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1. Joker (I) (2019)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy
Votes: 1,484,210 | Gross: $335.45M
2. Before Sunset (2004)
R | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torrès
Votes: 287,511 | Gross: $5.82M
3. Ordinary People (1980)
R | 124 min | Drama
The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton
Votes: 56,629 | Gross: $54.80M
4. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Amara Karan
Votes: 216,762 | Gross: $11.90M
5. Wild Wild Country (2018)
TV-MA | 67 min | Documentary, Crime
When Osho, the world's most controversial guru, builds an Utopian city deep in the Oregon country, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.
Stars: Ma Anand Sheela, Philip Toelkes, Jane Stork, George Meredith
Votes: 35,028
6. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
A boy is raised by a Buddhist monk in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Kim Ki-duk, Oh Yeong-su, Jong-ho Kim, Kim Young-min
Votes: 86,746 | Gross: $2.38M
7. Grand Canyon (1991)
R | 134 min | Crime, Drama
The fates of several people are randomly intertwining. Their sympathy of each other faces multiple differences in their lifestyles.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 16,693 | Gross: $33.24M
8. The Messenger (I) (2009)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance, War
An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.
Director: Oren Moverman | Stars: Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone
Votes: 36,751 | Gross: $0.07M
9. Teorema (1968)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery
A mysterious young man seduces each member of a bourgeois family. When he suddenly leaves, how will their lives change?
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky
Votes: 15,239
10. Dev.D (2009)
Not Rated | 144 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After breaking up with his childhood sweetheart, a young man finds solace in drugs. Meanwhile, a teenage girl is caught in the world of prostitution. Will they be destroyed, or will they find redemption?
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill, Kalki Koechlin, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Votes: 32,230 | Gross: $0.01M
11. Love Letter (1995)
PG | 117 min | Drama, Romance
When exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Bunjaku Han, Katsuyuki Shinohara
Votes: 10,973
12. Oedipus Rex (1967)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Rescued from abandonment and raised by the King and Queen, Oedipus is still haunted by a prophecy--he'll murder his father and marry his mother.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene
Votes: 6,874
13. An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
230 min | Crime, Drama
Four people in a Chinese city live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.
Director: Bo Hu | Stars: Yu Zhang, Yuchang Peng, Uvin Wang, Zi Xi
Votes: 7,973 | Gross: $0.03M
14. The Aristocrats (2005)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Comedy
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Directors: Penn Jillette, Paul Provenza | Stars: George Carlin, Don Rickles, Chris Rock, Chris Albrecht
Votes: 17,058 | Gross: $6.38M
15. AmnesiA (2001)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A photographer returns to his parental home because his mother is seriously ill. The confrontation with his past leads to panic in a surreal, stylised psychological drama.
Director: Martin Koolhoven | Stars: Fedja van Huêt, Carice van Houten, Theo Maassen, Sacha Bulthuis
Votes: 552
16. Guide (1965)
Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Romance
When mistaken to be a sage by some villagers, an ex-tour guide reflects on his past and lost love to search for spiritual wisdom to guide the villagers.
Director: Vijay Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Leela Chitnis, Anwar Hussain
Votes: 8,590
17. Painkiller (II) (2021)
85 min | Thriller
After a man loses his child, he begins a campaign to destroy the white collar criminals behind the opioid epidemic, and reluctantly embraces his anti-hero status.
Director: Mark Savage | Stars: Michael Paré, Bill Oberst Jr., Alexander Pennecke, Mark Savage
Votes: 216
18. Parzania (2005)
116 min | Drama, History
A parsi family struggles to find thier son in a genocide carried out by vested interests outfits during 2002, commonly known as Gujarat riots which broke out after the Godhra Train Burning incident. During riots more than 790 Muslim and 289 Hindus died and around 300 people missing in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Director: Rahul Dholakia | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Corin Nemec, Sarika Thakur, Parzaan Dastur
Votes: 2,466
19. Fever Pitch (1985)
R | 96 min | Drama, Mystery
An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry - professional gambling.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Catherine Hicks, Giancarlo Giannini, Bridgette Andersen
Votes: 348 | Gross: $0.62M
20. Healing (I) (2014)
R | 112 min | Drama
Inspired by true events, HEALING is a story of redemption, the discovery of hope and the healing of the spirit - in the most unlikely place for the most unlikely men.
