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1. Rush Hour (1998)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong Inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed L.A.P.D. detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.

Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 295,148 | Gross: $141.15M

2. Cleopatra (1963)

G | 192 min | Biography, Drama, History

Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.

Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown

Votes: 37,450 | Gross: $57.78M

3. Rush Hour 3 (2007)

PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Lee and Carter head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders.

Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow, Hiroyuki Sanada

Votes: 183,535 | Gross: $140.13M

4. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.

Director: Steve Oedekerk | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi

Votes: 233,774 | Gross: $108.39M

5. The Painted Veil (2006)

PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Romance

Dr Walter gets married to the beautiful Kitty but soon finds out that she is cheating on him. Battling his way through problems, he heads to China to fight a dreaded disease spread in a small village.

Director: John Curran | Stars: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Catherine An

Votes: 95,992 | Gross: $8.06M

6. Coriolanus (2011)

R | 123 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

Director: Ralph Fiennes | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Lubna Azabal

Votes: 33,534 | Gross: $0.76M

7. Missing (1982)

PG | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History

When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea

Votes: 23,404 | Gross: $14.00M

8. Caesar (2002)

PG-13 | 89 min | Biography, Drama, History

Twenty-year-old Julius Caeser flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla, but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.

Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Richard Harris, Christopher Walken, Valeria Golino

Votes: 3,180

9. Beyond the Limit (1983)

R | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

During the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by the rebels, he must pick a side.

Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Elpidia Carrillo

Votes: 1,545 | Gross: $6.00M

10. Transit (I) (2018)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.

Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman

Votes: 11,881 | Gross: $0.82M

11. Is Paris Burning? (1966)

Approved | 173 min | Drama, History, War

August 1944. The Allies are approaching Paris and resistance groups within the city start to plan an uprising against the Germans. However, Hitler wants the city destroyed if it looks like the Allies will take it.

Director: René Clément | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Votes: 5,205

12. No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (1987)

R | 92 min | Adventure, Action

In this sequel, Scott Wylde, an American kickboxer, must go to Cambodia to rescue his Vietnamese girlfriend from Russian and Vietnamese troops.

Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Loren Avedon, Max Thayer, Cynthia Rothrock, Patra Wanthivanond

Votes: 2,106 | Gross: $0.11M

13. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the world of Aionios, two nations are locked in conflict: Keves, a technological powerhouse and Agnus, a magic-based society. Six soldiers hailing from these nations, will take part in a grand tale with life as its central theme.

Directors: Ko Kojima, Genki Yokota, Tetsuya Takahashi | Stars: Ryôhei Arai, Minami Tsuda, Megumi Han, Ryohei Kimura

Votes: 397

14. I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, War

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart

Votes: 9,218

15. Hannibal (1959)

Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal attacks the Roman Republic by crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps with his vast army.

Directors: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Victor Mature, Gabriele Ferzetti, Rita Gam, Milly Vitale

Votes: 1,126

16. The Lady Without Camelias (1953)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

A new starlet is discovered and has ups and downs in Italian films.

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Gino Cervi, Andrea Checchi, Ivan Desny

Votes: 2,261

17. Captain January (1936)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

A little girl named Star lives with the lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school, but she's rescued by relatives.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville, Buddy Ebsen

Votes: 1,500

18. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)

Approved | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In Europe at the start of World War II, a woman notices that wherever her husband goes, the Germans seem to follow. Meanwhile, a charming reporter is following them.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker

Votes: 3,267 | Gross: $0.86M

19. Diplomacy (2014)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, History, War

A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaußner, Robert Stadlober

Votes: 5,862 | Gross: $0.23M

20. Plunder of the Sun (1953)

Approved | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

American adventurer gets involved in archaeological artifact smuggling and treasure hunting in Mexico.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan

Votes: 853

21. Sign of the Gladiator (1959)

98 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops - but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.

