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1. Brotherhood (I) (2010)
R | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A college fraternity initiation rite goes awfully wrong. A bullet wounded frat boy and a kidnapped convenience store clerk end up at the frat house. Panic continues.
Director: Will Canon | Stars: Trevor Morgan, Lou Taylor Pucci, Arlen Escarpeta, Jon Foster
Votes: 4,228
2. Like the Wind (2013)
110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Inspired by a true story LIKE THE WIND narrates 15 years of Armida Miserere's life, a woman who with determination and grit, but also personal suffering, was one of the first woman to ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Simon Puccioni | Stars: Valeria Golino, Filippo Timi, Francesco Scianna, Chiara Caselli
Votes: 436
3. Sorrow and Joy (2013)
107 min | Drama
Danish filmmaker Nils Malmros tells about his manic-depressive wife killing their baby, how he met her, a teacher, two years earlier in 1981 and the time after.
Director: Nils Malmros | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Helle Fagralid, Ida Dwinger, Kristian Halken
Votes: 1,304
4. Since I Don't Have You (2013)
102 min | Drama
The son of the beloved female vocalist in the popular doo-wop group, The Skyliners, confronts his estranged father for the truth about her suicide.
Director: Gavin Rapp | Stars: Tyler Courtad, Cameron McKendry, Caroline Collins, John Sabol
Votes: 40 | Gross: $0.25M
5. Banklady (2013)
118 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The sudden transformation of a lower middle class woman who falls in love with a bank robber and soon becomes one herself.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Heinz Hoenig, Ken Duken, Nadeshda Brennicke, Charly Hübner
Votes: 856
6. Lose Your Head (2013)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
A Spanish party tourist gets lost in Berlin's club scene.
Directors: Stefan Westerwelle, Patrick Schuckmann | Stars: Fernando Tielve, Marko Mandic, Sesede Terziyan, Stavros Yagoulis
Votes: 574
7. Tula: The Revolt (2013)
100 min | Drama, History, War
Tula was the leader of the big slave uprising on the island of Curacao, a Dutch colony in 1795. The story of a man who stood up against his oppressors leading his people in a peaceful march for freedom, equality and brotherhood.
Director: Jeroen Leinders | Stars: Danny Glover, Jeroen Krabbé, Paul Bazely, Deobia Oparei
Votes: 440
8. Fighting for Freedom (2013)
87 min | Drama
Two intertwined families, one American, one Mexican, and their fight to save three year old illegal Angelina from deportation.
Director: Farhad Mann | Stars: Bruce Dern, Kristanna Loken, José María Yazpik, Eddie Allen
Votes: 107
9. The Closed Circuit (2013)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of three successful businessmen who are accused of being members of organized crime and money laundering by corrupt government officials.
Director: Ryszard Bugajski | Stars: Janusz Gajos, Kazimierz Kaczor, Wojciech Zoladkowicz, Robert Olech
Votes: 1,712
10. Apaches (2013)
Unrated | 82 min | Drama
A group of beautiful but morally bankrupt teenagers live the fast life in the dark side of beautiful Corsica, but things spiral out of control when one of their number wants to confess their crimes.
Director: Thierry de Peretti | Stars: François-Joseph Culioli, Aziz El Hadachi, Hamza Meziani, Joseph-Marie Ebrard
Votes: 347
11. One Way Ticket to the Moon (2013)
123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1969, two young brothers travel through Poland not only to send one of them to his army unit at the seaside, but also to become real grown-ups and learn something about themselves.
Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Filip Plawiak, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Bozena Adamek, Alicja Bach
Votes: 524
12. The Hijack That Went South (2013)
93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Kari Hietalahti, Aake Kalliala, Jussi Vatanen, Elina Keinonen
Votes: 983
13. Madrasa (II) (2013)
78 min | Drama
MADRASA (2014) is based on true story about Afghan refugee family living in Iran after war in Afghanistan. The film portrays an innocent 8 year old Afghan girl Meena who wants to go to ... See full summary »
Director: Asad Sikander | Stars: Diana Sikandar, Asad Sikander, Tahmina Rajabova, Farooq Sarkosh
Votes: 15
14. Fly, Dakota, Fly! (2013)
109 min | Drama
A British military transport plane makes an emergency landing on Sado Island. The residents on the island take care of the crew members until the plane can take off once again despite knowing that Britishers are their enemies.
