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1. Unforgiven (1992)
R | 130 min | Drama, Western
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
Votes: 437,342 | Gross: $101.16M
2. Minari (2020)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Director: Lee Isaac Chung | Stars: Steven Yeun, Han Yeri, Alan Kim, Noel Cho
Votes: 97,818
3. Burning (2018)
Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Soo-Kyung
Votes: 76,793 | Gross: $0.72M
4. Places in the Heart (1984)
PG | 111 min | Drama
In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan
Votes: 13,718 | Gross: $34.90M
5. The Dressmaker (I) (2015)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 65,820 | Gross: $2.02M
6. Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, tiny people living in harmony with nature.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Madonna, Ron Crawford
Votes: 41,008 | Gross: $15.13M
7. Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An unceasingly kind Italian peasant and his family are blatantly exploited by a tobacco baroness.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani
Votes: 20,848
8. Dark Places (2015)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Libby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Chloë Grace Moretz
Votes: 47,859
9. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
R | 112 min | Drama
A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Caerthan Banks, Tom McCamus
Votes: 36,789 | Gross: $3.25M
10. Serena (I) (2014)
R | 109 min | Drama, History, Romance
In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton's timber empire becomes complicated when he marries Serena.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans, Toby Jones
Votes: 30,589 | Gross: $0.18M
11. Lost River (2014)
R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.
Director: Ryan Gosling | Stars: Christina Hendricks, Iain De Caestecker, Matt Smith, Saoirse Ronan
Votes: 19,143 | Gross: $0.04M
12. Spice and Wolf (2008–2009)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Kraft Lawrence goes from town to town to make profits as a travelling merchant, with the help of a wolf deity by the name of Holo.
Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Ami Koshimizu, J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia
Votes: 5,066
13. Tesla (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Eli A. Smith, Josh Hamilton
Votes: 10,577
14. Madame Bovary (2014)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.
Director: Sophie Barthes | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Rhys Ifans, Ezra Miller, Logan Marshall-Green
Votes: 8,882
15. Tom at the Farm (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A grieving man meets his lover's family, who were not aware of their son's sexual orientation.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy, Evelyne Brochu
Votes: 19,264
16. Deep Water (2019– )
60 min | Drama
A modern day look at family through the eyes of three women as they work to balance work and life pressures.
Stars: Anna Friel, Rosalind Eleazar, Sinéad Keenan, Rico Canadinhas
Votes: 1,549
17. Baby Doll (1956)
Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
An immature, naive teenage bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock
Votes: 8,316
18. The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982)
108 min | Drama
A mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in.
Director: Hans Alfredson | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Johansson, Hans Alfredson, Per Myrberg
Votes: 3,724
19. I Am Cuba (1964)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García
Votes: 10,724
20. God's Little Acre (1958)
GP | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the 1950s, a poor Georgia cotton farmer and his sons search for the gold presumably buried on the farm by their great-grandfather, but problems related to poverty, infidelity, unemployment, and booze threaten to destroy their family.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Ryan, Tina Louise, Aldo Ray, Buddy Hackett
Votes: 2,096
21. Gemma Bovery (2014)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After moving to the French countryside with her husband, the British beauty Gemma Bovery draws the attention of a local baker who finds in the moving couple a resemblance to the heroes of Madame Bovary.
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Isabelle Candelier
Votes: 6,887 | Gross: $0.19M
22. Greed (1924)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller
Votes: 10,798 | Gross: $0.16M
23. Homecoming (I) (2009)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
A jilted ex-girlfriend plots revenge after her former beau comes back to their hometown with a new lover.
Director: Morgan J. Freeman | Stars: Mischa Barton, Matt Long, Jessica Stroup, Michael Landes
Votes: 4,550 | Gross: $8.50M
24. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, James Anthony Perez, ZsaNell Sims, Lavios Brown
Votes: 33
25. Wild River (1960)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, History, Romance
A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi
Votes: 6,199
26. Copying Beethoven (2006)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Matthew Goode, Ralph Riach
Votes: 14,139 | Gross: $0.35M
27. Rudo y Cursi (2008)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Two siblings are rivals in the world of professional soccer.
Director: Carlos Cuarón | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella, Dolores Heredia
Votes: 9,332 | Gross: $1.83M
28. Madame Bovary (1991)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne
Votes: 4,498 | Gross: $1.94M
29. The Edukators (2004)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaußner
Votes: 32,397 | Gross: $0.18M
30. Not One Less (1999)
G | 106 min | Drama
13-year old Wei Minzhi is the new substitute teacher of a mountain village school. She is told not to lose any of her pupils under any circumstances.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao
Votes: 9,379 | Gross: $0.59M
31. Ghulami (I) (1985)
199 min | Action, Drama
In feudal Rajasthan, a bunch of peasants rise up against the exploitative landowners and the age-old system of caste-based oppression.
Director: J.P. Dutta | Stars: Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Reena Roy
Votes: 619
32. The Grissom Gang (1971)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama
Set in the Depression, a gang of half-witted small-time hoods led by Slim Grissom kidnap heiress Barbara Blandish and Slim proceeds to fall in love with her. Remake of the British film No ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante, Robert Lansing
Votes: 1,480
33. Mother India (1957)
Not Rated | 172 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, she always sticks to her own moral code.
