【Strange】Situations

by angeliki_spatki | created - 10 Aug 2011 | updated - 3 months ago | Public

Common situations on process to become strange or uncommon ࿐ see also disorder list ࿐ (total 139 movies in unusual ambience)

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1. Boy on a Dolphin (1957)

Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A woman who finds a treasure is torn between two men: one who wants to sell it, and one who wants to donate it to Greece.

Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren, Alexis Minotis

Votes: 1,899

Jean Negulesco

2. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)

Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy, Romance

Stories about three very different women and the men they attract.

Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè, Agostino Salvietti

Votes: 10,115

Vittorio De Sica ࿓ starring Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren ࿓ see Mastroianni movies selection list

3. A Place for Lovers (1968)

R | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Julia, a fashion designer harboring a secret, spends ten days of passion in the Alps with Valerio, a race car driver, in what will be their last vacation together.

Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Faye Dunaway, Enrico Simonetti, Karin Eugh

Votes: 876

Vittorio De Sica

4. It Only Happens to Others (1971)

PG | 90 min | Drama

Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-old baby, they face a slow but definite self-destruction.

Director: Nadine Trintignant | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Serge Marquand, Dominique Labourier

Votes: 270

"Ça n' arrive qu'aux autres" Nadine Trintignant

5. Luna (1979)

R | 142 min | Drama

While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar, Renato Salvatori

Votes: 5,375

"Luna" Bernardo Bertolucci ࿐ See all Bernardo Bertolucci titles selection list ࿐ starring Jill Clayburgh

6. Country (1984)

PG | 105 min | Drama

Gilbert Ivy and his wife Jewell are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gilbert has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but his wife ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley, Matt Clark

Votes: 2,238 | Gross: $9.64M

"Country" (In this country when the land is your life... you fight for your life...) Richard Pearce

7. Manhattan (1979)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

83 Metascore

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy

Votes: 147,215 | Gross: $45.70M

Woody Allen (First appearance of Woody Allen on screen as director) ࿐ (7)

8. New York Stories (1989)

PG | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12-year-old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.

Directors: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese | Stars: Woody Allen, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Marvin Chatinover

Votes: 19,734 | Gross: $10.76M

(One city. Three stories tall) by Woody Allen

9. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a troubled marriage while her stepsister gets engaged.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Goldie Hawn, Julia Roberts, Edward Norton

Votes: 39,400 | Gross: $9.71M

by Woody Allen

10. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

77 Metascore

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Bill Bernstein, Claire Bloom

Votes: 60,777 | Gross: $18.25M

"Crimes and misdemeanors" by Woody Allen

11. Scoop (2006)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

48 Metascore

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Jim Dunk, Robert Bathurst

Votes: 87,586 | Gross: $10.53M

by Woody Allen

12. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

Two friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Christopher Evan Welch

Votes: 268,812 | Gross: $23.22M

by Woody Allen

13. Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

60 Metascore

When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a ditzy porn star and prostitute.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Pamela Blair, Rene Ceballos

Votes: 42,790 | Gross: $6.70M

"Mighty Aphrodite" ࿐ Woody Allen (See all Woody Allen titles) ࿐

14. Law of Desire (1987)

NC-17 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A gay filmmaker becomes involved with an obsessive fan while still pining for his absent true love. Meanwhile, he shares a close but complex relationship with his trans sister, an actress.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina

Votes: 14,074

"La ley del deseo" Pedro Almodovar

15. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

75 Metascore

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks

Votes: 40,799 | Gross: $41.38M

by Francis Ford Coppola

16. Dead Poets Society (1989)

PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama

79 Metascore

Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles

Votes: 545,630 | Gross: $95.86M

Peter Weir

17. Dying Young (1991)

R | 111 min | Drama, Romance

A caregiver falls in love with a terminally ill man.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst

Votes: 17,206 | Gross: $33.67M

"Dying young" Joel Schumacher

18. Bitter Moon (1992)

R | 139 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

62 Metascore

After hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Peter Coyote

Votes: 42,663 | Gross: $1.86M

"Bitter moon" Roman Polanski

19. Indecent Proposal (1993)

R | 117 min | Drama, Romance

45 Metascore

A billionaire offers $1,000,000 to a young married couple for one night with the wife.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel

Votes: 78,084 | Gross: $106.61M

"Indecent Proposal" Adrian Lyne

20. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

R | 142 min | Drama

82 Metascore

Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

Votes: 2,887,515 | Gross: $28.34M

Frank Darabont (Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.)

