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1. Darkest Hour (2017)
PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, War
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn
Votes: 221,017 | Gross: $56.47M
2. Do the Right Thing (1989)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson
Votes: 112,532 | Gross: $27.55M
3. The Theory of Everything (2014)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry
Votes: 482,499 | Gross: $35.89M
4. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History
Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Xolani Mali
Votes: 372,482 | Gross: $23.53M
5. Jungle Fever (1991)
R | 132 min | Drama, Romance
Friends and family of a married Black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis
Votes: 19,674 | Gross: $32.48M
6. Mo' Better Blues (1990)
R | 130 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam makes questionable decisions in his professional and romantic lives.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito
Votes: 13,671 | Gross: $16.15M
7. Elvis and Anabelle (2007)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance
Dying after being crowned Miss Texas Rose, Anabelle comes alive just before Elvis embalms her. He does his ailing dad's work. Anabelle later returns to the embalmer's farm to get away from her mom and be happy.
Director: Will Geiger | Stars: Max Minghella, Blake Lively, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 5,954
8. Street Smart (1987)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Jay Patterson
Votes: 3,815 | Gross: $1.12M
9. The Emperor's Club (2002)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama
An idealistic prep school teacher attempts to redeem an incorrigible student.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Joel Gretsch, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 17,886 | Gross: $14.06M
10. The Air I Breathe (2007)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.
Director: Jieho Lee | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Andy Garcia, Kevin Bacon
Votes: 34,947 | Gross: $0.03M
11. See You Yesterday (2019)
TV-MA | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Two Brooklyn teenage prodigies, C.J. Walker and Sebastian Thomas, build makeshift time machines to save C.J.'s brother, Calvin, from being wrongfully killed by a police officer.
Director: Stefon Bristol | Stars: Eden Duncan-Smith, Dante Crichlow, Astro, Marsha Stephanie Blake
Votes: 11,629
12. The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994)
R | 84 min | Comedy
Les is making a film about his old neighborhood in Brooklyn. One-eye Jimmy goes missing and Les switches to making a film about Jimmy and the people searching.
Director: Sam Henry Kass | Stars: Holt McCallany, Michael Badalucco, Nicholas Turturro, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini
Votes: 1,856
13. Girl 6 (1996)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
An aspiring actress disappointed by her treatment in the movie industry turns to phone sex to make a living.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee, Jenifer Lewis
Votes: 6,626 | Gross: $4.90M
14. Tumbleweeds (1999)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman and her daughter have been constantly moving from town to town for years, but their newest home might be different from all the others.
Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown, Jay O. Sanders, Gavin O'Connor
Votes: 3,658 | Gross: $1.28M
15. No Way Home (1996)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A paroled murderer returns to the Staten Island home of his youth, where a poignant friendship blossoms with the restrained wife of his temperamental-- and jealous-- brother.
Director: Buddy Giovinazzo | Stars: Tim Roth, Deborah Kara Unger, James Russo, Joseph Ragno
Votes: 1,748
16. Pound (1970)
X | 92 min | Fantasy
In a pound, 18 dogs wait to be adopted.
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Joe Madden, James Green, Mariclare Costello, L. Errol Jaye
Votes: 352
17. Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Broadway was never brighter and never roared louder than New Year's Eve, 1928, when anything could happen-and did. A four part short story musical co-starring Madonna, Jennifer Grey, and Matt Dillon.
Director: Howard Brookner | Stars: Josef Sommer, Madonna, Tony Azito, Jennifer Grey
Votes: 1,442 | Gross: $0.04M
18. Fathers & Sons (1992)
R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
A father/widower and a teenage son live in a seaside town with a serial killer. The son starts hanging out with girls and drug dealers.
Director: Paul Mones | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Rory Cochrane, Famke Janssen, Mitchell Marchand
Votes: 891
19. Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Spike Fumo is an Italian kid aspiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob... See full summary »
Director: Paul Morrissey | Stars: Sasha Mitchell, Ernest Borgnine, Anne DeSalvo, Sylvia Miles
Votes: 470 | Gross: $0.62M
20. It All Came True (1998)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A man buys a house on Manhattan, uninhabited for decades - except the ghosts of the previous owner and his wife. They meddle in his love life.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: James Spader, Polly Walker, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith
Votes: 1,327
21. Anton Chekhov's the Duel (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
In ANTON CHEKHOV'S THE DUEL, escalating animosity between two men with opposing philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a decaying seaside resort along the Black Sea ... See full summary »
Director: Dover Koshashvili | Stars: Andrew Scott, Fiona Glascott, Tobias Menzies, Niall Buggy
Votes: 726
22. Saint John of Las Vegas (2009)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.
Director: Hue Rhodes | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Romany Malco, Sarah Silverman, Peter Dinklage
Votes: 2,966 | Gross: $0.10M
23. The Perfect You (2002)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A waiter/writer living with his dad and a neat freak who's just landed a job as a reporter in New York, meet by colliding on the Brooklyn Bridge, and romance ensues.
