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1. Incendies (2010)
R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel
Votes: 200,467 | Gross: $6.86M
2. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 62,192 | Gross: $0.75M
3. The Science of Sleep (2006)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, Alain Chabat
Votes: 70,897 | Gross: $4.66M
4. The Border (1982)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
A corrupt border Agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates
Votes: 7,086 | Gross: $6.12M
5. East Side Sushi (2014)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An immigrant single mother disenfranchised by her regular life decides to take a chance working at a Japanese restaurant and realises her dreams to become a sushi chef to provide a better future to her family.
Director: Anthony Lucero | Stars: Diana Elizabeth Torres, Yutaka Takeuchi, Rodrigo Duarte Clark, Kaya Jade Aguirre
Votes: 4,585 | Gross: $3.50M
6. Dark Matter (I) (2007)
R | 88 min | Drama
Based on actual events, a Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics.
Director: Shi-Zheng Chen | Stars: Ye Liu, Aidan Quinn, Meryl Streep, Peng Chi
Votes: 3,658 | Gross: $0.03M
7. The Flame Trees of Thika (1981– )
Not Rated | 50 min | Biography, Drama
Elspeth (Holly Aird) and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth, as she encounters the incredible ... See full summary »
Stars: Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, Mick Chege
Votes: 454
8. Lilting (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his 4-year male lover, who grieve but don't speak a lick of each other's language.
Director: Hong Khaou | Stars: Pei-Pei Cheng, Ben Whishaw, Andrew Leung, Peter Bowles
Votes: 6,578 | Gross: $0.02M
9. The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1992)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
When superficial David meets Carrie in a Boston bar, he falls in love. She's not interested. She later falls for his charm. Friends observe and comment the relationship.
Director: Matthew Meshekoff | Stars: Arye Gross, Courteney Cox, Kevin Pollak, Julie Brown
Votes: 817 | Gross: $5.69M
10. Arranged (2007)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
ARRANGED centers on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn... See full summary »
Directors: Diane Crespo, Stefan C. Schaefer | Stars: Zoe Lister-Jones, Francis Benhamou, Mimi Lieber, John Rothman
Votes: 3,104 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Growing Up Smith (2015)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his family's ideals than ever before.
Director: Frank Lotito | Stars: Jason Lee, Anjul Nigam, Brighton Sharbino, Hilarie Burton Morgan
Votes: 1,430 | Gross: $0.01M
12. My Last Day Without You (2011)
TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
On a one-day business trip to New York, a young German business executive falls in love with a singer-songwriter who exposes him to her Brooklyn world and emotions he's never experienced before.
Director: Stefan C. Schaefer | Stars: Nicole Beharie, Reg E. Cathey, Robert Clohessy, Marlene Forte
Votes: 1,343
13. Golden Earrings (1947)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
On the eve of WW2, a British spy goes to Germany to obtain a secret poison-gas formula from a scientist but things go awry and he is saved by a beautiful nomadic gypsy woman.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich, Murvyn Vye, Bruce Lester
Votes: 1,275 | Gross: $7.00M
14. Heartbreaker (1983)
R | 90 min | Romance, Drama
Beto the leader of the car club "the golden knights" falls in love with Kim, but Hector also have an interest in Kim.
Director: Frank Zuniga | Stars: Fernando Allende, Dawn Dunlap, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Miguel Ferrer
Votes: 124
15. When Harry Tries to Marry (2011)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
An Indian-American guy surprises his family when he announces his desire for an arranged marriage with an Indian woman, though his affection for a longtime American friend complicates his plan.
Director: Nayan Padrai | Stars: Rahul Rai, Stefanie Estes, Freishia Bomanbehram, Osvaldo Hernandez
Votes: 685 | Gross: $0.04M
16. Sirens in the Aegean (2005)
115 min | Comedy
A group of Greek solders, who serve their military service in Kos, is sent to guard the skerry of Pitta. Everything looked normal until a Turkish boat disembarks 4 castaways on Pitta.
Director: Nicos Perakis | Stars: Yannis Tsimitselis, Yorgos Seitaridis, Ioannis Papazisis, Socratis Patsikas
Votes: 3,314
17. Sleepers (1991)
55 min | Comedy, Drama
Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been "lost." A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to ... See full summary »
Stars: Nigel Havers, Warren Clarke, David Calder, Michael Gough
Votes: 457
18. A Reasonable Man (1999)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With issues of his own, an ex-army officer-turned-lawyer defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Gavin Hood, Nigel Hawthorne, Janine Eser, Vusi Kunene
Votes: 428
19. In Jackson Heights (2015)
TV-MA | 190 min | Documentary
Jackson Heights, Queens is one of the most culturally diverse communities in the US where 167 languages are spoken. IN JACKSON HEIGHTS explores the conflict between maintaining ties to old traditions and adapting to American values.
