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1. Philadelphia (1993)
PG-13 | 125 min | Drama
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic-small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman
Votes: 258,751 | Gross: $77.32M
2. Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama
Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite
Votes: 24,160 | Gross: $7.29M
3. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 86,935 | Gross: $3.31M
4. The Experiment (2010)
R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Director: Paul T. Scheuring | Stars: Adrien Brody, Cam Gigandet, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace
Votes: 57,281
5. Look Who's Back (2015)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society.
Director: David Wnendt | Stars: Oliver Masucci, Thomas M. Köppl, Marc-Marvin Israel, David Gebigke
Votes: 49,819
6. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona, Lim Ji-eun
Votes: 75,362 | Gross: $0.05M
7. The Falling (2014)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
It's 1969 at a strict English girls' school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends. After a tragedy occurs at the school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all involved.
Director: Carol Morley | Stars: Maxine Peake, Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh, Anna Burnett
Votes: 7,987
8. Thunder Road (2018)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.
Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, Nican Robinson, Jocelyn DeBoer
Votes: 19,580
9. Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Years after he fought his way out of an inescapable prison, Ray Breslin has organized a new top-notch security force. But when one of his team members goes missing, Breslin must return to the hell he once escaped from.
Director: Steven C. Miller | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Xiaoming Huang, Jesse Metcalfe
Votes: 35,420
10. Parental Guidance (2012)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family
Artie and Diane Decker agree to look after their three grandchildren when their type-A helicopter parents need to go out of town for work. Problems arise when their 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.
Director: Andy Fickman | Stars: Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott
Votes: 26,819 | Gross: $77.27M
11. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 38,685 | Gross: $0.20M
12. God Bless America (2011)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
On a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens, terminally ill Frank makes an unlikely accomplice in 16-year-old Roxy.
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait | Stars: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton
Votes: 72,044 | Gross: $0.12M
13. Maelstrom (2000)
R | 87 min | Drama
After plunging her car into a river, a woman encounters a man who helps her come to terms with her life.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Marie-Josée Croze, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Stephanie Morgenstern, Pierre Lebeau
Votes: 7,343 | Gross: $0.03M
14. Hotel Coolgardie (2016)
83 min | Documentary
On a road between Australia's most isolated town and its largest gold mine lies Coolgardie, where the arrival every three months of a new foreign backpacker couple is a much-anticipated event.
Director: Pete Gleeson | Stars: Nicolina, Stephanie, Peter Coffey, John Joseph Lowe
Votes: 1,342
15. This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman who dreams of becoming a children's book author makes an unlikely friendship with a cantankerous, rich old widower.
Director: Simon Aboud | Stars: Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 13,284 | Gross: $0.04M
16. Moving (1988)
R | 89 min | Comedy
Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.
Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Richard Pryor, Beverly Todd, Stacey Dash, Raphael Harris
Votes: 6,367 | Gross: $10.82M
17. The Humans (2021)
R | 108 min | Drama
During one evening, the Blake family gathers to celebrate thanksgiving in a broken-down flat newly rented by the daughter and her new man. As the darkness falls, we find that all have less to be thankful about.
Director: Stephen Karam | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein
Votes: 10,869
18. It's Pat: The Movie (1994)
PG-13 | 77 min | Comedy
The comedic misadventures of a person of indeterminate gender.
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Julia Sweeney, Dave Foley, Charles Rocket, Kathy Griffin
Votes: 10,497 | Gross: $0.06M
19. The Survivors (1983)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed, James Wainwright
Votes: 5,755 | Gross: $14.00M
20. CQ (2001)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and realizing that he's infatuated with the sci-fi film's starlet.
