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1. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Erdil Yasaroglu, Sarah Houbolt
Votes: 62,113
2. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf
Votes: 131,790 | Gross: $0.79M
3. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt
Votes: 108,405 | Gross: $1.88M
4. Pi (1998)
R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart
Votes: 186,699 | Gross: $3.22M
5. The Nature of Love (2023)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sophia's life is turned upside down when she meets Sylvain. She comes from a wealthy family, while Sylvain comes from a family of manual workers. Sophia questions her own values after abandoning herself to her great romantic impulses.
Director: Monia Chokri | Stars: Magalie Lépine Blondeau, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Francis-William Rhéaume, Monia Chokri
Votes: 1,749
6. A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A socially awkward teenage maths prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Director: Morgan Matthews | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan
Votes: 30,371 | Gross: $0.14M
7. The Oxford Murders (2008)
R | 108 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try to stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Elijah Wood, John Hurt, Leonor Watling, Jim Carter
Votes: 30,731 | Gross: $0.00M
8. The Sense of Wonder (2015)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.
Director: Éric Besnard | Stars: Virginie Efira, Benjamin Lavernhe, Lucie Fagedet, Léo Lorléac'h
Votes: 3,380
9. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Mystery
A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Stars: Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla, János Derzsi
Votes: 16,054 | Gross: $0.03M
10. Willy (2006)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A 14-year-old boy named Leander, who is insecure about his manhood, has a crush on a girl named Martina who helps him with his dilemma. The film explores the themes of puberty, sexuality, and peer pressure.
Director: Luzius Wespe | Stars: Felix Bühler, Maja Bader, Manuel Neuburger, Benedikt Lustenberger
Votes: 79
11. Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds (2012)
Not Rated | 122 min | Documentary, History
There is one vibratory field that connects all things. It has been called Akasha, Logos, the primordial OM, the music of the spheres, the Higgs field, dark energy, and a thousand other names throughout history.
Director: Daniel Schmidt | Star: Patrick Sweeney
Votes: 2,323
12. She-Wolf of London (1946)
Passed | 61 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a nearby park.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Don Porter, June Lockhart, Sara Haden, Jan Wiley
Votes: 3,044
13. The Other Me (2016)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A professor of criminology tries to solve five completely unrelated murders whose only link is quotes from Pythagoras.
Director: Sotiris Tsafoulias | Stars: Pigmalion Dadakaridis, Dimitris Katalifos, Manos Vakousis, Ioanna Kolliopoulou
Votes: 12,739
14. Population 436 (2006 Video)
R | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A census-taker (Sisto) is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
Director: Michelle MacLaren | Stars: David Ames, Leigh Enns, Susan Kelso, Rick Skene
Votes: 13,541
15. Mindwalk (1990)
PG | 112 min | Drama
Philosophical conversations between a poet, politician, and scientist.
Director: Bernt Amadeus Capra | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, John Heard, Ione Skye
Votes: 3,253 | Gross: $0.77M
16. Banging Lanie (2020)
76 min | Comedy
An incredibly bright, but socially awkward teenage girl decides to take her virginity into her own hands.
Director: Allison Powell | Stars: Allison Powell, Daniela Rivera, Damian Alonso, Daniel Blake
Votes: 286
17. Ghosts and the Afterlife (2022)
90 min | Documentary
The existence of ghosts is a real phenomenon. Scientific research, historical evidence and first-hand accounts prove that our souls are consciousness with or without the physical body. Doctors discuss what happens upon death.
