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1. Milarepa (2006)
PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Milarepa is a tale of greed and vengeance - demons, magic, murder and redemption. It is the story of the man who became Tibet's greatest mystic.
Director: Neten Chokling | Stars: Orgyen Tobgyal, Kelsang Chukie Tethtong, Jamyang Lodro, Jamyang Nyima
Votes: 1,102
2. Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)
PG-13 | 97 min | Documentary, Sport
The rise and fall of the N.Y. Cosmos. The soccer team that brought Pele to America; against the backdrop of N.Y. City in the 70's.
Directors: Paul Crowder, John Dower | Stars: Pelé, Giorgio Chinaglia, Matt Dillon, Ahmet Ertegun
Votes: 1,534 | Gross: $0.14M
3. Thrilla in Manila (2008 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary, Sport
A detailed examination of the intense rivalry between the two heavyweight boxing champions, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.
Director: John Dower | Stars: Joe Frazier, Marvis Frazier, Thomas Hauser, Muhammad Ali
Votes: 922
4. Cup Final (1991)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, War
An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup (mondial), he and his capturers share the... See full summary »
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Moshe Ivgy, Mohammad Bakri, Salim Daw, Bassam Zo'amat
Votes: 204
5. 14 kilómetros (2007)
95 min | Drama
Three people looking for a better life become stranded in desert with little hope of survival in this drama from Spain.
Director: Gerardo Olivares | Stars: Adoum Moussa, Aminata Kanta, Mahamadou Alzouma, Rachid Abeghraz
Votes: 375
6. The Colors of the Mountain (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Manuel, 9, has an old ball with which he plays football every day in the countryside. He dreams of becoming a great goalkeeper. His wishes seem set to come true when Ernest, his father, ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos César Arbeláez | Stars: Hernán Mauricio Ocampo, Nolberto Sánchez, Genaro Aristizábal, Hernán Méndez
Votes: 1,755
7. The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi, Tom Waits
Votes: 14,431 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Pilatus und andere - Ein Film für Karfreitag (1972 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
The trial of Yeshua Ha-Notsri is led by prosecutor Pontius Pilate who believes in the innocence of the accused but is forced to sentence him to death. This biblical story is set in present-day Germany.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Kreczmar, Daniel Olbrychski, Andrzej Lapicki
Votes: 179
9. Vitus (2006)
PG | 123 min | Drama, Music
A twelve-year-old piano prodigy who suffocates from his parent's big dreams for him decides to make his escape--and with the aid of his grandfather--chase his own dreams instead.
Director: Fredi M. Murer | Stars: Fabrizio Borsani, Bruno Ganz, Teo Gheorghiu, Julika Jenkins
Votes: 5,186 | Gross: $0.19M
10. 46 Yok Olan (2016)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A genetic professor wants to save his sister from a long-time coma by using a medicine he has just discovered. But this discovery changes his life in an unexpected way.
Stars: Erdal Besikçioglu, Yasemin Kay Allen, Melis Birkan, Saygin Soysal
Votes: 4,729
11. Absolute Wilson (2006)
Unrated | 105 min | Documentary
From director, Katharina Otto-Bernstein, a provocative and moving documentary on the life and work of Robert Wilson, one of the most visionary and controversial theater artists of our time.... See full summary »
Director: Katharina Otto-Bernstein | Stars: Robert Wilson, Arnold Aronson, Robin Brentano, David Byrne
Votes: 148 | Gross: $0.07M
12. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson
Votes: 24,505 | Gross: $0.83M
13. The Painting Pool (2013)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Romance
Maryam (Negar Javaherian) and Reza (Shahab Hosseini) are different from other people, it's not just a simple difference, but a very big difference. They must try to prove to others they ... See full summary »
Director: Maziar Miri | Stars: Seyed Mahmoud Chaharsoughi, Siamak Ehsaii, Sepahrad Farzami, Shahab Hosseini
Votes: 5,441
14. Felicity Land (2011)
90 min | Drama
A look at the lives of 3 well-off Iranian couples who are ostensibly living an idyllic life and are going to have a get-together for a birthday party. Each couple bearing their own sordid ... See full summary »
Director: Maziar Miri | Stars: Mahnaz Afshar, Amir Aghaee, Hamed Behdad, Hengameh Ghaziani
Votes: 2,033
15. Bubot Niyar (2006)
80 min | Documentary
A group of transgender and gay Filipinos people emigrate to Israel to take care of elderly religious Jewish men. On their one day off per week, they perform as drag performers in a group ... See full summary »
Director: Tomer Heymann
Votes: 190 | Gross: $0.04M
16. Casa de Areia (2005)
R | 115 min | Drama
A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge
Votes: 3,270 | Gross: $0.53M
17. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
A mix of Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy and musical interludes, inspired in part by the 1973 documentary Wattstax.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Dave Chappelle, Yasiin Bey, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu
Votes: 9,623 | Gross: $11.72M
18. Family Law (2006)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
As he adjusts to being a husband and father, Ariel Perelman meditates on the ways in which he is similar -- and so very different -- from his own dad.
