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1. Secrets & Lies (1996)

R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama

Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook

Votes: 47,187 | Gross: $13.42M

2. May (2002)

R | 93 min | Drama, Horror

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval

Votes: 40,497 | Gross: $0.15M

3. The Seventh Continent (1989)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama

A European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel

Votes: 17,004

4. Revenant (2023– )

60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Ku San Young works and studies at night to become a public officer. After receiving a relic from her dead father mysterious deaths take place around her, and she finds herself slowly changing.

Stars: Hong Kyung, Kim Tae-ri, Oh Jung-se, Kim Hae-sook

Votes: 2,734

5. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Billy Pilgrim has mysteriously become unstuck in time. He goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back again to the horrors of the 1945 fire-bombing of Dresden.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans

Votes: 13,912 | Gross: $0.57M

6. Body Bags (1993 TV Movie)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.

Directors: John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Larry Sulkis | Stars: John Carpenter, Tom Arnold, Tobe Hooper, Robert Carradine

Votes: 12,611

7. Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

R | 111 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck

Votes: 20,772

8. The Messenger (I) (2009)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance, War

An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.

Director: Oren Moverman | Stars: Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone

Votes: 36,777 | Gross: $0.07M

9. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A Roger Corman tale of Dr. James Xavier's devastating experiments on himself and the unforeseen.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt

Votes: 8,164

10. Branded to Kill (1967)

Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a botched assignment, a rice-fetishizing hitman finds himself in conflict with his organization, and one mysterious, dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.

Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Kôji Nanbara

Votes: 10,209

11. Hollywood Ending (2002)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Romance

A director is forced to work with his ex-wife, who left him for the boss of the studio bankrolling his new film. But the night before the first day of shooting, he develops a case of psychosomatic blindness.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Téa Leoni, Bob Dorian, Ivan Martin

Votes: 28,140 | Gross: $4.84M

12. Love Is Blind (I) (2019)

TV-MA | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

A woman with selective perception, who cannot see her mother, is prescribed by her psychiatrist to spend time with a suicidal man that has fallen in love with her - but she cannot see either.

Directors: Monty Whitebloom, Andy Delaney | Stars: Shannon Tarbet, Aidan Turner, Benjamin Walker, Matthew Broderick

Votes: 889

13. Prime Suspect: The Last Witness (2003)

98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison's (Dame Helen Mirren's) investigation of the murder of a Bosnian refugee leads her to one, or possibly two, Serbian war criminals determined to silence the last witness to a massacre a decade before.

Stars: Helen Mirren, Liam Cunningham, Oleg Menshikov, Ben Miles

Votes: 3,213

14. The Birthday Wish (2017 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

On her birthday, a woman who desperately wants her boyfriend to propose to her wishes for the opportunity to see into the future, with surprising results.

Director: Peter DeLuise | Stars: Jessy Schram, Luke Macfarlane, Marcus Rosner, Yvonne Chapman

Votes: 2,666

15. The Secret (2007)

R | 93 min | Drama, Romance

A wife and mother passes away, and her spirit returns in her daughter's body.

Director: Vincent Perez | Stars: David Duchovny, Lili Taylor, Olivia Thirlby, Brendan Sexton III

Votes: 3,983

16. Adrift in Manhattan (2007)

R | 91 min | Drama

The lives of three lonely strangers intersect while commuting on New York's 1 and 9 subway lines.

Director: Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa | Stars: Heather Graham, Victor Rasuk, Dominic Chianese, Marlene Forte

Votes: 1,850

17. Death Walks on High Heels (1971)

Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

After a French stripper is harassed by a man who wants a cache of diamonds stolen by her late father, she flees to England in the company of a doctor, but danger follows.

Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Frank Wolff, Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Carlo Gentili

Votes: 2,272

18. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

G | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.

Directors: Greg Ford, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Terry Lennon, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé, Roy Firestone, B.J. Ward

Votes: 2,672

19. The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)

Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Romance

Marriage broker Mae Swasey, who somewhat cynically arranges her loser clients' affairs, meets model Kitty Bennett and can't resist meddling in her life, by disentangling her from a married ... See full summary »

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Thelma Ritter, Scott Brady, Zero Mostel

Votes: 894

20. Blondie (1938)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Family

Dagwood loses his job on the eve of his and Blondie's fifth wedding anniversary.

