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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
R | 142 min | Drama
Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler
Votes: 2,885,237 | Gross: $28.34M
2. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
An elf and her friends defeat a demon king in a great war. But the war is over, and the elf must search for a new way of life.
Stars: Atsumi Tanezaki, Kana Ichinose, Mallorie Rodak, Jill Harris
Votes: 14,281
3. Babylon (I) (2022)
R | 189 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Jean Smart, Olivia Wilde
Votes: 166,992
4. Aquaman (2018)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson
Votes: 520,236 | Gross: $335.06M
5. Toy Story 4 (2019)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.
Director: Josh Cooley | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale
Votes: 279,950 | Gross: $434.04M
6. Genius (2017– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life stories of history's greatest minds, from their days as young adults to their final years: their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws, and genius.
Stars: Samantha Colley, Seth Gabel, Antonio Banderas, Clémence Poésy
Votes: 20,106
7. Lightyear (2022)
PG | 105 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While spending years attempting to return home, marooned Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear encounters an army of ruthless robots commanded by Zurg who are attempting to steal his fuel source.
Director: Angus MacLane | Stars: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, Taika Waititi
Votes: 123,653 | Gross: $118.31M
8. Life (I) (1999)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1932, two strangers are wrongfully convicted and develop a strong friendship in prison that lasts them through the 20th century.
Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Nick Cassavetes
Votes: 54,731 | Gross: $63.84M
9. Aniara (2018)
R | 106 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A spaceship carrying settlers to Mars is knocked off course, causing the consumption-obsessed passengers to consider their place in the universe.
Directors: Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja | Stars: Emelie Garbers, Bianca Cruzeiro, Arvin Kananian, Anneli Martini
Votes: 11,866 | Gross: $0.04M
10. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
R | 124 min | Drama
A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger
Votes: 31,196 | Gross: $1.81M
11. Oslo, August 31st (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava, Malin Crépin
Votes: 29,609 | Gross: $0.10M
12. A Thousand & One Nights (1969)
X | 128 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Sachiko Itô, Haruko Katô, Noboru Mitani, Hitoshi Takagi
Votes: 854
13. Café Funiculi Funicula (2018)
117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a specific cafe and chair in Japan, one can travel back in time while drinking a cup of coffee. There are, however, 5 rules/restrictions. It opens for closure and changing one's future but not present.
Director: Ayuko Tsukahara | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Motoki Fukami, Haru, Kento Hayashi
Votes: 1,292
14. Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
PG | 107 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The legend of Santa Claus is put in jeopardy when an unscrupulous toy manufacturer attempts to take over Christmas.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 15,597 | Gross: $23.72M
15. Love Aaj Kal (2009)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An old-fashioned romantic tells his personal love story to a modern man who has just broken up with his girlfriend. Has love really ever changed?
Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Khanna
Votes: 16,986 | Gross: $2.43M
16. 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: 4,350 | Gross: $0.03M
17. Hey Ram (2000)
Not Rated | 186 min | Crime, Drama, History
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country and sets out to kill him.
Director: Kamal Haasan | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Hema Malini
Votes: 13,990 | Gross: $0.27M
18. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Passed | 116 min | Biography, Drama
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden
Votes: 9,006
19. The Song of Lunch (2010 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama, Romance
A London publisher recounts a lunchtime reunion with a former lover, in poetic monologue.
Director: Niall MacCormick | Stars: Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Andi Soric, Siubhan Harrison
Votes: 2,534
20. Ring of Fire (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 89 min | Biography, Music, Romance
This is the story of the decades-long love affair between June Carter and her husband, Johnny Cash, a love that was stretched to the breaking point by Johnny's addiction to pills.
Director: Allison Anders | Stars: Jewel, Matt Ross, John Doe, Frances Conroy
Votes: 670
21. The Savage Is Loose (1974)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Drama
A husband, wife and their son are stranded on a remote island with no way off; as the son grows older, sexual tensions emerge.
Director: George C. Scott | Stars: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, John David Carson, Lee Montgomery
Votes: 439 | Gross: $0.84M
22. The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)
114 min | Drama
Five key days in a family's life.
Director: Rémi Bezançon | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman, Déborah François, Marc-André Grondin
Votes: 9,947
23. The 8-Year Engagement (2017)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Hisashi and Mai are set to have their wedding ceremony in three months. Unfortunately, Mai falls ill and lapses into a coma.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Tao Tsuchiya, Tetta Sugimoto, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Votes: 1,102
24. Lily C.A.T. (1987 Video)
TV-14 | 67 min | Animation, Action, Horror
The expendable crew of a corporate space vessel must stop a murderous shape-shifting alien organism that somehow got on board.
Director: Hisayuki Toriumi | Stars: Hiroyuki Okita, Masako Katsuki, Osamu Saka, Chikao Ôtsuka
Votes: 1,207
25. Cuba and the Cameraman (2017)
113 min | Documentary
Life in Cuba for three struggling families over the course of 45 years, from the cautious optimism of the early 1970s to the harrowing 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union and the 2016 death of Fidel Castro.
Director: Jon Alpert
Votes: 5,521
26. To the Lighthouse (1983 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama
A family spends their last summer at the seashore, before personal tragedy and the outbreak of World War I destroy their world.
Director: Colin Gregg | Stars: Rosemary Harris, Michael Gough, Suzanne Bertish, Lynsey Baxter
Votes: 229
27. The House by the Sea (2017)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Three grown children gathered at the picturesque villa of their dying father reflect on where they are, who they have become, and what they have inherited.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Jacques Boudet
Votes: 1,808
28. Calling Dr. Death (1943)
Approved | 63 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Mystery
A doctor is not sure if he murdered his beautiful but wicked wife, and has his attractive nurse try to find the truth by hypnotizing him.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce
Votes: 1,257
29. Far from the Tree (2021)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
In Far From the Tree, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
Director: Natalie Nourigat
Votes: 5,498
30. Garfield: His 9 Lives (1988 TV Movie)
TV-G | 48 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
This sometimes very funny and sometimes highly emotional anthology follows Garfield's nine lives throughout history, from his first life as a prehistoric cat-Neanderthal to his ninth life as an astronaut in a jam.
