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51. Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966)
GP | 83 min | Horror, Mystery
A Carpathian village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl, prompting a coroner and a medical student to uncover her secrets while a witch attempts to protect the villagers.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc, Fabienne Dali, Piero Lulli
Votes: 7,616
52. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
Not Rated | 115 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Escaping war, an immortal girl blessed with Eternal Youth finds a lone surviving infant and decides to raise him as her son.
Directors: Masakazu Hashimoto, Jong Heo, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Tatsuyuki Nagai, Mari Okada, Toshiya Shinohara | Stars: Manaka Iwami, Miyu Irino, Yôko Hikasa, Hiroaki Hirata
Votes: 8,467
53. When Nietzsche Wept (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
Viennese doctor Josef Breuer meets with philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to help him deal with his despair.
Director: Pinchas Perry | Stars: Ben Cross, Armand Assante, Joanna Pacula, Michal Yannai
Votes: 4,885
54. Faces Places (2017)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, Adventure
Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
Directors: JR, Agnès Varda | Stars: Agnès Varda, JR, Jeannine Carpentier, Clemens Van Dungern
Votes: 13,656 | Gross: $0.95M
55. Bobby Deerfield (1977)
PG | 124 min | Drama, Romance
Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Walter McGinn
Votes: 4,675 | Gross: $9.30M
56. God on Trial (2008 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama, War
Awaiting their inevitable deaths at one of the worst concentration camps, a group of Jews make a rabbinical court to decide whether God has gone against the Holy Covenant and if He is the one guilty for their suffering.
Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Joseph Muir, Josef Altin, Ashley Artus, Alexi Kaye Campbell
Votes: 3,926
57. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama
A soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Votes: 22,469
58. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Claude Laydu, Nicole Ladmiral, Jean Riveyre, Adrien Borel
Votes: 12,753
59. For Sama (2019)
TV-PG | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, War
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
Directors: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts | Stars: Waad Al-Kateab, Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Afra
Votes: 12,857 | Gross: $0.04M
60. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze
Votes: 30,055 | Gross: $3.43M
61. Perrier's Bounty (2009)
R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Cillian Murphy, Michael McElhatton, Don Wycherley
Votes: 7,465 | Gross: $0.00M
62. More Than Ever (2022)
123 min | Drama, Romance
Hélène and Mathieu have been happy together for many years. The bond between them is deep. Faced with an existential decision, Hélène travels alone to Norway to seek peace and meet a blogger she found on the internet.
Director: Emily Atef | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bjørn Floberg, Sophie Langevin
Votes: 1,449
63. Laura Hasn't Slept (2020)
11 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
A woman seeks help from her therapist for a recurring nightmare, only to face an unsettling and horrifying reality.
Director: Parker Finn | Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Lew Temple
Votes: 1,105
64. Danton (1983)
PG | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche
Votes: 7,791
65. Of Gods and Men (2010)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, History
Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.
Director: Xavier Beauvois | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach
Votes: 16,118 | Gross: $3.95M
66. I Am Michael (2015)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Based on the fascinating true-life story of Michael Glatze, a gay activist who becomes a Christian pastor after identifying as a heterosexual.
Director: Justin Kelly | Stars: James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts, Charlie Carver
Votes: 5,903
67. Intacto (2001)
R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In a world where luck can be taken from a lucky person by a luckier person's touch, a small group of lucky people compete to be the luckiest and for the other contestants' luck.
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Stars: Max von Sydow, Eusebio Poncela, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Mónica López
Votes: 13,646 | Gross: $0.30M
68. Esterno notte (2022)
330 min | Crime, Drama, History
The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists
Stars: Fabrizio Gifuni, Margherita Buy, Toni Servillo, Fausto Russo Alesi
Votes: 1,717
69. Unforgettable (1996)
R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A Seattle medical examiner uses an experimental memory transference drug to unravel the mystery surrounding his Wife's brutal murder.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, Christopher McDonald
Votes: 6,019 | Gross: $2.78M
70. Lord Jim (1965)
Not Rated | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Eli Wallach
Votes: 4,271
71. Pressure Point (1962)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
A black prison psychiatrist is assigned the distasteful task of helping a paranoid American Nazi charged with sedition.
Director: Hubert Cornfield | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 2,062
72. Paris (I) (2008)
R | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A ex-dancer has a heart problem and even with a transplant, he may still only have a few months to live. Time's spent looking at people/life in Paris from his balcony. His single mom sister moves in with her 3 kids to look after him.
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Romain Duris, Joffrey Platel, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 12,882 | Gross: $1.01M
73. About Alex (2014)
R | 99 min | Drama
When a group of old college friends reunites over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions--and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink.
Director: Jesse Zwick | Stars: Nate Parker, Jason Ritter, Maggie Grace, Max Greenfield
Votes: 7,834
74. Day of the Wacko (2002)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
24 hours in the bitter life of a frustrated divorced teacher who stays in the vicious circle of his numerous obsessions.
Director: Marek Koterski | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Janina Traczykówna, Andrzej Grabowski, Michal Koterski
Votes: 11,857
75. Romero (1989)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez
Votes: 2,458 | Gross: $1.32M
76. Two Men in Town (1973)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Mimsy Farmer, Victor Lanoux
Votes: 5,050
77. We Go On (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Miles Grissom offers $30,000 to the first person who can prove to him that we go on after death.
Directors: Jesse Holland, Andy Mitton | Stars: Annette O'Toole, Clark Freeman, John Glover, Giovanna Zacarías
Votes: 4,892
78. The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
R | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Olivier Martinez, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi, François Cluzet
Votes: 6,405 | Gross: $1.88M
79. Afterwards (2008)
R | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Newly divorced lawyer Nathan Del Amico is shaken up after he meets a doctor who claims that he can sense when select people are about to die.
