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1. Pearl (2022)
R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
In 1918, a young woman on the brink of madness pursues stardom in a desperate attempt to escape the drudgery, isolation, and lovelessness of life on her parents' farm.
Director: Ti West | Stars: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland
Votes: 96,801 | Gross: $9.42M
2. Oldboy (2003)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 636,031 | Gross: $0.71M
3. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
PG-13 | 145 min | Drama, Romance
The heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Suzuka Ohgo
Votes: 160,807 | Gross: $57.49M
4. 57 Seconds (2023)
R | 99 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.
Director: Rusty Cundieff | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Morgan Freeman, Greg Germann, Lovie Simone
Votes: 7,604
5. Puss in Boots (2011)
PG | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An outlaw cat, his childhood egg-friend, and a seductive thief kitty set out in search for the eggs of the fabled Golden Goose to clear his name, restore his lost honor, and regain the trust of his mother and town.
Director: Chris Miller | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton
Votes: 192,371 | Gross: $149.26M
6. The Dresden Files (2007–2008)
TV-14 | 582 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Harry Dresden is a wizard, the only one listed in the Chicago phone book. He's got a handle on the crimes that can't be solved by anyone else. Paranormal? No problem. Dresden deals in all matters of supernatural threats.
Stars: Paul Blackthorne, Valerie Cruz, Terrence Mann, Raoul Bhaneja
Votes: 11,451
7. Mayhem (2017)
Unrated | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A virus spreads through an office complex causing white-collar workers to act out their worst impulses.
Director: Joe Lynch | Stars: Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Steven Brand, Caroline Chikezie
Votes: 25,485
8. The Killer Inside Me (2010)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A West Texas Deputy Sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Ned Beatty
Votes: 35,739 | Gross: $0.21M
9. Smoke Signals (1998)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Arnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family.
Director: Chris Eyre | Stars: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer
Votes: 12,607 | Gross: $6.72M
10. 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: 5,151
11. All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 150 min | Drama, War
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm
Votes: 10,538
12. Hick (2011)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
A Nebraska teen gets more than she bargained for when she sets out for the bright lights of Las Vegas.
Director: Derick Martini | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Blake Lively, Rory Culkin, Eddie Redmayne
Votes: 20,835
13. The Night Stalker (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Mystery
An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker
Votes: 7,381
14. Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
PG | 106 min | Drama
In 1950s Mississippi, teenager Bobbie Lee Hartley navigates her blossoming hormones as she is courted by Billy Joe McAllister, who is headed for tragedy.
Director: Max Baer Jr. | Stars: Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, Sandy McPeak
Votes: 2,164
15. German Angst (2015)
112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Three German tales of love, sex and death in Berlin from Germany's most shocking directors.
Directors: Jörg Buttgereit, Michal Kosakowski, Andreas Marschall | Stars: Lola Gave, Axel Holst, Michael Zenner, Lila Lorane
Votes: 2,037
16. Dead Reckoning (1946)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A soldier runs away rather than receive the Medal of Honor, so his buddy gets permission to investigate, and love and death soon follow.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane
Votes: 8,730
17. Hellraiser: Inferno (2000 Video)
R | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".
Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Nicholas Turturro, James Remar, Doug Bradley
Votes: 19,178
18. Ask the Dust (2006)
R | 117 min | Drama, Romance
Mexican beauty Camilla Lopez (Salma Hayek) hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
Director: Robert Towne | Stars: Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 10,088 | Gross: $0.74M
19. Penelope (1966)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Crime
Comedy about a flighty, bored, kleptomaniac wife of a banker who robs her husband's bank of $60,000.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Dick Shawn, Peter Falk
Votes: 2,128
20. An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set right after World War II, a naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth... See full summary »
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong
Votes: 3,024 | Gross: $0.26M
21. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet
Votes: 13,646
22. Lady Hyde (2022)
78 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman with latent psychotic tendencies, unhinged by her doctor husband's suicide, takes violent revenge on members of the medical establishment responsible for his death.