Director: Daniel Burman | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Julieta Díaz, Arturo Goetz, Eloy Burman
Votes: 1,552 | Gross: $0.04M
19. Der Kick (2006)
82 min | Documentary
The neo-Nazi brothers Marco and Marcel Schönfeld from Potzlow have their sights set on the 16-year-old Marinus Schöberl, who stutters. They consider Marinus to be a so-called "subhuman".
Director: Andres Veiel | Stars: Susanne-Marie Wrage, Markus Lerch
Votes: 92
20. The Red Cockatoo (2006)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A coming-of-age story set in the German Democratic Republic in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Max Riemelt, Jessica Schwarz, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ingeborg Westphal
Votes: 875
21. El triunfo (2006)
122 min | Drama
Barcelona, 1980s: in a tough urban neighbourhood inhabited by survivors and ruled by ex-legionnaires Gandhi, Fontán and Andrade - who are fighting a war for control of the streets - Nen and... See full synopsis »
Director: Mireia Ros | Stars: Juan Diego, Ángela Molina, Marieta Orozco, Pep Cruz
Votes: 104
22. Estrellas de La Línea (2006)
95 min | Documentary
A documentary on Guatemalan sex workers who formed a soccer team in 2004 and joined their local five-a-side league. The league's organizer expelled them when their profession was revealed, bringing about a media frenzy.
Director: Chema Rodríguez | Star: José Ramón de la Morena
Votes: 119
23. Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)
81 min | Documentary
A chronological look at films by, for, or about (or 'by, for, and about') gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, from Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to Ang Lee's "Brokeback... See full summary »
Directors: Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg | Stars: Randy Barbato, Dan Bucatinsky, Jonathan Caouette, Ash Christian
Votes: 839
24. Hamburger Lektionen (2006)
133 min | Documentary
The German actor Manfred Zapatka broadcasts in full, in an unusual reading form, the two sermons of the imam of the Hamburg mosque Mohammed Fazazi delivered in January 2000.
Director: Romuald Karmakar | Stars: August Diehl, Manfred Zapatka
Votes: 61
25. Hayelet Bodeda (2006)
19 min | Short, Drama
Zohara has been waiting to go home ever since she was first stationed at a distant military base, but when the day arrives her hopes evaporate. The soldier sent to replace her appears to be... See full summary »
Director: Talya Lavie | Stars: Dana Ivgy, Shiri Ashkenazi, Hadas Kalderon, Rafael Azran
Votes: 58
26. Zero Motivation (2014)
Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A unit of female Israeli soldiers at a remote desert base bide their time as they count down the minutes until they can return to civilian life.
Director: Talya Lavie | Stars: Dana Ivgy, Nelly Tagar, Shani Klein, Heli Twito
Votes: 4,511 | Gross: $0.10M
27. Shibolet Bakafe (2004)
12 min | Short
Flora was born in the field, that's what she keeps telling everyone, that is. She is a waitress in a coffee shop that requires complex acrobatic skills. Flora cannot take it anymore. But she still hasn't lost her dramatic talent...
