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1. The Gilded Age (2022– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
The series follows the conflicts surrounding the new money Russell family and their old money neighbors, the van Rhijn family, in 1880s New York City high society.
Stars: Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton
Votes: 38,291
2. Spectre (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes
Votes: 466,582 | Gross: $200.07M
3. Hollywood (2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, History
A group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood try to make it big - no matter the cost.
Stars: David Corenswet, Darren Criss, Laura Harrier, Joe Mantello
Votes: 40,836
4. Deadwood: The Movie (2019 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 110 min | Drama, Western
As the residents of Deadwood gather to commemorate Dakota's statehood in 1889, saloon owner Al Swearengen and Marshal Seth Bullock clash with Senator George Hearst.
Director: Daniel Minahan | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Paula Malcomson
Votes: 26,158
5. The Monk and the Gun (2023)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
An American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.
Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji | Stars: Tandin Wangchuk, Tandin Phubz, Kelsang Choejay, Tandin Sonam
Votes: 1,366
6. Umberto D. (1952)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova
Votes: 28,239 | Gross: $0.07M
7. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A day in the life of a Parisian housewife/prostitute, interspersed with musings on the Vietnam War and other contemporary issues.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Yves Beneyton, Juliet Berto, Helena Bielicic
Votes: 8,540 | Gross: $0.10M
8. Human Resources (1999)
TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barré, Véronique de Pandelaère
Votes: 2,804 | Gross: $0.12M
9. Office Killer (1997)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A mousy office worker accidentally kills one of her coworkers, then proceeds to bump off a few others.
Director: Cindy Sherman | Stars: Florina Rodov, Jason Brill, Eddie Malavarca, Carol Kane
Votes: 2,393 | Gross: $0.04M
10. Equinox Flower (1958)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga
Votes: 4,860
11. Come Sunday (2018)
TV-14 | 106 min | Biography, Drama
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Director: Joshua Marston | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gerard Catus, Allie McCulloch, LaKeith Stanfield
Votes: 2,552
12. ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)
TV-PG | 360 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A modern re-telling of four William Shakespeare stories.
Stars: Nick Malinowski, James McAvoy, Shirley Henderson, Sarah Parish
Votes: 1,474
13. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984)
924 min | Drama, History, War
The village of Schabbach experiences the shifting fortunes of Germany from 1919 to 1982.
Stars: Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Weigang, Kurt Wagner, Gertrud Bredel
Votes: 3,336
14. Jalsaghar (1958)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Music
Depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Chhabi Biswas, Gangapada Basu, Padmadevi, Kali Sarkar
Votes: 6,771 | Gross: $0.09M
15. The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
M | 90 min | Comedy, Western
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a younger, but vicious gang leader.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, Martin Balsam, David Carradine
Votes: 1,603 | Gross: $0.11M
16. Mickey's House of Villains (2002 Video)
TV-G | 68 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When villains come to Mickey's House of Mouse, he and his friends attempt to keep the show running.
Directors: Jamie Mitchell, Rick Calabash, Tony Craig, Bobs Gannaway, Burt Gillett, Jack Hannah, Jack King, Mike Moon | Stars: Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Jeff Bennett, Susanne Blakeslee
Votes: 4,184
17. The End of Summer (1961)
103 min | Drama
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Ganjirô Nakamura, Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Michiyo Aratama
Votes: 4,510
18. Earth (1930)
Unrated | 75 min | Drama
In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.
Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko | Stars: Stepan Shkurat, Semyon Svashenko, Yuliya Solntseva, Yelena Maksimova
Votes: 6,409
19. The Russian Revolution (2017)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History
A brief yet comprehensive documentary overview of the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenin's Ulyanov family, from the terrible acts and subsequent hanging of his brother to his own hunger for a revolution.
Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Daniel Beer, Helen Rappaport, Donald Rayfield, Victor Sebestyen
Votes: 713
20. My Young Auntie (1981)
Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Comedy
Cheng Tai-Nan (Kara Hui) is an honest and faithful servant of a dying patriarch who wants nothing more than to protect his vast wealth from his selfish, conniving nephew, Yung-Sheng. ... See full summary »
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Liang Liu, Kara Wai, Hou Hsiao, Lung-Wei Wang
Votes: 942
21. The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
84 min | Comedy
Angela Barrows, an accomplished business analyst from the US, attempts to contemporise the late MacPherson's tweed factory, shaking the very foundation of a men-only company.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Jameson Clark
Votes: 1,739
22. The Linnet (1982)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Kaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the civilization. The village is once visited by a couple of wanderers, and strange things start ... See full summary »
Director: Witold Leszczynski | Stars: Krzysztof Majchrzak, Anna Seniuk, Joanna Sienkiewicz, Jerzy Block
Votes: 925
23. Of Time and the City (2008)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary, Biography
A filmmaker looks at the history and transformation of his birthplace, Liverpool, England.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Terence Davies, George Harrison, Jack Hawkins, John Lennon
Votes: 2,259 | Gross: $0.03M
24. The House of Tomorrow (1949)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A narrator takes us on a tour of the dream house of the future, and its many innovative appliances.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Frank Graham, Joi Lansing, Don Messick
Votes: 791
25. Night of the Living Dead (2021)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror
A group of seven strangers hole up in a farmhouse, surviving the night as an army of undead ghouls surround the house. They think they're gonna be alright, but will they?
Director: Connor Noble | Stars: Steven R. Barnett, Paisley Blackburn, Janna Brubaker, Shawn Burden
Votes: 10
26. Mr. Thank You (1936)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
A friendly bus driver and his passengers over the duration of one journey through the mountains to the nearest train station.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Ken Uehara, Ryuji Ishiyama, Einosuke Naka, Michiko Kuwano
Votes: 1,275
27. Car of Tomorrow (1951)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A series of demonstrations of the kind of motoring accessories we'll all take for granted in the future...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Frank Lachapelle, Tex Avery, June Foray, Gilman Rankin
Votes: 656
28. Arab Maklum (2023)
Drama, Comedy
The story is about an Arab family living in the city of Jakarta, where the Aba wants to maintain Arabic traditions in his family and work in the modernization era.
