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1. Drive (I) (2011)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama
A mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks
Votes: 705,431 | Gross: $35.06M
2. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 499,676
3. Good Time (2017)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.
Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Buddy Duress
Votes: 140,485 | Gross: $2.03M
4. A Serious Man (2009)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed
Votes: 150,049 | Gross: $9.19M
5. Lionheart (1990)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An Ex-French Soldier begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family.
Director: Sheldon Lettich | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Lisa Pelikan
Votes: 39,863 | Gross: $24.08M
6. Happy Hour (2015)
Not Rated | 317 min | Drama
A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura
Votes: 2,959
7. Be Kind Rewind (2008)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy
Two bumbling store clerks inadvertently erase the footage from all of the tapes in their video rental store. In order to keep the business running, they re-shoot every film in the store with their own camera, with a budget of zero dollars.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jack Black, Yasiin Bey, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow
Votes: 94,299 | Gross: $11.17M
8. Grandma (2015)
R | 79 min | Comedy, Drama
A teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy seeks help from her acerbic grandmother, a woman who is long estranged from her daughter.
Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer
Votes: 16,930 | Gross: $6.98M
9. Bright Young Things (2003)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, War
An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies", is a look into the lives of a young novelist, his would-be lover, and a host of young people who beautified London in the 1930s.
Director: Stephen Fry | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Emily Mortimer, Dan Aykroyd, Simon McBurney
Votes: 6,324 | Gross: $0.93M
10. Frozen River (2008)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama
A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smuggling?
Director: Courtney Hunt | Stars: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe
Votes: 26,471 | Gross: $2.51M
11. Chocolate (2008)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama
An autistic girl with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.
Director: Prachya Pinkaew | Stars: JeeJa Yanin, Hiroshi Abe, Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Taphon Phopwandee
Votes: 18,869 | Gross: $0.01M
12. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A Roger Corman tale of Dr. James Xavier's devastating experiments on himself and the unforeseen.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt
Votes: 8,176
13. Bob the Gambler (1956)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble
Votes: 13,379 | Gross: $0.02M
14. Second Chances (2013 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance
A single mom of two rents out a ground floor room to a single, injured fireman.
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Alison Sweeney, Greg Vaughan, Edward Asner, Benjamin Stockham
Votes: 2,030
15. Lea (I) (2011)
93 min | Drama
A long-awaited admittance to a prestigious Parisian Institute of Political Studies comes at a high cost, as a diligent college student reluctantly becomes a stripper to make ends meet.
Director: Bruno Rolland | Stars: Anne Azoulay, Ginette Garcin, Eric Elmosnino, Magali Muxart
Votes: 440
16. Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Crime
Cosimo gets a plan for a huge job from his cellmate. He asks his woman to find a patsy for his bungled car theft, offering $15,000. Suddenly, 7 are involved.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: George Clooney, Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington
Votes: 15,647 | Gross: $0.33M
17. Born for Hell (1976)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A disturbed American war veteran arrives in Belfast during the Northern Ireland conflicts, and proceeds to terrorize a household of female nursing students.
Directors: Denis Héroux, Géza von Radványi | Stars: Mathieu Carrière, Debra Berger, Christine Boisson, Myriam Boyer
Votes: 1,003
18. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, James Anthony Perez, Cheryce Livingston, Don Tempesta
Votes: 30
19. Dream Home (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror
Cheng Li-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the deal falls through, she is forced to keep her dream alive - even if it means keeping her would-be neighbors dead.
Director: Ho-Cheung Pang | Stars: Josie Ho, Ching Wong, Helen To, Man Jan San
Votes: 5,894
20. Blood on the Moon (1948)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Western
Unemployed cowhand Jim Garry is hired by his dishonest friend Tate Riling as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and cattleman John Lufton.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan
Votes: 3,505
21. Love & Pop (1998)
110 min | Drama
A high school girl engages in compensated dating in order to buy an expensive ring before the day ends.