Directors: Guido Brignone, Michelangelo Antonioni, Riccardo Freda | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Georges Marchal, Folco Lulli, Chelo Alonso

Votes: 349

22. The Adventures of Tartu (1943)

Passed | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

In 1940. Captain Terence Stevenson is with the British Army in the bomb disposal unit in London, his primary job is to defuse them. Despite having no experience as a spy, he is asked by his... See full summary »

Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla, Glynis Johns

Votes: 1,130

23. The Room Upstairs (1946)

115 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The local building contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand. To impress Blanche, Martin presents her with a villa. However, this ruins him financially. ... See full summary »

Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Jean Gabin, Jean d'Yd, Daniel Gélin

Votes: 525

24. Where There's Life (1947)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Thriller

The American son of an Eastern European monarch wounded in an assassination attempt becomes a target for a terrorist organization.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Bob Hope, Signe Hasso, William Bendix, George Coulouris

Votes: 514

25. In Your Eyes (2010)

PG | 114 min | Drama, Romance

Ciara(Claudine) goes to America as a physical therapist fulfilling a lifelong dream to better provide for her sister's needs. While back in the Philippines, Julia (Anne) lives a fast life ... See full summary »

Director: Mac Alejandre | Stars: Claudine Barretto, Anne Curtis, Richard Gutierrez, Joel Torre

Votes: 52

26. Café Metropole (1937)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In Paris, a young American is in debt to a nightclub owner who forces him to woo an heiress in hopes of reaping her fortune.

Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Loretta Young, Tyrone Power, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff

Votes: 709

27. The Consul of Bordeaux (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man who issued 30,000 visas for safe passage to Portugal during WWII, in June 1940, defying the direct orders of his government. Among them were 10,000 Jews.

Directors: João Correa, Francisco Manso | Stars: Vítor Norte, Carlos Paulo, João Nunes Monteiro, Leonor Seixas

Votes: 363

28. Action in Arabia (1944)

Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.

Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: George Sanders, Virginia Bruce, Lenore Aubert, Gene Lockhart

Votes: 608

29. The Gay Deception (1935)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mirabel wins a $5, 000 lottery which will enable her to live like a queen in New York. There she meets Sandro, a bellboy who is really a prince, so she does get to be a queen after all.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Francis Lederer, Frances Dee, Benita Hume, Alan Mowbray

Votes: 462

30. La nuit sacrée (1993)

110 min | Drama

In the 1920s, the story of the eighth daughter of a Moroccan family whose sex was hidden from everyone and who was raised in the tradition of males until the age of 21 under the name of Ahmed.

Director: Nicolas Klotz | Stars: Amina Annabi, Miguel Bosé, Maïté Nahyr, François Chattot

Votes: 32

31. Murder in the Fleet (1935)

Passed | 69 min | Mystery, Comedy, Drama

Taylor is cast as Lt. Tom Randolph, one of several naval officers confined to his ship when a murder occurs. The victim was in the process of delivering the components for a new electrical ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Robert Taylor, Jean Parker, Ted Healy, Una Merkel

Votes: 252

32. Aristides de Sousa Mendes: A Rebel (2008 TV Movie)

104 min | Biography, Drama, History

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Director: Joël Santoni | Stars: Bernard Le Coq, Nanou Garcia, Lionel Lingelser, Roger Souza

Votes: 45

33. Business in Distress (1931)

89 min | Comedy

Finnicky efficiency expert is sent to straighten out business management problems at a jazz club, finds self being drawn into the swingin' scene.

Directors: Martin Fric, Karel Lamac | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Meda Valentová, Otto Rubík, Marie Grossová

Votes: 218

34. De camisa vieja a chaqueta nueva (1982)

Comedy

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Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Manolo Codeso, Antonio Garisa, María Casanova

Votes: 30

35. The Forbidden City (1918)

62 min | Drama, Romance

A Chinese mandarin hopes to regain favor with the Emporer by betrothing her to him, but he doesn't know she's secretly married to the American consul and pregnant.

Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Thomas Meighan, E. Alyn Warren, Michael Rayle

Votes: 331

36. Die Nacht der großen Liebe (1933)

Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

The story, set in Constantinople, of a young man who falls in love with a woman much older than he is, and her daughter falls in love with him also. An American critic was vastly impressed ... See full summary »

Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Jarmila Novotna, Gustav Fröhlich, Christiane Grautoff, Fritz Odemar

Votes: 14

37. Konsul (1989)

104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

This film is based on the life of a swindler called Jack Silberstein who was active until the end of 1960s.

