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1. In Bruges (2008)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Berrington
Votes: 461,614 | Gross: $7.76M
2. Chocolat (2000)
PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Romance
A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina
Votes: 201,998 | Gross: $71.51M
3. 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: 86,832 | Gross: $2.38M
4. Shogun's Joy of Torture (1968)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Horror
Three tales of punishment and torture set in Japan in the Middle Ages.
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Teruo Yoshida, Masumi Tachibana, Fumio Watanabe, Reiko Mikasa
Votes: 676
5. Luther (2003)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Molina
Votes: 16,005 | Gross: $5.79M
6. Viridiana (1961)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo
Votes: 26,139
7. Satanico Pandemonium (1975)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young nun is tempted by visions of forbidden sexual fantasies to cross over to Satan.
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Enrique Rocha, Cecilia Pezet, Delia Magaña, Clemencia Colin
Votes: 1,521
8. A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet
Votes: 6,486
9. Perceval le Gallois (1978)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The exploits of Sir Perceval, a legendary exemplar of knightly chivalry and one of the champions of King Arthur's Round Table.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Solange Boulanger, Catherine Schroeder
Votes: 1,569
10. Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Not Rated | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
St. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among peasants and nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles.
Director: Maurice Cloche | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare
Votes: 994
11. Eulogy for a Vampire (2009)
Not Rated | 107 min | Horror
A handsome young drifter is found unconscious near a remote monastery, where he joins forces with a vengeful spirit as he seduces and converts each of the monks to join his league of the undead.
Director: Patrick McGuinn | Stars: Ryan G. Metzger, Sal Bardo, Wilson Hand, Darin Guerrasio
Votes: 98
12. When in Rome (1952)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia, Carlo Rizzo
Votes: 334
13. Alchemik (1989)
117 min | Fantasy, Horror
An alchemist, Sendivius, comes to court, and transmutes base metal into gold.
Director: Jacek Koprowicz | Stars: Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Michal Bajor, Joanna Szczepkowska, Marek Obertyn
Votes: 64
14. Tarima (2010)
110 min | Drama
Director: Neal 'Buboy' Tan | Stars: Fanny Serrano, Gloria Romero, Rocky Salumbides, Chokoleit
Votes: 17
15. The Bastards Fig Tree (2017)
TV-14 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Near the end of the Spanish Civil War, a soldier becomes a hermit, and starts caring for a very special fig tree.
Director: Ana Murugarren | Stars: Karra Elejalde, Pepa Aniorte, Carlos Areces, Mikel Losada
Votes: 146
16. Pasang krus (2009)
90 min | Drama
Herminia, a woman heavy with child, with her four chikdren in tow witnesses her husband being forcibly taken, tortured and murdered by henchmen of an unscrupulous, land-grabbing politician ... See full summary »
Director: Neal 'Buboy' Tan | Stars: Rosanna Roces, Joross Gamboa, Ketchup Eusebio, Empress Schuck
17. 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
18.
Packed to the Rafters (2008–2013)
Episode:
Facing Demons
(2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Rachel faces up to her shameful past. In flashbacks, she tells how she met, fell in love and eventually left Daniel, the man responsible for emailing their private video. Ted decides to move back home but what is he hiding?
Director: Lynn Hegarty | Stars: Rebecca Gibney, Erik Thomson, Angus McLaren, Jessica McNamee
Votes: 41
19.
De troon (2010)
Episode:
'Morgen krijg je kaviaar'
(2010)
Drama, History, Romance
1816, Dutch royal crown prince Guillot weds in St.Petersburg the Romanov czar's sister Anna Pauwlona, who settles in relatively petty court-life and even his affair with Portuguese former ... See full summary »
Stars: Yorick van Wageningen, Raymond Thiry, Jeroen Willems, Guy Clemens
Votes: 15
20.
Amazing Train Journeys (2011– )
Episode:
Panama: Colón-Portobello-Iles San Blas
(2020)
Documentary
Philippe Gougler begins his journey en Colon: there is a railway track along the Panama canal.Philippe meets two employees of the Canal Railway company: they drive a car with wheels on the ... See full summary »
Director: Yann Staderoli | Star: Philippe Gougler
21.
Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets (2014– )
Episode:
Henry II
(2014)
45 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Charismatic Henry II transformed England into an empire, but became a control freak and rebellions against him led by the ones closest to him, such as Thomas Becket and Henry's wife and sons, eventually broke out.
Director: James Tovell | Stars: Julie Barrau, Dan Jones
Votes: 56
22.
Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017–2020)
Episode:
Plebes and Patricians
(2017)
TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Samurai sinks his hooks into idealistic Cinaglia. Theodosiou's blackmailers try to silence a witness. Spadino chafes at his looming arranged marriage.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Giacomo Ferrara, Eduardo Valdarnini, Francesco Acquaroli
Votes: 382