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1. Palm Royale (2024– )
TV-MA | Drama
An ambitious woman schemes to secure her seat at America's most exclusive table: Palm Beach high society circa 1969.
Stars: Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb
Votes: 3,956
2. The Handmaid's Tale (2017– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle
Votes: 257,633
3. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 61,865 | Gross: $0.75M
4. Nocturne (II) (2020)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Music
An incredibly gifted pianist makes a Faustian bargain to overtake her older sister at a prestigious institution for classical musicians.
Director: Zu Quirke | Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Jacques Colimon, Ivan Shaw
Votes: 11,906
5. Ginger Snaps (2000)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers
Votes: 52,247 | Gross: $0.00M
6. The Craft: Legacy (2020)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A group of high school students form a coven of witches.
Director: Zoe Lister-Jones | Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Zoey Luna, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone
Votes: 16,478
7. Center Stage (2000)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A group of teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Amanda Schull, Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky, Christine Dunham
Votes: 22,785 | Gross: $17.17M
8. All I See Is You (2016)
R | 109 min | Drama, Mystery
A blind woman's relationship with her husband changes when she regains her sight and discovers disturbing details about themselves.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Blake Lively, Jason Clarke, Ahna O'Reilly, Miquel Fernández
Votes: 13,095 | Gross: $0.22M
9. The Testaments
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Thriller | Filming
A sequel to The Handmaids Tale, set 15 years after the events learnt in the original series, based on the book by Margaret Atwood.
10. What Lies Below (2020)
TV-MA | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 16-year-old girl returns home from camp and learns that her mother has a new boyfriend, one she intends to marry. A man whose charm, intelligence and beauty make him look like he's not human at all.
Director: Braden R. Duemmler | Stars: Ema Horvath, Troy Iwata, Danny Corbo, Mena Suvari
Votes: 8,482
11. Appassionata (1974)
96 min | Drama
A married dentist gets embroiled in a sexual affair with his teenage daughter's best friend. Meanwhile, his wife's mental health is deteriorating, and his daughter is desperate for an affair of her own.
Director: Gianluigi Calderone | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi, Ninetto Davoli
Votes: 885
12. The Bélier Family (2014)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A girl, who lives with her deaf parents, discovers that she has the gift of singing.
Director: Éric Lartigau | Stars: Karin Viard, François Damiens, Eric Elmosnino, Louane Emera
Votes: 29,832
13. I Still Hide to Smoke (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Fatima, a strong-minded woman, is the lead masseuse of a hammam in Algiers. This is 1995 and the situation is tense in the capital. The day ahead promises to be hectic for all, and for ... See full summary »
Director: Rayhana Obermeyer | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Fadila Belkebla, Nadia Kaci, Nassima Benchicou
Votes: 1,186
15. Cemara's Family (2018)
TV-G | 110 min | Drama, Family
After bankruptcy, Abah loses his house and all of his treasures. He also loses his court case, so his family is threatened with living in poverty forever. Abah and his family must get to their new life.
Director: Yandy Laurens | Stars: Nirina Zubir, Ringgo Agus Rahman, Adhisty Zara, Widuri Sasono
Votes: 957
16. Savage Rhythm (2022)
40 min | Drama, Music
Two groups from opposite worlds walk their own paths until they come face to face in a dance battle.
Stars: Paulina Dávila, Angela Cano, Brooke Newton, Olivia Castanho
Votes: 235
17. Josefine Mutzenbacher II - Meine 365 Liebhaber (1971)
82 min | Drama
Adrian is the son of a wealthy Hamburg merchant who travels to Vienna in search of love. After a while he ends up tangled in a wedding intrigue and challenged to a duel. He is left for dead... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Nachmann | Stars: Christine Schuberth, Renate Kasché, Tonio von der Meden, Rolf Wanka
Votes: 62
18. 3 Frauen 1 Streik (2024)
History
The strike at the Neuss-based automotive supplier Pierburg made headlines nationwide in 1973. It was one of over 300 "wildcat strikes" during this period, in which foreign workers and Germans worked together to improve working conditions.
Director: Metin Yegin | Stars: Itziar Ituño, Susku Ekim Kaya, Yelda Reynaud, Lila Gürmen
Votes: 18
19. Perfect Opposites (2004)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Romance
The story of two college graduates from the Midwest who move to Los Angeles, where their love is tested for the first time.
Director: Matt Cooper | Stars: Martin Henderson, Piper Perabo, Jason Winer, Andrew Keegan
Votes: 1,415
20. Reveillon (2023)
Comedy, Drama, History
The Varchals try to celebrate the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, but their father suffers a heart-attack after damning evidence is revealed that he betrayed both country and family working for the reviled secret police.
