Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "individuality"

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

R | 133 min | Drama

In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco

Votes: 1,072,479 | Gross: $112.00M

2. Dark City (1998)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt

Votes: 212,316 | Gross: $14.38M

3. Ghost in the Shell (2017)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In the near future, Major Mira Killian is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

Director: Rupert Sanders | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche

Votes: 227,905 | Gross: $40.56M

4. Antz (1998)

PG | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.

Directors: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson, Lawrence Guterman | Stars: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone

Votes: 164,072 | Gross: $90.76M

5. Aquamarine (2006)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Two teenage girls discover a mermaid in their beach club's swimming pool.

Director: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum | Stars: Emma Roberts, JoJo, Sara Paxton, Jake McDorman

Votes: 45,136 | Gross: $18.60M

6. Pleasantville (1998)

PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Two 1990s teenage siblings find themselves transported to a 1950s sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that colorless, complacent world.

Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy

Votes: 136,331 | Gross: $40.57M

7. The Prisoner (1967–1968)

TV-PG | 1,010 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.

Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Angelo Muscat, Peter Swanwick, Peter Brace

Votes: 15,044

8. Shane (1953)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Western

A weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde

Votes: 44,146 | Gross: $20.00M

9. 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: 115,116

10. Pump Up the Volume (1990)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.

Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Anthony Luke Lucero, Andy Romano

Votes: 31,166 | Gross: $11.54M

11. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

Approved | 107 min | Drama, Western

A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.

Director: David Miller | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Michael Kane

Votes: 9,954

12. Infinity Train (I) (2019–2021)

TV-PG | 11 min | Animation, Short, Action

Various people get trapped on a mysterious train with an endless number of cars, each one being its own universe, and they must resolve their psychological trauma and emotional issues in order to get home in this animated anthology series.

Stars: Ashley Johnson, Owen Dennis, Jeremy Crutchley, Kirby

Votes: 9,651

13. The Experiment (2001)

R | 120 min | Drama, Thriller

For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring

Votes: 96,099 | Gross: $0.14M

14. Fantasia 2000 (1999)

G | 75 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music.

Directors: James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg, Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt | Stars: James Levine, Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones

Votes: 41,428 | Gross: $60.66M

15. The Good the Bad the Weird (2008)

R | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.

Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jung Woo-sung, Yun Je-mun

Votes: 37,937 | Gross: $0.13M

16. Brave New World (1980 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt to their repressive ways.

Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Julie Cobb, Bud Cort, Keir Dullea, Ron O'Neal

Votes: 1,148

17. Pixel Perfect (2004 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A teen uses a holograph to create a pop star for his friend's band.

Director: Mark A.Z. Dippé | Stars: Raviv Ullman, Leah Pipes, Spencer Redford, Chad 'Chato' Alger

Votes: 3,953

18. Double, Double Toil and Trouble (1993 TV Movie)

TV-Y7 | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

On Halloween night, two precocious little girls try to save their parents from their nasty old capitalist aunt's greedy clutches. Magic abounds and they meet mysterious new friends along the way.

Director: Stuart Margolin | Stars: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Cloris Leachman, Phil Fondacaro

Votes: 3,880

19. The Chocolate War (1988)

R | 104 min | Drama

The Vigils are a gang of students at Trinity Catholic School... part of the tradition. They control the other boys by intimidation and the threat of violence.

Director: Keith Gordon | Stars: John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wallace Langham, Doug Hutchison

Votes: 2,445 | Gross: $0.30M

20. Tribes (1970)

G | 90 min | Drama

A Marine Corps drill instructor who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees finds himself pitted against a hippie who has been drafted but refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Darren McGavin, Earl Holliman, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Gruber

Votes: 891

21. La Luna (2011)

G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Drama

A fable of a young boy coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. It's the first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. Will he be able to find his own way?

Director: Enrico Casarosa | Stars: Tony Fucile, Krista Sheffler, Phil Sheridan

Votes: 17,010

22. Unstrung Heroes (1995)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

When a youngster needs a break from the pressures of his parents' household, he moves in with his offbeat uncles and learns some invaluable life lessons.

Director: Diane Keaton | Stars: Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Michael Richards, Maury Chaykin

Votes: 3,270 | Gross: $7.93M

23. Asfalttilampaat (1968)

78 min | Drama, Romance

The story of a doomed young love in a small, narrow-minded town.

