#52FilmsByWomen (2016)
by allisonalmodovar | created - 03 Sep 2016 | updated - 16 Feb 2017 | PublicI took the pledge to watch 52 films by women for 2016. WARNING: the number of films on this list may exceed 52. Proceed at your own risk.
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1. The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
The original 1970s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Christine Taylor, Christopher Daniel Barnes
Votes: 24,391 | Gross: $46.58M
2. Born in Flames (1983)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups - minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists - are dealt with by the government.
Director: Lizzie Borden | Stars: Honey, Adele Bertei, Jean Satterfield, Florynce Kennedy
Votes: 2,061
3. Böse Zellen (2003)
120 min | Drama, Romance
A young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she's a clerk, a mother, and happy. Then she dies in a car accident. Over the next year, her daughter goes ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Albert | Stars: Kathrin Resetarits, Ursula Strauss, Georg Friedrich, Marion Mitterhammer
Votes: 559 | Gross: $0.00M
4. The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.
Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni
Votes: 33,574 | Gross: $1.48M
5. Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
With an older brother in jail and living with their single mother on Pine Ridge Reservation, Johnny and his sister Jashuan's lives develop new challenges when their absentee cowboy father ... See full summary »
Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene Bedard, Jessica Rowland
Votes: 3,843 | Gross: $0.03M
6. (T)ERROR (2015)
84 min | Documentary
(T)ERROR is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation. Through the perspective of "Shariff", a 63-year-old Black ... See full summary »
Directors: Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe | Stars: Khalifah Ali Al-Akili, Mike Healey, Ali Kareem, Saeed 'Shariff' Torres
Votes: 823
7. Heart of a Dog (2015)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson reflects on her relationship with her beloved terrier Lolabelle.
Director: Laurie Anderson | Stars: Laurie Anderson, Archie, Jason Berg, Heung-Heung Chin
Votes: 2,554 | Gross: $0.42M
8. Advantageous (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter Jules do all they can to hold on to their joy together, despite the instability surfacing in their world.
Director: Jennifer Phang | Stars: Jacqueline Kim, James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong
Votes: 5,967
9. H. (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Two women descend into madness after an alleged meteor strike sets off a series of strange events in their town of Troy, N.Y.
Directors: Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia | Stars: Robin Bartlett, Rebecca Dayan, Will Janowitz, Julian Gamble
Votes: 549
10. Mississippi Grind (2015)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what's been lost.
Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Yvonne Landry, Anthony Howard
Votes: 26,020 | Gross: $0.13M
11. My Country, My Country (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Documentary by Oscar winner Laura Poitras about the war in Iraq.
Director: Laura Poitras
Votes: 408
12. Nothing Personal (I) (2009)
85 min | Drama
Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her ... See full summary »
Director: Urszula Antoniak | Stars: Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea, Tom Charlfa, Ann Marie Horan
Votes: 5,376
13. Mustang (2015)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama
When five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.
Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven | Stars: Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan
Votes: 40,917 | Gross: $0.85M
14. Ruby Sparks (2012)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas
Votes: 105,456 | Gross: $2.54M
15. Tell Me (1980 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Chantal Akerman interviews her mother, and other elderly women who survived the Holocaust.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Star: Chantal Akerman
Votes: 138
16. Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
PG | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past.
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson | Stars: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman
Votes: 321,225 | Gross: $165.25M
17. Quei loro incontri (2006)
68 min | Drama
This movie is the sequel of Straub and Huillet's Dalla nube alla resistenza and like its prequel is inspired by Cesare Pavese's book Dialoghi con Leucò.
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Angela Nugara, Vittorio Vigneri, Grazia Orsi, Romano Guelfi
Votes: 245
18. Loyalties (1986)
R | 98 min | Drama
Lily and her three youngest children join her husband David Sutton, a doctor in an isolated northern Alberta town. Their eleven-year-old son arrives later from boarding school. David ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Kenneth Welsh, Tantoo Cardinal, Susan Wooldridge, Vera Martin
Votes: 131
19. Lolo (2015)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
Violette, a 40-year old workaholic with a career in the fashion industry falls for a provincial computer geek, Jean-Rene, while on a spa retreat with her best friend.
