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1. Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes (1976)
763 min | Documentary
From 1972 until 1974, Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan, along with a Chinese film crew, documented the last days of the Cultural Revolution, marking the end of an era. The vast amount of ... See full summary »
Directors: Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan Ivens, Jean Bigiaoui
Votes: 118
2. Nani ga kanojo o sô saseta ka (1930)
85 min | Drama
A girl sets out on a lonely journey when a father decides it is best for his young daughter to go live with his brother and her uncle. The trek begins on a train, but has to continue on ... See full summary »
Directors: Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Yoneo Ota | Stars: Keiko Takatsu, Rintarô Fujima, Yôyô Kojima, Hidekatsu Maki
Votes: 199
3. Days of Hope (1975– )
395 min | Drama, History, War
A series of four films from the Great War to the General Strike.
Stars: Paul Copley, Pamela Brighton, Nikolas Simmonds, Gary Roberts
Votes: 144
4. A Mongolian Tale (1995)
103 min | Drama
Bayinbulag and Somiya are brought up, from a young age, as brother and sister by their adoptive grandmother. The three live happily in a yurt on the Mongolian steppes. Just before ... See full summary »
Director: Fei Xie | Stars: Dalarsurong, Aojirdai, Bayirtcya, Gangbater
Votes: 266
5. West Side Avenue (2001)
315 min | Crime, Drama
A Filipino teenager is shot to death on a New Jersey, USA sidewalk: an investigation starts and his family and friends are interviewed. Along the way, more about him is revealed and so is ... See full summary »
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Yul Servo, Joel Torre, Gloria Diaz, Angel Aquino
Votes: 214
6. My Memories of Old Beijing (1983)
96 min | Drama
Yingzi is a young, impressionable girl living on the southern side of Beijing in the late 1920s. Encountering people in the city, she tries to understand how people are really like inside through her own eyes.
Director: Yigong Wu | Stars: Jie Shen, Min Zhang, Fengyi Zhang, Zhenyao Zheng
Votes: 516
7. Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)
135 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Summer 1937 Japan begins a war with China. Militaristic moods are growing in the country. A group of Japanese schoolchildren do not understand the militaristic hysteria of adults.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Saburô Bôya, Izumi Hara, Yasufumi Hayashi, Wakaba Irie
Votes: 236
8. Ben ming nian (1990)
107 min | Crime, Drama
A semi-literate who was deprived of schooling during the Cultural Revolution, Li Huiquan, is released from labor camp. But his attempts to make good are continually thwarted. His street ... See full summary »
Director: Fei Xie | Stars: Wen Jiang, Cheng Lin, Hong Yue, Xiaoning Liu
Votes: 552
9. Big Time Gambling Boss (1968)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer and suggests they choose Matsuda, who is in prison.
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Hiroshi Nawa, Nobuo Kaneko
Votes: 362
10. Love Massacre (1981)
91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The story of a young co-ed whose boyfriend turns into a demented stalker after the suicide of his sister.
Director: Patrick Tam | Stars: Kuo-Chu Chang, Charlie Chin, Ann Hui, Deannie Ip
Votes: 247
11. El pícaro (1974–1975)
30 min | Comedy
The adventures of Lucas Trapaza The rogue in his wanderings through seventeenth-century Spain.
Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Juan Ribó, Emma Cohen, Manolo Codeso
Votes: 73
12. Fly High Run Far - Kae Byok (1991)
146 min | Drama
The story of Choe Si-hyeong, a leader of the Donghak Peasant Revolution during the late 19th-century Korea.
Director: Im Kwon-taek | Stars: Duk-wha Lee, Lee Hye-yeong, Seok-Gu Lee, Kim Myung-gon
Votes: 47
13. Black Jack (1979)
R | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy
When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with 'Black Jack,' adventure and mishap are never far away. Based on Leon Garfield's popular novel, Ken Loach's 'Black Jack' is a dark, complex adventure film set in the 18th century.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Stephen Hirst, Louise Cooper, Jean Franval, Phil Askham
Votes: 762
14. Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers (1990)
70 min | Documentary
Independent Chinese documentary by Wu Wenguan following and interviewing a group of young artists around the time of the events Tiananmen about their lives and careers.
