With SundanceTV (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future.
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt
Votes: 1,246,632
2. Hell on Wheels (2011–2016)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Western
The Civil War is past, but former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon can't put it behind him. Fresh are the memories of the death of his wife, killed at the hands of the Union soldiers, an act that sets him on a course of revenge.
Stars: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Robin McLeavy, Phil Burke
Votes: 44,952
3. Top of the Lake (2013– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Obsessed with the disappearance of a 12-year-old pregnant girl near a freezing lake in New Zealand, a brave detective will find herself up against small-town secrets and a side of herself that was meticulously kept at bay.
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, David Wenham, Peter Mullan, Thomas M. Wright
Votes: 29,889
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
R | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern
Votes: 164,582 | Gross: $8.55M
5. Rectify (2013–2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Daniel Holden must put his life back together after serving 19 years on Georgia's Death Row before DNA evidence calls his conviction into question.
Stars: Aden Young, Abigail Spencer, J. Smith-Cameron, Adelaide Clemens
Votes: 22,311
6. Sex and Lucía (2001)
R | 128 min | Drama, Romance
Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Paz Vega, Tristán Ulloa, Najwa Nimri, Elena Anaya
Votes: 33,348 | Gross: $1.49M
7. The Name of the Rose (2019– )
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1327, an enlightened friar and his young apprentice investigate a series of mysterious deaths at an abbey risking the wrath of a powerful Inquisitor. Television adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel 'The Name of the Rose'.
Stars: John Turturro, Rupert Everett, Damian Hardung, Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Votes: 1,356
8. State of the Union (2019– )
TV-MA | 10 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
State of the Union follows Louise and Tom who meet in a pub immediately before their weekly marital therapy session. Each episode pieces together how their lives were, what drew them together, and what has started to pull them apart.
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Rosamund Pike, Janet Amsden, Jeff Rawle
Votes: 1,232
9. Liar (2017– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
British psychological thriller in which schoolteacher Laura Nielson accuses renowned surgeon Andrew Earlham of rape.
Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Ioan Gruffudd, Zoë Tapper, Warren Brown
Votes: 4,637
10. Shortbus (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
Director: John Cameron Mitchell | Stars: Sook-Yin Lee, Peter Stickles, PJ DeBoy, Paul Dawson
Votes: 30,589 | Gross: $1.99M
11. Hap and Leonard (2016– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Set in the late 1980's Hap and Leonard is a darkly comic swamp noir of two best friends, one femme fatale, a crew of washed up revolutionaries, a pair of murderous psycho killers, some lost loot, and the fuzz.
Stars: James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams, Tiffany Mack, Cranston Johnson
Votes: 5,918
12. The Staircase (2004– )
TV-MA | 629 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
The high-profile murder trial of American novelist Michael Peterson following the death of his wife in 2001.
Stars: Michael Peterson, David Rudolf, Ron Guerette, Tom Maher
Votes: 13,584
13. Rebellion (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 258 min | Drama, War
Rebellion is a five part serial drama about the birth of modern Ireland. The story is told from the perspectives of a group of fictional characters who live through the political events of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Stars: Ruth Bradley, Paul Reid, Brian McCardie, Tom Turner
Votes: 2,120
14. The Crucible (1996)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, History
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen
Votes: 33,373 | Gross: $7.34M
15. Submarine (2010)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.
Director: Richard Ayoade | Stars: Craig Roberts, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor
Votes: 80,409 | Gross: $0.47M
16. The Code (2014–2016)
54 min | Drama, Thriller
Two Canberra based brothers become entangled in a cover up that involves a remote outback community and key members of the Australian Government.
