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1. Spotlight (I) (2015)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 502,529 | Gross: $45.06M
2. The Way Home (2023– )
TV-PG | 42 min | Drama
Three generations of strong and independent women living together in the small farm town of Port Haven embark on an enlightening journey none of them could have imagined as they learn how to find their way back to each other.
Stars: Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, Andie MacDowell
Votes: 3,050
3. Maniac (2018)
TV-MA | 39 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial for a drug that they're assured will, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, permanently solve all of their problems. Things do not go as planned.
Stars: Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Sonoya Mizuno, Justin Theroux
Votes: 86,828
4. MotherFatherSon (2019)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Thriller
A fractured family at the heart of politics and power is pulled together under catastrophic circumstances.
Stars: Richard Gere, Billy Howle, Helen McCrory, Paul Ready
Votes: 4,052
5. Fly Away Home (1996)
PG | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A father and daughter decide to attempt to lead a flock of orphaned Canada Geese south by air.
Director: Carroll Ballard | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney
Votes: 27,142 | Gross: $24.51M
6. The Monster (2016)
R | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A mother and daughter must confront a terrifying monster when they break down on a deserted road.
Director: Bryan Bertino | Stars: Zoe Kazan, Ella Ballentine, Aaron Douglas, Christine Ebadi
Votes: 19,382
7. Loveless (2017)
R | 127 min | Drama
A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Marina Vasileva
Votes: 35,588 | Gross: $0.57M
8. Dark Encounter (2019)
97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Eight-year-old Maisie went missing in 1982 and a memorial is held by her family a year later. That evening, strange lights and sounds are observed in the woods outside - and strange things start to happen.
Director: Carl Strathie | Stars: Laura Fraser, Mel Raido, Sid Phoenix, Grant Masters
Votes: 4,438
9. Nobody's Home (2013)
81 min | Drama
The story of four people who cannot manage to become a family again after a loss and who destroy themselves with each passing day.
Director: Deniz Akcay Katiksiz | Stars: Ahu Türkpençe, Lale Basar, Savas Alp Basar, Melis Ebeler
Votes: 1,080
10. Born Wild (2012)
R | 105 min | Drama
After being released from prison for the murder of a fellow biker; CJ returns to his hometown to confront his former gang. However; he arrives to find that the past is not forgotten easily; and now they are out for blood.
Director: Dustin Rikert | Stars: Barry Corbin, Joe Lando, William Shockley, Mickey Jones
Votes: 205
11. Naked Harbour (2012)
123 min | Drama
Naked Harbour tells the story of people who seek love and acceptance at any cost.
Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Alma Pöysti, Aino Louhimies, Sean Pertwee, Deogracias Masomi
Votes: 2,791
12. Dancer (II) (2016)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography
Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.
Director: Steven Cantor | Stars: Sergei Polunin, Galyna Polunina, Galina Ivanovna, Larysa Lavrikova
Votes: 3,200 | Gross: $0.04M
13. H is for Happiness (2019)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A twelve year old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world, is inspired by the strange new boy at school and sets out to mend her broken family - whatever it takes.
Director: John Sheedy | Stars: Miriam Margolyes, Daisy Axon, Alessandra Tognini, Talissa Mansfield
Votes: 711
14. They Call Us Misfits (1968)
100 min | Documentary
The first entry in a series of films about the lives of social misfits Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson and Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson.
Directors: Stefan Jarl, Jan Lindqvist | Stars: Stefan Jarl, Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson, Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson, Pundar-Bosse
Votes: 1,606
15. Naked As We Came (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Love, loss and hope are tumultuously explored amidst a tranquil backdrop and asks us all the question: What is your dream?
Director: Richard LeMay | Stars: Ben Weaver, Karmine Alers, S. Lue McWilliams, Ryan Vigilant
Votes: 1,931
16. Infidelity (2018 TV Movie)
99 min | Drama
The tale of duplicitous husband and father Julien, a real estate agent who falls in love with Alice, a young client - who, it turns out, works in Julien's wife Marie's tea shop.
Director: Philippe Harel | Stars: Isabelle Carré, Xavier Lemaître, Roxane Arnal, David Stone
Votes: 236
17. The Falls: Testament of Love (2013)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Romance
Chris and RJ reunite five years after coming out to their families and their church as gay men, where the factors that led to their separation are revealed as they mourn the death of their mutual friend Rodney.
Director: Jon Garcia | Stars: Nick Ferrucci, Benjamin Farmer, Hannah Barefoot, Bruce Jennings
Votes: 1,941
18. Fiela se Kind (1988)
105 min | Drama
A coloured woman in South Africa finds a white baby on her doorstep and raises him as her own. Nine years later, he is discovered and taken away.
