Obscure films
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1. Cousin Angelica (1974)
107 min | Drama
After being given permission to re-inter his mother's body in their family vault, a middle-aged man who survived the Spanish Civil War as a child returns home and relives old memories.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Lina Canalejas, Fernando Delgado, María Clara Fernández de Loaysa
Votes: 1,214
2. Carriage to Vienna (1966)
78 min | Drama, War
A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate.
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Jaromír Hanzlík, Ludek Munzar, Vladimír Ptácek
Votes: 1,142
3. The Beginning (1970)
GP | 91 min | Drama, Romance
A film-in-film story set in a provincial town in Russia. Pasha (Churikova) is an amateur actress who plays a witch at a local club, but her dream is to play Joan of Arc. In a strike of luck... See full summary »
Director: Gleb Panfilov | Stars: Inna Churikova, Valentina Telichkina, Tatyana Stepanova, Leonid Kuravlyov
Votes: 1,057
4. Gospodin oformitel (1987)
109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A famous artist strives to find the secret to eternal life through the beautiful mannequins he creates.
Director: Oleg Teptsov | Stars: Viktor Avilov, Anna Demyanenko, Mikhail Kozakov, Ivan Krasko
Votes: 1,083
5. Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
With slicked-down hair and three-piece suits, dependable Herr Raab is a technical draftsman. He gets along with his colleagues although his boss wants him to go beyond technical cleanliness... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Fengler, Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Lilith Ungerer, Kurt Raab, Amadeus Fengler, Lilo Pempeit
Votes: 2,923
6. Strange Voyage (1964)
92 min | Comedy, Crime
Paquita and her brother Venancio, both single and childish, live in a small town near Madrid. Their bossy eldest sister Ignacia, also an old maid, dominates them. One night, Paquita hears ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Carlos Larrañaga, Tota Alba, Lina Canalejas, Rafaela Aparicio
Votes: 1,663
7. The Hunt (1966)
91 min | Drama, Thriller
Three men go hunting rabbits during a hot day. Heat and talking about events happened in the past make them angry, until they go totally crazy.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Ismael Merlo, Alfredo Mayo, José María Prada, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Votes: 2,455
8. Balkan Spy (1984)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Convinced that his subtenant is a spy and an enemy of the state, a man falls into deep paranoia which leads to absurd and destructive chain of events.
Directors: Dusan Kovacevic, Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic | Stars: Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Bora Todorovic, Mira Banjac, Sonja Savic
Votes: 12,418
9. Alpine Fire (1985)
R | 119 min | Drama
Isolated in the Swiss Alps, a young woman who would have liked to become a teacher teaches her deaf brother arithmetic and writing. An incestuous relationship develops between them.
Director: Fredi M. Murer | Stars: Thomas Nock, Johanna Lier, Dorothea Moritz, Rolf Illig
Votes: 1,042
10. Happy End (1967)
73 min | Comedy, Crime
A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an "execution" of the main protagonist and goes ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Vladimír Mensík, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Josef Abrhám, Bohus Záhorský
Votes: 1,411
11. Adelheid (1969)
99 min | Drama
In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. He falls in love with the daughter, who is now a maid, and is forced to ... See full summary »
Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Petr Cepek, Emma Cerná, Jan Vostrcil, Jana Krupicková
Votes: 940
12. Black Peter (1964)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Reality movie of a few days in the life of a Czech teenager when he starts work.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martinkova, Jan Vostrcil, Bozena Matuskova
Votes: 3,096
13. Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owner's three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Alan Bates, Bernard Lee, Hayley Mills, Norman Bird
Votes: 3,750
14. Sekal Has to Die (1998)
109 min | Drama
Baran, a protestant blacksmith arrives in the little village of Lakotice to kill Sekal, a cruel Nazi collaborator.
