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1. 8 Mile (2002)
R | 110 min | Drama, Music
Follows a young rapper in the Detroit area, struggling with every aspect of his life; he wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer
Votes: 321,111 | Gross: $116.72M
2. She's All That (1999)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A high school jock makes a bet that he can turn an unattractive girl into the school's prom queen.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Paul Walker
Votes: 103,879 | Gross: $63.37M
3. Billy Elliot (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama, Music
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven
Votes: 142,898 | Gross: $22.00M
4. Speak (2004)
PG-13 | 89 min | Drama
After a blurred trauma over the summer, Melinda enters high school a selective mute. Struggling with school, friends, and family, she tells the dark tale of her experiences, and why she has chosen not to speak.
Director: Jessica Sharzer | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Elizabeth Perkins, Richard Hagerman, Allison Siko
Votes: 29,452
5. Pump Up the Volume (1990)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.
Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Anthony Luke Lucero, Andy Romano
Votes: 31,179 | Gross: $11.54M
6. The Fountainhead (1949)
Approved | 114 min | Drama, Romance
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith
Votes: 10,910
7. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,381
8. Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Unrated | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton
Votes: 3,997 | Gross: $0.34M
9. The Century of the Self (2002)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz
Votes: 6,363
10. Max (I) (2002)
R | 106 min | Drama, War
A film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler.
Director: Menno Meyjes | Stars: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker
Votes: 8,795 | Gross: $0.53M
11. Guide (1965)
Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Romance
When mistaken to be a sage by some villagers, an ex-tour guide reflects on his past and lost love to search for spiritual wisdom to guide the villagers.
Director: Vijay Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Leela Chitnis, Anwar Hussain
Votes: 8,594
12. In A Different Key (2020)
102 min | Documentary
A mother tracks down the first person ever diagnosed with autism to a rural Mississippi town to learn whether his life story holds promise for her own autistic son.
Directors: John Donvan, Caren Zucker | Stars: John Donvan, Amy Gravino, Jason McCarver, Donald Triplett
Votes: 74
13. Winnebago Man (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney's outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation and ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Steinbauer | Stars: Jack Rebney, Ben Steinbauer, Keith Gordon, Nick Prueher
Votes: 5,091 | Gross: $0.18M
14. Bratz the Video: Starrin' & Stylin' (2004 Video)
G | 59 min | Animation, Family
Cloe, Yasmin, Jade, and Sasha need to get an art project done that is about self-expression, but they need to find a way to get the project done and be able to go to the prom.
Director: Nick Rijgersberg | Stars: Ogie Banks, Soleil Moon Frye, Olivia Hack, Tia Mowry
Votes: 312
15. Dunia (2005)
112 min | Drama, Romance
After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian ... See full summary »
Director: Jocelyne Saab | Stars: Hanan Turk, Mohamed Mounir, Fathi Abdulwahhab, Sawsan Badr
Votes: 320
16. Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013)
127 min | Comedy, Drama
Mary is in her last course of school. She'll confront sudden changes in her life, loving relatins and friendship. Based on some tweets of an anonymous girl.
Director: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Stars: Thanapob Leeratanakachorn, Chonnikan Netjui, Patcha Poonpiriya, Narissara Thanapreechakul
Votes: 1,064
17. Def Poetry (2002– )
TV-MA | 28 min | Documentary, Music
This show is a spoken word poetry television series hosted by Mos Def and airing on HBO between 2002 and 2007. The series features performances by established and up-and-coming spoken word ... See full summary »
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Lemon Andersen, Black Ice
Votes: 225
18. Hoe overleef ik...? (2008)
100 min | Drama, Family
Rosa is thirteen. She is sensitive, creative and has a sense of humor. But she is also good at worrying, dissatisfied with her appearance, insecure and shy. Rosa's mother wants to live ... See full summary »
Director: Nicole van Kilsdonk | Stars: Jolijn van de Wiel, Janni Goslinga, Stefan de Walle, Jesse Straatman
Votes: 367
19. Body (2015)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A busy attorney, worried that his anorexic daughter Olga might try to harm herself, since she's still grieving over her recently deceased mother, sends her to see a psychiatrist, Anna, who's dealing with her own loss in an unusual way.