Director: Steve Sayre | Stars: Kelsey Bohlen, James Van Praagh, Jay Thomas, Max Bear
Votes: 889
18. The History of Flat Earth (2017 Video)
97 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins, Betty Grissom
Votes: 39
19. The Country Teacher (2008)
Unrated | 103 min | Drama, Romance
Petr, youthful, quiet, and sensitive, comes from Prague to teach natural science in a country town. The gruff principal asks what he's running from and predicts he'll be gone in six months.... See full summary »
Director: Bohdan Sláma | Stars: Pavel Liska, Zuzana Bydzovská, Ladislav Sedivý, Marek Daniel
Votes: 1,519 | Gross: $0.05M
20. When the Moors Ruled in Europe (2005)
PG | 102 min | Documentary
This program contends that the popular perception of the Muslim occupation of Spain toward the end of the first millennium is largely wrong. The eighth century Muslim invasion of the ... See full summary »
Director: Timothy Copestake | Stars: Bettany Hughes, Antonio Almagro, Moussa Aouni, Pedro Chalmeta Gendrón
Votes: 203
21. 30 panen a Pythagoras (1977)
68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Thirty female students in a second-year grammar school are resisting the efforts of old professor Machacek to teach them Pythagoras' theorem. But then, via a collective classroom vision, ... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Hobl | Stars: Milena Asmanová, Vlastimil Brodský, Petr Brukner, Marie Drahokoupilová
Votes: 87
22. Y decirte alguna estupidez, por ejemplo, te quiero (2000)
101 min | Comedy, Romance
The adventures of a group of secondary school . Juan, one of the group, falls in love with Sara, the new girl.
Director: Antonio del Real | Stars: Sergio Martín, Blanca Jara, Alejo Sauras, Tito Augusto
Votes: 121
23. The Midsummer Wreath (2015 TV Movie)
96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Princess Verunka's marriage is to save the kingdom, impoverished as a result of its ruler's crazy ideas. She's not hard up for suitors: there's a talented poet, twins - one a general, the ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Strach | Stars: Jirí Mádl, Eliska Jansová, Ivan Trojan, Bolek Polívka
Votes: 114
24. Glenafooka: Glen of the Ghost (2000)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
This enchanting video examines the persistence in rural Ireland today of ancient beliefs in otherworld spirits, including fairies, ghosts, banshees and other supernatural forces.
Director: Mary Sue Connolly | Stars: Michael Coady, Jim Fitzpatrick, Eddie Lenihan, Patricia Lysaght
Votes: 19
25. Fly Away Peter (1948)
60 min | Drama
Family ties are strained as grown up offspring start to leave the nest.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Frederick Piper, Kathleen Boutall, Nigel Buchanan, Elspet Gray
Votes: 65
26. Das Kleid (1961)
88 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes." Hans and Kumpan repeatedly try to enter a town surrounded by a tall, impenetrable wall, where everyone is apparently very ... See full summary »
Directors: Konrad Petzold, Egon Günther | Stars: Wolf Kaiser, Horst Drinda, Werner Lierck, Lore Frisch
Votes: 54
27. Ladder of Philosophy
Documentary, History | Announced
Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.
Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher
28. The Seven Sages of Antiquity (2010 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The Seven Wisest Men of Ancient Greece did not include Socrates, Plato or Aristotle. However, even the Seven Sages would choose only One as the Wisest of All.
Director: Giorgos Petritsis | Stars: Robert MacLean, Iren Theotokatou, Telis Zotos
Votes: 11
29. Talíre nad Velkým Malíkovem (1977)
89 min | Sci-Fi, Comedy
A model Communist village is visited by a flying saucer. One of the most bizarre Normalisation films, the lowest point in the work of a good director.
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Tríska, Iva Janzurová, Míla Myslíková
Votes: 46
30. Mieszko Minkiewicz: Dorosly facet (2022 TV Special)
67 min | Comedy
Director: Mieszko Minkiewicz | Stars: Pawel Konkiel, Mieszko Minkiewicz
31. New Age Bible Versions (1996 Video)
Gail Riplinger exhaustively documents the numerous differences between the King James Bible and the New Age Bible Versions.
Stars: Stan Johnson, Gail Riplinger
34.
The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode:
The Customer Service Rep
(2006)
42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Morgan's client spins him into an alternate reality where he's no longer a collector...which may doom the client's soul.
