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1. Before Sunrise (1995)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl

Votes: 339,449 | Gross: $5.54M

2. Falling Down (1993)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin

Votes: 206,740 | Gross: $40.90M

3. The Fugitive (1993)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore

Votes: 318,786 | Gross: $183.88M

4. On the Waterfront (1954)

Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger

Votes: 164,965 | Gross: $9.60M

5. Shazam! (2019)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A newly fostered young boy in search of his mother instead finds unexpected super powers and soon gains a powerful enemy.

Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer

Votes: 385,069 | Gross: $140.37M

6. Hair (1979)

PG | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden

Votes: 40,890 | Gross: $15.28M

7. Free Willy (1993)

PG | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson

Votes: 82,998 | Gross: $77.70M

8. The Fisher King (1991)

R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Adam Bryant, Paul Lombardi

Votes: 90,893 | Gross: $41.90M

9. Three Colors: White (1994)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr

Votes: 79,639 | Gross: $1.46M

10. Drillbit Taylor (2008)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully.

Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Owen Wilson, Josh Peck, Alex Frost, Nate Hartley

Votes: 62,417 | Gross: $32.85M

11. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

R | 102 min | Drama

While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.

Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson

Votes: 13,423

12. Postal (2007)

R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

In the ironically named city of Paradise, a loser teams up with his cult-leading uncle to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park. The recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far more sinister intent.

Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Zack Ward, David Foley, Verne Troyer, Chris Coppola

Votes: 24,114 | Gross: $18.01M

13. Charlie Says (2018)

R | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The tragic tale of an all-American girl who was transformed into a cold-blooded killer in the summer of 1969.

Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Hannah Murray, Matt Smith, Sosie Bacon, Marianne Rendón

Votes: 5,410 | Gross: $0.04M

14. White Man's Burden (1995)

R | 89 min | Drama, Thriller

In an alternative America where African-Americans and White Americans have reversed cultural roles, a white factory worker kidnaps a black factory owner for dismissing him over perceived disdain.

Director: Desmond Nakano | Stars: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Margaret Avery

Votes: 5,191 | Gross: $3.76M

15. Burden (I) (2018)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, History

When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy strives to keep the peace even as he urges the group's Grand Dragon to disavow his racist past.

Director: Andrew Heckler | Stars: Garrett Hedlund, Andrea Riseborough, Forest Whitaker, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 4,137

16. London to Brighton (2006)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Desperate to evade an angry pimp, a London prostitute and a young girl flee by train to Brighton after an appointment with a powerful client goes violently wrong.

Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris, Nathan Constance

Votes: 8,739

17. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2 (1996)

R | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Henry II picks up where the original (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) left off. Henry (Neil Giuntoli) takes a thankless job at a port-o-john company where he meets husband and wife, Kai... See full summary »

Director: Chuck Parello | Stars: Penelope Milford, Neil Giuntoli, Mike Houlihan, James Otis

Votes: 1,281

18. Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A 15-year-old girl runs away from home and arrives in Hollywood, but winds up becoming a prostitute to support herself and gets involved with a tough-talking pimp.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Eve Plumb, Leigh McCloskey, Lynn Carlin, William Schallert

Votes: 399

19. Trapped in a Purple Haze (2000 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

When a charismatic teenager falters under constant pressure from his parents and school, he makes a potentially deadly mistake, when he meets Molly, a carefree young woman who gets him to start using heroin, his world slowly falls apart.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Jonathan Jackson, JoBeth Williams, Carly Pope, Robin Dunne

Votes: 585

20. He Who Is Without Sin (2020)

74 min | Drama

A cautionary tale told in three contradicting accounts, this is a story of a broadcasting student who discovers the shady truth about the TV reporter he idolizes, a dignified newsman who is... See full summary »

Director: Jason Paul Laxamana | Stars: Elijah Canlas, Enzo Pineda, Pearl Lagman, Migs Campanilla

Votes: 394

21. Johns (1996)

R | 96 min | Drama, Romance

It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A., and he wants to spend that night and the next day at the posh Park Plaza ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Silver | Stars: David Arquette, Lukas Haas, Tony Epper, John C. McGinley