Director: Seiji Aburatani | Stars: Manami Higa, Masataka Kubota, Akira Emoto, Yoriko Dôguchi
Votes: 22
15. The Quispe Girls (2013)
TV-14 | 83 min | Drama
The story of the sisters: Justa, Lucía and Luciana Quispe, shepherds in the Chilean highlands who lead a solitary life.
Director: Sebastián Sepúlveda | Stars: Alfredo Castro, Digna Quispe, Catalina Saavedra, Francisca Gavilán
Votes: 126
16. El regreso (2013)
107 min | Documentary, Drama
El Regreso is a documentary student film, which tells the story of a Wayuu girl who escapes the massacre in Portete (Colombia).
Director: Patricia Ortega | Star: Laureano Olivares
Votes: 20
17. Win Win (2013)
97 min | Comedy
A Swiss mayor and a Chinese watchmaker living in the Jura decide to organize the semi-finals of Miss China in Switzerland.
Director: Claudio Tonetti | Stars: Jean-Luc Couchard, Xiaoxing Cheng, Anne Comte, Guy Lecluyse
Votes: 46
18. Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story (2013)
110 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Alfredo S. Lim has just been awarded as one of Manila's ten most outstanding policemen. The celebration has abruptly ended when one of his co-honorees is killed while trying to stop a ... See full summary »
Director: Cesar Montano | Stars: Cesar Montano, Alessandra De Rossi, Nonie Buencamino, Tirso Cruz III
Votes: 9
19. Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015)
162 min | Biography, Drama, History
The events, trials and tribulations of the city of Makkah in 7th century AD.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mahdi Pakdel, Sareh Bayat, Mina Sadati, Ali Reza Shoja'noori
Votes: 12,080
20. A Prophet (2009)
R | 155 min | Crime, Drama
A delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
Votes: 102,805 | Gross: $2.08M
21. Gomorrah (2008)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama
Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Toni Servillo, Simone Sacchettino
Votes: 51,509 | Gross: $1.58M
22. M (1931)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
Votes: 169,340 | Gross: $0.03M
23. The Lives of Others (2006)
R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 412,928 | Gross: $11.29M
24. Revanche (2008)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 16,027
25. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 805,020 | Gross: $7.56M
26. 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: 638,959 | Gross: $0.71M
27. Election 2 (2006)
Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Ka-Tung Lam
Votes: 6,932 | Gross: $0.05M
28. Amores Perros (2000)
R | 154 min | Drama, Thriller
An amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero
Votes: 254,238 | Gross: $5.38M
29. Tell No One (2006)
Not Rated | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An accidental discovery near a doctor's estate stirs up some painful memories eight years after his wife's hideous murder, and now, things are bound to take a turn for the unexpected. Does the good doctor know more than he's letting on?
Director: Guillaume Canet | Stars: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 58,356 | Gross: $6.18M
30. Headhunters (2011)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard
Votes: 107,657 | Gross: $1.20M
31. The Vanishing (1988)
Not Rated | 107 min | Mystery, Thriller
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.
Director: George Sluizer | Stars: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus
Votes: 44,349
32. The Hunt (2012)
R | 115 min | Drama
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm
Votes: 366,331 | Gross: $0.69M
33. Caché (2005)
R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot
Votes: 85,697 | Gross: $3.63M
34. Drug War (2012)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Honglei Sun, Yi Huang, Michelle Ye
Votes: 10,929 | Gross: $0.13M
35. Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, History
Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to find the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey, John Henshaw, Anthony Flanagan
Votes: 13,754
36. Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, History
The Home Office bring in senior Manchester detective Peter Hunter to conduct a secret review of the Ripper investigation to date.