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy

Votes: 872

21. Bodyguard (1948)

Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After being fired for insubordination, homicide detective Mike Carter is hired as bodyguard by the owner of a local meat-packing plant where a meat inspector has been murdered.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Phillip Reed, June Clayworth

Votes: 1,173

22. Eight Gifts of Hanukkah (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

An anonymous suitor sends optometrist Sarah a gift for each night of Hanukkah. As she tries to find her secret admirer, she learns that her one true love might be someone she never expected.

Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Inbar Lavi, Jake Epstein, Sheila Tyson, Barry W. Levy

Votes: 1,157

23. Murderers Among Us (1946)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II.

Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Elly Burgmer, Erna Sellmer, Hilde Adolphi

Votes: 2,547

24. Just Like Dad (1995 TV Movie)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Charlie is constantly bullied at school and decides to invite a weightlifter to pose as his father at the father/son picnic. The lie spirals out of control and Charlie ends up the target of a kidnapping due to the weightlifter's troubled past.

Director: Blair Treu | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Ben Diskin, Nick Cassavetes, Jarrett Lennon

Votes: 487

25. The Five Senses (1999)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Molly Parker, Gabrielle Rose, Elize Frances Stolk, Nadia Litz

Votes: 3,146 | Gross: $0.50M

26. Master of the House (1925)

Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

When a man becomes tyrannical towards his family, the women of the house decide to teach him a lesson in gratitude.

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Johannes Meyer, Astrid Holm, Karin Nellemose, Mathilde Nielsen

Votes: 2,373

27. This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)

Approved | 97 min | Drama

A tough lady gangster learns that she will be totally blind within a week. She seeks help from the one eye surgeon who may be able to save her sight. In the process, he also causes her to have a change of heart.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Joan Crawford, Dennis Morgan, David Brian, Richard Webb

Votes: 1,182

28. Lisensyadong kamao (2005)

Action, Comedy, Sport

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Director: Tony Bernal | Stars: Manny Pacquiao, Aubrey Miles, Eddie Garcia, Juliana Palermo

Votes: 16

29. It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951)

Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern.

Directors: Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, John Sturges, Richard Thorpe, Charles Vidor, Don Weis, William A. Wellman | Stars: Ethel Barrymore, Keefe Brasselle, Gary Cooper, Nancy Reagan

Votes: 727

30. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (2013)

104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A married man begins to question his sexual orientation as he and his wife consider having another child.

Director: Arvin Chen | Stars: Richie Jen, Mavis Fan, Chin-Hang Shih, Kimi Hsia

Votes: 639

31. Cactus (1986)

PG | 93 min | Drama, Romance

A woman who injured her eyes in car accident and a young blind man fall for each other. Is sight the only way to see the world?

Director: Paul Cox | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Robert Menzies, Norman Kaye, Monica Maughan

Votes: 239

32. First Comes Courage (1943)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, War

Nicole Larsen is detested by her countrymen because they suspect she is collaborating with the occupying Germans. In reality she is working for the Norwegian underground, risking her life passing secrets to the resistance fighters.

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond, Isobel Elsom

Votes: 263

33. Out (1982)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama

A self-styled "urban guerrilla" in Greenwich Village is sent on various assignments across the country by a mysterious "commander."

Director: Eli Hollander | Stars: Peter Coyote, O-Lan Jones, Jim Haynie, Grandfather Semu Haute

Votes: 348

34. This Is Martin Bonner (2013)

R | 83 min | Drama

Martin Bonner has just moved to Nevada from the East Coast, leaving behind his two adult children and a life he spent more than two decades building.

Director: Chad Hartigan | Stars: Paul Eenhoorn, Demetrius Grosse, Tom Plunkett, Christy Lighthouse

Votes: 1,012 | Gross: $0.01M

35. Waterfront (1944)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone robs him of his codebook, and he must get it back.

Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: John Carradine, J. Carrol Naish, Maris Wrixon, Edwin Maxwell

Votes: 295

36. Sundo (2009)

R | 161 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Seven passengers on a trip to Manila escape death and their respective "sundo" by a twist of fate. Soon, they realize that the price they have to pay for gambling with the spirit of tragedy... See full summary »

Director: Topel Lee | Stars: Robin Padilla, Sunshine Dizon, Rhian Ramos, Katrina Halili

Votes: 130

37. Blink (2008)

70 min | Drama

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Director: Ronaldo Bertubin | Stars: Sherwin Ordoñez, Jojit Lorenzo, Ashley Rhein Arca, Christian Burke

Votes: 20

38. Kurai tokoro de machiawase (2006)

130 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A precarious loner sneaks into a blind woman's home and begins living there without her noticing. Meanwhile, the woman mourns her recently deceased father and struggles to remain connected to the world.