Director: Kovac Michal Kunes | Stars: Éva Bandor, Jan Budar, Judit Bárdos, Michal Duris
Votes: 33
21. Hanra honban: Joshidaisei bôkô-hen (1990)
59 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An alienated young man is desperate to find a way to pay his bills. Financial relief arrives in the form of anonymous e-mails directing him to rape women for money, photographing the crimes as evidence of his work.
Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Sayoko Nakajima, Tôru Nakane, Aiko Shindô, Kiyomi Itô
Votes: 53
22. Today Is Maria's Day (2005)
Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Running away from her abusive father, a brave, bold little girl goes on a journey of magic and fantasy, lured by a demonic trickster.
Stars: Letícia Sabatella, Rodrigo Santoro, Osmar Prado, Daniel de Oliveira
Votes: 384
23. Day Night Day Night (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with a nondescript American accent, and it's impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. We never learn why she ... See full summary »
Director: Julia Loktev | Stars: Luisa Williams, Josh Philip Weinstein, Gareth Saxe, Nyambi Nyambi
Votes: 2,304 | Gross: $0.03M
24. Tampoo (2020)
5 min | Short, Comedy
A young woman on a hot date is having the worst period of her life.
Director: Zara Burdett | Stars: Vivian Benitez, Rushi Kota
25. The Degenerates (2021)
50 min | Horror
Inspired by the 1982 Robert Beckowitz murder case, The Degenerates showcases the exploits of a couple who recently murdered a man to use the body as a toy of entertainment for their drug fueled honeymoon.
Director: Jonathan Doe | Stars: Jonathan Doe, Felicia Fisher
Votes: 95
26. Periods. (2012)
R | 72 min | Comedy
Featuring Zachary Quinto (Star Trek 2, Margin Call), Penn Badgley (Easy A, Gossip Girl), Willie Garson (White Collar), and YouTube star Grace Helbig, this raucous comedy chronicles the ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Quinaz | Stars: Philip Quinaz, Alison Fyhrie, A.M. Lukas, Brian Shoaf
Votes: 114
27. Pink Tush Girl (1978)
87 min | Comedy, Romance
Yuko's boyfriend dumps her just after they have her first sexual experience, so she runs away from her Tokyo home to the western coast of Japan in order to straighten out her feelings. ... See full summary »
Director: Kôyû Ohara | Stars: Jun Takahashi, Yûya Uchida, Kaori Takeda, Ako
Votes: 51
28. Dorchester's Revenge: The Return of Crinoline Head (2014)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror
A group of college students researching Dorchester Stewart, better known as the infamous killer Crinoline Head, return to the scene of the horrific murders that happened in 1996.
Director: Tommy Faircloth | Stars: Debbie Rochon, Christian James, Jason Vail, Patrick G. Keenan
Votes: 418
29. Cotton Wool (2017)
38 min | Short, Drama
A single mother (Leanne Best) suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter (Katherine Quinn) and 7-year-old son (Max Vento) to care for her.
Director: Nicholas Connor | Stars: Leanne Best, Crissy Rock, Kate Rutter, Max Vento
Votes: 35
30. Black Knuckle and Deputy Maltese (2018)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Action, Adventure
In the western town of Coal Ridge, a deputy keeps his love a secret until the outlaw who stole his heart is taken hostage.
Director: Jason Phillips | Stars: Lane Compton, Gabriel Sousa, Kym Wilson, Bernadette Pérez
Votes: 124
31. You Should Be Dead (2023– )
50 min | Drama
The small town of Haven Bay, Oregon, collectively grieve the death of Shelby Monroe, who has seemingly commit suicide via self inflicted wounds. Her best friend, Brianna Miller, is hit the ... See full summary »
Stars: Kate McCollum-VanHoosear, Sophia Zavala, Sophia Okerlund, Mason Ignacio
Votes: 10
32. Califórnia (2015)
85 min | Drama, Romance
São Paulo, 1984. Estela gets through the troubled phase of adolescence. Sex, love, friendship; everything looks too complicated. Her personal refuge is her uncle Carlos and the trip to ... See full summary »
Director: Marina Person | Stars: Aren Gallo, Caio Horowicz, Caio Blat, Giovanni Gallo
Votes: 828
33. Little Miss Period (2019)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A sentient period goes around harassing women at their time of the month.