Director: Vladimír Michálek | Stars: Olaf Lubaszenko, Boguslaw Linda, Jirí Bartoska, Agnieszka Sitek
Votes: 1,032
15. The Promised Land (1975)
Not Rated | 170 min | Drama
Three friends hope to build a factory but their plans are quickly jeopardized by local politics and one of the partner's dangerous love affair.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Anna Nehrebecka
Votes: 4,026
16. Three (1965)
80 min | Drama, War
Three stories are set at the beginning, middle and the end of WW2. In all three of them the hero of the movie must witness the death of people he likes.
Director: Aleksandar Petrovic | Stars: Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Ali Raner, Slobodan 'Cica' Perovic, Branislav 'Ciga' Jerinic
Votes: 980
17. Breza (1967)
92 min | Drama, Romance
Beautiful but ailing girl is married to a harsh man who doesn't care for her. Only after she dies does he realize that he actually loves her.
Director: Ante Babaja | Stars: Manca Kosir, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Fabijan Sovagovic, Nela Erzisnik
Votes: 864
18. Fine mrtve djevojke (2002)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Thriller
A lesbian couple rents an apartment in a seemingly normal building which happens to be populated with all kinds of freaks. Initially kind but unaware of their secret, a landlady tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Dalibor Matanic | Stars: Olga Pakalovic, Nina Violic, Kresimir Mikic, Inge Appelt
Votes: 2,451
19. The Suspect (1944)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
An unhappily married man begins a flirtation with a younger woman. When his wife threatens to ruin her, he decides to take action.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Dean Harens, Stanley Ridges
Votes: 3,545
20. H-8... (1958)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
A bus and a truck are destined to collide with each other on a highway. Their passengers go on about their lives without knowing what will happen.
Director: Nikola Tanhofer | Stars: Boris Buzancic, Djurdja Ivezic, Antun Vrdoljak, Vanja Drach
Votes: 1,693
21. King Lear (1970)
PG | 140 min | Drama
A Soviet adaptation of a world-famous tragedy about an aged king and how cruelly he lose his illusions.
Directors: Grigoriy Kozintsev, Iosif Shapiro | Stars: Jüri Järvet, Elza Radzina, Galina Volchek, Valentina Shendrikova
Votes: 1,687
22. Cloud-Paradise (1990)
76 min | Drama
In a dreary Russian village, over-enthusiastic and underappreciated Kolya spontaneously announces that he has plans to leave for the far-east today, garnering far more attention and support than he anticipated.
Director: Nikolay Dostal | Stars: Andrey Zhigalov, Sergey Batalov, Irina Rozanova, Alla Kliouka
Votes: 805
23. Witchhammer (1970)
107 min | Drama, History, Horror
In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Vladimír Smeral, Elo Romancik, Josef Kemr, Sona Valentová
Votes: 2,834
24. The Joke (1969)
80 min | Drama
In the 1950's, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years ... See full summary »
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Josef Somr, Jana Dítetová, Ludek Munzar, Jaroslava Obermaierová
Votes: 1,704
25. Den nás kazdodenný... (1969)
88 min | Drama
Director: Otakar Krivánek | Stars: Adela Gáborová, Michal Ravinger Jr., Michal Ravinger Sr., Marcel Ravinger
Votes: 24
26. Hello Cinema (1995)
75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the screen tests of the would-be actors.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Shaghayeh Djodat, Behzad Dorani, Feizola Gashghai, Maryam Keyhan
Votes: 2,184
27. A Dance in the Rain (1961)
100 min | Drama
Peter is the dark brooding type. Leading a vacuous, shapeless life, he longs for the ideal woman, while at the same time, half heartedly continuing with his habitual girlfriend, Marusa , ... See full summary »
Director: Bostjan Hladnik | Stars: Dusa Pockaj, Miha Baloh, Rado Nakrst, Ali Raner
Votes: 410
28. Fotográfia (1973)
82 min | Drama
A photographer and a retoucher are wandering in small villages. They go from house to house offering their services. They try to record the truth, the true faces of these people.
