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51. Year of the Dog (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
Director: Mike White | Stars: Molly Shannon, John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Laura Dern
Votes: 6,610 | Gross: $1.54M
52. Confessions of a Porn Addict (2008)
80 min | Comedy
a love story...
Director: Duncan Christie | Stars: Spencer Rice, Mark Breslin, Lindsey Connell, Michael McMurtry
Votes: 827
53. A Merry War (1997)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gordon Comstock quits his job at an advertising agency in order to write poetry, only to find that poets, like everyone else, need money.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Wadham, Jim Carter
Votes: 1,554 | Gross: $0.30M
54. My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996)
178 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his ... See full summary »
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos, Emmanuel Salinger, Marianne Denicourt
Votes: 1,707
55. A Thunder of Drums (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Western
The trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Richard Boone, George Hamilton, Luana Patten, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 942
56. Love and Action in Chicago (1999)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Eddie Jones (Courtney B. Vance) is an agent with the U.S. State Department's elite Eliminator Corps. He eliminates people the government doesn't want around. Eddie also needs to change his life.
Director: Dwayne Johnson-Cochran | Stars: Courtney B. Vance, Regina King, Kathleen Turner, Jason Alexander
Votes: 511
57. Broken Vows (1987 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A ghetto priest has doubts about his calling and when he gives the last rites to a murder victim, he decides to help the man's girlfriend find his killers.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Annette O'Toole, M. Emmet Walsh, Milo O'Shea
Votes: 358
58. Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Martyn Hesford's comedy-drama about the life and times of tortured comic Kenneth Williams based on his diaries.
Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Michael Sheen, Cheryl Campbell, Peter Wight, Beatie Edney
Votes: 1,080
59. Stealing Heaven (1988)
R | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
In medieval Paris, a young religious scholar and the beautiful niece of a local patrician fall madly in love and consummate their passion for each other. In the religious uproar that follows, they are condemned and brutally punished.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Derek de Lint, Kim Thomson, Denholm Elliott, Bernard Hepton
Votes: 829
60. Mass Appeal (1984)
PG | 99 min | Drama
A popular Connecticut priest shields a seminary rebel from the wrath of a stern monsignor.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ivanek, Charles Durning, Louise Latham
Votes: 1,131 | Gross: $1.95M
61. Petunia (2012)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of a family whose growth is stunted... a family that learns how to love themselves while loving each other (a little too much).
Director: Ash Christian | Stars: Tobias Segal, Thora Birch, Christine Lahti, Brittany Snow
Votes: 814
62. Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Catholic priest's suicide and seminarian's expulsion for homosexuality spark a local journalist's investigation, uncovering celibacy controversies and abuse cover-ups within the Irish Catholic church.
Director: John Deery | Stars: Jonathan Forbes, Brenda Fricker, Niall O'Brien, Catherine Cusack
Votes: 426 | Gross: $0.00M
63. The Priest's Wife (1970)
PG | 103 min | Comedy
Discovering her boyfriend is married, a young lady attempts to take her life, pausing only to phone a Help Line. Finding herself very much alive in hospital she meets the priest who took ... See full summary »
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Venantino Venantini, Jacques Stany
Votes: 723 | Gross: $0.04M
64. After School (1988)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A student-teacher relationship goes way beyond the classroom, including pre-historic times.
Director: William Olsen | Stars: Sam Bottoms, Renée Coleman, Edward Binns, Dick Cavett
Votes: 221
65. Il prete sposato (1970)
R | 98 min | Comedy
A young Sicilian priest who moved to Rome comes into contact with the high bourgeoisie and receives a lot of sexual attention.
Directors: Marco Vicario, Alois Brummer | Stars: Rossana Podestà, Lando Buzzanca, Salvo Randone, Magali Noël
Votes: 58
66. Manfast (2003)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
4 women fast from men for 100 days. No talking to, no touching of, no flirting with, and above all: no sex with men. When $1 million is offered to the first man who can break the fast, all hell breaks loose.
Director: Tara Judelle | Stars: Lala Sloatman, Jeremy Sisto, Klea Scott, Jenny Judelle
Votes: 269
67. Inside the Secret World of Incels (2019 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Documentary looking at the incel community, an online subculture of those no-one wants to love and to whom multiple mass murders and hate crimes against women have been attributed.
Director: Simon Rawles | Stars: Alek Minassian, Kaitlyn Regehr, Elliot Rodger
Votes: 76
68. If Dad Only Knew (2004)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
Bobby, the youngest boy in an Irish Catholic family, is gay and his coming out to his brothers and the family's way of dealing with the news is the basis of this film.
Director: Pete Jones | Stars: Pete Jones, Nathan Fillion, Stoney Westmoreland, Dev Kennedy
Votes: 820
69. Terminal Virus (1995 TV Movie)
R | 74 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
It has been 23 years since a world war during which combatants unleashed a lab-created virus that has destroyed the fun of life. Civilization has broken down into forcibly celibate, warring... See full summary »
Director: Dan Golden | Stars: James Brolin, Bryan Genesse, Craig Judd, Richard Lynch
Votes: 188
70. Luminarias (1999)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Four professional women meet at an East Los Angeles restaurant called Luminarias to share secrets about their careers, love, family, and sex.
