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1. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.
Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Votes: 153,894 | Gross: $63.49M
2. The Woman (I) (2011)
R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to "civilize" the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy.
Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Pollyanna McIntosh, Brandon Gerald Fuller, Lauren Ashley Carter, Chris Krzykowski
Votes: 25,844
3. Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle.
Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 13,663 | Gross: $1.59M
4. The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.
Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia
Votes: 48,212 | Gross: $35.92M
5. School Days (2007)
TV-14 | 300 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Makoto Itou has a crush on Kotonoha Katsura, who rides the same train as him daily. Following urban legend, he sets her photo as his phone wallpaper - a love charm. When classmate Sekai Saionji notices, it seems his luck really does change.
Stars: Daisuke Hirakawa, Shiho Kawaragi, Tae Okajima, Keiko Imoto
Votes: 2,924
6. Born to Be Bad (1950)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover, who sees through her act, and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott
Votes: 2,750
7. To Our Loves (1983)
R | 99 min | Drama, Romance
An erratic young woman's family desperately tries to prevent her increasingly erotic ways.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Christophe Odent, Dominique Besnehard
Votes: 7,263
8. Lonely Hearts (2006)
R | 108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the true story, two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers" who lured their victims through the personals.
Director: Todd Robinson | Stars: John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, James Gandolfini
Votes: 22,369 | Gross: $0.19M
9. The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Milo is a boy who is bored with life. One day he comes home to find a toll booth in his room. Having nothing better to do, he gets in his toy car and drives through - only to emerge in a world full of adventure.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Dave Monahan | Stars: Butch Patrick, Hans Conried, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler
Votes: 3,538
10. Fierce People (2005)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Ishkanani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.
Director: Griffin Dunne | Stars: Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Anton Yelchin, Chris Evans
Votes: 7,326 | Gross: $0.09M
11. A Foreign Affair (1948)
Approved | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell
Votes: 8,557
12. Karla (2006)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Based on real events, Paul Bernardo and his wife, Karla Homolka, kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
Director: Joel Bender | Stars: Laura Prepon, Misha Collins, Patrick Bauchau, Emilie Jacobs
Votes: 6,338
13. Roger & Me (1989)
R | 91 min | Documentary
After General Motors closes its factory in Flint, Michigan, eliminating 35,000 jobs, filmmaker Michael Moore undertakes a quixotic quest to interview General Motors' chairman, Roger B. Smith.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Roger B. Smith, Rhonda Britton, Fred Ross
Votes: 27,512 | Gross: $6.71M
14. Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
94 min | Comedy
Each member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.
Director: Alejandro Doria | Stars: Luis Brandoni, China Zorrilla, Antonio Gasalla, Julio De Grazia
Votes: 7,276
15. The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
PG | 251 min | Documentary, History, War
An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of the German invasion.
Director: Marcel Ophüls | Stars: Helmut Tausend, Marcel Verdier, Alexis Grave, Louis Grave
Votes: 4,095
16. Young Törless (1966)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
In a boarding school, a student observes in passive disgust as his two friends manipulate, humiliate and torture a fellow student, justifying their every act.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Mathieu Carrière, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer, Fred Dietz
Votes: 2,664
17. Ima, ai ni yukimasu (2004)
119 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A young woman returns from the dead to her guilt-ridden husband and son, but she cannot remember them.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Shidô Nakamura, Akashi Takei, Karen Miyama
Votes: 5,022
18. Violette (1978)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working-class (and possibly incestuous) family, with troubling consequences.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Jean-François Garreaud
Votes: 2,526
19. Jo (1971)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A writer of detective stories desperately trying to hide a corpse in his house - and at the same time to know exactly who he killed accidentally.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Michel Galabru, Bernard Blier
Votes: 3,664
20. Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, Crime
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: Andrew Braunsberg, Richard Brenneman, Douglas Dalton, Marilyn Beck
Votes: 5,205 | Gross: $0.06M
21. Force of Habit (2019)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A film by seven directors shows us moments in women's lives that usually remain hidden. Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day.