Director: Daisuke Tengan | Stars: Rena Tanaka, Chen Bo-lin, Haruka Igawa, Mao Miyaji

Votes: 349

39. Punch Trunk (1953)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

A tiny elephant arrives in the city and spooks various inhabitants.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Robert C. Bruce, June Foray

Votes: 367

40. The True Love (2014)

95 min | Romance

Three stories: An assistant marriage officiator in love with her engaged boss. A psychosomatically colour-blind pool champion cannot get over the death of her boyfriend. A tour guide in love with a woman seeking the legendary white lotus.

Director: Wai-Ying Yip | Stars: Lik-Sun Fong, Jiong He, Wah Hong, Timmy Hung

Votes: 77

41. Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull (2007 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew and her best friend Bess Marvin travel to New Orleans and search for a missing crystal skull rumored to make its owner immortal.

Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Jennifer Pratt, Scott Carty, Jason Sharp

Votes: 100

42. The Missing Half (2003)

71 min | Drama

Claire and Pierre's marriage hits the skids after Claire, pregnant with twins, feels that one embryo is crushing the other and decides to abort half the pregnancy.

Director: Benoît Mariage | Stars: Dominique Baeyens, Philippe Grand'Henry, Laurent Kuenhen, Jan Decleir

Votes: 67

43. Better or Worse? (2000)

9 min | Short, Drama, Family

Eight-year old Rachel is strongly short-sighted and her fear to disgrace herself by wearing eyeglasses makes her cheat the physician with the eye test. During swimming-lesson Rachel notices... See full summary »

Director: Jocelyn Cammack | Stars: Finn Atkins, John Langford, Ann Farrar, Luke Gell

Votes: 63

44. Still Around (2011)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Biography

A feature length short film compilation that portrays 15 people living with HIV/AIDS from the San Francisco Bay Area. 16 well known local filmmakers collaborated with 15 protagonists to ... See full summary »

Directors: Emmanuelle Antolin, Daniel F. Cardone, S. Leo Chiang, William Clift, Deborah Craig, Robert Dekkers, Veronica Duport Deliz, Jörg Fockele, Stuart Gaffney, Sade Huron, Amir Jaffer, Tim Kulikowski, Rick Osmon, Anne Siegel, Marc Smolowitz, Paulina Velazquez, Debra A. Wilson, Ian Wolfley

Votes: 21

45. The Eyes Have It (1931)

Unrated | 10 min | Comedy, Short

A nine-year-old boy named Charlie McCarthy is sent by his teacher to an eye doctor. The lad has been complaining about headaches and has missed a lot of school. The doctor, with the help of... See full summary »

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Christina Graver, Charlie McCarthy

Votes: 342

46. The Buffalo (II) (2015)

86 min | Drama, Mystery

The story of a young couple Shokoofeh and Peiman who has committed a rubbery. They go to Bandar Anzali in north to meet a guy unaware that their greed is not without a risk.

Director: Kaveh Sajjadi | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Soheila Golestani, Pantea Panahiha, Siamak Adib

Votes: 168

47. Contrary to Likeness (2014)

Not Rated | Short, Fantasy, Mystery

Contrasting worlds collide when a man lost in the monotony of daily life receives a mysterious gift.

Director: Motke Dapp | Stars: Liz Atwater, Colleen Helm, Jes Mercer, Keri Pagetta

Votes: 24

48. Hindsight (2014 TV Movie)

24 min | Comedy

Rachel, an optometrist, struggles to balance her mom's advice for a steady job with her true passion: stand-up comedy.

Director: Eric Warwaruk | Stars: Ryan Ash, Erik Athavale, Bonnie Coutts, Ali Everett

49. Eye Jinks (1927)

Animation, Short, Comedy

Felix hires out to an optometrist as a mouse catcher. After driving away the offending mice, Felix decides to catch a nap. The mice return, however, and finding Felix asleep, slip a pair of... See full summary »

Director: Otto Messmer

50. AeV - 100 Jahre I (2022)

2 min | Short

This is the retelling of the optometrist Dr. Karl Köhler.

Director: Samuel Chalela Puccini | Stars: Caroline Junghanns, Mike Olsowski, Lena Würsching