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1. Magnolia (1999)
R | 188 min | Drama
An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 328,558 | Gross: $22.46M
2. Love & Other Drugs (2010)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1990s Pittsburgh, a medicine peddler starts a relationship with a young woman suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Judy Greer, Oliver Platt
Votes: 224,209 | Gross: $32.37M
3. Rocketman (I) (2019)
R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 194,771 | Gross: $96.37M
4. Run (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
Director: Aneesh Chaganty | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, Sara Sohn, Pat Healy
Votes: 95,869
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.
Director: Samuel Bayer | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy
Votes: 107,498 | Gross: $63.08M
6. Take Shelter (2011)
R | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Tova Stewart
Votes: 108,146 | Gross: $1.73M
7. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
R | 100 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered.
Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 77,295 | Gross: $15.50M
8. August: Osage County (2013)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Director: John Wells | Stars: Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 95,343 | Gross: $37.74M
9. Dolores Claiborne (1995)
R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer, Judy Parfitt
Votes: 48,399 | Gross: $24.36M
10. The Invasion (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 99 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
As a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond
Votes: 82,686 | Gross: $15.07M
11. Persepolis (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Danielle Darrieux
Votes: 100,198 | Gross: $4.45M
12. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
Unrated | 113 min | Documentary
Follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Nan Goldin, David Velasco, Megan Kapler, Marina Berio
Votes: 7,797
13. Prozac Nation (2001)
R | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A young woman struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Christina Ricci, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica Lange, Anne Heche
Votes: 19,004
14. Charlie Bartlett (2007)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rich kid becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school.
Director: Jon Poll | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Kat Dennings
Votes: 66,704 | Gross: $3.95M
15. Country Strong (2010)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Music
A rising country-music songwriter works with a fallen star to work their way to fame, causing romantic complications along the way.
Director: Shana Feste | Stars: Garrett Hedlund, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester, Tim McGraw
Votes: 18,950 | Gross: $20.22M
16. Creature (1985)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.
Director: William Malone | Stars: Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Robert Jaffe
Votes: 4,688 | Gross: $4.78M
17. The Wackness (2008)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop. Set against this backdrop, a lonely teenager named Luke Shapiro spends his last summer before university selling marijuana throughout New York City, trading it with his unorthodox psychotherapist for treatment, while having a crush on his stepdaughter.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Olivia Thirlby, Famke Janssen
Votes: 31,269 | Gross: $2.08M
18. Silent Fall (1994)
R | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An autistic boy witnesses his parents' double murder. A controversial therapist seeks to probe the child's mind in order to solve the case.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton, John Lithgow, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 4,890 | Gross: $3.18M
19. Satan's Little Helper (2004)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror
A naive young boy unknowingly becomes the pawn of a serial killer.
Director: Jeff Lieberman | Stars: Alexander Brickel, Katheryn Winnick, Stephen Graham, Amanda Plummer
Votes: 6,522
20. The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young family moves into a historic house in Georgia and learns that they're not the house's only inhabitants. They find themselves in the presence of a secret rising from underground that threatens to bring down anyone in its path.
Director: Tom Elkins | Stars: Abigail Spencer, Chad Michael Murray, Katee Sackhoff, Emily Alyn Lind
Votes: 18,253
21. Catacombs (2007)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
Victoria visits her sister in Paris and goes to a rave in the catacombs under the city, on her first night. The remains of over 6,000,000 people are there and something evil is lurking in the tunnels.
Directors: Tomm Coker, David Elliot | Stars: Shannyn Sossamon, Pink, Emil Hostina, Sandi Dragoi
Votes: 9,269
22. The Kettering Incident (2016)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Doctor Anna Macy finds herself inexplicably linked to the disappearance of two girls, fifteen years apart.
Stars: Elizabeth Debicki, Matthew Le Nevez, Henry Nixon, Anthony Phelan
Votes: 3,883
23. Thumbsucker (2005)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Justin throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.
Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 21,990 | Gross: $1.33M
24. The Sleeping City (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In New York, the murder of a Bellevue Hospital intern prompts the police to send an undercover detective to investigate.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, Richard Taber, John Alexander
Votes: 851
25. Dangerous Moves (1984)
100 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller
During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.
Director: Richard Dembo | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Liv Ullmann, Leslie Caron
Votes: 1,481
26. Gun Shy (2000)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
An undercover agent relies on the support of an unstable therapy group while working a sting operation.
Director: Eric Blakeney | Stars: Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt, José Zúñiga
Votes: 7,851 | Gross: $1.63M
27. White Lie (I) (2019)
TV-MA | 96 min | Drama
A popular undergrad faking cancer struggles to maintain her secret.
Directors: Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas | Stars: Kacey Rohl, Amber Anderson, Martin Donovan, Thomas Antony Olajide
Votes: 2,779
28. Moment by Moment (1978)
R | 102 min | Drama, Romance
Trisha Rawlings, a Beverly Hills socialite suffers from loneliness following the separation of her womanizing husband Stu. Strip, a young drifter, became infatuated with her and, develops a May/December relationship with her.
Director: Jane Wagner | Stars: Lily Tomlin, John Travolta, Andra Akers, Bert Kramer
Votes: 1,341 | Gross: $10.96M
29. Neverwas (2005)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A psychiatrist searches for insight into the life of his father, who was an acclaimed children's author. But he is shocked when his journey leads him to believe that the fantasy-land his father wrote about might actually exist.
Director: Joshua Michael Stern | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ian McKellen, Brittany Murphy, Nick Nolte
Votes: 6,979
30. Mercy (2000)
R | 117 min | Mystery, Thriller
Detective Catherine Palmer investigates a series of sexually gruesome serial murders and becomes embroiled in a world of lesbianism and bondage after she becomes obsessed with one of the victims' paramours.
Director: Damian Harris | Stars: Ellen Barkin, Wendy Crewson, Peta Wilson, Karen Young
Votes: 2,339
31. Stay Awake (2022)
94 min | Drama
Confronting a serious and common problem of rural families across the country with human mix of humor and levity.
Director: Jamie Sisley | Stars: Wyatt Oleff, Fin Argus, Chrissy Metz, Cree
Votes: 318
32. Since You've Been Gone (1998 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
The story of a 10th anniversary High School reunion, told through the eyes of a doctor who was humiliated on graduation day by being badly beaten up by a fellow graduate.
Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Philip Rayburn Smith, Joey Slotnick, Joy Gregory, Laura Eason
Votes: 1,580
33. Love Crime (2010)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ruthless executive Christine brings on young Isabelle as her assistant taking delight in toying with her innocence. But when Christine starts passing on her protege's ideas as her own, things take a dark turn.
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Mille, Guillaume Marquet
Votes: 5,634 | Gross: $0.53M
34. Let Me Fall (2018)
136 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Drawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods.
Director: Baldvin Zophoníasson | Stars: Elín Hall, Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir, Kristín Lea
Votes: 1,037
35. Thin (2006)
TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary
The story of four women suffering from anorexia and bulimia in South Florida.
Director: Lauren Greenfield | Stars: Shelly Guillory, Brittany Robinson, Alisa Williams, Polly Williams
Votes: 2,044
36. Take Your Pills (2018)
TV-14 | 87 min | Documentary
Every era gets the drug it deserves. In America today, where competition is ceaseless from school to the workforce and everyone wants a performance edge, Adderall and other prescription stimulants are the defining drugs of this generation.
Director: Alison Klayman | Stars: Ariana, Delaney, Jasper Holt-Teza, Leigh
Votes: 5,672
37. The Chair (II) (2007)
R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Danielle, a young psychology student, is trying to rebuild her life when she sublets a century-old Victorian house. Unknowingly, she awakens an evil specter lurking in the dark recesses of ... See full summary »
Director: Brett Sullivan | Stars: Alanna Chisholm, Lauren Roy, Nick Abraham, Paul Soren
Votes: 1,181
38. Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones (2019)
96 min | Documentary
A documentary about the events in the life of Rolling Stone legend Brian Jones that lead to his death.
