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1. Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a peaceful settlement on the edge of a distant moon finds itself threatened by a tyrannical ruling force, a stranger living among its villagers becomes their best hope for survival.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman
Votes: 118,691
2. Forrest Gump (1994)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
Votes: 2,262,389 | Gross: $330.25M
3. The Green Mile (1999)
R | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt
Votes: 1,410,558 | Gross: $136.80M
4. Léon: The Professional (1994)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello
Votes: 1,248,176 | Gross: $19.50M
5. The Truman Show (1998)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich
Votes: 1,199,402 | Gross: $125.62M
6. The Twilight Samurai (2002)
129 min | Drama, Romance
As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 25,574
7. The City of Lost Children (1995)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 71,742 | Gross: $1.51M
8. Edtv (1999)
PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Drama
A video store clerk agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a television show.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Geoffrey Blake, Gail Boggs
Votes: 45,068 | Gross: $22.36M
9. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas
Votes: 10,722
10. Cardboard Boxer (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Gentle and broken, a homeless man is coerced by two teens to fight other men on video for cash but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
Director: Knate Lee | Stars: Thomas Haden Church, Terrence Howard, Boyd Holbrook, Rhys Wakefield
Votes: 2,973
11. Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990 TV Movie)
G | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
There's a crisis in Rhymeland. All the Rhymies (the characters from nursery rhymes) are disappearing. Mother Goose's son, Gordon, and Little Bo Peep set off to find them.
Director: Jeff Stein | Stars: Harry Anderson, Brian Bonsall, Elayne Boosler, Bobby Brown
Votes: 980
12. Tony Rome (1967)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tough Miami P.I., Tony Rome's hired by a millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter. In the search, he has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami's police.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands
Votes: 3,243
13. Marvellous (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
The life of Neil Baldwin, a man who has shrugged off his perceived limitations to live an incredible life.
Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Toby Jones, Gemma Jones, Tony Curran, Nicholas Gleaves
Votes: 6,523
14. The Given Word (1962)
98 min | Drama
A simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
Director: Anselmo Duarte | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo, Geraldo Del Rey
Votes: 3,953
15. Dashing in December (2020 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, Romance
When Wyatt Burwall finally returns home for the holidays in an effort to convince his mother Deb to sell the family's Colorado ranch, a romance unexpectedly ignites between Wyatt and their ... See full summary »
Director: Jake Helgren | Stars: Peter Porte, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Andie MacDowell, Caroline Harris
Votes: 1,580
16. The Sucker (1965)
111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Criminals have chosen an ordinary man to carry drugs and jewels in his car across the border. The problem is that this man turned out too much ordinary.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Venantino Venantini, Henri Génès
Votes: 8,062
17. The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A serial killer strikes again during World War II in Germany. The wrong man is arrested and a detective hunts down the real killer, but justice in Nazi Germany is not so easily administered.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Claus Holm, Mario Adorf, Hannes Messemer, Peter Carsten
Votes: 1,588
18. Late for Dinner (1991)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Two young men evading the police for a crime they didn't commit are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The next thing they know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on).
Director: W.D. Richter | Stars: Peter Berg, Brian Wimmer, Marcia Gay Harden, Cassy Friel
Votes: 1,902 | Gross: $8.91M
19. Banana Joe (1982)
96 min | Action, Comedy
A man is living happily on an island with his family, growing bananas. When a local mobster with an eye on man's property tries to take it from him, he must go to the town for the first time to get some help.
Director: Steno | Stars: Bud Spencer, Marina Langner, Mario Scarpetta, Gianfranco Barra
Votes: 8,891
20. Garage (2007)
85 min | Drama
A tragicomedy set in the world of gas stations in rural Ireland, where over-diligent employee of the garage searches for intimacy during the course of a life-changing summer.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Pat Shortt, John Keogh, George Costigan, Anne-Marie Duff
Votes: 3,146
21. Dahoam is Dahoam (2007– )
30 min | Drama
Stories from the everyday life of the inhabitants of the fictional village Lansing in Bavaria.
Stars: Heidrun Gärtner, Ursula Erber, Brigitte Walbrun, Bernhard Ulrich
Votes: 108
22. Best Laid Plans (2012)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
David Blair directs this powerful British Drama, loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men'. Set in Nottingham, the film revolves around the relationship between the ... See full summary »
Director: David Blair | Stars: Stephen Graham, Lee Ingleby, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, David O'Hara
Votes: 1,603
23. Cliffy (2013 TV Movie)
TV-G | 92 min | Biography
Set against the backdrop of the early eighties, Cliffy retraces his extraordinary journey from famously training in gumboots among cow paddocks through the epic six-day period of the ultra ... See full summary »
Director: Dean Murphy | Stars: Kevin Harrington, Roy Billing, Krew Boylan, Martin Sacks
Votes: 253
24. Scream of the Ants (2006)
85 min | Adventure, Drama
A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India. Searching the countryside for a guru called the "perfect man," who fobs ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mamhoud Chokrollahi, Mahnour Shadzi, Karl Maass, Tenzin Chogyal
Votes: 985
25. Zivot a neobycejna dobrodruzstvi vojaka Ivana Conkina (1994)
106 min | Comedy, Romance, War
Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to guard a downed military aircraft. The ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Gennadiy Nazarov, Zoya Buryak, Aleksey Zharkov, Vladimir Ilin
Votes: 602
26. Superstar (2012)
112 min | Drama
An average guy who works in a recycling plant wakes up one morning to discover that he's become inexplicably famous.