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Warren Clarke, Paddy Considine, James Fox, David Calder
Votes: 9,637 | Gross: $0.15M
37. Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, History
When another child goes missing, washed-up solicitor John Piggott unwittingly provides a catalyst for Detective Chief Superindent Maurice Jobson to start to right some wrongs.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: David Morrissey, Lisa Howard, Chris Walker, Shaun Dooley
Votes: 8,379
38. Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.
Director: José Padilha | Stars: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz
Votes: 87,245 | Gross: $0.10M
39. Jar City (2006)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir
Votes: 5,674
40. The Raid: Redemption (2011)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Ray Sahetapy, Donny Alamsyah
Votes: 218,171 | Gross: $4.11M
41. No Rest for the Wicked (2011)
Not Rated | 114 min | Crime, Thriller
A corrupt policeman commits a crime when drinking late at night. While his colleagues are trying to investigate his murder, he tries to clean up the evidence.
Director: Enrique Urbizu | Stars: Jose Coronado, Rodolfo Sancho, Helena Miquel, Juanjo Artero
Votes: 5,558
42. Bullhead (2011)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama
Sint-Truiden, Belgium. Jacky, a young cattle farmer who is constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, is approached by a veterinarian to make a deal with a notorious beef trader.
Director: Michaël R. Roskam | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian
Votes: 24,485 | Gross: $0.15M
43. Mother (2009)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yun Je-mun
Votes: 72,053 | Gross: $0.55M
44. Paradise Now (2005)
PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hamza Abu-Aiaash
Votes: 24,221 | Gross: $1.45M
45. The Act of Killing (2012)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Stars: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik
Votes: 41,001 | Gross: $0.49M
46. Pusher II (2004)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Leif Sylvester, Anne Sørensen, Øyvind Hagen-Traberg
Votes: 25,153
47. Lady Vengeance (2005)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Nam-mi Kang, Jeong-nam Choi, Hye-Sook Go, Bok-hwa Baek
Votes: 86,527 | Gross: $0.21M
48. Memories of Murder (2003)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho
Votes: 217,350 | Gross: $0.01M
49. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Carla Quevedo
Votes: 223,684 | Gross: $6.39M
50. Pusher III (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Milo tries to be a family man and run his criminal organization, but a wrong drug shipment endangers everything.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Zlatko Buric, Marinela Dekic, Slavko Labovic, Ramadan Huseini
Votes: 18,171
51. 13 Tzameti (2005)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man takes over a dead man's task without realizing the horror it entails.
Director: Géla Babluani | Stars: George Babluani, Aurélien Recoing, Pascal Bongard, Fred Ulysse
Votes: 18,166 | Gross: $0.12M
52. Flame & Citron (2008)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Drama, History
A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.
Director: Ole Christian Madsen | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Peter Mygind
Votes: 20,076 | Gross: $0.15M
53. Vera Drake (2004)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Richard Graham
Votes: 27,005 | Gross: $3.75M
54. The Man from Nowhere (2010)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.
Director: Lee Jeong-beom | Stars: Won Bin, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Tae-hoon, Kim Hee-won
Votes: 75,203 | Gross: $0.01M
55. With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Laurent Lucas, Sergi López, Mathilde Seigner, Sophie Guillemin
Votes: 12,005 | Gross: $3.82M
56. 36th Precinct (2004)
Not Rated | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
2 cops are promised by the retiring chief of the Paris police that the one, getting the violent gang robbing armored trucks, will get his job. The 2 will do whatever it takes to get the promotion, even if it means breaking the law.
Director: Olivier Marchal | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, André Dussollier, Valeria Golino
Votes: 18,385
57. Vengeance (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Simon Yam, Suet Lam
Votes: 7,032
58. Bronson (2008)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Tom Hardy, Kelly Adams, Luing Andrews, Katy Barker
Votes: 141,763 | Gross: $0.10M
59. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean
Votes: 63,674 | Gross: $1.19M
60. A Hijacking (2012)
R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller
The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen.
Director: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller
Votes: 17,529 | Gross: $0.41M
61. Trainspotting (1996)
R | 93 min | Drama
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 729,447 | Gross: $16.50M
62. The Aura (2005)
Not Rated | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A deluded taxidermist plans the perfect crime.
