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1. The Help (2011)
PG-13 | 146 min | Drama
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 493,537 | Gross: $169.71M
2. The Worst Person in the World (2021)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner
Votes: 98,279
3. 50/50 (2011)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 343,109 | Gross: $35.01M
4. Gotti (2018)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son.
Director: Kevin Connolly | Stars: John Travolta, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, Kelly Preston, Stacy Keach
Votes: 17,151 | Gross: $4.34M
5. A Prophet (2009)
R | 155 min | Crime, Drama
A delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
Votes: 102,255 | Gross: $2.08M
6. Biutiful (2010)
R | 148 min | Drama, Romance
A man dying of cancer tries his best to leave the world on his own terms.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella
Votes: 94,676 | Gross: $5.10M
7. The Best Man Holiday (2013)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Monica Calhoun, Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs
Votes: 16,866 | Gross: $70.53M
8. Sunshine (1973 TV Movie)
G | 121 min | Biography, Drama
When a young woman who is living in the woods with her struggling-musician husband and her very young daughter discovers that she has terminal cancer, she begins to tape-record a journal of... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Cristina Raines, Cliff De Young, Meg Foster, Brenda Vaccaro
Votes: 649
9. Gotti (1996 TV Movie)
R | 117 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
John Gotti rises to head the powerful Gambino crime family before being convicted in 1992 of racketeering and murder.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Armand Assante, Anthony Quinn, William Forsythe, Richard C. Sarafian
Votes: 8,693
10. Decoration Day (1990 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
A grumpy man must rejoin his community when his godchild gets in trouble and a childhood friend refuses to accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.
Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: James Garner, Judith Ivey, Ruby Dee, Bill Cobbs
Votes: 610
11. Pieces of April (2003)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.
Director: Peter Hedges | Stars: Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson, Derek Luke
Votes: 22,134 | Gross: $2.53M
12. Burning Man (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
An English chef with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach trying to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by women.
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky | Stars: Matthew Goode, Rachel Griffiths, Bojana Novakovic, Essie Davis
Votes: 4,048
13. Ma ma (2015)
R | 111 min | Drama
In the aftermath of a tragedy a woman, Magda, reacts with a surge of newfound life that engulfs her circle of family and friends.
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Luis Tosar, Asier Etxeandia, Teo Planell
Votes: 4,745 | Gross: $0.05M
14. As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
TV-G | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A German Army officer is captured by the Soviets in World War II and sent to a labor camp in Eastern Siberia. After five years of enormous hardship he escapes, commencing an incredible, arduous, danger-filled journey.
Director: Hardy Martins | Stars: Bernhard Bettermann, Iris Böhm, Anatoliy Kotenyov, Michael Mendl
Votes: 8,102
15. Say Yes (I) (2018)
94 min | Drama
A young woman diagnosed with cancer tries to play matchmaker between her soon-to-be-widowed husband and her bisexual twin brother.
Director: Stewart Wade | Stars: Leah McKendrick, Patrick Zeller, Matt Pascua, Shari Belafonte
Votes: 661
16. Scenes of the Crime (2001)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is killed by a rival crime boss.
Director: Dominique Forma | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Jon Abrahams, R. Lee Ermey, Mädchen Amick
Votes: 2,050
17. The Backup Dancer (2016)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A story about love and loss. And maybe one day - love again.
Director: Amanda Sharp | Stars: Rose Leslie, Ray Liotta, Carmen Tonry, Alex Reznik
Votes: 1,011
18. The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
X | 100 min | Drama
After winning a game show contest, a newlywed couple travels to New Orleans where the husband seeks to reclaim his ancestral plantation mansion from his biracial stepbrother.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: James Coburn, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Hooks, Perry Hayes
Votes: 431
19. Love Me No More (2008)
85 min | Drama, Romance
The back story is a marvelous and gorgeous social commentary on the type of generous actions we could all take - to enrich our often-solitary elder-citizens' lives.
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Albert Dupontel, Marie-Josée Croze, Pierre Vaneck, Cristiana Reali
Votes: 3,500
20. Our Godfather (2019)
92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
OUR GODFATHER is a feature-length documentary about Tommaso Buscetta, the first high-ranking Italian mafia boss ever to turn against Cosa Nostra. Buscetta helped convict more than 400 ... See full summary »
Directors: Mark Franchetti, Andrew Meier | Stars: Cristina Buscetta, Roberto Buscetta, Lisa Buscetta, Roberto Precioso
Votes: 1,623
21. All Our Desires (2011)
120 min | Drama
Moved by the plight of the mother of her daughter's school friend, a young judge facing an incurable disease teams up with an older colleague in order to fight against financial companies that exploit the poor.
Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Marie Gillain, Amandine Dewasmes, Yannick Renier
Votes: 939
22. The Queen of Fear (2018)
107 min | Drama
An actress becomes over anxious in the days leading up to the premiere of her one-woman show.
Directors: Valeria Bertuccelli, Fabiana Tiscornia | Stars: Valeria Bertuccelli, Sary López, Facundo Gómez, Matías Bassi
Votes: 446
23. The Best Years of Your Life (1986 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
A promising 17 year old apprentice footballer is diagnosed with cancer. Initially he lies to his friends, team-mates and himself about his illness and pretends that his condition is not ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Lee Whitlock, Steve Fletcher, Alan Ford, David Horovitch
Votes: 12
24. Placebo (III) (2013)
12 min | Short, Drama
Two fatally ill teenagers share the same room in the hospital. Aron has the bed by the window and spends days describing the colorful life outside to Theo. What starts out as an innocent game, eventually becomes a deadly serious situation.
Director: Johanna Stentorp | Stars: Mathæus Andersen, Malthe Vrå Heldbo, Inger Larsen, Sandra Møller
Votes: 18
25. Counting Backwards (2007)
Not Rated | 89 min | Romance
For some, the lives we have are not always the lives we wanted. For Joe, a small time guy from the small time town of Sandwich, Illinois, his has not even come close - until now. Faced with... See full summary »
Director: Aprill Winney | Stars: Benjamin Montague, Elaine Robinson, Cliff Chamberlain, Morgan McCabe
Votes: 54
26. Alice - A Fight for Life (1982 TV Movie)
Documentary
Documentary about the dangers of asbestos which presents startling evidence of its perils and its links with cancer, featuring 47-year-old Alice Jefferson and other asbestos cancer victims.
Director: John Willis
27. Lars Hård (1948)
95 min | Drama
Young drifter tells his story in flashback from prison.
Director: Hampe Faustman | Stars: George Fant, Adolf Jahr, Elsa Widborg, Eva Dahlbeck
Votes: 37
28. Mama (III) (2015)
Short, Drama
A college drop-out, Abigail tries to pursue an acting career despite her mother's (Carol) wishes. Abigail constantly fights with her mom and one day says a terrible thing to her - she ... See full summary »
Director: Alia Azamat Ashkenazi | Stars: Sini Hill, Veronica Jarvis, Sini Kangasmaki, Elena Weintraub
29.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and career of film mogul Darryl F. Zanuck, founder of Twentieth Century Fox, is examined featuring film clips, archival footage, and interviews.
Director: Kevin Burns | Stars: Darryl F. Zanuck, Peter Graves, Mel Gussow, Darrilyn Zanuck DePineda
Votes: 144
30.
Jonathan Creek (1997–2016)
Episode:
Danse Macabre
(1998)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After a well known horror writer is shot dead one night at her son-in-law's house, her killer simply disappeared. As Jonathan is somewhat uninterested in the case, Maddy investigates for herself.
Director: Sandy Johnson | Stars: Caroline Quentin, Peter Davison, Pippa Haywood, Meg Davies
Votes: 433
31.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Bushido
(1985)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Castillo is forced to choose between friendship and duty when Jack Gretsky, his best friend from his days in Vietnam with the CIA, reemerges from the criminal underground complete with a Russian wife who is being pursued by the KGB.
Director: Edward James Olmos | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 614
32.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
The Man Who Had Influence
(1950)
59 min | Drama
Business mogul's son David Grant uses his father's power to extricate himself from problems - until implication in a woman's death tests David's willingness to avoid responsibility.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Stanley Ridges, Robert Sterling, King Calder, Robert Pastene
Votes: 99
33.
Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode:
A Stranger in the Family
(1996)
TV-14 | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An industrial accident at a recycling plant leaves a young man mentally and physically impaired. Kavanagh goes to court to secure a fair settlement from the insurance company for the family.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: John Thaw, Janet Amsbury, Robert Ashby, Tim Barron
Votes: 97
34.
