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1. Impetigore (2019)
Not Rated | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A toll booth operator travels to her ancestral village in hopes of claiming an inheritance - until she discovers the unsettling truth about her past.
Director: Joko Anwar | Stars: Tara Basro, Ario Bayu, Marissa Anita, Christine Hakim
Votes: 7,335
2. Witchfinder General (1968)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror
A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.
Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 12,229
3. Piggy (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 106 min | Horror, Thriller
London, modern day: Joe, a mild mannered young man is bored by his life. When his beloved brother is murdered Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother's old friends. Piggy helps Joe to... See full summary »
Director: Kieron Hawkes | Stars: Ed Skrein, Paul Anderson, Martin Compston, Neil Maskell
Votes: 1,775
4. Love in Chains (2019–2023)
Drama, Romance
Katerina Verbitskaya grew up as a noble lady with her godmother Anna Chervinskaya. But everyone thinks that she was only Peter Chervinsky's property.
Stars: Olesya Zhurakivska, Katerina Kovalchuk, Mikhail Gavrilov, Fabiola Stevenson
Votes: 478
5. Barbarous Mexico (2014)
Not Rated | 114 min | Horror
Eight Mexican directors unite to bring tales of the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends to vividly shocking life.
Directors: Isaac Ezban, Laurette Flores Bornn, Jorge Michel Grau, Ulises Guzman, Edgar Nito, Lex Ortega, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Aaron Soto | Stars: Guillermo Villegas, Marco Zapata, Antonio Monroi, Fermín Ramírez
Votes: 1,042
6. Pee Mak (2013)
115 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
After serving in the war, Mak invites his four soldier friends to his home. Upon arrival they witness the village terrified of a ghost. The four friends hear rumors that the ghost is Mak's wife Nak. Based on Thai folklore.
Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun | Stars: Mario Maurer, Davika Hoorne, Nattapong Chartpong, Pongsatorn Jongwilas
Votes: 6,513
7. The Pool (III)
Horror | Pre-production
A pool party in a luxury cliff top house becomes a desperate fight for survival when the beloved family dog turns rabid.
Director: Johannes Roberts | Star: Bailee Madison
8. Swing Girls (2004)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up vitiating and replacing the schools brass band.
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Juri Ueno, Yûta Hiraoka, Shihori Kanjiya, Yuika Motokariya
Votes: 4,684
9. The Blob
Horror, Sci-Fi | Announced
When a band of miners uncover something hidden deep beneath the earth, they unwittingly unleash a hideous creature beyond imagination. Now the townsfolk must fight back, before it destroys everything.
Star: Samuel L. Jackson
10. Kang Mak
Comedy, Horror, Romance | Post-production
Director: Herwin Novianto | Stars: Vino G. Bastian, Marsha Timothy, Indro Warkop, Tora Sudiro
11. Spree (II) (2015)
70 min | Crime, Horror
Seeking fulfillment, a young drifter forgoes isolation to embark on a year-long murder spree.
Director: Henry Chastain | Stars: Connor Maginnis, Cyrus Westerlund, Noah Dean Davenport, Brett Fike
Votes: 99
12. Srabon Megher Din (1999)
150 min | Drama, Romance
The second movie directed by Humayun Ahmed. A village drama interweave around a charming girl, a folk singer, his love interest and the local aristocratic family's involvement, the movie provide with some beautiful songs.
Director: Humayun Ahmed | Stars: Meher Afroz Shaon, Mukti, Zahid Hasan, Mahfuz Ahmed
Votes: 2,703
13. Chlopi (1972– )
653 min | Drama
About the Boryna family and other villagers in the region of Mazovia in Poland at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries. The Borynas are farmers, and their son is expected to follow the family tradition.
Stars: Emilia Krakowska, Krystyna Królówna, Bronislaw Pawlik, Magdalena Wollejko
Votes: 189
14. Bella Ciao (2021)
90 min | Documentary, Music
A 90-minute documentary film about the roots and rise of the most popular revolutionary song in the world.
Director: Andrea Vogt | Stars: Josefina Acevedo, Carole Amiel, Fausto Amodei, Stefano Arrighetti
Votes: 7
15. The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1981)
PG | 78 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary about the blacklisted folk group, "The Weavers," and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.
Director: Jim Brown | Stars: Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Arlo Guthrie
Votes: 221
16. Roda, tsanta & kopana no 3 (1984)
94 min | Comedy
Bilias and his band of misfits who have finally graduated, decide to retake the final year to finish school without fear or favour, much to the dismay of their poor instructors.
Director: Omiros Efstratiadis | Stars: Mimis Fotopoulos, Giannis Gionakis, Nikos Rizos, Giannis Vogiatzis
Votes: 348
17. Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp (2006)
75 min | Documentary, Music
Awake, My Soul is a documentary about the Sacred Harp tradition, kept alive by amateur shape-note singers in the rural South.
