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1. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura Andô, Rikako Miura
Votes: 60,675
2. True Detective (2014– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch
Votes: 657,333
3. Before Sunrise (1995)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl
Votes: 339,700 | Gross: $5.54M
4. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
R | 111 min | Drama, Romance
Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis
Votes: 134,777 | Gross: $32.03M
5. My Own Private Idaho (1991)
R | 104 min | Drama
Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert
Votes: 61,798 | Gross: $6.40M
6. The Wrestler (2008)
R | 109 min | Drama, Sport
A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis
Votes: 320,082 | Gross: $26.24M
7. Fallen Angels (1995)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung
Votes: 50,981
8. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham
Votes: 40,681 | Gross: $4.73M
9. The Eight Mountains (2022)
Not Rated | 147 min | Drama
An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps, The Eight Mountains follows over four decades the profound, complex relationship between Pietro and Bruno.
Directors: Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch | Stars: Lupo Barbiero, Cristiano Sassella, Elena Lietti, Chiara Jorrioz
Votes: 14,807
10. Biosphere (2022)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In the not-too-distant future, the last two men on earth must adapt and evolve to save humanity.
Director: Mel Eslyn | Stars: Sterling K. Brown, Mark Duplass
Votes: 2,097
11. Disco Boy (2023)
92 min | Drama
After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei arrives in Paris to join the Foreign Legion. Meanwhile, in the Niger Delta, Jomo struggles against the oil companies threatening his village and the lives of his family.
Director: Giacomo Abbruzzese | Stars: Morr Ndiaye, Wahab Oladiti, Salem Kisita, Mutamba Kalonji
Votes: 1,244
12. Light Sleeper (1992)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama
A drug dealer reconsiders his profession when his boss plans to go straight and an old flame reappears.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, David Clennon
Votes: 9,404 | Gross: $1.05M
13. La Notte (1961)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki
Votes: 24,064 | Gross: $0.04M
14. Love Songs (2007)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Ismael and Julie enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love.
Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Clotilde Hesme, Chiara Mastroianni
Votes: 10,166 | Gross: $0.10M
15. Forever Young (2022)
126 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows a troupe of young students at one of France's most prestigious performing arts academies as they navigate the ups and downs of art and love.
Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Stars: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Sofiane Bennacer, Louis Garrel, Micha Lescot
Votes: 1,392
16. The Fire Within (1963)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living. Will this help him?
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps
Votes: 10,483
17. India Song (1975)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Anne-Marie Stretter, wife of a French diplomat, lives in 1930s India. She takes many lovers as systems of oppression decay around her.
Director: Marguerite Duras | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière, Claude Mann
Votes: 2,585
18. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
82 min | Drama, Comedy
On a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn".
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Chun Shih
Votes: 6,184 | Gross: $0.03M
19. The Man Who Sleeps (1974)
77 min | Drama
A 25-year-old male student in Paris becomes indifferent to the world around him, and subsequently feels a strong sense of alienation and hopelessness.
Director: Bernard Queysanne | Stars: Jacques Spiesser, Ludmila Mikaël
Votes: 4,661
20. This World Can't Tear Me Down (2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When an old friend returns to the neighborhood, Zerocalcare wants to help him find his place back in the world. But what's the right thing to do?
Stars: Zerocalcare, Valerio Mastandrea, James Acaster, Adam Rhys Dee
Votes: 3,633
21. Adieu Philippine (1962)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Paris, summer 1960. Michel is about to leave for Algeria for military service. He meets Liliane and Juliette, two inseparable friends. Michel goes on vacation to Corsica, where the two girls decide to join him
Director: Jacques Rozier | Stars: Jean-Claude Aimini, Daniel Descamps, Stefania Sabatini, Yveline Céry
Votes: 1,022
22. The State of Things (1982)
121 min | Drama
The crew is running out of money to finish their film.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Allen Garfield, Samuel Fuller, Isabelle Weingarten, Rebecca Pauly
Votes: 3,613 | Gross: $6.00M
23. Detective (1985)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
At a Paris hotel, a hotel detective fired after a murder took place there continues to investigate, helped by his inspector nephew and girlfriend. A boxing manager, owing money to a couple and the mafia, rides on a match next day.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Laurent Terzieff, Aurelle Doazan, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Baye
Votes: 2,339
24. The Wounded Man (1983)
Unrated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young man discovers his homosexuality and begins a relationship with a manipulative hustler / petty criminal that he meets at a train station.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Roland Bertin, Lisa Kreuzer
Votes: 1,310
25. The Salamander (1971)
125 min | Comedy, Drama
Pierre and Paul, journalist and writer respectively, team up to write a screenplay based on the real story of a young woman accused by her uncle of trying to kill him. They decide to meet her.
Director: Alain Tanner | Stars: Bulle Ogier, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques Denis, Véronique Alain
Votes: 862
26. French film
90 min | Drama, Romance | Post-production
Sam and Léna, two actors, are in love. Sam wants to completely possess Léna. She gives herself entirely to him. Yet their relationship deteriorates to the point of disaster.
Director: Claude Chamis | Stars: Luca Colucci, Pauline Miocekovitz, Augustin De Winter, Nathan Moreira
27. Le père Noël a les yeux bleus (1966)
50 min | Drama
Daniel needs some money to buy a duffle coat that is in fashion, so he agrees to work for a photographer by dressing up as Santa Claus. He discovers that it is much easier to meet girls when he is in his costume.
Director: Jean Eustache | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Gérard Zimmermann, Henri Martinez, René Gilson
Votes: 512
28. The Musician Killer (1975)
124 min | Drama
After the conductor of the orchestra he has been playing in commits suicide, a young clarinettist is left with a quite valuable violin.
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Anna Karina, Joël Bion, Philippe March, Hélène Coulomb
Votes: 49
29. La nuit juste avant les forêts (2017)
101 min | Drama
Using all the words he can find, a man tries to get a stranger to stay around - a stranger he approached on a street corner, one night when he was alone. He tells him about his world. A ... See full summary »
Director: Hugo Becker | Star: Hugo Becker
Votes: 7
30. La mort blanche (2010)
18 min | Short, Drama
Léo, a 25-year-old drug addict, is alone and abandoned by everyone. He is unable to go on living.
Director: Claude Chamis | Star: Arthur Molinier