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51. Tabu (2010)
25 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Young musician goes on vacation with his family. He meets an older woman there, they fall in love and spend a passionate night together. The next day, his family has something shocking to tell him.
Directors: Vincent Coen, Jean-Julien Collette | Stars: Tony Denman, Warre Borgmans, Angela Muto, Sandrine André
Votes: 142
52. Half Moon (2006)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he... See full summary »
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtian, Farzin Sabooni, Kambiz Arshi
Votes: 3,092 | Gross: $0.00M
53. Choose Connor (2007)
Unrated | 109 min | Drama
Idealistic 15-year old Owen gets the chance of a lifetime to be the youth spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate Lawrence Connor, only to be exploited in a fierce campaign of TV and radio ads,... See full summary »
Director: Lucas Elliot Eberl | Stars: Darin Cooper, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Alex D. Linz, James Runcorn
Votes: 330 | Gross: $0.01M
54. Cult of the Cobra (1955)
Approved | 82 min | Fantasy, Horror
American G.I.s who trespass on a Hindu ceremony are hunted down by a beautiful woman who has the power to transform herself into a cobra.
Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Marshall Thompson, Kathleen Hughes
Votes: 1,484
55. Forbidden Relations (1983)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance
Juli and Gyorgy, half-brother and half-sister, fall in love and become lovers. Juli becomes pregnant and Gyorgy is sentenced to jail for their illegal relationship. But their love only intensifies as they stand together against the world.
Director: Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács | Stars: Lili Monori, Miklós Székely B., Mari Törőcsik, György Bánffy
Votes: 175
56. Voodoo Island (1957)
Approved | 76 min | Horror
A scholarly type is asked to investigate the possible island site for a large resort hotel--an island rumored to be infested with zombies.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Boris Karloff, Beverly Tyler, Murvyn Vye, Elisha Cook Jr.
Votes: 914
57. Taboo (2002–2014)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary
Around the world there are people of different cultures who take actions and decisions that seem out of the ordinary to the average westerner. Considered taboo, these people and their stories are now being known.
Stars: Lance Lewman, Andres Williams, David McCallum, Peter Singer
Votes: 685
58. Immoral Desires (2010)
10 min | Short, Crime, Drama
In this homage to classic sexploitation films of the 1960's, three people embrace their immoral desires and walk between the lines of right and wrong. Will any of them survive?
Director: Michael Mercadante | Stars: James Blackledge, Carol Fritz, Bill Ivory Larson, Erica Mercadante
59. Before the Rains (2007)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, History, Romance
A English spice baron settles in South India during the waning years of the Raj.
Director: Santosh Sivan | Stars: Linus Roache, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 2,174 | Gross: $1.04M
60. Goodbye Mother (2019)
Unrated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Nau Van returns home several years after staying in America on the anniversary of his father's death to meet his family. Unbeknownst to them, he returns with his long-term boyfriend, Ian.
Director: Trinh Dinh Le Minh | Stars: Hong Dao, Lanh Thanh, Vo Dien Gia Huy, Nsut Le Thien
Votes: 1,094
61. Blood (1989)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
Vicente, seventeen, lives with brother Nino, ten-years-old, and his ailing father in a derelict house on the outskirts of the capital. They don't seem to remember their mother, and are very... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Pedro Hestnes, Nuno Ferreira, Inês de Medeiros, Luís Miguel Cintra
Votes: 1,160
62. Le syndrome de l'été sans fin (2023)
98 min | Drama
The mother of two adopted children's sense of duty takes a macabre turn when she learns that her husband may be having an affair with one of their kids.
Director: Kaveh Daneshmand | Stars: Sophie Colon, Mathéo Capelli, Gem Deger, Frédérika Milano
Votes: 47
63. Tastes of Horror (2023)
118 min | Horror, Mystery
Montage from the Te-i-seu-cheu o-beu ho-reo (2021) series, which is composed of ten short films directed by five of the most acclaimed directors of the genre in South Korea.
