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1. Kaptaan

Biography | Filming

The story follows the lifetime of Imran Khan. He won the 1992 Cricket tournament changing into a national hero of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He engineered a cancer hospital when his ... See full summary »

Director: Faisal Aman Khan | Stars: Sonya Jehan, Abdul Mannan, Saeeda Imtiaz, Mohi Abro

a Pakistani film based on the life of Imran khan

2. Empire State (2013)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Two childhood friends plan to rob an armored-car depository, but an NYPD officer stands in their way.

Director: Dito Montiel | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Michael Angarano, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Ben-Victor

Votes: 22,940

based on two childhood friends who plan to rob an armored car depository

3. The Look of Love (2013)

Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

57 Metascore

The life of Paul Raymond, the controversial entrepreneur who became Britain's richest man.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Matt Lucas, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots

Votes: 7,325 | Gross: $0.02M

based on the life of Paul Raymond

4. Mandela's Children (I)

Documentary, Drama | Post-production

Add a Plot

Directors: Kemal Akhtar, Kweku Mandela | Star: Nelson Mandela

based on the 1994 autobiography by Nelson Mandela

5. Diana (2013)

PG-13 | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

35 Metascore

During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana embarks on a final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Cas Anvar, Charles Edwards

Votes: 20,926 | Gross: $0.33M

based on the two last year of the life of Diana, Princess of Wales

6. Jobs (2013)

PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama

44 Metascore

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

Director: Joshua Michael Stern | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas

Votes: 103,899 | Gross: $16.13M

based on the life of Steve Jobs

7. Pain & Gain (2013)

R | 129 min | Action, Biography, Comedy

45 Metascore

A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 229,390 | Gross: $49.88M

based on kidnapping, exortion, torture and murder of several victims by The Sun Gym Gang

8. The Conjuring (2013)

R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

68 Metascore

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor

Votes: 555,203 | Gross: $137.40M

based on disturbing events in a farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island in 1971

9. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Not Rated | 186 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The truth behind the ascension of Milkha Singh, who was scarred by of the India-Pakistan partition.

Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Farhan Akhtar, Kousi Orfahli, Deepak Singh Rawat, Japtej Singh

Votes: 72,317 | Gross: $1.63M

Hindi film based on life of Indian Athlete Milkha Singh

10. Celluloid (2013)

129 min | Biography, Drama

The story of J C Daniel, who made the first ever Malayalam film 'Vigathakumaran' in 1928, resulting in his exile and eventual downfall.

Director: Kamal | Stars: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sreenivasan, Mamta Mohandas, Chandini

Votes: 1,515

Malayalam movie based on the life story of J.C. Daniel, father of Malayalam cinema

11. Attahaasa (2013)

171 min | Biography, Crime, Thriller

Veerappan has been a subject of great mystery and inquisitive character among the journalistic society. His life has been marked with various twists and turns that has always left a common ... See full summary »

Director: A.M.R. Ramesh | Stars: Kishore Kumar G., Arjun Sarja, Raai Laxmi, Vijayalakshmi Ahathian

Votes: 176

Kannada biopic film based on the notorious forest brigand Veerappan

12. Rush (I) (2013)

R | 123 min | Action, Biography, Drama

74 Metascore

The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara

Votes: 513,967 | Gross: $26.95M

based on the true story of the formula one season of 1976 with the unforgettable battle for the championship with James Hunt and Niki Lauda and Lauda's remarkable recovery from a near death accident at the 1976 German Grand Prix

13. The A.R.K. Report (2013)

30 min | Short, Sci-Fi

In a bleak future where the Naarym child army has crushed nearly the entire world, can young Karmi help a secret government agency find the long-lost Ark of the Covenant, and unlock the ... See full summary »

Director: Shmuel Hoffman | Stars: Katy Castaldi, Pascal Yen-Pfister, Ayden Crispe

Votes: 13

based on the search for the hidden Ark of the Covenant

14. The Attacks of 26/11 (2013)

Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The real story of ten terrorists, who sail to Mumbai and wage war on the populace for the next 72 hours.

Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Nana Patekar, Atul Kulkarni, Sanjeev Jaiswal, Rahaao

Votes: 5,512 | Gross: $0.25M

based on the 2008 Mumbai attacks

15. Snitch (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

51 Metascore

A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son, who was imprisoned after being set up in a drug deal.

Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Rafi Gavron

Votes: 92,794 | Gross: $42.93M

based on the drug dealer

16. The Bling Ring (2013)

R | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

66 Metascore

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Claire Julien

Votes: 92,258 | Gross: $5.84M

based on the Bling Ring's breaking into Hollywood Hills homes

17. 42 (2013)

PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

62 Metascore

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.

Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, T.R. Knight, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie

Votes: 102,762 | Gross: $95.00M

based on the Jackie Robinson's breaking of the "color barrier" of Major League Baseball in the 1940s

18. Haunted (II) (2013)

R | 90 min | Horror

If you Like "Ghost" reality shows, you should get a kick out of this one... Realm of horror, Dare you venture into the most haunted place in the world. A TV crew will film a paranormal ... See full summary »

Directors: Steven M. Smith, Zane Casablanca, Svenja Quazzani, Zane Quazzani | Stars: Jon-Paul Gates, Vivien Creegor, Freddie Fuller, Gemma Gurvitz

Votes: 334

story of divorced man and his son who rent a haunted house

19. Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

PG-13 | 125 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

65 Metascore

Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, Colin Farrell

Votes: 170,076 | Gross: $83.30M

based on the untold true story of Walt Disney adaptation of P.L. Travers book Marry Poppins

20. The Frozen Ground (2013)

R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

37 Metascore

An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.

Director: Scott Walker | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Vanessa Hudgens, John Cusack, Dean Norris

Votes: 67,317

based on the real-life 1980s Alaskan hunt for serial killer Robert Hansen

21. Ivan Megharoopan (2012)

110 min | Biography, Drama, Musical

Ivan Megharoopan is conceived as the eventful life journey of poet laureate K.P. Madhavan Nair, a character drawn from the life story of the great Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair.

Director: P. Balachandran | Stars: Prakash Bare, Padmapriya, Shweta Menon, Ramya Nambeeshan

Votes: 35

Malayalam film based on the life of Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair

22. Lincoln (2012)

PG-13 | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History

87 Metascore

As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Votes: 272,733 | Gross: $182.21M

based on the final four months of Lincoln's life and his efforts for the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution

23. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

Not Rated | 321 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

89 Metascore

A clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.

Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Richa Chadha

Votes: 103,895

Indian crime movie based on true story what happend in Wasseypur, India

24. The Iceman (2012)

R | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

60 Metascore

The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When he was finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor his daughters had any clue about his real profession.

Director: Ariel Vromen | Stars: Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, James Franco, Winona Ryder

Votes: 79,448 | Gross: $1.94M

life of notorious Mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski

25. Emperor (2012)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, History, War

48 Metascore

As the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, General Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.

Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Matthew Fox, Colin Moy, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune

Votes: 14,854 | Gross: $3.35M

investigation of the role of Emperor Hirohito in World War II

26. No (I) (2012)

R | 118 min | Drama, History

81 Metascore

An advertising executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.

Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Luis Gnecco

Votes: 26,223 | Gross: $2.34M

based on unpublished play El Plebiscito, focusing on advertising tactics came to be widely used in political campaigns

27. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

R | 157 min | Drama, History, Thriller

95 Metascore

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Mark Strong

Votes: 319,034 | Gross: $95.72M

28. The Impossible (2012)

PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, History, Thriller

73 Metascore

The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Oaklee Pendergast

Votes: 244,206 | Gross: $19.02M

29. Argo (2012)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History

86 Metascore

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.

Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin

Votes: 639,323 | Gross: $136.03M

30. Chasing Mavericks (2012)

PG | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

45 Metascore

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

31. When the Lights Went Out (2012)

86 min | Horror

Poltergeists attack a family in Yorkshire during the 1974 nationwide blackouts.

Director: Pat Holden | Stars: Kate Ashfield, Steven Waddington, Craig Parkinson, Andrea Lowe

Votes: 5,329

32. Won't Back Down (2012)

PG | 121 min | Drama

42 Metascore

Two determined mothers­, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.

Director: Daniel Barnz | Stars: Viola Davis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter, Oscar Isaac

Votes: 6,877 | Gross: $5.31M

33. The Vow (2012)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Romance

43 Metascore

A car accident puts Paige in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo works to win her heart again.

Director: Michael Sucsy | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange

Votes: 205,034 | Gross: $125.01M

34. People Like Us (2012)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama

49 Metascore

While settling his recently deceased father's estate, a salesman discovers he has a sister whom he never knew about, leading both siblings to re-examine their perceptions about family and life choices.

Director: Alex Kurtzman | Stars: Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Wilde

Votes: 44,168 | Gross: $12.41M

35. Last Flight to Abuja (2012)

TV-14 | 81 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Mid-air difficulties forces a Nigerian commercial plane into an emergency landing with devastating consequences.

Director: Obi Emelonye | Stars: Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Jim Iyke, Ali Nuhu

Votes: 384

36. Kazhugu (2012)

Comedy, Thriller

The film revolves round the lives, joys and sorrows of three friends, whose profession has to do with handling corpses.

Director: Sathyasiva | Stars: Krishna Sekhar, Bindhu Madhavi, Karunas, Thambi Ramaiah

Votes: 224

37. Game Change (2012 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Peter MacNicol

Votes: 23,216

38. Compliance (2012)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, History

68 Metascore

A normal Friday service at a fast food restaurant becomes interrupted by a police officer who claims an employee stole from a customer, but something more sinister is going on.

Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp

Votes: 37,312 | Gross: $0.32M

39. Buddha in a Traffic Jam (2016)

Not Rated | 114 min | Crime, Thriller

Vikram, a carefree management student, finds himself entangled in web of conspiracy, lies, and deceit when he launches a successful social media campaign to highlight the plight of the poor in India.

Director: Vivek Agnihotri | Stars: Anupam Kher, Anchal Dwivedi, Mahie Gill, Pallavi Joshi

Votes: 8,031

40. Big Miracle (2012)

PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

61 Metascore

In small-town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his Greenpeace-volunteer ex-girlfriend on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly-forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, John Pingayak, Ahmaogak Sweeney

Votes: 20,522 | Gross: $20.11M

41. Aravaan (2012)

143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A murder causes severe enmity between two villages and spells the doom for an innocent young man.

Director: Vasanthabalan | Stars: Aadhi, Pasupathy, Dhansika, Archana Kavi

Votes: 456

42. Act of Valor (2012)

R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

40 Metascore

An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.

Directors: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh | Stars: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Rorke Denver

Votes: 71,809 | Gross: $70.01M

43. Silent House (2011)

R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller

49 Metascore

A girl is trapped inside her family's lakeside retreat and becomes unable to contact the outside world as supernatural forces haunt the house with mysterious energy and consequences.

Directors: Chris Kentis, Laura Lau | Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Chan

Votes: 24,659 | Gross: $12.56M

44. Traffic (2011)

Not Rated | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

The lives of some different people get intertwined when a girl is in urgent need of a heart transplant with the only heart donor being many miles of traffic away.

Director: Rajesh Pillai | Stars: Sreenivasan, Kunchacko Boban, Sudip Joshy, Rahman

Votes: 5,185

45. Bernie (2011)

PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

75 Metascore

In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman

Votes: 63,480 | Gross: $9.20M

46. Megan Is Missing (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Two teenage girls encounter an Internet child predator.

