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1. Hereditary (2018)

R | 127 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.

Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff

Votes: 376,958 | Gross: $44.07M

2. The Lion in Winter (1968)

PG | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.

Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle

Votes: 34,182 | Gross: $22.28M

3. The Case for Christ (2017)

PG | 112 min | Biography, Drama

An investigative journalist and self-proclaimed atheist sets out to disprove the existence of God after his wife becomes a Christian.

Director: Jon Gunn | Stars: Mike Vogel, Erika Christensen, Faye Dunaway, Frankie Faison

Votes: 10,285 | Gross: $14.68M

4. Devil in the Flesh (1986)

X | 114 min | Drama, Romance

A sizzling, erotic thriller about a triangle between a teenage boy, an older woman an her fiance, an imprisoned terrorist, set in a world of intrigue, betrayal and erotic pleasure, from which may be no escape.

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Maruschka Detmers, Federico Pitzalis, Anita Laurenzi, Alberto Di Stasio

Votes: 1,807 | Gross: $0.55M

5. Z (1969)

M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer

Votes: 31,316 | Gross: $0.08M

6. Midaq Alley (1995)

Unrated | 140 min | Drama, Romance

The lives of men and women living on Callejón de los Milagros in Mexico City.

Director: Jorge Fons | Stars: Ernesto Gómez Cruz, María Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir

Votes: 3,350

7. Greed (I) (2019)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

Satire about the world of the super-rich.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Caroline Flack, Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher

Votes: 8,470

8. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.

Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze

Votes: 30,021 | Gross: $3.43M

9. Wonder Man (1945)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

After being murdered by gangsters, an exuberant nightclub entertainer returns as a ghost to persuade his meek twin brother to help bring his killers to justice.

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods

Votes: 2,493

10. Ace High (1968)

PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Western

A recently-escaped bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to get revenge against the people who framed him.

Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Eli Wallach, Brock Peters

Votes: 4,790

11. Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.

Director: David Swift | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley, Dean Jones, Edie Adams

Votes: 2,070

12. Fócide (2011)

13 min | Short, Drama

Sister with her boyfriend and brother, with his girlfriend come to their summer house on the weekend. Secrets of the past are beginning to threaten everyone.

Director: Ryu Murillo Veyda | Stars: Alesy, Luis Romano, Arturo Macias Suarez, Christel Klitbo

Votes: 22

13. Lucía, Lucía (2003)

R | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A woman trying to cope with the recent disappearance of her husband finds that the event uncovers some dark secrets. Subtitled.

Director: Antonio Serrano | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, Kuno Becker, Margarita Isabel

Votes: 1,075 | Gross: $0.27M

14. Luna Papa (1999)

107 min | Comedy, Drama

The unborn child of Mamlakat (Khamatova) is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother (... See full summary »

Director: Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov | Stars: Chulpan Khamatova, Moritz Bleibtreu, Ato Mukhamedzhanov, Merab Ninidze

Votes: 3,325

15. Gabriela (2001)

R | 93 min | Drama, Romance

Mike is romantic and persistent, a social worker at a psychiatric clinic who falls for a new intern. Gabriela is passionate; she's also engaged; although her love for her fiance Patrick ... See full summary »

Director: Vincent Jay Miller | Stars: Jaime Gomez, Seidy Lopez, Zach Galligan, Troy Winbush

Votes: 1,603 | Gross: $2.33M

16. Shattered (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Mila is a cop and she's back in Marseille after a few years away. She's a loner, damaged and always on her guard. She's looking for her father, whom she hasn't seen for fifteen years.

Director: Isabelle Czajka | Stars: Nacima Bekhtaoui, Samir Boitard, Olivia Côte, Hedi Zada

Votes: 85

17. Shepard & Dark (2012)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography

Shepard & Dark is the remarkable story of a friendship in letters.

Director: Treva Wurmfeld | Stars: Sam Shepard, Johnny Dark, O-Lan Jones, Scarlett Jones

Votes: 204 | Gross: $0.01M

18. The Sacred Band (2019)

20 min | Short, Drama

Breno awakens from a dream. Meanwhile, hundreds of years ago, a battalion of men set out to fight to death.

Director: Breno Baptista | Stars: Breno Baptista, Buzz Blackburn, Guy Tavarez

Votes: 27

19. Secrets of Ancient Empires: The First Cities (2001 Video)

50 min | Documentary, History

As the concept of society grew and developed, the first great cities of the ancient world came to prominence. This episode from the Secrets of Ancient Empires collection investigates the ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Gormlie

Votes: 14

20. Le fauteuil 47 (1937)

93 min | Comedy

A young man, in love with a famous actress, married her daughter by a combination of circumstances.