21. Before Sunrise (1995)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance

78 Metascore

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl

Votes: 339,145 | Gross: $5.54M

Richard Linklater (A trip to Vienna, a meeting on the train becomes the begining of a short aquantance which continues by chance -after a long interval- in Paris...) ࿐ (3)

22. Before Sunset (2004)

R | 80 min | Drama, Romance

91 Metascore

Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torrès

Votes: 287,714 | Gross: $5.82M

Richard Linklater The games hazard plays... After many years they meet and the memory of past love will be the cause of a new love affair between them... ࿐

23. Tape (2001)

R | 86 min | Drama

71 Metascore

Three old high school friends meet in a Michigan motel room to dissect painful memories from their past.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman

Votes: 21,124 | Gross: $0.49M

Richard Linklater

24. Total Eclipse (1995)

R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

42 Metascore

Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer, Dominique Blanc

Votes: 16,771 | Gross: $0.34M

"Total Eclipse" Agnieszka Holland

25. Swept from the Sea (1997)

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

The story of Russian emigrant Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of nineteenth century. When Yanko enters a farm, sick and hungry after a shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy.

Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates

Votes: 3,608 | Gross: $0.28M

Beeban Kidron

26. As Good as It Gets (1997)

PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

67 Metascore

A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr.

Votes: 318,330 | Gross: $148.48M

"As good as it gets" ࿐ James L. Brooks

27. Rounders (1998)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama

53 Metascore

A young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.

Director: John Dahl | Stars: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich

Votes: 160,132 | Gross: $22.91M

John Dahl

28. Lulu on the Bridge (1998)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

Director: Paul Auster | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Richard Edson, Don Byron

Votes: 4,194

Paul Auster

29. Beautiful Mother (1999)

102 min | Comedy

On his wedding day, Antoine falls madly in love with Léa, his mother-in-law.

Director: Gabriel Aghion | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Lindon, Mathilde Seigner, Line Renaud

Votes: 1,031

Gabriel Aghion

30. Forces of Nature (1999)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance

46 Metascore

A soon-to-be-married man encounters an exciting stranger after his plane suffers an accident on takeoff.

Director: Bronwen Hughes | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn

Votes: 35,945 | Gross: $52.89M

"Forces of nature" Bronwen Hughes

31. Erin Brockovich (2000)

R | 131 min | Biography, Drama

73 Metascore

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick

Votes: 221,166 | Gross: $125.60M

Steven Soderbergh (She brought a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees)

32. Gossip (I) (2000)

R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

31 Metascore

Three college students base their class project around gossip and how fast it spreads, which soon spirals out of control.

Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson

Votes: 17,551 | Gross: $5.11M

Davis Guggenheim (Some people are dying to hear it)

33. I Dreamed of Africa (2000)

PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

33 Metascore

A bored Italian socialite (Kim Basinger) abandons her jet-set lifestyle for the rigors and rewards of rural Kenya in this true story, based on the best-selling memoir by Kuki Gallmann. Directed by Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire).

Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Liam Aiken, Garrett Strommen

Votes: 4,893 | Gross: $6.54M

Hugh Hudson

34. I Am Sam (2001)

PG-13 | 132 min | Drama

28 Metascore

An intellectually disabled man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.

Director: Jessie Nelson | Stars: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest

Votes: 155,283 | Gross: $40.31M

Jessie Nelson "I am Sam" (Love is all you need)

35. Say Nothing (2001)

R | 94 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

An unfulfilled married woman becomes intrigued by an alluring suitor whose attention soon becomes obsessive.

Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Hart Bochner, William Baldwin, Jordy Benattar

Votes: 723

Allan Moyle (A passionate affair a dangerous obsession)

36. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

66 Metascore

Bridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.

