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1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
R | 122 min | Drama, Romance
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
Votes: 109,229 | Gross: $3.76M
2. Borat (2006)
R | 84 min | Comedy
Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Chester
Votes: 441,498 | Gross: $128.51M
3. Enter the Void (2009)
Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Fantasy
An American drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander
Votes: 87,962 | Gross: $0.34M
4. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant
Votes: 83,494 | Gross: $24.38M
5. The Cider House Rules (1999)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance
A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo
Votes: 104,734 | Gross: $57.55M
6. Copper (2012–2013)
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Drama
In the 1860s, an Irish-American Civil War veteran joins the New York City police force.
Stars: Tom Weston-Jones, Kyle Schmid, Anastasia Griffith, Ato Essandoh
Votes: 11,015
7. Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a model dies during an abortion, a series of murders begins, starting with her doctor. The killer wears a suit and a black motorcycle helmet. Will anyone discover the killer's identity before the entire agency dies?
Director: Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Nino Castelnuovo, Femi Benussi, Solvi Stubing
Votes: 3,098
8. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean
Votes: 63,260 | Gross: $1.19M
9. Vera Drake (2004)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Richard Graham
Votes: 26,842 | Gross: $3.75M
10. The Opposite of Sex (1998)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
Director: Don Roos | Stars: Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett
Votes: 21,756 | Gross: $5.88M
11. If These Walls Could Talk (1996 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
The movie examines the abortion issue through three stories set in different eras: 1952, 1974 and 1996.
Directors: Cher, Nancy Savoca | Stars: Demi Moore, Shirley Knight, Catherine Keener, Jason London
Votes: 5,015
12. Roe v. Wade (2019)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, History
Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history.
Directors: Cathy Allyn, Nick Loeb | Stars: Jon Voight, Nick Loeb, Stacey Dash, Jamie Kennedy
Votes: 1,577
13. Jack's Back (1988)
R | 97 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A serial killer in Los Angeles celebrates Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing similar murders and only one has a chance of stopping him.
Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Jim Haynie, Robert Picardo
Votes: 4,077 | Gross: $0.49M
14. Waterland (1992)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery
In 1974 Pittsburgh, a high-school history teacher seeking closure tells his class about his experiences as teenager in England during World War II.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack, Ethan Hawke, Grant Warnock
Votes: 2,455 | Gross: $1.03M
15. Palindromes (2004)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ellen Barkin, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Matthew Faber
Votes: 12,865 | Gross: $0.55M
16. Criminal Law (1988)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Boston defense attorney gets his wealthy client off for murder, then suspects him of killing again.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young
Votes: 4,611 | Gross: $9.97M
17. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker
Votes: 9,279
18. Blue Denim (1959)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance
Fairly-typical 1950s teenagers Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard find their lives turned upside-down when Janet becomes pregnant. Arthur is desperate to tell his parents of the predicament ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Dunne | Stars: Carol Lynley, Brandon De Wilde, Macdonald Carey, Marsha Hunt
Votes: 668
19. The Suckling (1990)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A pregnant woman reluctantly goes to an illegal abortion clinic, which also doubles as a brothel, only to have her aborted mutated fetus attack everyone at the clinic.
Director: Francis Teri | Stars: Frank Rivera, Marie Michaels, Gerald Preger, Lisa Petruno
Votes: 1,409
20. Story of Women (1988)
108 min | Drama, History, Romance
A housewife in Nazi-occupied France struggles to make ends meet when her husband returns home after being wounded in the war.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Marie Trintignant, Nils Tavernier
Votes: 5,734 | Gross: $0.44M
21. Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer (2018)
PG-13 | 93 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A movie about the crimes and trial of Kermit Gosnell, an American doctor and abortion provider who was convicted of killing three fetuses and the involuntary manslaughter of a woman who died during a procedure.
