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1. Into the Wild (2007)
R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 658,356 | Gross: $18.35M
2. Up in Smoke (1978)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Music
Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail.
Directors: Lou Adler, Tommy Chong | Stars: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Strother Martin, Edie Adams
Votes: 40,926 | Gross: $44.36M
3. Bridge of Spies (2015)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, History, Thriller
During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan
Votes: 327,845 | Gross: $72.31M
4. Body of Lies (2008)
R | 128 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Votes: 239,606 | Gross: $39.39M
5. The Living Daylights (1987)
PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond is sent to investigate a KGB policy to kill all enemy spies, and uncovers an arms deal that potentially has major global ramifications.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker
Votes: 105,881 | Gross: $51.19M
6. Gotcha! (1985)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
Jonathan plays Gotcha with fellow college students, testing ability as assassin or mark, using paintball guns on campus. He flies to Paris on vacation and, with a woman taking his virginity, on to Berlin, where the game/ammo gets real.
Director: Jeff Kanew | Stars: Anthony Edwards, Linda Fiorentino, Jsu Garcia, Alex Rocco
Votes: 9,476 | Gross: $10.81M
7. Phoenix (II) (2014)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, History, Music
After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret singer has her disfigured face reconstructed and returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out her gentile husband, who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Trystan Pütter
Votes: 20,672
8. Kompromat (2022)
127 min | Drama, Thriller
A French diplomat must escape an FSB plot in Siberia.
Director: Jérôme Salle | Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Joanna Kulig, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Michael Gor
Votes: 2,567
9. Sun Alley (1999)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of kids grows up on the east side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West Germany. The antics of the people on Sonnenallee all show the absurdity of their everyday life.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Robert Stadlober, Teresa Weißbach
Votes: 7,263
10. The Intruder (2004)
Unrated | 130 min | Drama
An emotionally cold man leaves the safety of his Alpine home to seek a heart transplant and an estranged son.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Yekaterina Golubeva, Bambou
Votes: 2,146 | Gross: $0.04M
11. The Present (2020)
24 min | Short, Drama
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?
Director: Farah Nabulsi | Stars: Saleh Bakri, Maryam Kanj, Mariam Basha, Ameer Khlawe
Votes: 3,965
12. Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An American government hitman on the run, makes a pact with two travellers to help him disappear into the Mexican jungle.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Scott Glenn, Craig Wasson, Giovanna Zacarías, Harvey Keitel
Votes: 1,022
13. Pazar - Bir Ticaret Masali (2008)
93 min | Drama
A Turkish small time black marketeer wants to enter the cell phone business. To get enough money, he promises the local doctor to get medicine for sick children.
Director: Ben Hopkins | Stars: Tayanç Ayaydin, Genco Erkal, Senay Aydin, Hakan Sahin
Votes: 1,243
14. Border Security: Canada's Front Line (2012– )
Reality-TV
Follow the work of the men and women who protect Canada's borders.
Stars: Corey Feldman, Jeff Cole, Jeff Cole
Votes: 385
15. Puckoon (2002)
82 min | Comedy
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
Director: Terence Ryan | Stars: Sean Hughes, Elliott Gould, Daragh O'Malley, John Lynch
Votes: 392
16. Syrian Bride (2004)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the... See full summary »
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhom
Votes: 3,479 | Gross: $0.38M
17. The Legend of Rita (2000)
103 min | Drama, History, Romance
The riveting true story of Rita Vogt, a 1970s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, until it unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Bibiana Beglau, Richard Kropf, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl
Votes: 2,469 | Gross: $0.67M
18. Singing the Blues in Red (1986)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Music
A singer swaps the political intimidation of working in East Germany for the equally controlling capitalist music industry in the West.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Sigfrit Steiner, Cristine Rose
Votes: 569
19. Las Acacias (2011)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
Reluctantly, a dour long-distance truck driver agrees to give a lift to a Paraguayan single mother and her five-month-old daughter to Buenos Aires. Can the palpable silence soften up the taciturn trucker's sullen heart?
Director: Pablo Giorgelli | Stars: Germán De Silva, Hebe Duarte, Nayra Calle Mamani, Matilde Jazmín Mamani
Votes: 2,454
20. Papers, Please: The Short Film (2018)
11 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
An official adaptation of the award winning game "Papers, Please" by Lucas Pope.
