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51. Fiona (1977)
R | 80 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
Heavily fictionalised 'autobiography' of 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond.
Director: James Kenelm Clarke | Stars: Fiona Richmond, Anthony Steel, David Cole, Neil Cunningham
Votes: 232
52. Horatio Hornblower: Retribution (2001 TV Movie)
98 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, David Warner, Nicholas Jones
Votes: 3,912
53. Hornblower: Duty (2003 TV Movie)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann, Lorcan Cranitch
Votes: 3,424
54. Entropy (I) (1999)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stephen Dorff narrates this tale about how his life goes astray as his character attempts to strike a balance between the demands of directing his first film and the pressures of his new ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Judith Godrèche, Kelly Macdonald, Lauren Holly
Votes: 2,378
55. Sentimental Education (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance
Áurea is a sentimental older woman, who befriends teenager Áureo. They like each other, so she talks to him about herself, her spirituality, mysticism and existence itself. They become inseparable, so his jealous mother confronts her.
Director: Júlio Bressane | Stars: Josie Antello, Bernardo Marinho, Débora Olivieri, Gustavo Novaes
Votes: 183
56. Beautiful But Dangerous (1955)
TV-PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rome, 1905. Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Vittorio Gassman, Robert Alda, Anne Vernon
Votes: 353
57. Land of Gold (2022)
105 min | Drama
When truck driver Kiran hears pounding from inside his shipping container and finds Elena, a young Mexican-American girl, his already tumultuous life takes a drastic turn as he seeks to reunite her with her family.
Director: Nardeep Khurmi | Stars: Karen David, Iqbal Theba, Tina Parker, Dhruv Uday Singh
Votes: 258
58. Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983)
Not Rated | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A drunken sailor recounts the surrealistic odyssey of his life story to a murderous student.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Nadège Clair, Lisa Lyon
Votes: 1,161
59. Petrijin venac (1980)
99 min | Drama, Romance, War
This film takes place in a small mining town in Serbia within a time span covering the prewar, war, and postwar periods. "Petria's wreath" is a story about the tragic life of an illiterate ... See full summary »
Director: Srdjan Karanovic | Stars: Mirjana Karanovic, Dragan Maksimovic, Pavle Vuisic, Marko Nikolic
Votes: 875
60. The Child I Never Was (2002)
86 min | Crime, Drama
The true-life story of 19-year-old Jürgen Bartsch, a German pedophile serial killer who murdered four boys, based on his correspondence, over the course of eight years, with German American author Paul Moor.
Director: Kai S. Pieck | Stars: Tobias Schenke, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Ulrike Bliefert, Walter Gontermann
Votes: 646
61. Ben and Me (1953)
Passed | 21 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A mouse tells the story of how he guided Benjamin Franklin to success and prominence.
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Sterling Holloway, Hans Conried, Stan Freberg, James MacDonald
Votes: 1,025
62. Thérèse (1986)
94 min | Drama
A story of life of St. Therese of Lisieux.
Director: Alain Cavalier | Stars: Catherine Mouchet, Hélène Alexandridis, Aurore Prieto, Clémence Massart-Weit
Votes: 995
63. Secrets of a Windmill Girl (1966)
86 min | Drama
Exploitation film about the tragic life of a Windmill girl called Pat Lord, a fictional dancer in London's real-life historical striptease nightclub and nudie film theater, the (in)famous Windmill Theatre.
Director: Arnold L. Miller | Stars: April Wilding, Pauline Collins, Renee Houston, Derek Bond
Votes: 94
64. The Story of a Cheat (1936)
81 min | Comedy
A charming scoundrel reflects on his exploits, from childhood through to manhood.
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Adolphe Borchard, Marcel Lucien, Raymond Clunie
Votes: 2,548
65. My Memories of Old Beijing (1983)
96 min | Drama
Yingzi is a young, impressionable girl living on the southern side of Beijing in the late 1920s. Encountering people in the city, she tries to understand how people are really like inside through her own eyes.