Director: Nick Searcy | Stars: Janine Turner, Michael Beach, Dean Cain, Nick Searcy
Votes: 4,748 | Gross: $3.68M
22. Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
The ups and downs of life as experienced by a group of aspiring young artists in the early Fifties New York.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith
Votes: 2,466
23. The Raven (1943)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A French village doctor becomes the target of poison-pen letters sent to village leaders, accusing him of affairs and practicing abortion.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey, Héléna Manson
Votes: 10,886 | Gross: $0.03M
24. Milo (1998)
R | 91 min | Horror
Claire and 4 other preteen girls witness one of them murdered by Milo, a yellow raincoat boy. Milo supposedly drowns. But when Claire returns to meet the others 16 years later, she sees a yellow raincoat boy everywhere. Milo?
Director: Pascal Franchot | Stars: Jennifer Jostyn, Antonio Fargas, Paula Cale, Richard Portnow
Votes: 1,090
25. Pals (1982)
TV-MA | 98 min | Drama
The relationship betwee two best friends from the outskirt of Madrid. When one of them gets the other one's sister pregnant they have to find a way to pay an abortion in order to avoid a conflict with their parents.
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: Antonio Flores, Rosario Flores, José Luis Manzano, José Manuel Cervino
Votes: 697
26. The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Jean Tissier, Pierre Larquey
Votes: 3,636
27. Unwed Mother (1958)
Approved | 74 min | Drama
Betty (Norma Moore) moves from a farming community to Los Angeles. She falls into the clutches of a super-cad (Robert Vaughn) and ends up abandoned and pregnant. After visiting a drunken ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Norma Moore, Robert Vaughn, Diana Darrin, Billie Bird
Votes: 105
28. Thirst (1949)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama
A needy couple in a bad marriage travel back to Stockholm after a trip to Italy. Meanwhile, a widow resists seductions from two different persons - her psychiatrist and a lesbian friend.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth, Hasse Ekman
Votes: 2,824
29. Port of Call (1948)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A suicidal factory girl out of reformatory school, anxious to escape her overbearing mother, falls in love with a sailor who can't forgive her past.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Nine-Christine Jönsson, Bengt Eklund, Mimi Nelson, Berta Hall
Votes: 2,754
30. Rat Fink (1965)
80 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A sadistic rock singer will do whatever it takes to become a star.
Director: James Landis | Stars: Schuyler Hayden, Hal Bokar, Judy Hughes, Warrene Ott
Votes: 127
31. Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Romance
It's time for hockey! There's no telling what will happen when the Winnipeg Maroons' own star player Guy becomes embroiled in the twisted lives of Meta, a vengeful Chinoise, and her ... See full summary »
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Darcy Fehr, Melissa Dionisio, Amy Stewart, Tara Birtwhistle
Votes: 1,479 | Gross: $0.02M
32. She Cat (1983)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Shingo Yamashiro | Stars: Ai Saotome, Kôichi Iwaki, Hiroshi Nawa, Kotomi Aoki
Votes: 112
33. Gaano kadalas ang minsan? (1982)
109 min | Drama
Two women are in love with the same man: one is his wife, the other is his mistress, and between them is the man whose love and time they share. But even the most discreet of affairs can be... See full summary »
Director: Danny L. Zialcita | Stars: Vilma Santos, Hilda Koronel, Dindo Fernando, Suzanne Gonzales
Votes: 79
34. Sealed with a Kiss (1998 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
A cop must catch a serial killer who preys on abusive husbands.
Director: Bill Corcoran | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Nick Mancuso, Lisa Howard, Cali Timmins
Votes: 64
35. Doctor Bloodbath (1987 Video)
60 min | Horror
The story of Dr. Thorn, an abortionist who uses post-procedure house calls as opportunities to murder his patients.
