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1. Paris, Texas (1984)
R | 145 min | Drama
Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry
Votes: 119,259 | Gross: $2.18M
2. Cloverfield (2008)
PG-13 | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.
Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, T.J. Miller
Votes: 421,002 | Gross: $80.05M
3. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 62,465 | Gross: $0.75M
4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
PG | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, War
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
Director: David Lean | Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Votes: 233,474 | Gross: $44.91M
5. The Naked Island (1960)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinji Tanaka, Masanori Horimoto
Votes: 6,187
6. 2040 (2019)
92 min | Documentary
Practical solutions to environmental concerns are addressed with the hope that the filmmaker's daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.
Director: Damon Gameau | Stars: Damon Gameau, Eva Lazzaro, Zoë Gameau, Davini Malcolm
Votes: 1,409
7. Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Not Rated | 170 min | Documentary, Sport
Kon Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on display at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, creating a record of observations that range from the expansive to the intimate.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Antonio Ambu, Gary Anderson, Gerry Ashworth, Polina Astakhova
Votes: 2,207
8. Zátopek (2021)
131 min | Biography, Drama, History
Autumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.
Director: David Ondricek | Stars: Václav Neuzil, Martha Issová, James Frecheville, Robert Miklus
Votes: 581
9. The Conquest of Everest (1953)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Adventure
Documentary that covers the famous and successful expedition of the Everest conquest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the first climbers to reach its peak.
Director: George Lowe | Stars: Meredith Edwards, John Hunt, George Band, Tom Bourdillon
Votes: 881
10. 28i Oktovriou, ora 5,30 (1971)
102 min | Drama, War
During the German intervention in the Greco-Italian War, Lieutenant, Willy Knut, and his men invade a Macedonian village, forcing the inhabitants to work in an ammunition assembly line. Can the fervent patriots thwart the Nazis' ambitions?
Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Hristos Politis, Vera Krouska, Fernando Sancho, Lakis Komninos
Votes: 169
11. Manto Mavrogenous (1971)
95 min | Biography, Drama, History
As the war for the independence of Greece in the early-1820s rages on, the fervent patriot and fearless commander, Mando Mavrogenous, engages herself in an intense relationship with Prince Demetrios Ypsilantis.
Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Petros Fyssoun, Alkis Giannakas, Eleni Erimou
Votes: 311
12. Rio 2016: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (2016)
Sport
Broadcast television coverage of the Rio 2016: Summer Olympics Games of the XXXI Olympiad, an international multi-sport competition that took place in and around Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 05 August 2016 through 21 August 2016.
Stars: Usain Bolt, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez
Votes: 480
13. Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008)
Sport
Broadcast television coverage of the Beijing 2008: Summer Olympics Games of the XXIX Olympiad, an international multi-sport competition that took place in and around Beijing, China from 06 August 2008 through 24 August 2008.
Stars: Michael Phelps, Rafael Nadal, Feng Kun, Luc Abalo
Votes: 1,209
14. Lieutenant Rakoczy (1954)
114 min | Adventure, History, Romance
Historical drama about the Austrian occupation at the beginning of the 18th century.
Director: Frigyes Bán | Stars: Tibor Bitskey, Éva Vass, Endre Gyárfás, Ferenc Zenthe
Votes: 119
15. Rooster's Golden Comb (1955)
10 min | Animation, Short, Family
The cunning fox takes the cockerel "behind the dark forests", but there are true friends nearby. A colorful story with beautiful music.
Directors: Dmitriy Anpilov, Pyotr Nosov
Votes: 74
16. The Mayoress (1960)
75 min | Comedy
Two antagonistic tavern owners who announced their candidacy for the upcoming mayoral election, are totally in the dark about their children's clandestine affair. Are both candidates prepared to sacrifice their ambitions for their sake?
