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1. In the Land of Women (2007)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A sleazy writer has a chance to redeem himself when he goes to stay with his grandmother and befriends the neighbors.
Director: Jonathan Kasdan | Stars: Adam Brody, Kristen Stewart, Meg Ryan, Kelsey Keel
Votes: 29,343 | Gross: $11.04M
2. Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama
A boy develops a disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his father decides to learn all about it and tackle the problem himself.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite
Votes: 18,036 | Gross: $7.29M
3. Pather Panchali (1955)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee, Chunibala Devi
Votes: 17,077 | Gross: $0.54M
4. Brian's Song (1971 TV Movie)
G | 73 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey
Votes: 6,326
5. American Flyers (1985)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Sport
Sports physician Marcus persuades his unstable brother David to come with him and train for a bicycle race across the Rocky Mountains. Marcus doesn't tell David that he has a brain aneurysm... See full summary »
Director: John Badham | Stars: Kevin Costner, David Marshall Grant, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul
Votes: 4,976 | Gross: $1.40M
6. Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama
Three American women working in Rome, Italy, share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage, each experiencing a few bumps in their journeys to romance.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan
Votes: 2,569
7. Movie Movie (1978)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, World War I aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Eli Wallach
Votes: 758
8. The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
R | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Olivier Martinez, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi, François Cluzet
Votes: 5,149 | Gross: $1.88M
9. Endure (2010)
R | 92 min | Thriller
After a shocking photo of a young woman is found inside the twisted metal of a fatal car crash, veteran detective Emory Lane must risk everything to identify and find the woman before it's too late.
Director: Joe O'Brien | Stars: Devon Sawa, Judd Nelson, Joey Lauren Adams, Clare Kramer
Votes: 783
10. Brian's Song (2001 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama, Sport
The story of professional football players Gale Sayes and Brian Piccolo, and how their friendship on and off the field was affected when Piccolo contracted a fatal disease.
Director: John Gray | Stars: Mekhi Phifer, Sean Maher, Paula Cale, Elise Neal
Votes: 1,312
11. Vuosaari (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: 2,271
12. Yesterday (I) (2004)
R | 90 min | Drama
After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Leleti Khumalo, Lihle Mvelase, Kenneth Khambula, Harriet Lenabe
Votes: 2,006
13. Marie's Story (2014)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama
Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.
Director: Jean-Pierre Améris | Stars: Isabelle Carré, Ariana Rivoire, Brigitte Catillon, Noémie Churlet
Votes: 1,322 | Gross: $0.01M
14. Nine Days of One Year (1962)
111 min | Drama
Two young scientists are exploring new fields of nuclear physics. Dmitry Gusev and Ilya Kulikov are good friends, but rivals in love. Dmitry marries Lyolya and they live happily together. ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Romm | Stars: Aleksey Batalov, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Tatyana Lavrova, Nikolai Plotnikov
Votes: 781
15. Satan's Brew (1976)
112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Walter, a German anarchist poet, is short of money after his publisher refuses to give him an advance. He tries various ways of raising money, including shooting one of his mistresses and ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Helen Vita, Volker Spengler
Votes: 1,431
16. Strange Relations (2001 TV Movie)
R | 120 min | Drama, Comedy
Jerry is a successful New York psychiatrist who is diagnosed with leukemia. When he tells his mother, she reveals that Jerry was adopted from a young Catholic girl called Sheila in ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Paul Reiser, Amber Sealey, Lachele Carl, George Wendt
Votes: 697
17. Las Hurdes (1933)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A surrealistic documentary portrait of the region of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O'Neill
Votes: 4,238
18. Wooly Boys (2001)
PG | 99 min | Comedy
A sheep rancher's visit to the big city triggers a mischevious adventure with his teenage computer-whiz grandson.
Director: Leszek Burzynski | Stars: Peter Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Joseph Mazzello, Keith Carradine
Votes: 586 | Gross: $0.34M
19. Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama
A woman who left home 20 years ago under acrimonious circumstances finds out that she is terminally ill. She returns home and tries to rebuild her relationship with her embittered mother ... See full summary »
Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Bette Davis, Gena Rowlands, Ford Rainey, Donald Moffat
Votes: 537
20. Only Yesterday (1933)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn't even remember her, but tries to seduce her.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, John Boles, Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke
Votes: 256
21. Breza (1967)
92 min | Drama, Romance
Beautiful but ailing girl is married to a harsh man who doesn't care for her. Only after she dies does he realize that he actually loves her.
