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1. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music
A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown, Johnny Carson
Votes: 41,630 | Gross: $1.72M
2. Samsara (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 102 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
Director: Ron Fricke | Stars: Balinese Tari Legong Dancers, Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika
Votes: 38,117 | Gross: $2.67M
3. Playtime (1967)
Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy
Monsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly
Votes: 26,044
4. My Uncle (1958)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy
Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Lucien Frégis
Votes: 24,312
5. Alone Time (2013)
12 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
A young woman, stressed by her busy and continually crowded New York City existence spontaneously retreats to a solitary lake deep in the Adirondacks.
Director: Rod Blackhurst | Stars: Rose Hemingway, David Chokachi, Jonathan Gundel, Peggy Scott
Votes: 528
6. The Last Shaman (2016)
77 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
James gives himself 12 months before he has 'a license to kill himself', he sets off to the amazon rainforest with hopes of finding a shaman who can save his life.
Director: Raz Degan | Stars: Guillermo Arevalo, James Freeman
Votes: 2,027 | Gross: $0.02M
7. Heksene fra den forstenede skog (1976)
92 min | Drama
Anarkistic fable where we follow the teaching of a modern witch, reconstructed by historical and anthropological knowledge, inspired by the books by Carlos Castaneda.
Director: Bredo Greve | Stars: Edith Roger, Ulrikke Greve, Berit Schelderup, Kjersti Roald
Votes: 39
8. Love in the 21st Century (1999)
25 min | Drama
As sex becomes less of a taboo in the new century, relationships get more diverse, but love is still a complicated thing that tests various couples in this drama.
Stars: Catherine McCormack, Ioan Gruffudd, Kate Ashfield, Clare Holman
Votes: 138
9. Stress Is Three (1968)
94 min | Drama
An industrialist drives to the sea with his wife and best friend, who he thinks are starting an affair. As the two flirt, he becomes increasingly paranoid. Will he end his agony by killing ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Juan Luis Galiardo, Fernando Cebrián, Porfiria Sanchíz
Votes: 356
10. Perfect People (1988 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy
After many years of marriage Ken and Barbara decide to change their way of living radically. In order to become more attractive they submit themselves not only under modern diets and physical education but also try plastic surgery.
Director: Bruce Seth Green | Stars: Lauren Hutton, Perry King, Priscilla Barnes, Cheryl Pollak
Votes: 152
11. Hotel Sorrento (1995)
R | 112 min | Drama
Meg (Caroline Goodall), Pippa (Tara Morice), and Hilary (Caroline Gillmer) are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, Australia. Meg, who has lived in England for ten years, has just written a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Caroline Goodall, Caroline Gillmer, Tara Morice, Joan Plowright
Votes: 344 | Gross: $0.09M
12. Ten Dead Men (2008)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Ten men took away his life. Now ten men will pay with their's. Ryan is left for dead, but returns to his old ways for one last revenge trip. And it's going to be bloody!
Director: Ross Boyask | Stars: Brendan Carr, Terry Stone, Doug Bradley, Keith Eyles
Votes: 701
13. India: Matri Bhumi (1959)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage.
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Votes: 733
14. As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy
The director's cut (restored version) opens and closes with theatrical curtains in homage to Georges Méliès films, and is divided into four parts, separated by title cards: I - L'insomnie [... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Étaix | Stars: Pierre Étaix, Denise Péronne, Simone Fonder, Sabine Sun
Votes: 845
15. La Verónica (2020)
100 min | Drama
Veronica, a very popular model on social networks, falls out of favor when she discovers that she is the main suspect in an investigation for the murder of her first daughter.
Director: Leonardo Medel | Stars: Mariana Di Girólamo, Valeryia Alfirovich, Stephan Cabezas, Carolina Castillo
Votes: 390
16. Yperoha plasmata (2007–2008)
45 min | Comedy, Romance
The series follows the lives and loves of three 30-something professionals in modern day Athens. Elli (Faidra Douka) is a junior executive in a record company, having to deal with a highly ... See full summary »
Stars: Mirto Alikaki, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Faidra Drouka, Maria Konstadaki
Votes: 420
17. Intrepido: A Lonely Hero (2013)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in modern day Milan, this is a Chaplinesque odyssey through the world of work - every type of work, but primarily unskilled manual labor, seen through the eyes of a kind, middle-aged ... See full summary »
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Antonio Albanese, Livia Rossi, Gabriele Rendina, Xu Wei-you
Votes: 745
18. The Mongols (1973)
92 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenplay of his first feature film, receives an assignment to oversee the installation of a ... See full summary »
Director: Parviz Kimiavi | Stars: Fahimeh Rastkar, Parviz Kimiavi, Agha Seyed ali Mirza Sajadi, Ali Mirza
Votes: 220
19. One Night (2005)
78 min | Drama
On her way home one night, a young working girl who lives alone with her mother is asked to go sleep at her friend's house. She wanders all night in Teheran and meets three men who have different stories.