Director: Fabián Bielinsky | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Manuel Rodal, Dolores Fonzi, Mariana Malamud
Votes: 14,812 | Gross: $0.06M
63. Battle Royale (2000)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 195,345
64. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ori Sivan
Votes: 60,766 | Gross: $2.28M
65. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
R | 150 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz
Votes: 40,375 | Gross: $0.48M
66. Terribly Happy (2008)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A thriller about a Copenhagen cop who moves to a small town after having a nervous breakdown.
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Lene Maria Christensen, Kim Bodnia, Lars Brygmann
Votes: 7,083 | Gross: $0.07M
67. Antibodies (2005)
Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Wanted for a long time, serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police raid. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him and finds out more than he is looking for.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Norman Reedus, Christian von Aster, André Hennicke, Waltraud Witte
Votes: 9,086
68. Soldier of Orange (1977)
R | 165 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
During World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Susan Penhaligon, Edward Fox
Votes: 13,942
Early Paul Verhoeven on Dutch resistance during WWII. Brilliant and hardhitting stuff and considered best Dutch movie of all time. Believe it or not but recently turned into a succesful musical !
69. Come and See (1985)
Not Rated | 142 min | Drama, Thriller, War
After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas
Votes: 97,690
Already in numerous lists here on the IMdb and rightly so. Boy joins Russian partisans during WWII. Not for the fainthearted.
70. The Bridge (1959)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, History, War
In 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers.
Director: Bernhard Wicki | Stars: Volker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht
Votes: 8,705
German boysoldiers have to defend a bridge against US troops during last days of WWII. Uncompromising and (still) extremely realistic and violent. Won Oscar best foreign film 1959.
71. Army of Shadows (1969)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, War
An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret
Votes: 26,008 | Gross: $0.74M
The Shadow Army : French resistance fighters during WWII, by master director Jean-Pierre Melville, based on his own experiences. Sober and superrealistic. With Lino Ventura and Simone Signoret.
72. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, War
In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash
Votes: 66,051 | Gross: $0.06M
Algerian freedom fighters vs. French paratroopers battle it out in 1958-1960. Super realistic and both sides are not spared. Used as trainingfilm for US troops in Bagdad.
73. Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
Approved | 119 min | Drama, War
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Georges Géret, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Votes: 1,927
Retreat at Dunkirk in 1940, also for French troops. Well directed and very spectacular. With Jean-Paul Belmondo.
74. El Alamein - The Line of Fire (2002)
117 min | Drama, War
War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel ... See full summary »
Director: Enzo Monteleone | Stars: Paolo Briguglia, Pierfrancesco Favino, Luciano Scarpa, Emilio Solfrizzi
Votes: 2,026
Excellent classic-style recounting and rare view of the Italian side during the battle for El Alamein in 1942.
75. War and Peace (1965)
GP | 393 min | Drama, Romance, War
The Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Boris Zakhava
Votes: 8,413 | Gross: $0.13M
Massive Russian version (about 8 hours !)of "War and Peace", largely dealing with Napoleonic Wars of the beginning of 19th century. 5 years in the making with 10.000's of extras. Doesn't have Henry Fonda or Audrey Hepburn but the sheer scale of the thing steamrollers over everything comparable.
76. Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Approved | 173 min | Drama, History, War
August 1944. The Allies are approaching Paris and resistance groups within the city start to plan an uprising against the Germans. However, Hitler wants the city destroyed if it looks like the Allies will take it.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 5,226
OK, there are some US actors but this is mainly a French show, their own version of the Longest day, being the liberation of Paris in 1944. A bit overambitious but definitely worth a look. Includes almost all major French stars of the sixties.
77. Life and Nothing But (1989)
PG | 135 min | Drama, War
Intense character study of men and women driven by an overpowering obsession with the past.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Pascale Vignal, Maurice Barrier
Votes: 2,136 | Gross: $0.43M
Not much fighting here as it treats mainly the aftermath and traumatizing effect of WWI on the French people. Sobering and thought-provoking work from acclaimed director Bertrand Tavernier, as a French major (Plilippe Noiret) must coordinate the search for remains of fallen soldiers, including the one for the future "Unknown Soldier".