Director: Yigong Wu | Stars: Jie Shen, Min Zhang, Fengyi Zhang, Zhenyao Zheng
Votes: 519
66. The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997 TV Movie)
Unrated | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A fellow PI tricks Rockford into taking on a treacherous case that makes him the target of a vengeful police department.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: James Garner, John Amos, Joe Santos, Isabel Glasser
Votes: 272
67. Me and Kaminski (2015)
124 min | Comedy, Drama
Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Jesper Christensen, Amira Casar, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 1,532
68. Joshua Then and Now (1985)
R | 178 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to his more complicated grown-up life.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: James Woods, Gabrielle Lazure, Alan Arkin, Michael Sarrazin
Votes: 616 | Gross: $0.54M
69. For Hope (1996 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.
Director: Bob Saget | Stars: Dana Delany, Polly Bergen, Harold Gould, Tracy Nelson
Votes: 298
70. What's Up Doc? (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs' showbiz career is recounted from babyhood to stardom. Bugs and Elmer Fudd perform the title song.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Dave Barry, Richard Bickenbach
Votes: 1,708
71. The Remarkable Mr. Kipps (1941)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
Kipps, the draper's apprentice, falls in love with a girl above his station. After he unexpectedly inherits a fortune, he thinks his dream has come true. But money can't make him a gentleman, or bring him the girl he really wants.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert, Philip Frost, Diana Wynyard
Votes: 519
72. Inspector Morse: Rest in Peace (2000 Video)
96 min | Crime, Drama
Clip show that represents a biography of sorts of the now late great Inspector Morse. Chief Superintendent Strange fills in the blanks in between the clips with his first hand testimony about the man.
Director: Jamie McCoan | Stars: James Grout, John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Votes: 119
73. Pureza (2022)
101 min | Drama
In the '90s, a mother looks for her missing son and finds farms with slave labor practices in the Amazon region.
Director: Renato Barbieri | Stars: Dira Paes, Matheus Abreu, Flavio Bauraqui, Sergio Sartorio
Votes: 305
74. Under the Hood (2009 Video)
PG | 38 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A television interview with Hollis Mason, The first Nite-Owl, about his life and the superhero community.
Director: Eric Matthies | Stars: Ted Friend, Stephen McHattie, Carla Gugino, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Votes: 1,964
75. Alexandria... New York (2004)
128 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Yehia, an Egyptian director from Alexandria goes to New York where he is reunited with Ginger, a woman he dated forty years ago.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Mahmoud Hemida, Ahmed Yehia, Youssra, Yousra El Lozy
Votes: 635
76. Sweet Music (1935)
Passed | 100 min | Musical
College band-leader "Skip" Houston keeps his band together after graduation, they turn professional, and they are a big hit on the radio and in nightclubs. He falls in love with Bonnie ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Rudy Vallee, Ann Dvorak, Ned Sparks, Helen Morgan
Votes: 134
77. Niña mimada (1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Patricia Echegaray is forced to marry a ruthless business man in order to save her family's fortune. She manages to escape and encounters the handsome and humble Angel, who makes her appreciate everything in life.
Stars: Eileen Abad, Marcelo Cézan, Dora Mazzone, Carlos Cámara Jr.
Votes: 20
78. The Trial of Tony Blair (2007 TV Movie)
72 min | Comedy, Drama
In 2010, the International Criminal Court puts Tony Blair on trial for war crimes.
Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Robert Lindsay, Robert Bowman, Adrian Scarborough, Claire Skinner
Votes: 254
79. The Dreamlife of David L (2014)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Because life has more imagination than our most unspeakable dreams.
Directors: Paul Le, Julien Pichard | Stars: Sylvain Urban, Laure Maloisel, Amandine Klep, Marguerite Dabrin
Votes: 62
80. Otets Sergiy (1918)
112 min | Biography, Drama, History
Prince Kasatsky is a just and proud youth, shock and disappointment with the world bring him to church, he becomes father Sergius. It is a story of his piety and temptation.
Directors: Yakov Protazanov, Alexandre Volkoff | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Olga Kondorova, V. Dzheneyeva, Vladimir Gajdarov
Votes: 624
81. Sharpe: The Legend (1997 Video)
90 min | Drama, War
An overview of Richard Sharpe's career, from being raised in the ranks, to the battle at Waterloo, as depicted by fellow rifleman, Cooper.
Director: Paul Wilmshurst | Stars: Sean Bean, Simón Andreu, David Ashton, Féodor Atkine
Votes: 560
82. Rölli and the Golden Key (2013)
86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Director: Taavi Vartia | Stars: Allan Tuppurainen, Mikko Leppilampi, Krista Kosonen, Iina Kuustonen
Votes: 222
83. The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)
104 min | Crime, Drama
Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. For, involved by a gang of bad boys, the ... See full summary »
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Burkhard Driest, Fritz Hollenbeck, Marianne Kehlau
Votes: 187
84. Meet the Raisins! (1988 TV Special)
22 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
This special mockumentary shows the California Raisins' humble beginnings, rise to stardom, fall from stardom, and rise back to stardom again, all told through interviews with the Raisins ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Bruce | Stars: Karreem, David Scully, David Downing, Ted Roisum
Votes: 181
85. Last Will & Testament (2012)
TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, Mystery
This documentary explores the ongoing debate about the authorship of the works attributed to Shakespeare. Writers and critics, actors and scholars, including Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, ... See full summary »
Directors: Laura Wilson, Lisa Wilson | Stars: Jonathan Bate, Charles Beauclerk, William Boyle, Michael Cecil
Votes: 295
86. Sin's Kitchen (2004)
91 min | Drama
In the spirit of Dante's Inferno, this modern-day triptych unfolds three complex tales of lies, secrets, and sins, all intricately woven together to explore the hidden shadows of man's soul.