Director: Roman Coppola | Stars: Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Élodie Bouchez, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 5,099 | Gross: $0.41M
21. Bite the Bullet (1975)
PG | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A pair of ex-Rough Riders, a former prostitute, a gunfighter, an aging cowboy and an English gentleman enter a 700-mile horse race through the Southwest desert in 1908.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson
Votes: 5,886
22. Patti Cake$ (2017)
R | 109 min | Drama, Music
PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
Director: Geremy Jasper | Stars: Danielle Macdonald, Sahr Ngaujah, Bridget Everett, Mamoudou Athie
Votes: 10,537 | Gross: $0.80M
23. They Look Like People (2015)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.
Director: Perry Blackshear | Stars: MacLeod Andrews, Evan Dumouchel, Margaret Ying Drake, Mick Casale
Votes: 8,695
24. The Student (2016)
Unrated | 118 min | Drama
Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: Pyotr Skvortsov, Viktoriya Isakova, Yuliya Aug, Aleksandr Gorchilin
Votes: 6,088 | Gross: $0.00M
25. Mood Indigo (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Wealthy, inventive bachelor Colin endeavors to find a cure for his lover Chloe after she's diagnosed with an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Omar Sy
Votes: 16,739 | Gross: $0.30M
26. Not Safe for Work (2014)
Not Rated | 74 min | Thriller
An office worker is trapped inside the building where a killer is on the loose.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Michael Gladis, Dan Bakkedahl, Max Minghella, Frankie J. Allison
Votes: 4,786
27. Bare (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A young girl in Nevada becomes romantically involved with a female drifter who introduces her to a life of stripping, drugs, and metaphysical experiences that teach her what happens when real life catches up with dark fantasy.
Director: Natalia Leite | Stars: Dianna Agron, Paz de la Huerta, Chris Zylka, Louisa Krause
Votes: 2,536
28. Underdogs (2013)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Set in rural Ohio, the birthplace of football, a small-town high school football team rises to play their cross-town rival, a perennial powerhouse, while standing up for an entire community.
Director: Doug Dearth | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, William Mapother, Richard Portnow, Logan Huffman
Votes: 1,149 | Gross: $0.03M
29. The Victim (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy woman is trapped during a storm in a house with no electricity or phone. A killer has murdered her sister, stuffed the body in the basement, and is now after her.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Eileen Heckart, Sue Ane Langdon, George Maharis
Votes: 887
30. The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
R | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two enamoured strangers look for a warm place in a cold world.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Lars Rudolph
Votes: 14,960 | Gross: $0.87M
31. Prescription for Love (2019 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama, Romance
Nurse Claire's supervisor is intent on making her miserable. On a rare night off, she gets trapped in an elevator with a charming man. The next day she is introduced to him again but he does not recognize her.
Director: Brian Brough | Stars: Jillian Murray, Trevor Donovan, Jillian Joy, Charla Bocchicchio
Votes: 1,517
32. Baked in Brooklyn (2016)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A guy decides to sell weed after losing his job, but things soon go out of hand as demand of business and paranoia starts taking over.
Director: Rory Rooney | Stars: Josh Brener, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Iacono, Kitty
Votes: 3,699
33. Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance
At an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with a teacher, to terrific consequences.
Directors: Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich | Stars: Dorothea Wieck, Hertha Thiele, Emilia Unda, Hedy Krilla
Votes: 3,760
34. How to Make a Monster (1958)
Unrated | 73 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When a master monster make-up artist is sacked by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.
Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Robert H. Harris, Paul Brinegar, Gary Conway, Gary Clarke
Votes: 1,525
35. Proof (1991)
R | 86 min | Drama, Romance
The life of a blind photographer who is looked after by a housekeeper is disrupted by the arrival of an agreeable restaurant worker.
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell
Votes: 7,140 | Gross: $0.52M
36. Jonah and the Pink Whale (1995)
92 min | Drama
A schoolteacher in the small city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra has a passionate affair with his frigid wife's sister--despite the risk of having to confront not only his wife, but also his dubious father-in-law.
