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1. Empire Records (1995)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Twenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules.
Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Debi Mazar, Maxwell Caulfield, Rory Cochrane
Votes: 61,735 | Gross: $0.30M
2. Donnie Darko (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
Votes: 849,213 | Gross: $1.48M
3. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
NC-17 | 180 min | Drama, Romance
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 162,913 | Gross: $2.20M
4. The Equalizer 2 (2018)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Orson Bean
Votes: 197,182 | Gross: $102.08M
5. The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.
Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni
Votes: 33,530 | Gross: $1.48M
6. Interstate 60 (2002)
R | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Neal Oliver, a very confused young artist, takes a journey of a lifetime on a highway that doesn't exist on any map, going to places he's never heard of, searching for an answer and his dream girl.
Director: Bob Gale | Stars: James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Kurt Russell, Matthew Edison
Votes: 36,722
7. Weekend (II) (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
Director: Andrew Haigh | Stars: Tom Cullen, Chris New, Jonathan Race, Laura Freeman
Votes: 32,807 | Gross: $0.46M
8. Armageddon Time (2022)
R | 114 min | Drama
A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb
Votes: 15,308
9. Quo Vadis (1951)
Not Rated | 171 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Directors: Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 16,721 | Gross: $24.29M
10. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four college freshmen and best friends find that it may take more than a shared pair of jeans to help them stay in touch as their lives go in different directions.
Director: Sanaa Hamri | Stars: America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively
Votes: 30,743 | Gross: $44.09M
11. Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A teenage girl is visited by God, disguised as everyday people, and is given assignments and tasks that eventually have a positive outcome on people's lives.
Stars: Amber Tamblyn, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Ritter
Votes: 9,496
12. She's the One (1996)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The love lives of two brothers, Mickey and Francis, interconnect as Francis cheats on his wife with Mickey's ex-girlfriend, while Mickey impulsively marries a stranger.
Director: Edward Burns | Stars: Edward Burns, Jennifer Aniston, John Mahoney, Michael McGlone
Votes: 18,499 | Gross: $9.45M
13. Inconceivable (2017)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
Director: Jonathan Baker | Stars: Gina Gershon, Nicky Whelan, Nicolas Cage, Sienna Soho Baker
Votes: 10,805
14. The Wedding Veil Journey (2023 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
Tracy and Nick agree to set aside work to make time for a long overdue honeymoon to Greece. When they are stranded on a secluded island, they confront their life choices.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Alison Sweeney, Victor Webster, Lacey Chabert, Autumn Reeser
Votes: 976
15. Love Locks (2017 TV Movie)
TV-G | 95 min | Romance
Twenty years after she was last in Paris, a woman returns to the City of Light, where she reconnects with her college boyfriend and first love.
Director: Martin Wood | Stars: Rebecca Romijn, Jerry O'Connell, Bruce Davison, David Julian Hirsh
Votes: 1,626
16. The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, Romance
A businessman moves to Hong Kong to pursue a career as an artist and falls in love with a prostitute he hires as a model.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding
Votes: 2,755 | Gross: $7.30M
17. My Masterpiece (2018)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Arturo is an unscrupulous art dealer and Renzo his socially-awkward painter and longtime friend. Willing to risk it all, they develop an extreme and ludicrous plan to save themselves.
Director: Gastón Duprat | Stars: Andrea Acatto, Lucas Aranda, Raúl Arévalo, Mahmoud Azim
Votes: 7,293
18. Freak Show (2017)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows the story of teenager Billy Bloom who, despite attending an ultra conservative high school, makes the decision to run for homecoming queen.