Director: Nikita Ordynskiy | Stars: Igor Savochkin, Evgeni Tokarev, Viktoriya Tsygankova, Dmitry Lysenko
Votes: 1,350
21. Westler (1985)
94 min | Drama
Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationship going by regular visits from Felix, but the curfew forces him to return every evening.... See full summary »
Director: Wieland Speck | Stars: Sigurd Rachman, Rainer Strecker, Andy Lucas, Frank Rediess
Votes: 433
22. Bornholmer Straße (2014 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A comic look at the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989, told from the point of view of the German border guards at the checkpoint where it all started.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Charly Hübner, Milan Peschel, Ulrich Matthes, Rainer Bock
Votes: 870
23. Up and Down (2004)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
The discovery of an abandoned child by two smugglers kicks into a gear a series of tragic, comic events.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Petr Forman, Emília Vásáryová, Jan Tríska, Jirí Machácek
Votes: 1,986 | Gross: $0.24M
24. The Sentinel (1992)
139 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A medical student returning to France finds himself mixed up in a dark affair of espionage between the Eastern and Western blocs, involving agents of the DGSE (French foreign intelligence service).
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard, Valérie Dréville
Votes: 910 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Mata Hari, agent H21 (1964)
98 min | Drama, History, Romance
The Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is accused of spying for Germany during the First World War.
Director: Jean-Louis Richard | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Rich, Henri Garcin
Votes: 471
26. Why? (1971)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
The surveyor Giuseppe Di Noi experiments the troubles of the Italian Justice System of the '70s while back in Italy for a vacation.
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Elga Andersen, Lino Banfi, Andrea Aureli
Votes: 1,012
27. The Miracle of Berlin (2008 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, War
A TV movie that follows an East Berlin family torn by political strife and the fast-changing events that led to the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989.
Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Kostja Ullmann, Karoline Herfurth, Veronica Ferres, Heino Ferch
Votes: 497
28. Taxi, Trailer and Corrida (1958)
86 min | Comedy
A chaotic family go on holiday to Spain and get mixed up with a gang of diamond thieves
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Louis de Funès, Raymond Bussières, Annette Poivre, Guy Bertil
Votes: 773
29. The Man on the Wall (1982)
105 min | Drama
An East German man finds a way to cross the border between East and West Berlin. But when he succeeds in bringing his wife out as well, things are not quite as expected.
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Julie Carmen, Towje Kleiner, Patricia von Miseroni
Votes: 83
30. Raja 1918 (2007)
114 min | Drama, History, Romance
"Raja 1918", also known as "The Border", is a Finnish war drama film directed by Lauri Törhönen set in the immediate aftermath of the Finnish Civil War of 1918. It is spring of 1918. A ... See full summary »
Director: Lauri Törhönen | Stars: Martin Bahne, Minna Haapkylä, Tommi Korpela, Leonid Mozgovoy
Votes: 993
31. Valkanizater (1997)
97 min | Comedy
Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.
Director: Sotiris Goritsas | Stars: Gerasimos Skiadaressis, Stelios Mainas, Katharina Zapatka, Giota Festa
Votes: 904
32. Aisheen (Still Alive in Gaza) (2010)
86 min | Documentary, Family
Through encounters in these otherwise ordinary places (but places that, here, take on another meaning), the film portrays a different Gaza. Poetic, surreal at times. "Aisheen" is a tribute to life.
Director: Nicolas Wadimoff
Votes: 65
33. Wir Kellerkinder (1960)
86 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A camera team is desperately searching for swastika graffiti. Finally they find a man willing to paint one -- on the window of his fathers nightclub. And he tells them also, how his father ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Bellenbaum | Stars: Wolfgang Neuss, Karin Baal, Ingrid van Bergen, Jo Herbst
Votes: 149
34. Dragan Wende - West Berlin (2012)
87 min | Documentary
Dragan Wende has lived in Berlin since the 1970s and has seen the city change throughout the years. His nephew comes to live with him and Dragan remembers the "good old days" he lived as a Yugoslavian immigrant in the divided city.
