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51.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Heirs and Graces
(1993)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Felix gets a job as Mr. Tremayne's assistant at the White Sands Hotel but he learns that having a lot of power is a big responsibility.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Ian D. Clark, Mag Ruffman
Votes: 48
52.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Old Quarrels, Old Love
(1991)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Hetty and Rachel recently reconciled after their thirty-six year old feud that started in the seventh grade over a boy named Romney Penhallow. Hetty broke up with Romney, the two having a ... See full summary »
Director: Allan King | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Peter Coyote, Patricia Hamilton
Votes: 64
53.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
The Calamitous Courting of Hetty King
(1992)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A traveling salesman falls in love with Hetty. Meanwhile, Felicity wonders why Gus won't ask her to the winter carnival.
Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Ned Beatty, Patricia Hamilton
Votes: 46
54.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
The Story Girl Earns Her Name
(1990)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After inadvertently helping a con-man skip town with the proceeds raised for new books for the school library, Sara launches a number of money raising schemes to recoup the funds. Jasper ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Sarah Polley, R.H. Thomson, John Gilbert, Barbara Gordon
Votes: 76
55. Elizabeth Rex (2004 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Barbara Willis Sweete | Stars: Diane D'Aquila, Brent Carver, Peter Hutt, Scott Wentworth
Votes: 36
56.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
All That Glitters
(1991)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Gold fever strikes in Avonlea. Sara Stanley finds a Spanish gold coin and throws everyone in to a tizzy about finding treasure.
Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Michael York, Michael Mahonen
Votes: 57
57.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
A Dark and Stormy Night
(1992)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Gus, Sara and the King children are drawn into a mystery involving a beautiful woman and her potentially evil pursuer.
Director: Allan King | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Christopher Reeve, Mag Ruffman
Votes: 59
58.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Modern Times
(1994)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Hetty purchases the cannery to prevent it from being turned into a liquor distillery, and she reluctantly allows Jasper and Olivia to run it.
Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Jackie Burroughs, Mag Ruffman, R.H. Thomson, Lally Cadeau
Votes: 43
59.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Nothing Endures But Change
(1990)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Sara's father is acquitted of the fraud charges against him, he insists that she return to Montreal. Sara must decide whether or not she will stay in Avonlea or return to her Father's house.
Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, R.H. Thomson, Robert Collins
Votes: 55
60.
Alias Grace (2017)
Episode:
Part 6
(2017)
TV-MA | 44 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1859, Simon joins the Union Army; Grace gets some unexpected news in 1872.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Levi
Votes: 868
61.
Alias Grace (2017)
Episode:
Part 4
(2017)
TV-MA | 43 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Tensions rise at Richmond Hill, sparked by the surly and rebellious handyman McDermott. Grace realises that the housekeeper, Nancy Henderson, is the mistress of the charming but imperious ... See full summary »
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Levi
Votes: 856
62. Mr. Nobody (2009)
R | 141 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh-Dan Pham
Votes: 245,942 | Gross: $0.00M
63.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
A Friend in Need
(1994)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Davey Keith inadvertently lands Sara in trouble at school, she discovers his "shameful" secret.
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Mag Ruffman, Patricia Hamilton
Votes: 50
64.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
After the Honeymoon
(1992)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Olivia misinterprets Jasper's interest in a female scientist, who has come to the island to study bats, and worries over the state of their marriage.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Kate Nelligan, R.H. Thomson
Votes: 46
65.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Evelyn
(1993)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Alec's friend dies in a boating accident, Alec feels obligated to take care of his widow and their infant son, setting the Avonlea gossip circle into a tizzy.
Director: Graeme Campbell | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Meg Tilly, Cedric Smith
Votes: 49
66.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Malcolm and the Baby
(1990)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A former student teacher of Hettie's and her husband die leaving no will, but plenty of property and a small baby. Hettie and Rachael Lynde battle over who will care for the child, but Sara... See full summary »
Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Sarah Polley, Malcolm Stoddard, Rosemary Dunsmore, Patricia Hamilton
Votes: 60
67.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Old Friends, Old Wounds
(1992)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Marilla Cuthbert dies suddenly, meaning Rachel, Davey, and Dora may have to leave Green Gables unless Gilbert Blythe can find a way that they can stay.