Director: Trudie Styler | Stars: Alex Lawther, Ian Nelson, AnnaSophia Robb, Celia Weston
Votes: 4,555 | Gross: $0.02M
19. Summer in February (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists' colony in Cornwall in 1914.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Jane Cussons
Votes: 4,296
20. Borrowed Hearts (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Kathleen's a hard-working single mother, who's saving to buy a house for herself and her daughter, Zoe. Sam's a businessman who has to pretend he has a family in order to close a deal with ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Roma Downey, Eric McCormack, Shawn Thompson, Janet Bailey
Votes: 2,404
21. Bongwater (1998)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An indolent artist in Portland, Oregon becomes addicted to marijuana, prompting his girlfriend to flee to New York City with a heroin addict.
Director: Richard Sears | Stars: Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Amy Locane, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 4,383
22. Walkaway Joe (2020)
89 min | Action, Drama
The story of an unlikely friendship between a young boy searching for his father, and a wandering loner hiding from his past.
Director: Tom Wright | Stars: David Strathairn, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Julian Feder, Julie Ann Emery
Votes: 1,402
23. Permanent (2017)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
Permanent is a comedy about bad hair, adolescence, and socially awkward family members. It involves life-altering permanents and poorly-made toupees. Obstacles to daily survival ensue.
Director: Colette Burson | Stars: Alexis Leggett, Kaleigh Jo Keller, Kira McLean, Patricia Arquette
Votes: 2,601 | Gross: $0.01M
24. 1,000 Times Good Night (2013)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, War
Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer.
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny, Adrianna Cramer Curtis
Votes: 8,164 | Gross: $0.05M
25. Autumn in the City (2022 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
Piper moves to New York for a fresh start and meets Austin, a jaded writer. Together, they experience autumn in the city and try to figure out who they're truly meant to be.
Director: Michael Robison | Stars: Aimee Teegarden, Evan Roderick, Laura Soltis, Adam Beauchesne
Votes: 832
26. Little Men (2016)
PG | 85 min | Drama
A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.
Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García, Theo Taplitz
Votes: 7,810 | Gross: $0.70M
27. Lowriders (2016)
PG-13 | 98 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A young street artist in East Los Angeles is caught between his father's obsession with lowrider car culture, his ex-felon brother and his need for self-expression.
Director: Ricardo de Montreuil | Stars: Gabriel Chavarria, Demián Bichir, Theo Rossi, Tony Revolori
Votes: 2,732 | Gross: $6.16M
28. Christmas Wonderland (2018 TV Movie)
TV-G | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
"Heidi (Osment), who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator... See full summary »
Director: Sean Olson | Stars: Emily Osment, Ryan Rottman, Kelly Hu, Jacob Buster
Votes: 3,471
29. The Other Half (I) (2016)
103 min | Drama, Romance
A bipolar woman and a grief-stricken man struggle to forge a simple life.
Director: Joey Klein | Stars: Tom Cullen, Tatiana Maslany, Suzanne Clément, Henry Czerny
Votes: 924
30. I Have Not Done My Best Yet (2022)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Nam Geum Pil is a 44-year-old man who lives with his father and daughter. One day, he decides to quit his job in order to follow his dream: becoming a webtoonist.
Stars: Lee Sang-Jin, Jun-Hyung Kim, Park Hae-joon, Kim Kap-su
Votes: 31
31. Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (2008)
PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.
Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden, Aaron Ashmore
Votes: 2,817
32. Lost & Found Music Studios (2015–2016)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Music
Lost and found is a place where young musicians come to discover themselves and define them self as they choose in this series you get to know who they are.
Stars: Levi Randall, Alex Zaichkowski, Keara Graves, Shane Harte
Votes: 694
33. Dagashi kashi (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Shikada Kokonotsu's father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day.
Stars: Todd Haberkorn, Sara Ragsdale, Justin Pate, Tabitha Ray
Votes: 880
34. The Crowded Sky (1960)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., John Kerr
Votes: 962
35. Love Surreal (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An artistic young visionary's heart is torn between her imaginary boyfriend and a real guy from one of her classes.
Director: Ryan Little | Stars: Shiri Appleby, Nick Zano, Alexandra Holden, Orlando Seale
Votes: 1,747
36. The Rape of Europa (2006)
Unrated | 117 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.