Directors: Sang-hoon Ahn, Johnny Chae, Yoon Een-Kyoung, Yong-gyun Kim, Dae-wung Lim | Stars: Yoo Da-in, Kim Dong-young, Shin Eun-soo, Jang Gwang
Votes: 71
64. Muthal Mariyathai (1985)
Not Rated | 163 min | Drama
A friendship between a middle-aged upper-caste man in a village and a boatman's daughter raises eyebrows.
Director: Bharathiraja | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Radha, Renjini, Sathyaraj
Votes: 519
65. The Journey (2004)
107 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In Sancharram ("The Journey"), Kiran is mortified by her growing lesbian desire for the effervescent Delilah, in an idyllic Indian village where arranged marriage is the only acceptable form of coupling.
Director: Ligy J. Pullappally | Stars: Suhasini V. Nair, Shrruiti Menon, K.P.A.C. Lalitha, Valsala Menon
Votes: 377
66. Mrs Playmen
Biography, Drama, History | Filming
This tenacious and courageous woman, head of the most famous Italian erotic magazine in the 60s/70s, "Playmen", the Italian answer to Playboy. Under Adelina's leadership, the magazine ... See full summary »
Stars: Francesca De Martini, Federico Scribani, Francesco Colella, Roberto Lopez
67. Divine Trash (1998)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters. Intercut with a 1972 interview of Waters are clips from his first films and recent interviews with his ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Yeager | Stars: John Waters, Pat Waters, John Waters Sr., Steve Buscemi
Votes: 1,195 | Gross: $0.04M
68. Harry + Max (2004)
74 min | Drama, Romance
Two brothers, 23 and 16, who are both teen idols, come to terms with their dysfunctional family past and deep affection for each other.
Director: Christopher Munch | Stars: Bryce Johnson, Cole Williams, Rain Phoenix, Katherine Ellis
Votes: 1,106 | Gross: $0.01M
69. Discretion (2015)
35 min | Short, Drama
Derek's picture-perfect life as a family man and college professor is compromised when he falls for Trysten, a handsome new student.
Director: Tommy Garcia | Stars: Braxton Davis, Zj Stadium, Luba Chan, Keith Sutliff
Votes: 109
70. Passions of a Private Secretary (2009)
87 min | Drama
Director: Yutaka Ôgi | Stars: Mayu Asada, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Tsugumi Nagasawa, Kotoha Hiroyama
Votes: 41
71. Pig (1998)
23 min | Short, Horror
A young man journeys through a desert, where he is kidnapped by a sadistic stranger clad in a pig mask. The stranger proceeds to brutally torture the young man, who then finds himself ... See full summary »
Directors: Nico Bruinsma, Rozz Williams | Stars: James Hollan, Rozz Williams
Votes: 378
72. All-American Sex Offender
Short, Comedy | Completed
Mackenzie, an all-American single lady, gets caught publicly urinating and is added to the sex-offenders registry. Things move from complicated to perilous when she meets Mr.Right, who ... See full summary »
Stars: Chloe Lenihan, Patrese McClain, Sam Guinan-Nyhart, Mickey O'Sullivan
73. Dinner (III) (2016)
110 min | Drama, Thriller
Mike Okafor is invited by his childhood friend and buddy, Adetunde George Jnr, to have DINNER and spend the weekend with him and his fiancée Lola Coker as they plan for their upcoming ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Franklyn Jituboh | Stars: Okey Uzoeshi, Keira, Enyinna Nwigwe, Kehinde Bankole
Votes: 86
74. Yes, We Fuck! (2015)
54 min | Documentary
A documentary that addresses sexuality in people with functional diversity through six real stories which show that sex belongs to everybody. It explores not only what sexuality can do for ... See full summary »
Directors: Antonio Centeno, Raúl de la Morena
Votes: 98
75. The Doe Boy (2001)
85 min | Drama, Romance
A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
Director: Randy Redroad | Stars: Kevin Anderson, Robert A. Guthrie, Nathaniel Arcand, Jeri Arredondo
Votes: 295
76. You Won't See Winter (2022)
70 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The director of the Iranian internet censorship is trying to contain the scandal of viral sex footage on social media depicting his sister-in-law's alleged lesbian affair with an Iranian-Canadian girl.