Director: Fernand Rivers | Stars: Raimu, Françoise Rosay, André Lefaur, Henri Garat

Votes: 81

21. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind (1996)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History

The life and work of the great and influential psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), is examined. Archive footage of Freud and a unique sound recording of his voice are included.

Stars: Sigmund Freud, Jack Perkins, Joe Aguayo, Harold P. Blum

Votes: 132

22. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Cogenitor (2003)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Enterprise encounters a hyper-giant star. While there, they make first contact with the Vissians, a technologically sophisticated race with three genders. While making quick friends, and ... See full summary »

Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 2,027

23. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Atonement (1996)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A model is murdered and the evidence points to her driver. He claims he acted under extreme emotional disturbance because he was infatuated with her. However, McCoy later uncovers a connection between the driver and a drug dealer.

Director: Martha Mitchell | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 303

24. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Castoff (1998)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A serial killer who targets the New York S&M crowd claims that television is responsible for his violent behavior.

Director: Gloria Muzio | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 298

25. Mr. Belvedere (1985–1990)
Episode: The Counselor (1988)

TV-G | Comedy, Family

Wesley's summer camp experience is marred by a counselor who gains his trust, and then betrays it with the manner in which he attempts to touch him. He is afraid to come forward with the ... See full summary »

Director: Tony Sheehan | Stars: Christopher Hewett, Ilene Graff, Rob Stone, Tracy Wells

Votes: 66

26. Cosmos (1980)
Episode: Who Speaks for Earth? (1980)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

Carl Sagan considers the significance of science and discuss the importance of human survival in the nuclear age.

Directors: Adrian Malone, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, David Kennard, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Tom Weidlinger, Richard Wells, Richard J. Wells | Stars: Carl Sagan, Jonathan Fahn, Jaromír Hanzlík, Ronald A. Hilbert

Votes: 530

27. The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970)
Episode: Medium Well Done (1969)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Carolyn invites a medium to visit Gull Cottage. That medium, at Claymore's urging, performs an exorcism.

Director: Jay Sandrich | Stars: Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, Reta Shaw, Charles Nelson Reilly

Votes: 41

28. A History of Philosophy (2015– )
Episode: The Beginning of Greek Philosophy (2015)

Documentary, History

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Star: Arthur Holmes

29. A History of Philosophy (2015– )
Episode: The Greek Sophists (2015)

Documentary, History

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Star: Arthur Holmes

30. New Amsterdam (2018–2023)
Episode: Good Soldiers (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

When Kapoor introduces a patient to Iggy's PTSD group, a creative treatment plan causes turmoil. Sharpe discovers a long-kept secret regarding a patient that leads to trouble for Max and the board.

Director: Rachel Leiterman | Stars: Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Freema Agyeman, Jocko Sims

Votes: 649

31. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: Allegory of Love (2009)

TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The fabulously successful Oxford-based fantasy novelist seems to Lewis to be the key to solving the bizarre murder of a beautiful woman with a mirror.

Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Katia Winter, Tom Mison, Louise Dylan, Olly Alexander

Votes: 754

32. À la vitrine du libraire (1963–1968)
Episode: George Steiner à propos de "Tolstoï ou Dostoïevski" (1963)

7 min | Talk-Show

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Director: Jean Royer | Stars: George Steiner, Georges Bortoli

33. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: The Lions of Nemea: Part 1 (2014)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After Lewis returns to his old job, he, Hathaway and DS Maddox are swept up in another murder investigation when an American classics student is killed.

Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: John Light, Sian Brooke, Wesley Smith, Clive Merrison

Votes: 505

34. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Amelia Porter (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU is called to Salt Lake City, Utah to investigate a suspicious triple-homicide. Throughout the course of their investigation, they eventually discover that a fugitive killer could ... See full summary »

Director: Alrick Riley | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook

Votes: 2,002

35. Immortal Egypt (2016)
Episode: Invasion (2016)

59 min | Documentary, History

The fourth and final episode of the series explores how internal strife weakened Egypt, making way for foreign invaders.

Stars: Joann Fletcher, Tim Kendal, Campbell Price, Nermine Sami

Votes: 36

36. Inside No. 9 (2014– )
Episode: The Riddle of the Sphinx (2017)

TV-MA | 31 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A professor at the University of Cambridge attempts to teach a student how to solve a cryptic crossword.

Director: Guillem Morales | Stars: Alexandra Roach, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith

Votes: 2,135