Directors: Reetta Aalto, Alli Haapasalo, Anna Paavilainen, Kirsikka Saari, Miia Tervo, Elli Toivoniemi, Jenni Toivoniemi | Stars: Veikko Aalste, Teemu Aromaa, Suvi Blick, Tommi Eronen
Votes: 505
22. The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
After a convict breaks in a psychotherapist's home, he agrees to rehabilitation rather than arrest but the therapist's wife becomes infatuated with him.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox, Hugh Griffith
Votes: 1,213
23. Wild Mouse (2017)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When Georg loses his job, he conceals the fact from his younger wife Johanna, who wants a child with him. Instead, he embarks upon a campaign of revenge against his former boss and begins to renovate a roller-coaster with an old school friend.
Director: Josef Hader | Stars: Josef Hader, Pia Hierzegger, Georg Friedrich, Jörg Hartmann
Votes: 2,856
24. The Year I Became a Liar (2009)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.
Director: Ricardo Trogi | Stars: Jean-Carl Boucher, Claudio Colangelo, Sandrine Bisson, Gabriel Maillé
Votes: 2,043
25. Helpmates (1932)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy
After a messy house party while his wife is away, Oliver asks Stanley to help him clean up the place, but free help isn't always a bargain.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns, Bob Callahan
Votes: 2,575
26. You're Gonna Miss Me (2005)
91 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary about rock pioneer Roky Erickson, detailing his rise as a psychedelic hero, his lengthy institutionalization, his descent into poverty and filth, and his brother's struggle with their religious mother to improve Roky's care.
Director: Keven McAlester | Stars: Byron Coley, Paul Drummond, 13th Floor Elevators, Don Erickson
Votes: 1,092 | Gross: $0.00M
27. Alibi Ike (1935)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland, Ruth Donnelly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 720
28. Shadows in the Storm (1988)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A married man suffering from midlife crisis obsesses over a girl from his romantic fantasy. He meets her exact duplicate on vacation and helps her get rid of her abusive husband. They run off together but a caller starts blackmailing him.
Director: Terrell Tannen | Stars: Ned Beatty, Mia Sara, Michael Madsen, Donna Mitchell
Votes: 253
29. Shy Boys: IRL (2011)
31 min | Documentary, Short
A short documentary on "love-shy" men. Love-Shy men believe they are afflicted with a condition that prevents them from interacting with women. They ultimately fail to have relationships ... See full summary »
Director: Sara Gardephe
Votes: 128
30. T2 (2009)
PG | 102 min | Fantasy, Horror
A Save an Orphan Volunteer is taking care of a young girl, who is being stalked by Engkantos, as the chase begins, the lives that surrounding them maybe at risk.
Director: Chito S. Roño | Stars: Maricel Soriano, Mika Dela Cruz, Derek Ramsay, Eric Fructuoso
Votes: 164
31. Love After Love (1992)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lola is an independent woman, a professional writer with 2 men on a string. Both men are married with children. When the men, and Lola, face having to make choices, Lola's comfortable life ... See full summary »
Director: Diane Kurys | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Bernard Giraudeau, Hippolyte Girardot, Lio
Votes: 416 | Gross: $0.08M
32. Valerie (2006)
81 min | Drama
When a photo model gets replaced by a batch of new younger prettier girls, her life of riches melts in front of her eyes and she's forced to live like a homeless person in a parking lot of a high class hotel she once lived in.
Director: Birgit Möller | Stars: Agata Buzek, Devid Striesow, Birol Ünel, Anne Sarah Hartung
Votes: 267
33. Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies (1979 TV Movie)
30 min | Animation, Fantasy
Puff shows a girl named Sandy the truth about lies as they travel through The Land of Living Lies.
Directors: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Mischa Bond, Alan Barzman, Ike Eisenmann
Votes: 100
34. Der Trinker (1995 TV Movie)
99 min | Drama
While his company is facing drastic financial problems, a former drinker suffers a relapse.
Director: Tom Toelle | Stars: Harald Juhnke, Jutta Wachowiak, Deborah Kaufmann, Eberhard Esche
Votes: 167
35. Excuse My Accent (2020)
Documentary
Director: Tamar Jatchvadze | Stars: Drei Ros, RobYoung, Sharlene Taulé, Ahmed Al-Kadri
36. Prego (2015)
13 min | Short, Comedy
Prego is a short comedy film by Usher Morgan that tells the story of Emily (played by Katie Vincent), a young woman confronting a one-night stand (played by Taso Mikroulis) with the revelation that she's pregnant.