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Albert Eskinazi, Irmgard Millard, Osa Danam, Don Lipsey
Votes: 72
36. Walpurgis Night (1935)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Romance
Lena Bergström works in an office and is unhappily in love with her boss, Johan Borg. She decides to quit. Borg's wife won't have any children, and when she becomes pregnant she has an ... See full summary »
Director: Gustaf Edgren | Stars: Lars Hanson, Karin Kavli, Victor Sjöström, Ingrid Bergman
Votes: 495
37. Impakto (1996)
99 min | Horror
Young Doray (Gelli de Belen) takes a job as a nanny to Baby Junjun. Soon after her arrival, strange things happen. She receives warnings about Baby Junjun, but she ignores them. Later... ... See full summary »
Director: Don Escudero | Stars: Gelli De Belen, Antonio Aquitania, Daria Ramirez, Cherry Pie Picache
Votes: 38
38. Villa des roses (2002)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Romance, War
Louise Créteur's husband dies on the Titanic trying to emigrate, so she must leave their boy Lucien with her old dad in Honfleur and leave the Normandy countryside for greater Paris. She ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Van Passel | Stars: Julie Delpy, Shaun Dingwall, Harriet Walter, Shirley Henderson
Votes: 476
39. Aquella casa en las afueras (1980)
95 min | Horror, Thriller
A young girl's husband rents a lovely home just outside of Madrid so she can spend the last three months of her pregnancy in peace and luxury. Unfortunately, just as they arrive at the home... See full summary »
Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Javier Escrivá, Silvia Aguilar, Alida Valli, Mara Goyanes
Votes: 118
40. Women's Misery - Women's Happiness (1930)
70 min | Documentary, Drama
"Misery and Fortune of Women", is a portrait about abortion and the realities of women from different backgrounds. Eisenstein captures stories revolving abortion (desired process or others ... See full summary »
Director: Eduard Tisse | Stars: Walburga Gmür, Johannes Steiner
Votes: 117
41. Anak (2000)
TV-PG | 135 min | Drama
Filipina Overseas Contract Worker is forced to leave her family and take a higher-paying job in a more-prosperous Asian country, unaware of her husband's death.
Director: Rory B. Quintos | Stars: Vilma Santos, Claudine Barretto, Joel Torre, Baron Geisler
Votes: 353
42. Conflit (1938)
94 min | Drama
Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: Annie Ducaux, Marguerite Pierry, Armand Bernard, Raymond Rouleau
Votes: 44
43. Life Matters (2000)
49 min | Documentary
In an era when women could not get legal abortions there were only a handful of courageous doctors who risked imprisonment, loss of license, and their future in order to provide safe ... See full summary »
Director: Kyle Boyd
44. Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama
A story of the difference in fate of two young girls caused by the difference in their home lives and training. This shows vividly the criminal folly of allowing a girl to reach womanhood ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Abramson | Stars: Frank Sheridan, Katharine Kaelred, Zena Keefe, Arthur Donaldson
45. Kouzelná zeme (2021 Video)
107 min | Drama
Director: Jan Mikulásek | Stars: Johana Tesarová, Lucie Juricková, Eva Stanislavova, Tereza Vilisová
46. War Story (1995)
Documentary, Short
Stars: Flip Benham, Ingrid Newkirk, Cheryl Sullenger, Randall Terry
47. Breakfast of Imbeciles (2005 Video)
72 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
4 mildly intelligent, that's being very generous with that analysis, rock n rollers trying to make it to a gig at another dead end club, 6 socially retarded misfits, and one small deity all... See full summary »
Directors: Colin Burrowes, Heidi Burrowes | Stars: Christopher Cosco, Patrick Stapleton, Corey Coates, Jeff Sproul
Votes: 22
48.
Blue Murder (2001–2004)
Episode:
Remembrance Day: Part 1
(2001)
Drama, Crime
Director: Stephen Williams | Stars: Maria del Mar, Joel Keller, Jeremy Ratchford, Mimi Kuzyk
Votes: 9
49.
Blue Murder (2001–2004)
Episode:
Remembrance Day: Part 2
(2001)
Drama, Crime
Director: Stephen Williams | Stars: Maria del Mar, Joel Keller, Jeremy Ratchford, Mimi Kuzyk
50.
The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode:
The Benefactor
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The Prestons defend a doctor arrested by the police for performing illegal abortions.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Robert F. Simon, Judson Laire
Votes: 38