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  • Claude Cerval, Alain Cuny, Paul Frankeur, François Maistre, Edith Scob, Laurent Terzieff, and Bernard Verley in The Milky Way (1969)

    1. The Milky Way

    19691h 45mM
    7.3 (8.3K)
    Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPaul FrankeurLaurent TerzieffAlain Cuny
  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)

    2. Cloud Atlas

    20122h 52mR55Metascore
    7.4 (381K)
    As souls are born and reborn, they renew their connections to one another throughout the ages.
    DirectorsTom TykwerLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsTom HanksHalle BerryHugh Grant
  • Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, Basil Rathbone, and Debra Paget in Tales of Terror (1962)

    3. Tales of Terror

    19621h 29mApproved68Metascore
    6.8 (8.8K)
    Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
    DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceMaggie PierceLeona Gage
  • Extraordinary Tales (2013)

    4. Extraordinary Tales

    20131h 13mNot Rated59Metascore
    6.4 (3.7K)
    An animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's stories.
    DirectorRaul GarciaStarsChristopher LeeBela LugosiJulian Sands
  • Schizopolis (1996)

    5. Schizopolis

    19961h 36mNot Rated44Metascore
    6.7 (6.2K)
    Fletcher Munson, the lethargic employee of a pseudo-religious self help company, and his doppelganger, the friendly but dull dentist Dr. Jeffrey Korchek.
    DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsSteven SoderberghScott AllenBetsy Brantley
  • Arabian Nights (1974)

    6. Arabian Nights

    19742h 10mNC-17
    6.6 (9.5K)
    In ancient Arabia, a beautiful slave girl chooses a youth to be her new master, then she is kidnapped and they must search for each other. Stories are told within stories: love, travel and the whims of destiny.
    DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsNinetto DavoliFranco CittiFranco Merli
  • The Canterbury Tales (1972)

    7. The Canterbury Tales

    19721h 51mNC-17
    6.3 (8.7K)
    Pasolini's artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer's most erotic tales.
    DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsHugh GriffithLaura BettiNinetto Davoli
  • The Queens (1966)

    8. The Queens

    19661h 50m
    6.0 (418)
    Four unrelated short comedies by four different directors. "Queen Sabina" chronicles the sexual misadventures of a teenage girl on the road home. "Queen Armenia" centers on a self-serving opportunistic gypsy babysitter who uses her employer's kids for her own gain. "Queen Elena" centers on a husband who learns a lesson about the perils of infidelity after he succumbs to the wiles of the seductive wife next door. "Queen Marta" centers on a wealthy woman who, when drunk, uses her butler as an outlet for her lust.
    DirectorsMauro BologniniMario MonicelliAntonio PietrangeliStarsMonica VittiEnrico Maria SalernoClaudia Cardinale
  • La Ronde (1950)

    9. La Ronde

    19501h 33mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.5 (6.2K)
    Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats-all are on equal footing in this multi-character merry-go-round of love and infidelity.
    DirectorMax OphülsStarsAnton WalbrookSimone SignoretSerge Reggiani
  • Alan Arkin, Michael Caine, Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers, Vittorio Gassman, and Rossano Brazzi in Woman Times Seven (1967)

    10. Woman Times Seven

    19671h 39mNot Rated
    5.8 (2.1K)
    Seven portraits of different types of women.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsShirley MacLainePeter SellersElspeth March
  • Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Halle Berry, Jon Bon Jovi, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Til Schweiger, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher, Hilary Swank, Sofía Vergara, Josh Duhamel, Ludacris, Lea Michele, Seth Meyers, Abigail Breslin, and Zac Efron in New Year's Eve (2011)

    11. New Year's Eve

    20111h 58mPG-1322Metascore
    5.6 (91K)
    The lives of several couples and singles in New York City intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
    DirectorGarry MarshallStarsSarah Jessica ParkerJessica BielAshton Kutcher
  • Julia Roberts, Kathy Bates, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Queen Latifah, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Ashton Kutcher, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Emma Roberts, and Taylor Lautner in Valentine's Day (2010)