Director: Craig Monahan | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Don Hany, Xavier Samuel, Mark Leonard Winter
Votes: 1,091
21. Late Last Night (1999 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Comedy
After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and intoxication. They start a cathartic ride through the city's underbelly.
Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Bobby Edner, Steven Weber, Kelly Rowan
Votes: 630
22. The Unspeakable (2021)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary following four families in their struggle to find the truth about the death of their loved ones on September 11th, 2001.
Director: Dylan Avery | Stars: Tara Brinnier, William Brinnier, Matthew Campbell, Maureen Campbell
Votes: 103
23. The White Meadows (2009)
92 min | Drama
Rahmat has been asked to meet the inhabitants of these islands to collect their tears. Although for years people have been giving their tears to Rahmat, no one knows exactly what he has been doing with them.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Hassan Pourshirazi, Younes Ghazali, Mohammad Rabbani, Mohammad Shirvani
Votes: 1,047
24. A Matter of Dignity (1958)
112 min | Drama
A daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Athena Michaelidou, Eleni Zafeiriou, Giorgos Pappas
Votes: 689
25. Free Rainer (2007)
130 min | Comedy, Drama
Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.
Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Elsa Sophie Gambard, Milan Peschel, Gregor Bloéb
Votes: 4,680
26. Warning Shadows (1923)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A wealthy man invites the local wealthy bachelors over for a puppet show about men who covet another man's wife. The puppeteer is actually a witch and gives the men nightmares about what could happen if they date the lady of the house.
Director: Arthur Robison | Stars: Fritz Kortner, Ruth Weyher, Gustav von Wangenheim, Eugen Rex
Votes: 1,125
27. L'amore in piazza (2017 Video)
Musical
A Socioplay on the Road about 10 forms of Love. Turning point: the wedding of Tinto Brass and Caterina Varzi. Origin of "Bricconaggi" as Perdo/nanda Pivano (2018) and I cani dell'acqua ... See full synopsis »
Director: Ottavio Rosati | Stars: Tinto Brass, Umberta Telfener, Luciana Santioli, Ottavio Rosati
Votes: 6
28. L'ange (1982)
64 min | Animation, Fantasy
A surreal, nightmarish collection of imagery.
Director: Patrick Bokanowski | Stars: Maurice Baquet, Jean-Marie Bon, Martine Couture, Jacques Faure
Votes: 629
29. Katharsi (2009)
74 min | Crime, Thriller
A hard-boiled ex-cop, against the background of a pitiless and cold-blooded revenge, stands alone before the Mob, his personal demons and a grand, yet violent catharsis.
Director: Fokion Bogris | Stars: Kostas Stefanakis, Vangelis Mourikis, Christos Natsios, Vangelis Alexandris
Votes: 162
30. Davy Wallace (2022)
151 min | Drama
As he graduates from college in North Carolina, a troubled, young artist must confront his traumatic childhood, with support from an older, grieving high school teacher.
Director: Drew Bowen | Star: Drew Bowen
31. Protagonist (2007)
R | 90 min | Documentary
Jessica Yu's documentary explores the relationship between human life and Euripidean dramatic structure by weaving together the stories of four men: German terrorist, a bank robber, an "ex-gay" evangelist, and a martial arts student.
Director: Jessica Yu | Stars: Hans-Joachim Klein, Mark Salzman, Chris Diamantopoulos, Joe Loya
Votes: 573
32. Chintu Ji (2009)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Rishi, the son of legendary Raj Kapoor, decides to try his hand at politics, and to garner support, re-locates to his birth village, Hadbahedi. The village is located in an isolated area ... See full summary »
Director: Ranjit Kapoor | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Kulraj Randhawa, Saurabh Shukla
Votes: 219
33. A Quiet Death (1986)
88 min | Drama
A writer abandons her life and husband and wanders the streets of a deserted city in search of herself.
Director: Frieda Liappa | Stars: Eleonora Stathopoulou, Pemi Zouni, Takis Moshos, Yorgos Moshos
Votes: 57
34. Sentimental Education (1998)
Drama
The story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the main character, Fabrice. The film examines the hollowness of his glamorous lifestyle, leading... See full summary »
Director: C.S. Leigh | Stars: Clément Sibony, Julie Gayet, Arsinée Khanjian, Thom Hoffman
Votes: 25
35. The Vortex: Quantum Gate II (1994 Video Game)
Adventure, Sci-Fi
Private Drew Griffin has discovered the truth behind his mission on the hostile planet AJ3905. Now he must learn about this new alien world and its inhabitants and make a fateful choice.
