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1. Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Upon learning that his father has been kidnapped, Austin Powers must travel to 1975 and defeat the aptly named villain Goldmember, who is working with Dr. Evil.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Mike Myers, Beyoncé, Seth Green, Michael York
Votes: 223,091 | Gross: $213.31M
2. Trolls World Tour (2020)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When the Queen of the Hard Rock Trolls tries to take over all the Troll kingdoms, Queen Poppy and her friends try different ways to save all the Trolls.
Directors: Walt Dohrn, David P. Smith | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Rachel Bloom, James Corden
Votes: 29,007
3. Capone (2020)
R | 103 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After a 10 year stint, former bootlegger and notorious criminal Al Capone starts to show signs of dementia, forcing him to face the demons of his violent past.
Director: Josh Trank | Stars: Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Al Sapienza
Votes: 23,170
4. The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Alex, a 12-year-old boy, and his friends fight an evil sorceress with the help of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur, in a bid to save the world from her atrocities.
Director: Joe Cornish | Stars: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Denise Gough, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor
Votes: 18,750 | Gross: $16.79M
5. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son, two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Jason Statham, Ron Perlman, Ray Liotta, Leelee Sobieski
Votes: 51,206 | Gross: $4.54M
6. The Majestic (2001)
PG | 152 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 57,707 | Gross: $27.81M
7. Dagon (2001)
R | 98 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A boating accident runs a young man and woman ashore in a decrepit Spanish fishing town which they discover is in the grips of an ancient sea god and its monstrous half human offspring.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroño, Macarena Gómez
Votes: 21,073
8. Heart and Souls (1993)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An unhappy businessman finds a new sense of purpose after he's tasked with helping a quartet of ghosts fulfill their last wishes before moving on to the afterlife.
Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick
Votes: 18,964 | Gross: $16.58M
9. The Emerald Forest (1985)
R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the son of engineer Bill Markham is abducted by an aboriginal tribe on the edge of the rain forest, the engineer spends the next 10 years searching for him.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Yara Vaneau, William Rodriguez
Votes: 11,011 | Gross: $24.47M
10. Wolves (2014)
R | 91 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A boy is trying to find out about his family history and stumbles upon a town of lycans.
Director: David Hayter | Stars: Lucas Till, Stephen McHattie, John Pyper-Ferguson, Merritt Patterson
Votes: 10,460
11. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy
Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Stars: Thanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Pongpas, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk
Votes: 17,424 | Gross: $0.18M
12. Mahabharat (2013–2014)
20 min | Drama, History, War
The mother of all wars, the epitome of all rivalries, the cauldron of emotions, insecurities, jealousies, and power play - Mahabharat.
Stars: Saurabh Raj Jain, Shaheer Sheikh, Pooja Sharma, Aham Sharma
Votes: 11,365
13. Admission (2013)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption.
Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Nat Wolff, Gloria Reuben
Votes: 36,268 | Gross: $18.00M
14. Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Laura Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, amongst other things, its all-nude revues.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Guest, Will Young
Votes: 16,459 | Gross: $11.03M
15. City Island (2009)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Prison guard Vince tells Molly from acting class, that one inmate is his 24 y.o. love child. Vince takes him home to stay with his family - straight A son with fat girl fetish, college dropout/stripper daughter and cute wife.
Director: Raymond De Felitta | Stars: Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Emily Mortimer
Votes: 32,569 | Gross: $6.67M
16. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.
Director: David L. Cunningham | Stars: Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Frances Conroy
Votes: 15,864 | Gross: $8.79M
17. Wild Palms (1993)
300 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A multi-national corporation attempts to take over America while small pockets of resistance hold out against rampant technology.
Stars: Jim Belushi, Dana Delany, Robert Loggia, Kim Cattrall
Votes: 2,406
18. Track 29 (1988)
R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery
Linda is still tormented by giving up a baby for adoption at 15. She wants a baby, but her husband has enough in his model trains, mistress and being a doctor.
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd, Colleen Camp
Votes: 2,486 | Gross: $0.43M
19. Splitting Heirs (1993)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Crime
A duke dies and leaves the title and wealth to his adult son. But who's the real son: the found baby raised in USA or the abandoned baby raised by a Hindi family in London? Comedy follows.