Director: Ante Babaja | Stars: Manca Kosir, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Fabijan Sovagovic, Nela Erzisnik
Votes: 535
22. India (1993)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Heinzi Boesel and Kurt Fellner are two Austrian health inspectors forced to work together, traveling through Austria. Over time a beautiful friendship evolves between the odd couple who ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Harather | Stars: Josef Hader, Alfred Dorfer, Maria Hofstätter, Roger Murbach
Votes: 2,542
23. Le Crabe-Tambour (1977)
120 min | Adventure, Drama, War
A dying French naval frigate captain tries to make a last rendezvous in the winter storm-tossed seas off the Grand Banks, with "le crabe tambour," a French war hero he had betrayed twenty ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin, Aurore Clément
Votes: 483
24. Invitation (1952)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance
Always believing she had a happy marriage, a young wife's trust in her husband is shaken when she discovers that her father had paid him to marry her.
Director: Gottfried Reinhardt | Stars: Van Johnson, Dorothy McGuire, Ruth Roman, Louis Calhern
Votes: 409
25. Snowflake (II) (2014)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Aurore is dying and Claire is at her side, waiting for the inevitable end to come. But Aurore has a final gift for her: a diary where she tells the story of their love. With the snowflakes ... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Roder | Stars: Ele Keats, Tracy Middendorf, Lorenzo Balducci, Dayvin Turchiano
Votes: 22
26. Le promeneur du Champ de Mars (2005)
116 min | Biography, Drama
A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Jalil Lespert, Philippe Fretun, Anne Cantineau
Votes: 922
27. Kolme viisasta miestä (2008)
105 min | Drama
Three friends facing a midlife crisis go on an unforgettable night of boozing in this drama/comedy. Matti, a man anxiously awaiting his firstborn, Erkki, a ladies' man who has lost his ... See full summary »
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Kari Heiskanen, Pertti Sveholm, Timo Torikka, Irina Björklund
Votes: 453
28. ABC Africa (2001)
Unrated | 83 min | Documentary
Documentary account of the AIDS crisis in Uganda.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Abbas Kiarostami, Seifollah Samadian
Votes: 605 | Gross: $0.01M
29. Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (1939)
113 min | Biography, Drama, History
The young country doctor Dr. Robert Koch is desperate seeking a cure for a tuberculosis epidemic costing many children in his district life.
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Viktoria von Ballasko, Raimund Schelcher
Votes: 47
30. Umur (2002)
102 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Kai Lehtinen | Stars: Heikki Rantanen, Minna Turunen, Juhani Niemelä, Rea Mauranen
Votes: 248
31. Leo (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Vivian Naefe | Stars: Gisela Schneeberger, Elmar Wepper, August Zirner, Matthias Brandt
Votes: 59
32. Enfances (2007)
80 min | Drama
an anthology film based on the childhoods of famous film directors.
Directors: Ismaël Ferroukhi, Corinne Garfin, Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige, Isild Le Besco, Yann Le Gal, Safy Nebbou | Stars: Maurice Antoni, Octave Arveiller, Grégoire Azouvy, Anne Benoît
Votes: 112
33. Väärät juuret (2009)
99 min | Drama
In this stylish Finnish drama, the secrets and desires of a family can no longer be suppressed. Mikko turns out to have a hereditary illness. Since then he has been worried. How long can he... See full summary »
Director: Saara Saarela | Stars: Pertti Sveholm, Milka Ahlroth, Niko Saarela, Emma Louhivuori
Votes: 159
34. Tod eines Keilers (2006 TV Movie)
Comedy, Crime
Binder, a pathologist suffering from a fatal lung disease, doesn't have much longer to live. To establish some kind of justice he kills the arrogant, chain-smoking senior physician.
