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1. Forrest Gump (1994)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
Votes: 2,259,986 | Gross: $330.25M
2. No Time to Die (2021)
PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 445,223 | Gross: $160.87M
3. Evil Dead Rise (2023)
R | 96 min | Horror
A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Director: Lee Cronin | Stars: Mirabai Pease, Richard Crouchley, Anna-Maree Thomas, Lily Sullivan
Votes: 137,222
4. The Exorcist (1973)
R | 122 min | Horror
When a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 455,441 | Gross: $232.91M
5. Beau Is Afraid (2023)
R | 179 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane
Votes: 60,925
6. Carrie (1976)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery
Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, John Travolta
Votes: 206,859 | Gross: $33.80M
7. Code 8 (2019)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A super-powered construction worker falls in with a group of criminals in order to raise the funds to help his ill mother.
Director: Jeff Chan | Stars: Kari Matchett, Robbie Amell, Penny Eizenga, Lawrence Bayne
Votes: 52,477
8. Black Adam (2022)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods--and imprisoned just as quickly--Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo
Votes: 274,356 | Gross: $168.15M
9. Terms of Endearment (1983)
PG | 132 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.
Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito
Votes: 65,550 | Gross: $108.42M
10. Boss Level (2020)
TV-MA | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Trapped in a time loop that constantly repeats the day of his murder, a former special forces agent must unlock the mystery behind his untimely demise.
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts, Michelle Yeoh
Votes: 79,296
11. Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon
Votes: 4,282
12. Wild (I) (2014)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann, Michiel Huisman
Votes: 138,975 | Gross: $37.88M
13. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
PG-13 | 197 min | Drama, Romance, War
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger
Votes: 82,145 | Gross: $111.72M
14. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
R | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror
A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette
Votes: 90,430 | Gross: $44.79M
15. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Director: Charles Laughton | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason
Votes: 97,473 | Gross: $0.65M
16. Mommie Dearest (1981)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama
The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 18,369 | Gross: $19.03M
17. Menace II Society (1993)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda
Votes: 64,518 | Gross: $27.90M
18. Ray (I) (2004)
PG-13 | 152 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell
Votes: 157,474 | Gross: $75.33M
19. No Reservations (2007)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.
Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson
Votes: 78,871 | Gross: $43.11M
20. Drive Me Crazy (1999)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Nicole and Chase used to be BFFs, then junior high happened. The high school centennial dance is coming but Nicole gets dumped. So does Chase. They stage a relationship to get at their exes. They visit each other's worlds. Love in the air?
Director: John Schultz | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Adrian Grenier, Stephen Collins, Mark Metcalf
Votes: 21,313 | Gross: $17.85M
21. Finding Neverland (2004)
PG | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell
Votes: 212,093 | Gross: $51.68M
22. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas
Votes: 152,804 | Gross: $4.06M
23. Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999–2007)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A group of young teens is unexpectedly sent to the mysterious Digital World and paired up with their own powerful, morphing monster called the Digimon. Together the entire group set out on an adventure to fight evil and save the world.
Stars: Steve Blum, Mona Marshall, Tifanie Christun, Derek Stephen Prince
Votes: 23,377
24. Dark Water (2005)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mother and daughter, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute, hole up in a run-down apartment building, where they are targeted by the ghost of a former resident.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Ariel Gade, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth
Votes: 65,412 | Gross: $25.47M
25. Deep Cover (1992)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Lira Angel, René Assa
Votes: 14,080 | Gross: $16.64M
26. Simon Birch (1998)
PG | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A young boy with stunted growth is convinced that God has a great purpose for him.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt
Votes: 22,218 | Gross: $18.25M
27. Carrie (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering, religious mother.
Director: David Carson | Stars: Angela Bettis, Patricia Clarkson, Rena Sofer, Kandyse McClure
Votes: 11,477
28. The Hunter (IV) (2011)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Director: Daniel Nettheim | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Morgan Davies, Jacek Koman
Votes: 41,170 | Gross: $0.18M
29. Night Watch (2004)
R | 114 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A fantasy-horror set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.
Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Mariya Poroshina, Valeriy Zolotukhin
Votes: 55,403 | Gross: $1.49M
30. Wonderstruck (2017)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Tells the tale of two children separated by fifty years. In 1927, Rose searches for the actress whose life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977, Ben runs away from home to find his father.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Oakes Fegley, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Millicent Simmonds
Votes: 11,090 | Gross: $1.03M
31. North Sea Texas (2011)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
A teenage boy's search for love finds him fixated on a boy who lives nearby.
Director: Bavo Defurne | Stars: Ben Van den Heuvel, Eva van der Gucht, Thomas Coumans, Katelijne Damen
Votes: 10,010 | Gross: $0.03M
32. Light of Day (1987)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Music
A pair of siblings must choose whether to pursue their dream of touring with their rock band or support their family and stay in Cleveland, Ohio.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett, Michael McKean
Votes: 3,221 | Gross: $10.49M
33. Stambul Garden (2021)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama
Janik and Samuel are very close. After high school, they plan to go to Turkey in search of Samuel's father, whose name they only know. However, shortly before their departure, Janik makes a mistake that calls everything into question.