Director: Wenguang Wu | Stars: May May Ci Zhang, Bo Gao, Sen Mou, Dali Zhang
Votes: 63
15. Woman Sesame Oil Maker (1993)
105 min | Drama
The tragedies of two Chinese country women: a wealthy sesame oil seller and her daughter-in-law, married to her son.
Director: Fei Xie | Stars: Siqin Gaowa, Yujuan Wu, Kesheng Lei, Baoguo Chen
Votes: 405
16. We'll Meet Again (1957)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is actually the love child of her wealthy businessman father and his ex-secretary.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Keizô Kawasaki, Kenji Sugawara, Ryûji Shinagawa
Votes: 525
17. The Red Detachment of Women (1961)
92 min | Drama, War
In 1930s, Wu Qionghua was a housemaid of Nan-ba-tian, a cruel warlord of a village in Hainan Island, China. Often abused by her master, Qionghua was finally rescued by Hong Changqing, ... See full summary »
Director: Jin Xie | Stars: Xijuan Zhu, Xingang Wang, Mei Xiang, Naihua Jin
Votes: 363
18. Kru Somsri (1985)
117 min | Drama
A feisty teacher leads a group of slum-dwellers against a real estate developer who is determined to evict hundreds of families in order to make way for a construction project.
Director: Chatrichalerm Yukol | Stars: Chalita Pattamapan, Ron Rittichai, So Asanachinda, Setha Sirichaya
Votes: 11
19. Third Sister Liu (1960)
Not Rated | 117 min | Musical
This is the first musical film in China which tells the story of Liu San Jie (Liu the Third Sister), a legendary folk female singer of Zhuang minority in Guangxi Autonomous Region.
Director: Su Li | Stars: Wanqiu Huang, Zongxue Xia, Ju-ke Zhang, Wen-jun Zhang
Votes: 203
20. Jai Bhim Comrade (2011)
199 min | Documentary
An exploration of caste in India. The documentary begins with the suicide of Vilas Ghogre, a Dalit poet and singer, following the 1997 atrocities against the Dalit community of Ramabai in ... See full summary »
Director: Anand Patwardhan
Votes: 289
21. Nishikie edosugata hatamoto to machiyakko (1939)
65 min | Drama
A cheerful period drama, sprinkled with comical scenes tells the story of a loyal and handsome Edo servant who fights to help his older brother marry the woman he loves.
Director: Kazuo Mori | Stars: Shinpachirô Asaka, Utaemon Ichikawa, Yaeko Kumoi, Wakako Kunitomo
Votes: 36
22. Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (1992)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Two drama companies happened to share one auditorium for rehearsal. Friction was inevitable. One of them played 'Peach Blossom', a comedy in medieval costume. Another played 'Secret Love', ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Lai | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Shih-Chieh King, Pao-Ming Ku, Li-Chun Lee
Votes: 442
23. The Traitors (1973)
113 min | Drama
Film originally intended for revolutionary working class and leftist intellectuals. About the life of a union activist who began his struggle in the Peronist ranks during the '60s and corrupted in his rise to power.
Director: Raymundo Gleyzer | Stars: Víctor Proncet, Raúl Fraire, Susana Lanteri, Mara Lasio
Votes: 224
24. His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
90 min | Drama, Romance
After a failed romance, a temperamental young biker meets a carefree rural girl while riding through her island hometown and gets her obsessed about riding a motorcycle.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Kiwako Harada, Noriko Watanabe, Riki Takeuchi, Ryôichi Takayanagi
Votes: 683
25. Katatsumori (1994)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Naomi Kawase, Uno Kawase
Votes: 216
26. Narita: The Peasants of the Second Fortress (1971)
143 min | Documentary
This important film compiles "Magino Story" footage taken by Ogawa for a period of more than ten years after he moved to Magino village.
Director: Shinsuke Ogawa
Votes: 59
27. Crazy World (2014)
82 min | Action
After a commando's daughter is kidnapped by the Tiger Mafia, he goes insane and starts a quest to stop the kidnappings with the father of another kidnapped child.
Director: Nabwana I.G.G. | Stars: Isaac Newton Kizito, Kirabo Beatrice, Nattembo Racheal Monica, Kayibaare Fausitah
Votes: 519
28. Nostalgia for Countryland (1995)
116 min | Drama, Romance
The dynamics of a Vietnamese rural village change when an urban woman returns to the village she originally belonged to and begins a love triangle.
