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1. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

R | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In late 1950s New York, a young underachiever named Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 244,074 | Gross: $81.30M

2. The English Patient (1996)

R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War

At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 201,236 | Gross: $78.65M

3. Willow (1988)

PG | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young farmer is chosen to undertake a perilous journey in order to protect a special baby from an evil queen.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, Jean Marsh

Votes: 129,988 | Gross: $57.27M

4. Gangs of New York (2002)

R | 167 min | Crime, Drama

In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 473,305 | Gross: $77.81M

5. An American Werewolf in London (1981)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Horror

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.

Director: John Landis | Stars: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Joe Belcher, Griffin Dunne

Votes: 120,654 | Gross: $30.57M

6. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Crime

Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of fifty thousand dollars first.

Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers

Votes: 78,165 | Gross: $42.04M

7. Flash Gordon (1980)

PG | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Topol

Votes: 61,586

8. Patriot Games (1992)

R | 117 min | Action, Thriller

When CIA analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin

Votes: 120,545 | Gross: $83.29M

9. Stealing Beauty (1996)

R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

After her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Liv Tyler, Carlo Cecchi, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 30,445 | Gross: $4.57M

10. The Last Emperor (1987)

PG-13 | 163 min | Biography, Drama, History

Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying

Votes: 111,588 | Gross: $43.98M

11. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

R | 123 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce

Votes: 59,372 | Gross: $22.01M

12. Midnight Express (1978)

R | 121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli

Votes: 88,292 | Gross: $35.00M

13. U-571 (2000)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, War

A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.

Director: Jonathan Mostow | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi

Votes: 87,438 | Gross: $77.09M

14. The Saint (1997)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Simon "The Saint" Templar (Val Kilmer), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, Valeriy Nikolaev

Votes: 72,292 | Gross: $61.36M

15. Cutthroat Island (1995)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin

Votes: 30,574 | Gross: $10.02M

16. Spies Like Us (1985)

PG | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.

Director: John Landis | Stars: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Mark Stewart, Sean Daniel

Votes: 53,004 | Gross: $60.09M

17. Bugsy Malone (1976)

G | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florence Garland, John Cassisi

Votes: 19,478 | Gross: $2.78M

18. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

PG | 143 min | Adventure, Drama

A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.

Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm

Votes: 21,266 | Gross: $45.90M

19. The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

R | 124 min | Drama, Romance

Anna and Mike portray two characters in a film set in 19th century England who fall in love despite the fact that Mike's character is engaged.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan

Votes: 15,101 | Gross: $22.60M

20. Little Buddha (1993)

PG | 123 min | Drama

After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children - one American and two Nepalese - who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda, Ruocheng Ying, Chris Isaak

Votes: 17,956 | Gross: $4.86M

21. Ishtar (1987)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

Director: Elaine May | Stars: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin

Votes: 12,039 | Gross: $14.38M

22. Swing Kids (1993)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Music

A group of teens adores forbidden music in Nazi Germany just before the outbreak of World War II.

Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey

Votes: 17,361 | Gross: $5.63M

23. The Sheltering Sky (1990)

R | 138 min | Adventure, Drama

An American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett

Votes: 13,740 | Gross: $2.08M

24. The Dogs of War (1980)

R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.

Director: John Irvin | Stars: Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais

Votes: 9,453

25. Legionnaire (1998)

R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Alain is a boxer in 1925 Marseille, France. When he doesn't take the dive paid to take by a mob boss, he has to split. He joins the Foreign Legion and is sent to Morocco. He makes 3 friends and they watch each other's backs.

Director: Peter MacDonald | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff, Nicholas Farrell

Votes: 25,770

26. Croupier (1998)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama

An aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball, Alexander Morton

Votes: 23,540 | Gross: $6.20M

27. Once Upon a Crime... (1992)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Phoebe and a fellow American in Rome find a dog with a $5000 reward. They take a train to the owner in Monte Carlo. She turns up murdered. They run and become suspects just as 3 other Americans on the train.

Director: Eugene Levy | Stars: John Candy, Jim Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young

Votes: 5,321 | Gross: $8.67M

28. Innocent Lies (1995)

TV-MA | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A gripping story of sex, betrayal, and murder. In 1938, British detective Alan Cross (Adrian Dunbar) travels to a small French coastal town to investigate the mysterious death of a close ... See full summary »

Director: Patrick Dewolf | Stars: Adrian Dunbar, Florence Hoath, Sophie Aubry, Joanna Lumley

Votes: 1,105

29. King Ralph (1991)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

A regular guy from America becomes king of England after a royal wipe-out puts him next in line.

Director: David S. Ward | Stars: John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt, Camille Coduri

Votes: 16,961 | Gross: $34.00M

30. Shining Through (1992)

R | 132 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

An American woman of Irish and Jewish-German parentage goes undercover in Nazi Germany.