Director: Shunsuke Shinada | Stars: Miyu Andô, Mitsuhiro Fujiwara, Yuriko Hirooka, Manami Iida
Votes: 149
34. Moon Inside You (2009 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary
Diana is not the only one for whom the monthly period is no fun at all. Headaches, nausea, depression -- why is it so widely accepted that women all over the world should feel so lousy on a... See full summary »
Director: Diana Fabianova
Votes: 82
35. First Blood (2022)
8 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenage girl goes through a bizarre transformation after she gets her first period.
Director: Olivia Loccisano | Stars: Tristan Grajales, Lauryn Sa
Votes: 21
36. The Darkest Nothing: Paraphrenia
105 min | Crime, Drama, Horror | Filming
Addicted to violent disturbing images and videos on the Dark Web, Judy is in desperate need of help. Her psychiatrist William tries a unique method on Judy that takes her deep inside her most brutal fantasies, she participates in everything she thought it was just creepy pasta, until she realizes that William does something else with her.
Director: Filip Halo | Stars: Vanessa Barre, Filip Halo, Kristina Kostiv, Ulrich Günther
37. Trick or Treat (2020)
7 min | Short, Comedy
Two bickering siblings set out to get the best candy while trick-or-treating, but in the face of an embarrassing costume incident and a group of bullies, they must put aside their quarrel to stick up for one another and save the candy.
Director: Rachael Pisarski | Stars: Carson Jean Holley, Luke Lang, Jimmy Soos, David Howard
38. O Meu Sangue (2020)
Documentary
On average, half of the world's population menstruates, will menstruate or menstruated. Despite its normality, this subject is still kept in private life. If we don't speak about it or if we don't see it, it doesn't exist.
Votes: 20
39. Nida (2020)
15 min | Documentary, Short
The practices of purity and impurity are the hallmarks of mandatory law and practice in the Samaritan community and the Ethiopian community. The film looks at the Niddah customs in both ... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Tiget-Gedamu | Stars: Yafit Cohen, Mollya Etegev
40. Pandora's Box (II) (2019)
75 min | Documentary
Lifting the lid on menstruation.
Director: Rebecca Snow
Votes: 24
41. Infantaria (2022)
24 min | Short, Drama
In opulent, lush scenery, a birthday party is being held. Joana longs for her first period, her brother Dudu yearns for his absent father, while Verbena is defiantly looking for a way out.
Director: Laís Santos Araújo | Star: Ane Oliva
Votes: 15
42. Men's Room (2018)
Short, Drama, Thriller
In this suspenseful drama set in the 1960s, two high school students are trapped in a school bathroom during a tragedy.
Director: Jordan Cooper | Stars: Joshua Salvador, Christopher Dylan White, Derek Martin, Reid Sinclair
43. Don't Bloody Look (2022)
7 min | Short
A young girl suffers with anxiety after starting her period.
Director: Kirsty Dua | Stars: Eloise Spencer, Zac Pile, Isabella Austin, Freya Keen
45. Adulterio (1945)
90 min | Drama
Director: José Díaz Morales | Stars: Rosario Granados, Julio Villarreal, Hilde Krüger, Prudencia Grifell
Votes: 11
46. Spring Fever (2019)
9 min | Documentary
A documentary observing a group of pre-teens from Amsterdam having a candid conversation about their changing bodies with an inspiring teacher.
Director: Anna Snowball
Votes: 9
47. Bloomers (2013)
11 min | Short, Comedy
When Stella realises she's the only girl in her class who doesn't have her period, she sets out to fast-track her way to womanhood through somewhat unconventional methods.
Director: Corrie Chen | Stars: Odessa Young, Ellie Gall, Janet Wang, Luke Haberecht
Votes: 25
48. How to OxiClean a Broken Heart (2021)
9 min | Short, Comedy
While sobbing in a McDonald's parking lot listening to a voicemail from her (now, ex) girlfriend, Jess accepts an invitation for casual sex (re: booty call) and embarks on a period-bloody quest for closure at Hot-Jock-Dave's place.
Director: Naomi Brady | Stars: Claire Bae, Dzifa Mallet, Nicholas Saldivar
49. Uroboros (2023)
10 min | Short, Thriller
In 1950's Ireland, a free spirited young woman is wrongfully committed to a mental hospital by her abusive father. Inspired by true events.
Director: Diarmuid Donohoe | Stars: Liam Bixby, Emma Dargan-Reid, Amy Dunne, Brian Fortune
50. Hombre o demonio (1940)
Drama
Director: Miguel Contreras Torres | Stars: Medea de Novara, Arturo de Córdova, Julio Villarreal, Avelina Chardy