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1. WALL·E (2008)
G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
Votes: 1,199,069 | Gross: $223.81M
2. God Bless America (2011)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
On a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens, terminally ill Frank makes an unlikely accomplice in 16-year-old Roxy.
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait | Stars: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton
Votes: 71,937 | Gross: $0.12M
3. Instinct (1999)
R | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
When noted anthropologist Dr. Ethan Powell, who left society to live in the jungle, is imprisoned for murder, it's up to young psychiatrist Theo Caulder to get through to him.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney
Votes: 34,271 | Gross: $34.10M
4. Mutant Action (1993)
93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In a future ruled by attractive people, mutant terrorists kidnap a rich man's daughter to claim rights for the ugly. Escaping police, the mutant leader crashes into a planet of crazy miners where no women live.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Frédérique Feder, Juan Viadas
Votes: 5,777
5. Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)
TV-14 | 76 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
Three children decide to leave their homes looking for a better life.
Directors: Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez | Stars: Andrea Alzuri, Eba Ojanguren, Josu Cubero, Félix Arcarazo
Votes: 3,137 | Gross: $0.04M
6. George Carlin's American Dream (2022)
TV-MA | 217 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Interviews with George Carlin's family and friends, material from his stand-up specials and footage from his personal archive.
Stars: Kelly Carlin, Patrick Carlin, Chris Rock, Patton Oswalt
Votes: 4,000
7. Losers' Club (2011)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kaan and Mete, co-hosts of a mid 1990s radio show called Kaybedenler Kulübü (Losers' Club), struggle to deal with their daily lives after their show becomes an instant hit. Kaan meets ... See full summary »
Director: Tolga Örnek | Stars: Nejat Isler, Yigit Özsener, Ahu Türkpençe, Idil Firat
Votes: 25,440
8. Wonderful Days (2003)
Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
2142: Pollution and climate change wiped out most of Earth's population. Ecoban city is built to withstand this. Suppression results in revolt. A childhood couple find each other as adults on opposing sides.
Director: Moon-saeng Kim | Stars: Andrew Ableson, Cathy Cavadini, Joon-ho Chung, Mark Lindsay
Votes: 9,443 | Gross: $0.03M
9. Lalka (1978– )
698 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Jerzy Kamas, Malgorzata Braunek, Bronislaw Pawlik, Wlodzimierz Borunski
Votes: 242
10. The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981)
96 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Film opens on December 28, 1999, three days before the dawn of the new century. A local reporter, Iron Idem, announces that the Martians have landed. Shortly after that his program loses ... See full summary »
Director: Piotr Szulkin | Stars: Roman Wilhelmi, Krystyna Janda, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr
Votes: 868
11. Strike (1925)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
A group of oppressed factory workers go on strike in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Maksim Shtraukh, Mikhail Gomorov, I. Ivanov
Votes: 8,611
12. The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)
Unrated | 260 min | Documentary, History, War
Divided into three segments, namely 1 Neocolonialism, 2 Act for liberation, 3 Violence and liberation, the documentary lasts more than 4 hours this deals with the defense of the revolution ... See full summary »
Directors: Octavio Getino, Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: María de la Paz, Fernando E. Solanas, Edgardo Suárez, Julio Troxler
Votes: 1,184
13. Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973)
Not Rated | 126 min | Comedy, Drama
A bank cashier who's allergic to banknotes quits his job after an armed robbery. He decides to start a new life--as a thief. He starts by targeting a popular former client, a butcher. But being a neurotic Marxist has its drawbacks.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Flavio Bucci, Daria Nicolodi, Mario Scaccia
Votes: 1,304
14. Blueblood (1974)
90 min | Drama, Horror
An unusually nasty butler takes over the possessions of his degenerate master by means of witchcraft.
Director: Andrew Sinclair | Stars: Oliver Reed, Fiona Lewis, Anna Gaël, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 695
15. Man (2012 Video)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
500,000 years ago, the modern man appears. He treats the animals and nature as a consumer, with frivolity and cruelty, and pridefully turns the world into a dumpster. However, someone is watching.
Director: Steve Cutts
Votes: 1,147
16. Passing Strange (2009)
TV-MA | 135 min | Documentary, Musical
Director Spike Lee's passionate adaptation of the thrilling Broadway musical about a young bohemian who experiences sex, drugs and rock and roll on his journey to selfhood.
Directors: Spike Lee, Annie Dorsen | Stars: Stew, De'Adre Aziza, Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo
Votes: 419
17. Summer Rebellion (1970)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969 travelling around Finland, mostly with another girl and her boyfriend. Sporting the latest ... See full summary »
Director: Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Stars: Titta Karakorpi, Hannu Oravisto, Veikko Honkanen, Petra Frey
Votes: 165
18. San Babila: 8 P.M. (1976)
101 min | Crime, Drama
A group of neo-nazi youngsters, usual customers of a bar in the famous Milan public square, lives through one day of madness passing between assaults, rapes and homicides. Thanks to the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Daniele Asti, Brigitte Skay, Giuliano Cesareo, Pietro Brambilla
Votes: 477
19. Raid (2000)
TV-14 | 504 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police official is assassinated by a sniper through a glass window, this action and its sub sequential investigation introduces us a slew of interesting characters and gets the whole story rolling.