Director: Dang Nhat Minh | Stars: Tat Binh Dang, Yen Hoang, Vân Lê, Bich Ngoc
Votes: 168
29. Sincere Heart (1953)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A young student (Akira Inshihama) falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to an invalid girl (Keiko Awaji) whom he can only see from afar.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Keiko Awaji, Motoji Fujiwara, Chieko Higashiyama, Kentarô Imai
Votes: 230
30. Evdokiya (1961)
101 min | Drama
A workman Evdokim and his wife Evdokia live in a small suburban town. They don't have children but they are raising stepchildren. At first glance their life may seem routine, but in fact it... See full summary »
Director: Tatyana Lioznova | Stars: Lyudmila Khityaeva, Nikolay Lebedev, Lyuba Basova, Olga Narovchatova
Votes: 166
31. The Last Crooked Mile (1946)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After a bank robbery, the loot disappears and is sought after by an insurance investigator, the police and the surviving robbers.
Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Ann Savage, Adele Mara, Tom Powers
Votes: 319
32. A Matter of Interpretation (2014)
99 min | Drama
A grumpy actress, her lost ex-boyfriend, a friendly detective, and his damaged sister form the web of enchanted melancholy, with the help of a little soju.
Director: Kwang-kuk Lee | Stars: Shin Dong-mi, Kim Kang-hyeon, Yoo Joon-sang, Lee Chae-eun
Votes: 88
33. The Village (1975)
127 min | Drama
A quasi-docu-drama pertaining to the monumental process to bring a performance troupe to a small Japanese village to perform for one night.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Akira Terao, Atom Shimojô, Kiyoshi Atsumi
Votes: 105
34. A Single Spark (1995)
92 min | Drama
The film intercuts two stories, one in black and white, one in color. From 1965 to 1970.
Directors: Park Kwang-su, Park Kwang Soo | Stars: Dong Bang-Woo, Kim Bo-Kyeong, Kim Bo-kyung, Yoo Byeong-Seok
Votes: 328
35. The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing brother. Through a series of ... See full summary »
Director: Kaizô Hayashi | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Shirô Sano, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Hai-Ping Yang
Votes: 436
36. Taiga (1992)
501 min | Documentary
Taiga is an eight-hour documentary directed and photographed by Ulrike Ottinger. It focuses on the life and rituals of nomadic peoples in Northern Mongolia, specifically the Darkhad nomads and the Sojon Urinjanghai.
Director: Ulrike Ottinger
Votes: 124
37. Kyûpora no aru machi (1962)
99 min | Drama
Set in Kawaguchi, just north of Tokyo in the early 60s, the movie chronicles the lives of poor foundry workers and their families; and one girl's dreams of self-improvement through going on to higher education.
Director: Kiriô Urayama | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuo Hamada, Eijirô Tôno, Shôichi Ozawa
Votes: 200
38. Luk e-san (1982)
120 min | Drama, History
A historical drama set in the 1930s Isan province Thailand, telling the travails of a small clan of subsistence farmers and their village as a particularly bad drought reduces them to bush living.
Director: Vichit Kounavudhi | Stars: Tabak Jeeradit, Krailad Kriangkrai, Ong-art Ponethon, Chanpen Sirithep
Votes: 45
39. Mordets melodi (1944)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is found strangled in her shop. Shortly after, another murder is committed. Perhaps the most terrifying is that the both girls' name is Sonja. The police is convinced it's the same ... See full summary »
Director: Bodil Ipsen | Stars: Gull-Maj Norin, Poul Reichhardt, Angelo Bruun, Peter Nielsen
Votes: 207
40. The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)
101 min | Drama, Mystery
Mike Hama is a private investigator who has been reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle.
Director: Kaizô Hayashi | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Haruko Wanibuchi, Shirô Sano
Votes: 222
41. Kuei-mei, a Woman (1985)
152 min | Drama
This film tells of a woman's never-ending struggle to keep herself and her family fed and clothed.
