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1. The Garden of Words (2013)
TV-14 | 46 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Gou Maeda
Votes: 52,571
2. The War of the Worlds (1953)
G | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite
Votes: 38,536 | Gross: $4.36M
3. The War (1994)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, History, War
A Vietnam veteran helps his kids battle over a tree house while recovering from his traumatic war experience.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Elijah Wood, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham, Lexi Randall
Votes: 13,554 | Gross: $16.55M
4. It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Now middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger, and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential. Through it all, he talks about how much of his ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Ira Rubin, Sam DeFazio, Andrea Martin, Catherine Scorsese
Votes: 2,181
5. Manganinnie (1980)
90 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Aboriginal woman Manganinnie survives a Black Line raid which claims the life of her husband, Meenopeekameena.
Director: John Honey | Stars: Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, Anna Ralph, Phillip Hinton, Elaine Mangan
Votes: 187
6. Half Human (1958)
63 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Japanese villagers worship a monster and its son who live in an island cave. Some circus people hear about them, go to the island to capture the monster, and wind up shooting its son. Then the trouble starts.
Directors: Kenneth G. Crane, Ishirô Honda | Stars: John Carradine, Russell Thorson, Robert Karnes, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 460
7. Boy and Bicycle (1965)
27 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
A teenage boy plays truant from school, and spends the day riding around the town and the deserted beach on his bicycle, letting his mind wander as he imagines he is the only person in the world.
Director: Ridley Scott | Star: Tony Scott
Votes: 1,248
8. The Sensualist (1991 Video)
55 min | Animation, History, Romance
A man's erotic encounter with a courtesan in the 1700s.
Director: Yukio Abe | Stars: Masao Imanishi, Minori Matsushima, Ichirô Nagai, Taeko Nakanishi
Votes: 139
9. A Story of Children and Film (2013)
106 min | Documentary, History
A Story of Children and Film is the world's first movie about kids in global cinema. It's passionate, poetic, portrait of the adventure of childhood: its surrealism, loneliness, fun, ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Ben, Laura
Votes: 712
10. Moshi koukou yakyuu no joshi manêjâ ga Dorakkâ no 'Manejimento' wo yondara (2011)
Animation, Drama, Sport
Minami joins her High School baseball team as a team manager after finding out that her best friend Yuuki is in the hospital and can't be a team manager any more. In order to try to fill in... See full summary »
Stars: Yôko Hikasa, Kana Hanazawa, Tetsuya Kakihara, Akio Suyama
Votes: 32
11. The Oval Portrait
Short, Drama, Horror | Pre-production
Director: Martin Horlacher | Stars: Martin Horlacher, Gareth James
12. Wind of Change
Short, Comedy, Drama | Pre-production
After suffering sexual harassment at work, a female office employee gets revenge on her attacker in the most fulfilling (and for him, embarrassing) way possible.
Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher
13. The Quiet (III) (2019)
10 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
When an astronaut ponders on the quietude of space, he comes upon a startling self-realisation. The truth is written in the stars, but what will he uncover?
Director: Radheya Jegatheva | Star: Jay Jay Jegathesan
Votes: 41
14. Imp of the Perverse (1973)
Short, Drama, Horror
Having a theory that "The Imp of the Perverse" causes people to commit acts against their self-interest, narrator of the story tries to explain a murder he did.
Director: Josh Becker | Star: Josh Becker
15. The Door in the Wall (1990)
19 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The hero of the film, Wallace, is trying to reconcile the dream of a world of beautiful souls and human relationships with the reality of a prosperous bourgeois.
Director: Boris Akulinichev | Stars: Natalya Romashenko, Vladimir Soshalsky, E. Zinkovskiy, Tatyana Sergeeva
Votes: 11
16. Georges Méliès: Cinema Magician (1978)
Not Rated | 21 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Documentary on Georges Méliès life and works.
Directors: Luciano Martinengo, Patrick Montgomery | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 110