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1. Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Convicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
Stars: Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Emma Myles
Votes: 320,268
2. Burn After Reading (2008)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, John Malkovich
Votes: 353,371 | Gross: $60.36M
3. The Words (2012)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.
Directors: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 81,457 | Gross: $11.49M
4. The Iron Lady (2011)
PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama
An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Stars: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, Susan Brown
Votes: 113,637 | Gross: $30.02M
5. Moll Flanders (1996)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Romance
The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after her mother's execution, but the actions of an abusive priest lead her to rebel as a teenager, and she escapes to... See full summary »
Director: Pen Densham | Stars: Robin Wright, Morgan Freeman, Stockard Channing, John Lynch
Votes: 4,513 | Gross: $3.36M
6. Girl with the Golden Panties (1980)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
Luis, an aging Falangist author with guilty conscious, is writing fake memoirs. Two reporters, his niece Mariana and her lesbian friend Elmyr, arrive to do a piece on him. While fact-checking his memoirs Mariana becomes attracted to him.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Victoria Abril, Lautaro Murúa, Hilda Vera, Perla Vonasek
Votes: 258
7. Shuttlecock (2020)
TV-MA | 105 min | Drama
During a memorial for his father, WW II hero Major James Prentis confesses a dark family secret to his son, something he has harbored for more than 20 years.
Director: Andrew Piddington | Stars: Alan Bates, Lambert Wilson, David Oakes, Kenneth Haigh
Votes: 118
8. The Boy with the Topknot (2017 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
One-off drama based on the critically-acclaimed memoirs of British journalist Sathnam Sanghera. A touching, humorous, and emotional rite-of-passage story.
Director: Lynsey Miller | Stars: Sacha Dhawan, Deepti Naval, Anupam Kher, Joanna Vanderham
Votes: 557
9. Love, Fashion, Repeat (2022 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
Lisa returns to her hometown to seek inspiration for her new fashion line. So when she meets Colin, a writer tasked with fixing her biography, love is the last thing on her mind but will she find time for an unexpected romance?
Director: Ken Friss | Stars: Cristina Rosato, Victor Zinck Jr., Sarah Giles, Klarc Jerome Wilson
Votes: 314
10. Summer Storm (1944)
Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In this filmed Chekhov adaptation, Olga is an alluring peasant woman who lures cynical aristocrat Fedor away from his milquetoast fiancée, with tragic consequences.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 676
11. It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You (2006)
110 min | Drama, Horror
An orientalist professor researching Delacroix's North African work becomes entangled in an S&M waking dream in Morocco.
Director: Alain Robbe-Grillet | Stars: James Wilby, Arielle Dombasle, Dany Verissimo-Petit, Farid Chopel
Votes: 704
12. Final Episode (1974)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Seizô Fukumoto, Nobuo Kaneko, Jô Shishido, Bunta Sugawara
Votes: 1,216
13. A Christmas Cruise (2017 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
When her best friend invites her along on a holiday-themed sail, an aspiring novelist unexpectedly finds the love of her life onboard.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Jessica Morris, Kristoff St. John, Rib Hillis
Votes: 618
14. Thurgood (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Prior to his appointment to United States Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall worked as a lawyer for the NAACP. This one man play tells the story of his role in the civil rights movement and the people that influenced him.
Director: Michael Stevens | Star: Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 590
15. The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
Passed | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 168
16. The Last Mitterrand (2005)
116 min | Biography, Drama
A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Jalil Lespert, Philippe Fretun, Anne Cantineau
Votes: 1,068
17. Memoirs of a Black Girl (2021)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama
Memoirs of a Black Girl is a Coming-of-Age story of a girl and her friends who are forced to grow up and make tough decisions. Aisha Johnson, an astute and bright student, is one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Thato Rantao Mwosa | Stars: Christian Thomas, Colin Costello, Alexandra Cruz, Juvan Elisma
Votes: 67
18. Retribution (I) (2011)
80 min | Thriller
Director: Mukunda Michael Dewil | Stars: Joe Mafela, Jeremy Crutchley, Shoki Mokgapa, Morné Visser
Votes: 72
19. The King Without a Crown (1937)
10 min | Short, History, Mystery
Explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and were raised by Indians in America.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Carey Wilson, Scotty Beckett, John Burton, Doris Lloyd
Votes: 149
20. Tunnel Zaman (2013– )
30 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In the Tunnel Zaman, we travel to old Iran and remember the memories of the past. In the preparation of this collection, rare images and videos have been used, which are worth seeing.