Director: Juan Carlos Valdivia | Stars: Dino García, María Renée Prudencio, Claudia Lobo, Julieta Egurrola
Votes: 174
37. Jack & Sarah (1995)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young American woman becomes a nanny in the home of a recent British widower.
Director: Tim Sullivan | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 5,567 | Gross: $0.22M
38. Vikes (2017)
86 min | Comedy, Romance
High-schooler Thorvald, influenced by Ida, a girl he likes, campaigns to change his school's mascot, the Viking, to something less offensive to the Scandinavian community. It's a love story.
Director: Tenney Fairchild | Stars: Aidan Alexander, Sydney Sweeney, Carter Hastings, Noah Munck
Votes: 186
39. Pollen (II) (2023)
86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After a senior coworker assaults a bright-eyed young woman, her dream job becomes a living nightmare as she tries to keep her career together while being tormented at work, at home, and in her dreams by a mysterious tree monster.
Director: DW Medoff | Stars: Ava Rose Kinard, Tyler Buckingham, Leanna Adams, Ashley Ames
Votes: 442
40. The Milk of Sorrow (2009)
94 min | Drama, Music
Fausta is suffering from a rare disease called the Milk of Sorrow, which is transmitted through the breast milk of pregnant women who were abused or raped during or soon after pregnancy. ... See full summary »
Director: Claudia Llosa | Stars: Magaly Solier, Susi Sánchez, Efraín Solís, Marino Ballón
Votes: 7,364 | Gross: $0.01M
41. The Guardians (2017)
R | 138 min | Drama, War
Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.
Director: Xavier Beauvois | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Iris Bry, Cyril Descours
Votes: 2,582 | Gross: $0.18M
42. After the Ball (2015)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy
After a young fashion designer runs afoul of her corrupt stepmother and stepsisters, she dons a disguise to help save the family business for her father.
Director: Sean Garrity | Stars: Portia Doubleday, Marc-André Grondin, Chris Noth, Lauren Holly
Votes: 3,681 | Gross: $0.16M
43. Stoned (2005)
R | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
Director: Stephen Woolley | Stars: Leo Gregory, Paddy Considine, David Morrissey, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 4,170
44. Salmer fra kjøkkenet (2003)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A scientific observer's job of observing an old cantankerous single man's kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him.
Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Tomas Norström, Joachim Calmeyer, Bjørn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson
Votes: 8,672 | Gross: $0.35M
45. The Joyless Street (1925)
125 min | Drama
In post-WWI Vienna, Greta (Greta Garbo), her kid sister, and retired dad try to make it through tough times.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Greta Garbo, Ágnes Eszterházy, Werner Krauss
Votes: 1,723
46. The Pace That Kills (1935)
PG | 68 min | Crime, Drama
A drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother and turns them into "cocaine fiends."
Director: William A. O'Connor | Stars: Lois January, Noel Madison, Sheila Bromley, Dean Benton
Votes: 704
47. Nana 2 (2006)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Follows the struggles through life and relationships of Komatsu Nana and Osaki Nana.
Director: Kentarô Ohtani | Stars: Mika Nakashima, Yui Ichikawa, Tetsuji Tamayama, Nobuo Kyô
Votes: 1,160
48. The Hunting Ground (2015)
PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary
An exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families.
Director: Kirby Dick | Stars: Andrea Pino, Annie Clark, Claire Potter, Melinda Manning
Votes: 6,495 | Gross: $0.41M
49. Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy
After his work partner is murdered, a gung-ho insurance claims investigator teams with a new female investigator to uncover a massive, homicidal fraud the company seems to be perpetrating on its biggest clients.
Director: Arlene Sanford | Stars: Dave Sheridan, Cameron Richardson, Randy Quaid, Dolly Parton
Votes: 1,466
50. Heights (2005)
R | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Spanning 24 hours, "Heights" follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny before the sun comes up the next day.
Director: Chris Terrio | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Glenn Close, James Marsden, Chandler Williams
Votes: 4,839 | Gross: $1.16M