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1. Winter's Bone (2010)
R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery
An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
Director: Debra Granik | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt, Isaiah Stone
Votes: 150,472 | Gross: $6.53M
2. Rio Lobo (1970)
G | 114 min | Drama, War, Western
After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the two traitors whose treachery caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam
Votes: 13,647 | Gross: $9.27M
3. Leviathan (2014)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Votes: 56,878 | Gross: $1.09M
4. Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Not Rated | 112 min | Romance, Drama
Follows three men who are in love with a beautiful waitress during World War II: an intellectual restaurant owner, a mysterious musician, and an erratic businessman.
Director: Rolf Schübel | Stars: Joachim Król, Erika Marozsán, Stefano Dionisi, Ben Becker
Votes: 8,398 | Gross: $0.22M
5. The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls (2021 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
The Mitchell brothers compete to see who can create the better Christmas House.
Director: Rich Newey | Stars: Robert Buckley, Ana Ayora, Treat Williams, Sharon Lawrence
Votes: 1,206
6. The Aryan Couple (2004)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, War
A WWII Drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Germans.
Director: John Daly | Stars: Martin Landau, Kenny Doughty, Caroline Carver, Judy Parfitt
Votes: 1,262
7. Sunshine State (2002)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama, Romance
A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Angela Bassett, Edie Falco, Alex Lewis, Alan King
Votes: 4,238 | Gross: $3.06M
8. Cop Au Vin (1985)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a small provincial French town, Dr Morasseau, Mr Lavoisier and butcher Filiol decide to create a significant estate business but Mrs Cuno and her son Louis do not want to sell their house. Louis presumably provokes the death of Filiol.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Jean Topart
Votes: 2,226
9. Four Days in September (1997)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama, History
Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres, Luiz Fernando Guimarães
Votes: 5,353 | Gross: $0.31M
10. Le Chat (1971)
86 min | Drama
In 1971 Courbevoie (France), former typographist Julien Bouin and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, which is soon to be ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy, Jacques Rispal
Votes: 2,402
11. Homebodies (1974)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Horror
When a group of pensioners learns that their homes are to be torn down, they take action. An attempt to discourage soon escalates into murder of construction workers.
Director: Larry Yust | Stars: Peter Brocco, Frances Fuller, William Hansen, Ruth McDevitt
Votes: 764
12. Death in the Garden (1956)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Adventurer Shark comes to a small village near a diamond-miners' camp, and local police arrest him, accusing him of having committed a bank robbery in a neighboring town. The police also ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Simone Signoret, Georges Marchal, Charles Vanel, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 2,606
13. The Battle of Chile: Part III (1979)
80 min | Documentary, History
This film investigates the factory worker's response to the insurrection, as well as Chile's socialist aspirations for the future. The camera captures the optimism in the industrial working class before Pinochet's US-backed coup d'état.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Salvador Allende, Abilio Fernández, Ernesto Malbran
Votes: 1,040
14. Die Akte Joel (2001 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Beate Thalberg's critically acclaimed documentary tells the story of two German families, whose ways first cross in the 1930s. Karl Amson Joel owned the fourth largest mail order company in... See full summary »
Director: Beate Thalberg | Stars: Ben Becker, Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler, Alexander Joel
Votes: 24
15. To vary... peponi (1977)
95 min | Drama
Mimis, owner of a coffee shop in Chalkidiki has to come to Athens and work as a waiter. Life in Athens isn't easy for Mimis.
Director: Pavlos Tasios | Stars: Mimis Hrysomallis, Katerina Gogou, Lida Protopsalti, Antonis Antoniou
Votes: 195
16. Raiders (2014)
90 min | Documentary
Approximately 20,000 Russian houses, businesses and private land have been victims of hostile seizures annually by an organized corporation of criminal bosses, politicians, oligarchs and men of law - the 'Raiders'
Director: Alexander Gentelev
Votes: 20 | Gross: $0.07M
17. Around the Pink House (1999)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
La Maison Rose (The Pink House) is an old mansion in Beirut. It is the place where the Nawfal family found shelter during the Civil War and in which they feel good. Unfortunately for them, ... See full summary »
Directors: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige | Stars: Hanane Abboud, Fadi Abi Samra, Anne-Marie Afif, Asma Andraos
Votes: 110
18. Dam (2017)
17 min | Short, Drama
A violent change in the environment, is reflected on a family's collision. A young girl is obligated to leave her dog behind, before her family abandons their home in the village, because of the construction of a dam.
