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1. Angela (1995)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

Rebecca Miller's riveting drama examines how two sisters cope with their mother's mental illness.

Director: Rebecca Miller | Stars: Miranda Rhyne, Charlotte Eve Blythe, Anna Thomson, John Ventimiglia

Votes: 1,060

2. The Constant Factor (1980)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

A young man is facing death of his mother. A petty corruption at his job leads to him being framed and robbed of his only desire to climb mountains in Himalayas, as his father did and where he died.

Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Tadeusz Bradecki, Zofia Mrozowska, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Cezary Morawski

Votes: 1,150

3. Seventeen (1983)

Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary

In their final year at Muncie's Southside High School, a group of seniors hurtles toward maturity with a combination of joy, despair, and an aggravated sense of urgency. They are also ... See full summary »

Directors: Joel DeMott, Jeff Kreines

Votes: 221

4. The Illinois Parables (2016)

60 min | Documentary, History

73 Metascore

An experimental documentary comprised of regional vignettes about faith, force, technology and exodus. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, ... See full summary »

Director: Deborah Stratman | Stars: Raven Wolf C. Felton Jennings II, Joshua Frieman, Anna Toborg, Jose Oubrerie

Votes: 90

5. 80 Blocks from Tiffany's (1979)

67 min | Documentary

Depicts the daily life of gangs within the context of the South Bronx. Deals primarily with two African American and Puerto Rican gangs known as the "Savage Skulls" and the "Savage Nomads".

Director: Gary Weis | Star: Louis Gigante

Votes: 421

6. Big Animal (2000)

Unrated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama

73 Metascore

Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple. Although the wife is initially bewildered by the strange and unexpected animal, her husband immediately... See full summary »

Director: Jerzy Stuhr | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Anna Dymna, Dominika Bednarczyk, Blazej Wójcik

Votes: 1,079

7. The American Dreamer (1971)

Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, Biography

A documentary about actor/director Dennis Hopper, showing him at his home and studio putting together his film The Last Movie (1971).

Directors: L.M. Kit Carson, Lawrence Schiller | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Princess Lida Amun, L.M. Kit Carson, Lawrence Schiller

Votes: 459

8. Hundertwassers Regentag (1971)

43 min | Documentary, Short

The film follows artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser and presents his workings and his artistic and personal views.

Director: Peter Schamoni | Stars: Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Doris Kunstmann

Votes: 79

9. Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988)

Not Rated | 99 min | Biography, Fantasy

"I'll look at you, but not at the camera. It could be a trap," whispers Jane Birkin shyly into Agnès Varda's ear at the start of JANE B. PAR AGNES V. The director of CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 and ... See full summary »

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Jane Birkin, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Philippe Léotard, Farid Chopel

Votes: 1,535

10. Ornette: Made in America (1985)

Unrated | 85 min | Documentary, Music

77 Metascore

It captures Ornette's evolution over three decades. Returning home to Fort Worth, Texas in 1983, it chronicles his boyhood in segregated Texas and his subsequent emergence as an American cultural pioneer and world-class icon.

Director: Shirley Clarke | Stars: Ornette Coleman, John Giordano, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Prime Time

Votes: 444

11. Birthplace (1992)

47 min | Documentary

After almost 50 years, Holocaust survivor Henryk Grynberg visits the village he grew up in. He was also hiding there during the Nazi occupation. Grynberg wants to know what happened to his father and younger brother during the war.

Director: Pawel Lozinski | Star: Henryk Grynberg

Votes: 240

12. Camouflage (1977)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is a young professor who prefers the ... See full summary »

Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul, Mariusz Dmochowski

Votes: 1,730

13. The Illumination (1973)

91 min | Drama

Tabloid life of a physicist; his work, his love life and his quest for the meaning beyond.

Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Stanislaw Latallo, Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska, Malgorzata Pritulak, Jan Skotnicki

Votes: 1,899

14. The Blank Generation (1976)

55 min | Documentary, Music

The cream of New York new wave/punk filmed live at CBGB's when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie, Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, the ... See full summary »

Directors: Ivan Král, Amos Poe | Stars: Blondie, David Byrne, John Cale, Jayne County

Votes: 284

15. Hobo (1992 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary

Part-time hobos and full time philosophers, who narrates their way through the incredible scenery of the Northwest and gives us his views on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Director: John T. Davis | Stars: Beargrease, Scott Caribou, Minot Louis, Big Red

Votes: 136

16. Smithereens (1982)

R | 93 min | Drama, Music

72 Metascore

A talent-challenged girl tries to promote herself to stardom in New York's waning punk music world.

Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Susan Berman, Brad Rijn, Richard Hell, Nada Despotovich

Votes: 2,633

17. River of Grass (1994)

Not Rated | 76 min | Drama

71 Metascore

Cozy, a dissatisfied housewife, meets Lee at a bar. A drink turns into a home break-in, and a gun shot sends them on the run together, thinking they've committed murder.

Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Lisa Donaldson, Larry Fessenden, Dick Russell, Stan Kaplan

Votes: 2,363 | Gross: $0.01M

18. Goodbye, See You Tomorrow (1960)

88 min | Drama, Romance

Jacek is a handsome young Pole who belongs to a drama company. One day, in the streets of Gdansk, he meets Marguerite, a beautiful daughter of the French consul, and immediately falls for her.

Director: Janusz Morgenstern | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Teresa Tuszynska, Grazyna Muszynska, Barbara Baranowska

Votes: 831

19. My Love (2006)

26 min | Animation, Short, Drama

In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women.

Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Stars: Aleksandr Palamishev, Aleksandra Zhivova, Evgeniya Kryukova, Nina Ruslanova

Votes: 1,641

20. Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963)

41 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

Acclaimed poet Robert Frost reminisces on his career. He is also seen giving lectures at Amherst and Sarah Lawrence Colleges, in daily life at his rural Vermont home, and receiving the Congressional Gold Medal from President Kennedy.

Director: Shirley Clarke | Stars: Robert Frost, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson

Votes: 263

21. Stevie (2002)

R | 140 min | Documentary

72 Metascore

In 1995, director Steve James (of 'Hoop Dreams') returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy to whom he had been an "Advocate Big Brother" ten years earlier.

Director: Steve James | Stars: Steve James, Stephen Fielding, Tonya Gregory, Bernice Hagler

Votes: 2,742 | Gross: $0.10M

22. Salto (1965)

104 min | Drama

A man hops off a train by the small town where he claims he was before. His presence allows to bring out the inner feelings and beliefs of the inhabitants. A man who has hidden through all ... See full summary »

Director: Tadeusz Konwicki | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Jerzy Block, Marta Lipinska, Wlodzimierz Borunski

Votes: 867

23. Twilight (1990)

105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

82 Metascore

When a schoolgirl is found murdered in the woods, a retiring detective tries to find her murderer.

Director: György Fehér | Stars: Péter Haumann, János Derzsi, Judit Pogány, Kati Lázár

Votes: 996

24. Fingers (1978)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A dysfunctional young man is pulled between loyalties to his Italian mob-connected loan-shark father and his mentally-disturbed Jewish concert-pianist mother.

Director: James Toback | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown, Michael V. Gazzo

Votes: 2,883

25. Le Pont du Nord (1981)

Not Rated | 129 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

61 Metascore

Young unhinged female ex-con with a motorcycle helps a sickly young homeless woman in red discover what the map of Paris she took from her gangster boyfriend leads to.

Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-François Stévenin

Votes: 1,337 | Gross: $0.01M

26. Suburbia (1983)

R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller

73 Metascore

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society.

Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Chris Pedersen, Bill Coyne, Jennifer Clay, Timothy O'Brien

Votes: 6,013

27. The Whole Shootin' Match (1978)

Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

Lloyd (Lou Perry) and Frank (Sonny Davis), two lifelong friends and self-styled entrepreneurs in Austin, try to find the get-rich-quick scheme that will actually get them rich. Lloyd has ... See full summary »

Director: Eagle Pennell | Stars: Lou Perryman, Sonny Carl Davis, Doris Hargrave, Eric Henshaw

Votes: 424

28. Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge... (1993–1994)
Episode: US Go Home (1994)

58 min | Drama

In the sixties, in a suburb near Paris, Martine wants to lose her virginity.

Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Alice Houri, Jessica Tharaud, Grégoire Colin, Martine Gautier

Votes: 727

29. Crows (1994)

66 min | Drama

A thin child of about 10, nicknamed "Crow" because she mimics the bird, has no friends and rejects a teacher's hug. At home, she is left on her own, her mom locks her out while entertaining... See full summary »

Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska | Stars: Karolina Ostrozna, Katarzyna Szczepanik, Malgorzata Hajewska, Anna Prucnal

Votes: 701

30. Nathan for You (2013–2017)
Episode: Finding Frances (2017)

TV-14 | 120 min | Documentary, Comedy

Nathan attempts to help a Bill Gates impersonator reunite with his long-lost love.

Director: Nathan Fielder | Stars: Nathan Fielder, William Heath, Cornelius Ladd, June Conniff

Votes: 3,336

31. Bad Luck (1960)

92 min | Comedy

The story is an odyssey of a little man through Poland of 1930 to 1950. It shows his attempts to cope with a changing world which seems to have no place for him. He has no consciousness of ... See full summary »

Director: Andrzej Munk | Stars: Bogumil Kobiela, Maria Ciesielska, Helena Dabrowska, Barbara Lass

Votes: 1,352

32. From the East (1993)

107 min | Documentary

A look at life in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Director: Chantal Akerman | Star: Natalia Chakhovskaia

Votes: 950

33. Nobody's Business (1996)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Biography

A portrait of the director's father, searching for the extraordinary in the subject's seemingly normal existence.

Director: Alan Berliner | Stars: Alan Berliner, Oscar Berliner

Votes: 928

34. Wszystko moze sie przytrafic (1995)

39 min | Documentary, Short

An energetic six-year-old boy talks to elderly strangers relaxing in the park. He confronts his childish knowledge of the world with their life-long experience.

Director: Marcel Lozinski | Star: Tomasz Lozinski

Votes: 498

35. The Day After (2017)

92 min | Drama, Romance

72 Metascore

The married Bongwan leaves home in the dark morning and sets off to work. The memories of the woman who left weigh down on him. That day Bongwan's wife finds a love note, bursts into the office, and mistakes Areum for the woman who left.

Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Yunhee Cho, Kwon Hae-hyo, Ki Joabang, Taeu Kang

Votes: 2,508 | Gross: $0.02M

36. A Light in the Fog (2008)

76 min | Drama

A widow and her father live alone and make a living by mending oil lamps and making charcoal.

Director: Panahbarkhoda Rezaee | Stars: Parivash Nazarieh, Masoud Heshmat, Behrooz Jalili

Votes: 80

37. Soldiers in Hiding (1985)

53 min | Documentary, War

A grim portrait of Vietnam War Veterans, living out their lonely lives in the American wilderness, unable to cope with the lasting effects of their traumatic war experiences.

Director: Malcolm Clarke | Star: Bob Gunton

Votes: 96

38. Over the Edge (1979)

PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama

67 Metascore

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Matt Dillon, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano

Votes: 8,128

39. Birth Certificate (1961)

99 min | Drama, War

Three episodes dealing with the harsh situation of children at the time of war. They stay at orphanages, wait for their parents to come back, help the soldiers, hide in the forests and do their best to survive.

Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz | Stars: Henryk Hryniewicz, Beata Barszczewska, Andrzej Banaszewski, Edward Mincer

Votes: 421

40. My Brother's Wedding (1983)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

A man who has struggled personally has conflicts with his upwardly mobile lawyer brother and well to-do fiancee and is reluctantly to be the best man at their wedding.

Director: Charles Burnett | Stars: Everett Silas, Jessie Holmes, Gaye Shannon-Burnett, Ronnie Bell

Votes: 1,073 | Gross: $0.01M

41. The Day I Became a Woman (2000)

74 min | Comedy, Drama

84 Metascore

A film comprised of three interconnected vignettes that depict women at three stages of life in Iran. The first part centers on a young girl on her ninth birthday who is told that she can ... See full summary »

Director: Marzieh Makhmalbaf | Stars: Fatemeh Cherag Akhar, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh, Ameneh Passand

Votes: 1,991 | Gross: $0.34M

42. Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode: Abigail's Party (1977)

102 min | Comedy, Drama

Arguably the most famous edition of Play For Today, and one of the most beloved, as Mike Leigh directs a comedy of manners. Middle-class suburbia gets to reveal its darker side over the course of an increasingly uncomfortable drinks party.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Alison Steadman, Tim Stern, Janine Duvitski, John Salthouse

Votes: 2,336

43. Cold Water (1994)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

90 Metascore

When the girl of a rebelious teenage couple finds out she is being sent away, they both believe escaping the rigid order suffocating them is the only way to be free. But is it?

Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Virginie Ledoyen, Cyprien Fouquet, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Votes: 2,232 | Gross: $0.03M

44. Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep (2016 TV Short)

12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Can't sleep? Joe Pera (along with his lazy dog Gus) can help you with his peaceful, quiet, monotone voice. He talks about everything from justifying why Stephen Hawking cheated on his wife;... See full summary »

Directors: Joe Pera, Kieran O'Hare | Stars: Joe Pera, Eleanore Pienta, Charles Gould, Rodney McMahon

Votes: 628

45. In the Heat of the Sun (1994)

134 min | Drama, Romance

Beijing, 1970s. Now that the CR has driven most adults to the provinces, 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery referred to as "girls."

Director: Wen Jiang | Stars: Yu Xia, Wei Chen, Shaobo Dai, Hua Fang

Votes: 5,532

46. Saint Jack (1979)

R | 112 min | Drama

57 Metascore

Jack Flowers, an American hustler in early-1970s Singapore, dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel and returning to the States to live a life of luxury.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers, Joss Ackland

Votes: 2,842

47. King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969)

185 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Follows Martin Luther King's life and decades-long civil rights activism.

Directors: Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston

Votes: 628

48. The Depot of the Dead (1959)

104 min | Drama

Because of the danger involved and the harsh conditions, wood transport drivers, working in the forests of south-east Poland, are going to quit their jobs. A party activist arrives to make them change their minds.

Director: Czeslaw Petelski | Stars: Zygmunt Kestowicz, Emil Karewicz, Teresa Izewska, Leon Niemczyk

Votes: 611

49. Korczak (1990)

Unrated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, War

The last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Dr. Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Marzena Trybala

Votes: 1,596

50. Far from Home (1975)

91 min | Drama

This drama explores the grim lives of Turkish "guest workers" living in Germany.

Director: Sohrab Shahid Saless | Stars: Parviz Sayyad, Cihan Anasai, Muhammet Temizkan, Hüsamettin Kaya

Votes: 215

51. Mur murs (1981)

80 min | Documentary

Agnes Varda's documentary on murals in Los Angeles.

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Juliet Berto, Agnès Varda, Judy Baca, Terry Schoonhoven

Votes: 1,140

52. The Inland Sea (1991)

Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary

In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan's Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional ... See full summary »

Director: Lucille Carra | Stars: Donald Richie, Keijo Hasegawa, Akira Hamada, Tasuya Hatanaka

Votes: 440

53. Losing Ground (1982)

86 min | Comedy, Drama

Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the city, straining their rocky relationship.