Director: Pál Zolnay | Stars: István Iglódi, Ferenc Sebö, Márk Zala
Votes: 298
29. Modest Reception (2012)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
An Iranian couple from the city drive around a remote mountainous region. They hand out bags of money to poor villagers in return for them carrying out unusual requests the couple make of them.
Director: Mani Haghighi | Stars: Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Saeed Changizian, Esmaeel Khalaj
Votes: 2,190
30. Birth Certificate (1961)
99 min | Drama, War
Three episodes dealing with the harsh situation of children at the time of war. They stay at orphanages, wait for their parents to come back, help the soldiers, hide in the forests and do their best to survive.
Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz | Stars: Henryk Hryniewicz, Beata Barszczewska, Andrzej Banaszewski, Edward Mincer
Votes: 421
31. Fear of Fear (1975 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama
Margot, who lives in a comfortable middle-class apartment, fears that she is losing her mind after having her second child. Her husband Kurt, who is busy studying for an exam, does not ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Ulrich Faulhaber, Brigitte Mira, Irm Hermann
Votes: 1,997
32. The Fifth Seal (1976)
116 min | Drama, War
In Budapest in 1944, a watchmaker, a book seller and a carpenter are drinking in a bar with the owner, when they are joined by a stranger. The watchmaker asks a hypothetical question that will change their lives.
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Lajos Öze, László Márkus, Ferenc Bencze, Sándor Horváth
Votes: 5,907
33. Scandal Sheet (1952)
Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Derek, Donna Reed, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 3,476
34. Bäckerei Zürrer (1957)
105 min | Drama
Director: Kurt Früh | Stars: Emil Hegetschweiler, Ettore Cella, Ursula Kopp, Peter Brogle
Votes: 143
35. Die plötzliche Einsamkeit des Konrad Steiner (1976)
102 min | Drama
The Zurich social welfare office sends a young worker to look after a 75 year old man thinking about suicide: His wife is suddenly paralyzed and his dwelling and work place change hands, forcing him to deal with relocating as well.
Director: Kurt Gloor | Stars: Sigfrit Steiner, Tino Bertrand, Urs Bihler, Jürgen Brügger
Votes: 63
36. Pyl (2005)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
The genre of the film DUST could be called fantastic realism or existential drama with elements of the fantastic. Dust means the haste in which people live. Dust is a common misconception, ... See full summary »
Directors: Sergey Loban, Marina Potapova | Stars: Aleksey Podolskiy, Pyotr Mamonov, Gleb Mikhaylov, Nina Yelisova
Votes: 1,641
37. The Nasty Girl (1990)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.
Director: Michael Verhoeven | Stars: Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner, Elisabeth Bertram
Votes: 2,755 | Gross: $2.28M
38. The Fool (II) (2014)
116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dima Nikitin is an ordinary honest plumber who suddenly decides to face the corrupt system of local politics in order to save the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dormitory, which is about to collapse.
Director: Yuriy Bykov | Stars: Artyom Bystrov, Natalya Surkova, Yuriy Tsurilo, Boris Nevzorov
Votes: 16,414
39. Rol (2013)
132 min | Drama, History
"The Role" is about a brilliant actor in revolutionary Russia who takes on the greatest role of his life -- the role of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age,... See full summary »
Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy | Stars: Maksim Sukhanov, Dmitriy Sutyrin, Maria Järvenhelmi, Anastasiya Shevelyova
Votes: 436
40. Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
R | 99 min | Drama, War
Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.
Director: Sergei Bodrov | Stars: Oleg Menshikov, Sergey Bodrov, Susanna Mekhraliyeva, Jemal Sikharulidze
Votes: 4,750 | Gross: $0.66M
41. Dry Season (2006)
96 min | Drama
Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a ... See full summary »
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Stars: Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Khayar Oumar Defallah
Votes: 980
42. The Boat Is Full (1981)
PG | 101 min | Drama, War
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: ... See full summary »
Director: Markus Imhoof | Stars: Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Martin Walz, Curt Bois
Votes: 702
43. The Dybbuk (1937)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
The mystical love story between Chonen, a poor Talmud student, and Lea, a girl from a wealthy family, depicts the traditional folk culture of Polish Jews before WW2.