Director: Julie Delpy | Stars: Julie Delpy, Dany Boon, Vincent Lacoste, Karin Viard
Votes: 4,436 | Gross: $0.02M
20. 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)
122 min | Drama, Romance
After marriage of her niece, Rosemary, Anglo-Indian school-teacher Violet Stoneham lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta.
Director: Aparna Sen | Stars: Jennifer Kendal, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Geoffrey Kendal
Votes: 434
21. Forget Me (1994)
95 min | Drama
Nathalie is together with Antoine, who really loves her, despite of her obvious tendency to get away from him. Eric, the former partner of Nathalie, does not want to be with her anymore, ... See full summary »
Director: Noémie Lvovsky | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Emmanuelle Devos, Laurent Grévill, Emmanuel Salinger
Votes: 274
22. Riddles of the Sphinx (1977)
92 min | Drama
In this avant-garde classic, protagonist Louise deals with a change in her lifestyle in which she must learn to negotiate domestic life and motherhood.
Directors: Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen | Stars: Dinah Stabb, Merdelle Jordine, Rhiannon Tise, Clive Merrison
Votes: 315
Laura Mulvey
23. Night Games (1966)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
The story about a man who's trying to get rid of his memories from his past. He grew up in an upper-class family in a castle and now revisits the castle with his fiancee.
Director: Mai Zetterling | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Keve Hjelm, Lena Brundin, Jörgen Lindström
Votes: 721
24. City of Gold (I) (2015)
R | 96 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary portrait that takes us into Jonathan Gold's universe to tell the improbable story of a revolution inspired by the pen, but driven by the palate.
Director: Laura Gabbert | Stars: David Chang, Roy Choi, Jonathan Gold, Ludo Lefebvre
Votes: 1,076 | Gross: $0.61M
25. (A)sexual (2011)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Romance
Facing a sex obsessed culture, a mountain of stereotypes and misconceptions, and a lack of social or scientific research, asexuals - people who experience no sexual attraction - struggle to claim their identity.
Director: Angela Tucker | Stars: Aliza, Antonia, Barb, Joy Behar
Votes: 790
26. Marguerite & Julien (2015)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, Romance
An aristocratic brother and sister embrace passion and hope as they flee from society. A story of desire, love and death beyond all morality.
Director: Valérie Donzelli | Stars: Anaïs Demoustier, Jérémie Elkaïm, Frédéric Pierrot, Aurélia Petit
Votes: 1,106
27. Angano... Angano... Tales from Madagascar (1989)
64 min | Documentary
Venerable storytellers recount for the camera and their listeners the founding myths of Malagasy culture.
Directors: Marie Clémence Andriamonta-Paes, Cesar Paes | Stars: Ambarazafy, Avimare, Arthur Besy, Fototselo
Votes: 63
28. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Crime
Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill | Stars: Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Terry Humphreys-Slay, Leitha Prather
Votes: 6,955 | Gross: $0.10M
29. Na putu (2010)
100 min | Drama
From Bosnia and Herzegovina: Amar finds a new job working with a community of Muslims. This affects his relationship with his girlfriend Luna as his beliefs begin to change.
Director: Jasmila Zbanic | Stars: Zrinka Cvitesic, Leon Lucev, Ermin Bravo, Mirjana Karanovic
Votes: 2,078
30. Sheer Madness (1983)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Olga and Ruth become friends. Olga is independent, separated from her husband, living with an immigrant pianist, and teaching feminist literature. Ruth is withdrawn, a painter, possibly ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck, Christine Fersen
Votes: 297
31. Death Is a Caress (1949)
88 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a working man who has a gorgeous fiancee but she falls for a rich older woman - who turns out to be a femme fatale.
Director: Edith Carlmar | Stars: Claus Wiese, Bjørg Riiser-Larsen, Eva Bergh, Ingolf Rogde
Votes: 359
32. 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
33. Misunderstood (2014)
Unrated | 103 min | Drama
Rome, 1984, Aria is nine-year-old girl. On the verge of divorce, Aria's infantile and selfish parents are too preoccupied with their careers and extra-marital affairs to properly tend to ... See full summary »
Director: Asia Argento | Stars: Giulia Salerno, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gabriel Garko, Carolina Poccioni
Votes: 1,440
34. All Cats Are Grey (2014)
84 min | Drama
This Belgian drama is about the special bond between father and daughter. Paul is a 46 year old PI. Dorothy is almost 16 and has an identity crisis when she finds out her father isn't her ... See full summary »
Director: Savina Dellicour | Stars: Bouli Lanners, Manon Capelle, Anne Coesens, Dune de Braconier
Votes: 201
35. Third Star (2010)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and love.
Director: Hattie Dalton | Stars: Tom Burke, Benedict Cumberbatch, JJ Feild, Adam Robertson
Votes: 7,550
36. She Monkeys (2011)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Sport
Two adolescent girls on an equine acrobatics team form an intimate friendship that becomes threatened by their competitive nature.