Director: Abdolreza Kahani | Stars: Aryan Abbasnia, Ghazal Partou, Sadaf Shakori, Ali Aryana
Votes: 7
77. Revanche (1983)
105 min | Drama, Romance
During a hot summer somewhere in the early-1980s Athenian urban jungle, three friends experiment with a difficult love triangle. Will their ambivalent feelings and the unbearably lingering identity crisis consume them?
Director: Nikos Vergitsis | Stars: Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Giota Festa, Panos Iliopoulos, Dimitris Poulikakos
Votes: 166
78. Enchanted Island (1958)
93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jane Powell, Don Dubbins, Arthur Shields
Votes: 371
79. When We Are All Sleep (2009)
107 min | Drama
Chakameh who has lost both her husband and child in a car accident meets a guy who recently been released from prison. While she is under pressure from the lawyers to compromise with the ... See full summary »
Director: Bahram Beyzaie | Stars: Mozhdeh Shamsai, Alireza Jalali-tabar, Hesam Navab Safavi, Shaghayegh Farahani
Votes: 1,031
80. I Am Roshni (2018)
80 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A family drama which depicts girl child abuse, bad parental upbringing and an intimate love story of a brother and sister.
Directors: Manoj J. Bhatia, Suresh Thomas | Stars: Ankita Parihar, Yash Rajpara, Manoj Jaiswal, Aparna Upadhyay
Votes: 19
81. Sam Fooi (1999)
Not Rated | 50 min | Drama, Romance
In Hong Kong, a university student discovers his attraction to his English Literature professor, an expat British playwright who realizes that he's at a crossroads in his own life.
Director: Simon Chung | Stars: Edmund Strode, Alex Wong, Carrie Leung, Kin Wai Young
Votes: 148
82. Kôkô kyôshi (1993)
104 min
Director: Ken Yoshida | Stars: Toshiaki Karasawa, Kyôko Tôyama, Keiko Oginome, Anju Suzuki
Votes: 41
83. Perils of the Jungle (1927)
Passed | 200 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A young woman and her father search for hidden treasure in the African jungle.
Director: Jack Nelson | Stars: Eugenia Gilbert, Frank Merrill, Bobby Nelson, Milburn Morante
Votes: 21
84. Chasing Fire (2013)
108 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Living behind the shadow of her mother, Kristin falls in love with Shane, an aspiring musician, whom she soon discovers to have something innately in common with her.
Director: Brian Patrick Lim | Stars: Roa Anthea, Richard Herrera, Ryan Alonzo, Gigette Reyes
Votes: 43
85. Beyond Forgiveness (2021)
15 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Ana and Joel are two siblings who, after commiting a terrible crime by accident, decide to escape to a new life, where they would not have to pay any consequences, and without a forgiveness they would never be given.
Director: Rami Mercado | Stars: Rami Mercado, Coni Saromé, Francesca Montaño, Cristian Vicente
Votes: 14
86. Urine Aid (2017)
62 min | Documentary
URINE AID is a rare look into the controversial world of urine therapy. With documentation dating back to the ancient Egyptian Eber's papyrus in 3000BC, urine therapy is one of the oldest ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Williams | Stars: Moray Aitken, Andulairah, Anand Bapat, Canon James Brady
Votes: 35
87. Forbidden Pleasures (2001)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary
Have disabled people the same right to their sexuality as non-disabled people? Culturally, sex is geared towards the able-bodied. For the first time, this balance is redressed and this difficult, yet important subject is tackled head on.
