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1. 3096 Tage (2013)
111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the factual case of Natascha Kampusch.
Director: Sherry Hormann | Stars: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Thure Lindhardt, Amelia Pidgeon, Trine Dyrholm
Votes: 16,277
2. Perfect Sisters (2014)
TV-MA | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
Director: Stanley M. Brooks | Stars: Abigail Breslin, Georgie Henley, Mira Sorvino, James Russo
Votes: 7,111
3. Chasing Mavericks (2012)
PG | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.
Directors: Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson | Stars: Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer
Votes: 34,542 | Gross: $6.00M
4. August Rush (2007)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Music
A musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.
Director: Kirsten Sheridan | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard
Votes: 111,129 | Gross: $31.66M
5. Cleveland Abduction (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A single mother, who becomes the first victim of kidnapper Ariel Castro, finds herself trapped in his home for 11 years, where she eventually becomes a friend and sister to two other women who are taken captive by Castro.
Director: Alex Kalymnios | Stars: Taryn Manning, Raymond Cruz, Katie Sarife, Samantha Droke
Votes: 8,836
6. Eden (I) (2012)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human traffickers, cooperates with her captors in a desperate ploy to survive.
Director: Megan Griffiths | Stars: Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges, Matt O'Leary, Eddie Martinez
Votes: 9,463
7. Gardens of the Night (2008)
R | 110 min | Drama
After being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street.
Director: Damian Harris | Stars: Gillian Jacobs, John Malkovich, Ryan Simpkins, Tom Arnold
Votes: 4,702
8. Human Trafficking (2005)
13+ | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Girls that have been kidnapped a d sold as slaves, police find and help them back to their home and family.
Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland, Anna Hopkins
Votes: 7,159
9. Karla (2006)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Based on real events, Paul Bernardo and his wife, Karla Homolka, kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
Director: Joel Bender | Stars: Laura Prepon, Misha Collins, Patrick Bauchau, Emilie Jacobs
Votes: 6,339
10. Labor Day (2013)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Clark Gregg
Votes: 51,330 | Gross: $13.36M
11. The Jammed (2007)
89 min | Drama, Thriller
A thriller about trafficking, governmental deportation and the sex slave trade in Melbourne.
Director: Dee McLachlan | Stars: Emma Lung, Veronica Sywak, Saskia Burmeister, Sun Park
Votes: 871
12. Poison Ivy (1992)
R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd
Votes: 20,162 | Gross: $1.83M
13. Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997 Video)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
A sinister seductress vows to destroy a suburban family.
Director: Kurt Voss | Stars: Jaime Pressly, Megan Edwards, Michael Des Barres, Greg Vaughan
Votes: 4,650
14. The Notebook (2004)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Romance
An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.
Director: Nick Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
Votes: 620,575 | Gross: $81.00M
15. The Road (I) (2009)
R | 111 min | Drama, Thriller
In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall
Votes: 254,328 | Gross: $0.06M
16. The Girl Next Door (2007)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Follows the unspeakable torture and abuses committed on a teenage girl in the care of her aunt and the boys who witness and fail to report the crime.
Director: Gregory Wilson | Stars: William Atherton, Blythe Auffarth, Blanche Baker, Kevin Chamberlin
Votes: 29,397
17. Trade of Innocents (2012)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A couple grieving the loss of their own daughter set out to rescue young girls sold into the sex slave trade.
Director: Christopher M. Bessette | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Mira Sorvino, John Billingsley, Trieu Tran
Votes: 1,027 | Gross: $0.02M
18. Room (I) (2015)
R | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
A little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 450,759 | Gross: $14.68M
19. The Call (II) (2013)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut
Votes: 129,803 | Gross: $51.87M
20. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,281,224 | Gross: $659.33M
21. Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (1994 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama
When a couple breaks up after four years together, the man is told that the son he has raised as his own isn't his biological one. He must fight to keep him.
Director: Michael Dinner | Stars: Peter Strauss, Rachel Ticotin, Bob Dishy, Brenda Bazinet
Votes: 148
22. Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story (2013 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 84 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A charming but devious college student is accused of killing his wealthy father and attempting to murder his mother in their home while they slept.
Director: Norma Bailey | Stars: Matt Barr, Eric McCormack, Lolita Davidovich, Kendra Anderson
Votes: 478
23. An American Crime (2007)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Director: Tommy O'Haver | Stars: Elliot Page, Hayley McFarland, Nick Searcy, Romy Rosemont
Votes: 36,992
24. If Someone Had Known (1995 TV Movie)
80 min | Biography, Drama
A young wife and mother is abused by her husband and keeps the secret from her friends and family.