Director: Frederick Wiseman | Star: Laura Obiols
Votes: 728 | Gross: $0.05M
20. Simba (1955)
Not Rated | 99 min | Adventure, Drama
A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Virginia McKenna, Basil Sydney, Donald Sinden
Votes: 469
21. Bulutlari Beklerken (2004)
90 min | Drama
Ayse/Eleni who is a member of a Greek family in Turkey is forced to immigrate from Trabzon to Mersin in her early ages. However, the events that happen cause her to face her own past.
Director: Yesim Ustaoglu | Stars: Rüçhan Çaliskur, Ridvan Yagci, Dimitris Kaberidis, Ismail Baysan
Votes: 970
22. Tokyo Cowboy (1994)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
No Ogawa, a young Japanese man, loves American western movies. What little English he does know he learned from these movies. When he is fired from his latest job at a fast food restaurant,... See full summary »
Director: Kathy Garneau | Stars: Anna Ferguson, Sharon Heath, Christianne Hirt, Hiromoto Ida
Votes: 117
23. Balalayka (2000)
116 min | Drama
On a misty morning, an old bus leaves Batum to go to Istanbul. As the bus stops at various places on the way, Russian women of all ages and professions, each with a unique tale, board. In ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Özgentürk | Stars: Ugur Yücel, Cem Davran, Yekaterina Rednikova, Ercan Yazgan
Votes: 982
24. Sam & Me (1991)
R | 94 min | Drama
23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Ranjit Chowdhry, Peter Boretski, Om Puri, Heath Lamberts
Votes: 140
25. The Third Wave (2007)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Four volunteers travel to Peraliya, Sri Lanka after the devastating 2004 tsunami, and their planned two-week trip becomes a year of heartbreak and rebirth.
Director: Alison Thompson | Stars: A.P. Darmedesa, Bruce French, Oscar Gubernati, Donny Paterson
Votes: 271
26. Las cartas de Alou (1990)
100 min | Drama
Alou, an illegal African inmigrant, send letters to his parents talking about his new life in Spain.
Director: Montxo Armendáriz | Stars: Mulie Jarju, Eulàlia Ramon, Ahmed El-Maaroufi, Akonio Dolo
Votes: 260
27. On My Mother's Path (2016)
93 min | Drama
Anam Wagner, a bisexual Belgium-based writer, comes back to his hometown where he has a hard time coping with his family's checkered past.
Director: Ian Hansen | Stars: André Schneider, Thomas Laroppe, Alexandre Vallès, Andreas Adam
Votes: 38
28. Postales (2010)
Not Rated | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
"Postales" (Postcards) is a multicultural story of innocence and understanding despite the barriers of language, poverty, cultural confusion and a rapidly globalizing world. In the streets ... See full summary »
Director: Josh Hyde | Stars: Guimel Soria Martinez, Nadia Alexander, Alan Cuba, Megan Tusing
Votes: 36
29. Dar-Badar
45 min | Drama | Completed
Dar-Badar is a human story of displacement, refuge, dreams, reality, success, failure, resilience, challenges, co-incidences and life altering experiences. Dar-Badar is a Farsi and Urdu ... See full summary »
Director: Rohit Khaitan | Stars: Chandan Roy Sanyal, Madhur Bhandarkar, Nidhi Joshi, Shoaib Lodin
30. Flames of Fury (2019)
105 min | Drama
A woman strong enough to take charge of a major corporation when her husband backs away, must nevertheless face an even greater challenge when she is forced to come to terms with the ... See full summary »
Director: Gloria Yazdani | Stars: Gloria Yazdani, Sean C. Dwyer, Bianca Chelu, Jimmy Limb
31. Yellow Asphalt (2000)
87 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories set among the Bedouin of Jahalin in the hills of the Judean desert. On an almost deserted highway, two Israeli truckers strike a Bedouin lad accidentally. Before they can flee... See full summary »
Director: Dan Verete | Stars: Moshe Ivgy, Motti Katz, Raida Adon, Tatjana Blacher
Votes: 158 | Gross: $0.01M
32. Brothers and Sisters (1997)
82 min | Drama
Erol, Ahmed and Leyla live with their Turkish father and German mother in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Erol, a petty criminal, will save the family honor by completing his military service in Turkey. However, he must first confront his loan shark.
Director: Thomas Arslan | Stars: Tamer Yigit, Kool Savas, Serpil Turhan, Hildegard Lena Kuhlenberg
Votes: 201
33. Des marelles et des petites filles (1999)
52 min | Documentary
Hopscotch is universal. Girls around the world trace squares on the ground, then hop through them, trying hard to reach the end. Girls share other interests too; they all like to talk about... See full summary »
Director: Marquise Lepage | Stars: Archana Anand, Aminatou Bandé, Patralkha Chaterjee, Isabelle Chen
Votes: 18
34. Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific with James Fox (2018)
59 min | Documentary, History
Art Historian James Fox explores how colonial explorers devastated the indigenous communities of Southwest Pacific, while also introducing the world to aboriginal art and culture.