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Kad Merad, Cécile de France, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Cédric Ben Abdallah
Votes: 1,058
27. Zywot Mateusza (1968)
80 min | Drama
Mateusz is a weird man living a peaceful life in a remote country house by the lake. When a stranger is attracted to his beloved sister, his life starts falling apart.
Director: Witold Leszczynski | Stars: Franciszek Pieczka, Anna Milewska, Wirgiliusz Gryn, Aleksander Fogiel
Votes: 495
28. Harjunpää and the Persecutors (1993)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police story, where the policeman Timo Harjunpää works on a case where two losers start a harassment campaign against a rich and successful computer expert. Tragedy cannot be avoided.
Director: Åke Lindman | Stars: Kari Heiskanen, Riitta Havukainen, Mats Långbacka, Sari Havas
Votes: 146
29. Painajainen (1988)
183 min | Horror, Mystery
Painter Kai Merilä wakes up from a 7-month coma after being in a road accident while Driving Under the Influence. Suffering from amnesia, he returns to his villa in the Finnish countryside,... See full summary »
Stars: Eero Melasniemi, Anna-Leena Härkönen, Esa Anttila, Mikko Hänninen
Votes: 139
30. Tukkijoella (1951)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Comedy set somewhere in the late 19th or early 20th century tells a story about lumberjacks, several beautiful girls, one family in trouble and one lawman who is willing to break law to get what he wants.
Director: Roland af Hällström | Stars: Tauno Palo, Rauni Ikäheimo, Sirkka Hirvonen, Helge Herala
Votes: 108
31. Rautatie (1973 TV Movie)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Matti and Liisa are two farmers who become curious to see the first railroads in Lapinlahti, Finland.
Director: Kari Franck | Stars: Leo Jokela, Anja Pohjola, Markku Riikonen, Sakari Halonen
Votes: 171
32. The Village Shoemakers (1923)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Rural comedy of the intrigues and stratagems involving a country wedding.
Director: Erkki Karu | Stars: Axel Slangus, Heidi Blåfield, Kirsti Suonio, Alarik Korhonen
Votes: 94
33. Sven Tuuva (1958)
141 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Sven Tuuva, the simple son of an elderly sergeant, takes part in the battles of the Finnish war with General Sandels.
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Veikko Sinisalo, Edvin Laine, Fanni Halonen, Salme Karppinen
Votes: 143
34. Harjunpää och antastaren (1985)
225 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: Johan Simberg, Hellevi Seiro, Rabbe Smedlund, Johanna Ringbom
Votes: 36
35. Aapo (1994)
55 min | Drama
Finland 1917. Aapo is a single peasantry who tries to live a good life before the Finnish civil war begins.
Director: Tero Jartti | Stars: Taisto Reimaluoto, Esko Salminen, Ulla Koivuranta, Kai Lehtinen
Votes: 113
36. Braciszek (2007 TV Movie)
98 min | Biography, Drama
As the earthly journey of Franciscan Brother Alojzy comes slowly to an end, he tries to save the life of a young boy.
Director: Andrzej Baranski | Stars: Miroslaw Bala, Artur Barcis, Antoni Barlowski, Henryk Blazejczyk
Votes: 58
37. Der lachende Vagabund (1958)
89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Gestresst von den familiären Machenschaften unternehmen zwei Männer einen abenteuerlichen Ausflug.
Director: Thomas Engel | Stars: Fred Bertelmann, Susanne Cramer, Hans Nielsen, Ursula Herking
Votes: 35
38. Nummisuutarit (1957)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Esko is going to a neighboring village to marry Kreeta after her father arranged the marriage with Esko's father. Esko takes Mikko as his travel companion and that's where Esko's ordeals begin.
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Martti Kuningas, Lauri Leino, Alice Lyly, Ernest Ervasti
Votes: 77
39. Justus järjestää kaiken (1960)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Lasse Pöysti | Stars: Lasse Pöysti, Elina Salo, Birgitta Ulfsson, Hannes Häyrinen
Votes: 55
40.
Rakkaus ja laki (2017)
Episode:
Lähimmäisenrakkaus
(2017)
47 min | Drama
Director: Matti Ijäs | Stars: Meri Nenonen, Auvo Vihro, Heidi Krohn, Jarkko Pajunen
Votes: 9