Director: Lisa Aschan | Stars: Mathilda Paradeiser, Linda Molin, Isabella Lindquist, Sergej Merkusjev
Votes: 2,405
37. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980)
65 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary about women working in factories during WWII and resultant loss of jobs after the war. Five women tell their stories. Fascinating clips of racist, sexist propaganda of the era.
Director: Connie Field | Stars: Lola Weixel, Margaret Wright, Lyn Childs, Gladys Belcher
Votes: 338
38. Life and Debt (2001)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Documentary look at the effects of globalization on Jamaican industry and agriculture.
Director: Stephanie Black | Stars: Belinda Becker, Buju Banton, Horst Köhler, Michael Manley
Votes: 1,034 | Gross: $0.24M
39. Miss Julie (2014)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, Romance
Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.
Director: Liv Ullmann | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jessica Chastain, Samantha Morton, Nora McMenamy
Votes: 6,156
40. The Meddler (2015)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.
Director: Lorene Scafaria | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons, Jerrod Carmichael
Votes: 14,043 | Gross: $4.27M
41. Love at First Child (2015)
G | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Ange Pagani, womanizing architect, is having a normal day until a woman, Gabrielle, arrives at his office accusing his son of being pregnant to her daughter. But Ange has no children!
Director: Anne Giafferi | Stars: Isabelle Carré, Patrick Bruel, Alice de Lencquesaing, Thomas Solivérès
Votes: 1,088
42. As I Open My Eyes (2015)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama, Music
A few months before the revolution in Tunisia, 18 year-old Farah has a passion for life and sings in a political rock band. Her mother, knowing the dangers of Tunisia, wants her to pursue a career as a doctor.
Director: Leyla Bouzid | Stars: Baya Medhaffar, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Ayari, Lassaad Jamoussi
Votes: 1,465 | Gross: $0.03M
43. Fanny's Journey (2016)
94 min | Drama, War
Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi occupied France but many dangers are ahead of them.
Director: Lola Doillon | Stars: Léonie Souchaud, Fantine Harduin, Juliane Lepoureau, Ryan Brodie
Votes: 1,622
44.
Storyville (1997– )
Episode:
India's Daughter
(2015)
63 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and death of Jyoti Singh, an Indian medical student whose violation and murder by gang rapists exposed the violent misogyny of Indian society.
Director: Leslee Udwin | Stars: Asha Devi, Badri Singh, Satendra, Mukesh Singh
Votes: 2,223
45. The Innocents (2016)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, History
1945. Mathilde is a French Red Cross doctor working on a mission to help the French survivors of the German camps. While she works in Poland, she is asked for help by a nun. In her convent, several nuns are pregnant.
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne
Votes: 11,612 | Gross: $1.06M
46. My King (2015)
Unrated | 124 min | Drama, Romance
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent on medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio.
Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot, Louis Garrel, Isild Le Besco
Votes: 14,190 | Gross: $0.05M
47. Elvis & Nixon (2016)
R | 86 min | Comedy, History
The untold true story behind the meeting between Elvis Presley, the King of Rock 'n Roll, and President Richard Nixon, resulting in this revealing, yet humorous moment immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.
Director: Liza Johnson | Stars: Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville
Votes: 15,033 | Gross: $1.03M
48. Split (II) (2016)
127 min | Drama, Fantasy
Split is the surreal and epic journey a young woman takes to claim her own darkness and sexuality so she can stop putting it into the hands of her abusive lover. When Inanna, a young ... See full summary »
Director: Deborah Kampmeier | Stars: Amy Ferguson, Morgan Spector, Anna Mouglalis, Fredric Lehne
Votes: 511
49. Bright Days Ahead (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
Caroline has retired and realizes that this new freedom is synonymous with boredom. Especially when she receives a membership to her neighborhood's senior club - Reluctant at first, she nevertheless decides to take the plunge.
