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1. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
R | 159 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field, Sydney Pollack
Votes: 375,333 | Gross: $55.69M
2. Zodiac (2007)
R | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards
Votes: 598,656 | Gross: $33.08M
3. Hot Fuzz (2007)
R | 121 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
An overachieving London police sergeant is transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, all while a string of grisly murders strikes the town.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy
Votes: 535,479 | Gross: $23.64M
4. Dirty Harry (1971)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.
Directors: Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni
Votes: 168,351 | Gross: $35.90M
5. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
R | 104 min | Drama, Music
A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund
Votes: 163,537 | Gross: $13.24M
6. Candyman (1992)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons
Votes: 100,186 | Gross: $25.79M
7. Apt Pupil (1998)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A boy blackmails his neighbor after suspecting him to be a Nazi war criminal.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Joshua Jackson, Mickey Cottrell
Votes: 41,638 | Gross: $8.84M
8. Venus in Fur (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 20,976 | Gross: $0.34M
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
R | 110 min | Drama
The emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely male doctor and a frustrated female office worker.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 7,067 | Gross: $0.54M
10. The Edge of Heaven (2007)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Baki Davrak, Gürsoy Gemec, Cengiz Daner, Tuncel Kurtiz
Votes: 33,524 | Gross: $0.74M
11. Like Someone in Love (2012)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
In Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.
Directors: Abbas Kiarostami, Banafsheh Modaressi | Stars: Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, Ryô Kase, Denden
Votes: 13,088 | Gross: $0.22M
12. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga, Julie Carmen
Votes: 6,851 | Gross: $13.83M
13. Howling III (1987)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror
A female werewolf runs away from her family, and falls in love with a man who works in the movie business, while a sociologist who studies these creatures is looking for proof of their existence.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Barry Otto, Max Fairchild, Imogen Annesley, Dagmar Bláhová
Votes: 5,553
14. Swap Meet at the Love Shack (1973)
97 min | Comedy
There's no plot to get in the way of the bondage action, as four lovely ladies are securely tied and muzzled in a variety of positions.
Director: Hubert Frank | Stars: Monica Marc, Michael Maien, Ingrid Steeger, Britt Corvin
Votes: 125
15. A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets Camille Bliss in prison to interview her. Camille is accused of murdering her husband Clovis and her ... See full summary »
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand
Votes: 2,774
16. Bus 174 (2002)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Crime
On June 12, 2000, a young man with a gun took the passengers aboard Bus 174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hostage. This documentary examines the event itself, the resulting media frenzy, the police response, and the perpetrator's background.
Directors: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda | Stars: Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Anonymous
Votes: 8,624 | Gross: $0.22M
17. The Other Side of the Bed (2002)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Two couples entwine on their search for love.
Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Stars: Ernesto Alterio, Paz Vega, Guillermo Toledo, Natalia Verbeke
Votes: 5,846
18. Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History
A documentary about the everyday lives of ordinary Parisians, done in the style of cinéma vérité.
Directors: Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch | Stars: Angelo, Nadine Ballot, Catherine, Céline
Votes: 3,584
19. Ostinato destino (1992)
93 min | Comedy
Carolina Rambaldi isn't fulfilled by her three children: Marcello, a lazy do-nothing, Lucrezia, a bossy type who produces a TV show, and Cesare, homosexual and malicious, who's a ... See full summary »
Director: Gianfranco Albano | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Alessandro Gassmann, Angela Finocchiaro, Gustavo Frigerio
Votes: 296
20. Mutluluk (2007)
105 min | Drama
When an unmarried teenage girl is believed by her family to have given up her virginity, she is ordered to be killed out of shame. But before her relative is able to complete the task, the two encounter a college professor.
Director: Abdullah Oguz | Stars: Talat Bulut, Özgü Namal, Murat Han, Mustafa Avkiran
Votes: 7,831 | Gross: $0.04M
21. If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama
Two weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a student working in the penitentiary as an intern.