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Kellie Martin, Kevin Dobson, Linda Kelsey, Ivan Sergei
Votes: 533
25. Amber's Story (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Story about Amber Hagerman who was 9 years old when she was abducted while riding her bicycle, prompting her mother to seek out a system that alerts the nation of abducted children, we know that to be called an Amber Alert today.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Elisabeth Röhm, Teryl Rothery, Myron Natwick, Sophie Hough
Votes: 600
26. Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 81 min | Drama, Family, Musical
Discover the magic and warmth of Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, based on the inspiring story of living legend Dolly Parton’s remarkable upbringing in rural Tennessee.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Alyvia Alyn Lind, Jennifer Nettles, Ricky Schroder, Gerald McRaney
Votes: 2,254
27. She Made Them Do It (2013 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama
The true story of convicted felon Sarah Pender, who has been found guilty of masterminding a double murder.
Director: Grant Harvey | Stars: Jenna Dewan, Sarah Jo Pender, Richard Hull, Mackenzie Phillips
Votes: 1,683
28. Brave New Girl (2004 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Family, Music
Holly Lovell (Haun) dreams of attending The Haverty Conservatory of Music and Dance even tough she knows her single mother Wanda (Madsen) is struggling to pay the bills, never mind tuition.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Lindsey Haun, Barbara Mamabolo, John Ralston
Votes: 882
29. Deadly Vows (1994 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Bobbi Gilbert finds herself seduced by a married man named Tom Weston. This leads to Tom living out his dreams as a lethal ladies man, ending up in arson, bigamy, and finally, murder. Based on a true story.
Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Gerald McRaney, Josie Bissett, Peggy Lipton, Michael MacRae
Votes: 401
30. Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A young woman tries to keep a positive attitude while battling breast cancer.
Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Sarah Chalke, Jay Harrington, Lally Cadeau, Harvey Atkin
Votes: 957
31. Now and Then (1995)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four 12-year-old girls grow up together during an eventful small-town summer in 1970.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Christina Ricci, Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Thora Birch
Votes: 32,444 | Gross: $27.40M
32. Pay It Forward (2000)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama
A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance.
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, Jay Mohr
Votes: 123,905 | Gross: $33.52M
33. Precious (II) (2009)
R | 110 min | Drama
In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.
Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey
Votes: 116,277 | Gross: $47.57M
34. The Revenant (I) (2015)
R | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 874,774 | Gross: $183.64M
35. Vows of Deception (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A wife is on trial for the murder of her husband.
Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Nick Mancuso, Michael Woolson, Nancy Cartwright
Votes: 436
36. Manson's Lost Girls (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Linda Kasabian falls prey to the hypnotic charms of Charles Manson and his self-proclaimed "family" during the drug-fueled summer of 1969.
Director: Leslie Libman | Stars: Mackenzie Mauzy, Eden Brolin, Grace Victoria Cox, Greer Grammer
Votes: 489
37. Anna Nicole (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 85 min | Biography, Drama
The life of Anna Nicole Smith, from small-town dancer to Playboy centerfold, to her marriage to a billionaire, to her eventual self-destruction.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Agnes Bruckner, Martin Landau, Adam Goldberg, Graham Patrick Martin
Votes: 2,316
38. A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
In the 1970's, a teenager staying in an unwed mothers' institution is forced to give up her baby. Eighteen years later, she discovers that her child is dead, and that he was possibly murdered by his religiously -strict adoptive mom.
Director: Claudia Weill | Stars: Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Ivey, Michael McGrady, Max Gail
Votes: 405
39. In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 148,816 | Gross: $25.02M
40. #PopFan (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An obsessive fan rescues a famous musician from a car crash, then takes her to his secluded lighthouse.
Director: Vanessa Parise | Stars: Chelsea Kane, Nolan Gerard Funk, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Danny Wattley
Votes: 475
41. Max (I) (2015)
PG | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A military dog that helped American Marines in Afghanistan returns to the United States and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience.
Director: Boaz Yakin | Stars: Thomas Haden Church, Josh Wiggins, Luke Kleintank, Lauren Graham
Votes: 28,261 | Gross: $42.65M
42. Lost Boy (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Laura Harris's kidnapped son returns after eleven devastating years, what she thinks will be a dream come true turns out to be a family nightmare.
Director: Tara Miele | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Mark Valley, Matthew Fahey, Sosie Bacon
Votes: 769
43. My Life as a Dead Girl (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 84 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A teenager assumes her murdered friend's identity and takes shelter with the girl's estranged family, but her vengeful pimp threatens her new life.
Director: Penelope Buitenhuis | Stars: Cassandra Scerbo, Keegan Connor Tracy, Kirsten Zien, Kyra Zagorsky
Votes: 578
44. Secrets of Eden (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A small town pastor becomes the prime suspect in a murder case.