Director: Matthew Miller | Stars: Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Chris Eigeman, Paul Dooley, Josh Stamberg
Votes: 807
24. Iron & Silk (1990)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Mark Salzman always was interested in Kung-Fu and the Chinese culture, claims to have seen every Kung-Fu movie. 1982, with a degree in Chinese literature, he visits a province university in... See full summary »
Director: Shirley Sun | Stars: Mark Salzman, Qingfu Pan, Hangcheng Dong, Xihong Jiang
Votes: 642 | Gross: $0.36M
25. The Beat (1988)
R | 98 min | Drama
A new kid moves into a tough neighborhood controlled by gangs, and tries to teach them poetry.
Director: Paul Mones | Stars: David Jacobson, William McNamara, Kara Glover, Stuart Alexander
Votes: 226
26. Heterosexuals (2010)
86 min | Comedy
Heterosexuals follows three couples as they navigate romance in the Big Apple while managing an ever-increasing series of personal hurdles. Rhonda and Nick are old friends who always share ... See full summary »
Director: Robert McCaskill | Stars: Ashley Williams, Natasha Lyonne, Michael Izquierdo, Todd Weeks
Votes: 82
27. The Three-Body Solution (2010)
12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A theoretical physicist finds herself pitted against a handsome young adjunct who claims to have solved the 'three-body problem.' If she proves him wrong, she may jeopardize her academic career. How far will she go for science?
Director: Alison Marek | Stars: Luke Diliberto, Adam Green, Tannis Hanson, Shelton G. Hill
28. Auf Wiedersehen Amerika (1994)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
"Bye Bye America" is the story of an unusual journey, generated from discussions director Jan Schütte had with émigrés he met while walking along the boardwalk in Brighton Beach. The film ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Schütte | Stars: Aleksander Bardini, Christa Berndl, Ya'ackov Bodo, Jeffrey Feingold
Votes: 86
29. In Our Hands (1983)
90 min | Documentary, Music
One million people. One voice: stop the nuclear arms race. The largest peace demonstration in history, a magical day when even the police were on the side of the marchers.
Directors: Robert Richter, Stanley Warnow | Stars: Joan Baez, Bob Balaban, Ellen Burstyn, Helen Caldicott
Votes: 93
30. Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011)
16 min | Short, Drama
Doubles with Slight Pepper is a dramatic film set in Trinidad during Christmas. It's a coming of age story centered around Dhani, a young street food vendor, who must decide if he will help save his estranged Father from dying.
Director: Ian Harnarine | Stars: Errol Sitahal, Sanjiv Boodhu, Ken Boodhu, Karen Saban
Votes: 60
31. Pen Pals (1992)
Director: Mary Katzke | Stars: Henry Cabot Beck, Alan Dolderer, Bill Doyle, Deanna Dunmyer
Votes: 11
32. Woo Who? May Wilson (1970)
33 min | Short, Biography
Director: Amalie R. Rothschild | Star: May Wilson
33. Pink (1988)
15 min | Short
Director: Roz Sohnen | Stars: Flynn Larsen, Renee Flemings, Sharon Welsh, Christine Campbell
34. Inside Out: Saving Our Urban Upper Schools (1970)
54 min | Documentary
Director: Jack Robertson | Star: Frank Micelli
35. Cosa nostra (1965)
Action
JOHNNY ORO hunts a gang a bank robbers, and finds himself alone, battling desperately for his life against the most vicious criminal syndicate since the mafia.
Director: Carlos Salazar | Stars: Eddie Fernandez, Daisy Romualdez, Lourdes Medel, Bella Flores
36. Slowly Silently (2003)
14 min | Drama, Short
Under this sky, a woman has moral dilemma and makes a decision.
Director: Jinoh Park | Stars: Song Chae-hwan, Byron West
37. Confection (2003)
4 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Confection (2003) is a delicious short film about a little girl who learns empathy from a pastry.
Director: Eva Saks | Stars: Blaire Restaneo, Orlagh Cassidy, Jerry Rockwood, Myra Lucretia Taylor
Votes: 67