Director: Mikko Niskanen | Stars: Eero Melasniemi, Kirsti Wallasvaara, Pekka Autiovuori, Mirjami Manninen

Votes: 257

24. Blue Blue Sky (2010)

128 min | Drama, Family

High school girls decided to participate the Calligraphy Demonstration Event. The importance of calligraphy is 'to learn how to express oneself',which is also the most difficult skill that ... See full summary »

Director: Takafumi Ohta | Stars: Karin Aiba, Michelle Fujisaki, Tomoko Fujita, Yuria Haga

Votes: 26

25. The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process (2023)

84 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Inspired by the 25th Anniversary of 'Shine (1996)', the mysterious world of musical genius of brilliant musicians is explored as well as transformational story-telling, the mystery of prodigy and the impact of music on the brain.

Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Ben Folds, David Helfgott, Daniel Johns, Simon Tedeschi

Votes: 14

26. Air Guitar Nation (2006)

R | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

The guitars may be fake, but the talent is real at the U.S. Air Guitar Championships, where performers rock out on invisible guitars in hilarious ways.

Director: Alexandra Lipsitz | Stars: Dan Crane, David S. Jung, Hadia Ackerman, Lance Kasten

Votes: 1,374 | Gross: $0.07M

27. The Man with the Pink Bicycle (2023)

46 min | Adventure, Comedy

Being dumped by your girlfriend sucks. Riding her pink bicycle afterwards is just plain wrong.

Director: Keith Soforic | Stars: Lauren Anderson, Gabriel B., Sebastian Butler, Diana Cabuto

28. By Sidney Lumet (2015)

103 min | Documentary

In a never-before-seen interview filmed in 2008, three years before his death, Sidney Lumet discusses his life and career.

Director: Nancy Buirski | Star: Sidney Lumet

Votes: 454

29. A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (2013)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Music

A man in search for the creation of utopia in the present. First, as a member of a commune on an Estonian island, then alone in the majestic wilderness of Northern Finland and later as the singer of a neo-pagan, black metal band in Norway.

Directors: Ben Rivers, Ben Russell | Stars: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, Nick McMaster, Weasel Walter

Votes: 608

30. Karolina's Perfect Day (2018)

35 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

For years, Karolina has been waking up each morning, hoping that a perfect day will happen to her. Her luck might change when she meets a local guy, Nikola - but he is with another girl, Sladana.

Director: Marin Mandir

Votes: 15

31. Helsinki Underground (2010)

75 min | Documentary

"The Year of the Diamonds 1984 " is about the great cultural transformation of Helsinki, Finland, in the early 1980's. The birth of new sub-cultures, art galleries and performances.

Director: Pete Europa | Stars: Hank Nygren, Ykä Knuuttila, Samurai Timppa, Njassa

Votes: 46

32. Thoth (2002)

40 min | Documentary, Short, Music

Thoth is a street performer currently in New York. Thoth is an individual with a complicated life and background. Thoth plays on opera with a violin in a loincloth in Central Park. Thoth is.

Director: Sarah Kernochan | Stars: S.K. Thoth, Robert Janoff, Elayne Jones, George Kaufman

Votes: 243

33. Basically, Johnny Moped (2013)

77 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A funny and often moving account of one of UK music's great lost treasures. Formed in 1974 by a group of school friends from Croydon, Johnny Moped were the band fronted by, and named after,... See full summary »

Director: Fred Burns | Stars: Tony Anderson, Roger Armstrong, Simon Bates, Dave Berk

Votes: 158

34. The Education of Shelby Knox (2005)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary

A 15-year-old girl's transformation from conservative Southern Baptist to liberal Christian and ardent feminist parallels her fight for sex education and gay rights in Lubbock, Texas.

Directors: Marion Lipschutz, Rose Rosenblatt | Stars: Yvonne Caudillo, Shelby Knox, Rene Maquilleur, Amanda Noble

Votes: 443

35. Voorbijgangers (2011)

Drama, Mystery

An intimate and confronting portrait of a couple of individuals who struggle with the dark side of their lives, placed in an everyday and recognizable context.

Director: Fabian van Dongen | Stars: Amanda Smits, Anne van Lieshout, Arno van Koolwijk, Babette Holtmann

Votes: 19

36. Des marelles et des petites filles (1999)

52 min | Documentary

Hopscotch is universal. Girls around the world trace squares on the ground, then hop through them, trying hard to reach the end. Girls share other interests too; they all like to talk about... See full summary »

Director: Marquise Lepage | Stars: Archana Anand, Aminatou Bandé, Patralkha Chaterjee, Isabelle Chen

Votes: 18

37. Le premier rasta (2010)

86 min | Documentary

Going far beyond the standard imagery of Rasta-ganja, reggae, and dreadlocks-this cultural history offers an uncensored vision of a movement with complex roots and the exceptional journey ... See full summary »

Directors: Hélène Lee, Christophe Farnarier | Stars: The Abyssinians, Marcus Garvey, Leonard Percival Lowell, Max Romeo

Votes: 36

38. Aliens from Spaceship Earth (1977)

PG | 70 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi

Tries to prove that all great men of the past were actually aliens.