Network First (1994– )
Episode:
The War Against the Mafia Part 2: Death in the Family
(1994)
Documentary
The programme begins with the funeral of Carlo Gambino, the model for The GODFATHER. His successor, Paul Castellano, turned the Mafia into a billion dollar business by controlling New York's waste disposal and construction industries.
Stars: Jack Klaff, Dominick Montiglio, Edward McDonald, Carlo Gambino
35.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
They Seek Him Here
(2007)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A film about the French Revolution is made in Midsomer. People lose their head in the guillotine, and it's not a film trick.
Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson
Votes: 733
36.
Miss Scarlet & the Duke (2020– )
Episode:
The Woman in Red
(2020)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Eliza takes a seemingly impossible case: proving the innocence of a man found at a murder scene with a bloodied knife in his hand, who has already pleaded guilty.
Director: Declan O'Dwyer | Stars: Kate Phillips, Louisa Dolan, Andrew Gower, Kieran Hodgson
Votes: 577
37.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Midsomer Life
(2008)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a man who's been missing for two weeks is found dead in the woods near Midsomer, Barnaby finds connections between him and a magazine editor known for his killing reviews of local hotels and restaurants.
Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson
Votes: 767
38.
The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode:
John Gotti: Convicted
(1999)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
This program follows the team of FBI agents charged with investigating the Gambino family. Their focus turns to John Gotti after the murder of his boss, the head of the family, Paul ... See full summary »
Director: David Haycox | Stars: James Kallstrom, Anthony D. Call, Bruce Mouw, Lewis Schiliro
Votes: 40
39.
Being Human (2008–2013)
Episode:
Where the Wild Things Are
(2009)
TV-14 | 57 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An old friend of Mitchell's disrupts his return to Herrick and his growing horde or "recruits," and George agrees to help Annie haunt Owen.
Director: Colin Teague | Stars: Lenora Crichlow, Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner, Annabel Scholey
Votes: 349
40.
Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode:
The Mob: Drugs, Bugs and the Dapper Don
(2021)
Documentary, Crime, History
A ruthless capo, John Gotti, breaks the Mafia's most sacred rules to become boss and protect his drug empire.
Directors: Max Stern, Wilfred Spears | Stars: Anthony Ruggiano Jr., George Gabriel, George Anastasia, John Alite
Votes: 11
41.
Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode:
The Mob: The Cocaine Godfather
(2021)
Documentary, Crime, History
The Rizzutos were one of the longest ruling dynasties in Mafia history.
Stars: Raymond Boulanger, Chris Feistl, Pietro Poletti, Réal Simard
Votes: 10
42.
The Missing (2014–2016)
Episode:
Till Death
(2014)
TV-14 | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The truth about Oliver's disappearance finally comes to light, as the action moves between 2006 and 2014. But what does the future hold in store for Tony, Emily, Julien and Mark after all ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: James Nesbitt, Joseph Mydell, Titus De Voogdt, Tchéky Karyo
Votes: 891
43.
Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009)
Episode:
The End of Mob Rule in Las Vegas
(2009)
Documentary, Crime, History
Through regulation and investigation, the Mob was forced out of Vegas to keep the city "clean"
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Mike Weatherford, Michael Green, Steve Miller, Bob Faiss
44.
American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)
Episode:
The Legacy
(2018)
42 min | Documentary, History
Tragedy strikes again when Bobby Kennedy is assassinated; Ted Kennedy must overcome scandal and misfortune to continue the family legacy and pass the torch to the next generation.
Director: Jonathan Jones | Stars: Martin Sheen, Adam Walinsky, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Barbara Perry
Votes: 44
45.
Brockmire (2017–2020)
Episode:
Disabled List
(2019)
TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Brockmire deals with sobriety-induced impotence and Matt's declining health; his AA sponsor reminds Brockmire that he needs to find a higher power if he wants his anxiety gone.
Director: Maurice Marable | Stars: Hank Azaria, J.K. Simmons, Tawny Newsome, Martha Plimpton
Votes: 148
46.
Room 104 (2017–2020)
Episode:
The Plot
(2019)
TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An estranged brother and sister reunite at the site of their future joint investment - the hotel where the Room 104 will eventually be located. However, things soon take a grim supernatural turn.
Director: Macon Blair | Stars: Christine Woods, Luke Wilson, Eric Edelstein
Votes: 289