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1. The Constant Gardener (2005)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A widower's transcontinental quest to find answers about his wife's death leads him to explosive secrets.
Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Hubert Koundé
Votes: 148,388 | Gross: $33.58M
2. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra, Helena Rojo, Del Negro
Votes: 62,192
3. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, War
In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash
Votes: 65,565 | Gross: $0.06M
4. Disco Boy (2023)
92 min | Drama
After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei arrives in Paris to join the Foreign Legion. Meanwhile, in the Niger Delta, Jomo struggles against the oil companies threatening his village and the lives of his family.
Director: Giacomo Abbruzzese | Stars: Morr Ndiaye, Wahab Oladiti, Salem Kisita, Mutamba Kalonji
Votes: 1,196
5. SubUrbia (1996)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Steve Zahn, Jayce Bartok, Amie Carey
Votes: 10,649 | Gross: $0.73M
6. Beyond Borders (2003)
R | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The world's cruelty is confronted with the love of two different people who try to save humanity from poverty and war.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Clive Owen, Angelina Jolie, Linus Roache, Teri Polo
Votes: 29,048 | Gross: $4.43M
7. Barcelona (1994)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American working in Barcelona, having sworn off beautiful women, is forced to be host to his playboy cousin in this witty comedy of good intentions and mixed signals.
Director: Whit Stillman | Stars: Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen, Mira Sorvino
Votes: 6,640 | Gross: $7.27M
8. Powaqqatsi (1988)
G | 99 min | Documentary, Music
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Patrick Disanto, Pope John Paul II
Votes: 8,869 | Gross: $0.59M
9. State of Siege (1972)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber
Votes: 6,052 | Gross: $1.13M
10. Black God, White Devil (1964)
Not Rated | 120 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After killing his employer when he tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Geraldo Del Rey, Yoná Magalhães, Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle
Votes: 5,339
11. The Five Obstructions (2003)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Lars Von Trier challenges Jørgen Leth, the filmmaker behind The Perfect Human (1967), to remake his classic short under circumstances of increasing constraint.
Directors: Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier | Stars: Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez, Jacqueline Arenal
Votes: 9,194 | Gross: $0.09M
12. Ge.hen'nah (2010)
12 min | Short, Drama
A drama set in a small rural town in Lebanon about Yvette who is past 30, unmarried, devoutly religious and still living with her parents. Today, she is preparing to go to a retreat. It's a... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Mueller | Stars: Christine Choueiri, Khitam Al Lahham, Boutros Rouhana, Laura Kossaify
Votes: 9
13. The Plague (1992)
R | 148 min | Drama
In the 1990s, a South American city suffers the outbreak of a plague. The people react in different ways: Dr. Rieux tries to cure the sick, two French journalists expect sensational headlines, pious believers lament this God-given scourge.
Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: William Hurt, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Marc Barr, Robert Duvall
Votes: 973
14. Rickshaw Girl (2021)
102 min | Drama, Family
A daring Bangladeshi teenager attempts to help her struggling family by disguising herself as a boy and driving her father's prized rickshaw for much needed extra money. Based on the acclaimed novel by Mitali Perkins.
Director: Amitabh Reza Chowdhury | Stars: Siam Ahmed, Naresh Bhuiyan, Momena Chowdhury, Novera Rahman
Votes: 168
15. Entranced Earth (1967)
111 min | Drama
In the fictional Latin American country Eldorado, a poet tries to effect political change by influencing powerful men.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, José Lewgoy, Glauce Rocha
Votes: 3,574
16. The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
R | 114 min | Thriller
Based on the novel by Charles Templeton, a secret service chief leads a game of cat and mouse when a gang of third-world terrorists kidnap the President.
Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: William Shatner, Hal Holbrook, Van Johnson, Ava Gardner
Votes: 572
17. The Two Escobars (2010)
104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A look at how the lives of Colombian footballer Andres Escobar and drug lord Pablo Escobar were intertwined, alongside the mysterious events that led to Andres' murder in 1994.
Directors: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist | Stars: María Ester Escobar, Francisco Maturana, Alexis García V., Jaime Gaviria Gómez
Votes: 2,200
18. Stolen Dreams (2009)
85 min | Drama
Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams, just like all young people of any social class or place in the world. They live in a low-income neighborhood in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro and ... See full summary »
Director: Sandra Werneck | Stars: Nanda Costa, Amanda Diniz, Kika Farias, Marieta Severo
Votes: 581
19. The Weather Underground (2002)
Unrated | 92 min | Documentary, History, War
The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
Directors: Sam Green, Bill Siegel | Stars: Lili Taylor, Pamela Z, Jim Lange, Evan White
Votes: 3,767 | Gross: $0.56M
20. The Legend of Rita (2000)
103 min | Drama, History, Romance
The riveting true story of Rita Vogt, a 1970s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, until it unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Bibiana Beglau, Richard Kropf, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl
Votes: 2,468 | Gross: $0.67M
21. Hour of the Star (1985)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Macabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time she listens... See full summary »
Director: Suzana Amaral | Stars: Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman, Fernanda Montenegro
Votes: 1,435
22. Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
PG | 103 min | Drama, History
Set in 1931, Sugar Cane Alley paints a rich impasto of native life under French colonial rules, filtered through the coming-of-age of a bright, sweetly opportunistic boy.
