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1. Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Railroad executive Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden form an alliance to fight the increasingly authoritarian government of the United States.
Director: Paul Johansson | Stars: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, Edi Gathegi
Votes: 14,311 | Gross: $4.75M
2. The Fountainhead (1949)
Approved | 114 min | Drama, Romance
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith
Votes: 10,896
3. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama
In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 18,204
4. The Fool (II) (2014)
116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dima Nikitin is an ordinary honest plumber who suddenly decides to face the corrupt system of local politics in order to save the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dormitory, which is about to collapse.
Director: Yuriy Bykov | Stars: Artyom Bystrov, Natalya Surkova, Yuriy Tsurilo, Boris Nevzorov
Votes: 16,390
5. Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike (2012)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continues to spread its control over the national economy.
Director: John Putch | Stars: Samantha Mathis, Jason Beghe, Esai Morales, Patrick Fabian
Votes: 7,635 | Gross: $3.34M
6. Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? (2014)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mysterious man named John Galt, who has the power and influence to change everything..
Director: James Manera | Stars: Kristoffer Polaha, Laura Regan, Rob Morrow, Peter Mackenzie
Votes: 3,885 | Gross: $0.85M
7. The Century of the Self (2002)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz
Votes: 6,355
8. The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The rather eccentric (especially in her thinking) author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" becomes involved with a much younger, and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Peter Fonda
Votes: 1,650
9. For Those in Peril (2013)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Aaron, a young misfit living in a remote Scottish fishing community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother. ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wright | Stars: George MacKay, Kate Dickie, Nichola Burley, Michael Smiley
Votes: 1,254
10. Mourir d'aimer... (1971)
GP | 101 min | Drama
A love story between a teacher, Daniele, 32 years and one of her students Gerard, 17 during the heated atmosphere of May 68. Daniele is a fiery young woman, very involved politically. ... See full summary »
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Annie Girardot, Bruno Pradal, Claude Cerval, Jean Bouise
Votes: 583
11. Summer Rebellion (1970)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969 travelling around Finland, mostly with another girl and her boyfriend. Sporting the latest ... See full summary »
Director: Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Stars: Titta Karakorpi, Hannu Oravisto, Veikko Honkanen, Petra Frey
Votes: 165
12. Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1996)
Not Rated | 145 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary focusing on the life of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, the author of the bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and originator of the Objectivist philosophy.
Director: Michael Paxton | Stars: Sharon Gless, Michael S. Berliner, Harry Binswanger, Sylvia Bokor
Votes: 649 | Gross: $0.21M
13. Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged (2011)
Unrated | 87 min | Documentary
'Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged is a feature length documentary film that examines the resurging interest in Ayn Rand's epic and controversial 1957 novel and the validity of its dire prediction for America.
Director: Chris Mortensen | Stars: John Allison, Clifford Asness, Rajia Baroudi, Mike Berliner
Votes: 495
14. Free to Choose (1980– )
Documentary
This was originally a book, made into a ten part television series broadcast on PBS by economists Milton and Rose Friedman that advocates free market principles. The thrust of the series is... See full summary »
Stars: Milton Friedman, Robert McKenzie, Thomas Sowell, Peter Jay
Votes: 331
15. Kätkäläinen (1980 TV Movie)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of villagers battle an local entrepreneur that poison the air with toxic emissions.
Director: Markku Onttonen | Stars: Martti Kainulainen, Maija-Liisa Majanlahti, Maritta Viitamäki, Mikko Nousiainen
Votes: 89
16. The New Man (2007)
104 min | Drama
The film portrays Gertrude, a strong and exuberant 17-year-old and her collision with the Swedish welfare state in the early 1950s. It deals with the compulsory sterilisation in Sweden affecting 63,000 people between 1934 and 1976.
Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Lo Kauppi, Ellen Jelinek, Ann-Sofie Nurmi, Nadja Mirmiran
Votes: 869
17. The Raven's Dance (1980)
79 min | Drama
Film about a married couple and an old man living in a remote part of Finland. The young husband goes out hunting but only to support himself and his wife
Director: Markku Lehmuskallio | Stars: Pertti Kalinainen, Paavo Katajasaari, Hilkka Matikainen, Eero Kemilä
Votes: 78
18. 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: 256
19. 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
20. Seitsemän veljestä (1939)
108 min | Drama
Based on Aleksis Kivi's 1870 book, with the same title. It follows the lives of the seven Jukola brothers over several years.
Director: Wilho Ilmari | Stars: Edvin Laine, Eino Kaipainen, Kaarlo Kytö, Kaarlo Kartio
Votes: 131
21. Ulvova mylläri (1982)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Miller Gunnar Huttunen falls so heavily in love that he starts to howl.
Director: Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Eija Ahvo, Yrjö Järvinen, Harri Tirkkonen
Votes: 351
22. 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
23. Iso viulu - kaks sataa (1976)
118 min | Comedy
Stars: Heikki Kinnunen, Marja Packalén, Heidi Krohn, Esko Pesonen
Votes: 22
24. Punaisen metsän hotelli (2011)
PG | 87 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
A European cameraman, who lives in Beijing and speaks fluent Chinese, travels to South China. His plans to interview a human rights activist and farmers suddenly come to a halt when ... See full summary »
Director: Mika Koskinen | Stars: Mika Koskinen, Jason Marshall, Zaixin Yang
Votes: 55
25. Understanding Our World: An Interview with Ayn Rand (1961 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
Stars: James V. McConnell, Ayn Rand
Votes: 20
26. Chlap jako hora (1960)
79 min | Comedy
Director: Milos Makovec | Stars: Frantisek Peterka, Alena Vránová, Jaroslav Marvan, Stella Zázvorková
27. Melko kallista paskaa (2008)
46 min | Documentary
Director: Antti Tuomikoski | Star: Uljas-Ilmari Majuri
Votes: 21
28. Pulakapina (1977)
113 min | Drama, History
A group of farmers start to rebel against the authorities after it is announced that their malnourished horse will be killed. Based on the events of Nivala rebellion of 1932.
Director: Mikko Niskanen | Stars: Mikko Niskanen, Erkki Ruokokoski, Aapo Vilhunen, Eeva-Maija Haukinen
Votes: 56
29. Kuuhun ja takaisin - keskioluen tarina (2004 TV Movie)
39 min | Documentary
Director: Martti Lyyra | Stars: Jussi Raittinen, Matti Turunen, Hannu Karpo, Marjatta Martikainen
Votes: 7
30. Internet Rising (2011)
53 min | Documentary, History
Internet Rising is a digi-documentary investigating the evolving relationships between the Internet and collective consciousness of humanity. It provokes many questions about ancient and ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Kenneth Martin | Stars: Douglas Rushkoff, Vint Cerf, Tiffany Shlain, Jason Silva
Votes: 25
31.
The Mike Wallace Interview (1957–1960)
Episode:
Ayn Rand
(1959)
Talk-Show
Mike Wallace interviews Ayn Rand on her self-made philosophy, which Wallace calls Randism, but which Rand herself prefers to call Objectivism.
Director: Max Miller | Stars: Mike Wallace, Ayn Rand
Votes: 19