Director: Kathleen Collins | Stars: Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Billie Allen

Votes: 880

54. Black Roots (1970)

63 min | Documentary, History, Music

Rogosin took the fight for equality to his homeland with his astonishing and powerful fourth feature Black Roots. The film, which is ripe for rediscovery, featured an extraordinary cast, ... See full summary »

Director: Lionel Rogosin | Stars: Jim Collier, Gary Davis, Larry Johnson, Florynce Kennedy

Votes: 111

55. Documenteur (1981)

65 min | Drama

A young French woman, separated from her lover, tries to find a lodging in L.A. for herself and her son.

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Sabine Mamou, Mathieu Demy, Lisa Blok-Linson, Tina Odom

Votes: 1,288

56. Blume in Love (1973)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife.

Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson, Marsha Mason

Votes: 1,266 | Gross: $2.60M

57. Intimate Stranger (1991)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary

A documentary about the director's maternal grandfather.

Director: Alan Berliner | Star: Joseph Cassuto

Votes: 141

58. Welfare (1975)

167 min | Documentary

WELFARE shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical... See full summary »

Director: Frederick Wiseman

Votes: 620

59. A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)

93 min | Drama

A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Chi-Kuang Wang, Shu-Chen Li, Hsiu-Ling Lin, Mei-Feng

Votes: 1,741

60. The Hero (1966)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama

En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams, and past experiences.

Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen, Somen Bose

Votes: 5,117

61. Black Harvest (1992)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

Joe Leahy is the half-caste son of one of the first explorers of the Papua New Guinean interior. His relations with the local Ganiga tribe who work his coffee plantation on their land are ... See full summary »

Directors: Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly | Star: Joe Leahy

Votes: 369

62. Nothing But Time (1926)

45 min | Documentary

The life of a great city (Paris) from dawn until dusk, including the beautiful and the ragged, the rich and the poor, with little or no comment (intertitles) from the director, Cavalcanti (whose first film this was).

Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Blanche Bernis, Nina Chousvalowa, Philippe Hériat, Clifford McLaglen

Votes: 587

63. The Signalman (1976 TV Movie)

38 min | Drama, Horror

A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Bernard Lloyd, Reginald Jessup, Carina Wyeth

Votes: 1,755

64. The Mighty River (1993)

24 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

The environmental history of the St. Lawrence River and the impact of human exploitation of it.

Director: Frédéric Back | Stars: Paul Hébert, Donald Sutherland

Votes: 528

65. The Silent Revolution (1972)

40 min | Documentary, Short

The Silent Revolution is a 1972 German documentary film about molecular biology. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Directors: Edouard de Laurot, Eckehard Munck

Votes: 26

66. Distant Thunder (1973)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation while his generous wife Ananga conversely tries to help and support the community.

Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita, Sandhya Roy, Chitra Banerjee

Votes: 1,721

67. Cisco Pike (1971)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton

Votes: 1,938

68. Show Me a Hero (2015)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History

Nick Wasicsko takes office as mayor of Yonkers in 1987 and has to face the issue of building public housing in the white, middle-class side of town.

Stars: Oscar Isaac, Natalie Paul, Carla Quevedo, Peter Riegert

Votes: 12,047

69. Fellow Citizen (1983)

48 min | Documentary

In this documentary a citizen is trying in a street of Tehran to control the traffic and not let people to break the law which cause them to react differently and lead to funny situations.

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Votes: 246

70. Eroica (1958)

87 min | Comedy, Drama

Two sketches covering episodes from the World War II. In the first novel, "Scherzo alla polacca", a shrewd son, trying to preserve his skin, ultimately becomes a hero and finds a reason for... See full summary »

Director: Andrzej Munk | Stars: Edward Dziewonski, Barbara Polomska, Ignacy Machowski, Leon Niemczyk

Votes: 1,311

71. The Thoughts That Once We Had (2015)

108 min | Documentary

79 Metascore

A personal history of cinema, partially inspired by Gilles Deleuze, 'The movement-image' and 'The time-image.' All quotations are from Deleuze, unless otherwise attributed.