Director: Euzhan Palcy | Stars: Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Douta Seck, Joby Bernabé
Votes: 1,021
23. Better Mus' Come (2011)
104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The film follows warring political factions in 1970s Jamaica as they enlist the support of gangs to enforce their policies, and advance their political agenda. It is a fictionalized ... See full summary »
Director: Storm Saulter | Stars: Sheldon Shepherd, Sky Nicole Grey, Ricardo Orgil, Everaldo Creary
Votes: 186
24. The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
180 min | Documentary
The many ways in which Western notions of personal and political freedom are changing in the 21st Century are explored in this three-part documentary from writer and filmmaker Adam Curtis.
Stars: John Nash, Robert Spitzer, Jerome Wakefield, Paul McHugh
Votes: 2,012
25. The Yes Men (2003)
R | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy
Anti-corporate activists travel from conference to conference, impersonating member of the World Trade Organization.
Directors: Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith | Stars: Andreas Bichlbauer, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Michael Moore
Votes: 6,174 | Gross: $0.20M
26. Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
130 min | Adventure, Comedy
A pompous, adventure-seeking businessman journeys through Africa with a clumsy employee to find his own disappeared brother-in-law.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Bernard Blier, Alfredo Marchetti, Franca Bettoia
Votes: 1,050
27. Shipwrecked Adventures of Donkey Ollie (2007)
78 min | Animation, Action, Family
A young donkey goes to the rescue of his master Elizabeth and Jehu when they are captured by a roving band of Samaritans.
Director: Douglas Aberle | Stars: Victor Perrotti, Craig Quist, Brian Stewart
Votes: 34
28. The Red Chapel (2009)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Comedy
Two Danish comedians join the director on a trip to North Korea, where they have been allowed access under the pretext of wanting to perform a vaudeville act.
Director: Mads Brügger | Stars: Mads Brügger, Simon Jul Jørgensen, Tommy Kenter, Jacob Nossell
Votes: 2,156 | Gross: $0.01M
29. Bai yin di guo (2009)
113 min | Biography, Drama, Family
In 1899, a care-free young man must prepare to take over his family's Chinese banking empire.
Director: Christina Yao | Stars: Aaron Kwok, Tielin Zhang, Lei Hao, Jennifer Tilly
Votes: 835
30. Google Baby (2009)
77 min | Documentary, Drama
A journey across three continents telling the story of the up and coming baby production industry in the age of globalization.
Director: Zippi Brand Frank | Stars: Naina Patel, Doron Mamet-Meged, Gad Levy, Lyne Macklin-Fife
Votes: 182
31. Bhutto (2010)
Unrated | 111 min | Documentary, Biography
A riveting documentary of the recently assassinated Benazir Bhutto, a polarizing figure in the Muslim world. Following in her father's footsteps as a pillar for democracy, Bhutto was ... See full summary »
Directors: Duane Baughman, Johnny O'Hara | Stars: Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Asif Ali Zardari
Votes: 721 | Gross: $0.10M
32. The End of Poverty? (2008)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary
A phenomenal discourse on why poverty exists when there is so much wealth in the world. A must see for anyone wanting to understand not only the US economic system but the foundations of today's global economy.
Director: Philippe Diaz | Stars: Martin Sheen, Amartya Sen, John Perkins, Eric Toussaint
Votes: 467 | Gross: $0.06M
33. The March (1990)
100 min | Drama
A group of several thousand Africans migrate westward across northern Africa and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe. Their message is: "We are poor because you are rich."
Director: David Wheatley | Stars: Malick Bowens, Juliet Stevenson, Joseph Mydell, Dermot Crowley
Votes: 154
34. Branco (2009)
48 min | Drama
There are a set of swings in motion in everyone's heart.