Director: Talya Lavie | Stars: Shiri Ashckenazi, Ronen Yifrach, Amir Dolitzki
Votes: 46
28. Heaven's Doors (2006)
160 min | Drama
Casablanca. Late afternoon. Ney, a young man in his early 20's, heads toward his victim's apartment in order to get his revenge. This act will lead to the collision of three different lives... See full summary »
Directors: Imad Noury, Swel Noury | Stars: Latifah Ahrar, Amidou, Samia Berrada, Camelia Bouhmamdi
Votes: 96
29. Jeder schweigt von etwas anderem (2006)
72 min | Documentary
This intense and very moving documentary features four - out of approximately 250,000 - former political prisoners in East Germany. Nearly twenty years after the fall of the Wall, it is ... See full summary »
Directors: Marc Bauder, Dörte Franke | Stars: Dagny Dewath, Anne Drewath, Anne Gollin, Elfriede Gollin
Votes: 58
30. Kalpurush (2005)
120 min | Drama
A man struggles with his memories of his powerful father.
Director: Buddhadev Dasgupta | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Rahul Bose, Sameera Reddy, Sudipta Chakraborty
Votes: 279
31. Komornik (2005)
94 min | Drama
Lucjan Bohme is a ruthless debt collector working in a post-industrial Silesian town. In the land of unemployment and misery, he's got a lot of work and no mercy at all. Until something happens.
Director: Feliks Falk | Stars: Andrzej Chyra, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Kinga Preis, Grzegorz Wojdon
Votes: 2,124
32. Komm näher (2006)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Drama "in the improvisational style of Andreas Dresen or Mike Leigh" about three drifted apart sisters (Meret Becker, Stephanie Stappenbeck and Heidrun Bartholomäus) finding back together after the death of their mother.
Director: Vanessa Jopp | Stars: Meret Becker, Hinnerk Schönemann, Heidrun Bartholomäus, Stefanie Stappenbeck
Votes: 237
33. Love Sick (2006)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
In order to spend more time with her girlfriend, Kiki, the young student Alex decides to give up her room at the student's hostel and move into the house where Kiki lives. A few months ... See full summary »
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Maria Popistasu, Ioana Barbu, Tudor Chirila, Catalina Murgea
Votes: 3,241
34. Beyond the Ocean (2006)
108 min | Drama
God does not let the birds fall from heaven and has even less reason to let us people fall.
Director: Éliane de Latour | Stars: Fraser James, Djédjé Apali, Marie-Josée Croze, Sara Martins
Votes: 82
35. Forgiveness (I) (2006)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama
On April 9, 1948, a Jewish militia entered the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and killed over 100 villagers. Soon after, a mental hospital was built on the ruins. The first patients to ... See full summary »
Director: Udi Aloni | Stars: Itay Tiran, Clara Khoury, Moni Moshonov, Makram Khoury
Votes: 106
36. Teen Mothers (2006)
71 min | Documentary
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The reality of poor favela's girls who became mothers in the middle of youth and childhood.
Directors: Sandra Werneck, Gisela Camara | Stars: Alex Barbosa da Costa, Edilene, Evelin, Joice
Votes: 98
37. Going Private (2006)
96 min | Drama
Investment banker HP has allegedly ridden out the crash of the stock exchange. One evening, at a barbecue event with his banker friends and their wives, HP's Danish au-pair threatens to ... See full summary »
Director: Stina Werenfels | Stars: Olivia Frolich, Selma Jamal Aldin, Mikki Levy, Luca Lüdi
Votes: 148
38. Naming Number Two (2006)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor.
Director: Toa Fraser | Stars: Ruby Dee, Mia Blake, Rene Naufahu, Miriama McDowell
Votes: 610
39. The Yacoubian Building (2006)
165 min | Drama
Meditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.
Director: Marwan Hamed | Stars: Adel Emam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra, Essad Youniss
Votes: 7,223
40. Snow Monkey (2015)
148 min | Documentary
Snow Monkey is an epic portrait of daily life in Jalalabad, where art activist Gittoes recruited gangs of war-damaged children to shoot local, Pashto-style films: vibrant, colorful and ... See full summary »
Director: George Gittoes
Votes: 45
41. Love City, Jalalabad (2013)
99 min | Documentary, Drama, Romance
A wild and funny documentary showing how the progressive youth of Afghanistan are rejecting the use of armed force and see film production as an alternative means of bringing peace and social change to their war-torn and occupied country.
