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1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis
Votes: 873,052 | Gross: $303.00M
2. The Family (I) (2013)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
The Manzoni family, a notorious Mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France, under the Witness Protection Program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo
Votes: 123,033 | Gross: $36.92M
3. The Lake House (2006)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside house begins to exchange love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
Director: Alejandro Agresti | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Votes: 157,666 | Gross: $52.33M
4. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime
A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood
Votes: 39,713
5. Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
R | 133 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life and death as France's Public Enemy No. 1 in the 1970s.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Samuel Le Bihan
Votes: 31,240 | Gross: $0.28M
6. Isadora (1968)
M/PG | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards, John Fraser
Votes: 2,613
7. The Love Letter (1998 TV Movie)
Unrated | 99 min | Fantasy, Romance
20th century computer games designer Scott exchanges love letters with 19th century poet Elizabeth Whitcomb through an antique desk that can make letters travel through time.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Campbell Scott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Dukes, Estelle Parsons
Votes: 2,385
8. An Acceptable Loss (2018)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
Libby teaches at a university but 4 years ago she was top aide to VP Rachel and was part of a total victory action. Rachel is now US president and worried about Libby keeping quiet. Libby also has a student spying on her.
Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Tika Sumpter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Tavassoli, Deanna Dunagan
Votes: 1,603 | Gross: $0.03M
9. Girl with the Golden Panties (1980)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
Luis, an aging Falangist author with guilty conscious, is writing fake memoirs. Two reporters, his niece Mariana and her lesbian friend Elmyr, arrive to do a piece on him. While fact-checking his memoirs Mariana becomes attracted to him.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Victoria Abril, Lautaro Murúa, Hilda Vera, Perla Vonasek
Votes: 258
10. The Great Sinner (1949)
Approved | 110 min | Drama
In the 1860s, in the casino resort town of Wiesbaden, Germany, a reformed gambling addict, Pauline Ostrovsky, tenderly nurses the talented Russian writer Fedja, who is a physical wreck.
Directors: Robert Siodmak, Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston
Votes: 1,622
11. Nelly (2016)
100 min | Biography, Drama
Inspired by the life and works of Nelly Arcan, a sex worker turned international literary star, lost between irreconcilable identities, whose life ended tragically.
Director: Anne Émond | Stars: Mylène Mackay, Milya Corbeil Gauvreau, Mickaël Gouin, Sylvie Drapeau
Votes: 587 | Gross: $0.00M
12. The String (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have ... See full summary »
Director: Mehdi Ben Attia | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Antonin Stahly Viswanadhan, Salim Kechiouche, Driss Ramdi
Votes: 2,221
13. Sinful Davey (1969)
R | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The humorous adventures of the notorious Scottish highwayman and thief Davey Haggart during the 1820s in Britain.
Director: John Huston | Stars: John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport, Ronald Fraser
Votes: 579
14. Women in Temptation (2010)
118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a marriage counselor is abandoned by her husband for a younger woman, she sets out for new companionship.
Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Lenka Vlasáková, Eliska Balzerová, Vojtech Dyk, Veronika Khek Kubarová
Votes: 812
15. The Story of a Cheat (1936)
81 min | Comedy
A charming scoundrel reflects on his exploits, from childhood through to manhood.
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Adolphe Borchard, Marcel Lucien, Raymond Clunie
Votes: 2,535
16. The Doorway to Hell (1930)
Passed | 78 min | Crime, Drama
Despite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Lew Ayres, James Cagney, Dorothy Mathews, Leon Janney
Votes: 1,322
17. Le président (1961)
110 min | Thriller
At 73, France's ex-president, Emile Beaufort, faces declining health, but he still plays a vigorous role behind the scenes as a philosopher and, potentially, as a power broker. In ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Renée Faure, Henri Crémieux
Votes: 1,067
18. The Last Mitterrand (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: 1,068
19. Hella W (2011)
82 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who ... See full summary »
Director: Juha Wuolijoki | Stars: Tiina Weckström, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Matleena Kuusniemi, Maria Heiskanen
Votes: 380
20. After America (2021)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A group of criminal justice de-escalation workers in Minneapolis embark on a collaborative film project that uses radical workshop techniques to explore their real-life struggles to escape the pressures of the American dream.
Director: Jake Yuzna | Stars: Yvonne Freese, Theresa McConnon, Daniel Nies, Ahmed Yusuf
Votes: 22
21. Tangernación (2013)
Drama
In 1950 Tangier is an Internacional Zone where the people find the liberty they miss on their born countries. Billy (William Burroughs) crosses the the Strait and passes with Paul and Jane ... See full synopsis »
Director: José Ramón Da Cruz | Stars: Lorenzo Cordero, Javier Mejía, Tomás Pariente, Romina Sánchez
Votes: 11
22.
Dracula: The Series (1990–1991)
Episode:
Bats in the Attic
(1991)
22 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Gustav investigates why the schnitzel he ordered from a restaurant never arrived. Meanwhile, Lucard discovers that someone is creating subpar ghouls. Also, Max and Sophie start an experimental band which, surprisingly, gets big in Europe.
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Philip Bedard, Bernard Behrens, Jack Blum, Geordie Johnson
Votes: 10
23.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Cruel and Unusual Punishments
(1999)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
With Cyril scheduled to box Pancamo, O'Reily plans to use his spray-bottle trick, but first he must deal with Cudney. Alvarez sees the photos of Rivera's gouged-out eyes and goes nuts. New ... See full summary »
Director: Terry Kinney | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney
Votes: 1,993
24.
Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993–1994)
Episode:
Zack, Lies & Videotape
(1993)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Zack gets an anthropology assignment to die for by the new anthropology professor Lasky: conduct a field study of women's wants. Meanwhile, Slater tries to gain weight to be a heavyweight ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Dustin Diamond, Anne Tremko
Votes: 99
25.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Two Bad Neighbors
(1996)
TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy
Former President George Bush and his wife, Barbara, move into the Simpsons' neighborhood and soon clash with Bart and Homer.
Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,740
26.
OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode:
The Napoleonic Wars: Part 2
(2021)
TV-14 | 31 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Oversimplified explains The Napoleonic Wars in two parts.
Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster
Votes: 51
27.
The Boys (2019– )
Episode:
The Self-Preservation Society
(2019)
TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Never trust a washed-up Supe -- the Boys learn this lesson the hard way. Meanwhile, Homelander digs into his past, Starlight discovers that love hurts, and if you're ever in Sandusky, Ohio ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty
Votes: 13,825
28.
Dynasty (2017–2022)
Episode:
Miserably Ungrateful Men
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama
A damaging article threatens the Carringtons' reputation; Sam chaperones an intimidating visitor.
Director: Jeffrey W. Byrd | Stars: Elizabeth Gillies, Ana Brenda Contreras, Rafael de la Fuente, Sam Underwood
Votes: 445