Director: José Luis Valenzuela | Stars: Evelina Fernández, Scott Bakula, Cheech Marin, Robert Beltran
Votes: 635 | Gross: $0.43M
71. Polish Prayers (2022)
85 min | Documentary
Twenty-two-year-old Antek grows up in a deeply religious and radical right-wing family in contemporary Poland. Catholicism, nationalism and especially celibacy define his world. Filmmaker ... See full summary »
Director: Hanna Nobis
Votes: 156
72. Pieces of Dreams (1970)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama
Young priest Greg begins having philosophical differences with the church. He meets a divorced social worker and, despite their differences, begin a sexual relationship. Greg has to decide where the church and Pamela fit into his future.
Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Robert Forster, Lauren Hutton, Will Geer, Ivor Francis
Votes: 352
73. Badrinath (2011)
Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Badri, a warrior and the protector of Badrinath temple, finds himself in troubled waters after an agnostic woman falls for him and his mentor suspects him of loving her back.
Director: V.V. Vinayak | Stars: Allu Arjun, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prakash Raj, Kelly Dorji
Votes: 2,461 | Gross: $0.05M
74. We Are Animals (2013)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Sci-Fi
In this alternate history fable set in the 1980s AIDS Crisis, a closeted young man is thrust into the midst of an anti-government coup and finds that the animal within is stronger than the monsters that oppress.
Director: Dominic Haxton | Stars: Daniel Landroche, Clint Napier, Drew Droege, George Alvarez
Votes: 328
75. A Simple Heart (2008)
105 min | Drama
Unable to forget her first love, Félicité, a simple and kind maid, devotes herself completely to her new master, Mathilde Aubain. As the passing of time doesn't heal her wounds, she gives ... See full summary »
Director: Marion Laine | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Marina Foïs, Pascal Elbé, Patrick Pineau
Votes: 348
76. Vaishali (1988)
133 min | Musical, Drama, Romance
Princess of a country long suffering from drought should please a saint living in distant hills to bring rain.
Director: Bharathan | Stars: Sanjay Mitra, Suparna Anand, Geetha, Babu Antony
Votes: 436
77. The Wandering Image (1920)
Not Rated | 67 min | Romance
Mia May has surrendered herself to a disciple of free love, and, having given birth to a child, marries the twin brother and Doppelgänger of her chosen lover.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Mia May, Hans Marr, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Loni Nest
Votes: 593
78. How to Succeed with Sex (1970)
X | 77 min | Comedy
A man, who is having trouble scoring with his girlfriend, reads a book about sex and seduction to get some pointers.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Zack Taylor, Linda Vair, Bambi Allen, Victoria Bond
Votes: 75
79. Shree Krishnaparanthu (1984)
Drama, Horror, Romance
A carefree prodigy takes the responsibility of the sorcerer after his ancestor expires. He becomes the most powerful one with guidance from the ghost of his ancestors and the blessings of ... See full summary »
Directors: P. Bhaskaran, A. Vincent | Stars: Mohanlal, P.K. Abraham, Mala Aravindan, Kanchana
Votes: 144
80. (A)sexual (2011)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Romance
Facing a sex obsessed culture, a mountain of stereotypes and misconceptions, and a lack of social or scientific research, asexuals - people who experience no sexual attraction - struggle to claim their identity.
Director: Angela Tucker | Stars: Aliza, Antonia, Barb, Joy Behar
Votes: 791
81. Life Is to Whistle (1998)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Luis Alberto García, Coralia Veloz, Claudia Rojas, Ana Victoria Pérez
Votes: 706 | Gross: $0.06M
82. Bal Bramhachari (1996)
163 min | Action, Drama
Professor Vijay Tripathi and Bhujbal Choudhury have a small land dispute between themselves forcing Bhujbal and his men to mercilessly kill Vijay making his death look as though lightning ... See full summary »
Directors: Prakash Mehra, Dinesh Mahadev, Bindu Shukla | Stars: Puru Rajkumar, Karisma Kapoor, Deepak Tijori, Simran
Votes: 153
83. Kushti (2010)
121 min | Comedy, Sport
A small-framed postmaster must prove his one-sided love for a wrestler's daughter.
Director: T.K. Rajeev Kumar | Stars: Rajpal Naurang Yadav, Nargis Bagheri, Om Puri, Sharat Saxena
Votes: 220
84. I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A middle-aged disabled man unknowingly begins a lonely hearts correspondence with his own unmarried sister, who takes care of him. As he writes more and more to her, he begins to fall in ... See full summary »
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Simone Signoret, Jean Rochefort, Delphine Seyrig, Geneviève Fontanel
Votes: 436
85. Trembling Before G-d (2001)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
A cinematic portrait of various gay Orthodox Jews who struggle to reconcile their faith and their sexual orientation.
