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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
R | 142 min | Drama
Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler
Votes: 2,888,517 | Gross: $28.34M
2. Holes (2003)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson
Votes: 100,208 | Gross: $67.41M
3. The Dead Zone (1983)
R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom
Votes: 77,309 | Gross: $20.77M
4. The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A Vietnamese servant girl, Mui, observes lives within two different Saigon families: the first, a woman textile seller with three boys and a frequently absent husband; the second, a handsome young pianist with his fiancée.
Director: Anh Hung Tran | Stars: Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Anh Hoa Nguyen
Votes: 9,984 | Gross: $1.91M
5. Goodnight Mr Tom (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Family, War
A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion, Thomas Orange
Votes: 4,918
6. The Hunting Party (1971)
R | 111 min | Action, Drama, Western
A ruthless rancher and his gang use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his infidel wife.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Oliver Reed, Candice Bergen, Gene Hackman, Simon Oakland
Votes: 3,419
7. Bloody Moon (1981)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Girls are killed at a language-school in Spain.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Olivia Pascal, Christoph Moosbrugger, Nadja Gerganoff, Jasmin Losensky
Votes: 2,785
8. The Gleaners & I (2000)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: François Wertheimer, Agnès Varda, Jean La Planche, Bodan Litnanski
Votes: 8,798 | Gross: $0.15M
9. Off the Map (2003)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
An eleven-year-old girl watches her father come down with a crippling depression. Over one summer, she learns answers to several mysteries, and comes to terms with love and loss.
Director: Campbell Scott | Stars: Valentina de Angelis, Joan Allen, Sam Elliott, Amy Brenneman
Votes: 3,435 | Gross: $1.31M
10. Yaarana (1981)
Not Rated | 138 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Bishan loses his fortune while helping his friend Kishan in his singing career. Now successful, would Kishan return the favour?
Director: Rakesh Kumar | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh, Tanuja Samarth, Aruna Irani
Votes: 1,961
11. The Courage to Love (2000 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.
Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Gil Bellows, Karen Williams, Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Votes: 531
12. Honey (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
The quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest.
Director: Semih Kaplanoglu | Stars: Bora Altas, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tülin Özen, Ayse Altay
Votes: 7,481
13. Flesh (1932)
Passed | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Wallace Beery, Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Jean Hersholt
Votes: 735
14. Rain on the Roof (1980 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Another of Dennis Potter's "visitation dramas": Adultery by John disturbs Janet, so she flirts with the simple, mistreated Billy during the middle of giving him a reading lesson. ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Cheryl Campbell, Malcolm Stoddard, Michael Culver, Madeleine Hinde
Votes: 98
15. Early Amateur Sound Film (1937)
4 min | Short, Documentary
A montage of some home movies taken by Archie Stewart (1902-1998), an early enthusiast in taken 16 mm sound films of his family. We see his daughters, Mary and Anne, playing in the ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Stewart | Stars: Anne Stewart, Archie Stewart, Mary Stewart
Votes: 68
16. Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Mr. Grothe, a German high school teacher tries to reach his problem kid Nico.
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Sebastian Blomberg, Ludwig Trepte, Nina Kunzendorf, Mehmed-Azad Subasi
Votes: 148
17. The Desert Scorpion (1920)
Passed | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a band of sheepherders decide to settle on cattle land, the neighboring cattlemen warn them to move on, but their leader refuses, sparking a feud in which the cattlemen set fire to the... See full summary »
Director: Otis Thayer | Stars: Edmund Cobb, Clare Hatton, Vida Johnson, Otis Thayer
Votes: 24
18. Butterfly Dreams (2013)
23 min | Short, Drama, Family
A nine-year-old girl in rural India, exploited by child labor, must find a way to pursue her dream - how to read and write. She has one last chance when an educated man comes to town.
Director: Venkat Krishnan | Stars: Basheera Banu, Ganapathy Murugesan, P.T. Arasu Kalathilvenrar, Sowmya
Votes: 41
21.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Cogenitor
(2003)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Enterprise encounters a hyper-giant star. While there, they make first contact with the Vissians, a technologically sophisticated race with three genders. While making quick friends, and ... See full summary »
Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 2,029
22.
Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode:
Willie Poor Boy
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During a botched robbery Willie falls down an elevator shaft. In the hospital they discover he's illiterate and try to help him learn to read and move beyond a life of crime. But his partner in crime doesn't want him talking to the cops.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews
Votes: 34
23.
Wide Country (1962–1963)
Episode:
Memory of a Filly
(1963)
30 min | Drama, Sport, Western
Mitch and Andy escort their friend Slim's kid sister to her far backwoods home town. Not so easy, as the girl has a mind of her own and is the one who really turns out to be in control of the trip.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine, Ronnie Haran, Richard Hale
24.
Inés of My Soul (2020)
Episode:
Un mundo nuevo
(2020)
Drama
A NEW WORLD: After the death of her mother, Inés Suárez lives in Plasencia together with her sister Asuncion and her authoritarian grandfather. There she meets Juan de Malaga, a merchant ... See full summary »
Directors: Alejandro Bazzano, Vicente Sabatini | Stars: Elena Rivera, Eduardo Noriega, Carlos Serrano, Ismael Martínez
Votes: 31
25.
Against the Wind (1978)
Episode:
An Agreement Between Officers and Others
(1978)
Drama, History, Western
Time passes in the colony. Jonathon begins to have genuine feelings for Mary, thinking of the future he learns to read and write. Greville expands his empire and is prepared to eliminate anyone how gets in his way
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Jon English, Mary Larkin, Warwick Sims, Julia Blake
Votes: 12
26.
Little Men (1998–1999)
Episode:
Philanthropy
(1999)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Family
A gift of two hundred books to Plumfield School prompts Franz to assign a project on philanthropy which the students turn into a competition. But Jo's horse Penny falling ill with pleurisy ... See full summary »
Director: Don McCutcheon | Stars: Michelle Burke, Spencer Rochfort, Corey Sevier, Trevor Blumas
Votes: 11
27.
Abbott Elementary (2021– )
Episode:
New Tech
(2022)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
When a new computer program is introduced at Abbott, Janine is excited to finally help Barbara with something; Barbara is reluctant to accept change and finds herself in a tricky situation; Melissa surprises Jacob.
Director: Randall Einhorn | Stars: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter
Votes: 1,176
28.
Banished (2015)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History
Freeman must tackle bully Marston, who is persisting in stealing his food. Drastic action is required.
Director: Daniel Percival | Stars: Orla Brady, Ewen Bremner, MyAnna Buring, Ryan Corr
Votes: 111
29.
Roots (2016)
Episode:
Part 4
(2016)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, War
Chicken George returns to the Lea farm after 20 years; Tom, nurses a grudge against his father; George and Cyrus join the Memphis Colored Battery; Tom returns home after the war to embark on a new life with his family.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Herman Netzhammer, Lane Garrison, Tip 'T.I.' Harris
Votes: 375
30.
Roots (2016)
Episode:
Part 3
(2016)
TV-14 | 104 min | Drama, War
George becomes an accomplished trainer of gamecocks and earns the nickname of Chicken George; George marries Matilda, a preacher's daughter, and fathers many children; Tom Lea loses a wager... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Chad L. Coleman, Shannon Lucio, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Regé-Jean Page
Votes: 387
31.
The Walking Dead (2010–2022)
Episode:
Lines We Cross
(2019)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
The group in Oceanside continues to train in case the Whisperers return; tensions are high as the heroes struggle to hold onto their concept of civilization.
Director: Greg Nicotero | Stars: Norman Reedus, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Christian Serratos
Votes: 8,429