Director: Fabien Pruvot | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Robert Miano, Pierre Cosso, Gabrielle Lazure
Votes: 102
87. Jesse & Lester - Two Brothers in a Place Called Trinity (1972)
97 min | Comedy, Western
After inheriting a land plot in a dusty place called Trinity, the antagonistic half-brothers, Lester and Jesse, reunite to pursue different aspirations, only to find themselves neck-deep in trouble. Will they ever fulfil their dreams?
Directors: Renzo Genta, Richard Harrison | Stars: Richard Harrison, Donald O'Brien, Anna Zinnemann, George Wang
Votes: 177
88. The Proprietor (1996)
R | 113 min | Drama
An expatriated French novelist (Jeanne Moreau) returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being placed on the auction block. What she doesn't count on is that she has to ... See full summary »
Director: Ismail Merchant | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Sean Young, Sam Waterston, Christopher Cazenove
Votes: 257 | Gross: $0.11M
89. Erobreren (2012)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Kåre Conradi, Jakob Oftebro, Johan Felix Tschudi, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Votes: 64
90. ByAnaMilán (2020– )
Comedy
A fictionalized account of Ana Milán's life from the multiple anecdotes of her life that she posted online.
Stars: Ana Milán, Pilar Bergés, Jorge Usón, Marcelo Converti
Votes: 104
91. The Road to Galveston (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama
Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind woman who was a nurse: enter a foster ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Piper Laurie, Tess Harper, James McDaniel
Votes: 112
92. This Is a Life? (1955)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Elmer Fudd brings Bugs Bunny on a parody of This Is Your Life (1950) where he and Yosemite Sam try to get revenge on the rabbit. Daffy Duck laments that the show is not about him.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, June Foray
Votes: 494
93. Le fils de Gascogne (1995)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A boy hears that his father may still be alive and sets out to find him, meeting many of his father's acquaintances and friends along the way and making some of his own.
Director: Pascal Aubier | Stars: Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Grégoire Colin, Dinara Drukarova, Pascal Bonitzer
Votes: 154
94. The Spirit of Stanford (1942)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
The Spirit of Stanford finds high school quarterback Frankie Albert, cocky because of his football abilities, heading for Stanford while his teammate, Cliff Bernard, opts for the University... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Frankie Albert, Marguerite Chapman, Matt Willis, Shirley Patterson
Votes: 53
95. Klassikko (2001)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen
Director: Kari Väänänen | Stars: Martti Suosalo, Janne Hyytiäinen, Matti Onnismaa, Pertti Sveholm
Votes: 859
96. Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig (2003 Video)
87 min | Documentary
Documentary on the making of the film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001).
Director: Laura Nix | Stars: Peter Askin, Ashley Bachner, Stephen Bachner, Kevin Cahoon
Votes: 225
97. Minotaur (1994)
55 min | Drama
A sardonic cinematic meditation on being a pop star. It recounts the desperate hours of a fictional performer who is equal parts Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. Not only does the Minotaur ... See full summary »
Director: Dan McCormack | Stars: Michael Faella, Rick Aiello, Holley Chant, Willo Hausman
Votes: 16
98. Father Knows... (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Father Knows... is a bittersweet comedy-drama that tells the story of Love Family and personal estrangements spanning over 15 years in the life of what seem like a simple American Family. ... See full summary »
Director: Toby Ross | Stars: Cort Donovan, Luke Aulwurm, Larry Filas, Debra Langland
Votes: 78
99. La leyenda de una máscara (1990)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A sports journalist is assigned to discover the truth behind the mask of "El Angel Enmascarado" (The Masked Angel), a very popular and recently deceased wrestler.
Director: José Buil | Stars: Héctor Bonilla, Héctor Ortega, María Rojo, Gina Morett
Votes: 72
100. Let Us Go and Burn Her Body; or, the Devil Done Let Out (2005)
Not Rated | 112 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A young female paranormalist is pursued by a man claiming to be the devil in human form.
Director: Damon Blalack | Stars: Erika O'Bar, Carl Buffington, Johnathan Prince, Jimi Fleming
Votes: 254