Director: Sharon Maguire | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones

Votes: 263,389 | Gross: $71.54M

Sharon Maguire

37. Angel Eyes (2001)

R | 102 min | Drama, Romance

39 Metascore

A mysterious man is drawn to a feisty female police officer and an unusual relationship ensues, as not everything is as it seems.

Director: Luis Mandoki | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, Jeremy Sisto, Terrence Howard

Votes: 25,702 | Gross: $24.04M

(The deeper you look the more you will find) ࿓ starring Jennifer Lopez ࿓ Luis Mandoki

38. The Hours (2002)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance

80 Metascore

The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane

Votes: 138,491 | Gross: $41.68M

"The hours" ࿐ starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman ࿓ Stephen Daldry

39. 21 Grams (2003)

R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

70 Metascore

A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Danny Huston

Votes: 245,833 | Gross: $16.29M

(The weight of a hummingbird) ࿓ Alejandro G. Iñárritu (How much does life weigh?) ࿓ starring Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts

40. Big Fish (2003)

PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

58 Metascore

A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange

Votes: 458,808 | Gross: $66.26M

"Big Fish" ࿓ Tim Burton

41. The Chorus (2004)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Music

56 Metascore

Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.

Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad

Votes: 67,135 | Gross: $3.64M

"Les Choristes" ࿓ Christophe Barratier

42. Love Songs (2007)

Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

70 Metascore

Ismael and Julie enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love.

Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Clotilde Hesme, Chiara Mastroianni

Votes: 10,146 | Gross: $0.10M

"Les chansons d' amour" ࿐ Christophe Honoré

43. In Her Shoes (2005)

PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

60 Metascore

Strait-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, Anson Mount

Votes: 65,065 | Gross: $32.88M

Curtis Hanson "In her shoes" ࿓ starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley Maclaine

44. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama

59 Metascore

In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson

Votes: 24,520 | Gross: $0.83M

"Breakfast on Pluto" Neil Jordan

(Fall in love with Paris 18 times)

46. The Trap (2007)

Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A couple finds out their son urgently needs an expensive heart surgery. While struggling to find the money, the father is approached by a mysterious man proposing a sinister deal.

Director: Srdan Golubovic | Stars: Nebojsa Glogovac, Natasa Ninkovic, Anica Dobra, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic

Votes: 10,268

Srdan Golubovic

47. The Visitor (I) (2007)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

79 Metascore

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass

Votes: 44,522 | Gross: $9.42M

Tom McCarthy (Connection is everything)

48. Awake (2007)

R | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

33 Metascore

A wealthy young man undergoing heart transplant surgery discovers that the surgical team intend to murder him.

Director: Joby Harold | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin

Votes: 80,557 | Gross: $14.38M

"Awake" Johy Harold

49. Burn After Reading (2008)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

63 Metascore

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: 353,146 | Gross: $60.36M

"Burn after reading" Joel & Ethan Coen

50. Revolutionary Road (2008)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance

69 Metascore

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Christopher Fitzgerald, Jonathan Roumie

Votes: 224,941 | Gross: $22.91M

Sam Mendes more on this movie

51. Gran Torino (2008)

R | 116 min | Drama

73 Metascore

After a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her

Votes: 814,786 | Gross: $148.10M

The story of a lonely ex-cap living on the suburbs taking care of his car until he frequents an immigrants family and devote himself to their protection - by Clint Eastwood

52. Two Lovers (2008)

R | 110 min | Drama, Romance

74 Metascore

A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor.

Director: James Gray | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Anne Joyce

Votes: 43,539 | Gross: $3.15M

"Two lovers" ࿐ James Gray

53. Easy Virtue (2008)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

58 Metascore

A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.

Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth

Votes: 22,453 | Gross: $2.66M

Stephan Elliott

54. Flashbacks of a Fool (2008)

R | 109 min | Drama

A fading Hollywood star looks back at the days of his youth as he returns home from his best friend's funeral.