Director: Florin Serban | Stars: George Pistereanu, Ada Condeescu, Mihai Constantin, Clara Voda
Votes: 6,553 | Gross: $0.01M
22. R.P.M. (1970)
R | 92 min | Drama
R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the heady days of campus activism in the late 1960's. ... See full summary »
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Ann-Margret, Gary Lockwood, Paul Winfield
Votes: 697
23. Secrets, Objects (2011)
112 min | Drama, Romance
40-year-old Sociology professor Hye-jung falls for a 21-year-old Usang, a male student who helps her project research on women's extramarital affair. Their prohibited love and secrets are ... See full summary »
Director: Young-Mi Lee | Stars: Jang Seo-hee, Jeong Seok-won, Lee Pil-mo, Shim Yi-yeong
Votes: 161
24. Panic Attack (2017)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Tragedy meets comedy in seven stories about how our entire world can collapse at any given moment.
Director: Pawel Maslona | Stars: Artur Zmijewski, Dorota Segda, Nicolas Bro, Magdalena Poplawska
Votes: 1,630
25. One or the Other (1974)
105 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
What started as a simple blackmail, quickly devolves into a downward spiral of psychological and physical violence.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Klaus Schwarzkopf, Elke Sommer, Jürgen Prochnow, Ulla Jacobsson
Votes: 284
26. The Road to Love (2001)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama
This romantic-kitsch story goes from Paris to Marseille, from Amsterdam to Morocco via Jean Genet's grave in Larache, and on to Tangiers. The movie tells the story of an Algerian-French ... See full summary »
Director: Rémi Lange | Stars: Karim Tarek, Riyad Echahi, Sihem Benamoune, Zakariya Gouram
Votes: 396
27. The Blonds (2003)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
Los rubios focuses on the directors search for her dissappeared parents. Is it possible to get to the truth or they are only fictions, imaginary characters from everyone who rememebers them?
Director: Albertina Carri | Stars: Analía Couceyro, Albertina Carri, Santiago Giralt, Jesica Suarez
Votes: 391
28. Betinho: No Fio da Navalha (2023– )
50 min | Biography, Drama
A inspiradora biografia do sociólogo Herbert de Souza, o saudoso Betinho, nos relembra sua luta no combate à fome e acesso da população pobre à justiça social.
Stars: Júlio Andrade, Julia Shimura, Filipe Bragança, Luiz Bertazzo
Votes: 83
29. La vida de nadie (2002)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With a prestigious job and a loving family, Emilio (José Coronado) has the kind of life someone would kill for. But beneath it all is a horrible lie. Emilio's wife, Ágata (Adriana Ozores), ... See full summary »
Director: Eduard Cortés | Stars: Jose Coronado, Adriana Ozores, Marta Etura, Roberto Álvarez
Votes: 1,121
30. Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Friends of a recently deceased minor painter Jean-Baptiste take a train in Paris for Limoges, where he wished to be buried, and all the people on the train have their problems.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Pascal Greggory, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Votes: 1,999 | Gross: $0.06M
31. College Confidential (1960)
Approved | 91 min | Drama
Sociology prof's survey on youth lifestyle raises hackles when sex questions surface; reporter gets anonymous tip, prof's past emerges.
Director: Albert Zugsmith | Stars: Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Walter Winchell, Mamie Van Doren
Votes: 222
32. Unlawful Killing (2011)
78 min | Documentary
A documentary about the allegedly conspiratorial killing of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed
Director: Keith Allen | Stars: Keith Allen, Piers Morgan, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Howard Stern
Votes: 392
33. From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (2014)
119 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its 'collective spirit' in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Based on celebrated sociologist Siegfried Kracauer's seminal book 'From Caligari to Hitler' (1947).
Director: Rüdiger Suchsland | Stars: Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Fritz Lang, Volker Schlöndorff
Votes: 897
34. 21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage (2013)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy
If there are 21 ways to ruin a marriage, there must be 21 ways to fall in love.
Director: Johanna Vuoksenmaa | Stars: Armi Toivanen, Essi Hellén, Aku Hirviniemi, Riku Nieminen
Votes: 2,121
35. Ann Vickers (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
A prison reformer and a controversial judge fall in love and have a child out of wedlock.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 660
36. The Stuart Hall Project (2013)
103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stuart Hall is one of the most influential and esteemed cultural theorists of a generation. A thinker and commentator, his peers include other giants of political commentary such as Noam ... See full summary »
Director: John Akomfrah | Stars: Stuart Hall, Catherine Hall
Votes: 181
37. The Death of Mario Ricci (1983)
100 min | Drama
The tragic accident of an Italian laborer ,working on the Mont Blanc tunnel.