Director: George Bloomfield | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Patricia Hamilton, Jonathan Crombie
Votes: 57
68.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Old Lady Lloyd
(1990)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Felix throws a rock through the window of the Old Lloyd house, Sara soon discovers that the reclusive old woman is more than she seems and that she might have a startling connection to... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Sarah Polley, Zoe Caldwell, Rebecca Jenkins, Lloyd Bochner
Votes: 65
69.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
The Witch of Avonlea
(1990)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
An upcoming spelling bee shows that there is more than one definition for the word "witch" ... and that Peg Bowen isn't as much of a witch as some of Avonlea's prominent citizens - Hetty and Janet King.
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Susan E. Cox, Mag Ruffman
Votes: 58
70.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Dreamer of Dreams
(1991)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Jasper Dale's new-found but fragile sense of self confidence is rattled when his latest invention, a flying machine, fails miserably. It is further shattered when he overhears the town ... See full summary »
Director: Allan King | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, R.H. Thomson, Mag Ruffman
Votes: 59
71.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Sara's Homecoming
(1990)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After the death of her father, Sara comes back to King Farm.
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Mag Ruffman, Cedric Smith
Votes: 56
72.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Conversions
(1990)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
It doesn't sit well with Hetty when Sara convinces Peter Craig that not only should he attend church with the family, but that he should also spend sometime playing with the other kids in ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Sarah Polley, Barbara Gordon, Fiona Reid, Gema Zamprogna
Votes: 55
73.
Alias Grace (2017)
Episode:
Part 3
(2017)
TV-MA | 43 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Mary Whitney, pregnant by the elder Parkinson son, dies after a botched abortion. Grace accepts a new position at the Kinnear household in Richmond Hill.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Levi
Votes: 891
74. Alias Grace (2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Grace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.
Stars: Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Levi
Votes: 37,860
75. Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990)
TV-MA | 45 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Two young antique store owners must recover cursed antiques.
Stars: Louise Robey, Chris Wiggins, John D. LeMay, Steve Monarque
Votes: 4,145
76. This Is Not a Movie (2019)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
The groundbreaking and often game-changing reporting of legendary foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk is profiled in the latest from acclaimed documentarian Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze).
Director: Yung Chang | Stars: Robert Fisk, Amira Hass, Nirmeen Hazineh, Sulieman Khatib
Votes: 370
77. Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power (2019)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
Canadian author and poet Margaret Atwood discusses her life and work.
Directors: Nancy Lang, Peter Raymont | Stars: Margaret Atwood, Margaret Dorothy Atwood, Carl Edmund Atwood, Harold Atwood
Votes: 478
78.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Felicity's Challenge
(1990)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Judson Parker is passing through Avonlea, he a candidate for the provincial election being held the following week. He is trying to buy his way to an election win. Some of the Avonlea ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Benner | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Dan MacDonald, Wayne Robson
Votes: 59
79.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
The Disappearance
(1993)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After a school assignment to write about one's next ten years, Sara worries about her future. An antiques dealer with an interesting secret identity comes to town.
Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Robby Benson, Diana Rigg
Votes: 48
80.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Thursday's Child
(1994)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Cecily is diagnosed with tuberculosis, Alec and Janet must make a difficult decision regarding her care.
Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Jackie Burroughs, Mag Ruffman, Marilyn Lightstone, Patricia Hamilton
Votes: 42
81.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Aunt Abigail's Beau
(1990)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Instead of taking care of a husband, Janet's spinster sister, Abigail Ward, has funneled her energies into being a meticulous homemaker despite not really enjoying it. Things may change ... See full summary »
Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Sarah Polley, Malcolm Stoddard, Rosemary Dunsmore, Gema Zamprogna
Votes: 62
82.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Friends and Relations
(1992)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The men go on an ice fishing expedition while the women go to an auction at the White Sands hotel.
Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Rosemary Dunsmore, R.H. Thomson
Votes: 45
83.