Director: Greg Roach | Stars: Ruth Aguilar, Joyce Anastasia, A. Russell Andrews, Mark Arend
Votes: 17
37. Itawari (2010)
73 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A man is forced to face choices between love and loneliness, the past and the present and ultimately, he must choose life or death.
Director: Mark Charles Adams | Stars: Adam Gibson, Hannah Cork, Gerard P. Howells, Jay Blyth
38. What Happened with Alain (2021)
9 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
A young grieving widow is haunted by her dead husband. Through the experience of these nightmares, she processes her grief and tries to reach emotional catharsis.
Director: Nicolò Grasso | Stars: Anna Provedel, Maxence Dinant
39. #4 Mangifera (2022 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A book is buried under a mango tree in a backyard in Cape Verde, initiating a journey to reconstruct a fictional, geographic, emotional, and identitary cartography of loss, based on the five stages of grief.
Director: Flávia Gusmão | Stars: Flávia Gusmão, Aldina da Luz, Aurisanda da Luz, Carolina Costa
Votes: 16
40. Aguasanta's Fall (2007)
12 min | Short, Crime, Horror
Directors: Daniel Blanco Clavier, Pablo Iranzo | Stars: Juan Behrens, Ruben Fariñas, Miguel Monteagudo, Andrés Úngaro
41. Music for the End of the World (2020)
Short, Comedy, Drama
Would the apocalypse really be all that bad? Teenage Freddie certainly doesn't think so, as he boogies his troubles away on a gorgeous sunny hill.
Director: Emmanuel Li | Stars: Emmanuel Li, Nicola Kelsall
Votes: 6
42. Torque (2019)
Documentary, Short
Honami Higuchi finds catharsis from traumatic experiences in the body-performance of Torque as Mira with Raphael Leray.
Director: Raphael Leray | Star: Honami Higuchi
43. Stelle sopra stelle sotto (2010 Video)
Short
A socioplay about a poetry reading, between the docu-film Generazioni d'amore: Le quattro Americhe di Fernanda Pivano (2001) and the "bricconaggio" Perdo/nanda Pivano (2018). The set is ... See full summary »
Director: Ottavio Rosati | Stars: Ami Buz, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Brandom Gregory
44. American Dirge (2023)
83 min | Documentary, Drama, Mystery
"American Dirge" is a cathartic journey of a man traveling through two battered souls - the American back country and his own.
Director: Joerg Steineck | Stars: Joshua D. Sanchez, Chris Cockrell, Caspar Vondj
45. Svecha (1991)
93 min | Drama
Director: Anatoli Kudryavtsev | Stars: Lev Borisov, Valeriy Legin, Vera Lipstok, Adolf Shestakov
46. Egression (2011)
100 min | Drama
Attempting to escape the past through drugs and sex, three friends charge headlong towards their inescapable fates. A story of savage passions, tragic mistakes and redemption.
Director: Ray Brady | Stars: Des Brady, Angela Spalding, Andrew Shire, Ray Brady
Votes: 111
47. A Man, Sinking (2014)
Short, Drama
A recently released ex-convict finds catharsis as a technical diver. But at the bottom of the ocean, in the infinite expanse of darkness, his past waits for him.
Director: Dan Paul Murphy | Stars: Cassandra Charlick, Alan Flower, Julian Shaw, Roger Wentworth
48. Breaking and Entering (2009)
3 min | Short
A rape victim tells her story, artistically, vocally and visually.
Director: Korinna McRobert
49. Perdo/nanda Pivano (2018 Video)
Short, Drama
A video.play from the hyper-text "Four decades of plays between Pivano and Von Franz" and the docufilm Generazioni d'amore: Le quattro Americhe di Fernanda Pivano (2001). Ottavio Rosati ... See full summary »
Director: Ottavio Rosati | Stars: Fernanda Pivano, Gustavo Rol, Ottavio Rosati, Milena Vukotic
50. Secrets (2006)
15 min | Short
A collection of anonymous audio recordings of real secrets illustrated through abstract and surreal imagery.
Director: Nadia Tan | Stars: Azedeh Afousi, Anthi Charalambous, Amanda McCavour, Viola Schrey