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1. 300 (2006)

R | 117 min | Action, Drama

In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. They face insurmountable odds when they are betrayed by a Spartan reject.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West

Votes: 865,517 | Gross: $210.61M

2. The Grim Reaper (1980)

R | 92 min | Horror

A group of friends and a hitchhiker become stranded on a tourist island where they are stalked by a disfigured cannibalistic killer who is prowling the island after killing its residents.

Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Tisa Farrow, Saverio Vallone, Serena Grandi, Margaret Mazzantini

Votes: 6,975

3. 15 Minutes (2001)

R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A homicide detective and a fire marshal must stop a pair of murderers who commit videotaped crimes to become media darlings.

Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks

Votes: 51,965 | Gross: $24.40M

4. Absurd (1981)

Not Rated | 90 min | Horror

A priest-doctor chasing a man with supernatural regenerative abilities, who has recently escaped from a medical lab, reaches a small town where the mutant goes on a killing spree.

Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: George Eastman, Annie Belle, Charles Borromel, Katya Berger

Votes: 3,556

5. Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)

Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History

In first-century Rome, Christian slave Demetrius is sent to fight in the gladiatorial arena and Emperor Caligula seeks Jesus' robe for its alleged magical powers.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget

Votes: 4,274 | Gross: $26.00M

6. Kings & Queen (2004)

Unrated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Geoffrey Carey, Thierry Bosc, Olivier Rabourdin

Votes: 4,019 | Gross: $0.29M

7. Joe Gould's Secret (2000)

R | 104 min | Drama

Around 1940, The New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character, who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of twenty thousand conversations he's overheard.

Director: Stanley Tucci | Stars: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Sarah Hyland

Votes: 1,646 | Gross: $0.64M

8. The Return of Captain Nemo (1978 TV Movie)

102 min | Sci-Fi

After a century of being in suspended animation, the mysterious submarine commander is revived in modern times for new adventures.

Directors: Alex March, Paul Stader | Stars: José Ferrer, Burgess Meredith, Mel Ferrer, Horst Buchholz

Votes: 444

9. Zousa monahos, horis agapi (1971)

100 min | Drama

A talented but struggling musician arrives in bustling Athens along with his band with dreams of a better life, and finds love and success; however, fate has a tragic future in store for him. Can anyone live alone without love?

Director: Apostolos Tegopoulos | Stars: Nikos Xanthopoulos, Mary Evangelou, Giannis Vogiatzis, Eleni Zafeiriou

Votes: 55

10. Xypna, Vasili! (1969)

81 min | Comedy

A very kind man looses his mind after his brother in law wins the lottery ticket he rejected,after many years of buying these.

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Giorgos Konstadinou, Elena Nathanail, Alekos Alexandrakis, Eleni Zafeiriou

Votes: 629

11. O petheropliktos (1968)

83 min | Comedy

To cope with the incessant nagging of his meddling mother-in-law, a young lawyer seeks solace in poetry, only to end up in a psychiatric clinic after an unforeseen complication in court. Will she try to make amends by apologising to him?

Director: Hristos Kyriakopoulos | Stars: Giannis Gionakis, Despoina Stylianopoulou, Vasilis Avlonitis, Kleo Skouloudi

Votes: 95

12. Stay Cool, Napoleon! (1968)

92 min | Comedy

Two friends decide to settle down after a chance encounter with two beautiful sisters. Now, they have to deal, not only with their tyrannical spouses, but also with their intimidating mum, and their relatives. Can they tame the shrews?

Director: Filippos Fylaktos | Stars: Nikos Stavridis, Nikos Rizos, Zeta Apostolou, Marina Pavlidou

Votes: 24

13. Amfivolies (1964)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Grotesque dark shadows of a faceless manly figure invade the quiet bedroom of an affluent newly married woman. A freelance reporter is onto something; however, can he piece together the truth before she loses both her sanity and her life?

Director: Grigoris Grigoriou | Stars: Nikos Kourkoulos, Viveta Tsiouni, Paris Alexander, Dora Volanaki

Votes: 81

14. I amartia tis omorfias (1972)

94 min | Drama

Behind his mother's back, the heir of her shipping business empire gets married to the poor winner of a beauty pageant. As contempt turns into animosity, a shocking revelation tests the familial bonds. Will things ever be the same again?

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Betty Livanou, Nikos Galanos, Tasso Kavadia, Lefteris Vournas

Votes: 92

15. Such a Long Absence (1985)

84 min | Drama

A young girl decides to stand by her mentally ill sister and faces the isolation and cruelty of her social environment, which refuses to see her act as a gesture of love and sensitivity.

Director: Stavros Tsiolis | Stars: Pemi Zouni, Dimitra Hatoupi, Minas Hatzisavvas, Konstantinos Tzoumas

Votes: 131

16. The Right-Minded Madman (1968)

87 min | Comedy

A wretch employee wins a lot of money in the lottery and loses his mind. When he comes out of the mental hospital, he finds out that things at his home have changed radically.

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Labros Konstadaras, Smaro Stefanidou, Despoina Stylianopoulou, Ketty Panou

Votes: 667

17. My Life Belongs to You (1965)

106 min | Drama, Romance, War

Amid death in Nazi-occupied Lamia, a Greek-Australian army officer has an affair with a compassionate Red Cross nurse, only to get separated during a mission in Cairo. Will the mother and her child ever reunite with the missing father?

Director: Panagiotis Konstadinou | Stars: Gely Mavropoulou, Giorgos Kabanellis, Aggelos Mavropoulos, Giorgos Nezos

18. Eftyhos... trellathika! (1961)

91 min | Comedy

Hard-pressed to the point of no return, the desperate founder of a family-owned distillery decides to fake insanity and has himself admitted to a mental institution. But, will his last-minute plan keep him afloat?

Director: Kostas Andritsos | Stars: Nikos Stavridis, Gely Mavropoulou, Martha Karagianni, Thanasis Vengos

Votes: 155

19. The Exiled (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

This movie is a statement about every one's inner feelings, our every day thoughts that eventually lead us to madness or exile (social isolation), which has happened to all of us during the course of our lives.

Director: Nick Samaras | Star: Nick Samaras