Alias Grace (2017)
Episode:
Part 1
(2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Convicted murderer Grace Marks claims she has no memory of the events surrounding the murder.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Levi
Votes: 1,119
84. Away from Her (2006)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama
A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Julie Christie, Michael Murphy, Gordon Pinsent, Stacey LaBerge
Votes: 23,089 | Gross: $4.57M
85. 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: 14,121 | Gross: $1.60M
86. Night Heat (1985–1989)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The exploits of the detectives of the Mid South Precinct, in a generic North American city not unlike New York (but a lot like Toronto), chronicled through the eyes of newspaper columnist ... See full summary »
Stars: Scott Hylands, Allan Royal, Jeff Wincott, Sean McCann
Votes: 425
87. Wrath of Gods (2006)
42 min | Documentary, Short
Canadian filmmaker Sturla Gunnarsson arrives in Iceland to make his film Beowulf and Grendel, but the elements are against him and his crew.
Director: Jon Einarsson Gustafsson | Stars: Andrew Rai Berzins, Gerard Butler, Martin Delaney, Sturla Gunnarsson
Votes: 234
88. Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014)
145 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held ... See full summary »
Director: Ally Acker | Stars: Jodie Foster, Dede Allen, Gillian Armstrong, Margaret Booth
Votes: 22
89. All I Want for Christmas (2002)
Short
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Christine Casarsa, Hayley Lochner
Votes: 47
90. Surviving the Dawn (2004 Video)
Documentary
Stars: Ty Burrell, Jayne Eastwood, James Gunn, Inna Korobkina
Votes: 51
91.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Of Corsets and Secrets and True, True Love
(1990)
TV-G | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Marilla agrees to take in Davey and Dora Keith, two mischievous and recently orphaned youngsters, her friendship with Rachel is sorely tried.
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Colleen Dewhurst, Patricia Hamilton
Votes: 60
92.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Aunt Janet Rebels
(1992)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Janet takes up the cause of women's suffrage, sending the town of Avonlea into an uproar. Her efforts to get votes for women bring up questions about the working conditions and pay of the Avonlea Cannery employees.
Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Zachary Bennett, Gema Zamprogna
Votes: 49
93.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Family Rivalry
(1991)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Andrew's father, Roger King, comes home to Avonlea he clashes with Alec over the running of the farm. Meanwhile, Andrew is let down by the lack of attention his absent father pays to him.
Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Mag Ruffman, Cedric Smith
Votes: 53
94.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Fathers and Sons
(1994)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Felix is in dilemma. Alec is trying to prepare him for the day he will take over the farm and he can't bring himself to tell him that's not what he wants. Meanwhile, Mr. Tremayne has assigned him to take special care of an obnoxious guest.
Director: Otta Hanus | Stars: Zachary Bennett, Gema Zamprogna, Harmony Cramp, Cedric Smith
Votes: 49
95.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Felix and Blackie
(1992)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Felix starts a delivery business using a beat-up cart pulled by the family's old horse, Blackie.
Director: Allan King | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Zachary Bennett, Gema Zamprogna
Votes: 50
96.
Avonlea (1990–1996)
Episode:
Hearth and Home
(1993)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Everyone must band together to work through problems at the King Farm. Janet's Aunt Eliza comes to to stay and Janet is convinced she has come to say her last goodbyes before dying.
Director: Otta Hanus | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Kay Tremblay, Lally Cadeau
Votes: 47
97.
Ramona (1988–1989)
Episode:
Squeakerfoot
(1988)
TV-Y7 | 27 min | Drama, Family
Ramona is excited for her first day of third grade, but all does not go exactly as planned. Her new shoes squeak, she cracks an egg on her head, and to top it all off, her teacher, Mrs. Whaley thinks she's a nuisance!
Director: Randy Bradshaw | Stars: Sarah Polley, Lynda Mason Green, Lori Chodos, Barry Flatman
Votes: 12
98. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
R | 112 min | Drama
A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Caerthan Banks, Tom McCamus
Votes: 36,750 | Gross: $3.25M
99. My Life Without Me (2003)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Mark Ruffalo, Leonor Watling
Votes: 25,850 | Gross: $0.40M
100. The Secret Life of Words (2005)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Javier Cámara
Votes: 13,157 | Gross: $0.02M