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1. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
R | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 238,427 | Gross: $82.52M
2. Munich (2005)
R | 164 min | Action, Drama, History
After the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 238,285 | Gross: $47.40M
3. The Pagemaster (1994)
G | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cowardly boy, who buries himself in accident statistics, enters a library to escape a storm, only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster. He has to work through obstacles from classic books to return to real-life.
Directors: Pixote Hunt, Joe Johnston | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Kanin Howell, Alexis Kirschner
Votes: 25,550 | Gross: $13.67M
4. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
PG | 95 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Mary Grace Canfield, Richard Davalos, Jake Dengel, Jack Dodson
Votes: 10,615 | Gross: $8.40M
5. Papicha (2019)
R | 108 min | Drama
In 1997 Algiers, terrorists wanting an archaic Islamic state are everywhere. They oppress women, determined to control their bodies, clothing, and public space. Young student Nedjma is passionate about creating a fashion show.
Director: Mounia Meddour | Stars: Lyna Khoudri, Shirine Boutella, Hilda Amira Douaouda, Yasin Houicha
Votes: 3,638
6. Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
PG-13 | 93 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Sinbad and his shipmates aid a young prince, who must battle an evil wizard to gain the hand of a beautiful princess.
Directors: Enzo G. Castellari, Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Lou Ferrigno, John Steiner, Roland Wybenga, Ennio Girolami
Votes: 1,849
7. Beyond Paradise (II) (2015)
PG | 101 min | Drama, Romance
Haunted by a tragic past, Shahrzad, a stunning music student, flees her homeland and ends up in an estranged marriage in Los Angeles, where her piano teacher's lover sparks a passion in her that threatens to destroy everything.
Director: J.J. Alani | Stars: Ryan Guzman, Daphne Zuniga, Spencer Grammer, Francia Raisa
Votes: 456
8. Pépé le Moko (1937)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A wanted gangster is both king and prisoner of the Casbah. He is protected from arrest by his friends, but is torn by his desire for freedom outside. A visiting Parisian beauty may just tempt his fate.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin
Votes: 8,071 | Gross: $0.15M
9. Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One (2015)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Some of the chapters from Arabian Nights are adapted to a modern Portugal in this epic.
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Miguel Gomes, Martinho Cerqueira, Miguel Cerqueira
Votes: 2,411 | Gross: $0.01M
10. Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Two con artists take a shopgirl under their wing, but she disrupts their marrying-for-money scheme by falling for a mathematician.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 1,080
11. So Big (1953)
Approved | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In the late 1890s, a young widow becomes a successful farmer and can send her son, nicknamed 'So Big', to college. After graduating, he finds a job as an architect, but forgoes his dream in favor of an immediate financial success.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Olson, Steve Forrest
Votes: 818
12. The Image Book (2018)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Drama, Horror
Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Dimitri Basil, Jean-Pierre Gos, Anne-Marie Miéville
Votes: 2,991 | Gross: $0.09M
13. Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
G | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rival book salesmen Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are forced by Sultan Yosemite Sam to read fairy tales to his spoiled, selfish son, Prince Abba-Dabba.
Directors: Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble, Hawley Pratt | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Shepard Menken, Lennie Weinrib
Votes: 2,213 | Gross: $0.08M
14. Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, Romance
Continuation of the Arabian Nights stories by the structure were adapted to modern life in Portugal in three innings and the third chapter "The Owners of Dixie" has three chapters.
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Chico Chapas, Luísa Cruz, Joana de Verona
Votes: 1,572 | Gross: $0.01M
15. For Ever Mozart (1996)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Jean-Luc Godard's densely packed rumination on the need to create order and beauty in a world ruled by chaos is divided into four distinct but tangentially related stories, including the ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Madeleine Assas, Ghalya Lacroix, Bérangère Allaux, Vicky Messica
Votes: 1,161
16. Dunia (2005)
112 min | Drama, Romance
After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian ... See full summary »
Director: Jocelyne Saab | Stars: Hanan Turk, Mohamed Mounir, Fathi Abdulwahhab, Sawsan Badr
Votes: 320
17. Arabian Nights: Volume 3 - The Enchanted One (2015)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
The final trilogy of adaptation of Arabian Nights story by the structure in Portugal modern life between 2013-2014 in three chapters.
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Américo Silva, Amar Bounachada, Lionel Franc
Votes: 1,281 | Gross: $0.00M
18. Song of Scheherazade (1947)
Approved | 105 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1865, Russian Navy midshipman Rimsky-Korsakov is inspired by a romantic interlude with a cabaret dancer while on shore leave in Spanish Morocco and writes the symphonic suite Scheherazade.
Director: Walter Reisch | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Brian Donlevy, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Eve Arden
Votes: 246
19. The Real Blue Nuns (2006 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
An investigation into nunsploitation, and why men find images of nuns involved in sexual situations erotic. The programme also controversially covers the Muslim hibab and burka.
Director: Gavin Claxton | Stars: Mary Carey, Jesús Franco, Craig Gross, Xavier Mendik
Votes: 32
20. Flash Drive (2020)
125 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Ahmet, as a soldier in the regular Syrian army, witnesses the cover-up of massacres and torture conducted to repress the civil unrest. He and his wife Leila try to flee through the war zone to bring testimony to the world.
Director: Dervis Zaim | Stars: Ali Suliman, Husam Ali, Saleh Bakri, Husam Chadat
Votes: 161
21. La Recta Provincia (2007)
180 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The Recta Provincia is a kind of sect led by witches on the largest island in South America, the cradle of the founding myths of Chilean culture.
Stars: Bélgica Castro, Ignacio Agüero, Ángel Parra, Javiera Parra
Votes: 106
22. Ali-Baba Bound (1940)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Porky finds out that Ali-Baba and his Dirty Sleeves plan to attack the fort; it's up to him to go warn the fort. He gets there to discover everyone has left for the Legion convention in ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 328
23. Keïd Ensa (1999)
90 min | Drama, Family, Music
Director: Farida Benlyazid | Stars: Samia Akarriou, Rachid El Ouali, Abderrahim Bayga, Amina Alaoui
Votes: 96
24. Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! (1996)
76 min | Drama
Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks!, Ileana Pietrobruno's triumph of mid-vaginal modernism masterfully confronts the surreal nature of societal attitudes towards the female body. Beautifully ... See full summary »
Director: Ileana Pietrobruno | Stars: Rachel Cronin, Crystal Dahl, Alex Ferguson, Tara Frederick
Votes: 42
25.
Wishbone (1995–1998)
Episode:
One Thousand & One Tails
(1995)
TV-Y7 | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Wishbone becomes the magical Ali Baba in Scheherazade's Arabian Nights. The trio gets into trouble with a new computer and Wanda loses her purse. David's sister, Emily, finds it but doesn't want to return it.
Stars: Larry Brantley, Jordan Wall, Christie Abbott, Adam Springfield
Votes: 22
26.
Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)
Episode:
Mystery Mile: Part 2
(1990)
TV-14 | 54 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Campion helps the threatened Judge Lobbett to disappear for his own safety and gives himself a chance to expose master criminal "Mr. Sinister."
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Brian Greene, Gary Parker
Votes: 76
27.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
Sweet 16
(2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
CSI investigates the deaths of a homing pigeon racer and a father who was murdered at his daughter's Sweet Sixteen party.
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap
Votes: 320