Director: Miroslaw Bork | Stars: Piotr Fronczewski, Maria Pakulnis, Krzysztof Zaleski, Jerzy Bonczak

Votes: 502

38. Monsoon Baby (2014 TV Movie)

89 min | Drama

For many years Nina and Mark have been trying to have a child, including many unsuccessful attempts with IVF treatment. Adoption is not an option for them. They long for their own child, ... See full summary »

Director: Andreas Kleinert | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Robert Kuchenbuch, Tillotama Shome, Swaroopa Ghosh

Votes: 98

39. Daimler-Benz Limousine (1982)

91 min | Drama

The events are set in Poznan, in late summer of 1939, at the onset of German invasion on Poland. It is a family tale involving two teen-age brothers of German descent, each of them taking ... See full summary »

Director: Filip Bajon | Stars: Michal Bajor, Piotr Bajor, Maja Komorowska, Tadeusz Lomnicki

Votes: 70

40. Torpedoed (1937)

66 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Trouble is brewing in the banana republic of Bianco for both His Excellency, El Presidente, and the British Consul, Brant. Rebels, led by Diego De Costa, the trusted "Minister of the ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Robert Douglas, Richard Cromwell, Hazel Terry, H.B. Warner

Votes: 48

41. The Great Defender (1934)

72 min | Mystery, Romance

Sir Douglas Rolls had earned the reputation of being England's greatest barrister. But he has just been informed by Doctor Hackett, specialist on diseases of the heart, that overwork has ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Matheson Lang, Margaret Bannerman, Arthur Margetson, Richard Bird

Votes: 35

42. Zagovor (1971 TV Movie)

159 min | Drama

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Director: Svetlana Annapolskaya | Stars: Pavel Massalsky, Valentin Gaft, Grigoriy Annapolskiy, Vladimir Muravyov

43. No Soup (1915)

Comedy, Short

The American Consul is stationed away off among the Igorottes, and leads a most lonely existence. He pines for the sight of an American, and especially so for one of the fair sex. The day ... See full summary »

Director: Roy McCray | Stars: Ernest Shields, Eddie Boland, Jane Bernoudy, Walter Bytell

44. Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 7 (1942)

Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy

Opens with Janet Blair and a squadron of Air Corps men singing "Nothing Can Stop the Army, Now." Then cuts to a burlesque court-martial scene of Charlie McCarthy, who is being defended by ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: James Stewart, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd

Votes: 9

45. Opory spolecnosti (1972 TV Movie)

93 min | Drama

Consul Bernick controls a small town somewhere in Norway. He gives work to the workers in his shipyard, he is a moral role model for the local high society. In reality, he is a manipulator ... See full summary »

Director: Evzen Sokolovský | Stars: Ludek Munzar, Miriam Hynková, Jirina Petrovická, Jirí Vala

Votes: 10

46. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Ein ehrenwerter Mann (1997)

57 min | Crime, Drama

The honorary consul Cornelius Morgensen is a widower : in his house are living his chauffeur Mr. Kurz, the housekeeper Mrs. Kurz and their daughter Finja Kurz.This night Cornelius Morgensen... See full summary »

Director: Dietrich Haugk | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 18

47. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: The Price (1989)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While the Enterprise hosts negotiations for control of a stable wormhole, Troi forms a personal relationship with an opposing negotiator, unaware of his true being.

Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,337

48. Tales of the South Seas (1998–2000)
Episode: Trent in Love (2000)

Adventure

Grief and Lavinia work to keep their relationship on track. However, Lavinia becomes doubtful when Grief is given the daughter of a tribal chief in a trade transaction. Luckily, the Reverend Trent takes a liking to her.

Director: Ian Barry | Stars: William Snow, Rene Naufahu, Rachel Blakely, Rowena King

Votes: 9

49. Mr. Beat (2011– )
Episode: Every Type of Government Explained (2021)

18 min | Documentary, History

Governments are generally divided into two types; democracy and authoritarian. Both date back to the dawn civilization but democracies today are the most common type of government having ... See full summary »

Stars: Matthew Beat, David Miano

50. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode: US Visa (2001)

TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance

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Director: John-D Lazatin | Stars: Rufa Mae Quinto, Jay Manalo, Caridad Sanchez, Malou De Guzman