Director: Baillie Walsh | Stars: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Eve, Olivia Williams

Votes: 12,935 | Gross: $0.00M

Baillie Walsh "Flashbacks of a fool" ࿐ starring Daniel Craig, Harry Eden

55. Rachel Getting Married (2008)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance

85 Metascore

A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Debra Winger, Sebastian Stan

Votes: 51,214 | Gross: $12.80M

Jonathan Demme

56. Last Chance Harvey (2008)

PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Romance

57 Metascore

In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.

Director: Joel Hopkins | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker, Eileen Atkins

Votes: 22,418 | Gross: $14.88M

(It'a about first loves, last chances and everything in between) Joel Hopkins

57. A Summer in Genoa (2008)

R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A man moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genova changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Colin Firth, Perla Haney-Jardine, Willa Holland, Catherine Keener

Votes: 6,779

(We all need a place to start again) Michael Winterbottom

58. Seven Pounds (2008)

PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

36 Metascore

A man with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy

Votes: 315,161 | Gross: $69.95M

"Seven pounds" Gabriele Muccino

59. Comme les autres (2008)

93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn't. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay?

Director: Vincent Garenq | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Pilar López de Ayala, Pascal Elbé, Anne Brochet

Votes: 1,421

"Comme les autres" Vincent Garenq

60. Eat Pray Love (2010)

PG-13 | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

50 Metascore

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins, Viola Davis

Votes: 105,866 | Gross: $80.57M

Ryan Murphy (Let yourself go this August) ࿐

61. Shame (2011)

NC-17 | 101 min | Drama

72 Metascore

A sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.

Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Lucy Walters

Votes: 206,193 | Gross: $4.00M

Steve McQueen

62. Take This Waltz (2011)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

68 Metascore

A happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.

Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Aaron Abrams

Votes: 30,284 | Gross: $1.24M

"Take this waltz" ࿐ Sarah Polley starring Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen

63. Colombiana (2011)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

45 Metascore

A young girl in Bogotá witnesses her parents' murder and grows up to be a stone-cold assassin.

Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Mollà

Votes: 107,624 | Gross: $36.67M

Olivier Megaton (Revenge is beautiful)

64. Curiosity Killed the Cat (2012)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The last time Helen entered The Cup Coffeehouse, she broke up with her bi-sexual boyfriend whose gay side was suddenly overshadowing his straight side as he flirted with Jamie, the ... See full summary »

Director: A.J. Mattioli | Stars: Blanche Baker, Elissa Goldstein, Keith Collins, Samantha Artese

Votes: 17

A. J. Mattioli (Jana Mattioli)

65. Adoration (2013)

R | 112 min | Drama, Romance

37 Metascore

A pair of childhood friends and neighbors fall for each other's sons.

Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville

Votes: 36,677 | Gross: $0.32M

"Adore" Anne Fontaine

66. Reinventing Marvin (2017)

115 min | Drama

A young man runs away from his family to become an actor.

Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Finnegan Oldfield, Grégory Gadebois, Vincent Macaigne, Catherine Salée

Votes: 1,584

by Anne Fontaine LU

67. Belgica (2016)

127 min | Drama

63 Metascore

The drama follows two brothers who start a bar and get swept up in its success in the midst of Belgium's nightlife scene.

Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Stef Aerts, Tom Vermeir, Stefaan De Winter, Dominique Van Malder

Votes: 4,768

Felix van Groeningen

68. Mr. Stein Goes Online (2017)

99 min | Comedy, Romance

An elderly widower pretends to be a young man on a dating site.

Director: Stéphane Robelin | Stars: Pierre Richard, Yaniss Lespert, Fanny Valette, Stéphane Bissot

Votes: 3,110

Stéphane Robelin

69. Call Me by Your Name (2017)

R | 132 min | Drama, Romance

94 Metascore

In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar

Votes: 315,438 | Gross: $18.10M

Luca Guadagnino

70. Laurence Anyways (2012)

Not Rated | 168 min | Drama, Romance

73 Metascore

A drama that charts ten years in a transgender woman's relationship with her lover.

Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuel Schwartz, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye

Votes: 22,199

"Laurence anyways" Xavier Dolan

71. Matthias & Maxime (2019)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance

60 Metascore

Hidden feelings come to light and threaten the bond of a group of friends in their late 20s.

Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas, Xavier Dolan, Pier-Luc Funk, Samuel Gauthier

Votes: 9,120

by Xavier Dolan

72. Asylum (2005)

R | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

51 Metascore

A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty of the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Natasha Richardson, Sean Harris, Marton Csokas, Ian McKellen

Votes: 5,446 | Gross: $0.37M

"Asylum" David Mackenzie

73. Border (2018)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

75 Metascore

A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.

Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson, Ann Petrén

Votes: 34,235 | Gross: $0.77M

by Ali Abbasi DK

74. The Public (2018)

PG-13 | 119 min | Drama

46 Metascore

An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.

Director: Emilio Estevez | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Taylor Schilling, Emilio Estevez, Jena Malone

Votes: 4,515 | Gross: $0.57M

Emilio Estevez

75. Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

71 Metascore

Miles, a high-profile divorce lawyer, wins a case for his rich but adulterous client Rex Rexroth. But Rex's ex-wife, Marylin, who is no saint and is a gold-digger, plots to take revenge on Miles.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, Geoffrey Rush

Votes: 101,833 | Gross: $35.33M

"Intolerable cruelty" (Engage the enemy) ࿓ Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

76. Alfie (2004)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

49 Metascore

A cockney womanizer learns the hard way about the dangers of his actions.

Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Susan Sarandon, Renée Taylor

Votes: 54,965 | Gross: $13.40M

"Alfie" (What's it all about?) ࿓ Charles Shyer

77. Life Itself (2018)

R | 117 min | Drama, Romance

21 Metascore

As a young New York City couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.

Director: Dan Fogelman | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Annette Bening, Mandy Patinkin

Votes: 24,634 | Gross: $4.10M

Dan Fogelman (w. d.)

78. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance

69 Metascore

Hazel and Gus are teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially "An Imperial Affliction", so they embark on a journey to visit an author in Amsterdam.

Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern

Votes: 401,023 | Gross: $124.87M

"The fault in our stars" ࿓ Josh Boone

79. Like Crazy (2011)

PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, Romance

68 Metascore

A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

Director: Drake Doremus | Stars: Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bewley

Votes: 63,294 | Gross: $3.41M

"Crazy" ࿓ Drake Doremus ࿓ starring Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones

80. The Danish Girl (2015)

R | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

66 Metascore

A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Ben Whishaw

Votes: 199,206 | Gross: $11.11M

by Tom Hooper ◊ (Find the courage to be yourself) ◊ starring Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander ☺ watch related trailer HD

81. Colette (I) (2018)

R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History

74 Metascore

Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.

Director: Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, Robert Pugh

Votes: 26,425 | Gross: $5.14M

by Wash Westmoreland ◊ (History is about to change) ◊ starring Keira Knightley

82. The Wings of the Dove (1997)

R | 102 min | Drama, Romance

73 Metascore

An impoverished woman who has been forced to choose between a privileged life with her wealthy aunt and her journalist lover, befriends an American heiress. When she discovers the heiress is attracted to her own lover and is dying, she sees a chance to have both the privileged life she cannot give up and the lover she cannot live without.

Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alex Jennings, Charlotte Rampling

Votes: 13,050 | Gross: $13.72M

"The wings of the dove" ࿓ Iain Softley

83. A Boy Named Flora A (2017)

TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

A heart-warming story of a family that has a lot of issues financially, emotionally, and physically with a lot of humorous family members.

Stars: Crowd Lu, Chen-Nan Tsai, Chu-Mei Fan, Cammy Chiang

Votes: 353

(Chinese TV Series)

84. A Kid Like Jake (2018)

R | 92 min | Drama

58 Metascore

The loving parents of a four-year-old must come to terms with the fact that their child is gay.

Director: Silas Howard | Stars: Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Votes: 3,890 | Gross: $0.04M

by Silas Howard

85. Juliet, Naked (2018)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

67 Metascore

Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) has an unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession.

