827
11. Howl (2010)
R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit
Votes: 13,413 | Gross: $0.62M
12. I, the Worst of All (1990)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
This fact-based film examines the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna), a Roman Catholic nun from Mexico City who, in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition, established herself... See full summary »
Director: María Luisa Bemberg | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Dominique Sanda, Héctor Alterio, Lautaro Murúa
Votes: 721 | Gross: $0.05M
13. Marguerite (2015)
R | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
It is party day at Marguerite Dumont's castle. She sings wholeheartedly, but terribly out of tune. Marguerite has been living her passion in her own bubble, and the hypocrite audience acts as if she was the diva she believes she is.
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Michel Fau, Christa Théret
Votes: 5,675 | Gross: $0.51M
14. The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)
75 min | Drama, Crime
The supposed truth behind Bonnie and Clyde, including new footage of bullet-ridden car and bodies, taken just after the shooting by a police officer.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Burl Ives, Frank Hamer, John Jenkins, Floyd Hamilton
Votes: 86
15. Hijoshi zukan (2009)
105 min | Comedy
This is an omnibus of six short films by six different directors, whose lead characters are unconventional women. They are "Hijoshi," females who live true to themselves and their desires.
Directors: Yoshihiro Fukagawa, Kôji Kawano, Takashi Shimizu, Keisuke Toyoshima, Renpei Tsukamoto, Yûdai Yamaguchi, Yûka Ôsumi | Stars: Rika Adachi, Toshiki Ayata, Jiji Bû, Noriko Eguchi
Votes: 94
16. Yallahrup Færgeby (2007)
9 min | Animation, Comedy
The two friends Ali and Hassan (age 12 and 13) dream about a life as gangsters.
Stars: Özlem Saglanmak, Hadi Ka-Koush, Esben Pretzmann, Annevig Schelde Ebbe
Votes: 155
17. Heinrich der Säger (2001)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When railroad lines are shut down again and again and employees are laid off, Kurt Grantke takes the initiative and, armed with an angle grinder, tries to dissuade the commercial railroad from its goals by committing acts of sabotage.
Director: Klaus Gietinger | Stars: Meret Becker, Rolf Becker, Alexander Beyer, Holger Fuchs
Votes: 69
18. Red Light August (1999)
30 min | Drama, Short
The budding friendship between an idealistic painter and a teenage street hustler is haunted by addiction and sexual obsession in this short film, set against the New York City underground rave scene.
Director: Jeff Gomez | Stars: Richard H. Blake, Adrian Johansson, Darlene Tejeiro, David Titus
Votes: 66
19. Von Loves Her Modernist (2022)
65 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Precocious, brilliant and energetic poet, Max Harris, is Adelaide's own 'enfant terrible'. In the late 1930s, he sets out to throw hand grenades at the cultural establishment. He falls in ... See full summary »
Director: Rob George | Stars: Ann Barson, Philip Butterss, Rob George, Peter Goers