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1. Elizabethtown (2005)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
During a hometown memorial for his Kentucky-born father, a young man begins an unexpected romance with a too-good-to-be-true stewardess.
Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin
Votes: 72,741 | Gross: $26.84M
2. Loving (1970)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
In this romantic comedy/drama, George Segal stars as a freelance artist who's attempting to revitalize his career just as his marriage to Eva Marie Saint begins to fall apart. Co-starring David Doyle, Sterling Hayden and Kennan Wynn.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: George Segal, Eva Marie Saint, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 719 | Gross: $0.82M
3. Home at Hong Kong (1983)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Alan Wong (Andy Lau) is a Hong Kong youth who is bent to climb up the social ladder. With the help of a foreign businessman's mistress and mixed ethnicity woman Erica (Carroll Gordon), he ... See full summary »
Director: Hoi-Lam King | Stars: Hai-Ling Chu, Carroll Gordon, Yi Hsu, Isabella Kau
Votes: 49
4. Happiness (III) (2017)
5 min | Animation, Short, Drama
An analogy to life on Earth, Happiness tells the story of a rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment.
Director: Steve Cutts
Votes: 2,120
5. Squinters (2018–2019)
22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Squinters celebrates the comically mundane peak-hour ritual for the workers of Kosciusko, a consumer goods dispatch center under threat of takeover, as they commute into the rising sun each morning and again as they return at days end.
Stars: Sam Simmons, Justin Rosniak, Andrea Demetriades, Mandy McElhinney
Votes: 294
6. The Turning Point (2020)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Animals and humans switched places. Now, animals are ruling the earth and humans are at the verge of extinction.
Director: Steve Cutts
Votes: 530
7. Barrier (1966)
77 min | Drama, Comedy
A rebellious student wants to get total independence and overcome all the barriers in his life: of money, age, status, cults and conventions. However, he meets a girl with completely different ideals.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Joanna Szczerbic, Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Maria Malicka
Votes: 548
8. Rocket Perelman (2017)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
In the artist colony Rocket Perelman ten people strive to live their version of freedom and independence - everybody for themselves and all together. But that's hard work, since the joined ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Alaluukas | Stars: Liv Lisa Fries, Tobias Lehmann, Gordon Kämmerer, Stefan Lampadius
Votes: 96
9. Punainen kohina (2021)
91 min | Drama, Thriller
A lonely man living on a secluded farm invites his childhood friends for a visit. He has a plan that will shock everyone who ever knew him and change their lives forever.
Director: Sami Pöyry | Stars: Jari Manninen, Roope Olenius, Veera W. Vilo, Jere Saarela
Votes: 94
10. Taiteilija isänsä tahdosta (2014)
26 min | Short, Drama
Matias is a young artist. Following his father's advice, he tries to fight against the rat race.
Director: Jarno Harju | Stars: Max Ovaska, Maija Rissanen, Hennariikka Laaksola, Matti Onnismaa
Votes: 19
11. Bonus malus (1993)
90 min | Comedy
Marco Altoviti is an inspector at an insurance company. A trusted man of the owner Dr. Carletti, he also conducts courses for sellers.
Director: Vito Zagarrio | Stars: Claudio Bigagli, Gigio Alberti, Felice Andreasi, Claudio Bisio
Votes: 61
12. The Case of Conrad Cooper (2014)
18 min | Short, Drama, Music
The beautifully emotional visual story of a once-successful man who clings to his dignity and remnants of his past while he searches for hope for the future.
Director: Valerie Dalena | Stars: Adam Venker, Paul Louis Harrell, Sean Burgos, Melissa Biethan
Votes: 55
15.
Kenny vs. Spenny (2002–2010)
Episode:
Who Can Win a Rat Race?
(2005)
TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy, Game-Show, Reality-TV
Kenny and Spenny go back to one of their oldest childhood competitions and decide to race rodents. Will Kenny's rat-like tendencies help him win, or will Spenny's disciplined coaching lead his rat to victory?
Directors: Kenny Hotz, Spencer Rice | Stars: Kenny Hotz, Spencer Rice, Tzafi Hotz, Peggy Mahon
Votes: 69
16.
The Finder (2012)
Episode:
The Inheritance
(2012)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Walter's rules forbid accepting to find a murder, like Joyce Weatherby' father's, but he does accept to find her inheritance. Walter soon realizes it relates to winning at a race track, ... See full summary »
Director: David Straiton | Stars: Geoff Stults, Maddie Hasson, Mercedes Mason, Michael Clarke Duncan
Votes: 218
17.
James Jani (2020– )
Episode:
Escaping the Rat Race: What School Failed to Teach You About Money.
(2020)
18 min | Documentary
Seventy percent of workers in the first world live paycheck to paycheck. To get out of that rat race you need to examine your relationship with money, in particular your consumption and production.
Star: James Jani
18.
Mr. Mercedes (2017–2019)
Episode:
The Suicide Hour
(2017)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cat and mouse game between Hodges and Brady escalates. Hodges has an upsetting conversation with Janey's mother. Deborah's drinking almost causes an accident at the Hartsfield home.
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Kelly Lynch, Jharrel Jerome
Votes: 951
19.
The Life Swap Adventure (2017– )
Episode:
Guyana/London
(2017)
59 min | Reality-TV
Guyanese hunter Lionel swaps his way of life in the Amazonian rain-forest with John, a civil servant from London who is dreaming of escaping the rat race.
Star: Steve Lee