78. Downfall (2004)
R | 156 min | Biography, Drama, History
Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler
Votes: 377,263 | Gross: $5.51M
Probably one of the best-known recent foreign war movies. Features Hitlers' famous rant, countlessly multiplied on Youtube. Actor Bruno Ganz almost resembles Hitler more then the actual Adolf Hitler.
79. Das Boot (1981)
R | 149 min | Drama, War
A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 265,637 | Gross: $11.49M
Internationally most succesfull German movie of all time. Director Wolfgang Petersen went on to a great career in Hollywood (Troy, Airforce One, In the Line of Fire,....).
80. The Old Gun (1975)
R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During World War II, a peaceful French surgeon decides to ruthlessly exterminate an SS squad because of the atrocities they'd just committed in his countryside home and childhood village.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider, Jean Bouise, Joachim Hansen
Votes: 4,884
Softspoken French doctor takes on the German SS after they murdered his family. Brilliant movie but not for everyone. In some countries X-rated due to high dose of realistic violence. With big French stars of the time Philippe Noiret and Romy Schneider.
81. The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
122 min | Drama, History, War
Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians.
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Claudia Cardinale, Leslie Caron
Votes: 988
French version of the famous Napoleonic victory at Austerlitz in 1807. Pretty spectacular and directed by French monument Abel Gance.
82. Sturmtruppen (1976)
110 min | Comedy, War
Director: Salvatore Samperi | Stars: Renato Pozzetto, Lino Toffolo, Cochi Ponzoni, Teo Teocoli
Votes: 269
Highly unusual Italian war comedy featuring a bungling German Wehrmacht unit in Italy during WWII. Movie plays it completely straight. Not for all tastes. Apparently a box-office succes as a sequel was made.
83. The Grand Illusion (1937)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War
During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 39,077 | Gross: $0.17M
Famous French war movie by acclaimed director Jean Renoir on French prisoners of war and their German captors during WWI. They try to escape ofcourse but why ? They were better of in a prison camp then the carnage in the WWI trenches ! With Jean Gabin and Erich von Stroheim as the disabled German colonel.
84. The Four Days of Naples (1962)
120 min | Drama, War
The film shows the history of the Neapolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans during World War II. During the four days in Naples, the revolt turns over in just a few hours. ... See full summary »
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Raffaele Barbato, Charles Belmont, Regina Bianchi, Silvana Buzzanca
Votes: 1,024
Spirited account on how the Italian people forced the Germans to turn Naples into an open city in 1944. A bit over the top but very well executed. With Gian Maria Volonte.
85. Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
G | 132 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid German captivity.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Claudio Brook, Andréa Parisy
Votes: 20,288
Still to this day immensely popular French war comedy. A mixed bunch, a self-important music conductor, a simple housepainter and several downed British airmen try to reach Switzerland before the Germans can catch them. A real classic.
86. A Very Long Engagement (2004)
R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 76,400 | Gross: $6.17M
Director Jean Pierre Jeunet follow-up to his worldwide acclaimed. "Amélie Poulain". A young bride goes in search for her husband on the battlefields of France during WWI. See this on a big screen if you can. Jeunet got so much budget for this movie it almost seems he has trouble spending it all !
87. Black Book (2006)
R | 145 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn
Votes: 80,943 | Gross: $4.40M
Paul Verhoeven does it again with this fast-paced and spectacular account on the last days and aftermath of WWII in Holland. A Jewish girl falls in love with a sympathetic (!) SS officer. Full of twists and turns and nobody is who he seems. Most expensive Dutch movie ever made.
88. Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
95 min | Drama, War
During World War II, French commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.
Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 2,108
French classic set in 1942 during desert war in Lybia. Launched career of acclaimed French actor Lino Ventura. Also stars Hardy Kruger.
89. King of Hearts (1966)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During World War I, a British private, sent ahead to a French town to scout for enemy presence, is mistaken for a King by the colorful patients of an insane asylum.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Alan Bates, Geneviève Bujold, Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 4,377 | Gross: $0.02M
During WWI a lost British soldier (Alan Bates) finds refuge in mental asylum. But the Germans are not far away......Despite settings sometimes very funny thanks to great direction by Philiipe De Broca.