Stars: Kai Lehtinen, Oiva Lohtander, Pekka Huotari, Kirsti Valve
Votes: 1,472
20. Justice (2003)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
A comic strip writer in NYC, still grieving over the death of a friend in 9/11, gets his publisher to agree to a limited run of "Justice", a comic book about an ordinary person who is a hero.
Director: Evan Oppenheimer | Stars: Erik Palladino, Michael Jai White, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Ajay Naidu
Votes: 143
21. Las cartas de Alou (1990)
100 min | Drama
Alou, an illegal African inmigrant, send letters to his parents talking about his new life in Spain.
Director: Montxo Armendáriz | Stars: Mulie Jarju, Eulàlia Ramon, Ahmed El-Maaroufi, Akonio Dolo
Votes: 260
22. Susanna (1996)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Before her brutal death, Susanna had been engaged to marry Moroccan immigrant Said. Before that, the confused recovering drug-addict had been involved with wine salesman Alex, an arrangement set up by her boss to repay a debt to him.
Director: Antonio Chavarrías | Stars: Eva Santolaria, Said Amel, Àlex Casanovas, Rosa Gàmiz
Votes: 120
23. Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos) (1965)
105 min | Drama
A worker of the Mexican Indigenist Institute tries to help the Tarahumara Indians to protect and keep their lands, but he must face corrupt landowners and politicians.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Jaime Fernández, Aurora Clavel, Eric del Castillo
Votes: 117
24. Pilvilinna (1970)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
Teenager Erik returns from Paris to Finland in a rowboat and is accosted by a gang of youths in the countryside. He walks to Helsinki, returns to his parents' home and his old high school ... See full summary »
Director: Sakari Rimminen | Stars: Meri Oravisto, Erik Uddström, Pekka Lehto, Matti Penttilä
Votes: 115
25. Alma gitana (1996)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A young man who wants to become a professional dancer falls in love with a gypsy girl and gets in conflict with her totally different cultural background. But love can overcome these ... See full summary »
Director: Chus Gutiérrez | Stars: Amara Carmona, Pedro Alonso, Peret, Rafael Álvarez 'El Brujo'
Votes: 119
26. Lapualaismorsian (1967)
90 min | Drama
Liisa, Tenu and Lulu are part of the Ylioppilasteatteri group. In the course of the exercises, they think about social issues and debate their world views. Tenu's pregnancy makes the ... See full summary »
Director: Mikko Niskanen | Stars: Kristiina Halkola, Kirsti Wallasvaara, Aulikki Oksanen, Pekka Laiho
Votes: 241
27. Rabbit (I) (2005)
9 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A girl sees a rabbit running across a field. Thinking it would make an excellent muff, she pursues it with a knife. It escapes her, but her brother kills it. She slices it open, and out ... See full summary »
Director: Run Wrake
Votes: 650
28. Ostrov (1973)
10 min | Animation, Short
A castaway is interrogated by Interpol, conquered by an imperialist ship, loses his lone palm tree to greedy loggers, is consoled by a missionary who promptly abandons him, is thoroughly examined by scientists, and harassed by journalists.
Director: Fyodor Khitruk | Star: Elena Chepoy
Votes: 517
29. END:CIV (2011)
115 min | Documentary
If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?
Director: Franklin López | Stars: Steven Best, Zoe Blunt, Rod Coronado, Peter Gelderloos
Votes: 168
30. Vihreä leski (1968)
76 min | Drama, Romance
Helinä is tired of her monotonous life revolving around her young children, while her husband is away on business. At the hair salon she meets other frustrated housewives. Together the find an attractive solution to the problem.
Director: Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Stars: Eija Pokkinen, Risto Aaltonen, Matti Siitonen, Mai-Brit Heljo
Votes: 147
31. Lola vende cá (2002)
93 min | Drama
Lola is a gypsy of uncertain origin, since she was adopted by a family where she has grown up in gypsy customs and traditions. About to finish high school, Lola plans, against her family ... See full summary »
Director: Llorenç Soler | Stars: Cristina Brondo, Miguel Martín Angulo, Carmen Muñoz, Francisca Perona
Votes: 42
32. Russian Libertine (2012)
80 min | Documentary
Director: Ari Matikainen | Stars: Viktor Erofeyev, Andrey Erofeyev, Sergey Kanayev, Vladimir Yerofeyev
Votes: 35
33. The Conflict (1983)
7 min | Animation, Short, War
Film characters are ordinary matches. Quarrel that flared up over a trifle turns into a real battle, in which both hostile parties perished.