Director: Jason Rudy | Stars: Liz Clare, Marylin Monroach, Bob Moricz, Jason Rudy
Votes: 52
23. Love Sick (2006)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
In order to spend more time with her girlfriend, Kiki, the young student Alex decides to give up her room at the student's hostel and move into the house where Kiki lives. A few months ... See full summary »
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Maria Popistasu, Ioana Barbu, Tudor Chirila, Catalina Murgea
Votes: 3,246
24. Tiger Milk (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
Nini and Jameelah are best friends. Together they delve into the urban jungle of Berlin, amid clouds of drug smoke and alcoholic dazes, looking for love, sex, and a better future. But life ... See full summary »
Director: Ute Wieland | Stars: Flora Li Thiemann, Emily Kusche, David Ali Rashed, Narges Rashidi
Votes: 676
25. Decoy (1957–1958)
30 min | Crime, Drama
New York City policewoman Casey Jones' assignment to fight crime often entails her going undercover in some of the seediest and most dangerous parts of the city.
Stars: Beverly Garland, Frank Campanella, Joseph Sullivan, Ed Holmes
Votes: 326
26. Girl (1998)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A straight-A teen explores Portland's rock scene.
Director: Jonathan Kahn | Stars: Dominique Swain, Sean Patrick Flanery, Summer Phoenix, Tara Reid
Votes: 3,111
27. The Stepdaughter (2000 Video)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Growing up, Susan Heller survived countless foster homes and years of abuse and neglect with one burning goal: to someday find the birth mother who abandoned her--and get revenge.
Director: Peter Liapis | Stars: Andrea Roth, Lisa Dean Ryan, Jaimz Woolvett, Cindy Pickett
Votes: 613
28. American Girl (2002)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A pregnant teenager is determined to leave her trailer park home with the hope of living a happy family life.
Director: Jordan Brady | Stars: Jena Malone, Harmony Blossom, Erik von Detten, Brad Renfro
Votes: 1,465
29. Grave of the Vampire (1972)
PG | 91 min | Horror
A young man, born of a rape committed by a legendary vampire against a living woman, vows to locate and vanquish his undead father.
Director: John Hayes | Stars: William Smith, Michael Pataki, Lyn Peters, Diane Holden
Votes: 1,578
30. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, History
Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen
Votes: 2,499
31. Grimm Love (2006)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people like him.
Director: Martin Weisz | Stars: Thomas Kretschmann, Keri Russell, Thomas Huber, Rainier Meissner
Votes: 3,602
32. The Honey Pot (1967)
Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy ex-girlfriends into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, Capucine
Votes: 2,848
33. Freddy (2023)
109 min | Biography, Drama
The life of Dominican comedian, writer, TV producer and philanthropist Freddy Beras-Goico.
Director: Giancarlo Beras-Goico | Stars: Héctor Aníbal, Juan Luis Guerra, Ruairi Rhodes, Jandy Ventura
Votes: 41
34. Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
In 1960s Dublin a young girl becomes involved with an older man, a much-travelled and still married land-owner.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Marie Kean
Votes: 1,484
35. Pioneer Woman (1973 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 74 min | Western
Despite some initial hesitations, a family from the East decides to try their luck by settling in the harsh and dangerous West in 1867.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Joanna Pettet, William Shatner, David Janssen, Lance LeGault
Votes: 357
36. The Riverbank (2012)
76 min | Mystery
A woman returns to her hometown following the death of her fathers second wife, which leads her to uncover dark family secrets.
Director: John L'Ecuyer | Stars: Rick Roberts, Kenneth Welsh, Kari Matchett, Cindy Doire
Votes: 198
37. Diary of a Madman (1963)
Approved | 96 min | Horror
An evil spirit leaves the body of his human host, a criminal on death-row, and sneaks into the body of his next human host, a French magistrate.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Vincent Price, Nancy Kovack, Chris Warfield, Elaine Devry
Votes: 3,056
38. Spectre (1977 TV Movie)
Unrated | 98 min | Horror
A criminologist and occult investigator recruits an old friend to assist in his current case. A sister of a prominent British businessman believes her brother dabbles in the black arts. The two investigate the matter.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Robert Culp, Gig Young, John Hurt, Gordon Jackson
Votes: 708
39. The Naked Street (1955)
Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A mobster (Quinn) springs a condemned murderer (Granger) because he got his sister (Bancroft) pregnant.
Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn, Anne Bancroft, Peter Graves
Votes: 1,314
40. Forbidden Daughter (2023)
Drama
A family has been has been brought upon by tragedy and disconnection. It takes forgiveness and the love of God they bring them back together.
Directors: Vernon Snoop Robinson, Ken Clark, Yvette Harris, Ro'shae Moore | Stars: Kris D'Sha, LaMar Alcorn, Leo Alvarez, Daruis Bailey
Votes: 16
41. The War Between Men and Women (1972)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A sarcastic, near-sighted cartoonist averse to commitment, falls for an eye-catching brunette single mother of three, the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist opinions, and eventually moves in with her and proposes.
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, Jason Robards, Herb Edelman
Votes: 835 | Gross: $1.40M
42. Temptation (1946)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Ruby, a beautiful divorcee with a shady past, marries a rich Egyptologist, and while he continues excavating a Pharoah's tomb, she becomes bored until she falls for a debt-ridden, blackmailing Egyptian prince.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas
Votes: 379
43. Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In Los Angeles in 1947, a police detective tries to solve the shocking and grisly murder of 22-year-old aspiring actress Elizabeth Short, whose nude body was dumped in a lot after being ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Brooke Adams, Donna Mills, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Ronny Cox
Votes: 403
44. Little Sister (1992)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
College freshman Robert joins a fraternity and poses as "Roberta" to enter a sorority to steal to painting as a prank. His experience as Roberta and taking a course on women change him--as does falling for Diana.
Director: Jimmy Zeilinger | Stars: Jonathan Silverman, Alyssa Milano, George Newbern, Michele Matheson
Votes: 354
45. Maman (2010)
7 min | Short, Drama
After a long journey, Jean-Jacques Rousseau returns to visit her mother in her apartment in the Beaux-Rivage Palace. He discovers that she is too emotional .
Director: Kevin Haefelin | Stars: Nicolas Fantoli, Aude Loring, François Florey, Fabio Poujouly
Votes: 12
46. Homage (1995)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In New Mexico, the widow and former teacher Katherine Samuel reluctantly hires the lonely mathematician and genius Archie Landrum to be her gardener and soon they become good friends. When ... See full summary »
Director: Ross Kagan Marks | Stars: Blythe Danner, Frank Whaley, Sheryl Lee, Danny Nucci
Votes: 236
47. Rose & Alexander (2002)
Unrated | 40 min | Drama, Short
A young woman yearns for acceptance from her mentally ill father, while struggling to break free from the clutches of her overprotective brother to whom she finds herself sexually attracted.
Director: Steven Vasquez | Stars: Laura Reilly, Brandon Ryan Puleio, Joseph Haggerty, Lindzey Sturdevant
Votes: 35
48. Lost Fare (2018)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A 11 year old disabled girl, routinely pimped out by her prostitute mother, is saved by a suicidal cab driver. Together they go on a journey of redemption that forever changes their lives.
Director: Bruce Logan | Stars: Alexis Rosinsky, Aaron Hendry, Annabelle Kavanagh, Charles Ambrose
Votes: 391
49. A Virgin in Hollywood (1953)
Not Rated | 63 min | Comedy, Music
A young female newspaper reporter is assigned by her editor to investigate the seamier side of Hollywood.
Director: Klaytan W. Kirby | Stars: Dorothy Abbott, Thad Swift, Phil Rhodes, Carol Brewster
Votes: 125
50. Robinsonka (1974)
77 min | Drama, Family
Blazenka likes to imagine she is on a desolate island and has to find a way how to survive. After the death of her mother she stays together with her baby brother and has to take care of ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Miroslava Safránková, Petr Kostka, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Vladimír Dlouhý
Votes: 66