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1. Parasite (2019)
R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 964,444 | Gross: $53.37M
2. The Great Gatsby (2013)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
A writer and wall street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire
Votes: 598,536 | Gross: $144.84M
3. Breathless (1960)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Van Doude, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 88,132 | Gross: $0.34M
4. Big Eyes (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter
Votes: 99,272 | Gross: $14.48M
5. Three Colors: White (1994)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
Votes: 79,820 | Gross: $1.46M
6. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, David Alexander
Votes: 29,765 | Gross: $12.29M
7. The Humans (2021)
R | 108 min | Drama
During one evening, the Blake family gathers to celebrate thanksgiving in a broken-down flat newly rented by the daughter and her new man. As the darkness falls, we find that all have less to be thankful about.
Director: Stephen Karam | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein
Votes: 10,847
8. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.
Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Zoë Tapper, Robert Lang
Votes: 4,262 | Gross: $0.07M
9. Lost in America (1985)
R | 91 min | Comedy
A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.
Director: Albert Brooks | Stars: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Sylvia Farrel, Tina Kincaid
Votes: 10,237 | Gross: $10.18M
10. Carbon Copy (1981)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
When a rich white corporate executive finds out that he has an illegitimate black son, things start falling apart for him at home, work, and in his social circles.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: George Segal, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden, Dick Martin
Votes: 3,264 | Gross: $9.57M
11. L'Atalante (1934)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
Director: Jean Vigo | Stars: Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Votes: 17,510
12. No Other Woman (1933)
Passed | 58 min | Drama
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Irene Dunne, Charles Bickford, Gwili Andre, Eric Linden
Votes: 492
13. The Immigrant (1917)
Unrated | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Charlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin
Votes: 9,223
14. A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
An aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.
Director: Jan-Ole Gerster | Stars: Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi, Andreas Schröders
Votes: 17,561 | Gross: $0.15M
15. Bay of Angels (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Jean is a clerk in a bank. His colleague Caron is a gambler and gives him the virus. In the casinos, Jean meets Jackie. Their love affair will follow their luck at the roulette.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers, Henri Nassiet
Votes: 4,235 | Gross: $0.09M
16. Maîtresse (1976)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A common thief (Depardieu) breaks into the house of a professional dominatrix (Ogier), and begins to help her "train" her clients. Though this world is alien to his experience, he finds ... See full summary »
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, André Rouyer, Nathalie Keryan
Votes: 2,434
17. I'll Never Forget You (1951)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A scientist obsessed with the past transports himself back in time to 18th-century London, where he falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie, Dennis Price
Votes: 1,077
18. The Manxman (1929)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anny Ondra, Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Randle Ayrton
Votes: 3,287
19. Go West (1925)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Western
With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers, Ray Thompson
Votes: 5,019
20. Wicked Woman (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.
Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Beverly Michaels, Richard Egan, Percy Helton, Evelyn Scott
Votes: 1,007
21. Back to Mom's (2016)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Stéphanie, a French architect in her early forties, has to return to her mother after losing her job. Conflicts with her mother and her siblings ensue.
Director: Eric Lavaine | Stars: Josiane Balasko, Alexandra Lamy, Mathilde Seigner, Philippe Lefebvre
Votes: 2,354
22. George Washington Slept Here (1942)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy
When Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment because of their pet dog, Connie purchases a dilapidated old Pennsylvania house where George Washington allegedly slept, and persuades Bill to renovate it.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Percy Kilbride
Votes: 1,959 | Gross: $0.66M
23. Bunny O'Hare (1971)
GP | 91 min | Comedy
Bunny is a penniless widow who blackmails a robber into teaching her the trade. Soon the pair starts a successful crime spree, and the cops aren't turning a blind eye.
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy, Joan Delaney
Votes: 1,200
24. The Witch (1906)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Fantasy
A penniless troubadour consults the Fairy Carabosse about his future but offends her by paying with a bag of sand.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 767
25. Lalakis the Import (1984)
86 min | Comedy
Lalakis is a broke but proud fashion victim who gets caught in Italian Mafia's "web" when he illegally tries to import cosmetics from abroad in order to get rich without having to get a job.
Director: Yiannis Hartomatzidis | Stars: Nikos Papanastasiou, Katerina Gioulaki, Aliki Kamineli, Markos Lezes
Votes: 142
26. Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (2009)
Not Rated | 64 min | Drama, Romance
A young man falls helplessly in love with a mysterious blonde woman who turns his life upside down.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Dória, Júlia Buisel
Votes: 1,819
27. Thanasis Who? (1969)
85 min | Comedy
A kindhearted owner of a shop falls in love with the girl he hires and, eventually, he finds out who tricks him and who really loves him.
Director: Thanasis Vengos | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Anna Fonsou, Vangelis Ploios, Takis Miliadis
Votes: 354
28. Lady by Choice (1934)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An elderly, brash drunk is hired to help improve the image of a controversial dancer, and the two women form an unlikely friendship.
Director: David Burton | Stars: Carole Lombard, May Robson, Roger Pryor, Walter Connolly
Votes: 640
29. Un drôle de paroissien (1963)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family named Lachesnaye to do strange work.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret, Jean Yonnel
Votes: 732
30. Blaues Blut (1988– )
92 min | Crime, Drama
Heinrich von Alternberg returns home to find that the estate his father has left him is penniless. The non-conformist German count decides to adopt a more everyday appellation of Henry ... See full summary »
Stars: Albert Fortell, Capucine, Ursula Karven, Jean Bouchaud
Votes: 45
31. We Were Dancing (1942)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Two titled aristocrats support themselves by being professional house guests in the homes of star-struck American nouveau riche.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Lee Bowman
Votes: 529
32. Skint (2013– )
Documentary
A true account of life on an English housing estate. With those on Government handouts, drugs, booze & long-term unemployment.