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska | Stars: Janusz Gajos, Maja Ostaszewska, Justyna Suwala, Ewa Dalkowska
Votes: 2,537 | Gross: $0.00M
20. Minstrel Man (1977 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Music
During the early 1900's, 2 black brothers who work in a traveling minstrel have different goals; one's determined to succeed in a field which is dominated by white performers in blackface, ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Glynn Turman, Ted Ross, Tonea Stewart, Stanley Bennett Clay
Votes: 74
21. Spark: A Burning Man Story (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a... See full summary »
Directors: Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter | Stars: Harley K. Dubois, Marian Goodell, Larry Harvey, John Law
Votes: 593 | Gross: $0.12M
22. Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2002)
R | 105 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he creates. Several actors, a producer, a ... See full summary »
Director: Damian Pettigrew | Stars: Federico Fellini, Roberto Benigni, Luigi 'Titta' Benzi, Italo Calvino
Votes: 986 | Gross: $0.11M
23. Senses of Cinema (2022)
89 min | Documentary, History
This history of the co-op film movements of Sydney and Melbourne comes from two of the major figures in Australian documentary who were intimately involved in the filmmaking groundswell ... See full summary »
Directors: John Hughes, Tom Zubrycki | Stars: Martha Ansara, Gillian Armstrong, Richard Brennan, Bryan Brown
Votes: 12
24. Rattle-Can (2021)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A reclusive college student finds social media fame as a disguised street artist who reveals his story through vandalism.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Kyle Abraham, Shawn Abraham, Hannah Bailey, Rebecca Bottorff
Votes: 67
25. My Brilliant Career: Ciné Regards - Judy Davis (1980 Video)
Not Rated | 24 min | Short, Biography, Talk-Show
In this April 10, 1980, episode of the French television series "Ciné regards," actor Judy Davis shares her thoughts about self-expression through acting and the limits of the cinematic medium.
Director: Michel Minaud | Stars: Judy Davis, Catherine Laporte
Votes: 7
26. Dust & Illusions (2009)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A look at the Burning Man festival's history, while examining whether the festival's increasing mainstream appeal is a threat to its utopian vision of de-commodification, community, artwork, and revelry.
Director: Olivier Bonin | Stars: Jerry James, Larry Harvey, John Law, Michael Mikel
Votes: 130
27. Hania (2023)
10 min | Short, Drama
A girl is afraid to express herself in the university as she tries to fit in. She gets an opportunity to show her dance performance in an open mic night but struggles to make this decision.
Director: Sameen Ali | Stars: Hurriya Mansoor, Eesha Pervez, Sibtain Ali, Emaan Ali
28. Burning Man: The Burning Sensation (2002)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Music
"The Burning Sensation" will scorch your senses as it takes you into the heart of the Burning Man experience. In 2001 some 20,000+ souls made a pilgrimage to the Black Rock Desert to ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Nohe | Stars: Nate Foll, Larry Harvey
Votes: 59
29. Body Language (2015)
10 min | Short, Biography, Drama
BODY LANGUAGE is a black & white short-film by Dorith Mous and Alexander Haessner. It tells the story of a girl, Ree, who loses love and acquires a broken heart. We follow Ree along her way... See full summary »
Directors: Alexander Haessner, Dorith Mous | Star: Dorith Mous
30. The F*N Show (2011– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Bobbie Oben, Kyle Trudeau, Yvan Cournoyer, Rosemary
Votes: 12
31. Mrugajal - In The Land Of Mirage... (2019)
30 min | Short, Drama
In The Land Of Mirage - (Mrugajal) is an Independent, Live action Short Fiction Film, Written and Directed by Onkar Diwadkar. It explores the world of painting through the relationship between a Mentor and Protege.