Director: Michael Goi | Stars: Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn, Dean Waite, Jael Elizabeth Steinmeyer

Votes: 15,513

47. Yugapurushan (2010)

153 min | Drama

True story based on the life of the saint Sree Narayana Guru.

Director: R. Sukumaran | Stars: Babu Antony, Arun, Devan, Kalpana

Votes: 90

48. The Snowtown Murders (2011)

Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

66 Metascore

Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.

Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris, Bob Adriaens

Votes: 20,631 | Gross: $0.01M

49. The Help (2011)

PG-13 | 146 min | Drama

62 Metascore

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.

Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard

Votes: 493,027 | Gross: $169.71M

50. Ragini MMS (2011)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Out to relax and have fun at a farmhouse, a couple experience horror at the hands of an unknown entity.

Director: Pavan Kirpalani | Stars: Kainaz Motivala, Rajkummar Rao, Rajat Kaul, Janice

Votes: 2,830

51. Janie Jones (2010)

Not Rated | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Music

52 Metascore

A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.

Director: David M. Rosenthal | Stars: Abigail Breslin, Alessandro Nivola, Elisabeth Shue, Brittany Snow

Votes: 2,389

52. We Bought a Zoo (2011)

PG | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

58 Metascore

Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Elle Fanning

Votes: 151,808 | Gross: $75.62M

53. 50/50 (2011)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

72 Metascore

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard

Votes: 342,995 | Gross: $35.01M

54. Red Dog (2011)

PG | 92 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

Director: Kriv Stenders | Stars: Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Rohan Nichol, Luke Ford

Votes: 19,441

55. Juan y Eva (2011)

TV-14 | 110 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The story is based on the first meeting of Juan Perón and Eva Duarte, during a fund-raising for the recent 1944 San Juan earthquake, and their growing relation.

Director: Paula de Luque | Stars: Osmar Núñez, Julieta Díaz, Alfredo Casero, Fernán Mirás

Votes: 173

56. The Dirty Picture (2011)

Not Rated | 145 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The love story between an actress and a director, inspired by the life of the late south Indian actress Silk Smitha.

Director: Milan Luthria | Stars: Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah

Votes: 10,414

57. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

PG-13 | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

46 Metascore

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow

Votes: 105,184 | Gross: $31.85M

58. J. Edgar (2011)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

59 Metascore

J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Hamilton

Votes: 133,660 | Gross: $37.31M

59. Margin Call (2011)

R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

76 Metascore

Follows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany

Votes: 144,442 | Gross: $5.35M

60. Kill the Irishman (2011)

R | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

50 Metascore

The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer

Votes: 51,371 | Gross: $1.19M

61. Blackthorn (2011)

R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

61 Metascore

In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.

Director: Mateo Gil | Stars: Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea, Magaly Solier

Votes: 10,361 | Gross: $0.20M

62. Texas Killing Fields (2011)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, History

49 Metascore

In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.

Director: Ami Canaan Mann | Stars: Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jessica Chastain

Votes: 22,004 | Gross: $0.05M

63. The Fields (2011)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Tells the story of a young boy and his family who are terrorized by an unseen presence.

Directors: Tom Mattera, David Mazzoni | Stars: Cloris Leachman, Tara Reid, Joshua Ormond, Faust Checho

Votes: 1,915

64. Puncture (2011)

R | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

54 Metascore

A David and Goliath law drama about a drug-addicted lawyer who takes on a health supply corporation while battling his own personal demons.

Directors: Adam Kassen, Mark Kassen | Stars: Chris Evans, Mark Kassen, Vinessa Shaw, Marshall Bell

Votes: 24,852 | Gross: $0.07M

65. The Devil's Double (2011)

R | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

52 Metascore

A chilling vision of the house of Saddam. The world of Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was given a choice; either be the double for Saddam's sadistic son, or die.

Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi, Philip Quast

Votes: 63,876 | Gross: $1.36M

66. Not a Love Story (2011)

100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An aspiring movie actress and her boyfriend are arrested and charged with Homicide.

Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Deepak Dobriyal, Mahie Gill, Zakir Hussain, Subhash Dhankar

Votes: 737

67. Soul Surfer (2011)

PG | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Family

53 Metascore

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

68. Sanctum (2011)

R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

42 Metascore

An underwater cave diving team experiences a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world.

Director: Alister Grierson | Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Allison Cratchley, Christopher James Baker, Richard Roxburgh

Votes: 57,219 | Gross: $23.07M

69. Monica (2011)

Not Rated | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

An accused and three politically-connected suspects are prosecuted for their involvement in the homicide of a journalist.

Director: Sushen Bhatnagar | Stars: Ashutosh Rana, Divya Dutta, Rajit Kapoor, Yashpal Sharma

Votes: 95

70. Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

R | 129 min | Action, Biography, Crime

43 Metascore

Sam Childers is a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to become soldiers.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Kathy Baker

Votes: 68,972 | Gross: $0.54M

71. Moneyball (2011)

PG-13 | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

87 Metascore

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Votes: 464,890 | Gross: $75.61M

72. The Way Back (I) (2010)

PG-13 | 133 min | Adventure, Drama, History

66 Metascore

Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Dragos Bucur

Votes: 122,033 | Gross: $2.70M

73. The Rite (2011)

PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

38 Metascore

American seminary student Michael Kovak travels to Italy to take an exorcism course.

Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Colin O'Donoghue, Anthony Hopkins, Ciarán Hinds, Alice Braga

Votes: 102,660 | Gross: $33.05M

74. The Craigslist Killer (2011 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

On the surface, Philip Markoff appears to be the ideal med student, fiancé and future son-in-law - but there's something seriously wrong with him.

Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Jake McDorman, Agnes Bruckner, Joshua Close, Julia Campbell

Votes: 5,466

75. Dolphin Tale (2011)

PG | 113 min | Drama, Family

64 Metascore

A boy finds a dolphin that was injured in a trap. They become friends, but the dolphin needs to have its tail amputated to survive. With the help of a biologist and a prosthetics specialist, the boy tries to save the animal.

Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr., Nathan Gamble

Votes: 25,709 | Gross: $72.29M

76. No One Killed Jessica (2011)

136 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A journalist, who is more of an activist teams up with the sister of a murdered model, as she gets interested in the case and wants to bring justice to her case.

Director: Raj Kumar Gupta | Stars: Rani Mukerji, Vidya Balan, Myra Karn, Neil Bhoopalam

Votes: 12,342 | Gross: $0.44M

77. The Amityville Haunting (2011 Video)

Not Rated | 86 min | Horror

In disregard of the shocking DeFeo murders, an unsuspecting family moves into the infamous house on 112 Ocean Avenue. Now, ghostly apparitions start to appear in their video surveillance system. Can they survive the Amityville haunting?

Director: Geoff Meed | Stars: Jason Williams, Amy Van Horne, Devin Clark, Nadine Crocker

Votes: 2,500

78. 1911 (2011)

R | 99 min | Drama, History, War

37 Metascore

A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty.

Directors: Tao Hai, Wei Li, Guoqiang Tang, Li Zhang, Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Winston Chao, Bingbing Li, Chun Sun

Votes: 6,528 | Gross: $0.13M

79. 17 Miracles (2011)

PG | 113 min | Adventure, History

The Willie Handcart Company treks across America to the Salt Lake Valley, experiencing many trials and deaths, as well as 17 miracles.

Director: T.C. Christensen | Stars: Jasen Wade, Emily Wadley, Jason Celaya, Natalie Blackman

Votes: 1,672

80. The Bang Bang Club (2010)

R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

48 Metascore

A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.

Director: Steven Silver | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels van Jaarsveld

Votes: 11,534

81. A Kiss and a Promise (2011)

R | 92 min | Drama

Inspired by true events, this psychological thriller resolves around an unusual small-town Ontario household that harbors a serial killer.

