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1. Donnie Darko (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
Votes: 849,826 | Gross: $1.48M
2. Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Drama
A high school mathlete starts hanging out with a group of burnouts while her younger brother navigates his freshman year.
Stars: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine
Votes: 153,215
3. Fallen Angels (1995)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung
Votes: 50,810
4. SLC Punk! (1998)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In the early 1980s Stevo, and Heroin Bob are the only two dedicated punks in conservative Salt Lake City.
Director: James Merendino | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien
Votes: 32,788 | Gross: $0.30M
5. This Must Be the Place (2011)
R | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during W.W.II.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson
Votes: 36,969 | Gross: $0.14M
6. La Notte (1961)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki
Votes: 24,030 | Gross: $0.04M
7. Liquid Sky (1982)
R | 112 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A small, heroin seeking UFO lands on a Manhattan roof, observes a bizarre, drug addicted fashion model and sucks endorphin from her sexual encounters' brains.
Director: Slava Tsukerman | Stars: Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr
Votes: 6,857
8. Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
R | 107 min | Drama
A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
Director: James Bridges | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz
Votes: 8,967 | Gross: $16.12M
9. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The media and disaffected teens mistake the acerbic rants of an obnoxious teenage punk rocker as a rallying cry for the women of America, launching her and her talentless group to national stardom.
Director: Lou Adler | Stars: Peter Donat, Diane Lane, Marin Kanter, Laura Dern
Votes: 3,044
10. Diva (1981)
R | 117 min | Crime, Music, Thriller
Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller.
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Frédéric Andréi, Roland Bertin, Richard Bohringer
Votes: 14,310 | Gross: $0.11M
11. The Monster Club (1981)
Unrated | 104 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Anthony Steel, Roger Sloman
Votes: 4,531
12. Wendy and Lucy (2008)
R | 80 min | Drama
Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happenings triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Michelle Williams, Lucy, David Koppell, Max Clement
Votes: 19,750 | Gross: $0.86M
13. Breaking Glass (1980)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Musical
A rock singer is determined to rise to the top of the profession, letting nothing stand in the way of that goal.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Phil Daniels, Hazel O'Connor, Jon Finch, Jonathan Pryce
Votes: 1,543
14. Smithereens (1982)
R | 93 min | Drama, Music
A talent-challenged girl tries to promote herself to stardom in New York's waning punk music world.
Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Susan Berman, Brad Rijn, Richard Hell, Nada Despotovich
Votes: 2,626
15. Times Square (1980)
R | 111 min | Drama, Music
Two ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York City by its ears.
Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, Peter Coffield
Votes: 1,984 | Gross: $1.40M
16. The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Terry Camilleri, John Meillon, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully
Votes: 4,422
17. Little Indian, Big City (1994)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
The Parisian broker Stephan only needs the signature from his wife Patricia for their divorce - but she left 13 years ago for living with Amazonas Indians. Stephan finds her in the village ... See full summary »
Director: Hervé Palud | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Ludwig Briand, Patrick Timsit, Miou-Miou
Votes: 4,676 | Gross: $1.00M
18. One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
104 min | Comedy, History, Romance
Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin, Julie Gayet
Votes: 1,888
19. Awaydays (2009)
Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama
In the grim early years of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, also the crown years of hooliganism, the opportunities for thrill-seeking young men are what they've always been: sex, drugs, rock n' roll, fashion, football and fighting.
Director: Pat Holden | Stars: Nicky Bell, Liam Boyle, Stephen Graham, Oliver Lee
Votes: 3,769
20. Decoder (1984)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A noise enthusiast discovers that by changing the background music from pleasantly calming to industrial "noise" music, he can incite riots and a revolution against the looming power of the government.
Director: Muscha | Stars: FM Einheit, William Rice, Christiane Felscherinow, Britzhold Baron De Belle
Votes: 1,046
21. Fists in the Pocket (1965)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A young man takes drastic measures to rid his dysfunctional family of its various afflictions.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace
Votes: 4,916
22. Pale Blood (1990)
R | 93 min | Horror
A vampire arrives in Los Angeles to investigate a recent series of murders which bear the hallmarks of vampire attacks. Wanting to track down the murderer, he hires a private investigator who herself is obsessed with vampire mythology.