Directors: Lena Müller, Dragan von Petrovic | Stars: Rolf Eden, Dragan Wende
Votes: 160
35. Failure to Obey (2015 Video)
55 min | Documentary
The story of Pastor Steven L. Anderson who was beaten and tasered for refusing a warrant-less search of his car at a border patrol checkpoint.
Director: Steven L. Anderson | Stars: Steven L. Anderson, Wolf Blitzer, Domonique Davis, Steve Filmer
Votes: 33
36. Angel Town (2015)
Short, Adventure, Fantasy
An adventurer frequents Transcarpatia, to discover the mysterious reason of attraction to this picturesque place. Followed by its Angel, this time he visits town of Tyachiv and his own past. Or is it just a dream?
Director: Vyacheslav Bihun | Stars: Yevheniya Bobrushko, Shaun Williams, Tetyana Sinyo, Andriy Alechko
Votes: 113
37. Abusive Border Patrol Agents w/Nun Chucks at NM Checkpoint (2009 Video)
28 min | Short
Star: Steven L. Anderson
38. Pastor Anderson Full Trial: Border Patrol Checkpoint (2010– )
Reality-TV
Star: Steven L. Anderson
Votes: 10
39. Kavanot Tovot (2008)
60 min | Drama
A film producer, recovering from cancer (Noa) drags her ex-husband (Yoni) into an adventurous experience. They try to bring together, to a reality cooking show, two Woman Chefs - an Israeli... See full summary »
Stars: Orna Pitussi, Clara Khoury, Tzahi Grad, Amnon Wolf
40. World's Busiest Border Crossing (2013 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary
The San Ysidro border crossing between Mexico and the United States is the world's busiest border crossing and handles 125,000 people per day. This show highlights some of the difficulties operating such a busy crossing.
Director: Eoin O'Shea | Stars: Eric Meyers, Frank Jaramillo
Votes: 10
41. Autobahn Ost (2004)
95 min | Documentary
Documentary about the East German Autobahn and what they tell about the history of the once divided country.
Director: Gerd Kroske | Stars: Hans-Dieter Behrendt, Bertoldt Flessa, Waldemar Gromzig, Siegfried Kasper
Votes: 11
43.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Transit ins Jenseits
(1976)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Günter Gräwert | Stars: Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Götz George, Gisela Dreyer, Angelika Bender
Votes: 75
44.
Cannonball (1958–1959)
Episode:
The Iron Lung
(1958)
Adventure, Drama
Mike and Jerry are contracted to deliver a desperately needed iron lung to a polio patient.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Paul Birch, William Campbell, Beth Lockerbie, Howard Milsom
45.
Bob Gratton, ma vie/My Life (2007–2009)
Episode:
Lune de fiel
(2008)
30 min | Comedy
Bob and his new flame Maggy go on a RV trip to the USA. Méo is in charge of the garage, and the workmates don't like it.
Director: Sylvain Archambault | Stars: Julien Poulin, Yves Trudel, Pierre-Paul Alain, Yvan Benoît
46.
Johnny Midnight (1960)
Episode:
Schatzi
(1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Johnny goes south of the border to help an imprisoned friend and is fast embroiled in danger and enchanted by saloon singer Schatzi.
Director: John English | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Gale Robbins, Herbert Patterson, Carol Veazie
47.
Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode:
New Deal
(2013)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Michael must deal with a terrorist who recruits him to steal hardware from the Department of Defense. Sam and Jesse discover Michael's life might be in danger.
Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Coby Bell, Bruce Campbell
Votes: 467
48.
The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode:
The Fall of the Berlin Wall - 1989
(2023)
Documentary, History
In 1989, the Berlin Wall was knocked down. The Soviet Union begins to come apart.
Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Paul Maddrell, Adam Roberts, Richard John Evans, Hope M. Harrison
49.
The Aliens (2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2016)
TV-MA | 47 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Lewis - a border guard manning the checkpoint of the alien ghetto known as Troy, has his life thrown into chaos after a chance meeting with Lilyhot - the webcam girl he has been lusting after.
Director: Jonathan van Tulleken | Stars: Michael Socha, Jim Howick, Michaela Coel, Ashley Walters
Votes: 139
50.
Deutschland 86 (2018)
Episode:
Chickenfeed
(2018)
TV-MA | 46 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Martin is finally able to return to the East and see his son for the first time.
Director: Arne Feldhusen | Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 232