Director: Phillip Guzman | Stars: Mick Rossi, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Sean Power, Patrick Bergin

Votes: 428

82. Letters to God (2010)

PG | 110 min | Drama

31 Metascore

A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and community and inspiring hope among everyone he encounters. An unsuspecting substitute postman with ... See full summary »

Directors: David Nixon, Patrick Doughtie | Stars: Tanner Maguire, Jeffrey Johnson, Robyn Lively, Lisa Curtis

Votes: 5,272 | Gross: $2.85M

83. La casa muda (2010)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young woman becomes trapped inside a house and is unable to contact the outside world as mysterious forces haunt it.

Director: Gustavo Hernández | Stars: Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso, María Salazar

Votes: 8,028

84. D.C. Sniper (2010 Video)

R | 92 min | Crime, Thriller

A mysterious shooter randomly kills innocent citizens in public; one after the other in broad daylight. All murders happen not far from the White House; not far from the President.

Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Ken Foree, Ulli Lommel, Christopher Kriesa, Tory N. Thompson

Votes: 418

85. Temple Grandin (2010 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Claire Danes, Julia Ormond, David Strathairn, Catherine O'Hara

Votes: 32,592

86. Extraordinary Measures (2010)

PG | 106 min | Drama

45 Metascore

A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.

Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell, Harrison Ford, Meredith Droeger

Votes: 17,812 | Gross: $11.85M

87. Green Zone (2010)

R | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

63 Metascore

Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear, Igal Naor

Votes: 142,730 | Gross: $35.05M

88. Lula, the Son of Brazil (2009)

Not Rated | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History

44 Metascore

The true story of a working-class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one of the most influential politicians in Brazil's history.

Directors: Fábio Barreto, Marcelo Santiago | Stars: Rui Ricardo Diaz, Glória Pires, Juliana Baroni, Cleo

Votes: 3,088

89. Of Gods and Men (2010)

PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, History

86 Metascore

Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.

Director: Xavier Beauvois | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach

Votes: 16,100 | Gross: $3.95M

90. The Runaways (2010)

R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Music

65 Metascore

A coming-of-age biographical film about the 1970s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways. The relationship between band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett is also explored.

Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve

Votes: 50,960 | Gross: $3.57M

91. The Social Network (2010)

PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama

95 Metascore

As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara

Votes: 759,167 | Gross: $96.96M

92. Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)

R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Director: Svetozar Ristovski | Stars: William Forsythe, Jesse Moss, Emma Lahana, Cole Heppell

Votes: 3,810

93. 127 Hours (2010)

R | 94 min | Biography, Drama

82 Metascore

A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Sean Bott

Votes: 401,561 | Gross: $18.34M

94. Unstoppable (2010)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Thriller

69 Metascore

With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee

Votes: 207,821 | Gross: $81.56M

95. The Fighter (I) (2010)

R | 116 min | Action, Biography, Drama

79 Metascore

Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.

Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo

Votes: 389,036 | Gross: $93.62M

96. The Whistleblower (2010)

R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

59 Metascore

A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal.

Director: Larysa Kondracki | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn

Votes: 35,756 | Gross: $1.12M

97. Bonded by Blood (2010)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex.

Director: Sacha Bennett | Stars: Siobhan Hewlett, Vincent Regan, Neil Maskell, Michael Socha

Votes: 2,760

98. Secretariat (2010)

PG | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Family

61 Metascore

Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.

Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Margo Martindale, Nelsan Ellis

Votes: 30,593 | Gross: $59.71M

99. Conviction (II) (2010)

R | 107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

61 Metascore

A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.

Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Thomas D. Mahard

Votes: 46,030 | Gross: $6.78M

100. Nadunisi Naaygal (2011)

120 min | Mystery, Thriller

Having suffered sexual abuse as a child, Veera grows into a Psycho obsessed with sex and kills for pleasure.

Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon | Stars: Veera Bahu, Sameera Reddy, Deva, Swapna Abraham

Votes: 450



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