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1. Revenge (2011–2015)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An emotionally troubled young woman sets out to exact revenge against the people who wronged her father.
Stars: Madeleine Stowe, Emily VanCamp, Gabriel Mann, Nick Wechsler
Votes: 125,123
2. Gone with the Wind (1939)
Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War
A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 334,406 | Gross: $198.68M
3. Maestro (2023)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
Director: Bradley Cooper | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Vincenzo Amato
Votes: 60,845
4. I, Tonya (2017)
R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson
Votes: 242,855 | Gross: $30.01M
5. The Piano (1993)
R | 121 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin
Votes: 95,200 | Gross: $40.16M
6. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus
Votes: 97,983
7. Easy (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Intertwined groups of friends in Chicago fumble through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture.
Stars: Michael Chernus, Jane Adams, Elizabeth Reaser, Jacqueline Toboni
Votes: 15,394
8. Summer of Sam (1999)
R | 142 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito
Votes: 41,321 | Gross: $19.28M
9. Night and the City (1950)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe
Votes: 15,286 | Gross: $3.60M
10. Corsage (2022)
114 min | Biography, Drama, History
A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.
Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner
Votes: 9,698
11. Scarlet Street (1945)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay
Votes: 19,204
12. Strange Angel (2018–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
A rocket scientist in 1940s Los Angeles is secretly the disciple of occultist Aleister Crowley.
Stars: Jack Reynor, Bella Heathcote, Peter Mark Kendall, Greg Wise
Votes: 2,560
13. A Frozen Flower (2008)
TV-MA | 133 min | Drama, History, Romance
A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard.
Directors: Shin Jae Myung, Kim Su-Jin-I, Ha Yoo, Park Young-Sik | Stars: Zo In-sung, Ju Jin-mo, Song Ji-Hyo, Cho Jin-woong
Votes: 5,140
14. The Dead Girl (2006)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
Director: Karen Moncrieff | Stars: Toni Collette, Brittany Murphy, Marcia Gay Harden, Piper Laurie
Votes: 16,201 | Gross: $0.02M
15. The Little Foxes (1941)
Approved | 116 min | Drama, Romance
The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the Deep South at the turn of the twentieth century.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson
Votes: 13,122
16. Man in an Orange Shirt (2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Tales of love across two films highlighting the very different challenges that face the couples, With Michael and Thomas just after WWII, and Adam and Steve in the present day.
Stars: Julian Morris, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Charlie Wernham
Votes: 4,602
17. Delta of Venus (1995)
R | 102 min | Drama
A struggling American writer (England) and a fellow American expatriate (Mandylor) begin a sordid affair among the chaos and discord of 1940 Paris, France on the brink of World War II.
Director: Zalman King | Stars: Audie England, Costas Mandylor, Eric da Silva, Raven Snow
Votes: 2,364 | Gross: $0.06M
18. Iron Jawed Angels (2004 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
A little known, yet integral piece of American history: based on the lives of Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, two young radical women who were instrumental in getting women the right to vote in America.
Director: Katja von Garnier | Stars: Hilary Swank, Margo Martindale, Anjelica Huston, Frances O'Connor
Votes: 6,430
19. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his mistreated wife.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov
Votes: 4,691
20. Little Birds (2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Romance
TV adaptation of Anais Nin's infamous collection of erotic short stories.
Stars: Juno Temple, Yumna Marwan, Hugh Skinner, Raphael Acloque
Votes: 3,020
21. Sweet Hot Lisa (1980)
84 min | Drama
A young and attractive woman trapped in a marriage with a husband much older than her is sexually dissatisfied. She ends up cheating on him. Still not satisfied, she ends up meeting a young man, and his two lesbian friends.
Director: Adriano Tagliavia | Stars: Luigina Rocchi, Francesco Parisi, Maruska Ferretti, Enzo Fisichella
Votes: 164
22. Impact (1949)
Passed | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker
Votes: 4,721
23. The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Approved | 116 min | Drama, Romance
An American journalist returns to Paris - a city that gave him true love and deep grief.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed
Votes: 4,267
24. The Arrangement (1969)
R | 125 min | Drama, Romance
An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, Deborah Kerr, Richard Boone
Votes: 3,385 | Gross: $8.72M
25. The Innocent (1976)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance
Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful, he becomes enamored of her again.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Rina Morelli, Massimo Girotti
Votes: 4,268
26. Brighton Rock (1948)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Brighton in 1935, small-time gang leader Pinkie Brown murders a journalist and later desperately tries to cover his tracks but runs into trouble with the police, a few witnesses, and a rival gang.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Harcourt Williams
Votes: 6,826 | Gross: $0.22M
27. Devious Nanny (2018 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman tries to protect her family after her husband has an affair with their au pair. When the husband's co-workers start turning up dead, it's clear everything is not what it seems.
Directors: Devon Downs, Kenny Gage | Stars: Michelle Borth, Antonio Cupo, Olesya Rulin, Michael Roark
Votes: 716
28. Painter (2020)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
A wealthy art collector's obsession with a young painter develops into a psychosexual relationship fueled by jealousy and delusion.
Director: Cory Wexler Grant | Stars: Betsy Randle, Eric Ladin, Anastasia Leddick, Spencer Irwin
Votes: 276
29. Lost Paradise (2012)
93 min | Drama
Lucie lives with her father Hugo. Her mother has been gone for a year and the abscence brought father and daughter even closer. However, when the mother returns, Hugo's taken by ... See full summary »
Director: Ève Deboise | Stars: Pauline Etienne, Olivier Rabourdin, Florence Thomassin, Ouassini Embarek
Votes: 245
30. The Dollmaker (2017)
10 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
A grieving mother latches on to a magical surrogate for her lost child. But small miracles come with big consequences..