Directors: Erica Hinton, Matt Hinton | Stars: Jim Carnes, Judy Caudle, Richard DeLong, Carlene Griffin
Votes: 38
18. Song of the Tree (2018)
93 min | Action, Drama, History
The film tells about the life and tragedy of the Kyrgyz village, it focuses on simple young guy. Being expelled from his native village, he takes away the daughter of a local lord ("bai" in... See full summary »
Director: Aibek Daiyrbekov | Stars: Omurbek Izrailov, Temirlan Smanbekov, Saltanat Bakaeva, Jurduzbek Kaseivov
Votes: 72
20. Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America (2013)
90 min | Documentary, Music
Almost fifty years ago, when she was very young and unknown, Mercedes Sosa broke the mould by drafting, together with other four young artists, the so-called "Manifesto del Nuevo Cancionero... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigo H. Vila | Stars: Chico Buarque, Elba Bustelo, David Byrne, Luz Casenave
Votes: 120 | Gross: $0.00M
21. Sempre Dijous (2020)
70 min | Documentary
A round trip between Majorca and Barcelona. Between the majorcan old tunes and new sounds. Julia Colom has always lived between these two worlds. Accompanied by friends and family, she works on the publication of her first single.
Director: Joan Porcel | Stars: Pau Aulí, Júlia Colom, Lluís Garau, Llewelyn Graves
Votes: 13
22. My Neighbour Martika (2021)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Two neighbours in the housing blocks of Belgrade spark a friendship then a war as emotions and money take center stage. Based in part on the novel 'Poor Folk' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Director: László Mohácsi | Stars: Emma Bellamy, Jessica Racz
Votes: 17
23. The Soimaresti Clan (1965)
137 min | Adventure, Biography, History
Vying for Principality of Moldavia's throne the descendants of Prince Stephen the Great start a bloody civil war in 1612.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: George Calboreanu, Stefan Ciubotarasu, Colea Rautu, Dina Cocea
Votes: 201
25. SKODA Sonic Roots (2021– )
Adventure, Music
Amit Trivedi travels across India to connect with earthy Indian voices, traditions and stories to create inspired new songs.
Stars: Amit Trivedi, Madhan Karky, Nagesh Morwekar, Anthony Dasan
26. Sandy Denny: Under Review (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 114 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary, following Sandy Denny's musical career.
Stars: Gerry Conway, Sandy Denny, Patrick Humphries, Colin Irwin
27. A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (1988 Video)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Music
Folkways: A Vision Shared--A Tribute To Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly pays stunning tribute to two legends of folk and blues. Narrated by Robbie Robertson, this documentary features ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Brown | Stars: Bono, Bob Dylan, The Edge, Ahmet Ertegun
Votes: 44
28. The Mastodon (1975)
83 min | Drama
In 1946 Romania's oil rich regions are coveted by unscrupulous foreign oil companies and by the Communists who aim to nationalize Romania's oil industry.
Director: Virgil Calotescu | Stars: Zephi Alsec, Ion Anghel, Emil Botta, Toma Caragiu
Votes: 49
29. The Island of Doc Rowe
Documentary | Post-production
Doc Rowe has spent the last 60 years documenting the wyrd and wonderful folk customs of The British Isles; building up a vast collection of audio-visual recordings that represent an unique record of working-class vernacular culture.
Directors: Rob Curry, Tim Plester | Star: Doc Rowe
30. If Not for You (2019)
Documentary, Short
A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta's affinity with Dylan through interviews of notable Indian musicians who were inspired by him and drawing parallels between Dylan's body of work and the Baul tradition of Bengal.
Director: Vineet Arora | Stars: Miti Adhikari, Nondon Bagchi, Dibakar Das Baul, Susmit Bose
Votes: 17
31. Hey, Allison (2014)
3 min | Short, Music
A young artist struggling for inspiration finds it in an interesting place.
Director: Matt Schichter | Stars: Devan Christodoulou, Yitzy Holton-Hinshaw, Mike Lauder, Nicole Muñoz
32. Dziewce z ciortem (1976)
14 min | Short
The content of the ballad is the fate of village girl Kasia, who attended the inn too often, had dissolute lifestyle, and has killed three illegitimate children.
Director: Piotr Szulkin | Stars: Rozanna Bereza, Aleksander Ford
Votes: 33
33. Celtic Tides (1999 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary, History, Music
A mixture of interviews, performances and history of Celtic music.
