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1. Animal (I) (2023)

Not Rated | 204 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The hardened son of a powerful industrialist returns home after years abroad and vows to take bloody revenge on those threatening his father's life.

Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna

Votes: 88,905

2. Your Name. (2016)

PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.

Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki

Votes: 319,959 | Gross: $5.02M

3. 3 Idiots (2009)

PG-13 | 170 min | Comedy, Drama

Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".

Director: Rajkumar Hirani | Stars: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Mona Singh, Sharman Joshi

Votes: 434,296 | Gross: $6.53M

4. Amélie (2001)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Romance

Despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta

Votes: 793,999 | Gross: $33.23M

5. Brimstone (2016)

R | 148 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

From the moment the new Reverend climbs the pulpit, Liz knows that she and her family are in great danger.

Director: Martin Koolhoven | Stars: Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, Emilia Jones, Carice van Houten

Votes: 45,146

6. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.

Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Carla Quevedo

Votes: 222,308 | Gross: $6.39M

7. Ponyo (2008)

G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tomoko Yamaguchi

Votes: 163,374 | Gross: $15.09M

8. Battle Royale (2000)

Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama

Votes: 194,382

9. Elite Squad (2007)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In 1997 Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his position while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope visits.

Director: José Padilha | Stars: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz

Votes: 110,218 | Gross: $0.01M

10. Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)

Not Rated | 159 min | Action, Drama

A child from the Mahishmati kingdom is raised by tribal people and one day learns about his royal heritage, his father's bravery in battle and a mission to overthrow the incumbent ruler.

Director: S.S. Rajamouli | Stars: Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia

Votes: 136,858 | Gross: $6.74M

11. Ip Man (2008)

R | 106 min | Action, Biography, Drama

During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to survive.

Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Siu-Wong Fan, Ka-Tung Lam

Votes: 233,540

12. Hero (2002)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang

Votes: 187,611 | Gross: $53.71M

13. Black Book (2006)

R | 145 min | Drama, Thriller, War

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn

Votes: 80,491 | Gross: $4.40M

14. Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)

PG | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Asterix and Obelix go to Egypt to help architect Edifis who is building a palace for Cleopatra.

Director: Alain Chabat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci

Votes: 57,829 | Gross: $3.12M

15. PK (2014)

Not Rated | 153 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

An alien on Earth loses the only device he can use to communicate with his spaceship. His innocent nature and child-like questions force the country to evaluate the impact of religious views on people.

Director: Rajkumar Hirani | Stars: Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani

Votes: 201,206 | Gross: $10.62M

16. The Big Blue (1988)

PG | 168 min | Adventure, Drama, Sport

The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette, Paul Shenar

Votes: 55,088 | Gross: $3.50M

17. The Wandering Earth (2019)

TV-MA | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

With the sun dying out, a group of brave astronauts set out to find new planet for the whole human race.

Director: Frant Gwo | Stars: Jing Wu, Chuxiao Qu, Guangjie Li, Man-Tat Ng

Votes: 36,315 | Gross: $5.88M

18. Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, tiny people living in harmony with nature.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Madonna, Ron Crawford

Votes: 40,841 | Gross: $15.13M

19. The Wave (2008)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

A high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.

Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich

Votes: 115,076

20. La Vie En Rose (2007)

PG-13 | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.

Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner

Votes: 90,727 | Gross: $10.30M

21. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas

Votes: 152,611 | Gross: $4.06M

22. Pathaan (2023)

Not Rated | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

An Indian agent races against a doomsday clock as a ruthless mercenary, with a bitter vendetta, mounts an apocalyptic attack against the country.

Director: Siddharth Anand | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia

Votes: 156,381

23. A Very Long Engagement (2004)

R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster, Dominique Pinon

Votes: 75,944 | Gross: $6.17M

24. The Chorus (2004)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Music

Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.

Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad

Votes: 67,133 | Gross: $3.64M

25. Kon-Tiki (2012)

PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd-Magnus Williamson

Votes: 51,949 | Gross: $1.52M

26. Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)

G | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Scientists genetically create a new Pokémon, Mewtwo, but the results are horrific and disastrous.

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Rica Matsumoto

Votes: 46,034 | Gross: $85.74M

27. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

PG | 224 min | Drama, Musical, Sport

The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Aamir Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley

Votes: 120,660 | Gross: $0.91M

28. Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)

Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.

Director: José Padilha | Stars: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz

Votes: 86,747 | Gross: $0.10M

29. Kalki 2898 AD (2024)

Action, Adventure, Drama | Completed

A modern-day avatar of Vishnu, a Hindu god, who is believed to have descended to earth to protect the world from evil forces.