Director: David Seltzer | Stars: Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson

Votes: 10,752 | Gross: $21.73M

31. Onegin (1999)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

Russia, 1820s: Onegin inherits his uncle's country estate and moves there from St. Petersburg. He befriends his neighbor, Lensky, and meets Tatyana through him. She falls in love with Onegin but he just wants friendship.

Director: Martha Fiennes | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey

Votes: 8,317 | Gross: $0.21M

32. Slipstream (1989)

PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.

Director: Steven Lisberger | Stars: Bob Peck, Mark Hamill, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton

Votes: 3,072

33. Horror Hospital (1973)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Two British companions who met on a train heading to the rural countryside stay with a bizarre host of characters in a secluded, curious mansion. Unknown to them, there is a sinister secret behind closed doors.

Director: Antony Balch | Stars: Michael Gough, Robin Askwith, Vanessa Shaw, Ellen Pollock

Votes: 1,837

34. The Holcroft Covenant (1985)

R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer

Votes: 3,795 | Gross: $0.39M

35. Eleni (1985)

PG | 114 min | Drama, War

A mother's love for her children leads to a son's revenge for her death in this dramatic thriller that begins during the Greek civil war.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton

Votes: 1,681 | Gross: $0.31M

36. Everybody Wins (1990)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Angela (Debra Winger) hires/lures a P.I. (Nick Nolte) to prove a convicted teenager is innocent of his uncle's murder.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Judith Ivey

Votes: 1,375 | Gross: $1.37M

37. Players (1979)

PG | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A rising tennis star falls for an older woman engaged with a wealthy man she doesn't love. Will he become the next John McEnroe? Will she choose love over financial security?

Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Ali MacGraw, Dean Paul Martin, Maximilian Schell, Pancho González

Votes: 324

38. All the Little Animals (1998)

R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Thomas | Stars: John Hurt, Christian Bale, Daniel Benzali, James Faulkner

Votes: 3,201 | Gross: $0.03M

39. A.D. (1985)

600 min | Drama, History

Set just after the death of Jesus Christ, this mini-series chronicles the life & adventures of Jesus's disciples, and events in Rome during the reigns of the Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.

Stars: Anthony Andrews, Colleen Dewhurst, Ava Gardner, David Hedison

Votes: 536

40. The Blockhouse (1973)

R | 93 min | Drama, War

During D-day several people become trapped while hiding in a bunker, when heavy shelling collapses it. They have plenty of food and water so they decide to wait for rescuers. And so they wait year, after year, after year.

Director: Clive Rees | Stars: Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp, Per Oscarsson

Votes: 653

41. The Dawning (1988)

PG | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

An I.R.A. gunman (Sir Anthony Hopkins) on the run from the government. He meets up with an idealistic young woman (Rebecca Pidgeon) and attempts to win her support for his cause.

Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard

Votes: 416

42. The Short & Curlies (1987 TV Short)

17 min | Short, Comedy

A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor. The story is told as a series of very short vignettes between ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Alison Steadman, Sylvestra Le Touzel, David Thewlis, Wendy Nottingham

Votes: 1,173

43. Riding High (1981)

96 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A young motorcycle messenger begins training to take part in a major competition.

Director: Ross Cramer | Stars: Eddie Kidd, Irene Handl, Murray Salem, Marella Oppenheim

Votes: 99

44. Something to Believe In (1998)

113 min | Drama

An American woman given only a few weeks to live travels to Italy to find a statue reputed to have recuperative powers and there meets a struggling American concert pianist.

Director: John Hough | Stars: William McNamara, Maria Pitillo, Tom Conti, Maria Schneider

Votes: 202

45. To Russia... With Elton (1979)

Not Rated | 42 min | Documentary, Short, Music

Footage of a concert given in Moscow, Russia, by rock singer Elton John.

Directors: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais | Stars: Elton John, Ray Cooper, Michael Binion, Jim Gallagher

Votes: 63

46. The Nation's Health (1983)

95 min | Drama

Drama filmed in a documentary style to show the many problems within a typical NHS hospital.

Stars: Vivienne Ritchie, Julian Fox, Ian McDiarmid, P.H. Moriarty

Votes: 17

47. Murder East - Murder West (1990 TV Movie)

Mystery

MURDER EAST - MURDER WEST, mini-series produced by John Goldschmidt for ITV and ARD on location in Berlin during the days following the opening of the Berlin Wall: This superbly made ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Smith | Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Suzanna Hamilton, Joanne Pearce, Heather Canning

Votes: 37

48. Footsteps (I) (1974)

33 min | Short, Thriller

Two women are worried because a series of murders is leading to their house.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Gemma Jones, Rose Hill, Robert Bridges, Hugh Cross

Votes: 45

49. Our Cissy (1974)

31 min | Short

An old man travels to London from the North Country, accompanied by his son, in order to find the truth about his daughter's suicide.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: John Barrett, Ian East, Ellis Dale, Michael O'Hagan

Votes: 20

50. The Nation's Health (1983)
Episode: Acute (1983)

85 min | Drama

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Director: Les Blair | Stars: Vivienne Ritchie, T.R. Bowen, Richard Leech, Willoughby Gray