Director: Mark Hall | Stars: Ian Benzie, Mary Black, Marie Breenan, John Allan Cameron
Votes: 10
34. Zeniac (1983 TV Movie)
72 min | Comedy
Director: Janusz Kidawa | Stars: Edward Kusztal, Janusz Pazdziorko, Zuzanna Ptak, Wladyslaw Pustelnik
Votes: 56
35. Brittney Grabill: Goodnight (2015 Video)
Short, Comedy, Music
Britt is getting ready for her Christmas party tonight, with the help of her best friends Ally and Jason. Britt is looking forward to her online date, Dan, stopping by at some point. During... See full summary »
Director: Lance Alcon | Stars: Laura Bradbury, Sabrina Carmen, Becca Coffey, Ella Demaine-Murray
36. La casa del árbol (2016)
5 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Molière is the son of a strict luthier who wants him to play a string instrument just like him. However, Molière has other plans and he'll do whatever it takes to finally play the music he loves.
Director: Adan Díaz de León R.
37. Scotch and Soda: The Kingston Trio Story
Biography | Announced
Story starts in Hawaii. Ends in Arizona 60 years later, when the last of The Kingston Trio, Bob Shane dies of Covid. Film focuses on 10 years they rode at the top of the music industry and the 50-year friendship of The Trio's 2 founders.
Directors: Mike Marvin, Chip Miller | Stars: Lindsey Buckingham, Mike Marvin, Chip Miller, Roger McGuinn
38. The Corrs: Runaway (1995 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Single debut of Irish band The Corrs, from their first album "Forgiven, Not Forgotten".
Director: Randee St. Nicholas | Stars: Andrea Corr, Caroline Corr, Jim Corr, Sharon Corr
Votes: 17
39. Tientos y Sayonaras (2006)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Several flamenco artists recall their experiences while traveling and performing Spanish music in Japan.
Director: Pablo Cantos | Stars: Jose Parra, La Repompa, Antonio de Canillas, Santiago Gonzalez
40. Yael Naim: New Soul (2008 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Promo for the single from the self-titled studio album. While she is unpacking in an empty apartment, Naim hangs a photographs in the walls and later she paints them, turning them for real.
Star: Yael Naim
41. Seven Night Stay
Drama | Announced
Two strangers, who couldn't be more different - a rising Americana folk-rock musician and a successful foreign business woman - share a romantic yet turbulent week together in Nashville.
Director: Casey Cross
42. Spider House (2008)
25 min | Short, Mystery
Ray Coombs and his mother, marginalized victims of a hazardous waste plant disaster, are renting out the basement of their distant relative's suburban neocolonial home. Ray sneaks about and... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Allen Wilson | Stars: Andrew Allen Wilson, Richard Wilson, Susan Wilson, Woodrow Wilson
43. La Perla del Mar (2013)
48 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Maria is the voice of the Canary Islands. At the age of 86 she is a force of nature and performs with jazz musicians half her age. What keeps her energy going? Why are our eyes filling up ... See full summary »
Director: Joachim Jung | Star: María Mérida
44. Nashville Unleashed (2014– )
22 min | Music
Nashville Unleashed is an American Television Concert Series, featuring professional songwriters from Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville Unleashed began its inaugural Television Season in ... See full summary »
45. The Disappointment: or, the Force of Credulity (2007)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
Director: Brian Springer | Stars: Paula Austin-Ghandehari, Howard Miller, Michael O'Brien, Jack Ray
46. Sulphur (2016)
Short, Thriller
Sulphur follows the descent of a young couple, falling into a rabbit hole of intoxication, pagan ritual and local hostility. As they lose each other, they also lose their grip on reality - ... See full summary »
Director: C.I. Smith | Stars: Toby Chown, Alex Harvey, Rakel Lindgren
Votes: 7
47. The Owl and the Lemming (2016)
3 min | Animation, Short, Family
In this traditional story, a young owl catches a lemming to eat, or does he?
Director: Roselynn Akulukjuk | Star: Celina Kalluk
48. Folclore (2020)
Documentary, Short
Through different rhythms of Colombian Folklore, this short documentary seeks to inquiries what do they all have in common.
Director: Juan Francisco Pérez Villalba | Stars: Danna Sofía Arias Rodríguez, Waira Beltrán Linares, Paula Alejandra Capera, Juan Diego Castañeda Quintero
49. Introduction: The Kennedy Era - Walter Cronkite (2004 Video)
3 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bob Dylan, John Glenn
50. Nobody Famous (2020)
68 min | Documentary
Set against the backdrop of a socially and politically volatile sixties, Nobody Famous traces the quick rise and steady fall of 60s folk/pop trio,The Pozo Seco Singers. Recounted through the current day lens of former member, Taylor Pie
Director: Elizabeth Ahlstrom | Stars: Jan Collins, Kathryn Harrison, Jerre Haskew, Ruby Lovett
Votes: 8