Stars: Ralph Ineson, Steven Hartley, Steve Speirs
Votes: 60
33. Love Me Forever (1935)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Grace Moore, Leo Carrillo, Robert Allen, Spring Byington
Votes: 149
34. Fun on a Weekend (1947)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Peterson Price Porterhouse III and Nancy Crane, both flat broke, meet on a Florida beach and decide to "go for the big money," under the premise that perception will turn into reality.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Priscilla Lane, Tom Conway, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 239
35. It's All Yours (1937)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle, Edward J. Barnes and in five years the extravagant escapes of Jimmy, now a lawyer, are the talk of San ... See full summary »
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer, Mischa Auer, Grace Bradley
Votes: 106
36. Manto Mavrogenous (1971)
95 min | Biography, Drama, History
As the war for the independence of Greece in the early-1820s rages on, the fervent patriot and fearless commander, Mando Mavrogenous, engages herself in an intense relationship with Prince Demetrios Ypsilantis.
Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Petros Fyssoun, Alkis Giannakas, Eleni Erimou
Votes: 312
37. The Barefoot Prince (1966)
91 min | Comedy, Musical
Run out of options and in desperate need of cash, a down-and-out young man accepts his rich hotelier friend's preposterous proposal to impersonate an exotic Arab Prince. But what does the bride-to-be has to say about this scandalous farce?
Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Martha Karagianni, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Vagelis Seilinos
Votes: 468
38. Windfall in Athens (1954)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
On a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Giorgos Pappas, Dimitris Horn, Tasso Kavadia
Votes: 665
39. Retour de manivelle (1957)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama
An unemployed Frenchman who saves the life of a rich man is hired as a chauffeur by the grateful man but gets caught in a murder-for-life-insurance-money scheme.
Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin, Michèle Mercier, François Chaumette
Votes: 262
40. The Bride Comes Home (1935)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Robert Young, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 260
41. When a Man's a Man (1935)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Western
A man who has spent all his inheritance, finds meaning in life, and love, at ranch where his ingenuity is put to good use.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: George O'Brien, Dorothy Wilson, Paul Kelly, Harry Woods
Votes: 105
42. Trohonomos... Varvara (1981)
94 min | Comedy
Achilleas desperate from being unemployed, tries to impersonate his sister, Varvara, and work as a traffic policeman.
Director: Omiros Efstratiadis | Stars: Giannis Gionakis, Stathis Psaltis, Jenny Zaharopoulou, Mari Karavia
Votes: 344
43. Ena exypno exypno... moutro (1965)
84 min | Comedy
Telemachus a clever guy, succeeds to find work in a pharmaceutical company, when he finds out that the owners have hidden mistresses.
Directors: Andreas Andreadakis, Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Vasilis Avlonitis, Nikos Rizos, Antigoni Koukouli
Votes: 260
44. I'll Give a Million (1935)
79 min | Comedy, Romance
Gold is a millionaire tired of the hypocrisy that surrounds him. After saving a homeless man's life, he gets hold of his clothes by wandering around town in search of someone who appreciates him for who he really is, not for his money.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Assia Noris, Luigi Almirante, Mario Gallina
Votes: 256
45. Peraste... filiste... teleiosate! (1986)
88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An incorrigible but penniless philanderer decides to go on a Mediterranean cruise on borrowed money; however, pretty soon, love will come knocking on his door.
Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Panos Mihalopoulos, Stamatis Gardelis, Vasia Panagopoulou, Rika Vagiani
Votes: 169
46. Xypna, koroido... (1969)
81 min | Comedy
Deceived, a poor countrywoman arrives in Athens to track down the swindler who took her money and lands a job as a chambermaid for a self-made merchant who is targeted by slick con artists. Can she help her employer, and find love?
Director: Errikos Thalassinos | Stars: Eleni Anousaki, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Alekos Tzanetakos, Sotiris Moustakas
Votes: 68
47. Agatha (I) (2017)
9 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
A young orphan girl must feed a mysterious woman at the top of the stairs in order to earn her keep.
Directors: Timothy Vandenberg, Timothy Vandenberg | Stars: Jessica Farmer, Penny Kohut, Louise Ogle
Votes: 49
48. Gigolette (1935)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Romance
Kay Parrish, a society girl, finds she is penniless when her father dies. However she persuades Terry Gallagher to give her a hostess job at his New York City clip-joint, which he operates ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Adrienne Ames, Ralph Bellamy, Donald Cook, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 45
49. From the Valley of the Missing (1915)
50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A baby is left on the Brinbecombes' yacht while they are sailing up the Hudson River, and they adopt him and name him Everett. They are neighbors of Governor Floyd Vandecarm whose twin ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Powell | Stars: Jane Miller, Vivian Tobin, Harry Spingler, William Bailey
Votes: 23
50. The Great Reality TV Swindle (2002 TV Movie)
Documentary
Directors: Frances Dickenson, Caz Gorham | Stars: Lisa Coleman, Hilary Bridge, Debbie Driver, Tim Eagle
Votes: 10