Directors: George Gittoes, Torstein Grude | Stars: Ahmad Zia Abir, Noor Agha Ahmadi, Fawad Ahmadzai, Jawad Ahmadzai
Votes: 23
42. The Miscreants of Taliwood (2009)
93 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
Australia's most daring artist takes on the Taliban.
Director: George Gittoes | Stars: George Gittoes, Javed Musazai
Votes: 130
43. Rampage (2006)
118 min | Documentary, Music
A 14 year old boy in a dangerous ghetto in US is trying to make it as a rapper, but labels want him to change his lyrics. Meanwhile Denzell's brother is back from Iraq and another war is brewing in the streets.
Director: George Gittoes | Stars: Angel, Ariel, Bam Bam, Bino
Votes: 107
44. Shissô (2005)
124 min | Drama
Shuji and his older brother Shuichi live in a sad resort town that has a virtual wall in its middle. Looking to rise him above his surroundings Shuji meets and interacts with a priest with ... See full summary »
Director: Sabu | Stars: Yûya Tegoshi, Hanae Kan, Miki Nakatani, Etsushi Toyokawa
Votes: 322
45. Stay (I) (2005)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A psychiatrist attempts to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling, Kate Burton
Votes: 85,955 | Gross: $3.63M
46. In the Last Days of the City (2016)
118 min | Drama
A documentary filmmaker in Cairo is having difficulty finishing his film, so his friends send him footage from the cities they live in: Baghdad, Beirut, and Berlin.
Director: Tamer El Said | Stars: Khalid Abdalla, Laila Samy, Hanan Youssef, Mariam Saleh Saad
Votes: 593
47. The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
R | 91 min | Biography, Drama
The life of Bettie Page, a 1950s pin-up model and one of the first sex icons in America, who became the target of a Senate investigation because of her risqué bondage photos.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris
Votes: 11,639 | Gross: $1.41M
48. The Proposition (2005)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Western
A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Ray Winstone, Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, Richard Wilson
Votes: 54,961 | Gross: $1.90M
49. Eyes of a Thief (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
A father with a dangerous secret searches for his daughter.
Director: Najwa Najjar | Stars: Kal Naga, Souad Massi, Suhail Haddad, Malak Ermileh
Votes: 505
50. 37 Uses for a Dead Sheep (2006)
84 min | Documentary
To preserve their culture, the Pamir Kirghiz people have migrated across Central Asia from the U.S.S.R to China to Afghanistan to Pakistan and finally to remote eastern Turkey, but now they face the most serious threat to their traditions, globalization.
Directors: Ben Hopkins, Muhammet Ekber Kutlu | Stars: Sereban Aslan, Suleyman Atanisev, Ismail Atilgan, Alpaslan Kutlu
Votes: 195
52. Atos dos Homens (2006)
75 min | Documentary
An x-ray of violence in the Baixada Fluminense. The daily lives of residents of the region, who live with great social inequality and the trivialization of death, which becomes commonplace for conflict resolution.
Director: Kiko Goifman
Votes: 34
53. Au delà de la haine (2005)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
In 2002, three French neofascist skinheads went to a public park in Rheims looking for an 'Arab' to attack when they came across Francois Chenu, a young gay man.
Director: Olivier Meyrou
Votes: 141 | Gross: $0.00M
54. Aus der Ferne (2006)
89 min | Documentary
In Spring 2005, Thomas Arslan took a trip from Istanbul and Ankara to the southwest and from there to the Iranian border. This is his personal view of this country: not journalistic reportage, but impressions of daily life.