Director: Al Lougher | Stars: Perri Lauren, Sean Meehan, Daniel Martin Berkey, Tony Hutaj
Votes: 953
31. Man in the Saddle (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Western
A private deadly feud ensues when ruthless wealthy rancher Will Isham attempts a takeover of small rancher Owen Merritt's land and marries Owen's old flame, Laurie Bidwell.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox
Votes: 1,587
32. Sleeping Dogs Lie (2018)
73 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A jealous wife kidnaps her cheating husband and his young secretary and holds them hostage in an isolated house in the desert; but divorce is the furthest thing from her mind.
Director: Konstantinos Kovas | Stars: Markella Giannatou, Miguel Angel Caballero, Joanna Zanella, Ted Ferguson
Votes: 174
33. Family of Strangers (1993 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Julie must disclose her family's medical history before undergoing major surgery, but when she questions her family, she discovers that she was adopted; later she learns that she was conceived from rape.
Director: Sheldon Larry | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Patty Duke, Martha Gibson, Gordon Clapp
Votes: 306
34. As Cool as I Am (2013)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.
Director: Max Mayer | Stars: Sarah Bolger, Thomas Mann, James Marsden, Claire Danes
Votes: 5,508
35. Whiplash (1948)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport
A struggling artist becomes a New York City prizefighter in an attempt to win the affection of the ring promoter's night club singing sister.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden
Votes: 781
36. O Amante de Júlia (2022)
106 min | Romance
Paralyzed from the waist down after an accident, Cássio's relationship with Julia goes through difficulties. Feeling rejected, she starts a new romance. Based on the novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D. H. Lawrence.
Director: Vinicius Coimbra | Stars: Bianca Bin, Sergio Guizé, Rômulo Estrela, Priscila Steinman
Votes: 44
37. Sólo mía (2001)
100 min | Drama
A woman meets a charming man and falls in love, they get married and start a family. As they age and have children, the man's becomes violent and abusive.
Director: Javier Balaguer | Stars: Sergi López, Paz Vega, Elvira Mínguez, Alberto Jiménez
Votes: 660
38. Loved (1997)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
After a husband is accused of driving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wronged her, is subpoenaed to testify on his abusive behavior during their marriage.
Director: Erin Dignam | Stars: Robin Wright, William Hurt, Sean Penn, Evelyn Dignam
Votes: 743
39. Killer Looks (1994 Video)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man gets turned on watching his wife with other men as long as she plays by the rules. When she brings home a a new stranger who likes to play his own games, the husband finds his marriage in jeopardy.
Director: Paul Thomas | Stars: Sara Suzanne Brown, Michael Artura, Leonard Donato, Dyanna Lauren
Votes: 312
40. So Well Remembered (1947)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. As councilman and newspaper editor George has fought hard to better working and living conditions in the bleak Lancashire mill town.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc, Trevor Howard
Votes: 583
41. Daydreams (2016)
98 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The story of the relationship between two young artists, a photographer and a writer, but above all the story of personal freedom through the filter of the imagination.
Director: Caroline Deruas-Garrel | Stars: Clotilde Hesme, Jenna Thiam, Tchéky Karyo, Bernard Verley
Votes: 242
42. Malina (1991)
125 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A female writer and her relationships with two different men, one joyous and one introverted.
Director: Werner Schroeter | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Lisa Kreuzer, Mathieu Carrière, Can Togay
Votes: 1,213
43. In the Cool of the Day (1963)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance
After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long-suffering and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Hill
Votes: 642
44. Maladonna (1984)
85 min | Drama
Maria, both rich and bored, is searching for a more exciting sex life.
Director: Bruno Gaburro | Stars: Paola Senatore, Maurice Poli, Daniel Stephen, Claudia Cavalcanti
Votes: 108
45. Nurse on Wheels (1963)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrained mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Juliet Mills, Ronald Lewis, Joan Sims, Noel Purcell
Votes: 577
46. Nancy (III) (2019)
8 min | Short, Drama
A father and daughter spend the day bonding. Late that night, she asks him a personal question.
Director: Megan Parkinson | Stars: Bella Ramsey, Robert James-Collier
Votes: 34
47. The Music Box Kid (1960)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama
A gang leader's religious wife is persuaded by a priest to inform on him.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ron Foster, Luana Patten, Grant Richards, Johnny Seven
Votes: 114
48. I Give My Love (1934)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama
A woman devotes her life to her son, who went to prison for killing her abusive husband.
Director: Karl Freund | Stars: Paul Lukas, Wynne Gibson, Eric Linden, Anita Louise
Votes: 29
49. Once a Lady (1931)
80 min | Drama
"Once a Lady" is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and starring Ruth Chatterton, Ivor Novello, and Jill Esmond. The film, produced and distributed by ... See full summary »
Director: Guthrie McClintic | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Ivor Novello, Jill Esmond, Geoffrey Kerr
Votes: 60
50.
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961)
Episode:
Big Career
(1961)
30 min | Drama
Harriet Melvane is a successful business woman, choosing work over time with her husband. After his tragic death she has regrets until a discussion with her mother-in-law.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Frank Overton, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 31