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1. DogMan (2023)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A boy, bruised by life, finds his salvation through the love of his dogs.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Caleb Landry Jones, Jojo T. Gibbs, Christopher Denham, Clemens Schick

Votes: 11,076

2. The Lives of Others (2006)

R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur

Votes: 410,855 | Gross: $11.29M

3. The Dead Don't Die (2019)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits

Votes: 85,682 | Gross: $6.56M

4. Memory (I) (2022)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Taj Atwal, Harold Torres

Votes: 35,193

5. Creed (II) (2015)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Drama, Sport

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad

Votes: 311,124 | Gross: $109.77M

6. Freeway (1996)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.

Director: Matthew Bright | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri

Votes: 31,806 | Gross: $0.30M

7. Mommy (I) (2014)

R | 139 min | Drama

A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.

Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard

Votes: 61,892 | Gross: $3.49M

8. The Siege (1998)

R | 116 min | Action, Thriller

The secret U.S. abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York City, which leads to the declaration of martial-law.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 78,171 | Gross: $40.98M

9. Crossing Over (2009)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama

Crossing Over is about illegal aliens of many nationalities in the Los Angeles area and the authorities and individuals dealing with them.

Director: Wayne Kramer | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, Jim Sturgess

Votes: 24,539 | Gross: $0.45M

10. Rendition (2007)

R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller

When a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving USA. He disappears. His wife asks senator for help.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin

Votes: 58,231 | Gross: $9.74M

11. Missing (1982)

PG | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History

When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea

Votes: 23,400 | Gross: $14.00M

12. Trade (I) (2007)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Adriana, 13, is kidnapped in Mexico City by Russian sex traffickers. Her criminal 17 y.o. brother starts looking for her. Across the border in Texas, he gets help from a cop.

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Kevin Kline, Kathleen Gati, Paulina Gaitan, Cesar Ramos

Votes: 17,938 | Gross: $0.21M

13. Pixote (1980)

TV-MA | 128 min | Crime, Drama

The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.

Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino

Votes: 9,247

14. Corpus Christi (2019)

Unrated | 115 min | Drama

Daniel experiences a spiritual transformation in a detention center. Although his criminal record prevents him from applying to the seminary, he has no intention of giving up his dream and decides to minister a small-town parish.

Director: Jan Komasa | Stars: Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Zietek

Votes: 21,918

15. A Better Life (2011)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had.

Director: Chris Weitz | Stars: Demián Bichir, José Julián, Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo, Joaquín Cosio

Votes: 16,544 | Gross: $1.76M

16. Salaam Bombay! (1988)

Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama

Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Shafiq Syed, Anjaan, Amrit Patel, Murari Sharma

Votes: 10,102 | Gross: $2.08M

17. Scum (1991 TV Movie)

R | 78 min | Crime, Drama

This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Ray Winstone, David Threlfall, Martin Phillips, Davidson Knight

Votes: 2,787

18. Ladybird Ladybird (1994)

R | 101 min | Drama

Maggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle, Mauricio Venegas

Votes: 3,823 | Gross: $0.15M

19. Walking Across Egypt (1999)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An elderly widow befriends an orphaned juvenile delinquent.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Forrest, Ellen Burstyn, Judge Reinhold, Mark Hamill

Votes: 1,326

20. Yellow Rose (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Music

A Filipina teen from a small Texas town fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between staying with her family or leaving the only home she has known.

Director: Diane Paragas | Stars: Eva Noblezada, Princess Punzalan, Sylvia Ramos, Liam Booth

Votes: 1,333

21. Terror in the Family (1996 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance

A portrait of a dysfunctional 1990s suburban family, where behind closed doors, alcohol and rebellion are hidden inside the lie of perfection. 15-year-old Deena's sleazy, twisted boyfriend is believed--at first--to be the cause.

Director: Gregory Goodell | Stars: Joanna Kerns, Dan Lauria, Hilary Swank, Andrew Kavovit

Votes: 756

22. Joe the King (1999)

R | 93 min | Crime, Drama

A disadvantaged, abused, neglected, exploited but basically decent kid slips into criminality while trying to cope with his harsh, inescapable reality.

