Movies To Watch
by mark-villon | created - 11 Oct 2014 | updated - 24 Sep 2018 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. October Gale (2014)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland.
Director: Ruba Nadda | Stars: Patricia Clarkson, Scott Speedman, Tim Roth, Aidan Devine
Votes: 2,500
2. Barefoot (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life; he takes this naive young woman home for his brother's wedding.
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, J.K. Simmons, Treat Williams
Votes: 27,045 | Gross: $0.01M
3. 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: 51,303 | Gross: $13.36M
4. This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
After their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes, and might-have-beens.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver
Votes: 89,224 | Gross: $34.29M
5. The Invisible Circus (2001)
R | 93 min | Drama
A teenage girl travels to Paris in the 1970s trying to find out about her sister's suicide, and falls in love with her dead sister's boyfriend.
Director: Adam Brooks | Stars: Jordana Brewster, Cameron Diaz, Christopher Eccleston, Blythe Danner
Votes: 3,184 | Gross: $0.06M
6. Little Accidents (2014)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
In a small American town still living in the shadow of a terrible coal mine accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws together a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy in a web of secrets.
Director: Sara Colangelo | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Randy Springer, Jacob Lofland, Beau Wright
Votes: 3,851
7. Under the Apple Box (2012)
80 min | Drama
Having escaped persecution in Iran, Leila lives in Vancouver as a successful photographer. The return of her long lost love forces her to come to terms with the legacy of her past.
Director: Ellie Fox | Stars: Gilles Tanguay, Tammy Gillis, Elaine Rathie, Lorena Griffiths
8. Away from Here (2014)
82 min | Drama
After serving time for an affair with his mentor's teen daughter, a former youth minister returns home to find that he can't leave the past behind.
Director: Bruce Van Dusen | Stars: Alicia Witt, Nick Stahl, Ray Wise, Frankie Faison
Votes: 239
9. Jauja (2014)
Not Rated | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.
Director: Lisandro Alonso | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Viilbjørk Malling Agger, Ghita Nørby, Adrián Fondari
Votes: 4,542
10. Shanghai Calling (2012)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A New York attorney is sent to Shanghai on business, where he finds himself in a legal mess that threatens his career. With the help of a relocation specialist and her contacts, he soon learns to appreciate the wonders of Shanghai.
Director: Daniel Hsia | Stars: Le Geng, Daniel Henney, Sean Gallagher, Bill Marcus
Votes: 1,771 | Gross: $0.01M
11. The Last International Playboy (2008)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
New York City playboy and professional charmer Jack Frost is rocked to discover that his one true love is engaged. As the news send him spiraling into a self-destructive cycle of reckless behavior, redemption comes from an unlikely source.
Director: Steve Clark | Stars: Jason Behr, Monet Mazur, Krysten Ritter, Lucy Gordon
Votes: 605
12. Alex of Venice (2014)
R | 86 min | Drama
A workaholic attorney is forced to reinvent her life after her husband suddenly leaves.
Director: Chris Messina | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Messina, Don Johnson, Derek Luke
Votes: 3,385
13. Turks & Caicos (2014 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Worricker is a retired spy living in the Caribbean. He realizes he is in trouble when four "businessmen" show up. They look like mob bosses, but one actually works for the CIA. He gets help from two former MI5 colleagues back in London.
Director: David Hare | Stars: Winona Ryder, Christopher Walken, Bill Nighy, Hansel Piper
Votes: 7,135
14. Wayward Pines (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A Secret Service agent goes to Wayward Pines, Idaho in search of two federal agents who have gone missing in the bucolic town. He soon learns that he might never get out of Wayward Pines alive.
Stars: Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Toby Jones, Shannyn Sossamon, Hope Davis
Votes: 60,131
15. The Dressmaker (I) (2015)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 65,315 | Gross: $2.02M
16. Legend (I) (2015)
R | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Paul Anderson
Votes: 202,331 | Gross: $1.87M
17. My All-American (2015)
PG | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Freddie Steinmark, an underdog on the gridiron, faces the toughest challenge of his life after leading his team to a championship season.
