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1. 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: 770,433 | Gross: $100.55M
2. Prometheus (I) (2012)
R | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Following clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron
Votes: 643,953 | Gross: $126.48M
3. My Fair Lady (1964)
G | 170 min | Drama, Family, Musical
In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Votes: 101,790 | Gross: $72.00M
4. The Great Debaters (2007)
PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.
Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker
Votes: 62,843 | Gross: $30.23M
5. Spinning Man (2018)
R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A happily married professor, known for having many affairs with students, becomes the prime suspect when a young woman has gone missing.
Director: Simon Kaijser | Stars: Guy Pearce, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Alexandra Shipp
Votes: 12,856
6. Youth Without Youth (2007)
R | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in World War II Europe, a professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, André Hennicke
Votes: 14,171 | Gross: $0.24M
7. The Interpreter (2005)
PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen
Votes: 110,910 | Gross: $72.71M
8. Pygmalion (1938)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.
Directors: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard | Stars: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr
Votes: 9,659 | Gross: $3.05M
9. Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the actual events of one of the most horrific cases of child abuse ever to be documented, this haunting drama tells the tale of a young girl that was locked in a room for over 12 years.
Director: Harry Bromley Davenport | Stars: Melissa Errico, Michael Lerner, Joe Regalbuto, Sean Young
Votes: 2,249
10. Sherman's March (1985)
Not Rated | 157 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee sets out to make a movie about Union General Sherman's March to the Sea towards the end of the American Civil War, but keeps getting sidetracked by his own love life.
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Ross McElwee, Dede McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr., Patricia Rendleman
Votes: 2,709
11. Camouflage (1977)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is a young professor who prefers the ... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul, Mariusz Dmochowski
Votes: 1,730
12. Padre Padrone (1977)
Not Rated | 114 min | Biography, Drama
The son of a shepherd embarks in the quest of emancipating himself from a tough lifestyle that his condition and his father force on him.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Marcella Michelangeli, Fabrizio Forte
Votes: 4,363
13. Tree with Deep Roots (2011)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama
A series of murders occurred during the reign of King Sejong. As Kang Chae Yoon who is investigating these cases gets closer to the root of the truth, he finds himself embroiled in a ... See full summary »
Stars: Ahn Suk-hwan, Yeo Jin-goo, Lee Soo-hyuk, Cho Jin-woong
Votes: 602
14. Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Michel Gondry, Richard Feynman, Michèle Oshima
Votes: 3,678 | Gross: $0.13M
15. Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
Not Rated | 167 min | Documentary, Biography, War
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
Directors: Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Mark Achbar, Karin Aguilar-San Juan, Paul Andrews
Votes: 4,936
16. Project Nim (2011)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary
Tells the story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s.
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Nim Chimpsky, Stephanie LaFarge, Herbert Terrace, Wer LaFarge
Votes: 8,600 | Gross: $0.41M
17. Do I Sound Gay? (2014)
Unrated | 77 min | Documentary
A documentary about the stereotype of the gay voice.
Director: David Thorpe | Stars: David Thorpe, George Takei, Tim Gunn, David Sedaris
Votes: 2,051 | Gross: $0.06M
18. Joy of Learning (1969)
95 min | Drama
How do we learn? What do we know? Night after night, not long before dawn, two young adults, Patricia and Emile, meet on a sound stage to discuss learning, discourse, and the path to ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Votes: 1,164
19. We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân (2010)
PG | 82 min | Documentary, Biography, History
WE STILL LIVE HERE: As Nutayunean tells the amazing story of the return of the Wampanoag language, the first time a language with no Native speakers has been revived in this country. Four ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Makepeace | Stars: Jason Baird, Jessie Baird, Mae Alice Baird, Eva Blake
Votes: 59
20. The Ritchie Boys (2004)
90 min | Documentary, History, War
Holocaust survivors share their story of fleeing to the United States, joining the US Army, training in Military Intelligence, and returning to Europe to end Nazism by using their linguistic abilities.
Director: Christian Bauer | Stars: Michael Hanrahan, Werner Angress, Victor Brombert, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 264
21. The Dig (1995 Video Game)
K-A | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three humans trapped on a distant planet discover its deadly secret which could be their undoing.
Director: Sean Clark | Stars: Robert Patrick, Mari Weiss, Steve Blum, Leilani Jones
Votes: 980
22. Breaking the Maya Code (2008)
TV-G | 116 min | Documentary, Mystery
The complex and beautiful hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya was until recently one of the last great untranslated writing systems. Based on the best-selling book by Michael Coe, ... See full summary »
Director: David Lebrun | Stars: Michael D. Coe, Ian Graham, Nikolai Grube, Peter Mathews
Votes: 333
23. Do You Speak American? (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 168 min | Documentary
Journalist Robert MacNeil travels across the USA to observe the current state of the spoken American English language.
Director: William Cran | Stars: Robert MacNeil, Orlagh Cassidy, Tom Ammiano, Kirk Arnott
Votes: 81
24. Journey of Man (2003 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
Traces the expansion of the human race from central Africa to Asia to the edge of South America.
Director: Clive Maltby | Stars: William H. Calvin, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Nina Jablonski, Richard Klein
Votes: 240
25. In Custody (1994)
PG | 126 min | Comedy, Drama
A poet of Urdu fame is struggling with his legacy while an aspiring poet and historian comes to document him like never before and in return becomes custodian of the great poets last verses.