Director: Marion Vernoux | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Chesnais, Jean-François Stévenin
Votes: 1,865 | Gross: $0.01M
50. Free Ride (2013)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A single mom caught up in the Florida drug trade during the late 1970s tries to make a better life for her two girls.
Director: Shana Betz | Stars: Anna Paquin, Liana Liberato, Ava Acres, Drea de Matteo
Votes: 2,491
51. The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Director: Cheryl Dunye | Stars: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson
Votes: 3,672
52. Fed Up (2014)
PG | 92 min | Documentary
An examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it.
Director: Stephanie Soechtig | Stars: Michele Simon, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton, Michael Pollan
Votes: 12,358 | Gross: $1.54M
53. Weiner (2016)
R | 96 min | Documentary
An examination of disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign and today's political landscape.
Directors: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg | Stars: Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, Jordan Zain Weiner, Barbara Morgan
Votes: 10,534 | Gross: $1.61M
54. After Tiller (2013)
PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
This thought provoking, sometimes troubling documentary examines the personal and ethical imperatives that drive abortion providers to continue in the face of often dangerous legal and personal harassment.
Directors: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson | Stars: George Tiller, Warren Hern, Leroy Carhart, Susan Robinson
Votes: 1,116 | Gross: $0.07M
55. I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A mother falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time. Mother Nature messes with their fates.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Saoirse Ronan, Tracey Ullman
Votes: 19,465
56. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Director: Lorene Scafaria | Stars: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Melanie Lynskey, Patton Oswalt
Votes: 118,801 | Gross: $6.62M
57. Eden (I) (2012)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human traffickers, cooperates with her captors in a desperate ploy to survive.
Director: Megan Griffiths | Stars: Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges, Matt O'Leary, Eddie Martinez
Votes: 9,463
58. Jean of the Joneses (2016)
82 min | Comedy
Chaos ensues after the estranged patriarch of the Jones family dies on their doorstep. When the paramedic who answers their 911 call tried to win over acerbic Jean Jones, his attempts are ... See full summary »
Director: Stella Meghie | Stars: Gloria Reuben, Mamoudou Athie, Anna Hopkins, François Arnaud
Votes: 526
59. Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
Unrated | 93 min | Documentary, Music
Dreams never expire but sometimes they are deferred. The film follows the talented and gregarious soul singer of the Grammy-nominated R&B band "Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings." In the most ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: Sharon Jones, Starr Duncan-Lowe, Binky Griptite, Megan Holken
Votes: 692 | Gross: $0.12M
60. Go Fish (1994)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A romantic tale about finding a soulmate. The only difference here is that both partners are women...in Chicago's lesbian community.
Director: Rose Troche | Stars: V.S. Brodie, Guinevere Turner, T. Wendy McMillan, Migdalia Melendez
Votes: 2,331 | Gross: $2.41M
61. Agatha and the Limitless Readings (1981)
90 min | Drama
A dialogue-driven drama about a woman and her brother who meet at a deserted seaside hotel to deal with their passionate incestuous feelings for each other and reminisce about their happy childhood.
Director: Marguerite Duras | Stars: Bulle Ogier, Yann Andréa, Marguerite Duras
Votes: 322
62. Beautiful Thing (1996)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than friendship.
Director: Hettie Macdonald | Stars: Glen Berry, Linda Henry, Scott Neal, Tameka Empson
Votes: 25,763 | Gross: $1.50M
63. Anita: Speaking Truth to Power (II) (2013)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, History
A profile of Anita Hill, the African-American lawyer who challenged Clarence Thomas' nomination to the US Supreme Court and thus exposed the problem of sexual harassment to the world.
Director: Freida Lee Mock | Stars: Jill Abramson, Joe Biden, John Carr, Orrin Hatch
Votes: 588
64. Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994)
105 min | Documentary, Biography
A film about the work of the artist most famous for her monuments such as the Vietnam Memorial Wall and the Civil Rights Fountain Memorial.
Director: Freida Lee Mock | Star: Maya Lin
Votes: 534 | Gross: $0.06M
65. Dreamcatcher (I) (2015)
TV-MA | 104 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Takes us into a hidden world of prostitution and sexual trafficking through the eyes of one of its survivors, Brenda Myers-Powell.