Director: Ilker Çatak | Stars: Emil von Schönfels, Mekyas Mulugeta, Katharina Behrens, Nicole Marischka
Votes: 452
34. Digging to China (1997)
PG | 98 min | Drama
10 y.o. Harriet's divorced mom owns and runs a motel. Harriet's an outsider and wants to leave. A woman stays there with her adult, disabled son who befriends Harriet.
Director: Timothy Hutton | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Bacon, Mary Stuart Masterson, Marian Seldes
Votes: 2,983 | Gross: $0.03M
35. Lost in the Sun (2015)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A small time crook and a newly-orphaned teenage boy team up to perform a string of robberies.
Director: Trey Nelson | Stars: Josh Duhamel, Josh Wiggins, Lynn Collins, Emma Fuhrmann
Votes: 4,377
36. Cosy Dens (1999)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totally stupid; fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Michael Beran, Miroslav Donutil, Simona Stasová, Kristýna Nováková
Votes: 6,172
37. A Bag of Hammers (2011)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
Ben and Alan, two misfit best friends incapable of growing up, find direction for their lives by taking in an abandoned child and creating the family they've always needed.
Director: Brian Crano | Stars: Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig, Chandler Canterbury, Rebecca Hall
Votes: 3,139
38. Lord Love a Duck (1966)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies.
Director: George Axelrod | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright, Martin West
Votes: 1,816
39. Someone You Love (2014)
95 min | Drama
World-famous singer-songwriter Thomas Jacob, based in Los Angeles, is a very successful man who have burned many bridges. He lives and breathes music and very little else. When Thomas ... See full summary »
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen | Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Sofus Rønnov
Votes: 1,116
40. Cachorro (2004)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
Pedro, a gay man with an active social life and many friends, takes in his nephew Bernardo for a couple weeks. When the arrangement becomes permanent , Pedro turns to his friends for guidance as he and Bernardo forge a household together.
Director: Miguel Albaladejo | Stars: José Luis García-Pérez, David Castillo, Empar Ferrer, Elvira Lindo
Votes: 3,688 | Gross: $0.10M
41. Respectable: The Mary Millington Story (2016)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary chronicling the extraordinary life and tragic death of Mary Millington - Britain's most famous pornographic actress of the 1970s.
Director: Simon Sheridan | Stars: Dexter Fletcher, David Sullivan, Dudley Sutton, Pat Astley
Votes: 422
42. Lusty Discipline in Uniform (1982)
62 min | Crime, Drama
Yoshimatsu, an university lecturer, likes her student Mikiko and he succeeds entering her house by seducing Mikiko's mother.
Director: Mamoru Watanabe | Stars: Kazumi Kawai, Shirô Shimomoto, Kayoko Sugi, Tamami Kyô
Votes: 80
43. Zakhm (1998)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Amidst religious riots, a son deals with his mother's life-threatening injuries, and her last request.
Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Pooja Bhatt, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sonali Bendre
Votes: 3,533
44. Hardflip (2012)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Drama
After growing up with his single mom, skateboarder Caleb, 18, finds his busy, rich architect dad. He contacts him, when his mom's hospitalized with cancer. He joins a skateboard competition, when rent's up.
Director: Johnny Remo | Stars: Randy Wayne, John Schneider, Rosanna Arquette, Sean Michael Afable
Votes: 863 | Gross: $0.10M
45. Mamá, soy Paquito (1984)
TV-PG | 105 min | Drama, Family
Paquito lives with his mother in poverty. When she dies he looks for his father's love, who is a very wealthy man.
Director: Sergio Véjar | Stars: Adalberto Martínez, Blanca Guerra, Frank Moro, Paquito Cuevas
Votes: 56
46. Boy in the Attic (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Angst-ridden over her new mundane small town life, a teenage girl discovers a mysterious boy living in her attic and befriends him. Unknown to her, he is harboring a dark secret.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Abbie Cobb, Max Lloyd-Jones, Gina Holden, Michael St. John Smith
Votes: 416
47. Erbsen auf halb 6 (2004)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A theater director loses his sight in an accident and must learn to live without his eyes. He and the blind woman assigned to help him go on a funny and romantic adventure that will change both their lives.
Director: Lars Büchel | Stars: Fritzi Haberlandt, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Tina Engel, Harald Schrott
Votes: 1,093
48. In the Dark Half (2012)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Mystery
After a child dies in her care, a guilt-stricken teenager (Jessica Barden) feels threatened by a mysterious force.
Director: Alastair Siddons | Stars: Jessica Barden, Tony Curran, Alfie Hepper, Lyndsey Marshal
Votes: 591
49. Secret at Arrow Lake (2009)
84 min | Drama
Mia Williams, raised on the family Bed & Breakfast by Sara, a loving single mom grows up believing her father was lost, M.I.A., in the Gulf War. A tragic accident results in the sudden ... See full summary »
Director: Brad Keller | Stars: Dedee Pfeiffer, Ali Faulkner, Amy Maner, Scott Muller
Votes: 196
50.
Fullmetal Alchemist (2003–2004)
Episode:
Mother
(2003)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young Ed and Al are determined to bring back their dead mother, who was their pillar of strength in light of their absent father and war struck country.
Directors: Shingo Kaneko, Seiji Mizushima, Yasuhiro Irie, Norimitsu Suzuki | Stars: Vic Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, Travis Willingham, Caitlin Glass
Votes: 729