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1. Voice of Land (2021)

94 min | Documentary, Adventure, Musical

DOC Rainflorest (working title) is a subjective film about the intemperances of nature and about the transformations that the planet has suffered over decades of human production with its fruits that today we all reap.

Director: Henrique Bouduard | Stars: Tatiana Gomez Contreras, Maíra Kellerman, Zarriah Rose

2. Team Deakins (2020– )
Chris Menges - Cinematographer (2021 Podcast Episode)

Talk-Show

Teams Deakins speaks with the talented cinematographer, Chris Menges (MICHAEL COLLINS, THE KILLING FIELDS, KES). We talk at length about his start in documentaries and what you learn from ... See full summary »

Stars: Roger Deakins, James Ellis Deakins, Chris Menges

3. Team Deakins (2020 Podcast Series)

Talk-Show

The Team Deakins podcast is an ongoing conversation between acclaimed cinematographer Roger Deakins and James Deakins, his collaborator, about cinematography, the film business and whatever other questions are submitted.

Stars: James Ellis Deakins, Roger Deakins, Greig Fraser, Matt Wyman

Votes: 54

4. Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

112 min | Drama, History

At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.

Director: Ciro Guerra | Stars: Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan

Votes: 14,721

5. Roma (2018)

R | 135 min | Drama

A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta

Votes: 169,967

6. Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)

93 min | Documentary

Documentary on the life and times of Ken Loach. His politics in British TV and Cinema and the chaos he has caused the establishment for 50 years.

Director: Louise Osmond | Stars: Ken Loach, Jim Allen, Lesley Ashton, David Bradley

Votes: 505

7. Ex Machina (2014)

R | 108 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.

Director: Alex Garland | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno

Votes: 591,499 | Gross: $25.44M

8. Redemption (I) (2013)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity.

Director: Steven Knight | Stars: Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong

Votes: 77,174 | Gross: $0.03M

9. Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with the Renter (2012)

44 min | Documentary, Short

A documentary shot on the set of "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close".

Director: Cedric Brelet von Sydow | Stars: Max von Sydow, Ann Roth, Ivana Primorac, Jerry Popolis

Votes: 17

10. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

PG-13 | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow

Votes: 105,223 | Gross: $31.85M

11. London Boulevard (2010)

R | 103 min | Crime, Drama

An ex-con with a reputation tries to go straight by working as a handy man for a reclusive actress but this is unfortunately not the wish of London's underground crime lord.

Director: William Monahan | Stars: Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, Ray Winstone, David Thewlis

Votes: 50,389 | Gross: $0.01M

12. Route Irish (2010)

109 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the truth.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop, Geoff Bell

Votes: 4,801

13. The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009 TV Special)

TV-14 | 210 min | News

Annual awards presentation honoring the best film achievements of 2008.

Directors: Roger Goodman, Allen P. Haines | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin

Votes: 2,416

14. The Reader (2008)

R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain

Votes: 260,244 | Gross: $34.19M

15. Stop-Loss (2008)

R | 112 min | Drama, War

A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.

Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown

Votes: 20,901 | Gross: $10.91M

16. The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)

PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.

Director: Udayan Prasad | Stars: William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart, Eddie Redmayne

Votes: 8,908 | Gross: $0.32M

17. Notes on a Scandal (2006)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship.

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson

Votes: 84,674 | Gross: $17.51M

18. North Country (2005)

R | 126 min | Drama

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Thomas Curtis

Votes: 44,972 | Gross: $18.32M

19. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

R | 121 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Ranch foreman Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.

Director: Tommy Lee Jones | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones

Votes: 41,909 | Gross: $5.02M

20. Tickets (2005)

109 min | Comedy, Drama

During a train journey from Central Europe to Rome, characters connect through casual encounters and set forth a story of love, chance and sacrifice. One single journey sparks many changes for many people.

Directors: Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Carlo Delle Piane, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Silvana De Santis, Filippo Trojano

Votes: 2,860

21. Criminal (2004)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two con artists try to swindle a currency collector by selling him a counterfeit copy of an extremely rare currency bill.

Director: Gregory Jacobs | Stars: John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Mullan

Votes: 10,845 | Gross: $14.69M

22. Concert for George (2003 Video)

PG-13 | 146 min | Documentary, Music

George Harrison's friends, family, and bandmates unite for a tribute concert on the one-year anniversary of his death.

Director: David Leland | Stars: Joe Brown, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Sam Brown

Votes: 2,146 | Gross: $0.07M

23. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Irregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder, setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo, Kriss Dosanjh

Votes: 44,109 | Gross: $8.11M

24. The Good Thief (2002)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Nick Nolte, Ralph Fiennes, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Ouassini Embarek

Votes: 10,910 | Gross: $3.52M

25. The Pledge (I) (2001)

R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.

Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Clarkson, Beau Daniels

Votes: 67,849 | Gross: $19.72M

26. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

PG-13 | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.

Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Adam Garcia, Brittany Murphy

Votes: 30,586 | Gross: $30.17M

27. The Lost Son (1999)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Menges | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Nastassja Kinski, Katrin Cartlidge, Marianne Denicourt

Votes: 2,006

28. The Boxer (1997)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Young Danny Flynn is released from prison 14 years after "taking the rap" for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Daragh Donnelly, Frank Coughlan

Votes: 22,346 | Gross: $5.80M

29. Michael Collins (1996)

R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart

Votes: 33,803 | Gross: $11.09M

30. Second Best (1994)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

Graham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts James, a troubled ten-year-old boy. Graham always wanted a son, but James loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance. Will the two be able to accept each other as family?

Director: Chris Menges | Stars: William Hurt, Nathan Yapp, Keith Allen, Chris Cleary Miles

Votes: 1,919 | Gross: $0.09M

31. CrissCross (1992)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama

A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.

Director: Chris Menges | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Arliss Howard, James Gammon, David Arnott

Votes: 2,183 | Gross: $3.05M

32. Director: Alan Clarke (1991)

53 min | Documentary

Documentary introduced by David Leland looking at the work of director Alan Clarke, and made to complement the BBC2 season of many of his plays and films. The film includes clips from some of his work and conversation.

Director: Corin Campbell Hill | Stars: Alan Clarke, George Costigan, Phil Daniels, Janine Duvitski

Votes: 21

33. A World Apart (1988)

PG | 113 min | Drama

1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa. Race is a non-issue ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Menges | Stars: Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé

Votes: 1,804 | Gross: $2.33M

34. Cannes Film Festival (1952– )
Episode: Cérémonie de clôture du 41ème festival de Cannes (1988)

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Director: Jean-Pierre Spiero | Stars: Bille August, Claude Berri, Karen Black, Claudia Cardinale

35. Shy People (1987)

R | 118 min | Drama

New York journalist visits her distant cousin for the first time to write an article about her hard life in the bayous of Louisiana. Journalist's wild drug addicted daughter just adds to tensions between two families' cultures.

Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton, Merritt Butrick

Votes: 1,528 | Gross: $0.77M

36. High Season (1987)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

The lives of an English expat photographer, her daughter, her player ex, a commie spy, a "00" agent and other English in Lindos, Rhodes, Greece.

Director: Clare Peploe | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas, Sebastian Shaw

Votes: 467 | Gross: $1.13M

37. The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987 TV Special)

205 min | Family

The official, annual, Hollywood award show that hands out many movie honors, including the Oscars. That year's show was hosted by Ralph Bellamy, and saw big wins by Marlee Matlin, Paul Newman, and Michael Caine.

Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan, Brian Ackland-Snow

Votes: 395

38. Warlords of the Golden Triangle (1987)

76 min | Documentary

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Directors: Adrian Cowell, Wai-Chuen Yung | Star: John Sham

39. The Mission (1986)

PG | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn

Votes: 65,781 | Gross: $17.22M

40. Singing the Blues in Red (1986)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Music

A singer swaps the political intimidation of working in East Germany for the equally controlling capitalist music industry in the West.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Sigfrit Steiner, Cristine Rose

Votes: 570

41. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode: The Mission (1986)

Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary that chronicles the making of the movie. It looks at the process of casting real Indians in the film and their importance in adding authenticity to the story, their ... See full summary »

Director: Robin Lough | Stars: Salvatore Basile, Roland Joffé, Chris Menges, David Puttnam

Votes: 22

42. Marie (1985)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama

A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 1,026 | Gross: $2.51M

43. The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985 TV Special)

160 min | News

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Directors: Marty Pasetta, Harrison Engle | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Candice Bergen, Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close

Votes: 192

44. Shooting from the Heart (1985)

52 min | Documentary

Chris Menges talks about his time as a cinematographer.

Director: David Turner | Stars: Alec McKenzie, Bill Forsyth, Bill Paterson, Chris Menges

45. The Killing Fields (1984)

R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands

Votes: 59,364 | Gross: $34.70M

46. Comfort and Joy (1984)

PG | 106 min | Comedy

Alan Bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by an angry competitor. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families, the Bernardis and the Rossis, over whose ice cream vans can sell where in Glasgow.

Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton

Votes: 2,356 | Gross: $1.06M

47. Winter Flight (1984)

89 min | Drama, Romance

A young RAF serviceman and a local waitress fall for each other, but Falklands War looms in the background.

Director: Roy Battersby | Stars: Reece Dinsdale, Nicola Cowper, Gary Olsen, Sean Bean

Votes: 88 | Gross: $0.00M

48. Which Side Are You On? (1984)

53 min | Documentary

Songs, poems and experiences of the Miners' Strike, 1984.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Charles Boal, Eric Booth, Keith Brookes, Ann Burrell

Votes: 107

49. Local Hero (1983)

PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.

Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson

Votes: 26,740 | Gross: $5.90M

50. R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only (1983 TV Movie)

78 min | Drama

An isolated, overweight girl with a penchant for shoplifting, gets pushed from pillar to post as the authorities struggle to know what to do with her.

Director: Jane Howell | Stars: Deltha McLeod, Andrew Partridge, Michael Buffong, Alfred Fagon

Votes: 75