    12. Valentine's Day

    20102h 5mPG-1334Metascore
    5.8 (128K)
    Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.
    DirectorGarry MarshallStarsJulia RobertsJamie FoxxAnne Hathaway
  • Paris, Je T'aime (2006)

    13. Paris, Je T'aime

    20062hR66Metascore
    7.2 (76K)
    Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented, and awakened.
    DirectorsOlivier AssayasFrédéric AuburtinGurinder ChadhaStarsJuliette BinocheLeonor WatlingLudivine Sagnier
  • Ethan Hawke, Natalie Portman, Christina Ricci, Andy Garcia, John Hurt, Robin Wright, James Caan, Julie Christie, Drea de Matteo, Carlos Acosta, Orlando Bloom, Hayden Christensen, Bradley Cooper, Chris Cooper, Irrfan Khan, Shia LaBeouf, Maggie Q, Shu Qi, Anton Yelchin, Rachel Bilson, and Olivia Thirlby in New York, I Love You (2008)

    14. New York, I Love You

    20081h 43mR49Metascore
    6.2 (49K)
    Eleven love stories set in one of the most loved and hated cities of the world, New York City.
    DirectorsFatih AkinYvan AttalRandall BalsmeyerStarsShia LaBeoufNatalie PortmanBradley Cooper
  • Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Ben Affleck, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, and Justin Long in He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

    15. He's Just Not That Into You

    20092h 9mPG-1347Metascore
    6.4 (188K)
    This Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.
    DirectorKen KwapisStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer AnistonJennifer Connelly
  • Bridget Fonda, John Hurt, Theresa Russell, and James Mathers in Aria (1987)

    16. Aria

    19871h 30mR
    5.7 (3.2K)
    10 short films by 10 different directors, set to arias by different composers.
    DirectorsRobert AltmanBruce BeresfordBill BrydenStarsJohn HurtTheresa RussellStephanie Lane
  • Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Terence Stamp, and Alain Delon in Spirits of the Dead (1968)

    17. Spirits of the Dead

    19682h 1mR
    6.4 (7.4K)
    A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
    DirectorsFederico FelliniLouis MalleRoger VadimStarsJane FondaBrigitte BardotAlain Delon
  • Fellini - Satyricon (1969)

    18. Fellini - Satyricon

    19692h 9mR
    6.8 (18K)
    A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMartin PotterHiram KellerMax Born
  • Black Moon (1975)

    19. Black Moon

    19751h 40mR
    6.1 (6.4K)
    To escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive family's unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle.
    DirectorLouis MalleStarsCathryn HarrisonTherese GiehseAlexandra Stewart
  • Häxan (1922)

    20. Häxan

    19221h 31mNot Rated
    7.6 (18K)
    Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
    DirectorBenjamin ChristensenStarsBenjamin ChristensenElisabeth ChristensenMaren Pedersen
  • Rita Cortese, Ricardo Darín, Diego Gentile, Darío Grandinetti, Oscar Martínez, María Marull, Erica Rivas, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Mónica Villa, María Onetto, and Julieta Zylberberg in Wild Tales (2014)

    21. Wild Tales

    20142h 2mR77Metascore
    8.1 (228K)
    Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
    DirectorDamián SzifronStarsDarío GrandinettiMaría MarullMónica Villa
  • Kaos (1984)

    22. Kaos

    19843h 7mR
    7.8 (3.3K)
    Five stories by Luigi Pirandello set in turn-of-the-century Italy.
    DirectorsPaolo TavianiVittorio TavianiStarsMargarita LozanoOrazio TorrisiCarlo Cartier
  • Katrin Cartlidge and Rade Serbedzija in Before the Rain (1994)

    23. Before the Rain

    19941h 53mNot Rated
    7.8 (16K)
    Three interconnected stories of love under the threat of civil war in Macedonia and London.
    DirectorMilcho ManchevskiStarsKatrin CartlidgeRade SerbedzijaGrégoire Colin
  • The Decameron (1971)

    24. The Decameron

    19711h 51mR
    7.0 (13K)
    An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron".
    DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsFranco CittiNinetto DavoliJovan Jovanovic
  • John Neville in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

    25. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    19882h 6mPG69Metascore
    7.1 (58K)
    An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohn NevilleEric IdleSarah Polley

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