Director: J.B. Sugar | Stars: Chris Kramer, Sonya Salomaa, Christine Chatelain, Aidan Drummond
Votes: 36
35.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Masonic Mysteries
(1990)
TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Morse finds himself framed for murder by an unknown mastermind and suspended as Lewis is seconded to DCI Bottomley, who is in charge of the case.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Madelaine Newton, Ian McDiarmid
Votes: 1,043
36.
The Young Ones (1982–1984)
Episode:
Time
(1984)
TV-PG | 35 min | Comedy
After having a dream that he, Rick, Vyvan, Mike, and Mr. Balowski were in the American television program Dallas (1978), Neil awakens to find that Rick has been sleeping with an axe murderess.
Director: Paul Jackson | Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan
Votes: 480
37.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
Harmony of the Worlds
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
After briefly looking at the pseudoscience of astrology, Carl Sagan examines the history of astronomy from ancient times through Ptolemy to Johannes Kepler.
Directors: Adrian Malone, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, David Kennard, David F. Oyster, Tom Weidlinger | Stars: Carl Sagan, Alan Belod, Jean Charney, Jonathan Fahn
Votes: 629
38.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
Journeys in Space and Time
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan explains scientific concepts like relativity and examines the possibility of time travel.
Directors: Adrian Malone, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster | Star: Carl Sagan
Votes: 570
39.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
The Backbone of Night
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan looks at the work of ancient Greek scientists and astronomers including Thales, Anaximander, Democritus, and Pythagoras.
Directors: Adrian Malone, David Kennard | Stars: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík
Votes: 550
40.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
Hung Out to Dry
(2006)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A series of cryptic messages embedded within t-shirt designs may help Mac figure out who a serial killer's next targets may be. And one of the targets may be a CSI.
Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap
Votes: 416
41.
A History of Philosophy (2015– )
Episode:
The Beginning of Greek Philosophy
(2015)
Documentary, History
Star: Arthur Holmes
42.
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966–1999)
Episode:
Growing Up in the Universe: Waking Up in the Universe
(1991)
Documentary, Family
Star: Richard Dawkins
Votes: 38
43.
Family Guy (1999– )
Episode:
Heart Burn
(2019)
TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy
To celebrate Peter and Lois' wedding anniversary, the Griffins present their own versions of three well-known love stories.
Directors: Steve Robertson, Dominic Bianchi, James Purdum | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 975
44.
The Boarding School (2007–2010)
Episode:
En el fondo del mar
(2008)
88 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
As the gang seeks information on the school's connection to Cristina Palacios Rodríguez, all but Iván encourage Paula to forgive Javier for decapitating Lola.
Director: Jesús Rodrigo | Stars: Luis Merlo, Natalia Millán, Marta Torné, Martiño Rivas
Votes: 51
45.
Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982– )
Episode:
Die Sonnenstadt der Pharaonen
(2020)
53 min | Documentary, History
Directors: Christiane Streckfuß, Saskia Weisheit | Stars: Aiman Ashmawy, Jan Assmann, Louise Bertini, Simon Connor
Votes: 9
47.
The Ascent of Man (1973)
Episode:
Music of the Spheres
(1973)
Documentary, History
Man invents mathematics.
Director: Adrian Malone | Star: Jacob Bronowski
Votes: 58
48.
DoS - Domain of Science (2010– )
Episode:
The Map of Mathematics
(2017)
11 min | Documentary
Mathematics is huge area study since it underpins all the fields of science as well as being a field, or rather many fields, of it's own. Dominic provides an overview of the various fields ... See full summary »
Star: Dominic Walliman
49.
Robson and Jim's Icelandic Fly Fishing Adventure (2021–2023)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2021)
46 min | Documentary
Actors and best friends Robson Green and Jim Murray travel across Iceland in the fishing adventure of a lifetime.
Director: James Murray | Stars: Robson Green, James Murray, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
50.
Mathologer (2015– )
Episode:
The Moessner Miracle. Why wasn't this discovered for over 2000 years?
(2021)
26 min | Documentary
It was known from the time of Pythagorus that adding up the odd numbers generates the square numbers. In 1951 Alfred Moessner finally took this process further using a similar sieve style ... See full summary »
Star: Burkard Polster