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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: 185,531
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: 62,453 | Gross: $0.75M
3. The Flowers of War (2011)
R | 146 min | Drama, History, Romance
An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang, Tianyuan Huang
Votes: 55,744 | Gross: $0.01M
4. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song
Votes: 116,292 | Gross: $11.05M
5. A Bay of Blood (1971)
R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati
Votes: 12,729
6. The Grandmaster (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ziyi Zhang, Jin Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 36,806 | Gross: $6.59M
7. Children of Paradise (1945)
Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Romance
The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir
Votes: 21,179
8. Richard III (1955)
Not Rated | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 5,232
9. Vatel (2000)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama, History
Vatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favor. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty come into conflict.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Julian Glover
Votes: 8,258 | Gross: $0.05M
10. Cousin Bette (1998)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When her sister dies in 1846, Bette moves from the château to Paris to work as a theater seamstress. She helps a handsome, starving artist. When her niece lures him away from her, she plans a devious revenge.
Director: Des McAnuff | Stars: Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 2,838 | Gross: $1.20M
11. Shanghai Express (1932)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Drama, Film-Noir
A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland
Votes: 10,343
12. Utsav (1984)
145 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Based on the circa 2nd century BCE to 2nd Century CE, Sanskrit play "Daridra-Charudatta" by the famous Indian playwright Bhasa, "Utsav" faithfully follows Bhasa's story-line. Vasantasena, a... See full summary »
Director: Girish Karnad | Stars: Rekha, Amjad Khan, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Shankar Nag
Votes: 427
13. Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Drama
A period action film centered on a militia group who turn against an unjust nobility.
Director: Yoon Jong-bin | Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Gang Dong-won, Lee Sung-min, Cho Jin-woong
Votes: 3,877 | Gross: $0.28M
14. A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, Romance
Weary of her very public life in Paris, an aging courtesan takes her orphaned niece from her convent home and relocates to Monte Carlo to begin a new life. Determined to bury the past, the ... See full summary »
Director: John Hough | Stars: Sarah Miles, Oliver Reed, Christopher Plummer, Samantha Eggar
Votes: 775
15. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
Not Rated | 152 min | Drama, Musical
A lowly servant, Bhootnath gets close to the wife of his employer and narrates her story through his eyes and perspective.
Director: Abrar Alvi | Stars: Meena Kumari, Guru Dutt, Rehman Khan, Waheeda Rehman
Votes: 1,853
16. Bright: Samurai Soul (2021)
TV-14 | 80 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Izo, a Ronin, and Raiden, an orc, work to bring a young elf girl and the wand she carries to the land of the elves in the north.
Director: Kyohei Ishiguro | Stars: Simu Liu, Keone Young, Kenjirô Tsuda, Matthew Yang King
Votes: 1,080
17. Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Dafne Fernández, Eulàlia Ramon
Votes: 2,308 | Gross: $0.72M
18. Demimonde (2015 TV Movie)
88 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of three women - a famous prostitute, her housekeeper and their new maid - living in Budapest of 1910s, whose passionate, bizarre and complex relationship can only lead to one thing: murder.
Director: Attila Szász | Stars: Patricia Kovács, Dorka Gryllus, Laura Döbrösi, János Kulka
Votes: 2,880
19. Kala Pani (1958)
164 min | Crime, Musical, Romance
Based on A.J.Cronin's 'Beyond This Place', this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. A young man, learning about his father's wrongful implication in a ... See full summary »
Director: Raj Khosla | Stars: Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant, Agha
Votes: 357
20. The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Mystery
Jenny Wren is found dead after threatening to blackmail some prominent men, and it's up to a detective to find out what happened to Jenny.
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise, Pauline Frederick
Votes: 847
21. When a Man Loves (1927)
Passed | 111 min | History, Romance
A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, Sam De Grasse
Votes: 417 | Gross: $0.89M
22. Khote Sikkay (1974)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jhanga (Ajit) is a cruel, brutal, and heartless dacait, who has terrorized the entire countryside. The police are unable to capture him, as he has several hideouts and nearby villagers are ... See full summary »
Director: Narendra Bedi | Stars: Feroz Khan, Rehana Sultan, Danny Denzongpa, Alka
Votes: 155
23. Crossroads (1928)
81 min | Drama
After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent dead, Rikiya goes back home to his sister. ... See full summary »
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa | Stars: Akiko Chihaya, Junosuke Bandô, Yukiko Ogawa, Ippei Sôma
Votes: 459
24. Bride of Vengeance (1949)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A female Borgia is sent out to live up to the family name by killing someone, but falls in love with her intended victim.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: John Lund, Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Raymond Burr
Votes: 168
25. Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975–1976)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Story of crimes, love and high society scandals.
Stars: Georges Géret, Bruno Garcin, Holger Löwenadler, Ivan Desny
Votes: 51
26. Shankar Shambhu (1976)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Inspector Ranjit Singh lives a middle-classed lifestyle along with his wife, Laxmi, a son, Pappu, and daughter, Pinky. When the National Bank is broken into one night, he gives chase to the... See full summary »
Director: Chand | Stars: Feroz Khan, Vinod Khanna, Sulakshana Pandit, Bindu Desai
Votes: 41
27. Mujhe Jeene Do (1963)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A notorious bandit continues to elude the authorities and strikes terror in the region.
Director: Moni Bhattacharjee | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Nirupa Roy, Rajendranath Malhotra
Votes: 105
28. Khoon Aur Paani (1981)
Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Drama
Singh is a farmer and lives a poor lifestyle along with his wife, and two sons, Ram and Laksman. The region is drought stricken, while in contrast there is plenty of water being pumped to ... See full summary »
Director: Chand | Stars: Feroz Khan, Jeetendra, Rekha, Parveen Babi
Votes: 48
29. Zahreelay (1990)
163 min | Action, Drama
After being critically wounded and losing his left arm, Captain Jaswant Kumar is discharged from the Indian army and goes to live with Journalist A.V. Razdan in Shanti Nagar, Bombay. ... See full summary »
Director: Jyotin Goel | Stars: Jeetendra, Bhanupriya, Sanjay Dutt, Vinita Goel
Votes: 128
30. Water and Fire (2001)
89 min | Drama
Ali Mashreghi is a writer whose wife has been murdered after the night of his bitter fight with his wife. He is arrested and there is only one woman who can help him in the court of law.
Director: Fereydoun Jeyrani | Stars: Leila Hatami, Parviz Parastui, Atila Pesiani, Behnaz Jafari
Votes: 388
31. Pai an jing qi (2002– )
43 min | Drama
Opening this historical drama is the arrival in the small town of Zhu Shan of Hang Tie Sheng, a talented young magistrate, to take up his new official position. Accompanied by his ... See full summary »
Stars: Alec Su, Yan Wang, Dandan Song, Zhenhai Kou
Votes: 24
32.
Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode:
Imprint
(2006)
TV-MA | 63 min | Horror
In the 1800s, an American returns to Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with, but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Billy Drago, Shihô Harumi, Michié, Magy
Votes: 7,644