Director: Claude Goretta | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Magali Noël, Heinz Bennent, Mimsy Farmer
Votes: 197
38. Unnatural Causes (2008– )
Documentary
"Why do some of us get sicker more often and die sooner, and what causes us to become sick in the first place? This limited series explores the apparent link between a person's health and ... See full summary »
Stars: Llewellyn M. Smith, S. Leonard Syme, David Williams, Ana Diez-Roux
Votes: 31
39. Sociology Is a Martial Art (2001)
146 min | Documentary
For three years, Pierre Carles followed French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, working to have his research understood and people prompted to action. Is sociology a martial art? Or an intellectual tool for the elite to validate their choices?
Director: Pierre Carles | Stars: Pierre Bourdieu, José Bové, Pierre Carles, Gaby Reich
Votes: 311
40. Vihreä leski (1968)
76 min | Drama, Romance
Helinä is tired of her monotonous life revolving around her young children, while her husband is away on business. At the hair salon she meets other frustrated housewives. Together the find an attractive solution to the problem.
Director: Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Stars: Eija Pokkinen, Risto Aaltonen, Matti Siitonen, Mai-Brit Heljo
Votes: 147
41. Caligari - Wie der Horror ins Kino kam (2014 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History
A documentary about the seminal horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and the purpose of cinema as a cultural tool according to Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966).
Director: Rüdiger Suchsland | Stars: Martin Engler, Erika Gregor, Ulrich Gregor, Elisabeth Bronfen
Votes: 92
42. The Hoodlum (1919)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy
A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleasantness.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Mary Pickford, Ralph Lewis, Kenneth Harlan, T.D. Crittenden
Votes: 1,041
43. The Hour of Truth (1965)
101 min | Drama
A German Jewish engineer is the only survivor of a concentration camp where he would work in a counterfeiting unit.
Director: Henri Calef | Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Brett Halsey, Corinne Marchand, Michèle Girardon
Votes: 65
44. Dutschke (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography
Director: Stefan Krohmer | Stars: Christoph Bach, Emily Cox, Pasquale Aleardi, Matthias Koeberlin
Votes: 86
45. Is Love Racist? The Dating Game (2017 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary
Sociologist Emma Dabiri looks at racism in Britain through the world of modern dating as she reveals the results of a national survey and a group of volunteers participates in a series of experiments.
Director: Grace Chapman | Stars: Emma Dabiri, Thomas Baden-Riess, Ruby McGregor-Smith, Nadia Rose
Votes: 16
46. Journey to a Hate Free Millennium (1999)
Documentary, Crime
An exploration of hate crimes in America, featuring insightful looks at the Columbine shootings, the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr., and the Matthew Shepard murder.
Directors: Martin Bedogne, Brent Scarpo | Stars: Roma Downey, John Dye, Elton John, Kathy Najimy
Votes: 72
47. Campus (1998)
126 min | Comedy
A prestigious sociology professor and candidate for the position of President of the University trips over a troublesomely ended affair with a student and is accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault by the university apparatus.
Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Heiner Lauterbach, Sandra Speichert, Axel Milberg, Sibylle Canonica
Votes: 400
48. PizzaTalk (2020– )
Talk-Show
Every week an interview in front of a pizza, with exceptional guests and always new and interesting topics.
Stars: Ivano Mingotti, Stefano Ventura, Silvano Fuso, Francesco D'Ambrosio
49. La sociologue et l'ourson (2016)
78 min | Documentary
From September 2012 to May 2013, France avidly instigates the bill of marriage equality. During these nine months of legislative gestation, sociologist Irène Théry exposes what's at stake ... See full summary »
Directors: Etienne Chaillou, Mathias Théry | Stars: Irène Théry, Mathias Théry, Frigide Barjot, Claude Bartolone
Votes: 108
50. Complot internacional antilatinoamericano 8K (2022)
86 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
A strict priest denies a spy a by phone confession. On the phone, too, two nerdy and weird scholars keep a strange long chat on conspiracies, schemes, and plots. An odd conspirator rejoices in his power. All of the five sing what they say.
Director: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato | Stars: Martins Abilevs, Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato
Votes: 6