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1. Sauvage / Wild (2018)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
Leo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash. The men come and go, and he stays right here - longing for love. He doesn't know what the future will bring. He hits the road. His heart is pounding.
Director: Camille Vidal-Naquet | Stars: Félix Maritaud, Farid-Eric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla, Philippe Ohrel
Votes: 5,488 | Gross: $0.06M
2. So Long, My Son (2019)
185 min | Drama
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Jingchun Wang, Mei Yong, Xi Qi, Roy Wang
Votes: 5,286
3. Greta (2018)
R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman befriends a lonely widow who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Jane Perry
Votes: 38,115 | Gross: $10.52M
4. Murder Me, Monster (2018)
109 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A rural police officer investigates a strange case in which a woman is found headless. The main suspect puts the blame on a legendary monster.
Director: Alejandro Fadel | Stars: Víctor López, Esteban Bigliardi, Tania Casciani, Romina Iniesta
Votes: 1,073
5. Brief Story from the Green Planet (2019)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Tania learns that her grandmother spent the last years of her life in the loving company of an alien. Together with two friends, the Trans woman travels through rural Argentina to bring the creature back to its place of origin.
Director: Santiago Loza | Stars: Romina Escobar, Paula Grinszpan, Luis Soda
Votes: 228
6. School's Out (2018)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A substitute teacher is put in charge of a class of future geniuses after their teacher commits suicide.
Director: Sébastien Marnier | Stars: Laurent Lafitte, Emmanuelle Bercot, Luàna Bajrami, Victor Bonnel
Votes: 3,118
7. Yuli (2018)
Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
The director Icíar Bollaín presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. A dancer who did not want to dance.
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martínez, Edilson Manuel Olbera Núñez
Votes: 2,296
8. System Crasher (2019)
125 min | Drama
9-year-old Benni is a toss-up between institutions that cannot tackle her outbursts. She wants to move in with her mother, but she can not handle her wild daughter. After Micha is hired Benni slowly opens up and attaches herself to him.
Director: Nora Fingscheidt | Stars: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister
Votes: 14,803
9. The Mountain (II) (2018)
106 min | Drama
The story of a young man who, after losing his mother, goes to work with a doctor specializing in lobotomies and therapies.
Director: Rick Alverson | Stars: Tye Sheridan, Udo Kier, Larry Fessenden, Margot Klein
Votes: 1,793 | Gross: $0.05M
10. Manta Ray (2018)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the ... See full summary »
Director: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng | Stars: Aphisit Hama, Wanlop Rungkumjad, Rasmee Wayrana
Votes: 1,030
11. Petra (I) (2018)
TV-MA | 107 min | Drama
The identity of Petra's father has been hidden from her all her life. When her mother dies, Petra embarks on a quest which leads to Jaume, a celebrated artist and a powerful, ruthless man.
Director: Jaime Rosales | Stars: Bárbara Lennie, Alex Brendemühl, Joan Botey, Marisa Paredes
Votes: 1,365
12. The Harvesters (2018)
TV-MA | 102 min | Drama
South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is ... See full summary »
Director: Etienne Kallos | Stars: Brent Vermeulen, Alex van Dyk, Juliana Venter, Morné Visser
Votes: 966
13. El Angel (2018)
Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The angelic face of Carlos, a 17-year-old teenager, hides a dark facet of robberies, lies and murders.
Director: Luis Ortega | Stars: Lorenzo Ferro, Cecilia Roth, Luis Gnecco, Malena Villa
Votes: 11,557 | Gross: $0.09M
14. Synonyms (2019)
Unrated | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevillotte, Uria Hayik
Votes: 6,294
15. The Third Wife (2018)
R | 96 min | Drama
In 19th century rural Vietnam, May is ready to become the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Little does she know that her hidden desires will force her to decide between living in safety and being free.
Director: Ash Mayfair | Stars: Hong Chuong Nguyen, Long Le Vu, Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Maya
Votes: 2,304 | Gross: $0.08M
16. The Conformist (1970)
R | 113 min | Drama
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio
Votes: 33,729 | Gross: $0.54M
17. The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
115 min | Documentary
Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of legendary director and actor Orson Welles to reveal a portrait of the artist as he's never been seen before.
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Orson Welles, Jack Klaff, Beatrice Welles
Votes: 1,112 | Gross: $0.01M
18. Divine Love (2019)
101 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A woman uses her bureaucratic job to convince divorcing couples to stay together and is utterly committed to getting pregnant by her husband in a future of dance parties, ritualistic orgies and fundamentalist Christianity.