Directors: V.V. Dachin Hsu, Michael W. Leighton | Stars: George Chakiris, Wings Hauser, Pamela Ludwig, Diana Frank
Votes: 757
23. Radio On (1979)
104 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
In 1970s Britain, a man drives from London to Bristol to investigate his brother's death, and the purpose of his trip is offset by his encounters with a series of odd people.
Director: Christopher Petit | Stars: David Beames, Lisa Kreuzer, Sandy Ratcliff, Andrew Byatt
Votes: 1,176
24. Mondo Weirdo (1990)
55 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Young girl becomes Alice in dreamland during menstruation. Wild dreams and nightmares about sexuality, vampirism, death, obsessions and other bizarre things.
Director: Carl Andersen | Stars: Soledad Marceignac, Frank Khunne, David Hollman, Jessica F. Manera
Votes: 244
25. The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star (1979 Music Video)
4 min | Music
The video for the Buggles' classic one-shot, about how the rise of television (and, by extension, music videos) hurt the careers of those performers whose looks would not translate well to the new medium.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: The Buggles, Debi Doss, Geoff Downes, Virginia Hey
Votes: 875
26. Tears for Fears: Head Over Heels (1985 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Tears for Fears performs in the music video "Head Over Heels" from their album "Songs from the Big Chair" recorded for Phonogram Records and Mercury Records. Roland Orzabal sings as he ... See full summary »
Director: Nigel Dick | Stars: Tears for Fears, Joan Densmore, Manny Elias, Roland Orzabal
Votes: 156
27. Cyndi Lauper: Time After Time (1984 Music Video)
5 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Music video for the 1984 song "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper. In it, Cyndi Lauper plays a young woman who is forced to leave her boyfriend when she becomes homesick and worried about her sick mother.
Director: Edd Griles | Stars: Charles Boyer, Marlene Dietrich, Francis Larkin, Butch Lauper
Votes: 805
28. The Cure: Close to Me (1985 Music Video)
4 min | Music
It consists of the band all inside a wardrobe on the edge of a cliff at Beachy Head. Following the musical scheme of the song, which builds up instrumentally, all the band members are ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Pope | Stars: The Cure, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson
Votes: 55
29. The Killers: Mr. Brightside (2004 Music Video)
4 min | Music
The second video also known as the US version was filmed in Los Angeles, California during November 2004. It stars Flowers, Izabella Miko, and Eric Roberts in a love triangle, occurring within the context of a burlesque show.
Director: Sophie Muller | Stars: The Killers, Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Izabella Miko
Votes: 201
30. The Promising Boy (1981)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A normal boy receives a blow to the head which sets him off to do rebellious acts.
Director: Milos 'Misa' Radivojevic | Stars: Aleksandar Bercek, Dara Dzokic, Rade Markovic, Dusica Zegarac
Votes: 1,630
31. The New Erotic: Art Sex Revolution (2011)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
Ramzi's personal document of the Alt Porn revolution, and its post-modern underpinnings and ethos. An artist profile documentary that focuses on the artistic approaches and personal philosophies of the new wave,
Director: Ramzi Abed | Stars: Octavio Arizala, Lexi Belle, Tori Black, Ashley Blue
Votes: 34
32. Tears for Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World (1985 Music Video)
5 min | Music
It features Curt Smith driving an antique Austin-Healey 3000 sports car around numerous Southern California locales, including Salton Sea and Cabazon. Interspersed with these clips are ... See full summary »
Director: Nigel Dick | Stars: Manny Elias, Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Ian Stanley
Votes: 388
33. Madness: It Must Be Love (XX-Mixx 2007) (2007 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Stars: Madness, Oliver Kalkofe, Bastian Pastewka, Roberto Blanco
34. Scandal Feat. Patty Smyth: The Warrior (1984 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Scandal performs in the music video "The Warrior" from the album "Warrior" recorded for Columbia Records. A woman in a kimono is confronted by a pale male with long clawed fingers in a ... See full summary »
Director: David Hahn | Stars: Scandal, Patty Smyth
Votes: 38
35. Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983 Music Video)
4 min | Music
A music video for Eurythmics's song 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'.
Directors: Chris Ashbrook, Jon Roseman, David A. Stewart | Stars: Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart, Robert Crash
Votes: 1,058
36. Love and Fury (2016)
94 min | Drama, Romance
1980s Helsinki. Two aspiring writers fall in passionate love. One publishes a hit novel, the other spirals into madness. Their intense relationship blurs the line between love and madness, testing their bond.
