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1. The Nine Muses (2010)
90 min | Documentary, History
Part documentary, part personal essay, this experimental film combines archive imagery with the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell the story of immigrant experience coming into the UK from 1960 onwards.
Director: John Akomfrah
Votes: 167
2. The Ballad of Shirley Collins (2017)
94 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Rob Curry and Tim Plester's follow-up to the award-winning documentary 'Way of the Morris', is a lyrical response to the life-and-work of folkmusic icon Shirley Collins.
Directors: Rob Curry, Tim Plester | Stars: Shirley Collins, Stewart Lee, Sam Amidon, David Tibet
Votes: 44
3. London Symphony (2017)
72 min | Documentary, Music
LONDON SYMPHONY is a brand new silent film - a city symphony - which offers a poetic journey through the city of London. It is an artistic snapshot of the city as it stands today, and a celebration of its culture and diversity.
Director: Alex Barrett | Stars: Adam Hickey, Pamela Hutchinson, Phil Abel, Grace Parry
Votes: 41
4. Bronco's House (2015)
44 min | Short, Drama
Bronco's House. One man's quest for a roof. A narrative experimental 16mm film.
Director: Mark Jenkin | Stars: Henry Darke, Mae Voogd, Mary Woodvine, Colin Holt
Votes: 67
5. Sound It Out (2011)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Music
SOUND IT OUT is a documentary portrait of the very last surviving vinyl record shop in Teesside, in the North East of England. Starring Tom, Kelly, David, Daniel, 70,000 records and the ... See full summary »
Director: Jeanie Finlay
Votes: 476
6. Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary
An exploration of the history and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look at their actual process of creation and discovery.
Director: Midge Costin | Stars: Gary Rydstrom, Steven Spielberg, Teresa Eckton, Thomas A. Edison
Votes: 2,240
7. The Uncertain Kingdom (2020)
235 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
A ground-breaking anthology of twenty short films by twenty filmmakers, which together offer an alternative snapshot of the UK in the year 2020.
Directors: Jason Bradbury, Stroma Cairns, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hope Dickson Leach, Ellen Evans, Paul Frankl, Alison Hargreaves, Guy Jenkin, Sophie King, Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Iggy London, Lanre Malaolu, Runyararo Mapfumo, Lab Ky Mo, Leon Oldstrong, Ray Panthaki, David Proud, Carol Salter, Jason Wingard | Stars: Sally Bretton, Hugh Dennis, Steve Evets, Andy Hamilton
Votes: 10
8. Time Trial (II) (2017)
82 min | Documentary, Sport
An immersive fllm capturing the very essence of professional cycling.
Director: Finlay Pretsell | Stars: Thomas Dekker, David Millar
Votes: 316
9. A Sunday in Hell (1977)
111 min | Documentary, Sport
The film follows the French Paris-Roubaix spring classic, notorious for the hellish paves or cobbled roads of the north "which are no longer used for traffic but only for transporting ... See full summary »
Director: Jørgen Leth | Stars: David Saunders, Roger De Vlaeminck, Marc Demeyer, Freddy Maertens
Votes: 914
10. I Am Ali (2014)
PG | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Unprecedented access to Muhammad Ali's personal archive of "audio journals" as well as interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends are used to tell the legend's life story.
Director: Clare Lewins | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Gene Kilroy, Rahman Ali, Odessa Clay
Votes: 4,093 | Gross: $0.01M
11. John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (2018)
95 min | Documentary, Sport
A documentary set at the final of the 1984 French Open between John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl at a time when McEnroe was the world's top-ranked player.
Director: Julien Faraut | Stars: John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Mathieu Amalric, Gil de Kermadec
Votes: 829 | Gross: $0.09M
12. Sleepwalkers (1992)
R | 91 min | Fantasy, Horror
A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures move to a small town to seek out a young virgin to feed on.
Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick, Alice Krige, Jim Haynie
Votes: 24,569 | Gross: $30.52M
13. 976-EVIL (1988)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror
People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. When Spike dialed 976-EVIL, he knew it was an expensive toll call, but he didn't know that he'd have to pay for it with his soul.
Director: Robert Englund | Stars: Stephen Geoffreys, Patrick O'Bryan, Jim Metzler, María Rubell
Votes: 6,012 | Gross: $2.96M
14. The Great Buster (2018)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Documentary on the life and works of comic genius Buster Keaton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Dick Cavett, Frank Capra, Jim Curtis
Votes: 2,389 | Gross: $0.14M
15. David Byrne's American Utopia (2020)
TV-14 | 105 min | Documentary, Music, Musical
Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: David Byrne, Jacqueline Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman
Votes: 5,252
16. The Don Is Dead (1973)
Passed | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his mistress is savagely beaten up a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri
Votes: 1,464
17. Viy (1967)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.
Directors: Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin, Nikolay Kutuzov
Votes: 9,350
18. N.Y.H.C. (1999)
87 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Frank Pavich | Stars: Tim Cohen, Freddy Cricien, Vic Di Cara, Danny Diablo
Votes: 207
19. The Terrible Children (1950)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
The dangerously obsessive relationship between a psychologically manipulative brother and sister who isolate themselves and draw others into their mind games.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima, Jacques Bernard
Votes: 4,330
20. I've Been Trying to Tell You (2021)
46 min | Music
Directed by acclaimed photographer and film-maker Alasdair McLellan to accompany Saint Etienne's first sample-driven album since their 1993 classic So Tough, I've Been Trying To Tell You is a road movie like no other.
Director: Alasdair McLellan | Stars: A.J. Adamu, Nora Attal, Fern Bain Smith, Kit Butler
Votes: 41
21. The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power.
Director: Joel Coen | Stars: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Alex Hassell, Bertie Carvel
Votes: 39,710
22. Compartment Number 6 (2021)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance
As a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Seidi Haarla, Yura Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug
Votes: 15,451
23. Kala azar (2020)
91 min | Drama, Fantasy
In a big city somewhere in the south of Europe, a couple takes care of dead animals and abandoned roadkill as an act to give meaning to their life. Kala azar is a meditation on the paradox of life-circles among beings of different species.
Director: Janis Rafailidou | Stars: Penelope Tsilika, Dimitris Lalos, Michele Valley, Tasos Rafailidis
Votes: 406
24. 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: 19,661 | Gross: $32.48M
25. Time and Tide (2000)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A streetwise young man becomes a bodyguard to score quick cash. He befriends a disillusioned mercenary determined to begin life anew. They find themselves working together to foil an assassination attempt, but their partnership can't last.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai, Candy Lo, Cathy Tsui
Votes: 5,124 | Gross: $0.09M
26. Wilderness (I) (2017)
84 min | Drama
Blowing out of the city like a whirlwind in the night, Alice and John flee to the sea riding a blissful wave of new love.
Director: Justin John Doherty | Stars: Sebastian Badarau, James Barnes, Geoffrey Bersey, Katharine Davenport
Votes: 37
27. Sleep Has Her House (2017)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The shadows of screams climb beyond the hills. It has happened before. But this will be the last time. The last few sense it, withdrawing deep into the forest. They cry out into the black, as the shadows pass away, into the ground.
Director: Scott Barley
Votes: 735
28. Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018– )
TV-14 | 840 min | Documentary, History
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Stars: Tilda Swinton, Adjoa Andoh, Jane Fonda, Sharmila Tagore
Votes: 390
29. Sometimes Always Never (2018)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A detective fantasy / family drama where a love of words helps a father reconnect with a missing son.
