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1. Love (II) (2015)
TV-MA | 135 min | Drama, Romance
Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with Electra. Unaware of the effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman, Klara Kristin, Juan Saavedra
Votes: 66,752
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
PG-13 | 166 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond
Votes: 695,992 | Gross: $127.51M
3. The Cider House Rules (1999)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance
A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo
Votes: 104,844 | Gross: $57.55M
4. Fish Tank (2009)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths
Votes: 65,059 | Gross: $0.37M
5. Helstrom (2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity - each with their attitude and skills.
Stars: Tom Austen, Sydney Lemmon, Elizabeth Marvel, Ariana Guerra
Votes: 10,078
6. The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
R | 114 min | Drama
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
Director: Peter Mullan | Stars: Eileen Walsh, Dorothy Duffy, Nora-Jane Noone, Anne-Marie Duff
Votes: 28,467 | Gross: $4.89M
7. Loveless (2017)
R | 127 min | Drama
A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Marina Vasileva
Votes: 35,572 | Gross: $0.57M
8. Now, Voyager (1942)
Passed | 117 min | Drama, Romance
A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 19,025
9. The Woods (2006)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery
Set in 1965 New England, a troubled girl encounters mysterious happenings in the woods surrounding an isolated girls school that she was sent to by her disinterested parents.
Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Lauren Birkell, Agnes Bruckner, Jane Gilchrist, Emma Campbell
Votes: 12,386
10. Brave New World (1980 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt to their repressive ways.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Julie Cobb, Bud Cort, Keir Dullea, Ron O'Neal
Votes: 1,149
11. Boychoir (2014)
103 min | Drama, Music
After his single mother dies, a young boy with an excellent voice is sent to a prestigious choir school and has trouble adapting to the culture of the school.
Director: François Girard | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard, Kevin McHale
Votes: 7,371
12. Psychomagic, A Healing Art (2019)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Director Alejandro Jodorowsky unveils his theory of trauma therapy.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Star: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Votes: 695
13. Docteur Popaul (1972)
95 min | Comedy
Doctor Popaul doesn't trust beautiful women: he says he prefers "moral beauty". Among colleagues he makes a bet who manages to sleep with the most ugly woman during the next year - and wins... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mia Farrow, Laura Antonelli, Daniel Lecourtois
Votes: 730
14. Ménilmontant (1926)
38 min | Short, Drama
A couple is brutally murdered in the working-class district of Paris. Later on, the narrative follows the lives of their two daughters, both in love with a Parisian thug and leading them to separate ways.
Director: Dimitri Kirsanoff | Stars: Nadia Sibirskaïa, Yolande Beaulieu, Guy Belmont, Jean Pasquier
Votes: 2,733
15. Mister Scoutmaster (1953)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Family
Snobby TV star (Clifton Webb) worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that's why his TV show is failing. He becomes a Boy Scout leader in an effort to "get in touch.... See full summary »
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Clifton Webb, Edmund Gwenn, George Winslow, Frances Dee
Votes: 480
16. The Mutants (1998)
113 min | Drama
Three homeless teenagers rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by a pornographer.
Director: Teresa Villaverde | Stars: Ana Moreira, Alexandre Pinto, Nelson Varela, Helder Tavares
Votes: 651
17. The Green-Eyed Blonde (1957)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Reform school girls try to make the best of a bad situation.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Susan Oliver, Melinda Casey, Beverly Long, Norma Jean Nilsson
Votes: 252
18. Novemberkatzen (1986)
104 min | Drama, Family
Director: Sigrun Koeppe | Stars: Angela Hunger, Ursela Monn, Katharina Brauren, Robert Zimmerling
Votes: 28
19. Santiago! (1970)
Action, Drama, War
In the Philippines during the Japanese occupation, a Filipino soldier who is guilt-ridden over an incident that killed many civilians deserts the rebel army and retreats to a nearby barrio, where he is branded as a coward.
Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Dante Rivero, Boots Anson-Roa, Hilda Koronel
Votes: 26
20. Spark in the Dark (1991)
103 min | Drama
Brought up with the belief that a woman should only follow one man and their only role is to be a mother and wife, Ciena married Nitoy.
Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Lorna Tolentino, Christopher De Leon, Gabby Concepcion, Charito Solis
Votes: 18
21. Displaced (2010)
18 min | Short, Drama
The story of Daniel, an 11-year-old victim of the foster system, and his last chance at finding a family.
Director: Rick Stevenson | Stars: Nathan Gamble, Darius Williams-Watt, Marlette Buchanan, Rachel Pate
Votes: 42
22. Mourning (2011)
85 min | Drama
A violent quarrel breaks out between a couple at midnight. Being at a relative,s house in the north of Iran, they depart for Tehran in the middle of the night, but they do not bring along ... See full summary »
Director: Morteza Farshbaf | Stars: Kiomars Giti, Sharareh Pasha, Amir Hossein Maleki, Sahar Dolatshahi
Votes: 402
23. Palms (2012)
Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Family
A foster child is in search of a forever family who is holding his heart in the palm of their hands.
Director: JA Williams | Stars: Nathaniel J. Potvin, Zondra Wilson, Jason Woods, Regina Bryant
Votes: 22
24. Goodbye Guns (2014)
75 min | Drama, Family
A neglected adolescent with an aberration for guns goes back to live with his biological mother leading him into a struggle to gain his stranded family's affection in the pursuit of his dream of having a place that he can call home.
Director: Cecilia Bravo-Mittmann | Stars: Josh Brinkman, Bob Hungerford, Leah Uteg, Jack McLaughlin-Gray
25. Safe Haven (I)
Drama | Announced
Intertwining stories stemming from Nebraska's controversial Safe Haven laws, which allow parents to leave troubled and unwanted children at hospitals.
26. Aurora (V) (2014)
TV-PG | 22 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
After being abandoned by human traffickers, a little girl wanders until she finds a cabin in the woods to take refuge in.
Director: Pascal Fontana | Stars: Chiara Fontana Castellón, Gustavo Castrodad, Miguel Marxuach, Leonardo Burgos
Votes: 23
27. Avskedet (1982)
90 min | Drama
Director Magnus von Freyer's funeral has gathered many people. The daughter Valerie receives one condolence after another. The story goes back to Valerie's childhood.
Director: Tuija-Maija Niskanen | Stars: Carl-Axel Heiknert, Kerstin Tidelius, Pirkko Nurmi, Sanna Hultman
Votes: 61
28.
King of the Hill (1997–2010)
Episode:
Peggy Hill: The Decline and Fall
(1999)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Peggy survives the fall with several broken bones and paralysis, while Cotton names his newborn son G.H., which stands for "Good Hank."
Directors: Klay Hall, Wesley Archer | Stars: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 429
29.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Garden of Death
(2000)
TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When an arrogant aristocratic family's decision to develop a memorial garden into a commercial tea shop has the villagers up in arms, murders past and present rear their heads.
Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Sarah Alexander
Votes: 1,111
30.
Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode:
The Manson Family
(2012)
45 min | Documentary, Crime
In 1967, charismatic ex-con Charles Manson sent his trained followers to kill seven people under the premise of igniting a race war.
Director: Neil Edwards | Stars: Barbara Hoyt, Charles Manson, Simon Wells, Sandi Gibbons
Votes: 27