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 4,589 | Gross: $3.25M
20. Stalin (1992 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 172 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond, Maximilian Schell, Jeroen Krabbé
Votes: 2,787
21. Stranded (2002 TV Movie)
120 min | Adventure, Drama
David Robinson is being shipped off to a penal colony. His wife and kids are allowed to accompany him. A storm strikes the ship and the family (save for one son, Jacob) are trapped below ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Liam Cunningham, Brana Bajic, Roger Allam, Jesse Spencer
Votes: 852
22. Malevolence 3: Killer (2018)
R | 89 min | Horror
Martin Bristol returns to where it all began: the home where he was kidnapped from. But he is not the boy who disappeared over 10 years ago. Tortured and abused at the hands of his ... See full summary »
Director: Stevan Mena | Stars: Katie Gibson, Kevin McKelvey, Victoria Mena, Adrienne Barbeau
Votes: 2,339
23. Angela (1977)
91 min | Drama
A war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still wants to find her son. She meets a young man and falls in love, but the vet's prison term ends.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Sophia Loren, Steve Railsback, John Vernon, John Huston
Votes: 212
24. Olivier, Olivier (1992)
R | 110 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Olivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and country veterinarian Serge, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emotional aftermath of his disappearance sends ... See full summary »
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Brigitte Roüan, François Cluzet, Jean-François Stévenin, Frédéric Quiring
Votes: 1,878 | Gross: $1.26M
25. Sanam Teri Kasam (1982)
Action, Comedy, Drama
A rich man's past comes knocking when he is informed that one of his employees is his long lost son. He does not know that he's being cheated and that his real son is the one who loves his niece.
Director: Narendra Bedi | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Reena Roy, Jagdeep, Kader Khan
Votes: 160
26. The Intruder (2004)
Unrated | 130 min | Drama
An emotionally cold man leaves the safety of his Alpine home to seek a heart transplant and an estranged son.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Yekaterina Golubeva, Bambou
Votes: 2,147 | Gross: $0.04M
27. Dangerous Years (1947)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama
A youth counselor is killed by the leader of a teen gang during a warehouse robbery, and the prosecuting district attorney is determined to see justice done.
Director: Arthur Pierson | Stars: Billy Halop, Scotty Beckett, Richard Gaines, Ann E. Todd
Votes: 281
28. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Derek Bond, Cedric Hardwicke, Mary Merrall, Sally Ann Howes
Votes: 985
29. Taboo 3 the Unforgettable Act (2021)
83 min | Drama
When Devin finally meets his soap star birth mother, Rebecca, as an adult, feelings go beyond family love.
Director: Renee S. Warren Peoples | Stars: Nelson J. Davis, Nytia Nikole, Saisha Teagues, Jamald Gardner
Votes: 43
30. Hera Pheri (1976)
Not Rated | 164 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
Director: Prakash Mehra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Saira Banu, Sulakshana Pandit
Votes: 1,132
31. Yudh (1985)
155 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Savitri's twin sons get s abducted by a criminal named Gama Mating. In need of a son, Savitri adopt a young boy, but searches frantically for her twin babies. Years later her adopted son ... See full summary »
Director: Rajiv Rai | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Tina Ambani, Nutan
Votes: 232
32. Branded (1950)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Romance, Western
A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as child.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, Robert Keith
Votes: 1,024
33. Unmade Beds (2009)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
The quirky story of Vera and Axl who both live in the same London warehouse but whose paths never cross until fate steps in.
Director: Alexis Dos Santos | Stars: Déborah François, Fernando Tielve, Michiel Huisman, Iddo Goldberg
Votes: 2,584
34. Hello Brother (1994)
158 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A quiet and mature man meets with his twin - who is exactly his opposite.
Director: E.V.V. Satyanarayana | Stars: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Ramya Krishnan, Soundarya, Brahmanandam
Votes: 544
35. Lange flate ballær (2006)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Six "regular" guys leave their home and life in Fredrikstad in order to go to the World Cup in Germany to cheer on Norway.
Directors: Bjørn Fast Nagell, Harald Zwart | Stars: Jan Edgar Fjell, Petter Jørgensen, Anders Fjell, Eirik Tobiassen
Votes: 2,039
36. Zameer (1975)
136 min | Action, Drama
Multi-millionaire Thakur Maharaj Singh owns a stud-farm with several derby-winning stallions. Unfortunately for him his farm is soon attacked by Bandit, Maan Singh and his gang forcing ... See full summary »
Director: Ravi Chopra | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Amitabh Bachchan, Madan Puri
Votes: 423
37. The Dog in the Manger (1996)
119 min | Comedy, Romance
Having taken a fancy to her secretary, Teodoro, spunky young beauty Countess Diana of Belflor is alarmed to learn of his engagement to one of her maids, Marcela. She intervenes to separate ... See full summary »
Director: Pilar Miró | Stars: Emma Suárez, Carmelo Gómez, Fernando Conde, Ana Duato
Votes: 1,061
38. The Elder Son (2006)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A story of a Russian clarinetist living in Los Angeles, whose life changes when a young local car thief passes himself off as his long-lost son.