Directors: Phil Roman, Doug Frankel, Bob Scott, Ruth Kissane, Bill Littlejohn, Bob Nesler, George Singer, John Sparey | Stars: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger, Desirée Goyette
Votes: 840
31. The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece Margaret come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McCallister, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 858
32. Les Destinées (2000)
180 min | Drama, Romance
In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife - and more talk when he decides to take her... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Perrier
Votes: 1,308 | Gross: $0.23M
33. A Long Goodbye (2019)
127 min | Drama, Family
Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
Director: Ryôta Nakano | Stars: Yû Aoi, Elen, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Mansaku Fuwa
Votes: 542
34. Elise's Secret (2015– )
52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
The death of a young girl in 1969 haunts a house inhabited throughout the years by three different generations of people.
Stars: Bénabar, Julia Piaton, Stéphane Freiss, Sophie Mounicot
Votes: 134
35. The Woods Dreams Are Made Of (2015)
144 min | Documentary
A portrait of the people who pass through or take up residence in Paris's Le Bois de Vincennes park.
Director: Claire Simon
Votes: 112
36. Run a Crooked Mile (1969 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. He finds a key on the floor and goes to his boss to get help... See full summary »
Director: Gene Levitt | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Mary Tyler Moore, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Stanley Holloway
Votes: 218
37. No Time Like Christmas (2019 TV Movie)
TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
After Emma finds her college boyfriend's engraved watch at a vintage jewelry shop, her sister Bronwyn believes it is a sign, and decides to secretly play Cupid by sending Emma to the same ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Kyla Pratt, Edward Ruttle, Sophia Bachart, Marina Stephenson Kerr
Votes: 446
38. Guardians of Night: The Demon Hunting Academy (2016)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
"DAGENGREN" named Ye Yan loves performance art, he attended Xia Hou College where he met a "LINGQIZHE" and a "SANXIAN" . However zombies suddenly attacked school, "a battle for the crystal" to recover the world peace started.
Director: Rocky Jo | Stars: Yecheng Zheng, Kiki Jiang, Haowei Chai, Edward Gu
Votes: 10
39. As the Earth Turns (1934)
Passed | 73 min | Drama, Romance
Drama following the lives of an immigrant farm family in Maine.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Jean Muir, Donald Woods, Russell Hardie, Emily Lowry
Votes: 270
40. The World Changes (1933)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat-packing business, finding financial success but private disappointment over the course of many decades.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Paul Muni, Mary Astor, Aline MacMahon, Donald Cook
Votes: 526
41. The Lion's Busy (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Hungry Beaky Buzzard steadfastly waits for Leo the Lion to be decently deceased before trying to devour him.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 357
42. Modern Life (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Third documentary of a trilogy produced on the long term (together with Profils paysans: l'approche (2001) and Profils paysans: le quotidien (2005)), showing the simple lives of farmers in contemporary Southern France.
Director: Raymond Depardon | Stars: Paul Argaud, Louis Brès, Marcelle Brès, Germaine Challaye
Votes: 608
43. I'll Give My Life (1960)
Approved | 78 min | Drama
An engineer hopes for his son, Jim, to join the firm, but the son's experiences in the war have turned the son's thoughts to religion. To his father's chagrin, Jim goes to seminary and becomes a missionary.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Ray Collins, John Bryant, Angie Dickinson, Katherine Warren
Votes: 107
44. In the Fall (2011)
2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
While watering plants, a man slips on a banana peel and falls from the rooftop of a tall building. As he's falling to his death, blackbirds appear and play him a movie reel that recapitulates his life, which makes him realize something.
Director: Steve Cutts
Votes: 589
45. Strife with Father (1950)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Two English sparrows adopt the homely hayseed, Beaky Buzzard. Later, his adoptive father tries to teach the dolt to catch chickens.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tedd Pierce, Marian Richman
Votes: 286
46. I Am an American (1944)
Approved | 16 min | Short, History
A hypothetical married Polish couple arrives in New York in the early 1840's and walks to Ohio where they settle and prosper and raise children. The man loses an arm in the Civil war, and ... See full summary »
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Gary Gray, Gordon Hart, Dick Haymes
Votes: 126
47. The Kids Grow Up (2009)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary
A humorous and deeply moving look at father-daughter relationships, modern-day parenting, marriage and the looming empty nest.
Director: Doug Block
Votes: 168 | Gross: $0.01M
48. Fragma (2013)
12 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
Two lives look for meaning into a time that was lived, dreamed, and above all, felt.
Director: Eduardo Moraes | Stars: Eduardo Moraes, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Rafael Primot, Otto Sanches
Votes: 33
49. Chik-Chirik (2018)
12 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Our life is like walking on a tightrope. In times we are scared or lost we lose balance. When we are happy and excited we forget we walk on a rope. We can even fly!
Director: Zhanna Bekmambetova | Stars: Irina Grishina, Kirill Komarov, Tatyana Kosmacheva, Amirhossein Manzouri
Votes: 257
50. Love Never Dies (1921)
64 min | Drama
John and Tilly's happy marriage is ruined when Tilly's father finds out about the scandalous past of John's mother. John, unaware of his father-in-law's meddling, thinks Tilly has left him,... See full summary »
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Bennett, Lillian Leighton
Votes: 128