Director: Angelo Pizzo | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Finn Wittrock, Robin Tunney, Sarah Bolger
Votes: 7,819 | Gross: $2.25M
18. I Heard the Mermaids Singing (2008)
Not Rated | 25 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A classic & lyrical love-tale with a bitter-sweet twist, I Heard the Mermaids Singing is a short-film adaptation of a play written by legendary acting coach & casting director Michael ... See full summary »
Directors: Victoria Charters, Kenny Johnson | Stars: Victoria Charters, Kenny Johnson
Votes: 45
19. Southpaw (2015)
R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Sport
After a fatal incident sends him on a rampant path of destruction, a champion boxer fights to get custody of his daughter and revive his professional career.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Oona Laurence, Forest Whitaker
Votes: 258,252 | Gross: $52.42M
20. Irrational Man (2015)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey, Joe Stapleton
Votes: 67,040 | Gross: $4.03M
21. Five (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives.
Directors: Jennifer Aniston, Patty Jenkins, Alicia Keys, Demi Moore, Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Ginnifer Goodwin
Votes: 1,206
22. West of Redemption (2015)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Mystery
A married couple living in a remote farmhouse are interrupted by a stranger, who is taken prisoner by the husband and interrogated for reasons the stranger doesn't readily understand. Their... See full summary »
Director: Cornelia Duryée | Stars: Billy Zane, Kevin Alejandro, Mariana Klaveno, Hans Altwies
Votes: 83
23. It's Only the End of the World (2016)
97 min | Drama
Louis (Gaspard Ulliel), a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 25,193
24. Demolition (2015)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A successful investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. With the help of a customer service rep and her young son, he starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis
Votes: 112,089 | Gross: $1.98M
25. Midnight Special (2016)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver
Votes: 84,012 | Gross: $3.71M
26. Mia madre (2015)
R | 106 min | Drama
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti
Votes: 7,756 | Gross: $0.30M
27. Love & Friendship (2016)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws' estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica--and herself too, naturally.
Director: Whit Stillman | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel, Emma Greenwell
Votes: 26,417 | Gross: $14.01M
28. The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
Director: Patrick Sisam | Stars: Tom Arnold, Armando Acevedo, Holland Hayes, Karl Anthony
Votes: 1,017
29. Detachment (2011)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
Director: Tony Kaye | Stars: Adrien Brody, Christina Hendricks, Marcia Gay Harden, Lucy Liu
Votes: 99,062 | Gross: $0.07M
30. The Trouble with Bliss (2011)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A guy in his mid-thirties watches as his life comically unravels after he enters into a relationship with the daughter of a former high school classmate.
Director: Michael Knowles | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Peter Fonda, Lucy Liu, Brie Larson
Votes: 2,811 | Gross: $0.01M
31. Arrival (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 770,488 | Gross: $100.55M
32. The Two Faces of January (2014)
PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective.
Director: Hossein Amini | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac, Daisy Bevan
Votes: 33,648 | Gross: $0.51M
33. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
R | 110 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York City.
Director: Robert B. Weide | Stars: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, Kelan Guy
Votes: 70,889 | Gross: $2.78M
34. Julie & Julia (2009)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.
Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Chris Messina, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 128,830 | Gross: $94.13M
35. Adult Beginners (2014)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A bankrupt businessman tries to restore good relations with his sister and her family.
Director: Ross Katz | Stars: Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Joel McHale
Votes: 8,782 | Gross: $0.10M
36. I Give It a Year (2013)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Newlywed couple Nat and Josh are deliriously happy despite their differences, though friends and family aren't convinced that they can last. With their first anniversary approaching and attractive alternatives in the mix, can they last?
Director: Dan Mazer | Stars: Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Alex Macqueen, Stephen Merchant
Votes: 39,358 | Gross: $0.03M
37. As You Like It (2006)
PG | 127 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
A daughter of the powerful Duke must show her courage and inventiveness to be with the man she loves.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Takuya Shimada, Brian Blessed, Richard Clifford, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 3,728
38. Emma (2009)
TV-PG | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy young woman living in the early 19th century, whose misplaced confidence in her matchmaking abilities occasions several romantic misadventures, which leads her into deeper meanings of love and life
Stars: Romola Garai, Michael Gambon, Jonny Lee Miller, Jodhi May
Votes: 18,035
39. The Painted Veil (2006)
PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Romance
Dr Walter gets married to the beautiful Kitty but soon finds out that she is cheating on him. Battling his way through problems, he heads to China to fight a dreaded disease spread in a small village.
Director: John Curran | Stars: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Catherine An
Votes: 95,922 | Gross: $8.06M
40. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 67,106 | Gross: $9.03M
41. I Capture the Castle (2003)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and the fortunes of her eccentric family struggling to survive in a decaying English castle.
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Bill Nighy, Sophie Stuckey
Votes: 7,981 | Gross: $1.17M
42. Ghost of New Orleans (2011)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In post-Katrina New Orleans, a disgraced detective encounters the ghost of a murdered woman who wants to help him identify her killer.
Director: Predrag Antonijevic | Stars: Josh Lucas, Terrence Howard, Lake Bell, Sharon Leal
Votes: 1,084
43. Warcraft (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
As an Orc horde invades the planet Azeroth using a magic portal, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war.
Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper
Votes: 278,700 | Gross: $47.37M
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