Director: Roviros Manthoulis | Stars: Georgia Vasileiadou, Vasilis Avlonitis, Aleka Stratigou, Koula Agagiotou
Votes: 220
17. Eftichia's Suitors (1962)
76 min | Comedy
To finally walk down the aisle with his much younger fiancée who is at the end of her tether, a middle-aged wholesale meat supplier must first get Eftichia, his beauty-challenged sister, married. However, this is easier said than done.
Director: Sokrates Kapsaskis | Stars: Vasilis Avlonitis, Georgia Vasileiadou, Nikos Rizos, Popi Lazou
Votes: 426
18. The Wasted Effort (2019)
5 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
As I have always said "The food might not have cost you much, but it took a lot of effort and sacrifice to get to your plate. Every piece of food thrown away adds to another man's hunger and wastes another person's labor."
Director: Muhammed Bozbey | Stars: Ali Akar, Muhammed Bozbey, Emrah Ercicek, Irfan Saygili
Votes: 95
19. NASA: Triumph and Tragedy (2009– )
Documentary
Documentary series offering audiences a unique chance to glimpse an astronaut's view of spaceflight.
Stars: Alisdair Simpson, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell
Votes: 41
20. Boadicea: the Vessel of Freedom (2018)
8 min | Short, Adventure, Biography
In 2006, two women sailed half the planet to be together. Meg, a Canadian, and I -- Elena, a Russian -- had no choice but to risk it all, or be parted forever. I had never seen the ocean. ... See full summary »
Director: Elena Ivanova | Star: Elena Ivanova
21.
Delta (1969–1970)
Episode:
The Devil Take the Blue Tongue Fly
(1969)
Adventure
Years of drought have brought plague to a sheep property, and it takes the consolidated efforts of Delta and the army to prevent a national disaster.
Director: Brian Faull | Stars: Kirrily Nolan, John Gregg, Kevin Miles, Brian Adams
22.
Snoopy in Space (2019–2021)
Episode:
A New Voyage
(2021)
TV-G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Back at home, Snoopy and the kids consider how best to represent life on Earth as they look to the future of their mission. .
Director: Steve Evangelatos | Stars: Tyler James Nathan, Terry McGurrin, Rob Tinkler, Christian Dal Dosso
Votes: 22
23.
The NPR Politics Podcast (2015– )
January 6th Committee Says It Has Evidence Trump's Election Efforts Broke The Law
(2022 Podcast Episode)
27 min | News
24.
Predators (2022– )
Episode:
Puma
(2022)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
In the remote mountains of Patagonia, puma mother Rupestre, has just six months to teach her four cubs everything they need to survive. But as their world becomes increasingly competitive, will they be ready to face adulthood alone?
Directors: Dan Smith, Vanessa Coates | Star: Tom Hardy
Votes: 70
25.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
How Public Schools Became LGBT Brainwashing Factories
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
26.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Harvard Pretends To Support Free Speech
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Matt Walsh
29.
Yakari (2005– )
Episode:
A Weighty Treasure
(2012)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family
While spring-cleaning in the flying squirrel's territory, someone has been having fun taking away Yakari's things. As the furry animal insists on his innocence, calamity strikes, and there's only one who can help. But who is he?
Director: Xavier Giacometti | Stars: Eden Gamliel, Maxime Nivet, Yoann Sover
Votes: 5
30.
Yakari (2005– )
Episode:
The Feathers of Joy
(2012)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family
Unfortunately, the once-happy Moon Spirit has lost her will to laugh, regardless of Yakari and Little Thunder's enjoyable but ineffectual attempts to distract her. Can the healing feathers of the glossy blue jay bird do the trick?
Director: Xavier Giacometti | Stars: Eden Gamliel, Maxime Nivet, Yoann Sover
31.
Yakari (2005– )
Episode:
The Old Buffalo
(2005)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family
Unexpectedly, Yakari and Little Thunder come across a great but sad old buffalo who claims that his days are numbered. Can Yakari help the elderly bison catch up to his herd?
Director: Xavier Giacometti