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1. Powder (1995)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

An off-the-charts genius who is home schooled and shunned after his last relative dies shows the unconscious residents of his town about connection awareness and the generosity of the spirit.

Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, Lance Henriksen, Jeff Goldblum

Votes: 32,608 | Gross: $30.86M

2. The Monk and the Gun (2023)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama

An American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.

Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji | Stars: Tandin Wangchuk, Tandin Phubz, Kelsang Choejay, Tandin Sonam

Votes: 1,330

3. Parallel Mothers (2021)

R | 123 min | Drama

The story of two mothers who bond in unexpected way after giving birth the same day.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Votes: 36,038

4. Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

R | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.

Director: Rowan Joffe | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Anne-Marie Duff

Votes: 84,173 | Gross: $2.96M

5. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson

Votes: 59,597 | Gross: $27.38M

6. Fireworks (1997)

103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Susumu Terajima

Votes: 33,200 | Gross: $0.23M

7. Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas (2014 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

When the beloved quartet of postal detectives discover an urgent letter written to God on Christmas Eve, they delay their own plans to help a little girl whose mother's life hangs in the balance.

Director: Kevin Fair | Stars: Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, Geoff Gustafson

Votes: 1,643

8. Assault on Wall Street (2013)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Jim, an average New Yorker, lives with a sick but loving wife. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes and causes him to lose everything. Filled with anger and rage, Jim goes to seek revenge for the life taken from him.

Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluk, Edward Furlong, John Heard

Votes: 21,735

9. Tenderness (2009)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A policeman works to figure out whether a violent teen murdered his family.

Director: John Polson | Stars: Russell Crowe, Jon Foster, Sophie Traub, Laura Dern

Votes: 8,204

10. The Tripper (2006)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror

A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.

Director: David Arquette | Stars: Jaime King, Thomas Jane, Lukas Haas, David Arquette

Votes: 6,413 | Gross: $0.02M

11. Amour Fou (2014)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his skeptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. ... See full summary »

Director: Jessica Hausner | Stars: Christian Friedel, Birte Schnöink, Stephan Grossmann, Sandra Hüller

Votes: 1,748 | Gross: $0.01M

12. Lamb (I) (2015)

R | 97 min | Drama

When a man meets a young girl in a parking lot he attempts to help her avoid a bleak destiny by initiating her into the beauty of the outside world. The journey shakes them in ways neither expects.

Director: Ross Partridge | Stars: Ross Partridge, Oona Laurence, Jess Weixler, Tom Bower

Votes: 2,324 | Gross: $0.01M

13. 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: 13,525

14. Cosy Dens (1999)

115 min | Comedy, Drama

Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totally stupid; fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say.

Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Michael Beran, Miroslav Donutil, Simona Stasová, Kristýna Nováková

Votes: 6,170

15. Only Two Can Play (1962)

106 min | Comedy, Drama

A frustrated librarian (Sellers) in Swansea, Wales is torn between his wife Jean (Markell) and a glamorous married woman, Liz (Zetterling), who wants to have an affair.

Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Kenneth Griffith

Votes: 1,418

16. Hex (1980)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror

A man who believes that he has murdered his wife, sees her return as a vengeful ghost.

Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Ni Tien, Jung Wang, Szu-Chia Chen, Kwok-Choi Hon

Votes: 628

17. Christmas in Conway (2013 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 97 min | Drama, Romance

Duncan Mayor loved Susie so much he wanted to give her one last Christmas gift before she passes away. He didn't care about any consequences or anything else.

Director: John Kent Harrison | Stars: Andy Garcia, Mandy Moore, Cheri Oteri, Riley Smith

Votes: 2,085

18. Nero veneziano (1978)

95 min | Horror, Mystery

A blind boy, who lives alone with his mean sister in a rundown hotel in Venice, receives a vision that warns him of the upcoming birth of the Antichrist. Soon, his sister mysteriously becomes pregnant.

Director: Ugo Liberatore | Stars: Renato Cestiè, Rena Niehaus, Yorgo Voyagis, Fabio Gamma

Votes: 488

19. Observer (2017 Video Game)

M | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A burnt-out cop investigates what caused a rundown apartment building to go under automatic lockdown, which brings him face-to-face with the ghosts from his past.

Director: Mariusz Szaflik | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Brandon Fague, Kristin Lennox

Votes: 620

20. Black Cat Mansion (1958)

69 min | Drama, Horror

The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her.

Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Toshio Hosokawa, Midori Chikuma, Yuriko Ejima, Fujie Satsuki

Votes: 499

21. Treasure Island (I) (1999)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama

This film has nothing to do with Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story. Rather this movie is about the World War II naval base called Treasure Island that was located in San Francisco Bay.... See full summary »

Director: Scott King | Stars: Lance Baker, Nick Offerman, Jonah Blechman, Pat Healy

Votes: 193

22. Bitter Honey (2016)

105 min | Drama, Fantasy, History

Based on novelist Muro Saisei's 1959 book, Bitter Honey narrates the story of a poet who informed by his physician of his impending death finds renewed flights of fantasy. He is visited by ... See full summary »

Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Ren Ôsugi, Seiko Iwaidô, Hanae Kan

Votes: 198

23. Hour of Death (1964)

98 min | Western

Bob Carey, just released from prison, sets out in search of his fiancee and soon learns she has married a rich farmer.

Director: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent | Stars: Paul Piaget, Robert Hundar, Fernando Sancho, Gloria Milland

Votes: 165

24. Skeleton on Horseback (1937)

78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

"The White Sickness", a leprosy-like disease, ravages the world during a war.

Director: Hugo Haas | Stars: Hugo Haas, Bedrich Karen, Zdenek Stepánek, Václav Vydra

Votes: 382

25. Brutal Glory (1989 Video)

111 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

The highly fictionalized making and breaking of Norman Selby, more recognizable as Kid McCoy, the real life American middleweight world boxing champion from the turn of the 20th century.

Director: Koos Roets | Stars: Robert Vaughn, Leah Pinsent, Timothy Brantley, James Ryan

Votes: 90

26. Istochnik (1968)

88 min | Drama

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Director: Anatoliy Granik | Stars: Dzidra Ritenberga, Vladimir Kashpur, Natalya Rybakova, Leonid Nevedomsky

Votes: 29

27. Fibro and the New Me (2018)

25 min | Short, Drama

A film about fibromyalgia and what it means to live with an invisible illness and chronic pain.

Directors: Ross Heath, Chris John Livermore | Stars: Rebecca Brook, Dale Hooley, Chris John Livermore, Rahel Kapsaski

Votes: 28

28. The Christmas Angel (1904)

10 min | Short, Drama

A family has a sick woman at home. Her girl goes out in the snow to beg.

Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Rachel Gillet, Georges Méliès

Votes: 255

29. Jediný syn (1978 TV Movie)

58 min | Drama

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Director: Milos Pietor | Stars: Július Pántik, Viera Strnisková, Ivan Gogál, Judita Vargová

30. Work to Do (Video)

1 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

An amateur poetry-reading night at an out-of-the-way hotel features the laments of a farmer who is burdened with chores and a sick wife.

Director: Jonah Hall

31. Annie Oakley (1954–1957)
Episode: Annie and the Higher Court (1955)

30 min | Western

Lofty captures a member of an outlaw gang who happens to be the only one who knows where the loot of a recent hold-up is buried. In an effort to free the crook, his confederates attempt to ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Gail Davis, Jimmy Hawkins, Brad Johnson, Harry Cheshire

Votes: 14

32. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: Three Minutes to Eternity (1963)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

The Dalton Brothers try to rob two banks at the same time.

Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Tom Skerritt, Ed Peck, George Mitchell

Votes: 33

33. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Ein Objekt der Begierde (1993)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Karoline is very popular in the building where she takes her English lessons. But on one unlucky evening, a tenant returning home finds her at the bottom of the stairwell, strangled to death.

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Stefan Wigger

Votes: 53

34. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode: True Commitment (1996)

TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Kavanagh finds himself defending a left-leaning protester accused of stabbing a skinhead at a protest march. The accused claims that it was entirely his fault, but when he hears that his ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: John Thaw, Harriet Ashcroft, Daisy Bates, Tom Brodie

Votes: 91

35. Man Without a Gun (1957–1959)
Episode: Reward (1958)

30 min | Western

Steve Bell, a down-on-his-luck farmer with a sick wife and a pile of unpaid bills, claims to be a notorious criminal so his wife can collect the $1000 reward for his capture. When Marshal ... See full summary »

Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Rex Reason, Mort Mills, Christopher Dark, Harry Shannon

36. Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode: The Black Cat (2007)

TV-MA | 58 min | Horror

The Black Cat, set in 1840 Philadelphia, has the great writer Edgar Allan Poe, struggling with alcoholism, writers block, as well as being out of ideas, short on cash, and tormented by his ... See full summary »

Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Elyse Levesque, Jeffrey Combs, Aron Tager, Patrick Gallagher

Votes: 2,533

37. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode: A Stranger in the Family (1996)

TV-14 | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An industrial accident at a recycling plant leaves a young man mentally and physically impaired. Kavanagh goes to court to secure a fair settlement from the insurance company for the family.

Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: John Thaw, Janet Amsbury, Robert Ashby, Tim Barron

Votes: 96

38. The Walking Dead (2010–2022)
Episode: Here's Negan (2021)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Carol takes Negan on a journey, hoping to minimize the increasing tension. Negan reflects on the events that led him to this point and comes to a conclusion about his future.

Director: Laura Belsey | Stars: Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Christian Serratos

Votes: 15,315

39. Sijipeuseu: The Myth (2021)
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2021)

Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Despite Seo Hae's insistence that he lie low, Tae Sul focuses on tracking down an enigmatic figure who seems to be tied to everything.

Director: Jin Hyuk | Stars: Cho Seung-woo, Park Shin-hye, Dawn Anderson, Kim Byeong-cheol

Votes: 189

40. Outlander (2014– )
Episode: The World Turned Upside Down (2022)

TV-MA | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A dysentery epidemic spreads on the Ridge, and Claire falls deathly ill. She is almost recovered when the Christies arrive and drop a bombshell. As nefarious rumors spread like wildfire on the Ridge, tragedy strikes.

Director: Justin Molotnikov | Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin

Votes: 1,728

41. Devil's Dust (2012)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2012)

85 min | Biography, Drama

Bernie's newfound purpose can't stave off his own deteriorating health. The Medical Research Compensation Fund is running out of money and when the news becomes public, Bernie continues to ... See full summary »

Director: Jessica Hobbs | Stars: Anthony Hayes, Don Hany, Ewen Leslie, Alexandra Schepisi

Votes: 6

42. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Re-Entry Minimization (2012)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

Howard is offended when his return from space is met with little fanfare. Penny and Amy take on Sheldon and Leonard during game night.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 3,964

43. Chicago Fire (2012– )
Episode: A Guy I Used to Know (2023)

TV-14 | Action, Drama

Firehouse 51 prepares for their semi-annual firehouse inspection. Brett fights to save her paramedicine program. Commander Martin Pearce asks Severide for a favor.

Director: Oscar Rene Lozoya II | Stars: Taylor Kinney, Kara Killmer, David Eigenberg, Joe Minoso

Votes: 237

44. Sanditon (2019–2023)
Episode: Episode #3.6 (2023)

TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, Romance

Charlotte desperately wants to tell Colbourne the truth about her feelings, but a shocking revelation stops her in her tracks. Having opened her heart, Georgiana's worst fears are realized when she discovers she has been abandoned.

Director: Steve Brett | Stars: Rose Williams, Kate Ashfield, Kris Marshall, Crystal Clarke

Votes: 303

45. Boarded Window (2024)

Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Horror

A frontier woman develops a fever and illness leading to her apparent death. Her husband's grief causes him to make an error in judgment resulting in a shocking and violent conclusion. Based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce.

Director: Alan Beattie | Stars: Nancy Ferguson, Leonard Wolf

46. Hannibal (2013–2015)
Episode: Aperitivo (2015)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Dr. Fredrick Chilton is alive and well, if not somewhat reconstructed, urging those wronged by Hannibal Lecter to use Will Graham as bait to flush him out.

Director: Marc Jobst | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh Dancy, Caroline Dhavernas, Gillian Anderson

Votes: 5,121

47. Gotham (2014–2019)
Episode: Wrath of the Villains: Mr. Freeze (2016)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Penguin gives Gordon a hard time; a skilled cryogenics engineer named Victor Fries is involved in a body-snatching spree.

Director: Nick Copus | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin

Votes: 2,798

48. Gotham (2014–2019)
Episode: Wrath of the Villains: A Dead Man Feels No Cold (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Gordon and Bullock look to Nora for help in their search for Victor, Penguin meets Hugo Strange.

Director: Eagle Egilsson | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin

Votes: 2,695