Directors: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham | Stars: Joan Allen, E. Randol Schoenberg, Maria Altmann, Wolfgang Fischer
Votes: 1,658
37. Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.
Director: David Trueba | Stars: Javier Cámara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer, Ramon Fontserè
Votes: 6,582 | Gross: $0.01M
38. The Inside Story (1948)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Marsha Hunt, William Lundigan, Charles Winninger, Gail Patrick
Votes: 299
39. Peep World (2010)
R | 79 min | Comedy, Drama
Four siblings implode after the release of a book written about them.
Director: Barry W. Blaustein | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Lewis Black
Votes: 3,849 | Gross: $0.01M
40. Local Color (2006)
R | 107 min | Drama
A successful artist looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A talented but troubled 18-year-old aspiring artist befriends a brilliant elderly alcoholic ... See full summary »
Director: George Gallo | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Trevor Morgan, Ray Liotta, Samantha Mathis
Votes: 1,788 | Gross: $0.05M
41. Aleksi (2018)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Aleksi is a disaffected 28-year-old who ignores her pressing responsibilities by following her impulses with various men.
Director: Barbara Vekaric | Stars: Tihana Lazovic, Goran Markovic, Sebastian Cavazza, Jason Mann
Votes: 780
42. Follow (I) (2015)
TV-MA | 74 min | Horror, Thriller
A man who receives an early Christmas present from his girlfriend blacks out only to wake up in a terrifying nightmare.
Director: Owen Egerton | Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Don Most, Noah Segan, Olivia Grace Applegate
Votes: 785
43. Cutie and the Boxer (2013)
R | 82 min | Documentary, Biography
This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.
Director: Zach Heinzerling | Stars: Ushio Shinohara, Noriko Shinohara, Alex Shinohara, Ethan Cohen
Votes: 4,735 | Gross: $0.20M
44. Lovely, Still (2008)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
Director: Nik Fackler | Stars: Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Scott
Votes: 2,379 | Gross: $0.12M
45. All About Christmas Eve (2012 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
'Tis the Season for Evelyn Wright, literally, she is a party planner in NYC. At the last minute Eve finds out that one of her agency's top clients is throwing a HUGE Christmas event, in LA,... See full summary »
Director: Peter Sullivan | Stars: Haylie Duff, Chris Carmack, Connie Sellecca, Patrick Muldoon
Votes: 1,310
46. At Home with the Webbers (1993 TV Movie)
R | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The Webbers are your average American family. So average, in fact that they are selected by a television station to be the stars of their own TV show "At Home with the Webbers". They are ... See full summary »
Director: Brad Marlowe | Stars: Jeffrey Tambor, Jennifer Tilly, David Arquette, Rita Taggart
Votes: 286
47. What I Did for Love (2006 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A city lawyer gets a dose of country medicine when he meets his fiancee's parents at Christmastime.
Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Jeremy London, Dorie Barton, James Gammon, Steve Monroe
Votes: 603
48. The Last Big Thing (1996)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
From a bland tract house on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Simon Geist (with occasional help from his platonic girlfriend Darla) wages war against all of modern American popular culture. ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Zukovic | Stars: Dan Zukovic, Susan Heimbeinder, Mark Ruffalo, Pamela Dickerson
Votes: 422 | Gross: $0.02M
49. The Graffiti Artist (2004)
PG-13 | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Adrift in a lush, nocturnal urban landscape, Nick is a post-modern urban hero asserting his anarchistic agenda on the endless maze of virgin exterior walls that comprise downtown Seattle ... See full summary »
Director: James Bolton | Stars: Ruben Bansie, Pledgure Duoshun, Zachary S. Smalls, Robert D. Heath Jr.
Votes: 806
50. Winter Solstice (I) (2004)
R | 90 min | Drama
In this suburban drama, a widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.
Director: Josh Sternfeld | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Aaron Stanford, Mark Webber, Allison Janney
Votes: 1,473 | Gross: $0.32M