Director: Yi Chang | Stars: Hui-Shan Yang, Hsiang-Ping Hu, Li-Chun Lee, Ming Liu
Votes: 219
42. Fun Bar Karaoke (1997)
103 min | Comedy, Crime
A young working woman has to follow obscure advice by an old sage in order to prevent a worst-case scenario. A returning nightmare of a family home built by her deceased mother for the ... See full summary »
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Stars: Fay Atsawet, Phaibunkiat Khiaogao, Ray MacDonald, Champagne X
Votes: 296
44. A Drifting Life (1996)
123 min | Drama
Historical drama about a man coping with the tragic death of his young wife. As he makes new connections, he works to be a better man and father.
Director: Cheng-sheng Lin | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Vicky Wei, Grace Chen, Shih-huang Chen
Votes: 93
45. The Enchanting Shadow (1960)
83 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist swordsman, he meets a beautiful lady ghost.
Director: Han Hsiang Li | Stars: Betty Loh Ti, Lei Zhao, Rhoqing Tang, Chih-Ching Yang
Votes: 255
46. First Contact (1982)
58 min | Documentary
Directors: Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly | Stars: Richard Oxenburgh, Daniel Leahy, Mick Leahy, James Taylor
Votes: 278
47. Wu duo Jinhua (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Musical, Romance
Ah Peng meets a girl named Jinhua at a festival and they agree to meet the next year. One year later, he searches for her and finds other girls named Jinhua, leading to a series of misunderstanding.
Director: Jiayi Wang | Stars: Likun Yang, Zijiang Mo, Jingzhen Sun, Raozhong Tan
Votes: 98
48. The Cigarette (1919)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama
A Parisian museum director believes his wife has lost interest in him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk - thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.
Director: Germaine Dulac | Stars: Andrée Brabant, Gabriel Signoret, Jules Raucourt, Genevieve Williams
Votes: 380
49. The Lottery (1969)
18 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
An adaptation of Shirley Jackson's short story of the same name, "The Lottery" tells the story of a shocking annual tradition in a small village.
Director: Larry Yust | Stars: Olive Dunbar, William 'Billy' Benedict, William Fawcett, Joe Haworth
Votes: 596
50. Lost Hearts (1973 TV Movie)
35 min | Horror, Mystery
A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Simon Gipps-Kent, Joseph O'Conor, James Mellor, Susan Richards
Votes: 964
51. Like the Clouds, Like the Wind (1990)
79 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country girl Ginga leaves her home in hope of becoming one of the Emperor's Wives.
Director: Hisayuki Toriumi | Stars: Ryoko Sano, Atsuko Takahata, Ikuko Tani, Yôsuke Akimoto
Votes: 429
52. Holy Flame of the Martial World (1983)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A brother and sister seek vengeance for the death of their parents.
Director: Chun-Ku Lu | Stars: Leanne Lau, Siu Chung Mok, Jason Piao Pai, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Votes: 476
53. Tropical Fish (1995)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Young boy, Ah-Jiang, a school failure and day dreamer witnesses the kidnapping of a child. After being taken hostage by a corrupt family, he begins an unusual adventure away from home.
Director: Yu-Hsun Chen | Stars: Akio Chen, Yi-fan Chen, Hsiao-fan Fan, Pi-tung Lien
Votes: 603
54. Chucalezna (1968)
22 min | Documentary, Short
The film shows the children of the rural school of Chucalezna, in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, learning to express themselves pictorially using the classroom walls as easels and paper donated by the teacher's son as cloth.
Director: Jorge Preloran
Votes: 14
55. Wu Yen (2001)
123 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A gifted female warrior is destined to marry the emperor and bring prosperity to the dynasty.
Directors: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Raymond Ho-Yin Wong, Sammi Cheng, Anita Mui, Cecilia Cheung
Votes: 733
56. The Ash Tree (1975 TV Movie)
32 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Man of leisure Sir Richard (Edward Petherbridge) receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Edward Petherbridge, Preston Lockwood, Barbara Ewing, Lalla Ward
Votes: 768
57. La tarde del domingo (1957)
32 min | Short
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Isana Medel, Julia María Butrón, Francisco Herrera Gámez, Soledad Perucha
Votes: 29
58. Daydream Therapy (1977)
8 min | Short, Fantasy
Set to Nina Simone's haunting rendition of "Pirate Jenny" and concludes with Archie Shepp's "Things Have Got to Change."
Director: Bernard Nicolas | Stars: Gay Abel-Bey, Marva Anderson, Larry Bell, Jeff Cox
Votes: 23
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