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1. Challengers (2024)

R | 131 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Tashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach, turned her husband into a champion. But to overcome a losing streak, he needs to face his ex-best friend and Tashi's ex-boyfriend.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor, Darnell Appling

Votes: 3,443

2. Arthur the King (2024)

PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Drama

An adventure racer adopts a stray dog named Arthur to join him in an epic endurance race.

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu, Juliet Rylance, Nathalie Emmanuel

Votes: 5,940

3. Gone with the Wind (1939)

Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War

A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil

Votes: 334,192 | Gross: $198.68M

4. The Notebook (2004)

PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Romance

An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.

Director: Nick Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling

Votes: 619,988 | Gross: $81.00M

5. Full Metal Jacket (1987)

R | 116 min | Drama, War

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin

Votes: 790,183 | Gross: $46.36M

6. The Patriot (2000)

R | 165 min | Action, Drama, History

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs

Votes: 293,425 | Gross: $113.33M

7. Glory (1989)

R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 144,389 | Gross: $26.83M

8. Cold Mountain (2003)

R | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins

Votes: 156,045 | Gross: $95.64M

9. The Stand (1994)

Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.

Stars: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo

Votes: 38,399

10. Safe Haven (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders, David Lyons

Votes: 116,157 | Gross: $71.35M

11. The Choice (I) (2016)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance

Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.

Director: Ross Katz | Stars: Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Alexandra Daddario, Maggie Grace

Votes: 45,786 | Gross: $18.71M

12. The Insider (1999)

R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora

Votes: 180,164 | Gross: $28.97M

13. Slither (2006)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, Don Thompson

Votes: 88,838 | Gross: $7.77M

14. Army Wives (2007–2013)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance, War

Four women and one man share the common bond of loving someone in the U.S. Army.

Stars: Brian McNamara, Wendy Davis, Catherine Bell, Sterling K. Brown

Votes: 8,432

15. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively

Votes: 65,015 | Gross: $39.01M

16. Cyborg (1989)

R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.

Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn, Alex Daniels

Votes: 34,211 | Gross: $10.17M

17. Harriet (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn

Votes: 30,707

18. Radio (2003)

PG | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.

Director: Michael Tollin | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Debra Winger, S. Epatha Merkerson

Votes: 43,986 | Gross: $52.33M

19. The Prince of Tides (1991)

R | 132 min | Drama, Romance

A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.

Director: Barbra Streisand | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan

Votes: 19,722 | Gross: $74.79M

20. The Marine (2006)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.

Director: John Bonito | Stars: John Cena, Kelly Carlson, Robert Patrick, Anthony Ray Parker

Votes: 35,821 | Gross: $18.84M

21. The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

PG-13 | 114 min | Drama

In 1964, a teenage girl in search of the truth about her mother runs away to a small town in South Carolina and finds a family of independent women who can connect her to her past.

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys

Votes: 27,938 | Gross: $37.77M

22. Beautiful Creatures (2013)

PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town.

Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Alice Englert, Viola Davis, Emma Thompson, Alden Ehrenreich

Votes: 91,008 | Gross: $19.45M

23. Jonah Hex (2010)

PG-13 | 81 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

The U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth.

Director: Jimmy Hayward | Stars: Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender

Votes: 61,783 | Gross: $10.54M

24. Doc Hollywood (1991)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young doctor on his way across the country to a job interview crashes his car in a small town and is sentenced to work for several days at the town hospital.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, Barnard Hughes, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 40,290 | Gross: $54.83M

25. The Birth of a Nation (1915)

TV-PG | 195 min | Drama, History, War

The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper

Votes: 26,336 | Gross: $10.00M

26. American Gothic (1995–1998)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A quiet, seemingly-quaint small town is ruled over by its charming yet evil sheriff who uses his demonic powers to remove anyone who dares to stand in his way. The only one he fears is a young boy he fathered through rape.

Stars: Gary Cole, Lucas Black, Paige Turco, Brenda Bakke

Votes: 4,860

27. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

R | 98 min | Drama

A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?

Director: Anjelica Huston | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly, Lyle Lovett

Votes: 4,807

28. High Hopes (2024– )

Documentary, Reality-TV

Brothers Slava and Mishka and their crew run one of Hollywood's oldest cannabis dispensaries, attracting weed enthusiasts. They aim to expand nationwide, launch their brand, culminating on 4/20. Can they make it big or go up in smoke?

Votes: 122

29. D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

PG | 99 min | Family, Sci-Fi

A seemingly normal young boy is found abandoned on a mountain road and adopted by a family who are increasingly amazed by his abilities before discovering the secret behind his real identity.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp

Votes: 14,085 | Gross: $7.84M

30. Jolene (2008)

R | 121 min | Drama

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak.

Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Frances Fisher, Rupert Friend, Dermot Mulroney

Votes: 5,149

31. Shag (1988)

PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend.

Director: Zelda Barron | Stars: Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Scott Coffey, Annabeth Gish

Votes: 4,891 | Gross: $6.96M

32. The Great Santini (1979)

PG | 115 min | Drama

As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated Marine pilot.

Director: Lewis John Carlino | Stars: Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Lisa Jane Persky

Votes: 6,941

33. Uncle Frank (2020)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina, for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover, Walid.

Director: Alan Ball | Stars: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn

Votes: 22,981

34. Trial & Error (2017–2018)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A spoof of crime documentaries about the arrest and trial of a beloved poetry professor from a small town in South Carolina, who is accused of brutally murdering his wife, and the young Northeastern lawyer hired to defend him.

Stars: Nicholas D'Agosto, Jayma Mays, Steven Boyer, Sherri Shepherd

Votes: 6,571

35. Bamboozled (2000)

R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Rapaport

Votes: 12,348 | Gross: $2.27M

36. Game Change (2012 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Peter MacNicol

Votes: 23,203

37. The Midnight Man (1974)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An ex-con, once a cop, now working as security in a college, decides to investigate the murder of one of the students, a daughter of a senator.

Directors: Roland Kibbee, Burt Lancaster | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Morgan Woodward

Votes: 1,328

38. The New Daughter (2009)

PG-13 | 108 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A single father moves his two children to rural South Carolina, only to watch his daughter exhibit increasingly strange behavior.

Director: Luiso Berdejo | Stars: Kevin Costner, Ivana Baquero, Samantha Mathis, Gattlin Griffith

Votes: 16,121

39. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal (2023)

TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Crime

Shocking tragedies shatter a tight-knit South Carolina community and expose the horrifying secrets of its most powerful family.

Stars: Morgan Doughty, Anthony Cook, Valerie Bauerlein, Miley Altman

Votes: 10,764

40. Where the Boys Are (1984)

R | 94 min | Comedy

Four college coeds, travel to Fort Lauderdale for their Easter week of Spring Break, and become involved in a series of adventures and misadventures.

Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal, Lynn-Holly Johnson

Votes: 1,386 | Gross: $10.53M

41. The Lords of Discipline (1983)

R | 102 min | Thriller

In 1960s America, a black cadet is allowed acceptance into a seemingly prestigious military academy, unleashing a barrage of corruption within the system that another cadet is willing to expose.

Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin, Barbara Babcock

Votes: 2,957 | Gross: $11.79M

42. Princess Cyd (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A 16-year-old girl visits her aunt in Chicago for the summer. While there, she falls for another girl, and she and her aunt challenge each other's sex and spirit.

Director: Stephen Cone | Stars: Marika Mashburn, Jessie Pinnick, Paul Brian Fagen, Keith Kupferer

Votes: 4,401

43. The Leisure Seeker (2017)

R | 112 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call "The Leisure Seeker".

Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Christian McKay, Janel Moloney

Votes: 9,707 | Gross: $3.23M

44. Gullah, Gullah Island (1994–1998)

TV-Y | 20 min | Family, Musical

The series follow an African-American family on Gullah Gullah Island learning about life along with their friends, neighbors and their pet pollywog named Binya Binya.

Stars: Vanessa Baden, Ron Daise, Natalie Daise, James Edward Coleman II

Votes: 1,407

45. Daughters of the Dust (1991)

TV-PG | 113 min | Drama, History, Romance

A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.

Director: Julie Dash | Stars: Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbarao, Trula Hoosier

Votes: 3,290 | Gross: $1.64M

46. Porgy and Bess (1959)

Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.

Directors: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey

Votes: 1,913

47. Stateside (2004)

R | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance

The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she develops a mental illness...

Director: Reverge Anselmo | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Rachael Leigh Cook, Agnes Bruckner, Val Kilmer

Votes: 1,993 | Gross: $0.17M

48. Burden (I) (2018)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, History

When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy strives to keep the peace even as he urges the group's Grand Dragon to disavow his racist past.

Director: Andrew Heckler | Stars: Garrett Hedlund, Andrea Riseborough, Forest Whitaker, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 4,136

49. The Red Pill (2016)

TV-14 | 108 min | Documentary

The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"

Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer, Dean Esmay

Votes: 12,043

50. Tumbleweeds (1999)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

A woman and her daughter have been constantly moving from town to town for years, but their newest home might be different from all the others.

Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown, Jay O. Sanders, Gavin O'Connor

Votes: 3,655 | Gross: $1.28M