Votes: 1,820 | Gross: $0.05M

22. Lady Killer (1933)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay, Leslie Fenton

Votes: 1,885

23. Making a Living (1914)

G | 11 min | Short, Comedy

An out-of-work swindler takes a job as a reporter. After witnessing a car go over cliff, he grabs a rival reporter's camera and races to the newspaper office to enter the photo as his own. ... See full summary »

Director: Henry Lehrman | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Emma Clifton, Chester Conklin, Alice Davenport

Votes: 2,301

24. Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Drama

In the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, Edwin Phillips, Dorothy Coonan Wellman

Votes: 2,335

25. Three Little Pigskins (1934)

Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

The stooges are mistaken by a gangster for the "Three Horsemen of Boulder Dam", famous football players. Hired to play for his team, they blow the big game and get it in the end. Lucille Ball has a nice part as a gun moll.

Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lucille Ball

Votes: 1,079

26. Eighteen (2005)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama

On his eighteenth birthday, Pip receives his grandfather's Second World War memoirs on audio cassette, a gift that awakens the ghosts of the past.

Director: Richard Bell | Stars: Paul Anthony, Brendan Fletcher, Clarence Sponagle, Mark Hildreth

Votes: 665

27. The Toast of New York (1937)

Approved | 109 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Notorious robber baron financier Jim Fisk, who makes and loses fortunes, tries to corner the gold market as well as the heart of a beautiful actress.

Directors: Rowland V. Lee, Alexander Hall | Stars: Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie

Votes: 1,212

28. Ryan (2004)

TV-PG | 14 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

The movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s.

Director: Chris Landreth | Stars: Ryan Larkin, Chris Landreth, Felicity Fanjoy, Derek Lamb

Votes: 3,001

29. Confessions of a Superhero (2007)

R | 92 min | Documentary

Chronicles the lives of four mortal men and women who work as characters on the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard.

Director: Matthew Ogens | Stars: Christopher Lloyd Dennis, Maxwell Allen, Jennifer Wenger, Joe McQueen

Votes: 2,270

30. Revolution (1968)

Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, History, Music

A documentary that explores the counterculture of San Francisco in the mid-1960's. In HD.

Director: Jack O'Connell | Stars: Today Malone, Herb Caen, R.G. Davis, Louis Gottlieb

Votes: 222

31. The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jim Rockford tries to help his friend's son rise out of poverty and homelessness, but soon discovers the young man's problems are far more complicated than he imagined.

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: James Garner, Damian Chapa, Joe Santos, Maxwell Caulfield

Votes: 266

32. Believe in Me (1971)

R | 86 min | Drama

An intern (Michael Sarrazin) and his literary lover (Jacqueline Bisset) are consumed by their addictions to the drug called speed, methamphetamine.

Director: Stuart Hagmann | Stars: Michael Sarrazin, Jacqueline Bisset, Jon Cypher, Allen Garfield

Votes: 190

33. French Roast (2008)

TV-PG | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In a fancy Parisian Café, an uptight businessman discovers he forgot to bring his wallet and bides his time by ordering more coffee.

Director: Fabrice Joubert

Votes: 3,002

34. Tom White (2004)

106 min | Drama

An architect experiences a mental breakdown with life-changing results.

Director: Alkinos Tsilimidos | Stars: Colin Friels, Rachael Blake, Dan Spielman, Loene Carmen

Votes: 306

35. Jimmy Zip (1999)

R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An abused runaway with pyromaniac tendencies teams up with a metal sculptor. Together they blow away the art world and a local crime boss.

Director: Robert McGinley | Stars: Brendan Fletcher, Ike Gingrich, Rosemary Welden, Honey Lauren

Votes: 192

36. Ladies' Man (1947)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Musical

A boy from the country inherits $10 million, and decides to go to New York City to live it up.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Cass Daley, Virginia Welles, Spike Jones

Votes: 68

37. Rosie (1998)

97 min | Drama

In a juvenile lockup, a new ward answers questions: she's Rosie, 13, no parents, a sister Irene, a brother Michel. In flashbacks we find out what happened. She lives with Irene, who's 27, ... See full summary »

Director: Patrice Toye | Stars: Aranka Coppens, Sara de Roo, Dirk Roofthooft, Joost Wynant

Votes: 575 | Gross: $0.01M

38. Thoth (2002)

40 min | Documentary, Short, Music

Thoth is a street performer currently in New York. Thoth is an individual with a complicated life and background. Thoth plays on opera with a violin in a loincloth in Central Park. Thoth is.

