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51. Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

Passed | 112 min | Biography, Family, Musical

The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."

Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh

Votes: 4,234

52. The Women of Brewster Place (1989)

Not Rated | 178 min | Drama

A multi-generational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens

Votes: 1,405

53. Code Unknown (2000)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama

A young man harasses a homeless woman, another man protests, the police arrest both and the woman has to leave the country. What were their various story-lines leading up to this event?

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi

Votes: 15,226 | Gross: $0.10M

54. The Sound of Music Live! (2013 TV Special)

TV-PG | 180 min | Biography, Drama, Family

A live telecast of the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

Directors: Rob Ashford, Beth McCarthy-Miller | Stars: Carrie Underwood, Stephen Moyer, Laura Benanti, Christian Borle

Votes: 3,957

55. Ants in the Pants (2000)

95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A late bloomer, 15-year-old Flo experiences his sexual awakening, relentlessly targeting his gorgeous classmate Leonie. Flos friends eagerly try to help him out. The only problem may be Leonie's boyfriend.

Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Tobias Schenke, Axel Stein, Luise Helm, Mina Tander

Votes: 4,439

56. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965 TV Movie)

TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Depressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.

Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Ann Altieri, Chris Doran, Sally Dryer, Bill Melendez

Votes: 44,167

57. Mad Love (1969)

252 min | Drama, Romance

During the rehearsals for the production of the tragedy Andromaque, the leading actress and her director, a couple behind the scenes, can't find a way to leave their personal problems at ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Josée Destoop, Michèle Moretti

Votes: 840

58. Nativity! (2009)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family

An uptight but secretly heartbroken primary school teacher's little white lie about Hollywood coming to see his class' nativity play grows like wildfire in his rag-tag school low on self-esteem.

Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: Martin Freeman, Marc Wootton, Jason Watkins, Ashley Jensen

Votes: 12,481

59. Single All the Way (2021)

TV-PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Desperate to avoid his family's judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter convinces his best friend Nick to join him for the holidays and pretend that they're now in a relationship.

Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Luke Macfarlane, Barry Bostwick

Votes: 19,624

60. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)

R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller

Inspired by a true crime, a man begins to experience mystifying events that lead him to slay his mother with a sword.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny, Udo Kier

Votes: 10,725

61. An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Set right after World War II, a naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth... See full summary »

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong

Votes: 3,030 | Gross: $0.26M

62. Game 6 (2005)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Combining real and fictional events, this movie centers around the historic 1986 World Series, and a day in the life of a playwright who skips opening night to watch the momentous game.

Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Griffin Dunne, Ari Graynor

Votes: 2,978 | Gross: $0.10M

63. It Runs in the Family (2003)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Bernadette Peters, Rory Culkin

Votes: 5,247 | Gross: $7.38M

64. Stories We Tell (2012)

PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary

A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.

Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Michael Polley, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley

Votes: 14,137 | Gross: $1.60M

65. Salome's Last Dance (1988)

R | 89 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

On Guy Fawkes Day 1892m Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play 'Salome'. The 'theatre' is a brothel and the performers are prostitutes.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace, Douglas Hodge

Votes: 1,917 | Gross: $0.33M

66. Mansfield Park (1983)

261 min | Drama, Romance

Impoverished Fanny Price is sent to live with her more affluent uncle and aunt. The arrival of new neighbors brings a chance for romance to Fanny and her cousins.

Stars: Anna Massey, Angela Pleasence, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Nicholas Farrell

Votes: 1,133

67. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)

PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy

The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.

Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny

Votes: 3,179

68. Gloria (II) (2013)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs.

Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora

Votes: 9,389 | Gross: $2.11M

69. Madeline's Madeline (2018)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama

A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.

Director: Josephine Decker | Stars: Helena Howard, Molly Parker, Miranda July, Okwui Okpokwasili

Votes: 4,155 | Gross: $0.18M

70. Cookie's Fortune (1999)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell

Votes: 13,837 | Gross: $10.92M

71. Stage Beauty (2004)

R | 106 min | Drama

A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Derek Hutchinson

Votes: 10,748 | Gross: $0.78M

72. Cradle Will Rock (1999)

R | 132 min | Drama

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s U.S., focusing on a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Hank Azaria, Rubén Blades, Joan Cusack, John Cusack

Votes: 9,544 | Gross: $2.90M

73. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 48 min | Comedy, Family

A teacher puts on a Christmas pageant and puts the worst children in school as the stars.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Loretta Swit, Jackson Davies, Antony Holland, David Alexander

Votes: 825

74. A Gentle Woman (1969)

88 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief-stricken pawnbroker husband. We learn in flashback about how they met, married, and how she failed to adapt her lifestyle to... See full summary »

Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Guy Frangin, Jeanne Lobre, Claude Ollier

Votes: 3,065

75. I Miss You (2019)

TV-MA | 110 min | Drama, Romance

Following his son Gabriel's death, Jorge travels from conservative Bolivia to New York City to confront Gabriel's boyfriend Sebastian.

Director: Rodrigo Bellott | Stars: Reyes Antelo, Fernando Barbosa, Erwin Berzain, Pamela Bruno Cronenbold

Votes: 798

76. Walk of Fame (I) (2017)

93 min | Comedy

A motley crew of aspiring performers come under the guidance of an eccentric and volatile acting coach.

Director: Jesse Thomas | Stars: Scott Eastwood, Malcolm McDowell, Chris Kattan, Jamie Kennedy

Votes: 1,018

77. Tove (2020)

103 min | Biography, Drama

Depiction on the life of Tove Jansson, showing both her personal relationships, and the creation of the popular Moomin books.