Director: Carl Hunter | Stars: Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter
Votes: 3,253
30. Violent Cop (1989)
Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano
Votes: 12,995 | Gross: $0.00M
31. Boiling Point (1990)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida, Taka Guadalcanal
Votes: 7,498 | Gross: $0.00M
32. Sonatine (1993)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe, Masanobu Katsumura
Votes: 23,280
33. Dogora (1964)
83 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
An amorphous cellular life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Yôsuke Natsuki, Yôko Fujiyama, Hiroshi Koizumi, Nobuo Nakamura
Votes: 1,004
34. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The advertising director of a pharmaceutical company seeks to boost the ratings of their sponsored TV program by capturing a legendary monster in a marketing scheme as Godzilla re-emerges. (Japanese Version)
Directors: Ishirô Honda, Norman Tokar | Stars: Tadao Takashima, Yû Fujiki, Kenji Sahara, Ichirô Arishima
Votes: 1,964
35. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Passed | 61 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach
Votes: 5,261
36. The Raven (1935)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Horror
A brilliant surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture grows dangerously obsessed with a young socialite whose life he's saved.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, Irene Ware
Votes: 6,649
37. Dementia (1955)
Not Rated | 61 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Mystery
This film, with no dialogue at all, follows a psychotic young woman's nightmarish experiences through one skid-row night.
Directors: John Parker, Bruno VeSota | Stars: Adrienne Barrett, Bruno VeSota, Ben Roseman, Richard Barron
Votes: 2,571
38. Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
116 min | Drama
A look at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the "revolutionary" sixties.
Director: Alain Tanner | Stars: Myriam Boyer, Jean-Luc Bideau, Miou-Miou, Jacques Denis
Votes: 1,186
39. Long Way Back (2022)
93 min | Drama
A reluctant father and his estranged daughter are forced to make a long eventful car journey home after she leaves university under tragic circumstances.
Director: Brett Harvey | Stars: Kate Edney, Chloe Endean, Susan Penhaligon, Tristan Sturrock
Votes: 30
40. The Specialists (1969)
104 min | Western
A chain mail-clad gunfighter contends with a sheriff, a banker, a bandit, businessmen and hippies while searching for the money allegedly stolen by his lynched brother.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Johnny Hallyday, Gastone Moschin, Françoise Fabian, Sylvie Fennec
Votes: 1,411
41. The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure, Kôji Tsuruta, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 3,686
42. Throw Down (2004)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, Tony Ka Fai Leung
Votes: 2,493
43. A Day in the Life - Twenty Four Zero Hours (2017)
8 min | Short, Fantasy
Director: Carl Hunter | Stars: Tom O'Connor, Paislie Reid
44. Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.
Director: Toshio Matsumoto | Stars: Pîtâ, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshimi Jô, Koichi Nakamura
Votes: 7,280
45. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In need of quick money, a fallen former cop recruits a hard-bitten ex-con and a debt-ridden nightclub singer to pull off a bank job. But as the animosity between them boils over, the entire plan threatens to implode.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Shelley Winters
Votes: 5,563
46. Branded to Kill (1967)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a botched assignment, a rice-fetishizing hitman finds himself in conflict with his organization, and one mysterious, dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Kôji Nanbara
Votes: 10,209
47. Inherent Vice (2014)
R | 148 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston
Votes: 110,737 | Gross: $8.11M
48. The Hard Way (1991)
R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An action movie star researching a role is allowed to tag along with a hardboiled New York City policeman, who finds him superficial and irritating.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra
Votes: 22,293 | Gross: $25.90M
49. Paterson (2016)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Nellie, Rizwan Manji
Votes: 88,957 | Gross: $2.14M
50. All Is Forgiven (2007)
105 min | Drama
A father and daughter are reunited some 11 years after the father's drug addiction tore the family apart.
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Paul Blain, Marie-Christine Friedrich, Victoire Rousseau, Constance Rousseau
Votes: 977
51. I Live in Fear (1955)
103 min | Drama
An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Eiko Miyoshi
Votes: 5,537
52. Husband (2022)
71 min | Documentary
Married couple Appignanesi and Baum an English literature university professor, attempt to figure out their relationship on screen, involving an angst-riddled trip to the United States.