Director: Tawnia McKiernan | Stars: John Stamos, Anna Gunn, Sonya Salomaa, Samantha Munro
Votes: 581
45. Zoe Gone (2014)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective tries to help a teenager find her kidnapped baby.
Director: Conor Allyn | Stars: Samantha Hanratty, Alexandra Holden, Andrea Bowen, Jean Louisa Kelly
Votes: 549
46. The Test of Love (1999 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
Cassie's husband was just involved in a plane crash and is in a coma. The airline says his wife was killed in the accident. The two have a young daughter together. Cassie must decide if she can accept David's child by another woman.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Roma Downey, William Russ, Jamie Rose, Jed Millar
Votes: 232
47. And Baby Will Fall (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
Expectant parents become prime suspects in the disappearance of a pregnant woman who was last seen at their garage sale.
Director: Bradley Walsh | Stars: Anastasia Griffith, Brendan Fehr, Clea DuVall, Stephen Lobo
Votes: 636
48. Nowhere Safe (2014 TV Movie)
92 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A mother and daughter try to hide from a frightening past in a new town. Things go well until they learn, through painful experience, that you can't hide from your own history.
Director: Brian Brough | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Danielle C. Ryan, Jamie Kennedy, James Gaisford
Votes: 1,578
49. Dead on Campus (2014)
Unrated | 88 min | Thriller
After the apparent suicide of a shy, introverted nerd happens, his older sister discovers a connection between his death and a popular sorority house.
Director: Curtis Crawford | Stars: Katelyn Tarver, Tamara Duarte, Nicki Aycox, Peter Michael Dillon
Votes: 744
50. All Is Lost (2013)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Star: Robert Redford
Votes: 83,836 | Gross: $6.26M
51. Appropriate Adult (2011)
67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dramatisation of the case of serial killers Fred and Rose West, focusing on the way in which they were brought to justice.
Stars: Emily Watson, Dominic West, Robert Glenister, Sylvestra Le Touzel
Votes: 4,364
52. Changeling (2008)
R | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After Christine's son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him. But when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quieten public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up hope.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Gattlin Griffith
Votes: 265,334 | Gross: $35.74M
53. When the Sky Falls (2015)
Unrated | 84 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A fractured family, caught in a deadly lightning storm, is forced to come together to save their lives.
Director: John L'Ecuyer | Stars: Mike Dopud, Alaina Huffman, Krista Bridges, Danny Mags
Votes: 376
54. Little Boy (2015)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, History, War
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.
Director: Alejandro Monteverde | Stars: Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, David Henrie, Michael Rapaport
Votes: 24,259 | Gross: $6.42M
55. Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After her daughter is abducted in Russia, an NYPD detective goes out of her way to find and save her.
Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Julie Benz, Amy Bailey, Jeffrey Meek, Naomi Battrick
Votes: 583
56. Whitney (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Biography, Drama
A chronicle of Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.
Director: Angela Bassett | Stars: Yaya DaCosta, Arlen Escarpeta, Yolonda Ross, Suzzanne Douglas
Votes: 2,075
57. An Amish Murder (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A murder investigation in her hometown triggers deep-seated emotions in an Ohio police chief who came from the Amish community.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Neve Campbell, Noam Jenkins, Jilon VanOver, Christian Campbell
Votes: 2,266
58. Drew Peterson: Untouchable (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 84 min | Drama
Following the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife, a man is accused of the murder of his third.
Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Rob Lowe, Kaley Cuoco, Catherine Dent, Cara Buono
Votes: 1,881
59. The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999 TV Movie)
240 min | Thriller, Drama
An account of early-1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Kevin Anderson, Tom Skerritt, Naomi Watts, Kellie Overbey
Votes: 770
60. Country Justice (1996 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A tough grandfather tries to protect his granddaughter from the man who raped her.
Director: Graeme Campbell | Stars: George C. Scott, Rachael Leigh Cook, Don Diamont, Ally Sheedy
Votes: 351
61. House of Secrets (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 78 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A recently divorced woman must figure out who keeps breaking into her home.
Director: Kevin L. Powers | Stars: Cesar Aguirre, Sylvia Boykin, Cory Joseph, Dixie Light
Votes: 378
62. Life as We Know It (2010)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident.
Director: Greg Berlanti | Stars: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Alexis Clagett
Votes: 138,950 | Gross: $53.37M
63. 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: 138,925 | Gross: $37.88M
64. Water for Elephants (2011)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider
Votes: 120,428 | Gross: $58.71M
65. Soul Surfer (2011)
PG | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Bethany Hamilton, a professional surfer, loses her left arm in a shark attack. Unwilling to pay attention to the gravity of her situation, Bethany decides to get back into the ocean and surf again.
Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood
Votes: 52,923 | Gross: $43.85M
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