Director: Niki Karimi | Stars: Hanieh Tavassoli, Saeed Ebrahimifar, Nader Torkaman, Abdolreza Fakhar
Votes: 201
20. Stringless Puppets (2022)
76 min | Drama
A young man living far from his beloved one wastes his existence absorbed in modern distractions until he loses contact with her. Determined to find his love, he embarks on a journey around the world. Not a word is spoken in this film.
Director: José Peña Coto | Star: Jaime María Cortés-Echanove García
Votes: 16
21. Loop (2005)
77 min | Documentary
What happens when you decide to jump off the time loop? it's about finding your own balance, where you have time to do what you want. A documentary about your relations to time.
Director: Sjur Paulsen | Stars: Ronny Dahl, Per Evensen, Terje Larsen, Arne Næss
Votes: 125
22. Speed: In Search of Lost Time (2012)
TV-G | 97 min | Documentary
Opitz tries to track down the reasons of our shortage of time and for the constant acceleration of our lives. In his search of lost time he visits several people, to find out how they deal ... See full summary »
Director: Florian Opitz | Stars: Hartmut Rosa, Karlheinz Geißler, Scott Kennedy, Alan Matthews
Votes: 245
23. The Hole Idea (1955)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A scientist invents the portable hole, only to have a thief steal his samples to go on a crime spree.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 428
24. Get Real (1998– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Lindsay Duncan, Lloyd Owen, Simon Godley, Lesley Vickerage
Votes: 6
25. I segreti della città più nude del mondo (1971)
89 min | Documentary
Director: Luciano Martino
Votes: 27
26. L'Iran: une révolution cinématographique (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for films which combine remarkable artistry and... See full summary »
Director: Nader T. Homayoun | Stars: Rakhshan Banietemad, Bahram Beyzaie, Farokh Ghafari, Bahman Ghobadi
Votes: 236
27. Lin Ya Zhen (1978)
94 min | Comedy
Director: Ricky Chan | Stars: Josephine Siao, James Yi Lui, Alan Tang, Lap Ban Chan
28. Les moutons de Panurge (1961)
98 min | Drama
Charles and Jeanne Renard live with their son Pierrot in a dormitory town.Everyday train and metro,work and return by train and metro to the dormitory town(the famous french sentence "Métro,boulot,dodo").
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Darry Cowl, Pascale Roberts, Robert Burnier, Jacques Galland
Votes: 34
29. Headshots (I) (2010)
92 min | Drama
A Berlin fashion photographer is thrown out of her easy life by matters of life and death.
Director: Lawrence Tooley | Stars: Loretta Pflaum, Samuel Finzi, Laura Tonke, Pascale Schiller
Votes: 51
30. Dangerous Games (2011)
90 min | Documentary
The movie Dangerous Games tells the life of Hristina a young girl that combines an artistic talent and a competitive spirit. After she finds out that nobody likes her because she is ... See full synopsis »
Director: Temelko Temelkov | Star: Hristina Tusheva
Votes: 12
31. Sabudareli chabuki (1957)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Potter's son Gogita moves from his distant village Sabudara to the town. Knowledge obtained from his father and his personal qualities help Gogita on his difficult way towards professional success and beautiful Tebrole's heart.
Director: Shota Managadze | Stars: Bela Mirianashvili, Imedo Kakhiani, Givi Tokhadze, Sesilia Takaishvili
Votes: 103
32. Preslapy (2009– )
60 min | Comedy
Stars: Filip Blazek, David Novotný, David Matásek, Sona Norisová
Votes: 17
33. A Borrowed Life (2022)
35 min | Short, Drama, Musical
A mediocre theatre actor tries so hard to reach his dream which is becoming a superstar, but.
Director: Armyn Naderi | Stars: Amin Zare, Saba Rostami, Ebrahim Hajiheidari, Hossein Rafiee
Votes: 21
34. Flesh.ka (2006)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Contemporary Russia. A humiliated bank executive takes revenge on his adulterous wife and corrupt employers.