Director: Thomas Arslan
Votes: 62
55. Host & Guest (2005)
92 min | Drama
A part time teacher in a university's Film Department, Ho-Jun is a divorce who has lost custody of his son to his ex-wife. After continuing to have his application for full-time ... See full summary »
Director: Dong-il Shin | Stars: Kim Jae-rok, Joo-hwan Jeong, Kang Ji-hwan, Kim Tae-yoon
Votes: 96
56. Berlin Rebel High School (2016)
91 min | Documentary
You hated school when you were young? Your kids refuse to get up in the morning, because they feel the same? Maybe this documentary shows a solution... Hidden in one of Berlin's backyards ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Kleider | Stars: Hanil Altunergil, Alex Bäke, Lena Christof, Florian Geissler
Votes: 126
57. Running Shaadi (2017)
114 min | Comedy, Romance
Two friends, Ram Bharose and tech genius Cyberjeet, create a website that helps lovers to elope. The site is an instant hit; young couples line up for the opportunity to escape strict families and run away with the ones they love.
Director: Amit Roy | Stars: Amit Sadh, Taapsee Pannu, Richa Meena, Arsh Bajwa
Votes: 2,782
58. Black Cat Mansion (1958)
69 min | Drama, Horror
The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her.
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Toshio Hosokawa, Midori Chikuma, Yuriko Ejima, Fujie Satsuki
Votes: 498
59. Congo river, au-delà des ténèbres (2005)
116 min | Documentary
The film takes us from the mouth to the source of the second largest river basin in the world, that of the Congo River. All along its 4371 km, we discover places that have seen the turbulent history of this country
Director: Thierry Michel | Stars: Olivier Cheysson, Thierry Michel, Lye Mudaba
Votes: 192
60. Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon (2005)
80 min | Drama
A writer trying to locate a woman he met at a park encounters numerous refugees who have made South Africa their home.
Director: Khalo Matabane | Stars: Fatima Hersi, Tony Kgoroge
Votes: 60
61. Dear Pyongyang (2005)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary
A Korean-Japanese daughter tries to understand her father's sworn political loyalty to North Korea.
Director: Yong-hi Yang
Votes: 211
62. Dokufu Takahashi Oden (1958)
74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Biopic of female Japanese murderer Takahashi Oden.
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Katsuko Wakasugi, Jûzaburô Akechi, Tetsurô Tanba, Akira Nakamura
Votes: 127
63. Doskonale popoludnie (2005)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Przemyslaw Wojcieszek | Stars: Michal Czernecki, Magdalena Poplawska, Jerzy Stuhr, Slawomir Orzechowski
Votes: 94
64. Inatteso (2005)
53 min | Documentary
Those who seek political asylum in Italy fear for their very survival. They are forced to wait for several years, are forbidden to work and receive no assistance from the State. They are ... See full summary »
Director: Domenico Distilo | Star: Joanna Henneman
Votes: 12
65. The Sinners of Hell (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Shigeru Amachi, Utako Mitsuya, Yôichi Numata, Hiroshi Hayashi
Votes: 4,564
66. John & Jane (2005)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
A entirely original blend of observational documentary and tropical science-fiction, John & Jane (2005) follows the stories of six "call agents" that answer American 1-800 numbers in a Mumbai call center.
Director: Ashim Ahluwalia | Stars: Glen Castinho, Sydney Fernandes, Oaref Irani, Pravin Namrata Parekh
Votes: 491
67. Close to Home (2005)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
Rebellious and outgoing Smadar can't stand types like Mirit. Mirit, introverted and frightened, keeps away from the likes of Smadar. But the two are thrown together as they are assigned to ... See full summary »
Directors: Vardit Bilu, Dalia Hager | Stars: Smadar Sayar, Naama Schendar, Danny Geva, Katia Zinbris
Votes: 949 | Gross: $0.02M
68. Strange Circus (2005)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana, Seiko Iwaidô
Votes: 6,244
69. Down There (2006)
78 min | Documentary
Akerman spends a month in Tel Aviv, in an apartment by the sea, contemplating her family, her Jewish identity and her childhood.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Star: Chantal Akerman
Votes: 207
70. No Home Movie (2015)
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Chantal Akerman documents the life of her mother Natalia Akerman, a Polish immigrant and survivor of Auschwitz.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Stars: Chantal Akerman, Natalia Akerman, Sylvaine Akerman
Votes: 1,098 | Gross: $0.02M
71. Lampu merah mati (2005)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama
A group of men arrested for the terrorist bombing of a nightclub have to reenact their actions for the police and media.