Director: Frank Whaley | Stars: Noah Fleiss, Karen Young, Camryn Manheim, Austin Pendleton

Votes: 2,963 | Gross: $0.06M

23. Pustina (2016)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In a remote village where everyone knows each other, a girl goes missing under suspicious circumstances.

Stars: Zuzana Stivínová, Jaroslav Dusek, Eliska Krenková, Jan Cina

Votes: 2,362

24. Picco (2010)

105 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Kevin is new in youth prison. Due to over-occupancy he has to share a cell with Tommy, Andy and Marc. A partnership of convenience in a system where only the strong prevail and which is ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Koch | Stars: Constantin von Jascheroff, Joel Basman, Frederick Lau, Martin Kiefer

Votes: 770

25. Xenia (2014)

Unrated | 134 min | Drama, Romance

Strangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and 18-year-old Odysseus cross the entire country in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away.

Director: Panos H. Koutras | Stars: Kostas Nikouli, Nikos Gelia, Giannis Stankoglou, Marisha Triantafyllidou

Votes: 4,345 | Gross: $0.00M

26. The Devil You Know (2019– )

TV-MA | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

A journalist races to learn the truth when human remains are found in the home of self-proclaimed Satanist Pazuzu.

Stars: Chad Nance, Nate Anderson, Jenna Woodring, Matt Flowers

Votes: 912

27. Which Way Home (2009)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

"Which Way Home" is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. We follow children like ... See full summary »

Director: Rebecca Cammisa

Votes: 1,199

28. The Return of October (1948)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

This is the warm-hearted story of a wholesome Terry Moore, whose late uncle Willie (James Gleason) is reincarnated as a thoroughbred horse. At least, as far as Ms. Moore is concerned, he is... See full summary »

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Glenn Ford, Terry Moore, Albert Sharpe, James Gleason

Votes: 242

29. Madonnen (2007)

125 min | Drama

A portrait of Rita, who claims that her mother was never a mother for her. Rita gives birth to her own six children and forces her mother to take the role of a mother for her grandchildren as she never did that for Rita.

Director: Maria Speth | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Luisa Sappelt, Coleman Swinton, Susanne Lothar

Votes: 196

30. Mourir d'aimer... (1971)

GP | 101 min | Drama

A love story between a teacher, Daniele, 32 years and one of her students Gerard, 17 during the heated atmosphere of May 68. Daniele is a fiery young woman, very involved politically. ... See full summary »

Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Annie Girardot, Bruno Pradal, Claude Cerval, Jean Bouise

Votes: 584

31. 491 (1964)

110 min | Crime, Drama

Six youth criminals are chosen to participate in a social experiment, named "Guesthouse Objectivity" (Pensionatet Sakligheten), where they are assigned to live together in an apartment ... See full summary »

Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Lars Lind, Leif Nymark, Stig Törnblom, Lars Hansson

Votes: 432

32. 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

33. The Jammed (2007)

89 min | Drama, Thriller

A thriller about trafficking, governmental deportation and the sex slave trade in Melbourne.

Director: Dee McLachlan | Stars: Emma Lung, Veronica Sywak, Saskia Burmeister, Sun Park

Votes: 871

34. Illégal (2010)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

A single mother of a thirteen-year-old boy from Belarus seeks refuge in Belgium with dreams of a better life, but instead, she will be incarcerated and separated from her son, risking deportation.

Director: Olivier Masset-Depasse | Stars: Anne Coesens, Alexandre Gontcharov, Milo Masset-Depasse, Natalia Belokonskaya

Votes: 944 | Gross: $0.00M

35. The Tombs (1991)

90 min | Drama

"El Pollo," a 13-year-old child in reform school, witnesses and experiences the brutalization of the guards and the other inmates.

Director: Javier Torre | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Federico Luppi, Jorge Mayor, Isabel Quinteros

Votes: 81

36. 7 Women from Hell (1961)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, War

Seven women from different backgrounds, nationality, age, class, and marital status find themselves in New Guinea, February 1942 - when the Japanese army takes over unexpectedly, and sends them into a war camp in the jungle.

Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Patricia Owens, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, Margia Dean

Votes: 131

37. Girlhood (2003)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Crime

Documentary chronicling America's justice system. Follows two female inmates - victims of horrific violence and tragedy - who are serving time in a Maryland juvenile detention center.

Director: Liz Garbus

Votes: 612 | Gross: $0.06M

38. The Chain Gang (1930)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey Mouse escapes from prison.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: George Magrill, Theodore Santoro, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney

Votes: 642

39. Trans (1998)

80 min | Crime, Drama

Ryan Kazinski, 16, is in juvenile detention in Fort Myers, Florida. He gets away one day, and the world is all before him: where should he go, what should he do? Should he try to find his ... See full summary »

Director: Julian Goldberger | Stars: Lynn Boyd, Jon Daugherty, Ryan Daugherty, Stephanie Davis

Votes: 431 | Gross: $0.01M

40. Juvenile Offender (2012)

Not Rated | 107 min | Crime, Drama

A juvenile offender Ji-gu reunites with his young mom who he thought was dead.

Director: Yi-kwan Kang | Stars: Seo Yeong-ju, Lee Jung-hyun, Kang Rae-yeon, Won-tae Choi

Votes: 241

41. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.

Directors: Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu | Stars: Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei

Votes: 104

42. Boys in Brown (1949)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama

A slice of life in a British Borstal reform institution for young criminals.

Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde, Jimmy Hanley

Votes: 304

43. Deep It (2016)

17 min | Short, Action, Crime

Deep It is a powerful drama that explores the real impact of carrying a knife on young people and their communities. The message is loud and clear, there is no such thing as a victimless crime. Everyone gets hurt in the process.

Director: Teddy Nygh | Stars: Percelle Ascott, Kane Campbell-Monte, Pierre Deans, Dayo Jordan

Votes: 65

44. Nevskiy (2016– )

45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police captain Pavel Semyonov serves in one of the sleeping areas of St. Petersburg. Pavel is used to throwing drunken fights and going into drug addicts alone to make another arrest. He ... See full summary »

Stars: Anton Vasilev, Andrey Gulnev, Sergey Koshonin, Aleksandr Sayutalin

Votes: 100

45. Maple Palm (2006)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lesbian couple of fifteen years lives with the secret that one is an illegal immigrant. With no legal way to protect their relationship, the couple lives in fear of deportation. After an ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Torjan | Stars: Deborah Stewart, Taymour Ghazi, Andrea Carvajal, Robert J. Feldman

Votes: 409

46. Mrs.B., a North Korean Woman (2016)

71 min | Documentary, Drama

Portrait of Mrs. B., a tough charismatic North Korean woman who smuggles between North Korea, China and South Korea. With the money she gets, she plans to reunite with her two North Korean sons after years of separation.

Director: Jero Yun

Votes: 54

47. Women Without Names (1950)

89 min | Drama, War

This is the sad story of several desperate ladies incarcerated somewhere in Italy in a camp for displaced women after the end of World War II. Among them, Anna, a Yugoslav, who has seen her... See full summary »

Director: Géza von Radványi | Stars: Simone Simon, Vivi Gioi, Françoise Rosay, Irasema Dilián

Votes: 72

48. Out of Fear (2003)

23 min | Documentary, Short

Out of Fear is a 21-minute experimental documentary that conveys the personal experiences of five people who have traveled to Australia seeking asylum. Structured as a poetic essay, the ... See full summary »

Director: Bettina Frankham

49. The Confession (VI) (2016)

96 min | Documentary

A man returns from Bagram in Afghanistan and Guantanamo to tell the story.

Director: Ashish Ghadiali | Stars: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Colin Powell

Votes: 64

50. W klatce (1988)

106 min | Drama

Fire changes the life of a dull lonely bank cashier into a hero. He gets the woman he has always dreamt of. But, considering his modesty and peculiarity, will they really be happy together?

Director: Barbara Sass | Stars: Krzysztof Jedrysek, Maria Ciunelis, Katarzyna Figura, Jan Englert

Votes: 12