Directors: Josh Appignanesi, Devorah Baum | Stars: Josh Appignanesi, David Baddiel, Devorah Baum, Limor Baum
53. The New Man (2016)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
A creative documentary about becoming a parent... and how to reconceive yourself. Fiction director Josh Appignanesi turns the camera on himself and his wife as they undergo the ordeal of ... See full summary »
Directors: Josh Appignanesi, Devorah Baum | Stars: Adam Andrusier, Lisa Appignanesi, Richard Appignanesi, Chloe Aridjis
Votes: 14
54. The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future (2022)
98 min | Drama
Cecilia travels to her father's farm after he has a heart attack. Back in her childhood home, Cecilia is met by her long-deceased mother whose presence brings to life a painful past chorused by the natural world around them.
Director: Francisca Alegria | Stars: Mía Maestro, Enzo Ferrada Rosati, Benjamin Soto, Leonor Varela
Votes: 369
55. La permanence (2016)
96 min | Documentary
The daily routine of a doctor who treats refugees at a hospital in Paris.
Director: Alice Diop
Votes: 111
56. Towards Tenderness (2016)
38 min | Documentary, Short
Four young men from the Paris suburbs talk about their masculinity. Their interior monologues, however, reveal other desires.
Director: Alice Diop | Star: Anis Rhali
Votes: 224
57. We (2021)
115 min | Documentary
Encounters on a rail line crossing north to south thru Paris and its outskirts: A cleaning lady, a scrap merchant, a writer, a nurse, a follower of hunts and the filmmaker herself.
Director: Alice Diop | Stars: Marcel Balnoas, Ethan Balnoas, Florence Roche, Ismael Soumaïla Sissoko
Votes: 357
58. Plan 75 (2022)
113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy an aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
Director: Chie Hayakawa | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Hayato Isomura, Stefanie Arianne, Taka Takao
Votes: 2,192
59. Port of Shadows (1938)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Brasseur
Votes: 9,961 | Gross: $0.03M
60. I Am Belfast (2015)
84 min | Documentary
A visual, poetic depiction of Belfast and its citizens, told with love and passion of someone, who has left the city many years ago but is still fascinated by it. Themes brought up in the ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Rosie McKee, Maud Bell, Helena Bereen
Votes: 349
61. Broken Embraces (2009)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez
Votes: 42,685 | Gross: $5.01M
62. Slack Bay (2016)
Unrated | 122 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In the early 20th century, at the Pas de Calais, people mysteriously disappear as Ma Loute, son of the local fishermen family, and Billie, daughter of the snobbish Van Peteghems, fall in love each other.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Juliette Binoche, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Jean-Luc Vincent
Votes: 4,880 | Gross: $0.11M
63. Hillsborough (2016 TV Movie)
121 min | Documentary
Hillsborough is an in-depth, moving account of Britain's worst sporting disaster, in which 96 men, women and children were killed, hundreds injured and thousands traumatised. Beginning with... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Gordon | Stars: William Bale, Margaret Aspinall, David Duckenfield, Tony Evans
Votes: 545
64. A Year in a Field (2023)
86 min | Documentary
Christopher Morris films a field near his home in Cornwall every day from the Winter Solstice 2020 to the Winter Solstice 2021.
Director: Christopher Morris
Votes: 22
65. Revanche (2008)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 15,953
66. Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)
TV-14 | 104 min | Documentary
The biography of renowned actor Rock Hudson is examined in this relevant investigation of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity, from his public "ladies' man" character to his private life as a gay man.
Director: Stephen Kijak | Stars: Rock Hudson, Roy Scherer, Ken Hodge, Richard Hodge
Votes: 1,324
67. Apocalypse Clown (2023)
102 min | Comedy
When a mysterious technological blackout plunges Ireland into anarchy and chaos, a group of failed washed up clowns are forced to traverse the country for one last shot at their dreams.
Director: George Kane | Stars: David Earl, Natalie Palamides, Amy De Bhrún, Fionn Foley
Votes: 716
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