Director: Kim Longinotto | Stars: Brenda Myers-Powell, T.T., Keena, Temeka
Votes: 434
66. I Believe in Unicorns (2014)
TV-14 | 80 min | Drama
A road trip through the stunning and complex landscape of troubled young love.
Director: Leah Meyerhoff | Stars: Natalia Dyer, Peter Vack, Julia Garner, Amy Seimetz
Votes: 1,459
67. All Over Me (1997)
R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Claude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of '90s youth, complete with drugs, live music, and homophobia. All is ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Sichel | Stars: Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser, Wilson Cruz
Votes: 3,454 | Gross: $0.15M
68. Nuts! (I) (2016)
Unrated | 79 min | Documentary, Animation
The mostly true story of Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, an eccentric genius who built an empire with his goat-testicle impotence cure and a million-watt radio station.
Director: Penny Lane | Stars: Gene Tognacci, Andy Boswell, John Causby, Kelly Mizell
Votes: 876
69. The Loveless (1981)
R | 85 min | Drama
Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.
Directors: Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery | Stars: Willem Dafoe, J. Don Ferguson, Robert Gordon, Marin Kanter
Votes: 2,829
70. Ava's Impossible Things (2016)
TV-MA | 80 min | Drama, Romance
When her mother makes a shocking request, sheltered Ava struggles with reality, escaping into a dream world where she summons up old friends and long forgotten desires.
Director: Marina Rice Bader | Stars: Chloe Farnworth, Susan Duerden, Abigail Titmuss, Lauryn Nicole Hamilton
Votes: 268
71. Confetti (2006)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year.'
Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: Martin Freeman, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Meredith MacNeill
Votes: 5,322 | Gross: $0.23M
72. I Will Follow (2010)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
Chronicles a day in the life of a grieving woman, and the twelve visitors who help her move forward.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Omari Hardwick, Michole Briana White, Dijon Talton
Votes: 932 | Gross: $0.36M
73. Brothers (2004)
R | 117 min | Drama, War
Two brothers must negotiate changing roles and shifting family dynamics when one is sent to war in Afghanistan.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Connie Nielsen, Sarah Juel Werner
Votes: 11,818 | Gross: $0.38M
74. Summertime (2015)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader in this drama set in 1970s France.
Director: Catherine Corsini | Stars: Cécile de France, Izïa Higelin, Noémie Lvovsky, Jean-Henri Compère
Votes: 5,678 | Gross: $0.04M
75. Maryland (2015)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
Vincent is an ex-soldier with PTSD who is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town. Despite the apparent tranquility in Maryland, Vincent perceives an external threat.
Director: Alice Winocour | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant
Votes: 6,726 | Gross: $0.01M
76. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)
TV-MA | 750 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Obsessed with the disappearance of a 12-year-old pregnant girl near a freezing lake in New Zealand, a brave detective will find herself up against small-town secrets and a side of herself that was meticulously kept at bay.
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, David Wenham, Peter Mullan, Thomas M. Wright
Votes: 37,733
77. Posthumous (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.
Director: Lulu Wang | Stars: Jack Huston, Brit Marling, Lambert Wilson, Alexander Fehling
Votes: 1,857
78. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing
Votes: 36,582 | Gross: $36.47M
79. The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.
Director: Maria Maggenti | Stars: Laurel Holloman, Nicole Ari Parker, Maggie Moore, Kate Stafford
Votes: 5,087 | Gross: $1.98M
80. Postales de Leningrado (2007)
85 min | Drama
A young woman gives birth to a daughter while living in secrecy. The daughter and her cousin Teo cope with the fear and violence of their parents' struggle. They also wait for postcards from Leningrad, a place they feel is a safe haven.
Director: Mariana Rondón | Stars: Laureano Olivares, Greisy Mena, William Cifuentes, Haydee Faverola
Votes: 293
81. Tallulah (2016)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Manhattan housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for.