Stars: James Fox, Alfred Nayinggul, Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp, Hinano Murphy
Votes: 36
35. Beijing Herbs (2000)
98 min | Drama
This family tale spans three generations of Chinese trying to understand and come to terms with life's changes. Middlesome relatives stir up a storm. The old and the young find themselves ... See full summary »
Director: Yinnan Ding | Stars: Zhixia Wang, Xu Zhu
Votes: 10
36. Tap World (2015)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, History, Music
About ten years ago, a group of us produced a fourteen-minute short film, 'Tap Heat', which film contrasted the traditional tap with the contemporary, as it's being created and performed by... See full summary »
Director: Dean Hargrove | Stars: Jason Samuels Smith, Joshua Johnson, Ivery Wheeler, Ted Louis Levy
Votes: 57 | Gross: $0.02M
37. Keep Stepping (2022)
90 min | Documentary
Competitive street dance is a multi-million-dollar global industry. Competitors dedicate their lives to winning, pushing themselves to the brink physically, mentally and in many cases ... See full summary »
Director: Luke Cornish
Votes: 13
38. Alma gitana (1996)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A young man who wants to become a professional dancer falls in love with a gypsy girl and gets in conflict with her totally different cultural background. But love can overcome these ... See full summary »
Director: Chus Gutiérrez | Stars: Amara Carmona, Pedro Alonso, Peret, Rafael Álvarez 'El Brujo'
Votes: 120
39. The Ballad of Bering Strait (2003)
TV-G | 98 min | Documentary, Music
"The Ballad of Bering Strait" is a cinema-verite film following seven Russian teenagers who have come to America to become country music stars. Principle photography began in July 1999 when... See full summary »
Director: Nina Gilden Seavey | Stars: Alexei Arzamastsev, Natasha Borzilova, Andrei Missikhin, Sergei 'Spooky' Olkhovsky
Votes: 37
40. Saïd (1998)
100 min | Drama
Saïd is convinced that life in Europe will be wonderful. The small boat in which he crosses the strait of Gibraltar is the first thing that disappoints him, and when he arrives in Barcelona... See full summary »
Director: Llorenç Soler | Stars: Noufal Lhafi, Núria Prims, Marouane Mribti, Mercedes Sampietro
Votes: 75
41. Modra (2010)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The story of two teenagers who discover themselves - and one another - on a week long summer trip to Slovakia.
Director: Ingrid Veninger | Stars: Hallie Switzer, Hugh Mater, Alexander Gammal, Cyril Dugovic
Votes: 139
42. Domino (2011– )
2 min | Short, Comedy
Stars: Laurence Joseph, Laurent Tanguy, Olivier Boisel, Dominik Bernard
43. If Only I Were an Indian... (1995)
81 min | Documentary
Three Native Americans travel to the Czech Republic to visit residents there who are imitating traditional Native American tribal ways.
Director: John Paskievich | Star: John Paskievich
Votes: 25
44. Caasha (2005 TV Movie)
55 min | Drama
Director: Lotta Kupiainen | Stars: Arttu Kapulainen, Anab Egal, Leea Klemola, Oskari Ritola
Votes: 76
45. Layla and David
Comedy, Drama, Romance | Announced
In Paris sparks fly when the French Jewish host of TV "Sex and Happiness" falls in love with a stunning, sensual dancer, only to learn she's a Muslim immigrant.
Director: J.J. Alani
46. R.S.V.P
Drama, Romance | Filming
Undeterred by his recent divorce a middle-aged Indian man resorts to online dating in the search for his true love but gets far more than he bargained for. Drawn on the shards of memories ... See full summary »
Director: Sanjeev Mehra | Stars: Bonnie Ferguson, Carma Sharon, Mohit Kumar, Sanjeev Mehra
47. Endure: East Africa
Documentary | Pre-production
The second installment of the "Endure" documentary series, this film follows Jay Denton as he travels to Uganda and South Sudan in order to produce a cross-cultural album between artists in the US and artists who were once child-soldiers
Director: Jake Green | Star: Jay Denton
48. Lillian (1993)
82 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
This documentary-style film follows a day in the life of Lillian Folley, a loving caretaker of children and the elderly. This is the only life that Lillian knows, and we are shown a small ... See full summary »
Director: David D. Williams | Stars: Lillian Folley, Wilhamenia Dickens, Ricky Green, Steve Pérez
Votes: 37
49. Nonfat (1998)
29 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Director: Greg Seton | Stars: Catherine Odegard, Woong-ki Min, Charles Rahi Chun, Barry Martin
50. Choosing Love, Judging Love (2004)
16 min | Drama, Short
Choosing love, Judging Long is the story of how the love of two people affects their relationships with the other around them. The love Rosemary chose as a young lady has forced her to live... See full summary »
Director: Seong Kang | Stars: Carol T. Biaggi, Jen Boggs, Al Katkowsky, Michael Soriano