Director: Gabriel Mascaro | Stars: Dira Paes, Julio Machado, Antonio Pastich, Rubens Santos
Votes: 2,231
19. Keep an Eye Out (2018)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy
Louis just found the corpse of a man in front of his apartment building. Taken in for custody by Captain Buron, he finds himself on the wrong end of a surreal interrogation. But how can you prove you are innocent when the cops are crazy?
Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Grégoire Ludig, Marc Fraize, Anaïs Demoustier
Votes: 5,378
20. Performance (1970)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama
A violent East London gangster undergoes a transformation of identity while hiding from his former colleagues in the home of a jaded Bohemian rock star and his two girlfriends.
Directors: Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg | Stars: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michèle Breton
Votes: 11,335 | Gross: $0.19M
21. The Blonde One (2019)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance
In the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Gabriel has just moved in with his colleague, Juan. Shy and reserved, Gabo is reluctant to follow Juan's wandering hands and meaningful looks.
Director: Marco Berger | Stars: Gaston Re, Alfonso Barón, Malena Irusta, Ailín Salas
Votes: 4,240
22. Angel (2018)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Un Ange follows the encounter of a prostitute, Fae, and a world-famous athlete, Thierry.
Director: Koen Mortier | Stars: Vincent Rottiers, Fatou N'Diaye, Paul Bartel, Aïcha Cissé
Votes: 521
23. The River (2018)
108 min | Drama
A portrait of five brothers living on a farm on the Kazakh plains, where the sudden intrusion of the modern world brings corruption, temptation and deceit.
Director: Emir Baigazin | Stars: Zhalgas Klanov, Zhasulan Userbayev, Ruslan Userbayev, Bagdaulet Sagindikov
Votes: 351
24. Mr. Jones (2019)
119 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle
Votes: 16,267
25. José (II) (2018)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
José lives with his mother in Guatemala. It's a tough life in one of the most violent and religious countries. When he meets Luis, he's thrust into new-found passion and pain.
Director: Li Cheng | Stars: Enrique Salanic, Manolo Herrera, Ana Cecilia Mota, Jhakelyn Waleska Gonzalez Gonzalez
Votes: 872
26. An Impossible Love (2018)
135 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter, from 1958 to the present day, which is endangered by an unsteady and manipulative father. WARNING: Contains High Impact Sex Scenes.
Director: Catherine Corsini | Stars: Virginie Efira, Niels Schneider, Jehnny Beth, Estelle Lescure
Votes: 2,670
27. The Dead and the Others (2018)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama
Drama about a boy who denies the call of his culture to become a shaman, when he hears his dead father's voice asking him to celebrate the funerary feast, so his spirit can depart to the village of the dead.
Directors: Renée Nader Messora, João Salaviza | Stars: Henrique Ihjãc Krahô, Raene Kôtô Krahô, Douglas Tiepre Krahô, Iasmin Kropej Krahô
Votes: 840
28. The Dig (2018)
Not Rated | 97 min | Thriller
After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim's father searching for the body. Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of him is to help him dig.
Directors: Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill | Stars: Moe Dunford, Emily Taaffe, Francis Magee, Lorcan Cranitch
Votes: 910
29. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Approved | 137 min | Drama, Horror
A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 235,401
30. In Fabric (2018)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Julian Barratt, Steve Oram
Votes: 13,972
31. Genesis (2018)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama
Three teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.
Director: Philippe Lesage | Stars: Noée Abita, Théodore Pellerin, Pier-Luc Funk, Jules Roy-Sicotte
Votes: 1,419 | Gross: $0.01M
32. The Night Porter (1974)
R | 118 min | Drama
A concentration camp survivor rekindles her sadomasochistic relationship with her lover, a former SS officer - now working as a night porter at a Vienna hotel - but his former Nazi associates begin stalking them.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 14,734 | Gross: $0.63M
33. To the Ends of the World (2018)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, War
Indochina War, 1945: French soldier Robert is the only survivor of a massacre in which his brother has died. Blinded by revenge, he rejoins the forces in search of the assassins. But meeting the young Indochinese Maï disrupts his mission.
Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Guillaume Gouix, Lang Khê Tran, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 1,227
34. Brothers (2018)
103 min | Drama
Yusuf (17) comes home after spending four years at a youth detention center. His return to the family freshly recall the act that the other family members, bound by rigid tradition, forced upon him as the younger son.