Director: Nag Ashwin | Stars: Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone

30. Shine (1996)

PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd

Votes: 56,686 | Gross: $35.81M

31. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

Not Rated | 181 min | Drama, Romance

When Raj meets Simran in Europe, it isn't love at first sight but when Simran moves to India for an arranged marriage, love makes its presence felt.

Director: Aditya Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal

Votes: 77,181

32. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

R | 114 min | Action, Drama, Romance

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Ye Liu

Votes: 45,952 | Gross: $6.57M

33. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Not Rated | 210 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

After marrying a poor woman, rich Rahul is disowned by his father and moves to London to build a new life. Years later, his now-grown younger brother Rohan embarks on a mission to bring Rahul back home and reunite the family.

Director: Karan Johar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan

Votes: 55,593 | Gross: $2.90M

34. Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008)

Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Asterix and Obelix compete at the Olympics in order to help their friend Lovesix marry Princess Irina. Brutus also tries to win the game with his own team and get rid of his father Julius Caesar.

Directors: Frédéric Forestier, Thomas Langmann | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alain Delon

Votes: 32,528 | Gross: $1.00M

35. The Visitors (1993)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century.

Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valérie Lemercier, Marie-Anne Chazel

Votes: 37,962 | Gross: $0.70M

36. Time of the Gypsies (1988)

R | 142 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic, Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic

Votes: 32,701 | Gross: $0.28M

37. Loft (I) (2008)

118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.

Director: Erik Van Looy | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bruno Vanden Broecke

Votes: 24,972

38. Ghajini (2008)

Not Rated | 186 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

A short-term memory loss patient goes on a killing spree in order to avenge the death of his ladylove.

Director: A.R. Murugadoss | Stars: Aamir Khan, Asin Thottumkal, Jiah Khan, Aamir Naik

Votes: 66,795 | Gross: $2.43M

39. Rang De Basanti (2006)

Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.

Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi

Votes: 122,347 | Gross: $2.20M

40. Gomorrah (2008)

Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama

Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Toni Servillo, Simone Sacchettino

Votes: 51,204 | Gross: $1.58M

41. Night Watch (2004)

R | 114 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A fantasy-horror set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Mariya Poroshina, Valeriy Zolotukhin

Votes: 55,377 | Gross: $1.49M

42. The Unknown Soldier (2017)

132 min | Drama, War

A film adaptation of Väinö Linna's best selling novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and the novel's unedited manuscript version, Sotaromaani.

Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Eero Aho, Johannes Holopainen, Jussi Vatanen, Aku Hirviniemi

Votes: 12,906

43. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)

Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A breathtaking, goose flesh igniting, awe inspiring love journey of an ordinary man Suri and his 'total opposite' love Taani.

Director: Aditya Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak, M.K. Raina

Votes: 53,595 | Gross: $2.07M

44. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)

Not Rated | 177 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

During their college years, Anjali was in love with her best-friend Rahul, but he had eyes only for Tina. Years later, Rahul and the now-deceased Tina's eight-year-old daughter attempts to reunite her father and Anjali.

Director: Karan Johar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Sana Saeed

Votes: 57,223 | Gross: $2.10M

45. The Big 4 (2022)

TV-MA | 141 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Tells the story of an elite assassin that is targeted by murderous gangsters after sparing a girl's life during a massacre.

Director: Timo Tjahjanto | Stars: Abimana Aryasatya, Putri Marino, Lutesha, Arie Kriting

Votes: 3,563

46. 13 Bombs (2023)

TV-MA | 143 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An organization races against time to uncover the mastermind behind the placement of 13 bombs in Jakarta before the city falls into chaos.

Director: Angga Dwimas Sasongko | Stars: Ardhito Pramono, Lutesha, Chicco Kurniawan, Rio Dewanto

Votes: 1,046

47. Le Dîner de Cons (1998)

PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy

A few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise.

Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Daniel Prévost

Votes: 44,331 | Gross: $4.07M

48. The Bear (1988)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Tchéky Karyo, Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear, Jack Wallace

Votes: 19,078 | Gross: $31.75M

49. Gadar 2 (2023)

Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When Tara Singh goes missing during a skirmish and is believed to be captured in Pakistan, his son Jeetey sets out to rescue him and enters a labyrinth from which they both must escape at all costs.

Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Utkarsh Sharma, Simratt Kaur Randhawa

Votes: 22,260

50. Soldier of Orange (1977)

R | 165 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

During World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Susan Penhaligon, Edward Fox

Votes: 13,871