Director: Mehboob Khan | Stars: Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Raaj Kumar
Votes: 9,878
34. Naked Normandy (2018)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A French mayor has to convince his villagers to pose naked for an American photographer.
Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: François Cluzet, François-Xavier Demaison, Julie-Anne Roth, Pili Groyne
Votes: 1,215
35. Free Zone (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Natalie Portman, Hana Laslo, Hiam Abbass, Carmen Maura
Votes: 3,011 | Gross: $0.03M
36. Ruby Gentry (1952)
82 min | Drama, Romance
A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden, Tom Tully
Votes: 1,774 | Gross: $3.85M
37. American Sausage Standoff (2019)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Two hopeless dreamers join forces in a quest to erect the ultimate German sausage restaurant, much to the irritation of the residents of the small-town of Gutterbee, who want to keep their town wholly American.
Director: Ulrich Thomsen | Stars: Antony Starr, Ewen Bremner, W. Earl Brown, Joshua Harto
Votes: 392
38. Everything That Rises (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
His son's critical injury forces a Montana man (Dennis Quaid) to reconsider priorities as he struggles to retain family land.
Director: Dennis Quaid | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Mare Winningham, Harve Presnell, Meat Loaf
Votes: 371
39. Tully (2000)
R | 102 min | Drama
Tully can get any girl he wants and often does every night - until he meets the new girl, Ella - who reveals something within him and his family they've long buried.
Director: Hilary Birmingham | Stars: Glenn Fitzgerald, Anson Mount, Bob Burrus, Julianne Nicholson
Votes: 1,994 | Gross: $0.43M
40. Beyond the Hill (2012)
94 min | Drama
When some people from the other side of the mountain invade the territory of a farming family, the family head tries to unite the family and fight back. But then problems within the family start to appear as well.
Director: Emin Alper | Stars: Tamer Levent, Reha Özcan, Mehmet Özgür, Berk Hakman
Votes: 3,961
41. Muzzikanti (2017)
109 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Robin Svátek is a young rock guitarist who is trying to break through with his band and finally earn money from his music. He and his band gave themselves a one-year deadline and now, even ... See full summary »
Director: Dusan Rapos | Stars: Patrik Dergel, Peter Cmorik, Michalina Olszanska, Hana Vagnerová
Votes: 80
42. Fatma (2001)
124 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Raped by her cousin at 17, Tunisian country girl Fatma flees her sexuality, even binding her breasts, She also flees her patriarchal, traditional family by going to Tunis to attend ... See full summary »
Director: Khaled Ghorbal | Stars: Awatef Jendoubi, Nabila Gouider, Bagdadi Aoum, Amel Safta
Votes: 68
43. Arvottomat (1982)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A criminal, his friend and his former girlfriend find their lives intertwining with each other.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Juuso Hirvikangas, Esko Nikkari
Votes: 1,281
44. Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Countess de Saint-Fiacre, having received a terrible anonymous letter predicting her imminent death, summons Commissioner Maigret in the hope that he can protect her and save her from a secret ill-wisher.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Jacques Morel
Votes: 1,515
45. Huérfanos (2014)
TV-14 | 155 min | Biography, Drama, History
ORPHANS is the true story of a forbidden love affair set in the oppressive and violent atmosphere of nineteenth century Mexico. One man, Melchor Ocampo, driven by the twin passions of love ... See full summary »
Director: Guita Schyfter | Stars: Rafael Sánchez Navarro, Dolores Heredia, Carlos Aragón, Julieta Ortiz
Votes: 112
46. Gabhricha Paus (2009)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Farmers held hostage by the weather often despair, and yet there is resilience to be found in the communities that depend on the damned rain.
Director: Satish Manwar | Stars: Girish Kulkarni, Sonali Kulkarni, Jyoti Subhash, Aman Attar
Votes: 264
47. Parakh (1960)
139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Niravan (Nazir Hussain), the village postmaster receives an envelope with a cheque for a very large amount, with the instructions that he is to turn this cheque over to the most honest man ... See full summary »
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Motilal, Vasant Choudhury, Sadhana Shivdasani, Nasir Hussain
Votes: 148
48. A Man to Remember (1938)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Romance
Doctor John Abbott is a single parent who settles in the town of Westport with his son Dick, trying to eke out a living for them. He also inherits, by way of his doorstep, an unwanted baby ... See full summary »
Director: Garson Kanin | Stars: Anne Shirley, Edward Ellis, Lee Bowman, William Henry
Votes: 473
49. Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu (1974)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama
Boothayyana Maga Ayyu is a 1974 Indian Kannada film, directed by "Siddalingaiah" and Produced by "JN Veeraswamy, S P Varadaraj, Siddalingaiah, J Chandulal Jain".The film Stars "... See full summary »
Director: Siddalingaiah | Stars: Vishnuvardhan, Lokesh, M.P. Shankar, T.N. Balakrishna
Votes: 439
50. Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer (1974)
86 min | Comedy, Romance
Hannes has his muzzle full at the beginning and quits with his boss. He travels to his grandfather for a rest. A dramatic romance about Hannes ultimately leads to him being able to help his grandpa. And he returns to his boss.
Director: Werner Jacobs | Stars: Roy Black, Barbara Nielsen, Heidi Hansen, Elke Aberle
Votes: 71