Director: Alli Haapasalo | Stars: Laura Birn, Lauri Tilkanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Tiina Weckström
Votes: 556
37. Urgh! A Music War (1981)
R | 96 min | Documentary, Music
Live performances from dozens of leading early-1980s musical acts - rock, punk, ska, reggae - it's all here.
Director: Derek Burbidge | Stars: Wall of Voodoo, Stan Ridgway, Marc Moreland, Chas T. Gray
Votes: 866
38. Whenever I'm Alone with You (2023)
91 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In the beautiful South of France, Guillaume is a suicidal Frenchman. Vedrana is slowly dying in a loveless relationship. She is determined to make him love again, but his former fiancée shows up at his doorstep, pregnant with his child.
Directors: Guillaume Campanacci, Vesper Egon | Stars: Nathan Dellemme, Guillaume Campanacci, Vesper Egon, Vedrana Egon
Votes: 7
39. Men at Work: Down Under (1982 Music Video)
4 min | Comedy, Music
The music video for "Down Under" by Men at Work.
Director: Tony Stevens | Stars: Greg Ham, Colin Hay, Men at Work, John Rees
Votes: 614
40. Dance Craze (1981)
50 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary on Britain's 2 Tone Ska Era from the late seventies to the early eighties.
Director: Joe Massot | Stars: The Beat, The Bodysnatchers, The Selecter, The Specials
Votes: 279
41. White Lies (1981)
35 min | Short, Drama
A woman experiences intense feelings of jealousy while attending a party with her boyfriend.
Director: Marion Cajori | Stars: Ariel Bock, Willem Dafoe, Clarissa Dalrymple, Rosemary Hochschild
Votes: 20
42. The Nomi Song (2004)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Having failed to break into professional opera in his native Germany (where, as an usher in West Berlin's Deutsche Oper, he would serenade the staff after the real performances were over) ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Horn | Stars: Klaus Nomi, Ann Magnuson, David Bowie, Gabriele Lafari
Votes: 1,122 | Gross: $0.07M
43. Kate Bush: Army Dreamers (1980 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Music video to accompany Kate Bush's 1980 song 'Army Dreamers', from the album 'Never for Ever' released in the same year.
Director: Keef | Star: Kate Bush
Votes: 57
44. Guy (1996)
R | 94 min | Drama
A young woman with a camera follows a man around to make a documentary about him, something he is not very happy with.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Hope Davis, Kimber Riddle, Diane Salinger
Votes: 598
45. Simple Minds: Don't You (Forget About Me) (1985 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Simple Minds performs in the music video for "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from the original motion picture soundtrack of The Breakfast Club (1985) recorded for Virgin Records. Lead singer ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Kleinman | Stars: Simple Minds, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Mel Gaynor
Votes: 103
46. Spidarlings (2016)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
Poverty stricken lovers Eden and Matilda have enough trouble just getting through the days, but when Eden buys a pet spider the real troubles start.
Director: Selene Kapsaski | Stars: Sophia Disgrace, Rahel Kapsaski, Lee Mark Jones, Rusty Goffe
Votes: 240 | Gross: $0.00M
47. Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life (1986 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Talking Heads perform in the music video "Wild Wild Life" from the album "True Stories" recorded for Sire Records. On a club stage in front of a band and a wall of televisions, a variety of... See full summary »
Director: David Byrne | Stars: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, John Goodman, Jerry Harrison
Votes: 236
48. Adam and the Ants: Stand and Deliver (1981 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Adam Ant is a Dick Turpin-style highwayman in a surreal and comedic music video.
Directors: Adam Ant, Mike Mansfield | Stars: Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant, Amanda Donohoe
Votes: 52
49. David Bowie: Ashes to Ashes (1980 Music Video)
4 min | Music
A promotional video for David Bowie 's 1980 hit single "Ashes to Ashes."
Director: David Mallet | Stars: David Bowie, Steve Strange, Elise Brazier, Judith Frankland
Votes: 483
50. Billy Idol: Eyes Without a Face (1984 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Billy Idol performs in the music video "Eyes Without a Face" from the album "Rebel Yell" recorded for Chrysalis Records. The music video begins with a closeup of Idol's sneering face as he ... See full summary »
Director: David Mallet | Stars: Billy Idol, Steve Stevens, Nina Tolbert
Votes: 151