Stars: Bukie B. Mansyur, Aci Resti, Kinaryosih, Nita Gunawan
Votes: 81
29. Old and New (1929)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama
100.000.000 peasants - illiterate, poor, hungry. There comes a day when one woman decides that she can live old life no longer. Using ways of new Soviet state and industrial progress she changes life and labor of her village.
Directors: Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Marfa Lapkina, M. Ivanin, Konstantin Vasilyev, Vasili Buzenkov
Votes: 1,726
30. Night of the Living Dead (I)
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | Pre-production
A group of strangers must survive an onslaught from the undead that lasts through the night, all while trying to get along, as they wait for help to arrive.
Director: Joshua Lee Frazier | Stars: Leanne Johnson, Lily Kaye Sheets, Keoni Carew, Paisley Blackburn
31. In Our Time (1944)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young woman traveling to Poland with her employer meets a count, and they fall in love as World War II begins.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Nancy Coleman, Mary Boland
Votes: 617
32. Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Ureo Egawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tatsuo Saitô, Harurô Takeda
Votes: 665
33. 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: 354
34. El sendero de la anaconda (2019)
73 min | Documentary
The Path of the Anaconda narrates memories and reflections about the jungle, but also the final effort to save the northern Amazon forest from destruction, establishing an ecological ... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Angulo
Votes: 333
35. Eichwald, MdB (2015–2019)
30 min | Comedy
An experienced member of parliament finds his position weakened in the era of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter in this political comedy series.
Stars: Bernhard Schütz, Rainer Reiners, Leon Ullrich, Lucie Heinze
Votes: 222
36. The Lady and the Beard (1931)
75 min | Comedy, Romance
A bearded kendo champion has difficulties in life because of his conservative ways and his unusual beard.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Tokihiko Okada, Hiroko Kawasaki, Chôko Iida, Satoko Date
Votes: 504
37. Newtopia (2020)
88 min | Documentary
Norwegian backpacker Audun Amundsen seeks utopia, joining Aman Paksa's tribe in Indonesia's jungles. He spends 15 years witnessing their turbulent journey from traditional to modern living.
Director: Audun Amundsen | Stars: Audun Amundsen, Aman Paksa
Votes: 121
38. House Hunting Mice (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In search of cheese, mice Hubie and Bertie wander into a demonstration "house of tomorrow" and battle with its automated convenience features, eventually driving the obsessive house-cleaning robot to resign his post.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg, Dick Nelson
Votes: 267
39. Red Light Revolution (2010)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
A luckless Beijinger opens an adult shop to make ends meet, sparking a sexual revolution in his conservative neighborhood.
Director: Sam Voutas | Stars: Jun Zhao, Vivid Wang, Xiduo Jiang, Masanobu Otsuka
Votes: 106
40. 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
41. Design for Leaving (1954)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Daffy Duck is a salesman for a futuristic appliance company, who, against Elmer Fudd's will, modernizes Fudd's house with many screwball gadgets, none of which work in Fudd's favor.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 429
42. Guerriers et captives (1989)
99 min | Drama
In 1880s Patagonia, Argentina, Colonel Garay is put in charge of securing the new railroad that will help the European colonization effort. The local tribes rebel and plan an attack. Garay's misfit wife tutors a captured tribeswoman.
Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Federico Luppi, Leslie Caron, China Zorrilla
Votes: 45
43. Rational Creatures (2019– )
24 min | Comedy, Drama
Inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion, RATIONAL CREATURES is an award-winning romantic dramedy series created and produced by a multinational team of female filmmakers. It's the modern Jane Austen story you didn't know you wanted.
Stars: Kristina Pupo, Peter Giessl, Gabriela Diaz, Derek Quesada
44. Pravo reshat (1986 TV Movie)
128 min | Drama
Director: Baba Annanov | Stars: Baba Annanov, Mukhamed Cherkezov, Khodzha Durdy Narliyev, Viktor Shulgin
45. The Vampire Who Admires Me (2008)
99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Cub Chien | Stars: J.J. Jia, Natalie Yao Meng, Ankie Beilke, Man-Kwan Lee
Votes: 68
46. Guardians of the Flutes (1994 TV Movie)
70 min | Documentary, War
Star: Christian Rodska
Votes: 24
47. Giddyap (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
Always beaten to the punch by their modernized competition, an ice man and his daughter discover that their horse Jack is a talented dancer with a past career in showbiz.
Directors: Art Babbitt, John Hubley | Stars: Stan Freberg, Marian Richman
Votes: 40
48. Tietokoneet palvelevat (1968)
14 min | Documentary, Short
The futuristic aesthetics of Computers Serve offers an illustrative account of the history of computers, their prospects and the risks within, as seen in 1968.
Director: Risto Jarva | Star: Kalle Holmberg
Votes: 17
49. The Illuminators (2017)
69 min | Documentary, History
The story of a Baltic German refugee who became the father of light to Lapland.
Director: Antti Haase | Stars: Antti Haase, Gunnar Haase, Irmeli Haase, Hannu Haase
Votes: 10
50. White Elephant (1984)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
Davidson is a ruthless industrialist who ventures into modern day Africa to set up a furniture factory. However, in this lush world of mesmerizing beauty and age old mysteries, magic or '... See full summary »
Director: Werner Grusch | Stars: Peter Firth, Peter Sarpong, Nana Seowg, Ejissu Jasantua
Votes: 15