Stars: Dan Spielman, Ashley Zukerman, Adele Perovic, Michael Denkha
Votes: 3,231
17. The Cry (2018– )
Not Rated | 57 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The disappearance of a baby from a small coastal town in Australia is the catalyst for a journey into the disintegrating psychology of a young couple as they deal with an unthinkable ... See full summary »
Stars: Jenna Coleman, Ewen Leslie, Asher Keddie, Alex Dimitriades
Votes: 2,269
18. Deutschland 86 (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, History
Abandoned by Moscow and desperate for cash, the East German leadership pushes their secret operatives to experiment with global capitalism and save their sinking socialist ship. Long ... See full summary »
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 1,579
19. Deutschland 83 (2015)
42 min | Drama, History, Romance
Martin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 9,754
20. The Red Road (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Revolves around a local cop struggling to keep his family together while simultaneously policing two clashing communities: the small town where he grew up and the neighboring mountains, ... See full summary »
Stars: Martin Henderson, Jason Momoa, Julianne Nicholson, Tamara Tunie
Votes: 4,926
21. The Returned (2012– )
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The Returned opens in a small mountain community which is rocked to its core when several local people who are presumed dead suddenly re-appear at their homes. Despite having passed away ... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme, Frédéric Pierrot, Céline Sallette
Votes: 18,559
22. Next of Kin (I) (2018)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Whip-smart GP Mona Shirani is left grief-stricken when her much-loved brother is brutally murdered whilst working for a medical charity overseas.
Stars: Archie Panjabi, Jack Davenport, Shabana Azmi, Navin Chowdhry
Votes: 863
23. Babylon (2014)
95 min | Drama
A look at the people in charge and on the front lines of a contemporary police force.
Stars: Nick Blood, Andrew Brooke, Bertie Carvel, Cavan Clerkin
Votes: 1,964
24. Restless (2012 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.
Director: Edward Hall | Stars: Hayley Atwell, Rufus Sewell, Michelle Dockery, Michael Gambon
Votes: 2,653
25. The Honourable Woman (2014)
60 min | Drama, Thriller
Centers on Nessa Stein, a woman who inherits her father's arms business and finds herself in a international maelstrom as she continues to promote the reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lubna Azabal, Katherine Parkinson
Votes: 9,040
26. Carlos (2010)
Not Rated | 334 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.
Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Fadi Abi Samra, Lamia Ahmed
Votes: 12,118 | Gross: $0.15M
27. The Slap (2011)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
Traces the shattering repercussions of a single event upon a group of family and friends. Based on Christos Tsiolkas' best-selling novel.
Stars: Jonathan LaPaglia, Sophie Okonedo, Alex Dimitriades, Essie Davis
Votes: 2,124
28. Unspeakable (2019– )
44 min | Drama, History
The drama chronicles the emergence of HIV and Hepatitis C in Canada in the early '80s and the tragedy that followed when thousands were unnecessarily infected by tainted blood.
Stars: Sarah Wayne Callies, Shawn Doyle, Michael Shanks, Camille Sullivan
Votes: 162
29. La Jetée (1962)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Romance
The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Étienne Becker, Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich
Votes: 26,705
30. The A Word (2016– )
60 min | Drama
The Hughes family work and love and fight like every other family. Then, their youngest son is diagnosed with autism and they don't feel like every other family anymore.
Stars: Max Vento, Lee Ingleby, Morven Christie, Christopher Eccleston
Votes: 1,388
31. Cleverman (2016–2017)
50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In the very near future, creatures from ancient mythology must live among humans and battle for survival in a world that wants to silence, exploit and destroy them.
Stars: Hunter Page-Lochard, Rob Collins, Tasma Walton, Rarriwuy Hick
Votes: 2,955
32. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer.
Director: David Robert Mitchell | Stars: Claire Sloma, Marlon Morton, Amanda Bauer, Brett Jacobsen
Votes: 3,544 | Gross: $0.04M
33. Red Road (2006)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Jackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. Now she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston, Natalie Press
Votes: 11,518 | Gross: $0.15M
34. Wendy and Lucy (2008)
R | 80 min | Drama
Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happening triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Michelle Williams, Lucy, David Koppell, Max Clement
Votes: 14,880 | Gross: $0.86M
35. The Last Panthers (2015–2016)
48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Independent Claims Specialist Naomi (Samantha Morton) is given the job by her boss, Tom (Sir John Hurt), of recovering stolen diamonds, no matter what it takes. Also on the trail of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Samantha Morton, Tahar Rahim, Goran Bogdan, John Hurt
Votes: 1,959
36. Appropriate Adult (2011)
69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dramatisation of the case of serial killers Fred and Rose West, focusing on the way in which they were brought to justice.