Director: Katinka Heyns | Stars: Shaleen Surtie-Richards, André Rossouw, Lida Botha, Dawid Minnaar
Votes: 207
19. Koti-ikävä (2005)
85 min | Drama
Director: Petri Kotwica | Stars: Julius Lavonen, Tarja Heinula, Janne Virtanen, Labinot Bajgora
Votes: 516
20. Bad Family (2010)
95 min | Drama
After a divorce a father raises his son on his own, while his ex-wife has custody over his daughter. When the mother dies, the brother and sister finally meet again.
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pihla Viitala, Vera Kiiskinen
Votes: 940
21. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary
2011 "The Pruitt-Igoe Myth" explores the rise & fall of titular housing complex in St. Louis, examining racism & gov. Policies through interviews with former residents & historical footage. Ft racism, urban poverty & inequality in America.
Director: Chad Freidrichs | Stars: Slyvester Brown, Irvin Dagen, Elmer Fiedler, Robert Fishman
Votes: 931 | Gross: $0.04M
22. Coming Out (2022– )
Not Rated | Drama
A young man wondering about his sexuality after an erotic dream gets help from a friend to realize the truth of what he can and will be.
Stars: Jordan Deon Stafford, Jasmine Sargent, Kimberly Webb, Michelle l Lamb
Votes: 89
23. Wild Roses (2017)
90 min | Drama
Ewa returns to her village after a hospital stay. She works on a plantation that grows wild roses. While Ewa was away her mother has been taking care of her children Marysia and Jas. Ewa's ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Jadowska | Stars: Marta Nieradkiewicz, Michal Zurawski, Natalia Bartnik, Dominika Biernat
Votes: 332
24. Invisibles (2018)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Following a municipal decision, SDF Women's Shelter, will close. There are only three months left for social workers to reintegrate at any cost the women they care for: falsification, pistons, lies - From now on, everything is allowed.
Director: Louis-Julien Petit | Stars: Patricia Mouchon, Khoukha Boukherbache, Bérangère Toural, Patricia Guery
Votes: 1,617
25. Empire of Dirt (2013)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
Three generations of First Nations women struggle to deal with the demons of their past.
Director: Peter Stebbings | Stars: Cara Gee, Shay Eyre, Barbara Gordon, Jean Yoon
Votes: 266
26. Poor Boy's Game (2007)
R | 104 min | Drama
On his release from prison for the brutal beating of a black man, Donnie, a young white boxer, is coached by his victim's father, George for an upcoming fight against a talented and vengeful opponent, Ossie.
Director: Clement Virgo | Stars: Rossif Sutherland, Danny Glover, Flex Alexander, Greg Bryk
Votes: 1,401
27. Susan and God (1940)
Approved | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
Susan Trexel is a wealthy socialite, who while vacationing in Europe undergoes a religious transformation. On her return to America, Susan takes on the task of spreading her new found ... See full summary »
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey, John Carroll
Votes: 1,418 | Gross: $0.82M
28. Aurora (I) (2019)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Aurora, a commitment-phobic party animal, meets Iranian Darian one night at a hot-dog stand in Lapland. Darian is running from death and Aurora is running from love. They need each other in order to finally stop running.
Director: Miia Tervo | Stars: Mimosa Willamo, Amir Escandari, Elá Yildirim, Oona Airola
Votes: 1,854
29. Tummien perhosten koti (2008)
108 min | Drama
A boy is sent to Saari, an isolated island and home to a home for troubled boys, where he falls in love with the daughter of the school's superintendent.
Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Niilo Syväoja, Tommi Korpela, Kristiina Halttu, Kati Outinen
Votes: 2,503
30. How to Stop a Recurring Dream (2020)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
After Mum and Dad announce an imminent, split custody separation, Yakira--the oldest daughter in a broken family - kidnaps her estranged younger sister and takes to the road, in an attempt to reconnect before they part.
Director: Ed Morris | Stars: Ruby Barker, Lily-Rose Aslandogdu, Jamie Michie, Miranda Nolan
Votes: 112
31. Trench Road (2004)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
Matti Virtanen is trying to get his family back by buying a house.
Director: Veikko Aaltonen | Stars: Eero Aho, Tiina Lymi, Ella Lymi, Kari Väänänen
Votes: 937
32. The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay (2003 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
A college girl decides to get to know her estranged father before she begins her education, but his life turns out to be nothing that she expected.
Director: Sam Pillsbury | Stars: Tim Matheson, Sean Young, Edward Asner, Kristen Bell
Votes: 815
33. Guilty (2011)
102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A family man battles to prove his innocence after being accused of a heinous crime.
Director: Vincent Garenq | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Wladimir Yordanoff, Noémie Lvovsky, Raphaël Ferret
Votes: 2,036
34. Foreclosure (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror
The story of a broken family striving to stay together while a curse and the ghosts of a haunted house try to tear them apart.