Director: Don Como | Stars: Srikanta Dasa Adhikari, Sathya Sai Baba, Yogi Bhahan, Raymond Burr

Votes: 65

39. Iconoclast (2010)

233 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Boyd Rice may well be the only person alive who's been on a first name basis with both Charlie Manson and Marilyn Manson. His career has spanned more than three decades, during which time ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Wessel | Stars: Allison Anders, Margaret Ann, Blanche Barton, Rodney Bingenheimer

Votes: 213

40. Peeps (2019)

17 min | Short, Comedy

Narrated by the birds that roost in the rafters of a shopping centre, "Peeps" is a portrait of five unique teenage girls in contemporary Australia.

Director: Sophie Somerville | Stars: Ella Callow-Sussex, Shaelyn Connor, Shyla Farrugia, Mackenzie O'Brien

Votes: 18

41. Milosc (2013)

91 min | Documentary

Twenty years ago five talented musicians decided to start a musical revolution in their native Poland and established a cult band. However, as time went by, their creative paths turned in different directions.

Director: Filip Dzierzawski | Stars: Leszek Mozdzer, Jacek Olter, Maciej Sikala, Mikolaj Trzaska

Votes: 81

42. Magneettimies (2009)

79 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A look at the life and music of Pekka Streng who died at the age of 26 in 1975.

Director: Arto Halonen | Stars: Atte Blom, Sinikka Haapanen, Jukka Hakoköngäs, Arto Halonen

Votes: 111

43. I Want to Destroy America (2006)

Not Rated | 66 min | Documentary, Music

A touching documentary about the singular career of Hisao Shinagawa, a Japanese street musician who has refused to give up on his elusive dream of success and stardom, regardless of personal cost and the solitary reality of his life.

Director: Peter I. Chang | Star: Hisao Shinagawa

Votes: 13

44. Kohtauspaikka 33 (1981 TV Short)

18 min | Documentary, Short

A documentary following youths of Helsinki and their habits of buying expensive clothes and spending all their money on them.

Director: Renny Harlin | Star: Renny Harlin

Votes: 26

45. Painija (1985 TV Movie)

86 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Ageing wrestler and circus strongman is put in an institution located somewhere in a world of its own, next to an abandoned railway station with pigs running loose on the tracks in almost ... See full summary »

Director: Matti Ijäs | Stars: Esko Hukkanen, Esko Pesonen, Kalevi Kahra, Allan Koskinen

Votes: 163

46. H*A*R*F*A (2014)

G | 33 min | Short, Comedy

Svevlad, an employee in an agency, is surprised how his strict boss, Miro, can be nitpicky towards his subordinates.

Director: Marin Mandir | Stars: Goran Kramaric, Bozidar Horvatic, Marin Mandir, Tomislav Tarandek

Votes: 21

47. Desire (2004)

9 min | Short

The reality of the inner is subjective and imaginary. It conflicts with the objective nature of "real" reality. Modern philosophy balances the concept of two interconnected realities. Art is a manifestation of the inner-life events.

Director: Tim White-Sobieski | Star: Tim White-Sobieski

48. Hairtales (2008 TV Movie)

61 min | Documentary, Mystery

A documentary offering an irreverent yet intimate portrait of 12 individuals who reveal how hair has forever changed their personal and professional lives.

Directors: Scott Otto Anderson, Cath Moore | Stars: Mim D'Alberto, Suzy Badawi, Lance Proctor, Gaby Ledun

Votes: 19

49. Midnight Sonder (2016)

77 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two separate lives spiral together in a tale of addiction, aggression and individuality.

Director: Mayuren Naidoo | Stars: Evan Jones, Sheldon Philbert, Marcia Tucker, Elina Alminas

Votes: 53

50. Refraction (I) (2021)

Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Drama

After the light bulb on her film projector burns out, an elderly woman must confront a nightmarish world as well as the trauma of her past as she seeks to find a replacement before her memories are lost forever.

Director: Daniel Colella | Stars: Vie Ritchie, Mary Pumper, Daniel Colella