Stars: Emily Watson, Dominic West, Robert Glenister, Sylvestra Le Touzel
Votes: 2,280
37. The Deep End (2001)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.
Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Peter Donat
Votes: 10,606 | Gross: $8.82M
38. Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Award-winning comedy about a lonely young man who finds himself at a restaurant with two strangers and his best friend.
Director: Bob Odenkirk | Stars: Michael Blieden, Stephanie Courtney, Matt Price, Annabelle Gurwitch
Votes: 2,304
39. Rosehaven (2016– )
TV-14 | 28 min | Comedy
Daniel McCallum returns to his rural Tasmanian hometown, Rosehaven, to help his formidable mother in her real estate business.
Stars: Celia Pacquola, Luke McGregor, Kris McQuade, Noela Foxcroft
Votes: 615
40. Zoo (2007)
Unrated | 75 min | Documentary
A look at the life of an Enumclaw, Washington man who died as a result of an unusual encounter with a horse.
Director: Robinson Devor | Stars: Coyote, Jenny Edwards, John Edwards, John Paulsen
Votes: 2,576 | Gross: $0.07M
41. The Yacoubian Building (2006)
161 min | Drama
Meditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.
Director: Marwan Hamed | Stars: Adel Emam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra, Essad Youniss
Votes: 5,407
42. The Orgasm Diaries (2010)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A photographer and a taxidermist have a summer relationship.
Director: Ashley Horner | Stars: Nancy Trotter Landry, Liam Browne, Jack Dawson, Jessica Appleby
Votes: 804
43. The Five Obstructions (2003)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Lars Von Trier challenges Jørgen Leth, the filmmaker behind The Perfect Human (1967), to remake his classic short under circumstances of increasing constraint.
Directors: Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier | Stars: Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez, Jacqueline Arenal
Votes: 7,650 | Gross: $0.09M
44. City of Men (2002–2018)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Life in Rio de Janeiro is told in short, fast alternating scenes from the viewpoints of two sets of characters, all youngsters, but from both sides of unequal life: generally dark-skinned ... See full summary »
Stars: Darlan Cunha, Douglas Silva, Camila Monteiro, Roberta Rodrigues
Votes: 2,655
45. The Staircase II: The Last Chance (2013)
Not Rated | 130 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Explosive developments - implicating both the forensics laboratory of the police department of North Carolina, and Duane Deaver, its chief - recently saw the convicted subject of 'The ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade | Stars: Caitlin Atwater, Bradley Bannon, Freda Black, Lori Campell
Votes: 1,857
46. Harvie Krumpet (2003)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
The odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.
Director: Adam Elliot | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kamahl, John Flaus, Julie Forsyth
Votes: 7,855
47. Nonnie & Alex (1995)
Short, Drama
When a Young boy loses his mother to cancer, his friend helps him to understand what has really happened
Director: Todd Field | Stars: Heather Ramsey, Travis Martin, Maggie Linderman, Glen Beaudin
Votes: 68
48. Funny Ha Ha (2002)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Marnie just graduated from college, drinks likes she's still in school, and is looking for a temporary job but a permanent boyfriend. She loves a guy who doesn't love her (?), ping-pongs ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Bujalski | Stars: Kate Dollenmayer, Mark Herlehy, Christian Rudder, Jennifer L. Schaper
Votes: 2,308 | Gross: $0.08M
49. Lake of Fire (2006)
Unrated | 152 min | Documentary
A graphic documentary on both sides of the abortion debate.
Director: Tony Kaye | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Bill Baird, Flip Benham, Dallas Blanchard
Votes: 2,342 | Gross: $0.02M
50. Gay Sex in the 70s (2005)
Not Rated | 67 min | Documentary
A chronicle of gay culture in New York during the post-Stonewall, pre-AIDs era.
Director: Joseph F. Lovett | Stars: Robert Alvarez, Alvin Baltrop, Barton Benes, Tom Bianchi
Votes: 545 | Gross: $0.25M