Director: Ömür Atay | Stars: Yigit Ege Yazar, Caner Sahin, Gözde Mutluer, Cem Zeynel Kiliç
Votes: 158
35. Sofia (2018)
85 min | Drama
Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Following a denial of pregnancy, she finds herself illegally giving birth to a baby out of wedlock. The hospital leaves her 24h to provide ... See full summary »
Director: Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi | Stars: Maha Alemi, Lubna Azabal, Sarah Perles, Faouzi Bensaïdi
Votes: 888
36. Our Defeats (2019)
100 min | Documentary
By going back into the cinema of the 1968 era and going forward with present-day interviews of young people who replay excerpts of films jumping out from the past, Our Defeats draw the ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot | Stars: Swann Agha, Natasha Andraos, Ghaïs Bertout-Ourabah, Jackson Ellis
Votes: 93
37. Aquarela (I) (2018)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
Water and ice are shown around the world, in all of their many powerful forms.
Director: Victor Kossakovsky
Votes: 1,631 | Gross: $0.19M
38. Angelo (2018)
111 min | Drama, History, Romance
In early 18th century an African slave boy is chosen by a European Comtesse to be baptized and educated. Reaching adulthood, Angelo achieves prominence and becomes the Viennese court mascot until he decides to secretly marry a white woman.
Director: Markus Schleinzer | Stars: Makita Samba, Alba Rohrwacher, Larisa Faber, Kenny Nzogang
Votes: 412
39. Socrates (2018)
Not Rated | 71 min | Drama
After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
Director: Alexandre Moratto | Stars: Christian Malheiros, Tales Ordakji, Jayme Rodrigues, Vanessa Santana
Votes: 1,218
40. Elisa & Marcela (2019)
TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1901, Elisa Sanchez Loriga took on the identity of Mario Sánchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, Marcela Gracia Ibeas.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Natalia de Molina, Greta Fernández, Sara Casasnovas, Tamar Novas
Votes: 5,845
41. The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018)
TV-14 | 105 min | Drama
When a Siberian state forest guard discovers he has cancer and only two months left to live he chooses to take the identity of a woman as a way of fighting the disease.
Directors: Natasha Merkulova, Alexey Chupov | Stars: Evgeniy Tsyganov, Natalya Kudryashova, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Aleksey Filimonov
Votes: 969
42. Rojo (2018)
109 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In Argentina pre-coup d'etat, a successful lawyer starts to feel against the ropes when a secret of the past threatens his present.
Director: Benjamín Naishtat | Stars: Darío Grandinetti, Andrea Frigerio, Alfredo Castro, Diego Cremonesi
Votes: 2,780 | Gross: $0.08M
43. Another Day of Life (2018)
85 min | Animation, Biography
A gripping story of a three-month-long journey that renowned Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski took across Angola, ravaged by a war in which the front lines shifted like a kaleidoscope, from one day to the next.
Directors: Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow | Stars: Artur Queiroz, Luis Alberto Ferreira, Carlota Machado, Joaquim António Lopes Farrusco
Votes: 2,745
44. Border (2018)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
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: 34,291 | Gross: $0.77M
45. The White Crow (2018)
R | 127 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West.
Director: Ralph Fiennes | Stars: Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Louis Hofmann, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Votes: 7,030 | Gross: $1.83M
46. #Female Pleasure (2018)
101 min | Documentary
#FEMALE PLEASURE embarks on a journey to discover the remaining obstacles that stand in the way of female sexuality in the 21st century.
Director: Barbara Miller | Stars: Deborah Feldman, Leyla Hussein, Rokudenashiko, Doris Wagner
Votes: 681
47. Jumpman (2018)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Young Oksana puts her newly born Denis in a baby box. Sixteen years later she steals him away from a children's home, intent on making amends for her maternal neglect, and to exploit him to earn money in a corrupt legal system.
Director: Ivan I. Tverdovskiy | Stars: Anna Slyu, Denis Vlasenko, Daniil Steklov, Aleksandra Ursulyak
Votes: 612
48. Monsters. (2019)
116 min | Drama, Romance
A long time married couple comes to decide within 24 hours, through encounters with strangers, that letting go might be their biggest proof of love.
Director: Marius Olteanu | Stars: Judith State, Cristian Popa, Alexandru Potocean, Serban Pavlu
Votes: 632
49. The Wind (II) (2018)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A plains-woman faces the harshness and isolation of the untamed land in the Western frontier of the late 1800s.
Director: Emma Tammi | Stars: Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee
Votes: 9,509 | Gross: $0.03M
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