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1. Gran Torino (2008)
R | 116 min | Drama
After a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her
Votes: 814,611 | Gross: $148.10M
2. Papillon (1973)
R | 151 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon
Votes: 138,319 | Gross: $53.27M
3. Tokyo Sonata (2008)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi, Kai Inowaki
Votes: 11,789 | Gross: $0.28M
4. Paanch (2003)
Not Rated | 130 min | Crime, Thriller
Kidnapping plot gone wrong when four friends plans to kidnap their own friend who accidentally got killed.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastav, Joy Fernandes, Vijay Maurya
Votes: 2,470
5. A Patch of Blue (1965)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford
Votes: 9,535
6. Bleeder (1999)
98 min | Crime, Drama
Two stories for the price of one: Lenny works in a video shop and tries to get aquainted with the waitress Lea. Leo beats his pregnant wife, Louise, which is a VERY bad idea, as her brother, Louis, is a violent racist.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Rikke Louise Andersson, Liv Corfixen
Votes: 9,166
7. Text (2019)
132 min | Drama, Thriller
College student Ilya spends 7 years in prison on a fake drug bust. Coming out, he wants revenge on the dirty cop, Pyotr. He gets Pyotr's smartphone filled with personal info and starts texting - pretending to be Pyotr.
Director: Klim Shipenko | Stars: Alexander Petrov, Kristina Asmus, Ivan Yankovskiy, Sofya Ozerova
Votes: 3,498
8. Une femme à sa fenêtre (1976)
110 min | Drama
Margot Santorini is an aristocratic woman in 1936 in Greece, who amuses herself pursuing a shallow loveless affair with a nobleman, but unexpectedly falls in love with a political activist.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Romy Schneider, Philippe Noiret, Victor Lanoux, Umberto Orsini
Votes: 643
9. Narcotic (1933)
Not Rated | 57 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
Exploitation film which follows the downward spiral of an idealistic medical student whose fall from grace leads him to opium dens, a carnival freakshow, swanky drug parties, dingy brothels, and finally the barrel of his own revolver.
Directors: Dwain Esper, Vival Sodar't | Stars: Harry Cording, Joan Dix, Patricia Farley, Jean Lacy
Votes: 416
10. Boomerang Bill (1922)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of crime by taking part in a robbery, he takes the boy aside and tells him the story of ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Terriss | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Marguerite Marsh, Margaret Seddon, Frank Shannon
Votes: 21
11. 3 saisons (2009)
100 min | Drama
Three stories unfold over the course of 9 months. Two couples live at extreme opposites of each other, yet they share one commonality: an unexpected pregnancy. Carmine and Sasha live in a ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Donovan | Stars: Caroline Néron, Romano Orzari, Frank Schorpion, Carinne Leduc
Votes: 67
12. Winesburg, Ohio (1973 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
An Ohio town and its citizens trying to escape an apathetic and wasted life.
Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: Gary Barton, Joseph Bottoms, Curt Conway, Norman Foster
Votes: 21
13. Thinking Speed (2014)
Unrated | 111 min | Horror
A Reader becomes trapped in an evolving autobiography of an executed killer.
Director: Lisa Menzel | Stars: Lisa Menzel, Patrick Doran, Adam Fallon, Nick Doetsch
Votes: 8
14. A River Performs Magic (1946)
96 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now he has nothing to do compared to his energetic wife. He's growing old and troubled by the fact that he betrayed his first love ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Krska | Stars: Frantisek Hanus, Ruzena Slemrová, Evelyna Kinská, Jarmila Smejkalová
Votes: 48
15. Hurt (2000)
50 min | Drama
HURT is a docu-drama like no other. 250 young Australians from rural areas and small towns, have been given the opportunity to tell their own stories, with their images, in their own words.... See full summary »
Directors: Phillip Crawford, Matthew Priestley | Stars: Todd Boggs, Kim Bush, Chris Callow, Amy Denham
16. Wasted (2007)
16 min | Short, Drama
Six teenager friends go about their lives selling drugs, drinking, play video games and have fun all the way, until...
Director: Daniel G. Cabrero | Stars: Roxy Fitzgerald, Conrad Kaita, Chris Mant, Ailish O'Connor
17. Kettévált mennyezet (1982)
105 min | Drama
Director: Pál Gábor | Stars: Juli Básti, Jan Nowicki, Gyula Szersén, Éva Almási
Votes: 29
18. Styx: Haven't We Been Here Before (1983 Music Video)
5 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Music video for a ballad by the rock band Styx. Tommy Shaw sings about a man willing to give a second chance to his girlfriend, but the video is actually about an Italian American restaurant which serves as a front for illegal betting.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Styx, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw
19.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Gather Ye Acorns
(1986)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Jonathan Quick, the bane of his practical parents' existence, takes an ancient tree troll's advice to pack up his treasured comic-book collection and follow his heart. And so, fifty years later..
Director: Norman Reynolds | Stars: Mark Hamill, David Rappaport, Lois De Banzie, Mary Jo Deschanel
Votes: 384
20.
The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode:
The Old Man
(2004)
44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A man who bargained for ten extra years of life looks for redemption in his past.
Director: Michael Robison | Stars: Chris Kramer, Carly Pope, Ellen Dubin, Winston Rekert
Votes: 19
21.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Treehouse of Horror VIII
(1997)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer battles mutants after Springfield is annihilated by a neutron bomb; Bart has his DNA mixed with a fly; Marge is revealed to be a witch in colonial Springfield.
Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,935
22.
South Park (1997– )
Episode:
Make Love, Not Warcraft
(2006)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
The boys dedicate their lives to defeating a high level player killing other players in World of Warcraft.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Adrien Beard, Dimitri Mendoza
Votes: 8,974
23.
A House Through Time (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #3.4
(2020)
59 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The third series concludes by tracing the lives of 10 Guinea Street's occupants through World War Two to the present day, discovering stories of love, loss and renewal.
Director: Edmund Moriarty | Star: David Olusoga
Votes: 7
24.
Dicktown (2020–2022)
Episode:
The Mystery of the Missing Detective
(2020)
TV-MA | Animation, Comedy, Mystery
John becomes paranoid that the lake patrol is coming to confiscate his shabby old houseboat on which he and David live so he hides it in the swamp and shares his regret-filled backstory with David.
Directors: Todd Redner, Matt Thompson | Stars: John Hodgman, David Rees, Obehi Janice, Heather Lawless
Votes: 28
25.
Being Erica (2009–2011)
Episode:
Dr. Tom
(2009)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Erica loses her job and boyfriend. A latte sample with nuts sends her to the hospital. She meets Dr. Tom. She consults him and makes a list of what went wrong in her life. She's suddenly back in high school, 16 not 32 y.o.
Director: Holly Dale | Stars: Erin Karpluk, Mark Hildreth, Vinessa Antoine, Paula Brancati
Votes: 185
26.
American Dad! (2005– )
Episode:
National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well - The Hole Story
(2012)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
A talk show outs Francine as "Baby Franny," the toddler who was rescued from a well by a heroic fireman; Stan and Roger think of a new business opportunity.
Directors: Chris Bennett, Ron Hughart, Brent Woods | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane
Votes: 649