Stars: Pantea Modiri, Sahar Sagharchi
Votes: 8
21. Ciénaga (1993)
92 min | Drama
Observes a somewhat wealthy extended family spending a summer cramped together in an isolated, wet.
Director: José Ángel Bohollo | Stars: Ángel de Andrés López, Santiago Ramos, Marcela Osorio, José Soza
Votes: 29
22. Kunkori és a Kandúrvarázsló (1980 TV Movie)
62 min | Family
Director: László Hollós | Stars: Ildikó Meixler, Henrik Kemény, Klára Balogh, Kató Györkös
Votes: 13
23. Pjetlov kljun (1971 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama, War
The story of the Partisan, understated idealists ... who happily lives in post-war society. The problem arises when his comrades Sylvia wants to declare war memoirs where your credit stands... See full summary »
Director: Mario Fanelli | Stars: Zvonimir Crnko, Ivo Fici, Svjetlana Knezevic, Zrinka Kolak-Fabijan
Votes: 26
24. Cautiverio Feliz (1998)
162 min | Drama, History
Director: Cristián Sánchez | Stars: Juan Pablo Aliaga, Mario Mila, Eusebio Painemal, Armando Nahuelpán
25. Memoirs of the Last Samurai's Geisha (2008)
11 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Chad Band | Stars: Mark Belcher, Charlie Cho, Charlie Cho, Michele Dodick
26. Tsurtsula (2015)
52 min | Documentary, Mystery
The film crew goes to the small town Arvay, located on the edge of the Gobi desert. Back in 1986, the town hosted a Soviet military base. Quite recently, soldiers laid the nearby mountain ... See full summary »
Director: Alexey Telnov
27. Zaciatok sezóny (1988)
78 min | Drama
Director: Zoro Zahon | Stars: Karol L. Zachar, Jozef Dóczy, Magda Paveleková, Milan Kis
28. A Psychopath's Memoirs (2015)
Not Rated | 42 min | Short, Horror
A psychopath and his demon alter ego are on a killing spree in order to free the spirit of his murdered mother.
Director: Marc Schryer | Stars: Ted Alva, Len Charles, Drew DeCoud, Jacquelyn DuBois
Votes: 6
29. A Stranger in Drama (2009)
17 min | Short, Drama
A man looking for his son. A blind girl looking for the cemetery. An old man following a young couple. A boy in despair. 4 Strangers in the City Of Drama. 4 different stories. 1 ending.
Directors: Ilias Florakis, Nadim Hamed, Vassilis Kalamakis, Stelios Koukouvitakis, Chrysa Lagou, Alessandro Spiliotopulos, Yorgos Taxiarchopoulos, Eleni Theodoridou, Thodoris Vournas | Stars: Leon Herbert, Dimitris Spyrou, Konstantinos Karamaghiolis, Sophia Poulioti
Votes: 17
30. Peridot Flight (1960)
15 min | Drama
Stars: Sheila Ballantine, John Sharplin, Paul Williamson, Ann Tirard
31.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
Full Disclosure
(1988)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A former Vietnam War corespondent plans to write a tell all book about the government's dealings there. He immediately becomes a target but who exactly wants him dead quickly becomes less clear.