Director: Richard Ledes | Stars: Michael Imperioli, Wendell Pierce, Bill Raymond, Meital Dohan
Votes: 85
35. Täältä tullaan, elämä! (1980)
118 min | Drama, Romance
In the punk rock era of the late 1970s three restless teenagers, two boys and a girl, spend their time in and out of a special class for problem kids. Jussi seldom sees his parents at home,... See full summary »
Director: Tapio Suominen | Stars: Esa Niemelä, Tony Holmström, Kati Outinen, Risto Piskunen
Votes: 813
36. Families (2015)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Marine Vacth, Gilles Lellouche, Nicole Garcia
Votes: 1,033
37. A Free Woman (1972)
100 min | Drama
A divorced woman in her thirties fights a losing battle in Munich to attain belated self-fulfillment. The die is cast in a briskly impersonal society geared to male dominance and early training for career women.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Margarethe von Trotta, Friedhelm Ptok, Martin Lüttge, Walter Sedlmayr
Votes: 211
38. Marianne (2011)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After the death of his beloved wife a man begins to fall apart mentally, having dreadful nightmares and finding his family and career affected. As time goes on, he begins to rapidly slip away.
Director: Filip Tegstedt | Stars: Thomas Hedengran, Peter Stormare, Tintin Anderzon, Sandra Larsson
Votes: 547
39. Coming Home (2012)
91 min | Drama
The girl Gaëlle Faroult is kidnapped at school when she is about eight by Vincent Maillard that imprisons her at the basement of his isolated house but provides everything she needs. Along ... See full summary »
Director: Frédéric Videau | Stars: Agathe Bonitzer, Reda Kateb, Hélène Fillières, Noémie Lvovsky
Votes: 378
40. Notes from Dad (2013 TV Movie)
Family, Music, Romance
Gifted trumpet player Clay Allen accepts a job as high-school music teacher. The music department is threatened by budget cuts. To raise community support, he tries to resurrect the school ... See full summary »
Director: Eriq La Salle | Stars: Eddie Cibrian, Josie Davis, Priscilla Garita, Lauren Arevian
Votes: 381
41. Kahit maputi na ang buhok ko (2023)
90 min | Drama
Musical inspired by the music of Rey Valera
Director: Joven Tan | Stars: RK Bagatsing, Aljur Abrenica, Rico Barrera, Kian Co
Votes: 14
42. Out of Love (2011)
93 min | Drama
A young married couple decide to take part in a porn movie for financial reasons but are not aware of the consequences of their decision.
Director: Anna Jadowska | Stars: Anna Ilczuk, Daniel Olbrychski, Ewa Szykulska, Elzbieta Gruca
Votes: 67
43. Halálkeringö (2010)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
A long-lost retired father comes for a visit to his daughter and as both of them are detectives they begin to investigate each-other. Dark secrets come to surface mixed with life-threatening love triangle.
Director: Kris Kaspar | Stars: Kata Dobó, Béla Mészáros, Tamás Lengyel, András Kern
Votes: 415
44. Breaker (2019)
85 min | Drama
A troubled young veteran returns to his rural home and forms a friendship with a hermit rancher who offers sanctuary from his dysfunctional family.
Director: Wade F. Jackson | Stars: Chantz Marcus, Peter O'Brien, Alice Barrett, Jonathan Gaietto
Votes: 315
45. Autovaras (1991)
139 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: Antti Majanlahti, Sampsa Helminen, Matti Rasila, Antti Seppä
Votes: 171
46. Chains (1949)
74 min | Crime, Drama
First in a series of Matarazzo melodramas: A happily married Naples woman, with two children ,is threatened by the reappearance of a man from her past. Her husband takes a drastic action which results in the family members being separated.
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson, Aldo Nicodemi, Roberto Murolo
Votes: 470
47. A Girl of 35 (2020)
Drama, Family, Mystery
Nozomi Imamura was involved in an accident and has been in a coma since 1995. She finally wakes up in 2020, but her mind remains as a 10-year-old girl while her body has changed to a 35-year-old lady.
Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Ai Hashimoto, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Honami Suzuki
Votes: 27
48. Come Home Raquel (2011)
97 min | Drama
Raquel, a 13 year old living in Queens, NY, struggles to make sense of her life after the deportation of her parents. Things quickly change upon the arrival of a new teacher and the return of her young uncle.
Director: Illapa Sairitupac | Stars: Jamila Velazquez, Naomi McDougall Jones, Arturo Castro, Juan Villarreal
Votes: 41
49. Teach Me to Love (2008)
Drama
Mark is a high school senior who makes a personal problem out of his parents break-up when his mother leaves home for another woman. The thought of being the butt of jokes for "having two ... See full summary »
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Maui Taylor, Nathan Lopez, Ricky Davao, Emilio Garcia
Votes: 11
50. Milwaukee 53206 (2016)
55 min | Documentary
An intimate documentary that chronicles the lives of those affected by incarceration in America's most incarcerated ZIP code.
Director: Keith McQuirter | Stars: Beverly Walker, Dennis Walton, Chad Wilson, Muhibb Dyer
Votes: 45