Director: Marius Vaysberg | Stars: Shane West, Leelee Sobieski, Eric Balfour, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 502
39. Parasmani (1963)
Not Rated | 137 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Paras delights the Emperor with his singing. He is granted a wish by the Emperor and he asks for the hand of the princess in marriage. The Emperor agrees to do so if Paras brings him a rare gem.
Director: Babubhai Mistry | Stars: Gitanjali, Mahipal, Nalini Chonkar, Maruti
Votes: 57
40. Kangaroo (1952)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals for the affection of the rancher's beautiful daughter.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford, Finlay Currie, Richard Boone
Votes: 391
41. Km. 0 (2000)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedic look at the love lives of 14 different people and how they interconnect during one hot August afternoon around the Plaza del Sol in Madrid, Spain.
Directors: Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra | Stars: Concha Velasco, Georges Corraface, Silke, Carlos Fuentes
Votes: 1,812
42. Jeete Hain Shaan Se (1988)
Action, Drama, Romance
Johny, Govinda, and Iqbal Ali are three close friends who live in a small community in Bombay. The threesome get together to help each other and other needy people in the community, and ... See full summary »
Director: Kawal Sharma | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Mandakini
Votes: 166
43. Dalva (1996 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama, Romance
When she was a teenager, a woman got pregnant and wound up giving up the baby up for adoption. Now, 21 years later, she sets out to find her now-grown child.
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Peter Coyote, Rod Steiger, Carroll Baker
Votes: 147
44. O methystakas (1950)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A poor cobbler has become a drunkard and the laughing stock of the whole neighborhood, besetting his daughter. When she falls in love with a rich young man, her father tries in vain to hide his passion from his family.
Director: Giorgos Tzavellas | Stars: Orestis Makris, Dimitris Horn, Billy Konstantopoulou, Athanasia Moustaka
Votes: 392
45. Bombai Ka Babu (1960)
Not Rated | 154 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Babu and Malik are two inseparable friends who live in a small town in India. One day they decide to play a prank and steal something. They get caught, while Malik's dad come to bail out ... See full summary »
Director: Raj Khosla | Stars: Dev Anand, Suchitra Sen, Jeevan Dhar, Nasir Hussain
Votes: 205
46. Next of Kin (1984)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Drama
Unhappy living with his loveless parents, a young man convinces a family of Armenian immigrants that he's their long-lost son and moves in with them, improving all of their lives in the process.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Patrick Tierney, Berj Fazlian, Sirvart Fazlian, Arsinée Khanjian
Votes: 1,050
47. Pratikar (I) (1991)
Not Rated | 150 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Krishna's uncle Sajhan expels him after father's death. Years later, Sajhan's son rapes, kills Jyoti, crippling Krishna's teacher Saraswati. Krishna and Saraswati vow revenge against him. Inspector Suraj investigates Krishna's involvement.
Director: Rama Rao Tatineni | Stars: Rakhee Gulzar, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Om Prakash
Votes: 139
48. The Runaways (1975)
Action, Comedy, Drama
On the run from murderers, two men disguise themselves as women and join an all girl band.
Director: Narendra Bedi | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Rajendranath Malhotra, Faryal
Votes: 305
49. Donkeys (2010)
78 min | Comedy, Drama
Alfred is 64. He's lost touch with his family and a threat to his health makes him realise he wants to make amends. The more he tries to do right, the more he does wrong, and as his past ... See full summary »
Director: Morag McKinnon | Stars: James Cosmo, Tony Curran, Kate Dickie, Martin Compston
Votes: 237
50. Azaad (1955)
163 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After her widower dad, Kedarnath, passes away, Shobha goes to live with his friend, Charandas, and his wife, Shanta, who had their son go missing as a child. Years later Shobha is now ... See full summary »
Director: Sriramulu Naidu S.M. | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Pran Sikand, Raj Mehra
Votes: 178