Director: Sandi Simcha Dubowski | Stars: Shlomo Ashkinazy, Steve Greenberg, Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Naomi Mark
Votes: 948 | Gross: $0.62M
86. Irène (2002)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Irène is a beautiful girl working in Paris, she soon meets a manager and hopes a love story with him. But he tells a lie, so she falls in love with a house painter.
Director: Ivan Calbérac | Stars: Cécile de France, Bruno Putzulu, Olivier Sitruk, Estelle Larrivaz
Votes: 637
87. Kalamazoo (1988)
88 min | Fantasy, Romance
Âgé d'une soixantaine d'années, seul, puceau, réduit à s'écrire des lettres enflammées, Félix Cotnoir est un desperado de l'amour, un être en état de quête perpétuelle. À force de trop ... See full summary »
Director: André Forcier | Stars: Tony Nardi, Daniel Brière, Rémy Girard, Jean Guilda
Votes: 50
88. A Courtship (2015)
TV-PG | 71 min | Documentary, Romance
A documentary about Christian Courtship, an alternative to dating that seeks to ensure physical and emotional purity until marriage. Kelly, a 33 year old virgin, renounces dating believing ... See full summary »
Director: Amy Kohn
Votes: 71
89. Jogan (1950)
116 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
An atheist falls in love with a married devout woman who has forsaken materialistic life.
Director: Kidar Nath Sharma | Stars: Nargis, Dilip Kumar, Pratima Devi, Purnima
Votes: 118
90. One Hour to Die (2011)
80 min | Horror, Thriller
Huge advancements in scientific technology have been able to create an island full of living fathers. Shirl has invited three individuals, plus her sister and husband both living at the ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Gardiner | Stars: Melanie Denholme, Anna Batho, Robert Knowles, Rob Ireland
Votes: 65
91. Shreemaan Aashique (1993)
Not Rated | 152 min | Comedy, Romance
Professor Vishwa Mitra, the founder of a group that dissuades marriages, and his follower fall in love with the same girl, Shaku. Durshan persuades Vishwa to take the right decision and marry Bindu.
Director: Deepak Anand | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Urmila Matondkar, Bindu Desai, Tiku Talsania
Votes: 161
92. Scharf wie Chili (2005 TV Movie)
107 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Markus Bräutigam | Stars: Kristian Kiehling, Alexandra Neldel, David A. Hamade, Elisabeth Niederer
Votes: 178
93. Joki (2001)
104 min | Drama, Romance
Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck ... See full summary »
Director: Jarmo Lampela | Stars: Sanna Hietala, Antti Ikkala, Jyri Ojansivu, Antti Mikkola
Votes: 849
94. Ek Nari Ek Brahmachari (1971)
Comedy, Drama
Raisaheb Surajbhan Chaudhary lives a wealthy lifestyle in a palatial mansion with his wife of 30 years, Rajlaxmi, and two sons, Rajkumar, who has been married to Shyama for several years; ... See full summary »
Director: Kolli Pratyagatma | Stars: Mumtaz Askari, Jeetendra, B.B. Bhalla, Birbal
Votes: 33
95. Sullivan's Last Call (1995)
18 min | Comedy, Short, Drama
Director: Francesca Rizzo | Stars: Steven Mark Friedman, Francesca Rizzo, James Starace
Votes: 18
96. Le divin enfant (2001 TV Movie)
Unrated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
Marc is a 39-year-old Catholic priest, a model for his entire parish. He is one of the few enthusiastic advocates of priestly celibacy. But trouble comes knocking at his door one day.
Director: Stéphane Clavier | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Marthe Villalonga, Adrien Aumont, Agathe Teyssier
Votes: 64
97. Contestazione generale (1970)
131 min | Comedy
Episodes centering on different aspects of early-1970s Italian life, set in a television studio, a factory, a university, and a Catholic parish.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Alberto Sordi, Enrico Maria Salerno
Votes: 153
98. Sinner (2007)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
When a fundamentalist Catholic priest clashes with a prostitute, a disillusioned pastor faces a crisis of faith, love and golf.
Director: Marc Benardout | Stars: Nick Chinlund, Georgina Cates, Michael E. Rodgers, Brad Dourif
Votes: 122
99. November (1992)
90 min | Horror
A young girl is both schizophrenic and abuses drugs. She has many fantasies involving fire. A medical student sends her to a senior doctor and especially instructs her to tell that he sent ... See full summary »
Director: Lukasz Karwowski | Stars: Jerzy Binczycki, Marek Bukowski, Anna Ciepielewska, Myriam David
Votes: 70
100. Al-bahth an fadiha (1973)
106 min | Comedy, Romance
Majdi Moves to Cairo where he starts living with his coworker and friend Sami, Majdi falls in love with Hanan but her mother wants her to marry another rich guy. Sami tries to help his ... See full summary »
Director: Niazi Mostafa | Stars: Adel Emam, Mervat Amin, Samir Sabri, Mohamed Reda
Votes: 605