Director: Yorgos Teltzidis | Stars: Simos Kakalas, Konstantina Takalou, Stamatia Papathanasi, Dimitris Abatzis
Votes: 45
19. La expropiación (1974)
60 min | Drama
An Agronom arrive at a farm to expropriate land, but the landowner is willing to leave the country voluntarily. A revolt among the tenants occur.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Delfina Guzmán, Nemesio Antúnez, Jaime Vadell, Luis Alarcón
Votes: 37
21. Menschliches Versagen (2008)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
The so-called "Aryanization" in fascist Germany is without a doubt the biggest raids of the 20th century. Nonetheless, the issue is consistently hushed up. Because it was not the Gestapo, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Verhoeven | Stars: Götz Aly, Senta Berger, August Zirner
Votes: 44
22. Kouchibouguac: L'histoire De Jackie Vautour Et Des Expropriés (2007 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
In 1969, the process that led to the creation of Kouchibouguac National Park, along Canada's Atlantic coast in the province of New Brunswick, began. 1,200 residents were removed from their lands so that nature could be shown to visitors.
Director: Jean Bourbonnais | Stars: Jackie Vautour, Zachary Richard, Greg Allain, Aurèle Arsenault
23. L'or des autres (2011)
60 min | Documentary, Drama
The arrival of the mining company Osisko creates a lot of excitement in Malartic, a small community of 3600 souls in Quebec, Canada. Faced with the implacable Mining Act, which prioritizes ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Plouffe
Votes: 7
24.
The Rookies (1972–1976)
Episode:
A Very Special Piece of Ground
(1972)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama
Danko's veteran partner (Earl Holliman) loses his family ranch and unborn son in a single day. Danko doesn't want to add to his woes by reporting on his growing rage on and off the job.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson
Votes: 25
25.
Saga (2020)
Episode:
Seriya 4
(2020)
Drama
While their family tries to survive the Nazi occupation, Sasha and Sergeii experience far different fates as Soviet soldiers.
Stars: Aleksandra Liutaya, Liliya Tsvelikova, Hryhorii Baklanov, Oleksandr Sokolov
26.
Katie Fforde (2010–2021)
Episode:
Zum Teufel mit David
(2011)
88 min | Drama, Romance
Slick businessman David Locking arrives by yacht in New York state fishery town Cherry Cove to build a marina there. Having found investors, he gets greedy mayoress Melissa Teerpack and her... See full summary »
Director: John Delbridge | Stars: Rike Schmid, Hendrik Duryn, Mignon Remé, Petra Kleinert
Votes: 42
27.
The New Look (2024– )
Episode:
Just You Wait and See
(2024)
TV-MA | Biography, Drama, History
In Nazi-occupied Paris, Christian Dior fears for his resistance-fighter sister, Catherine; Coco Chanel makes a deal that will forever haunt her.
Director: Todd A. Kessler | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, John Malkovich
Votes: 363
28.
Manhunt (2024– )
Episode:
A Man of Destiny
(2024)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History, Thriller
President Johnson interferes with Lincoln's vital plans. Stanton's health deteriorates as he closes in on Booth.
Director: Eva Sørhaug | Stars: Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone, Will Harrison
Votes: 151
29.
Hell on Wheels (2011–2016)
Episode:
Eminent Domain
(2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Western
An unexpected roadblock forces Cullen to make a difficult choice as a reporter arrives in Hell on Wheels. Elam struggles with his new boss.
Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, Jennifer Ferrin
Votes: 686
30.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
Native American Genocide & Survival
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Abby Martin, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz
Votes: 17
31.
The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode:
Making Heroes
(2016)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
After becoming the leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro has to decide the island's future. Out of fear of Communism, the CIA initiates the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Dariel Alarcón Ramirez, Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro
Votes: 86