Director: Sian Heder | Stars: Elliot Page, Allison Janney, Tammy Blanchard, Evan Jonigkeit
Votes: 21,533
82. Going Away (2013)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
Baptiste is a solitary type. A teacher in southern France, he never stays more than three weeks in the same job. One Friday, he finds himself in charge of Mathias, one of his pupils, who ... See full summary »
Director: Nicole Garcia | Stars: Pierre Rochefort, Louise Bourgoin, Dominique Sanda, Déborah François
Votes: 931 | Gross: $0.01M
83. Babyfever (1994)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
Gena is an average woman who is torn between her current boyfriend's desire to marry her and start a family, and the unexpected arrival of an old boyfriend wanting to pick up where they ... See full summary »
Directors: Victoria Foyt, Henry Jaglom | Stars: Victoria Foyt, Matt Salinger, Frances Fisher, Eric Roberts
Votes: 167 | Gross: $0.27M
84. The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Three people rob a bank to help a daycare center that's in debt. Wolf is captured, Werner is identified, and police suspect that Christa is the third. She and Werner ask Hans, a clergyman, ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Tina Engel, Silvia Reize, Katharina Thalbach, Marius Müller-Westernhagen
Votes: 351
85. Derrida (2002)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
Documentary about French philosopher (and author of deconstructionism) Jacques Derrida, who sparked fierce debate throughout American academia.
Directors: Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering | Stars: Jacques Derrida, Marguerite Derrida, René Major, Chantal Major
Votes: 990 | Gross: $0.16M
86. Even the Rain (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, History
As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Karra Elejalde, Juan Carlos Aduviri
Votes: 14,228 | Gross: $0.56M
87. Paris Is Burning (1990)
R | 78 min | Documentary
A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
Director: Jennie Livingston | Stars: Brooke Xtravaganza, André Christian, Dorian Corey, Paris Duprée
Votes: 17,621 | Gross: $3.78M
88. Student Services (2010 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
Laura is a 19-year-old university freshman who desperately wants to do well in school. She works a part-time job but cannot make ends meet. One evening in which she is short of funds, she ... See full summary »
Director: Emmanuelle Bercot | Stars: Déborah François, Alain Cauchi, Mathieu Demy, Benjamin Siksou
Votes: 3,187
Student Services
89. Queen of Katwe (2016)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Kabanza
Votes: 18,688 | Gross: $8.81M
90. Madame Bovary (2014)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.
Director: Sophie Barthes | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Rhys Ifans, Ezra Miller, Logan Marshall-Green
Votes: 8,864
91. Making a Murderer (2015–2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Crime
Filmed over a 10-year period, Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime.
Stars: Steven Avery, Dolores Avery, Laura Nirider, Allan Avery
Votes: 102,890
92. American Honey (2016)
R | 163 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, McCaul Lombardi
Votes: 46,471 | Gross: $0.66M
93. Maya Angelou And Still I Rise (2016)
Not Rated | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The first feature documentary about the remarkable writer, poet, actress, activist Maya Angelou.
Directors: Rita Coburn, Bob Hercules | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Guy Johnson, Diahann Carroll, Don Martin
Votes: 581
94. Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four (2016)
91 min | Documentary
A documentary that follows the struggle for exoneration of four Latina lesbians who were wrongfully convicted of gang rape against two young girls.
Director: Deborah S. Esquenazi
Votes: 481
95. Audrie & Daisy (2016)
TV-14 | 95 min | Documentary, Crime
A look at the effects that online bullying has on the lives of teenagers and their community.
Directors: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk | Stars: Robin Bourland, Daisy Coleman, Charles Coleman, Melinda Coleman
Votes: 7,030
96. Certain Women (2016)
R | 107 min | Drama
The lives of three women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, James Le Gros
Votes: 15,668 | Gross: $1.03M
97. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,689
98. Me Without You (2001)
R | 107 min | Drama
Two best friends grow up on the Isle of Wight and in Brighton in the 1970s and 1980s.
Director: Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Anna Friel, Michelle Williams, Ella Jones, Anna Popplewell
Votes: 4,833 | Gross: $0.30M
99. Greetings from Fukushima (2016)
108 min | Drama
A young German woman bonds with an elderly Japanese woman while touring the Fukushima region of Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake.
Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Rosalie Thomass, Kaori Momoi, Nami Kamata, Moshe Cohen
Votes: 830
Fukushima Mon Amour
100. 24 Weeks (2016)
103 min | Drama
At work, Astrid is admired by her fans as a famous cabaret artist and privately a second child is on road to complete her family happiness.
Director: Anne Zohra Berrached | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Bjarne Mädel, Johanna Gastdorf, Emilia Pieske
Votes: 1,786
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