Director: Zaida Bergroth | Stars: Alma Pöysti, Krista Kosonen, Shanti Roney, Joanna Haartti

Votes: 3,819

78. 8 (2012 TV Movie)

91 min | Drama, History

Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Dustin Lance Black, David Boies, Matt Bomer

Votes: 610

79. Crime Delicado (2005)

87 min | Drama

Antônio Martins, respected theatrical critic, is a very rational man. But a chance meeting with young Inês, a nude painting model, is going to rock him. Inês keeps a relationship with ... See full summary »

Director: Beto Brant | Stars: Marco Ricca, Lilian Taublib, Maria Manoella, Felipe Ehrenberg

Votes: 358

80. Design for Living (1933)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton

Votes: 7,791

81. Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.

Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx

Votes: 21,202 | Gross: $2.01M

82. Ghost Light (II) (2018)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Horror

A dark comedy about a disgruntled summer-stock actor who contemptuously disregards the superstition surrounding Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth. By doing so, he unleashes the curse of The Scottish Play and wreaks havoc on the company.

Director: John Stimpson | Stars: Roger Bart, Tom Riley, Shannyn Sossamon, Danielle Campbell

Votes: 778

83. Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama

Confounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a troubled young girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher.

Director: Daniel Barnz | Stars: Elle Fanning, Patricia Clarkson, Felicity Huffman, Bill Pullman

Votes: 8,081 | Gross: $0.07M

84. Friesland (2014– )

90 min | Crime

The humorously created crime films play in Ostfriesland and surroundings.

Stars: Felix Vörtler, Sophie Dal, Theresa Underberg, Holger Stockhaus

Votes: 197

85. Dear Ex (2018)

TV-MA | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A teenage boy and his mother are further driven apart when they find out that his father's life insurance policy is to be received by his lover.

Directors: Chih-Yen Hsu, Mag Hsu | Stars: Roy Chiu, Ying-Hsuan Hsieh, Spark Chen, Joseph Huang

Votes: 7,422

86. Stage Fright (1980)

82 min | Horror, Thriller

A stage actress - who is hiding a deep trauma over the car accident that killed her mother - finds herself living a new nightmare when her fellow cast members are butchered by a glass-wielding killer.

Director: John D. Lamond | Stars: Jenny Neumann, Gary Sweet, Nina Landis, Max Phipps

Votes: 881

87. Pitch & Potch (2006– )

Animation, Family

The curious Pitch and Potch play with a sound machine that introduces the distinct sounds made by different objects and animals.

Votes: 12

88. Along Came Love (2016–2017)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

David owns a Vineyard, he has 2 children, 1 girl, 1 boy. The whole novela involves love, hate, jealousy. The employees play huge parts. They are all involved.

Stars: Gabriel Soto, Azela Robinson, Cynthia Klitbo, Irina Baeva

Votes: 110

89. Jeanne Eagels (1957)

Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Drake

Votes: 848

90. Angel (2007)

Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, Romance

The rise and fall of a young eccentric British writer, in the early 20th century.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Romola Garai, Sam Neill, Lucy Russell, Michael Fassbender

Votes: 5,643

91. Enter Laughing (1967)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Romance

A young would-be actor seeks his first break.

Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: José Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Elaine May, Jack Gilford

Votes: 732

92. Jesus of Montreal (1989)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance

A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.

Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Rémy Girard

Votes: 7,554 | Gross: $1.60M

93. Cosi (1996)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Lewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths

Votes: 2,252

94. Kasane (2018)

112 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

An ugly but talented actress gains the power to copy the bodies of beautiful actresses temporarily. But how long can she maintain the facade?

Director: Yûichi Satô | Stars: Tao Tsuchiya, Kyôko Yoshine, Tadanobu Asano, Rei Dan

Votes: 456

95. Wilde Salomé (2011)

R | 90 min | Documentary, Drama

A tale of lust, greed, and one woman's scorn.

Director: Al Pacino | Stars: Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Anderson, Estelle Parsons

Votes: 1,024

96. Ma vie en rose (1997)

R | 88 min | Drama

Ludovic is an innocent seven-year-old child who provokes horror in his community when he dresses in girls clothes and insists he's a girl.

Director: Alain Berliner | Stars: Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Hélène Vincent

Votes: 9,038 | Gross: $2.28M

97. De paradijsvogels (1979–1982)

Comedy

Based on the plays of Gaston Martens.

Stars: Jef Burm, Marijn De Valck, Magali Uytterhaegen, Oswald Versyp

Votes: 41

98. Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

One day in the Mushroom Kingdom, a Toad is sent a flyer advertising a show at the Sparkle Theater, and Princess Peach and some Toads decide to go see it. Suddenly, the wicked Grape and the ... See full summary »

Director: Etsunobu Ebisu | Stars: Samantha Kelly, Yuka Terasaki, Yûko Kaida, Taichi Takeda

Votes: 52

99. Method (2017)

82 min | Drama

Yeong-wu is a successful idol star, who must resume his career by performing in theatricals. He falls in love with Jae-ha's passion on stage and slowly becomes mesmerized by the world of theater.

Director: Pang Eun-jin | Stars: Park Sung-woong, Ryu Tae-ho, Oh Seung-hoon, Yoon Seung-ah

Votes: 1,210

100. The Tyrant's Heart (1981)

96 min | Drama, History

A historical drama set in the 1400s, about a young man sent to Italy but is forced back after his father's mysterious death.

Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Teresa Ann Savoy, László Gálffi, József Madaras, Ninetto Davoli

Votes: 193