Director: Urs Egger | Stars: Joachim Król, Friedrich von Thun, Lale Yavas, Stefan Kurt
Votes: 108
35. Pikajuna pohjoiseen (1947)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the Norht.
Director: Roland af Hällström | Stars: Ansa Ikonen, Leif Wager, Tauno Majuri, Aku Korhonen
Votes: 48
36. Die Zeit mit Euch (2014 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Stefan Krohmer | Stars: Ulrike Kriener, Herbert Knaup, Leslie Malton, Henry Hübchen
Votes: 40
37. Mama (III) (2015)
Short, Drama
A college drop-out, Abigail tries to pursue an acting career despite her mother's (Carol) wishes. Abigail constantly fights with her mom and one day says a terrible thing to her - she ... See full summary »
Director: Alia Azamat | Stars: Sini Hill, Veronica Jarvis, Sini Kangasmaki, Elena Weintraub
38. In Praise of Love (1976 TV Movie)
Drama
An egotistical book critic attempts to shield his wife from the truth about her fatal illness.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Claire Bloom, Kenneth More
39. A Life Worth Living: Pushing the Limits of Duchenne (2012)
94 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Jon Hastie has Duchenne - a severe form of Muscular Dystrophy. Prognosis - paralysis, 24 hour ventilation and an early death. Time is precious. Time is not for wasting. Jon decides to ... See full summary »
Director: Annie Perkins
40. Einmal leben (2000 TV Movie)
87 min
Director: Franz Xaver Bogner | Stars: Kathi Leitner, Elmar Wepper, Werner Rom, Andreas Nickl
41. Future Medicine & the Curse of Immortality (2017 Video)
7 min | Short, Talk-Show
Dave Cullen discusses the problems that may come with us halting the aging process.
Stars: Dave Cullen, Karl Martin, Arjun Bansal
43. No Kind of Life (2009 Video)
72 min | Drama
One night, Jeff decided to kill himself. When his four friends show up the following day to deal with his loss, they learn that he had invited each of them over before he died to tell them ... See full summary »
Director: George Willson | Stars: Natalia Alia, Donnie Avants, Cevin Behe, Allison Kirkpatrick
44. Stof (2003)
Drama, Short
On a motor trek through South Africa, a man stops at a service station and meets a man young enough to be his son. When the young man becomes his traveling companion, memories of the man's troubled relationship with his son resurface.
Director: Jacobus Roos | Stars: Renier Basson, Lieb Bester, Stephen Simm, Xavier Van Vuuren
45.
Tutankhamun (2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2016)
45 min | Drama, History, Romance
Lord Carnarvon falls ill with blood poisoning, and Howard Carter's work is hampered by the Egyptian authorities and he leaves the dig. After her father's death, Lady Evelyn convinces the ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Vere Tindale, Jonathan Aris, Leon Clingman, Max Irons
Votes: 51
46.
The Day of the Triffids (1981– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1981)
TV-PG | 27 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Bill is kidnapped and forced to be the eyes for a group of blind people.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: John Duttine, Maurice Colbourne, John Hollis, John Benfield
Votes: 38
47.
The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963)
Episode:
Just Married
(1962)
30 min | Drama
While driving in the desert, Adam comes upon a tow truck pulling a Model A Ford from a lake with a "Just Married" sign on the bumper. He imagines why the vehicle ran off the road and what happened to the inhabitants.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Carolyn Jones, Edgar Buchanan, Stefan Gierasch
48.
Wide Country (1962–1963)
Episode:
My Candle Burns at Both Ends
(1962)
60 min | Drama, Sport, Western
Both Mitch and Andy fall for the same young woman, but she falls more for Mitch, to Andy's disappointment. What neither brother knows is that her zest for life and adventure masks the fact that she is dying of leukemia.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine, Laura Devon, Roy Roberts
49.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
Peter
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Walter flashes back to 1985 while explaining Peter's otherworldly origins to Olivia. Also, Peter's mother is introduced, and details of the neighboring world reaffirms that there is more than one of everything.
Director: David Straiton | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown
Votes: 2,384
50.
Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode:
Remember Me: Part 1
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A woman of strong faith, widow Julia Sanderson is unafraid of Doc Baker's diagnosis of incurable cancer, but knows she must help her three children cope with the news of her imminent death ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson
Votes: 147