Director: Gilles Bourdos | Stars: Romain Duris, John Malkovich, Evangeline Lilly, Pascale Bussières
Votes: 4,134
80. Phantasmagoria (1995 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young successful author and her photographer husband buy a stunning and mysterious mansion on the outskirts of a small town in New England, but soon enough start to experience maddening horrors of its previous owner.
Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Victoria Morsell, David Homb, Robert Miano, Taylor Bernard
Votes: 789
81. The Healing (2012)
TV-14 | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of people venture into a remote village to ask a mysterious faith healer to cure their ailing loved ones, unaware that through unforeseen consequences, every miraculous "healing" would soon be repaid in kind.
Director: Chito S. Roño | Stars: Vilma Santos, Kim Chiu, Janice De Belen, Pokwang
Votes: 661
82. I Love You, I Love You (1968)
91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
After attempting suicide, Claude is recruited for a time travel experiment, but, when the machine goes haywire, he may be trapped hurtling through his memories.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac, Alain MacMoy
Votes: 3,289 | Gross: $0.06M
83. Destiny (1921)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Bernhard Goetzke, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Hans Sternberg
Votes: 6,716 | Gross: $0.01M
84. The Pompatus of Love (1995)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and analyzing their relationships with women.
Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Paige Turco, Arabella Field, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Votes: 627
85. Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a Museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he face his own inner demons.
Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Barzan Yunis, Goran Dlshad, Ragash Kizhan, Yasin Omar
Votes: 137
86. Deleter (2022)
93 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An online content moderator who deletes a suicide video made by her co-worker. But the otherwise desensitized woman cannot escape from either her own troubled past or from a mysterious vengeful presence.
Director: Mikhail Red | Stars: Nadine Lustre, Louise Delos Reyes, McCoy De Leon, Jeffrey Hidalgo
Votes: 510
87. Wildflower (2017–2018)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It follows the story of Ivy Aguas, a beautiful and smart heiress who is seeking justice for her parents' death against the family of Ardiente.
Stars: Tirso Cruz III, Aiko Melendez, Maja Salvador, Zsa Zsa Padilla
Votes: 211
88. Counterpoint (1967)
Approved | 107 min | Drama, Music, War
A famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, and is forced to perform at private concerts for the Nazi generals.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 1,058
89. Amigo (2010)
R | 124 min | Drama, War
A fictional account of events during the Philippine-American War.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Joel Torre, Chris Cooper, Garret Dillahunt, Arthur Acuña
Votes: 670 | Gross: $0.18M
90. Edvard Munch (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 210 min | Biography, Drama, History
This biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch focuses on the influences that shaped his art, his devastating affair with a married woman that will haunt him for the rest of his life
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum, Eric Allum
Votes: 3,386 | Gross: $0.04M
91. Checking Out (1988)
R | 96 min | Comedy
A successful family man who works for an airline becomes consumed by fear of death after his colleague and best friend dies in front of him from a heart attack while telling the setup for the joke: "Why don't Italians like barbecues?"
Director: David Leland | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Mayron, Michael Tucker, Kathleen York
Votes: 496
92. Therese (1962)
109 min | Drama
Unhappy in her marriage to a boring man who doesn't love her, a woman plans to get rid of him by slowly increasing the dosage of his medication.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Philippe Noiret, Edith Scob, Sami Frey
Votes: 652
93. Memory Box (2021)
102 min | Drama
The lives of three women are connected by a box that resurfaces containing notebooks, photographs and audiotapes.
Directors: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige | Stars: Rim Turki, Manal Issa, Paloma Vauthier, Clémence Sabbagh
Votes: 814
94. Yokudô (2014)
97 min | Drama
Chihiro is depressed and obsessed with his own mortality. Chihiro and his wife, Yuri, decide to take a trip to Bali, Indonesia to see his pregnant sister, Kumi. They hope the trip can bring about change.
Director: Kiki Sugino | Stars: Yôko Mitsuya, Takumi Saitô, Kiki Sugino, Tom Mes
Votes: 96
95. Feng Shui 2 (2014)
Not Rated | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A long time after Joy last saw the Bagua mirror, a man named Lester finds it and has the same experiences that Joy had with it. It's up to Joy to help Lester battle the curse and the deadly consequences.
Director: Chito S. Roño | Stars: Kris Aquino, Coco Martin, Cherry Pie Picache, Ian Veneracion
Votes: 220
96. Many Wars Ago (1970)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, War
On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the Italian troops.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Mark Frechette, Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volontè, Giampiero Albertini
Votes: 1,933
97. La casa de al lado (2011–2012)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two well-heeled families living side by side become ensnared in a duplicitous, ever-deepening web of money, power, sex and murder.
Stars: Gabriel Porras, Wayne LeGette, Sarah Mintz, Miguel Varoni
Votes: 237
98. Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor (2014)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
Benjamin is meant to be a great doctor, he's certain of it. But his first experience as a junior doctor in the hospital ward where his father works doesn't turn out the way he hoped it would.
Director: Thomas Lilti | Stars: Vincent Lacoste, Jacques Gamblin, Reda Kateb, Marianne Denicourt
Votes: 3,531 | Gross: $0.02M
99. Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (1998)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Jeanne has an appetite for love that can never be satisfied. Lovers at every corner of her life she is still in search of that "one". When a impromptu tryst on the subway with Olivier gives... See full summary »
Directors: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau | Stars: Virginie Ledoyen, Mathieu Demy, Jacques Bonnaffé, Valérie Bonneton
Votes: 783 | Gross: $0.01M
100. Any Number Can Play (1949)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Romance
Gambling-house owner finds himself estranged from his wife and son.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey, Audrey Totter
Votes: 1,150