Director: Ming Jin Woo | Stars: Azman Hassan, Hariry Jalil, Pang Khee Teik, Sharaad Kuttan
Votes: 49
72. L'appel des arènes (2005)
105 min | Drama
Literary adaptation: Thru the story of a quiet teenage boy introduced to a powerful wrestling champ, we learn about the specific features of a national tradition in Senegal.
Director: Cheikh Ndiaye | Stars: Lea Cartier, Ismaila Cissé, Médoune Dame Cissé, Ibrahima Diop
Votes: 21
73. Lelaki komunis terakhir (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A travel documentary essay, interspersed with specially composed songs, about the early life and legacy of Chin Peng, exiled leader of the banned Communist Party of Malaya.
Director: Amir Muhammad | Stars: See Ming Chong, Toni Kassim, Janet Lee, Zalila Lee
Votes: 57
74. Lucy (2006)
93 min | Drama, Romance
Eighteen-year-old Maggy has a baby, Lucy, eight months old. Maggy still lives with her mother, who often takes care of the baby so that Maggy can go out for an evening. At a disco she meets Gordon and soon falls in love with him.
Director: Henner Winckler | Stars: Kim Schnitzer, Gordon Schmidt, Feo Aladag, Polly Hauschild
Votes: 220
75. Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company (2005)
112 min | Documentary
Elderly residents of a Toronto nursing home cope with loss, loneliness and other heartbreaking challenges of growing old, as the home's staff work tirelessly to provide an environment of dignified, compassionate care.
Director: Allan King | Stars: Claire Mandell, Sherry Mandell, Jeff Glickman, Sonny Max Glickman
Votes: 185
76. My Country, My Country (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Documentary by Oscar winner Laura Poitras about the war in Iraq.
Director: Laura Poitras
Votes: 408
77. 'Nendo no omen' yori: kaachan (1961)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Yoshigoro the tinsmith looks unsuccessfully for work in postwar Tokyo. His wife Oyuki must beg his former employers for loans. Her neighbors are also faring poorly; one has a terminally ill... See full summary »
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Yûnosuke Itô, Yûko Mochizuki, Terumi Niki, Masako Fujimura
Votes: 31
78. News from Home/News from House (2006)
97 min | Documentary
The West Jerusalem building is no longer the microcosm it once was. Its inhabitants dispersed, this common space has disintegrated, but remains both an emotional and physical center at heart of the Israeli-Palestinian situation.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Claire Cesari, Amos Gitai
Votes: 53
79. One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later (2005)
121 min | Documentary
A time laps filming of Milwaukee's industrial valley. shot firstly in 1977 and then again in 2004, documenting the changes to the area after 27 years.
Director: James Benning
Votes: 125
80. Parineeta (2005)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The lifelong romance between Lolita (Balan) and Shekar (Khan) is upset by the arrival of another man.
Director: Pradeep Sarkar | Stars: Vidya Balan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Dia Mirza
Votes: 9,590 | Gross: $0.80M
81. Piteopaeneui gongshik (2005)
109 min | Drama
A teenager deals with life on his own as his mother lies in a coma.
Director: Chang-ho Cho | Stars: On Joo-Wan, Ok Ji-young, Kim Ho-jung, Park Min-ji
Votes: 131
82. Place de la République (1974)
94 min | Documentary
Vibrant scenes of individuals' daily life are filmed in Place de la République.
Director: Louis Malle | Star: Louis Malle
Votes: 440
83. Rinchi (1949)
98 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Kanjûrô Arashi, Ranko Hanai, Yoshiko Kuga, Ryô Ikebe
Votes: 20
84. Another Morning (2006)
90 min | Drama
Director: Nasser Refaie | Stars: Nezam Manouchehri, Raya Nasiri
Votes: 14
85. Wide Awake (2006)
Unrated | 79 min | Documentary
A filmmaker documents his bout with insomnia.