Director: Danny Garcia | Stars: Brian Jones, Anita Pallenberg, Terry O'Neill, Rev D. Wayne Love
Votes: 391
39. The Houseboy (2007)
TV-MA | 81 min | Drama, Romance
Overhearing his boyfriends talk of "a new toy for Christmas," young, cute, but aimless Ricky copes with online hookups and drugs. Depressed, Ricky considers suicide, until he meets another boy who makes him wonder should he stick around?
Director: Spencer Schilly | Stars: Nick May, Tom Merlino, Brian Patacca, Damián Fuentes
Votes: 738
40. Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama
The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown.
Director: Jackie Cooper | Stars: Sondra Locke, Tony Orlando, Penelope Milford, John Karlen
Votes: 104
41. Call Me Anna (1990 TV Movie)
97 min | Biography, Drama
Actress Patty Duke portrays herself in this autobiographical film that details her long-time struggle with mental illness.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Patty Duke, Timothy Carhart, Howard Hesseman, Deborah May
Votes: 187
42. Faith (III) (2019)
86 min | Drama
A devout Evangelical Christian faces a crisis of faith after a sudden and unexpected Tragedy.
Director: Eli Daughdrill | Stars: Brian Geraghty, Nora-Jane Noone, Iddo Goldberg, Thomas Francis Murphy
Votes: 65
43. Better Than Love (2019)
85 min | Drama, Romance
A reluctant drug dealer strives to elevate his friend's lives while the addictive forces of an ignorant OxyContin prescription corrodes his own.
Director: Ted Carney | Stars: Andrew Lawrence, Alexandra Rodriguez, Matthew Lawrence, DeRon Brigdon
Votes: 193
44. The Hard Road (1973)
R | 85 min | Drama
The cautionary tale of 17-year-old Sherman Oaks high-schooler Pam Banner, who has a baby out of wedlock. The baby is adopted, but Pam's too embarrassed to return to school, so her dad gets ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Graver | Stars: Connie Nelson, John Alderman, Catherine Howard, Gary Kent
Votes: 157
45. The UnMiracle (2017)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A suburban town is torn apart in the aftermath of an accidental teen drug overdose in this ensemble film exploring the mysteries of modern faith.
Director: Andrew Papke | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Amy Lyndon, Kevin Sorbo, Connor Williams
Votes: 380
46. The Same River Twice (2003)
Unrated | 78 min | Documentary, Adventure
From peyote to prozac, a sensitive portrait of five former hippies now approaching middle age.
Director: Robb Moss
Votes: 299
47. Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime (2014)
102 min | Documentary
Before the Internet. Before Social Media. Before Breaking News. The victims of Thalidomide had to rely on something even more extraordinary to fight their corner: Investigative Journalism. ... See full summary »
Directors: David Morris, Jacqui Morris | Stars: Harold Evans, Ralph Nader, Michael Sheen
Votes: 666
48. The Prodigal Son (1992)
97 min | Drama, Thriller
Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange ... See full summary »
Director: Veikko Aaltonen | Stars: Hannu Kivioja, Esko Salminen, Leea Klemola, Markku Peltola
Votes: 439
49. Migraine (2012)
17 min | Short, Drama
Co-starring Orange Is The New Black's Laverne Cox, this drama tells the story of a shoe designer who is suffering a severe migraine and lead on an adventure that will change his life forever.
Director: Matthew Bonifacio | Stars: Michael O'Farrell, John Salvatore, Nathan Lee Graham, Jack Haley
Votes: 31
50. The Needle (1988)
81 min | Drama, Thriller
Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Nugmanov | Stars: Viktor Tsoy, Marina Smirnova, Pyotr Mamonov, Aleksandr Bashirov
Votes: 2,938