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1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 498,691
2. Cold War (2018)
R | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
Votes: 61,865 | Gross: $4.57M
3. A Summer's Tale (1996)
G | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
As a reserved young graduate vacations in a seaside town, he hopes his girlfriend will join him. But he ends up bonding with a local young woman whose female friend is also smitten with him.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon, Aurelia Nolin
Votes: 9,950 | Gross: $0.20M
4. The Source (2011)
135 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favors if their men refuse to fetch water from a remote well.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri
Votes: 4,166
5. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: François Damiens, Jean Dujardin, Khalid Maadour, Youssef Hamid
Votes: 23,086 | Gross: $0.30M
6. Birds of Passage (2018)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Directors: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra | Stars: Carmiña Martínez, José Acosta, Natalia Reyes, Jhon Narváez
Votes: 13,119 | Gross: $0.51M
7. The Blue Star (2023)
129 min | Drama, Music
At early 90s Mauricio, a Spanish rock and roll musician trying to reconnect with his vocation travels through Argentina, where he meets an elderly musician going through hard times.
Director: Javier Macipe | Stars: Pepe Lorente, Mariela Carabajal, Noelia Verenice López, Demi Carabajal
Votes: 217
8. Kaili Blues (2015)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Mystery
While travelling the countryside to locate his nephew, a small town doctor finds himself interacting with people from his past and future.
Director: Bi Gan | Stars: Yongzhong Chen, Feiyang Luo, Lixun Xie, Guangqian Qin
Votes: 4,348 | Gross: $0.03M
9. Greed in the Sun (1964)
122 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A rough trucker assigns his new truck and its mysterious cargo to his newest employee, only to see it hijacked by one of his experienced drivers. Now, his friends are after him to retrieve the goods. Are 100,000 dollars worth dying for?
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Reginald Kernan, Bernard Blier
Votes: 2,715
10. Total Balalaika Show (1994)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
A 57 minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (... See full summary »
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble, Twist-Twist Erkinharju, Ben Granfelt, Sakke Järvenpää
Votes: 898
11. The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2015)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Music
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and other international artists of The Silk Road Project discuss their philosophies on music and culture.
Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Yo-Yo Ma, Kinan Azmeh, Kayhan Kalhor, Cristina Pato
Votes: 743 | Gross: $1.16M
12. Le chanteur de Mexico (1956)
103 min | Musical, Music, Romance
Vincent Etchebar is spotted by the impresario Cartoni who gives him the opportunity to break into Paris. But nothing will go as planned.
Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: Luis Mariano, Bourvil, Annie Cordy, Tilda Thamar
Votes: 200
13. Toni (1935)
84 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván, Jenny Hélia, Édouard Delmont
Votes: 2,087
14. Passione (2010)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary, History, Music
A look at the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world.
Director: John Turturro | Stars: John Turturro, Max Casella, Fiorello, Mina
Votes: 534 | Gross: $0.26M
15. Waiting for Happiness (2002)
90 min | Drama, Music
The story of two people who cross paths in Nouhadhibou.
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed, Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda
Votes: 1,091 | Gross: $0.00M
16. War Dance (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Documentary, Music, War
Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.
Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix | Stars: Dominic, Nancy, Rose, Jane Adong
Votes: 1,199 | Gross: $0.11M
17. Javanese Opera (2006)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Musical
The story of the performer of Javanese Ramayana human wayang. They are the spouses who lives in a village by selling earthenware products. Conflicts arrived as the husband is going bankrupt and the wife start to looking for another love.
Director: Garin Nugroho | Stars: Martinus Miroto, Eko Supriyanto, Artika Sari Devi, Retno Maruti
Votes: 442
18. Amok (1934)
67 min | Drama
Dr. Holk leads a lonely life in a small dutch colony in the tropics. Fled from love and civilisation his only companions are alcohol and his work, which takes him to the villages ravaged by... See full summary »
Director: Fyodor Otsep | Stars: Marcelle Chantal, Jean Yonnel, Valéry Inkijinoff, Jean Servais
Votes: 137
19. Normal! (2011)
111 min | Drama
After the December riots and the first peaceful marches in Algeria, while the Arab Spring begins in Tunisia and Egypt, Fouzi wants to gather his actors to show them the unfinished editing ... See full summary »
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Nadjib Oulebsir, Adila Bendimerad, Nabil Asli, Mina Lachter
Votes: 27
20. A Tale of Love (1995)
108 min | Drama
Dilemmas of a Vietnamese woman living in America based on the Vietnamese epic poem The Tale of Kieu.