Director: Anne Parisio | Star: Daniela Nardini
88. Isle of Escape (1930)
Passed | 60 min | Drama
A South Seas adventure in which a young miner escapes cannibals, rescues a woman from her abusive husband who also wants to steal the miner's gold, and meets a native girl who desperately tries to win his heart.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Monte Blue, Myrna Loy, Betty Compson, Noah Beery
Votes: 39
89. Red Cunt, Reconsidering Periods (2021)
86 min | Documentary, Animation
The movie is a documentary and an animation movie about the taboos surrounding periods
Director: Rosa Baches | Stars: Ian Bermúdez, Alisa Eresina, Laida Memba, Clara Moraleda
90. The Commune (2009)
91 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
When Jenny Cross has to spend summer vacation with her deadbeat dad in his creepy commune, she thinks clean living and boredom will kill her. But some fates are worse than death.
Director: Elisabeth Fies | Stars: Chauntal Lewis, David Scott Lago, Stuart G. Bennett, Elisabeth Fies
Votes: 163
91. Taboos of the World (1963)
86 min | Documentary
An early shockumentary, a mondo style production that spins all over the world.
Director: Romolo Marcellini | Stars: Laila Novak, Vincent Price, Stefano Sibaldi
Votes: 32
92. Cured (2020)
80 min | Documentary
"Cured" takes viewers inside the campaign that led to a pivotal yet largely unknown moment in the struggle for LGBT equality: the American Psychiatric Association's 1973 decision to remove ... See full summary »
Directors: Patrick Sammon, Bennett Singer | Stars: Harry Adamson, Gary Alinder, Irving Bieber, Robert Campbell
Votes: 167
93. Troll (1971)
X | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
This Swedish sex-comedy/drama explores the complications in the relationship of a couple who believe that if they make love to each other, they will die. They neck and are physically ... See full summary »
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Solveig Ternström, Börje Ahlstedt, Margaretha Byström, Frej Lindqvist
Votes: 82
94. The Weight of Perfection (2020)
16 min | Short, Drama
A dangerous game of fire begins when an Elite level gymnast and her Coach become entangled in a web of psychological damage.
Directors: Anabelle D. Munro, Leanne Melissa Bishop | Stars: Leanne Melissa Bishop, Hayden Hishaw, Wyatt Oleff, Anabelle D. Munro
Votes: 10
95. L'Italia in pigiama (1977)
112 min | Comedy
The film illustrates, passing alternately from the North to the South of Italy, the state of subjugation of women to men, common to both geographical areas.
Director: Guido Guerrasio | Stars: Grazia Adami, Gianni Airò, Tommaso Amoroso, Caterina Barbero
Votes: 15
96. Golden Dawn (1930)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
"Golden Dawn" is a musical operetta released by Warner Brothers, photographed entirely in Technicolor, and starring Walter Woolf King and Noah Beery. The film is based on the semi-hit stage... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Walter Woolf King, Vivienne Segal, Noah Beery, Alice Gentle
Votes: 172
97. Moon Inside You (2009 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary
Diana is not the only one for whom the monthly period is no fun at all. Headaches, nausea, depression -- why is it so widely accepted that women all over the world should feel so lousy on a... See full summary »
Director: Diana Fabianova
Votes: 82
98. The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
91 min | Documentary
Following one of the world's most beloved storyteller's evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to re-claim their lives.
Directors: Jennifer M. Kroot, Bill Weber | Stars: Armistead Maupin, Laura Linney, Ian McKellen, Richard Thieriot
Votes: 825
99. Goodbye CP (1972)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
An intimate documentary about a group of people with cerebral palsy in Japan that confronts our preconceptions and prejudices about who they are, what they feel, and how they view their lives.
Director: Kazuo Hara | Stars: Kazuo Hara, Sachiko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Yokota, Kôichi Yokozuka
Votes: 231
100. Zayana (2019)
90 min | Drama
The film deals with certain major women issues within Oman and Asia with a focus on Oman and India, and how an Omani conservative society treats it. It is a self-discovery journey and a mixture between drama and road-movie.
Director: Khalid Abdulrahim Al-Zadjali | Stars: Noura Al-Farsi, Ali Al-Amri, M.R. Gopakumar, Zarin
Votes: 77