Director: Onkar Diwadkar | Stars: Ankita Narawanekar, Dilip Prabhawalkar
32. I Am (I) (2018)
3 min | Short, Drama
When the horrors of one's reality instigate a need to fabricate a fantasy, it's clear that they are a slave to circumstances.
Director: TJ Simon | Stars: Chris McVeigh, Neacy Alousi
33. Beyond Curls and Kinks (2021)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Beyond Curls and Kinks follows a group of women who are challenging beauty standards and empowering each other and the next generation to embrace their coily kinky curly hair. The film ... See full summary »
Director: Osas Eweka-Smith | Stars: Kienya Booker, Portia Clark, Michelle Davis, Osas Eweka-Smith
34. Cacti and Weed (2020)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Free-spirited artist Ella beat cancer, but can't win her controlling Nainai's (mother-in-law) approval. On a seemingly ordinary Sunday, with Nainai's life in danger, Ella has risk revealing her secrets to save her.
Director: Zoe Ho | Stars: Zoe Ho, Winson Won, Sharmaine Yeoh, Glenn Cho
35. Color of the I (2011)
15 min | Short, Biography, Drama
"You are an affect on the next who is the effect on the next and on the next". Ryan (Christopher Shepardson), explores his internal contradictions in order to avoid personal anarchy. He ... See full summary »
Director: Adina Doria | Star: Chris Shepardson
Votes: 7
36. Steel Cut Oats (2019)
Animation, Short, Horror
Director: Harry Chaskin | Stars: Peter Banifaz, Rachel Bloom, David Chaskin, Micah Fitzgerald
37. Girls' Generation: Bad Girl (2011 Music Video)
4 min | Music
The song "Bad Girl" by Girls' Generation showcases the confidence and allure of the protagonist as she embraces her own uniqueness and defies societal expectations. The lyrics emphasize her... See full summary »
Stars: Sooyoung Choi, Girls' Generation, Hyoyeon, Jessica Jung
38.
NewsRadio (1995–1999)
Episode:
Stinkbutt
(1999)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Romance
Joe and Beth paint a self-expression mural in the lobby. Max insists that Mr. James' security consultant is an impostor. Matthew wears the same outfit as Lisa to the office.
Director: Tom Cherones | Stars: David Foley, Stephen Root, Andy Dick, Maura Tierney
Votes: 300
39.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2002)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Mos Def opens the show with a reading from Langston Hughes' "Harlem Sweeties."
Steve Coleman performs "I Wanna Hear a Poem."
Georgia Me performs "Full Figured Potential," a self-described fat... See full synopsis »
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Lemon Andersen, Steve Colman
Votes: 5
40.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2002)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Mos Def opens the show with a reading from William Shakespeare's Sweet-and-Twenty.
Taylor Mali performs "What Teachers Make."
Yellow Rage performs "Listen Asshole."
Jewel performs "Wild Horse."
... See full synopsis »
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Flowmentalz, Jewel
41.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2002)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Cedric The Entertainer, Kevin Coval
42.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2002)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Amiri Baraka, Dave Chappelle
43.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #3.1
(2003)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Daniel Beaty, Rupert Estanisiao
44.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #3.2
(2003)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Lemon Andersen, Ras Baraka
45.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #3.3
(2003)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Lemon Andersen, Steve Colman
46.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #3.4
(2003)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Mike 360, Rock Baby
47.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #3.5
(2003)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Roger Bonair-Agard, Kevin Coval
48.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #3.6
(2003)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Buju Banton, Jason Carney
49.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #3.7
(2003)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Joel Chmara, Jamie DeWolf
50.
Def Poetry (2002– )
Episode:
Episode #4.1
(2004)
TV-MA | Documentary, Music
Stars: Yasiin Bey, Russell Simmons, Oscar Brown Jr., Zena Edwards