Director: Garri Bardin
Votes: 435
34. Ihmemies (1979)
103 min | Comedy
Olli Ruusunen is the data-expert that proposes the serious measures that will save the company from an economic collapse. His drastic savings programs forces the board to resign. Olli must go underground.
Director: Antti Peippo | Stars: Antti Litja, Martti Pennanen, Saara Pakkasvirta, Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
Votes: 45
35. Saïd (1998)
100 min | Drama
Saïd is convinced that life in Europe will be wonderful. The small boat in which he crosses the strait of Gibraltar is the first thing that disappoints him, and when he arrives in Barcelona... See full summary »
Director: Llorenç Soler | Stars: Noufal Lhafi, Núria Prims, Marouane Mribti, Mercedes Sampietro
Votes: 75
36. Chi wa taiyô yori akai (1966)
81 min | Drama
A high school student preparing for his university entrance exams is discontent with various social inequities and is determined to take vengeance on all adults.
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Kazuhiko Ôtsuka, Tamami Wakahara, Yumiko Ichinose, Yukari Yamabuki
Votes: 26
37. Aliisa (1970 TV Movie)
80 min | Drama
Aliisa is a poor pensioner struggling to survive in the 1970s' Helsinki. This was the last role of the prolific finnish actor Siiri Angerkoski.
Director: Jukka Sipilä | Stars: Siiri Angerkoski, Selma Miettinen, Varma Lahtinen, Anja Pohjola
Votes: 114
38. Mahagonnyn kaupungin nousu ja tuho (1993 TV Movie)
125 min | Musical, Comedy, Drama
The city of Mahagonny, founded by three criminals, becomes a place for people looking for their luck or money. One among them is the lumberjack Jim Mahoney. However, he is disappointed by what the city is.
Director: Eija-Elina Bergholm | Stars: Päivi Nisula, Jyrki Niskanen, Jaakko Kortekangas, Riikka Hakola
39. Dead Society (2007)
55 min | Documentary
In Thomas Toivonen's Swedish documentary, a direct gaze confronts our current predicament: Mass technological culture is endangering the planet, and for our survival, delving into the roots of the problem becomes imperative.
Director: Thomas Toivonen | Stars: Jane Goodall, John Zerzan
Votes: 7
40. Het verraad van de techniek (1996)
54 min | Documentary, Biography
Jacques Ellul (1912-1994), a French philosopher, sociologist, historian, and Christian anarchist, vehemently criticized modern technology, which, in his view, posed a threat to humanity. The documentary explores his life and ideology.
Star: Jacques Ellul
Votes: 10
41. Malditos (2004)
71 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary film about Chile's most influential and recognized punk rock band, Fiskales Ad-Hok. Told by their own band member, features the story from the early days, in the middle eighties, during Chile's right-wing military dictatorship.
Director: Pablo Insunza | Stars: Roli Urzúa, Álvaro España, Pogo, 'Víbora' Larralde
Votes: 34
42. Hatching Beauty (2001)
10 min | Short
Director: Amy Hicks | Stars: Annalise Ashdown, Christian Bruno, Marilee Talkington, Brian van Tress
43. Save the Future (2009 Video)
3 min | Short, Drama
A 13-year-old girl reimagines her life as a public service announcement, blurring the lines between her family struggles and her fear of environmental apocalypse.
Director: Jenny Deller | Stars: Perla Haney-Jardine, Jennifer MacDonald, Corey Abshine, James Bogard
Votes: 13
44. Ovi (1966)
10 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Erkko Kivikoski | Stars: Pentti Siimes, Ritva Vepsä, Arto Tuominen
Votes: 17
45. Bendito Machine III: Obedece sus preceptos (2009)
7 min | Animation, Short
Director: Jossie Malis
Votes: 24
46. Bendito Machine IV (2012)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A crude journey through earth, sea and sky.
Director: Jossie Malis
Votes: 60
47. Warlord (2007)
12 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A young boy one day becomes bored with his stereotypical life and decides to take matters into his own hands.
Director: David Garrett | Stars: Eric Bolsch, Pilar Witherspoon, Ana Walczak, Anthony Colangelo
Votes: 74
48. State of the Earth (2011 Video)
Documentary
The three-part documentary explores actionable steps individuals can take to address global problems. It seeks critical and ethical solutions that positively impact human, animal, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Jane Gray Morrison, Michael Tobias | Stars: Paul Ehrlich, Bob Gillespie, Thomas Gillespie, John Harte
49. Armon vuonna (1974)
48 min | Documentary
Directors: Hannu Eerikäinen, Lasse Naukkarinen | Stars: Sulevi Peltola, Paavo Pentikäinen, Tiina Suhonen
50. Mohamed (2001)
4 min | Short, Drama
It seems that everyone blames Mohamed, a Moroccan immigrant in Spain, because of his origins. Ignorance is the worst disease.
Director: Sergi Rubió | Stars: Mohamed Bouachmir, Lavinia Hervás, Mingo Ràfols, Carlos Buetas
Votes: 10