90. Goodbye, Children (1987)
PG | 104 min | Drama, War
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg
Votes: 36,340 | Gross: $4.54M
One of the most acclaimed French movies ever.
91. Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959)
93 min | Drama, War
In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Joachim Hansen, Wilhelm Borchert, Wolfgang Preiss, Carl Lange
Votes: 850
Strong and realistic account viewed from the side of the Germans on the defeat at Stalingrad in 1943.
92. The Battle of Neretva (1969)
G | 105 min | Drama, History, War
World War II drama about the 1943 battle around the Neretva River between Axis forces and Yugoslav partisan units.
Director: Veljko Bulajic | Stars: Yul Brynner, Hardy Krüger, Franco Nero, Sylva Koscina
Votes: 4,054
Spectacular account of the battle of Neretva which opposed Axis troops (together with a high number of collaborating Cetniks and Croatian forces) against Tito's partisans. Stellar international cast includes Yul Brynner, Orson Welles and Franco Nero. Runs over 175 minutes (avoid at all costs the 102 min. US version !).
93. The Great War (1959)
Approved | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Bernard Blier, Folco Lulli
Votes: 4,622
Rather grim account of less-known battle between the Italian army and the Austrians around the Appenine mountains during WW1. Stars Vittoria Gassman and Alberto Sordi. Nominated for Foreign Film Oscar.
94. The Winter War (1989)
199 min | Drama, History, War
In 1939, two Finnish brothers are conscripted in the army to fight in the war between Finland and the Soviet Union.
Director: Pekka Parikka | Stars: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen
Votes: 8,778
Disturbing and realistic account of the Finno-Russsian winter war from 1939-40. The Finns caused the Russians heavy casulaties but were overwhelmed by sheer number and in the end had to agree to some sort odd truce (already broken with the arrival of the Germans in 1941). Most expensive Finnish movie ever made and it shows !
95. The Last Metro (1980)
PG | 131 min | Drama, Romance, War
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol
Votes: 15,932
Ok not much battle action here, but this is a very entertaining and charming film on life in Paris during the German occupation. Made by François Truffaut and stars Gérard Depardieu and Catherine DeNeuve so you really can't go wrong there! Was covered in Césars (french Oscars).
96. Fort Saganne (1984)
180 min | Drama, History, War
Young army officer of peasant origin becomes a war hero battling in the Sahara while seducing a young woman from the aristocratic class.
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, Sophie Marceau
Votes: 1,112
Long epic on the colonization of North Africa by the French in the latter half of the 19th century. For a French movie pretty spectacular and stars Depardieu as the big conquerer (and a small rolefor Sophie Marceau as his wife!). Solid direction by Alain Corneau.
97. Stalingrad (1993)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, War
The story follows a group of German soldiers, from their Italian R&R in the summer of 1942 to the frozen steppes of Soviet Russia and ending with the battle for Stalingrad.
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph
Votes: 37,876 | Gross: $0.08M
Another big-budget European war movie, this time on the well-known German defeat at Stalingrad in 1943. Pretty grim and realistic but what did you expect ? It's not Snow white (or is it ?).
98. Soldier of Orange (1977)
R | 165 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
During World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Susan Penhaligon, Edward Fox
Votes: 13,942
Early Paul Verhoeven on Dutch resistance during WWII. Brilliant and hardhitting stuff and considered best Dutch movie of all time. Believe it or not but recently turned into a succesful musical !
99. Come and See (1985)
Not Rated | 142 min | Drama, Thriller, War
After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas
Votes: 97,690
Already in numerous lists here on the IMdb and rightly so. Boy joins Russian partisans during WWII. Not for the fainthearted.
100. The Bridge (1959)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, History, War
In 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers.
Director: Bernhard Wicki | Stars: Volker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht
Votes: 8,705
German boysoldiers have to defend a bridge against US troops during last days of WWII. Uncompromising and (still) extremely realistic and violent. Won Oscar best foreign film 1959.
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