Director: Alan Berliner | Star: William C. Dement
Votes: 646
86. First Cousin Once Removed (2012)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
Acclaimed filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles the deeply personal story of his mother's first cousin--well-known poet/translator/professor Edwin Honig--on his journey into the depths of ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Berliner | Stars: Eli Berliner, Stuart Blazer, Susan Brown, Barbara Estrin
Votes: 407
87. The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)
76 min | Horror
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Shigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Katsuko Wakasugi, Shuntarô Emi
Votes: 1,814
88. 00h17 (2005)
8 min | Short
Director: Xavier de Choudens | Stars: Daniel Bilong, Franc Bruneau, Guillaume Denaiffe, Hakim Djaziri
Votes: 16
89. The Danish Poet (2006)
15 min | Animation, Short, Romance
A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.
Director: Torill Kove | Star: Liv Ullmann
Votes: 2,555
90. Big Girl (2005)
14 min | Short, Drama
A bittersweet battle of wills develops between nine-year-old Josephine and her mother's new boyfriend in this poignant tale of modern family politics.
Director: Renuka Jeyapalan | Stars: Kris Holden-Ried, Samantha Weinstein, Patricia Fagen, Dan Willmott
Votes: 143
91. Mizu no hana (2005)
92 min | Drama
A portrait of the relationship between Minako, a girl in junior high deserted by her mother when she was young, and Yu, Minako's younger half-sister who loves to ballet dance. On a whim, ... See full summary »
Director: Yusuke Kinoshita | Stars: Azusa Hibino, Asuka Kurosawa, Tomi Nakaho, Himawari Ono
Votes: 32
92. Kamataki (2005)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Ken, a 23-year-old, is devastated at the death of his father. He decides to commit suicide by jumping into the near-freezing river, but somehow miraculously survived. His mother thinks that... See full summary »
Director: Claude Gagnon | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Christopher Heyerdahl, Matt Smiley, Naho Watanabe
Votes: 211
93. A dios momo (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
With a poetic nod to Fellini, Leonardo Ricagni uses the carnival atmosphere to transport the viewer to a magical place where realism and surrealism live side by side in Uruguay - and what a wonderful place to be.
Director: Leonardo Ricagni | Stars: Mathias Acuña, Jorge Esmoris, Washington Luna
Votes: 76
94. Never an Absolution (2005)
18 min | Drama, Short
Dijo is an eleven-year-old orphaned refugee from the country of Congo. One day a police officer arrives at his school. He is investigating a murder. Dijo is identified as witness to the crime..
Director: Cameron B. Alyasin | Stars: Evy Makuena, Marc Badia, Duncan Green, Christian Magdu
Votes: 23
95. Doodh Aur Apheem (2006)
83 min | Adventure, Drama, Music
Swaroop, a young boy from a caste of musicians, pressures his uncle Nizam into letting him join him on a trip in search of work. Reluctantly the uncle takes the boy with him. Their ... See full summary »
Director: Joel Palombo | Stars: Swaroop Khan, Nizam Khan, Mohamad Khan, Manjoor Khan
Votes: 26
96. Drømmen (2006)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Family
A boy, inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., challenges a repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Bent Mejding, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jens Jørn Spottag, Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis
Votes: 2,860
97. Jestem (2005)
93 min | Drama
A self-reliable 11-year-old boy runs away from children's home to be with his dysfunctional mother. She doesn't want him back so he starts living on an old barge.
Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska | Stars: Piotr Jagielski, Agnieszka Nagórzycka, Edyta Jungowska, Barbara Szkaluba
Votes: 1,053
98. Lovitor (2005)
112 min | Drama
Director: Farkhot Abdullaev | Stars: Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya, Viktor Kotov, Oleg Koulayev, Aleksandr Naumov
Votes: 29
99. Opal Dream (2006)
PG | 86 min | Drama, Family
A young girl's relationship with her imaginary friends resonates throughout her town in the Australian Outback.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Sapphire Blossom, Christian Byers, Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzie
Votes: 1,062 | Gross: $0.01M
100. Quinceañera (2006)
R | 90 min | Drama
As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.
Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo González, Jesus Castanos
Votes: 4,296 | Gross: $1.69M
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