Director: Bill Corcoran | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Kevin Hicks, Robert Lansing, Al Waxman
Votes: 85
32.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)
Episode:
Ill Will
(1992)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
Will has to go to the doctor for a tonsillectomy. While he's there we find out that Will is afraid of hospitals. The Banks' learn that Geoffrey is writing his memoirs on the family.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn | Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Janet Hubert, Alfonso Ribeiro
Votes: 732
33.
Monk (2002–2009)
Episode:
Mr. Monk and the Astronaut
(2006)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Despite everyone's disbelief that a hero making the news is actually a coldblooded killer, Adrian tries to prove that a celebrity astronaut is responsible, despite an airtight alibi.
Director: Randy Zisk | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,337
34.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Two Bad Neighbors
(1996)
TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy
Former President George Bush and his wife, Barbara, move into the Simpsons' neighborhood and soon clash with Bart and Homer.
Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,747
35.
Familie Backeljau (1994–1997)
Episode:
Een leven vol voorarrest
(1994)
Comedy
Grandmother Thérèse is arrested for shoplifting, vandalism and resisting arrest. Having far from mended her ways at the precinct, she's jailed without bail. The family, stuck with her ... See full summary »
Director: Luk Wyns | Stars: Luk Wyns, Mitta Van der Maat, Paul Maes, Iris Van Straten
Votes: 10
36.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
A Touch of Murder
(1976)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 54 AD, Emperor Claudius - elderly and lame from birth - is writing his biography and the history of his family. He recalls an encounter with the Sibyl, who recognizes him from his ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker
Votes: 513
37.
Uutishuone (2009)
Episode:
Pelkistettyä todellisuutta
(2009)
49 min | Drama, History
Director: Lauri Nurkse | Stars: Krista Kosonen, Samuli Vauramo, Noora Peltokukka, Elena Leeve
Votes: 12
38.
Unsolved Mysteries of World War II (1992– )
Episode:
Pearl Harbor
(2004)
27 min | Documentary, History, War
The Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 shocked the world and drew the United States into the war. Did British Intelligence and Britain's Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, ... See full summary »
Star: Patrick Allen
39.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Le cardinal de Retz
(1961)
38 min | Documentary
Director: Robert Valey | Stars: Roger Stéphane, André Thorent
40.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Saint-Simon
(1961)
47 min | Documentary
Director: Jacques Demeure | Stars: Pierre Bertin, Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie
41.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Digging Band of Brothers: Time Team Special
(2023)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
Time Team visits Aldbourne, England to search for evidence of the 101st Airborne's stay here prior to D-Day in 1944, as depicted in the beloved series Band of Brothers.
Directors: Emily Boulting, Karen Kirk | Stars: Tony Robinson, Stewart Ainsworth, Shenoah Allen, Ivan Clowsley
42.
Orphan Black (2013–2017)
Episode:
To Right the Wrongs of Many
(2017)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Now in labor, Helena is forced to hunker down in the basement of Old Dyad for the delivery. It's a cage match for survival as Sarah and Art struggle to protect her in a desperate last stand against Neolution.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard, Kristian Bruun
Votes: 1,461
43.
Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Episode:
Spécial États-Unis
(1990)
91 min | Talk-Show
Director: Jean Cazenave | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Paul Auster, Philippe Labro, Nancy Reagan
44.
Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Episode:
Des vies bien remplies
(1990)
81 min | Talk-Show
Director: Jean-Luc Leridon | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Pierre-Louis Blanc, Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge, Laurent Greilsamer
45.
Les échos du cinéma (1961–1962)
Episode:
Episode #1.17
(1961)
25 min | Short, Talk-Show
Director: Jean Guillon | Stars: Claude Le Gac, Antoine Balpêtré, Marie Déa, Fernandel
46.
Ah! Quels titres (1994–1996)
Episode:
Episode dated 19 November 1994
(1994)
57 min | Talk-Show
Director: Jérôme Revon | Stars: Philippe Tesson, Patricia Martin, Jean-François Deniau, Jean-Louis Ezine