Directors: Jean-Paul Bourdier, Trinh T. Minh-ha | Stars: Juliette Chen, Mai Le Ho, Mai Huynh, Dominik Overstreet
Votes: 43
21. The Horse of Pride (1980)
120 min | Drama
In early twentieth-century Brittany, two peasants marry, have a son, and live in traditional Breton ways: three generations under one roof, a division of labor between the sexes, elders' ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jacques Dufilho, Bernadette Le Saché, François Cluzet, Paul Le Person
Votes: 296
22. Valentin de las Sierras (1971)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Music
Skin, eyes, knees, horses, hair, sun, earth. Old song of Mexican hero, Valentin, sung by blind Jose Santollo Nadiso en Santa Cruz de la Soledad.
Director: Bruce Baillie
Votes: 380
23. Ghetuputra Komola (2012)
101 min | Drama, Musical
Story of a teenage boy who is hired by a colonial era landlord to entertain him until the annual flood is over.
Director: Humayun Ahmed | Stars: Mamun, Tariq Anam Khan, Munmun Ahmed, Jayanto Chattopadhyay
Votes: 1,927
24. Leaving on the 15th Spring (2013)
114 min | Drama
A minor island of Okinawa in Southern Japan has limited technology and no high school. When teenagers reach the age of 15, they have to decide to stay on the island or leave for higher education.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Toshihito Kokubo, Ayaka Miyoshi, Saori
Votes: 183
25. Wu yue chuan qi (2013–2014)
Adventure, Drama
In 802, as part of a diplomatic mission, Pyu Crown Prince Sunanda brings a troupe of musicians and dancers to the Chinese court in Tang Dynasty's capital Chang'an.
Stars: Chu Ja-hyeon, Kenny Lin, Winston Chao, Liang Gao
Votes: 22
26. Thunder in the Valley (1947)
Passed | 103 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A story of the Scottish highlands about a crockerty old sheepherder, Adam MacAdam (Edmund Gwenn),who loves his prize collie dog, but little else, not even his son Davis (Lon McAllister). ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen
Votes: 53
27. Komitas (1988 TV Movie)
96 min | Biography, Drama
The film is dedicated to the Armenian monk and genius composer Komitas, and the 2 million victims on his people in Turkey in 1915.
Director: Don Askarian | Stars: Samvel Ovasapian, Margarita Woskanjan, Omig Saadetian, Yeghishe Mougikian
Votes: 86
28. The Age of Swordfish (1955)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary of Sicilian men spear fishing and women doing laundry.
Director: Vittorio De Seta
Votes: 412
29. Songs that Flood the River (2021)
75 min | Documentary
Oneida was a child when she learned how to sing alabados, traditional funeral songs used by black communities in Colombia to secure a safe return to the realm of the souls. When she was ... See full summary »
Director: Germán Arango Rendón | Star: Oneida Orejuela Barco
Votes: 23
30. Rhythms of Lost Time (2021)
45 min | Documentary
A journey through the most remote parts of Tajikistan - a young and little-known country which cradles the last embers of an ancient culture.
Director: Anisa Sabiri | Star: Leo Abrahams
Votes: 10
31. Mike Garson and His 88 Friends (2020)
101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
An intimate documentary portrait of world-class improvisational and traditional pianist Mike Garson as he tours, performs, and teaches.
Director: Harry Bromley Davenport | Stars: Mike Garson, Lori Bell, Bob Magnusson, Duncan Moore
32. Louss, warda al-rimal (1989)
110 min | Drama
A young disabled man named Moussa live in an oasis in the Algerian desert. His sister Zineb take care of him and protect him while working in dates factory to provide for both of them. In the desert, Moussa would like to grow a rose.