Director: Thom Andersen

Votes: 139

72. The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)

99 min | Drama

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of ... See full summary »

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Doze Niu, Shih Chang, Chung-Hua Tou, Li-Yin Yang

Votes: 1,913

73. Rendez-vous in Paris (1995)

98 min | Comedy, Romance

Three stories of love and coincidence around the theme of dates in Paris.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Clara Bellar, Antoine Basler, Mathias Mégard, Judith Chancel

Votes: 2,514 | Gross: $0.73M

74. It Felt Like a Kiss (2009)

54 min | Documentary, History, Music

The story of America's rise to power starting with 1959; it uses archive footage and American pop music to highlight the consequences to the rest of the world and in the peoples' minds.

Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: H. Rap Brown, Nikita Khrushchev, Richard Nixon

Votes: 930

75. Casting a Glance (2007)

80 min | Documentary

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Director: James Benning

Votes: 143

76. A Time for Burning (1967)

58 min | Documentary

During the civil rights movement, a Lutheran minister in Nebraska sets out to integrate his church.

Directors: Barbara Connell, Bill Jersey | Stars: Ernie Chambers, Ray Cristensen, Bill Youngdahl

Votes: 225

77. 11 x 14 (1977)

81 min | Drama

One of most widely praised American avant-garde films in recent years, James Benning's 1977 feature is a laconic mosaic of single-shot sequences.

Director: James Benning | Stars: Serafina Bathrick, Ted Brady, Barbara Frankel, Rick Goodwin

Votes: 295

78. Bread Day (1998)

55 min | Documentary

The story of old people living in a forgotten village. Once a week they need to push the carriage with bread for several kilometers towards their gloomy settlement.

Director: Sergei Dvortsevoy

Votes: 197

79. Mix-Up ou Meli-melo (1986)

60 min | Documentary

Two English girl babies are switched by mistake in a 1930s hospital,but by being raised by parents other than the real ones,their lives are enriched.

Director: Françoise Romand

Votes: 132

80. Man on the Tracks (1957)

89 min | Drama

In 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. An inquiry immediately follows. Testimony takes the form of flashbacks. Tuszka, ... See full summary »

Director: Andrzej Munk | Stars: Kazimierz Opalinski, Zygmunt Maciejewski, Zygmunt Zintel, Zygmunt Listkiewicz

Votes: 808

81. Le Magnifique (1973)

95 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Writing his 43rd spy novel, François includes people from his life. He's the competent, sophisticated secret agent Bob in stark contrast to François. His cute neighbor is Tatiana who helps Bob in Acapulco.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli, Hans Meyer

Votes: 6,283

82. Mr. Thank You (1936)

76 min | Comedy, Drama

A friendly bus driver and his passengers over the duration of one journey through the mountains to the nearest train station.

Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Ken Uehara, Ryuji Ishiyama, Einosuke Naka, Michiko Kuwano

Votes: 1,274

83. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)

G | 83 min | Documentary

80 Metascore

A homeless musician finds meaning to his life when he starts a friendship with dozens of parrots.

Director: Judy Irving | Stars: Mark Bittner, Maggie McCall, Ivan Stormgart, Gary Thompson

Votes: 3,104 | Gross: $3.06M

84. We Won't Grow Old Together (1972)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A husband and wife in a loveless marriage struggle to remain ignorant to their failed relationship.

Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Marlène Jobert, Jean Yanne, Christine Fabréga, Patricia Pierangeli

Votes: 2,189 | Gross: $0.01M

85. Walking and Talking (1996)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

68 Metascore

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.

Director: Nicole Holofcener | Stars: Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Amy Braverman, Miranda Rhyne

Votes: 3,939 | Gross: $1.28M

86. The Coward (1965)

70 min | Drama, Romance

A chance meeting rekindles old memories between a screenwriter and his ex-girlfriend, who is by now married to a well-to-do man.

Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhavi Mukherjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Santi Chatterjee

Votes: 2,416

87. The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)

64 min | Documentary, Music

76 Metascore

A recital becomes part of the French culture; 25 years later the performers return to the village where it was first launched.

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Agnès Varda, Michel Legrand, Jacques Perrin

Votes: 532

88. Leila (I) (1997)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Family, Romance

The story of a semi-modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old beliefs and old generation, but is a failing battle because the man is not strong enough.

Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Jamileh Sheikhi, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia

Votes: 4,110 | Gross: $0.05M

89. Love Serenade (1996)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In Sunray, a backwater town on Australia's Murray River, there's little to do but fish or listen to the local radio station. D.J. Ken Sherry arrives from the hustle of Brisbane to run the ... See full summary »

Director: Shirley Barrett | Stars: Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, George Shevtsov, John Alansu

Votes: 1,664 | Gross: $0.58M

90. Sogobi (2002)

90 min | Documentary

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Director: James Benning

Votes: 155

91. Olive Kitteridge (2014)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

A middle-school math teacher Olive and her marriage with Henry which spans 25 years.

Stars: Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Ann Dowd, Ken Cheeseman

Votes: 26,115

92. Still Life (1974)

93 min | Drama

The daily life of Mohammad Sardari(Zadour Bonyadi) , a railway switchman on the verge of retirement, who lives with his wife and soldier son near the railway track.

Director: Sohrab Shahid Saless | Stars: Zadour Bonyadi, Mohammed Kani, Hedayatollah Navid, Hibibollah Safarian

Votes: 1,327

93. Calendar (1993)

74 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman stays in Armenia after her photographer husband completes his assignment and returns home to Canada.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Arsinée Khanjian, Ashot Adamyan, Atom Egoyan, Michelle Bellerose

Votes: 2,361

94. Dying Room Only (1973 TV Movie)

74 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Stranded at a roadside diner in the desert, a woman searches for her husband who has mysteriously disappeared from property.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Cloris Leachman, Ross Martin, Ned Beatty, Dana Elcar

Votes: 560

95. Rome 11:00 (1952)

107 min | Drama

Based on an actual incident, this is the story of five girls (told in a slow beginning) who are among the 200 women who answer a want ad for a modest secretarial position one rainy morning ... See full summary »

Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Carla Del Poggio, Maria Grazia Francia, Lea Padovani

Votes: 858

96. Children of the Beehive (1948)

86 min | Drama

The movie focuses on the plight of ten war orphans hailing from different cities across Japan. With nowhere to go, they scavenge around train stations, scratching out an existence by means ... See full summary »

Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Shunsaku Shimamura, Natuski Masako, Gosho Shoichi, Kiyomi Imoto

Votes: 314

97. RR (2007)

111 min | Documentary

American trains, known to the director from trips across the country, are seen in motion in 43 shots from a fixed perspective.

Director: James Benning

Votes: 248

98. Alone in the Wilderness Part II (2011 TV Movie)

57 min | Documentary

Dick Proenneke's simple, yet profound account of his 30 year adventure in the remote Alaska wilderness continues in this sequel to "Alone in the Wilderness". Watch through his eyes as he ... See full summary »

Director: Bob Swerer Jr. | Star: Dick Proenneke

Votes: 495

99. Fear City (1984)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and maimed by a psycho-killer. A conflicted ex-boxer-turned-talent-manager and his business partner and friend, who represent some of the girls, set out to find him before he strikes again.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith

Votes: 4,330

100. Too Late (I) (2015)

Not Rated | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

54 Metascore

Explores the tangled relationship between a troubled private investigator and the missing woman he's hired to help find.

Director: Dennis Hauck | Stars: Dichen Lachman, Natalie Zea, Jeff Fahey, John Hawkes

Votes: 3,910 | Gross: $0.06M



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