Director: Hideaki Anno | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Megumi Hayashibara, Akira Ishida
Votes: 1,878
22. Tom & Viv (1994)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1915, Tom and Viv elope, but her gynecological and emotional problems disrupt their honeymoon. Her father is angry because Tom's poetry doesn't bring in enough to live, but her mother is happy Viv has found a tender and discreet husband.
Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson, Rosemary Harris, Tim Dutton
Votes: 1,873 | Gross: $0.54M
23. Pusher (I) (2012)
R | 89 min | Crime, Thriller
In London, a street dealer's life spins out of control over the course of one week after he borrows money from his supplier on what's supposed to be a sure thing.
Director: Luis Prieto | Stars: Richard Coyle, Bronson Webb, Agyness Deyn, Zlatko Buric
Votes: 4,985
24. Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (2008)
PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.
Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden, Aaron Ashmore
Votes: 2,819
25. Double Suicide (1969)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A doomed love between a paper merchant and a courtesan.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita, Shizue Kawarazaki, Tokie Hidari
Votes: 2,609
26. The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
After his rig is repossessed, an aging trucker by the name of Elegant John Howard decides he and his truck have one more good run in them, and with the help of a hitchhiker and a few others he will make it happen.
Director: John Leone | Stars: Henry Fonda, Eileen Brennan, Austin Pendleton, Robert Englund
Votes: 607
27. Street of Chance (1942)
Approved | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After an accident, a New York man with amnesia finds out the ugly truth about his real identity and past by interacting with people who seem to know him well.
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard
Votes: 744
28. The Children Nobody Wanted (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Based on the true story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the youngest single adult to ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Fredric Lehne, Michelle Pfeiffer, Matt Clark, Noble Willingham
Votes: 263
29. Treasure Hunt (1952)
79 min | Comedy
Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyone is happy about the plan.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Jimmy Edwards, Martita Hunt, Naunton Wayne, Athene Seyler
Votes: 170
30. Candy Coated Christmas (2021 TV Movie)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
A rich L.A. marketing executive heads to a small town during the Christmas season to arrange for the sale of a property she owns, unbeknownst to her tenants.
Director: Ellie Kanner | Stars: Molly McCook, Aaron O'Connell, Lee Garlington, Landry Townsend
Votes: 661
31. Buffering (2011)
Unrated | 80 min | Comedy
From the makers of Shank and Release comes this raunchy British comedy about a young couple who decide to broadcast their sex life via webcam to pay the bills.
Directors: Darren Flaxstone, Christian Martin | Stars: Alex Anthony, Conner Mckenzy, Jessica Matthews, Oliver Park
Votes: 533
32. Melody (I) (2014)
90 min | Drama
A homeless hairdresser agrees to to act as a surrogate womb in exchange for enough money to achieve her dream of a salon in a town called Melody.
Director: Bernard Bellefroid | Stars: Rachael Blake, Lucie Debay, Don Gallagher, Laure Roldan
Votes: 259
33. True Grit: A Further Adventure (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Western
The further adventures of 'True Grit' Rooster Cogburn which has him battling injustice in his own unorthodox way while contending with a teenage girl bent on reforming him.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Warren Oates, Lisa Pelikan, Lee Meriwether, James Stephens
Votes: 215
34. Osaka Elegy (1936)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A young woman becomes a mistress of her boss in order to support her family.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Yôko Umemura, Chiyoko Ôkura, Kiyoko Ôkubo
Votes: 2,596
35. Moonlight & Mistletoe (2008 TV Movie)
TV-G | 87 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A young woman who left the year-round holiday party of "Santaville" - where her dad reigns as the resident St. Nick - returns to find her father's business in dire straits.
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Tom Arnold, Candace Cameron Bure, Christopher Wiehl, Barbara Niven
Votes: 1,650
36. The Spies (1957)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Short of cash for his private clinic, a French psychiatrist accepts money from a NATO Intelligence agent to shelter a defecting Soviet-bloc scientist but enemy spies are closing-in.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Peter Ustinov, O.E. Hasse, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 1,099
37. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
38. Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck (2007 Video)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A film based on the notorious mass killer Richard Speck, who systematically tortured, raped and murdered a group of student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital in 1966.
Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Corin Nemec, Amy Lyndon, Coley Feifer, Jake Riding
Votes: 933
39. A nyomozó (2008)
107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Badly needing money for the treatment of his ill mother, pathologist Tibor Malkáv accepts the proposition of a stranger to murder someone he doesn't know a thing about.
Director: Attila Gigor | Stars: Zsolt Anger, András Márton Baló, Péter Blaskó, Csaba Czene
Votes: 2,751
40. Shield of Straw (2013)
117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A team of cops must protect an accused killer with a billion-yen bounty on his head.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Takao Osawa, Nanako Matsushima, Gorô Kishitani, Masatô Ibu
Votes: 2,711
41. Christmas in the City (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
With the threat of having to close her father's candy store, Wendy and her 5-year-old daughter travel to the big city in the hope of making enough money to save it.
Director: Marita Grabiak | Stars: Ashley Williams, Ashanti, Jon Prescott, Shanola Hampton
Votes: 1,666
42. All I Want for Christmas (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Family, Romance
Anxious to help his struggling widowed mom, Sara, 10-year-old Jessie enters a national video contest. But Jessie's winning entry, "All I Want for Christmas is a Husband for my Mom," has ... See full summary »
Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Gail O'Grady, Greg Germann, Robert Mailhouse, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak
Votes: 1,151
43. What a Whopper (1961)
90 min | Comedy
A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Gunn | Stars: Adam Faith, Sidney James, Carole Lesley, Terence Longdon
Votes: 285
44. Dédée d'Anvers (1948)
95 min | Drama
Dedee is a prostitute who works in Monsieur Rene's nightclub on Antwerp's harbour. The porter is Marco, her pimp. Dedee is not happy until she meets Francesco, an Italian sailor. They fall ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Allégret | Stars: Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Marcello Pagliero, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 695
45. Hatsuyuki no koi (2007)
102 min | Romance
Min is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. ... See full summary »
Director: Han Sang-hee | Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Aoi Miyazaki, Seon-Yeong Baek, Yeon-hui Gu
Votes: 971
46. Den siste revejakta (2008)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
1979 is ending, the 80s are approaching rapidly. Carl and Robert, two slacker best friends who smoke hashish as a way of cheerful living - have been peddling hashish for a decade, hitting ... See full summary »
Director: Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Thomas Bo Larsen, Emilie Beck
Votes: 2,198
47. Rikki og mændene (1962)
101 min | Drama
A free-spirited young woman decides, in an effort to be independent and pay her bills, to charge her lovers for her affections. When they decline, she then goes the next step and starts picking up men in bars.
Directors: Lau Lauritzen, Lisbeth Movin | Stars: Ghita Nørby, Poul Reichhardt, Holger Juul Hansen, Preben Mahrt
Votes: 62
48. My Little Sweet Pea (2013)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Since her father died, Mugiko lives with her older brother, Norio. Her mother Ayako left home when she was little and never come back. But one day,she suddenly appears. What will happen to this estranged family?
Director: Keisuke Yoshida | Stars: Maki Horikita, Ryûhei Matsuda, Kimiko Yo, Yumi Asô
Votes: 238
49. Evas øye (1999)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While Eva Magnus and her daughter, Jenny, are taking a walk, they discover a dead body floating along the riverside. Eva runs to the nearest phone booth and pretends to call the police. ... See full summary »
Director: Berit Nesheim | Stars: Andrine Sæther, Bjørn Sundquist, Gisken Armand, Sverre Anker Ousdal
Votes: 283
50. Baccara (1935)
91 min | Comedy, Crime
A woman wants to become a French citizen by marrying a man of straw.
Directors: Yves Mirande, Léonide Moguy | Stars: Marcelle Chantal, Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry, Marcel André
Votes: 73