Director: Sarah Kernochan | Stars: S.K. Thoth, Robert Janoff, Elayne Jones, George Kaufman

Votes: 243

39. Alter Egos (I) (2004)

52 min | Documentary, Biography

Explores the life and work of Ryan Larkin, as well as the making of Chris Landreth's short film Ryan (2004).

Director: Laurence Green | Stars: Felicity Fanjoy, Chris Landreth, Ryan Larkin, Tanya Tree

Votes: 152

40. The Big Timer (1932)

Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

An up-and-coming boxer (Ben Lyon) runs into problems when he takes on a female fight manager (Constance Cummings). Ben Lyon is once again playing with Tom Dugan; they co-starred in "The Hot... See full summary »

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings, Thelma Todd, Tom Dugan

Votes: 267

41. The Reinactors (2008)

Unrated | 96 min | Documentary

Filmmaker David J Markey interviews people who dress like their favourite movie characters on Hollywood Boulevard.

Director: David Markey | Stars: Gerard Christian Zacher, Christopher Lloyd Dennis, Michael A. Luce, Tiena Marie Johns

Votes: 135

42. I Want to Destroy America (2006)

Not Rated | 66 min | Documentary, Music

A touching documentary about the singular career of Hisao Shinagawa, a Japanese street musician who has refused to give up on his elusive dream of success and stardom, regardless of personal cost and the solitary reality of his life.

Director: Peter I. Chang | Star: Hisao Shinagawa

Votes: 13

43. Vermin (I) (2018)

7 min | Animation, Short, Drama

A rat poet, whose hopeful poetry contrasts the world in which he lives in, gets confronted with the harshness of a society bias towards mice.

Director: Jeremie Becquer | Stars: Marc Alexandre, Guillaume Bouchède, Dalia Constantin, Léonard Bismuth

Votes: 48

44. Grateful Gus (1958)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Crime

Grateful Gus, a happy-go-lucky panhandler, puts the touch on a bank executive who is hastily absconding with the bank's liquid assets. The banker gives Gus a ten-dollar bill, and Gus is so ... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Tendlar, Nick Tafuri | Stars: Jackson Beck, Maurice Gosfield

Votes: 21

45. The End of the Road (2001)

97 min | Documentary, Music

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Director: Brent Meeske | Stars: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Wavy Gravy, Mickey Hart

Votes: 21

46. Alison (II) (2015)

10 min | Short, Drama

While out shopping for her boyfriend's birthday, a woman impulse purchases an additional item with which she develops a unique relationship.

Director: Dylan Aucoin | Stars: Schoel Strang, Aaron Andreino, Alex Goyetche, Konstantin Iakovlev

47. Panhandler (2013)

25 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A struggling writer has a chance encounter with a mysterious man whose life story may provide the inspiration he finally needs. This film is based on a true story.

Directors: Kevin Horn, John Karsko | Stars: Nathan Tymoshuk, Kenneth Bingsley, Aaron Courteau, Gary David Keast

Votes: 24

48. The Naggers Go Rooting (1931)

Passed | 8 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

The nagging Norworths continue their ways when they go to a football game and husband Jack has to explain everything to wife Dorothy, who isn't that interested to begin with. They have a ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Jack Norworth, Dorothy Adelphi

49. Sign with the Problems (2015)

8 min | Documentary, Short

A deeper look into the growing discussion about panhandling in Sweden, showcasing the multiple perspectives on the situation, not only including politicians but also from panhandlers themselves.

Director: Gabriel Tiedtke | Stars: Anna Rantala Bonnier, Arto Moksunen, Markus Wiechel

Votes: 80

50. 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001)
Episode: Sex and the Sally (1999)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Dick learns about tipping while Sally learns sex can lead to pregnancy.

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Votes: 287