Director: Minehito Fujita | Stars: Anri Fujita, Teruyuki Furukawa, Hajime Inoue, Aoba Kawai
35. Oro diablo (2000)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The town of Papayal is located in the Amazon jungle. It is ruled by violence, greed and vice. It has grown around mines where gold is extracted, and where mercury has severely destroyed the... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Novoa | Stars: Rocío Miranda, Laureano Olivares, Armando Gota, Pedro Lander
Votes: 75
36. The Shape of Water (2006)
70 min | Documentary
THE SHAPE OF WATER (narrator: Susan Sarandon) Interweaves the intimate and powerful stories of Khady, Oraiza, Bilkusben, Dona Antonia, Gila - living in Senegal, Brazil, India, and Jerusalem... See full summary »
Director: Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Votes: 44
37. Notes Towards an African Orestes (1970)
65 min | Documentary
The director presents takes and scenes filmed on location in Africa for a film-that-never-was, a black Oresteia.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Gato Barbieri, Donald F. Moye, Marcello Melis, Yvonne Murray
Votes: 545
38. Let's Make Money (2008)
110 min | Documentary
Most of us don't know where their money is. However, one thing is for certain, it's is not in the bank to which we entrusted it. The bank and our money is already a part of the cycle of the global money market.
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer | Stars: Mark Mobius, Mirko Kovats, K. Sujatha Raaju, Gerhard Schwarz
Votes: 1,751
39. Maimil (2001)
90 min | Drama
A teenager in a Kirgiz provincial town passes the time between his work at the railroad and hanging out with his friends before he has to join the military service.
Director: Aktan Arym Kubat | Stars: Mirlan Abdykalykov, Dzylykcy Dzakypov, Sergey Golovkin, Alexandra Mitrokhina
Votes: 130
40. Dante's Hell Animated (2013)
R | 39 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Dante is guided by his hero Virgil through each circle of Hell and its subdivisions until they reach the center of the Earth and emerged to the other hemisphere into Purgatory.
Director: Boris Acosta | Stars: Armand Mastroianni, Eric Roberts, Vincent Spano, Nia Peeples
Votes: 709
41. Cooking with Stella (2009)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Inside the Canadian diplomatic compound in New Delhi, a mischievous cook affects the lives of her employers and fellow staff.
Director: Dilip Mehta | Stars: Seema Biswas, Don McKellar, Lisa Ray, Hitender Kumar
Votes: 329
42. Made in India (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
About the human experiences behind the phenomena of 'outsourcing' surrogate mothers to India.
Directors: Rebecca Haimowitz, Vaishali Sinha
Votes: 34
43. Dreams... Do Come True (2009)
110 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Dreams highlights the role played by a happy-go-lucky flamboyant Bollywood film Director in uplifting the mundane existence of a poor girl. Derided by people, including her own parents, the... See full summary »
Director: Ashish Chanana | Stars: Manoj Bidwai, Ashish Chanana, Arzoo Govitrikar, Raju Kher
Votes: 17
44. Tierra madre (2010)
Not Rated | 62 min | Drama
The true story of a woman on the Mexican border determined to raise her children with her female partner.
Director: Dylan Verrechia | Stars: Aidée González, Rosalba Valenzuela, Yesenia Espinoza, Raúl Rodriguez Rodriguez
Votes: 109
45. Isang Araw Lang (2009)
100 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The film is about a good jeepney driver and how he continues to inspire the people in his community to do good despite all the odds.
Director: Daniel Razon | Star: Daniel Razon
Votes: 31
46. El siguiente programa (1997–2000)
Animation, Comedy
The misadventures of two slacker friends in the world of the radio
Stars: Santiago Moure, Martín de Francisco, Carlos Vives, Antonio Sanint
Votes: 156
47. La femme de Rose Hill (1989)
95 min | Drama
Julie is a young woman from Rose Hill (Mauritius) who arrives in rural Switzerland to marry her older pen-friend Marcel. She feels unhappy until she meets Jean, a younger man. However, his father disagrees.
Director: Alain Tanner | Stars: Marie Gaydu, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Denise Péron, Roger Jendly
Votes: 108
48. Dooman River (2010)
90 min | Drama
Chang-ho, 12, becomes friend with a North-Korean immigrant about the same age who just crossed the Dooman river, border between North-Korea and China. His mute sister and his wise ... See full summary »
Director: Lu Zhang | Stars: Jian Cui, Lan Yin, Jin-Long Lin, Xuansheng Jin
Votes: 245
49. Cinco vezes Favela (1962)
92 min | Drama
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
Directors: Miguel Borges, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Carlos Diegues, Marcos Farias, Leon Hirszman | Stars: Isabella, Flávio Migliaccio, Henrique Montes, Waldir Fiori
Votes: 170
50. Holding on to Jah (2011)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, History
About the history and culture of roots Reggae music and the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica, as told by world class Reggae musicians and historians.
Director: Roger Landon Hall | Stars: Prince Allah, Lascelle 'Wiss' Bulgin, Watty Burnett, Daniel Campbell
Votes: 41