Director: Jesse Peretz | Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Kitty O'Beirne

Votes: 24,687 | Gross: $3.44M

by Jesse Peretz ࿓ starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O'Dowd (based on a novel)

86. Permanent Midnight (1998)

R | 88 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

57 Metascore

A comedy writer struggles to overcome his addiction to heroin while putting his professional and personal life in danger.

Director: David Veloz | Stars: Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Jay Paulson, Spencer Garrett

Votes: 7,928 | Gross: $1.17M

by David Veloz ࿓ starring Ben Stiller

87. Queen of Hearts (2019)

Not Rated | 127 min | Drama

67 Metascore

A successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson.

Director: May el-Toukhy | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper, Liv Esmår Dannemann

Votes: 14,492

"Queen of hearts" ࿓ by May El Toukhy

88. Helen (V) (2019)

117 min | Drama, Thriller

An ordinary suburban girl suddenly disappears, leaving her loved ones in a desperate search as she must face the ultimate battle - the one for her life.

Director: Mathukutty Xavier | Stars: Anna Ben, Lal, Noble Babu Thomas, Aju Varghese

Votes: 3,747

(Sometimes even to live is an act of courage) by Mathukutty Xavier

89. Oldboy (2013)

R | 104 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

49 Metascore

Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for twenty years without reason.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharlto Copley

Votes: 80,783 | Gross: $2.19M

"Old boy" ࿓ by Spike Lee (Ask not why you were imprisoned, ask why you were set free)

90. Prescription for Danger (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Ivy and Skyler have started a popular web site. Ivy's health suffers from the stress. Her doctor has her scanned. She only has short time to live. She starts on expensive, illegal, experimental drugs. Is the doctor lying?

Director: Caroline Labrèche | Stars: Joanne Kelly, Shaun Benson, Genelle Williams, Alysa King

Votes: 696

"Prescription to danger" ࿓ by Caroline Labrèche ࿓ (starring Joanne Kelly) ࿓ watch related trailer

91. Sans dessein (2009)

Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy

A young man is visited by the ghost of his older self in order to change his destiny.

Directors: Caroline Labrèche, Steeve Léonard | Stars: Steeve Léonard, Caroline Labrèche, Julie Tétreault, Vincent Desmarchais

Votes: 85

"Lost cause" ࿓ by Caroline Labrèche

92. And Then We Danced (2019)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance

68 Metascore

A passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.

Director: Levan Akin | Stars: Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili, Kakha Gogidze

Votes: 14,349

"And then we danced" ࿓ by Levan Akin

93. August: Osage County (2013)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama

58 Metascore

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

Director: John Wells | Stars: Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis

Votes: 95,326 | Gross: $37.74M

by John Wells

94. A Delicate Balance (1973)

PG | 133 min | Drama

A well-to-do Connecticut family is upended when the grown daughter's godparents, seized by a nameless terror, decide to come live with them.

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid

Votes: 910

by Tony Richardson

95. The Souvenir (2019)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance

92 Metascore

A young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.

Director: Joanna Hogg | Stars: Neil Young, Tosin Cole, Jack McMullen, Frankie Wilson

Votes: 14,485 | Gross: $1.04M

by Joanna Hogg

96. Sandra (1965)

105 min | Drama, Mystery

Sandra returns to her childhood village to take care of family business, but her childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig, Renzo Ricci

Votes: 2,245

by Luchino Visconti

97. The Happy Prince (2018)

R | 105 min | Biography, Drama

64 Metascore

The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humor.

Director: Rupert Everett | Stars: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan

Votes: 5,876 | Gross: $0.47M

by Rupert Everett

98. This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

44 Metascore

After their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes, and might-have-beens.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver

Votes: 89,228 | Gross: $34.29M

by Shawn Levy (✿◡‿◡) more about this movie

99. We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance

66 Metascore

An indiscretion between two close friends tears down their respective marriages.

Director: John Curran | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts

Votes: 9,945 | Gross: $2.04M

(starring Naomi Watts, Lorna Dern, Rob Low) by John Curran US

100. Loveless (2017)

R | 127 min | Drama

86 Metascore

A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Marina Vasileva

Votes: 35,551 | Gross: $0.57M

bu Andrey Zvyagintsev RU



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