Director: Ismail Merchant | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Sushma Seth
Votes: 399 | Gross: $0.09M
26. Sentinels of Silence (1971)
G | 18 min | Documentary, Short
An 18-minute helicopter-based aerial visit across the archaeological ruins in Mexico.
Director: Robert Amram | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Orson Welles
Votes: 178
27. Rune (2006)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
When a linguist looks to use the artifact she discovered to improve humanity, a band that includes art collectors, criminals, and government agents try to stop her.
Directors: Seth Kenlon, Arayna Thomas | Stars: Natasha Atalla, Tony Black, Medea Bonesteel, Norman Bonesteel
Votes: 68
28. Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor (2004 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew is invited to an old manor in England to figure out why the woman living there has been acting strangely.
Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Amy Broomhall, Conni Ellern, Jenn Ruzumna
Votes: 125
29. Fry's Planet Word (2011– )
60 min | Documentary
Fry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.
Stars: Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Steven Pinker, Robert McCrum
Votes: 331
30. On Top of the Whale (1982)
90 min | Fantasy, Mystery
A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia to study the last speakers of a dying ... See full summary »
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Jean Badin, Fernando Bordeu, Herbert Curiel
Votes: 251
31. The Adventure of English (2002– )
65 min | Documentary
The history of the English language.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Michael Cronin, David Gwillim, Mark Saban
Votes: 238
32. The Chinese Room (2008)
Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Nathan Rulf | Stars: J.J. Gould, Kevyn Settle, Timothy Aldrich, Kelly Manion
Votes: 28
33. Scorpio Martianus (2009– )
Documentary
Educational content about classical linguistics presented entirely in spoken Classical Latin and Ancient Greek.
Star: Luke Amadeus Ranieri
34. Dreaming of Words (2021)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
Njattyela Sreedharan, a fourth standard drop-out, compiles a dictionary connecting four major Dravidian languages. Travelling across four states and doing extensive research, he spent ... See full summary »
Director: Nandan | Stars: Njattyela Sreedharan, P.K. Pokker, K.P. Mohanan, Seetharam Master
35. Talking Black in America (2017)
66 min | Documentary, History
Talking Black in America reveals the incredible impact that the most controversial and misunderstood language variety in the history of American English has had on American life and language.
Directors: Danica Cullinan, Neal Hutcheson | Star: Quest MCODY
Votes: 21
36. Trip (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
Dani, Yumi, Ovidiu, Ada and Cristi are youths addicted to one another, yet intent on escaping the pressure of their interconnectedness and frustrating realities by performing mind trips ... See full summary »
Director: Florina Titz | Stars: Marian Adochitei, Laura Iancu, Lana Moscaliuc, Dragos Stefan
Votes: 50
38. DNA vs. the Book of Mormon (2003 Video)
49 min | Documentary, History
Fundamental historical claims of the Book of Mormon are challenged by new genetic research.
Directors: Joel P. Kramer, Jeremy Reyes | Stars: John McLaughlin, Thomas W. Murphy, Denis O'Rourke, Randall Shortridge
Votes: 73
39. Ciao Babylon (2017)
52 min | Documentary
«Ciao Babylon» takes us to New York where Dan Kaufman is committed to preserve endangered languages. The film also follows Giancarlo Malchiodi from Brooklyn to the Swiss Alps on his way to ... See full summary »
Directors: Kurt Reinhard, Christoph Schreiber | Stars: Amalia Malchiodi, Giancarlo Malchiodi
40. Linguas cruzadas (2007)
50 min | Documentary
Directors: Mónica Ares, María Yáñez | Stars: María Seijo, Tania, Naír, The Homens
41. All Güt Things: The Life and Death of Texas German (2019)
Documentary
Texas German, a unique dialect developed in Central Texas, was once a thriving language with over 110,000 dominant speakers during its peak in the early 20th century. Today it's on the ... See full summary »
Director: Chase Honaker | Stars: Hans Boas, Luke Lindemann
42. The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon (2005 Video)
65 min | Documentary, History
When the Bible and the Book of Mormon are tested for authenticity, which one will pass the test?
Directors: Scott R. Johnson, Joel P. Kramer | Stars: Joel P. Kramer, Scott R. Johnson, Cliff Gregory, Thomas W. Murphy
Votes: 57
43. Grammar Nazi Killer (2019)
10 min | Short, Horror
"A scholarly psychotic axe-wielding professor teaches three social media-obsessed teens that poor grammar and pitiful spelling can have deadly consequences".
Director: Daniel Domaschenz | Stars: Daniel Evans, Rhiannon Haynes, William Krawczuk, Zane Menegazzo
44. Where Did English Come From? (2015)
5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Patrick Smith | Star: Addison Anderson
45. The Age of Redefinition (2017 Video)
10 min | Short, News, Talk-Show
Political language should be clear and precise, says Vernaculis, but that is practically an oxymoron.
Star: Vernaculis
46. Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the 70's Generation (1999)
76 min | Documentary, History
Several Canadians discuss how Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau affected them in the 1970's, in particular, his efforts to create a bilingual Canada.
Director: Catherine Annau | Stars: Evan Adams, John Duffy, Doug Garson, André Gobeil
Votes: 123
48. Misleading Words: 'Anti Fascists', 'Patriot Act', Etc; Reality Manipulation (2017 Video)
19 min | Short, Talk-Show
Styx explains the power of linguistics to manipulate the masses.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666