Director: Mohamed Rachid Benhadj | Stars: Boubakeur Belaroussi, Dalila Helilou, Athmane Ariouet, Boumedienne Sirat
Votes: 21
34. Long yan zhou (2005)
100 min | Drama, Music, Romance
An American-Chinese man (Shaun-Tam) returns to Taiwan to find his dream girl, and he is surprised by the result.
Director: Allen Chang | Stars: Fann Wong, Shaun Tam, Ivy Yin, Hsing Lee
Votes: 26
36. Arakicho (2016)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Yasuyuki Takagi | Stars: Yukitaka Yamaguchi, Masayasu Watanabe, Shoko Hirakata, Takuma Sei
37. Koli (2003)
90 min | Drama
Talkhak Village suffers from draught. All locals are praying and waiting for a Do-Tar player who is able to play Tune of God (Magham-e Allah) to make the sky cry. When ceremony begins, ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Shah Hatami | Stars: Salman Ghamkhar Ahmadi, Gholamali Pour-Attaie, Akbar Rahimi, Ziba Saberi
Votes: 29
38. Southern A Capella (1950)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Music
The eighth of 16 musical shorts directed and produced by W. Lee Wilder featuring traditional southern-USA church spirituals and folk-music. A Negro chorus directed by Jester Hairston (as ... See full summary »
Director: W. Lee Wilder | Star: Jester Hairston
39. In the Shape of a Reindeer Across the Canopy of Heaven (1993)
92 min | Documentary
Director: Markku Lehmuskallio | Stars: Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio
Votes: 20
40. Catapum-Nowhere to Fall. (2023)
72 min | Documentary
From Colombia to NYC, this is a story about the resistance and legacy of an Afro-Colombian community, told through the songs, memories, and experiences of 3 women and the Bullerengue tradition that bonds and heals them across generations.
Director: Palu Abadia | Stars: Ceferina Banquez, Pabla Flores, Carolina Oliveros
Votes: 5
41. Mafifa (2021)
77 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Daniela Muñoz Barroso, who is almost completely deaf, searches for the identity of the great musician Mafifa. Her quest leads her on the trail of an enigmatic woman, and also makes her question her own head and heart.
Director: Daniela Muñoz Barroso
Votes: 12
42. La grande veillée (2022– )
60 min | Music
Stéphane Archambault is at the helm of La grand veillée, a festive musical event where the vast universe of traditional music is in the spotlight.
Stars: Stéphane Archambault, Yves Lambert, Les Gars Du Nord, Suroît
43. Pavarotti & Friends for Cambodia and Tibet (2000 TV Special)
Documentary, Music
Stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Aqua, Angi Bekker, Alberto Borsari
Votes: 33
44. Remu-Eemeli (1985 TV Movie)
59 min
Director: Pauli Huotari | Stars: Heimo Happonen, Sami Itkonen, Tuomas Toiviainen
45. A Beat in Time (1983)
80 min | Documentary, History, Music
Director: Nick Cockram | Star: Brenton Langbein
46. Henna leu'dd (2001)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen | Stars: Henna Mäki, Tyyne Fotonoff, Elias Moshnikoff
48. Quyllur Rit'i: Andean Celebration of the New Year (2016)
5 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jorge Luis Baca | Star: Marta Benetti
49. Iran, les derniers grands nomades (2018 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Beginning of the journey in Chelgerd in the Zagros mountains: in this village of 2.989 inhabitants the family of Farzad has its summer quarters.Chelgerd is at 2.300 meters above sea ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Bacos
50. Si Tokan: Ang Manggagawa ng Kulintang sa Maguindanao Ilaya (Tokan, Kulintang Maker of Upriver Maguindanao) (2022)
60 min | Documentary
This is a story of a remarkable traditional Maguindanaon musician nicknamed Tokan who plays for village celebrations and who also makes kulintangan instruments which are currently in demand... See full summary »
Director: Jose Semblante Buenconsejo | Stars: Ismael Ahmad, Makapeges Baginda, Alibay Bano, Makpeni Bano