Director: Usher Morgan | Stars: Katie Vincent, Taso Mikroulis, Marah Vanbeekom, J.W. Harvey
Votes: 267
37. Arrangement (II) (2019)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A regular, scheduled hookup between two men becomes more complicated than intended, because of some unexpected conversation. Does one man want more than the other is capable of giving?
Director: Chadlee Skrikker | Stars: Matthew Barrett, Laurent de Froberville, Hagar Joubert
Votes: 64
38. O gois (1969)
88 min | Comedy
A non-existent uncle provides the necessary status required from two best friends to woo two wealthy sisters; however, an unforeseen meeting with him in the flesh shall lead to embarrassing complications. Who is this gift-bearing relative?
Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Nora Valsami, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Hronis Exarhakos
Votes: 304
39. In Another Cookie
Short, Drama | Post-production
A fortune cookie prompts two friends in an undefined romantic relationship to discuss the nature of fortune-telling, excuses, and timing.
Director: Josie Hull | Stars: Logan Welborn, R.J. Melgar
40. Journalisten fragen - Politiker antworten (1963–1991)
Talk-Show
Stars: Reinhard Appel, Jürgen Lorenz, Wolfgang Mischnick, Franz Josef Strauß
41. How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 4: 'the Mashie Niblick' (1931)
11 min | Short, Sport
Golf champion Bobby Jones gives a lesson to comic actor Leon Errol in the use of the mashie niblick club. It is used mainly to loft the ball over tall obstacles, such as trees.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Bobby Jones, O.B. Keeler, Leon Errol, Andy Horn
Votes: 49
42. Phoenix Runde (1997– )
45 min | Talk-Show
The program provides a forum for the current political debate in Germany.
Stars: Alexander Kähler, Anke Plättner, Gaby Dietzen, Pinar Atalay
Votes: 13
43. Keeping His Word (1927)
Comedy, Short
Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Charles King, Edna Marion, Constance Darling, Blanche Payson
44. You Don't Want to Know (2011 TV Movie)
90 min | Thriller
After un accident that has caused the death of a young man, a man have to struggle with his guilty and some strange threatning messages push him and his wife to the unknow.
Director: Tim Trachte | Stars: Andreas Lust, Sophie von Kessel, Alina Levshin, Nikolas Beyer
Votes: 76
45.
The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode:
The Establishment Wants Us to Believe Russia Is Behind All Anti-Establishment Arguments
(2017)
16 min | News
Styx isn't buying the establishment propaganda about Russian propaganda.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
46. Die Chronik des Nürnberger Prozesses (2003 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Cassian von Salomon | Stars: Burton C. Andrews, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Francis Biddle, Normann Birkett
Votes: 17
47. Honeymooning with Ma (1926)
Passed | 18 min | Comedy, Short
Charlie's mother-in-law arrive for an uninvited visit and was is declared at once. It intensifies when the pet parrot tells Ma that Charlie has been saying bad things about her. A family picnic allows Charlie to win a bout or two.
Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Charles King, Constance Darling, Blanche Payson
48. Motor Trouble (1926)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Charley and his new bride have a house, but no food nor money. He tries to steal some milk form the neighbor's porch, but the attempt fails. Even though he does not known how to drive a car... See full summary »
Director: Scott Pembroke | Star: Charles King
49. Idiots React to London Underground Attack (2017 Video)
4 min | Short, Comedy, News
Paul Joseph Watson casts a jaundiced eye on J.K. Rowling and other verified liberals on Twitter after reading their responses to the last terror attack in London.
Stars: Paul Joseph Watson, Sadiq Khan
Votes: 23
50. Der Fall Mollath - In den Fängen von Justiz, Politik und Psychiatrie (2013 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Directors: Monika Anthes, Eric Beres | Stars: Gustl Mollath, Edward Braun, Eduard Spitzer, Petra Maske