Director: Georgiy Shengeliya | Stars: Ilya Shakunov, Evgeniy Stychkin, Ekaterina Guseva, Andrey Tashkov
Votes: 219
35. Stripy (2015)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
All the workers in a factory have been instructed to paint stripes on the boxes. The work is getting done in the usual mundane way, until one of the workers decides to paint the boxes differently.
Directors: Babak Nekooei, Behnoud Nekooei
Votes: 140
36. Overrated (2015)
25 min | Short, Drama
A young man attempts to build a new life away from home but is struck by the exponential wrong turn his plans seem to take, and learns that some maturing is needed to get them right.
Director: Joe W. Bridges | Stars: Griffin Avis-Foster, Liz Harper, Rupert Raineri, Cameron Ellis
Votes: 6
37. A Journey (II) (2017)
G | 67 min | Documentary, Adventure, Mystery
A film about what cannot be named. A non-verbal guided meditation about the interconnectedness of humans, nature and technology in the modern world. A stream of consciousness in the shape of a cinematic symphony.
Director: José Peña Coto | Stars: José Peña Coto, Jaime María Cortés-Echanove García
Votes: 15
38. Who Killed Jenny Langby? (1974 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, Drama
Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Julie Dawson, Peter Cummins, Mark Lawrence, Jane Kilgariff
39. Fades with Age (2008)
23 min | Short
Fades with Age explores the difficulties of aging in an increasingly fast-paced, modern world. It examines the ways in which American culture and society push ever onward while people and ... See full summary »
Directors: Seth Cuddeback, Aaron I. Naar | Stars: John Naar, Juanita Howard, Bob Jeurgens, Dante Trigo
40. Outside (2023)
Short, Comedy
A teenage girl has a series of interesting and unexpected experiences after her dad encourages her to go outside rather than stay indoors all day.
Director: Ethan Pierce | Stars: Kyra Archuleta, Clay Blackwell, Allie Costa, Evon Crighton
41. Windwill Town USA the Addiction (2010)
74 min | Drama
The Lexie Family is a dysfunctional family living in Windwill Town, USA who suffer from addiction problems. These addiction problems not only tear apart their lives, but also the lives of their family members.
Directors: Christopher Outridge, Albert J. Allie | Stars: Paul Van Hook, Aleksandra Janusz, Chris Leabu, Leer Leary
42. Cliff Edge (2020)
22 min | Short, Drama
Joe is struggling and falling. At a loss, trapped in his own bubble, unable to find satisfaction in life or love, he can only see one way out.
Director: Samuel Bossman | Stars: Samuel Bossman, Laryssa Schoeck
43. Vaaksa vaaraa (1965)
78 min | Action, Comedy, Musical
An employee of a telephone company gets caught up in a criminal gang's intrigue.
Director: Aito Mäkinen | Stars: Pekka Sahenkari, Carola, Elina Salo, Susanna Wilska
Votes: 91
44. Sevilla -> (Infinity) 06 (2008)
13 min | Short
A tale about the perception of Europe in Africa... from the vantage point of a helicopter.
Director: Olivo Barbieri
Votes: 11
45. Cluj Napoca Dawn to Dusk (2023)
33 min | Documentary, Short
Over 100 people interviewed on the streets of Cluj talk about facing the challenges raised by the rapid development of the city.
Director: Robert Antonescu | Stars: Radu Bazavan, Sorin Gadola, Adela Nicoara, Mircea Popa
46. Manzan benigaki (2001)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
The ostensible subject of this remarkably beautiful film is the growing, drying, peeling and packaging of persimmons in the tiny Japanese village of Kaminoyama. The inhabitants explain that... See full summary »
Directors: Shinsuke Ogawa, Xiaolian Peng
Votes: 54
47. Flat B (2019 TV Movie)
22 min | Comedy
Director: Lisa Reynolds | Stars: Claire Louise Amias, Daniel Cummins, Ellie Hautekiet, Dave House
48. The Threshold of Change (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
An ambitious young blogger struggles to break free from the fatigue of her hard work ethic, which deprives her of true happiness and the beauty of the world around her.
Director: Eduardo Siu | Star: Monika Arenas
49. Neumjerenost (2004)
26 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Mario Kovac | Stars: Ruzica Drenski, Anita Matkovic, Vojin Peric, Ana Prolic
Votes: 40