Director: Michal Waszynski | Stars: Avrom Morewski, Ajzyk Samberg, Mojzesz Lipman, Lili Liliana
Votes: 715
44. Organ (1965)
99 min | Drama
A young Polish deserter and gifted organist finds shelter from the fascists in a Slovak Franciscan monastery. He gets into a conflict with the local organist and choir leader, a man limited in his world views and spiritual values.
Director: Stefan Uher | Stars: Frantisek Bubik, Alexandr Brezina, Kamil Marek, Irma Bárdyová
Votes: 157
45. Anna and the Wolves (1973)
100 min | Drama
A British governess comes to an isolated house to take care of the children of a convoluted family.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Fernán Gómez, José María Prada, José Vivó
Votes: 1,981
46. Loners (2000)
103 min | Comedy
Robert works for a travel agency and helps to arrange scenes from the everyday lives of "ordinary" Czech families as an attraction for Japanese tourists. He also works as a kind of ... See full summary »
Director: David Ondricek | Stars: Labina Mitevska, Jitka Schneiderová, Sasa Rasilov, Jirí Machácek
Votes: 3,256
47. Noc nevesty (1967)
90 min | Drama
One day of autumn 1950, during the forced collectivization, the farmers lead their cattle into the common stables of the new cooperative. The cooperative's chairman, Picin, publicly calls ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Jana Brejchová, Mnislav Hofman, Gustáv Valach, Josef Kemr
Votes: 162
48. Slnko v sieti (1963)
90 min | Drama
Oldrich "Fajolo" Fajták (Marián Bielik), a student who directs quasi-existentialist verbal abuse at his girlfriend Bela Blazejová (Jana Beláková), takes off to a formally volunteer summer work camp at a farm where he meets her grandfather.
Director: Stefan Uher | Stars: Marián Bielik, Jana Beláková, Olga Salagová, Pavol Chrobák
Votes: 990
49. The Garden of Delights (1970)
GP | 95 min | Drama
A middle age construction tycoon is wheelchair-bound and amnesiac from a car accident in the company of his mistress. He alone had access to all his business's secrets, including the combination to the safe and his Swiss bank account.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Luchy Soto, Francisco Pierrá, Charo Soriano
Votes: 737
50. Surcos (1951)
104 min | Crime, Drama
The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.
Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde | Stars: Luis Peña, María Asquerino, Francisco Arenzana, Marisa de Leza
Votes: 812
51. Aunt Tula (1964)
109 min | Drama
Tula, a 31-year-old single woman whose sister has just died, decides to live in the home of her bank-employee brother-in-law Ramiro and his two children. She takes control of their lives, ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Picazo | Stars: Aurora Bautista, Carlos Estrada, Irene Gutiérrez Caba, Laly Soldevila
Votes: 628
52. Leila (I) (1997)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The story of a semi-modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old beliefs and old generation, but is a failing battle because the man is not strong enough.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Jamileh Sheikhi, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia
Votes: 4,110 | Gross: $0.05M
53. Hospital of the Transfiguration (1979)
90 min | Drama
The film is set in 1943 in an unusual mental asylum in the country. There are several incurable schizophrenic cases, the staff is bit strange, and a writer has voluntarily entered the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Zebrowski | Stars: Piotr Dejmek, Jerzy Binczycki, Henryk Bista, Ewa Dalkowska
Votes: 436
54. The Boxer and Death (1963)
120 min | Drama, Sport
In a Nazi concentration camp, an escapee awaiting execution is spared when the commandant, a former prize-fighter, discovers the prisoner has amateur boxing ability. Ordered to train, he gradually sharpens his skills.
Director: Peter Solan | Stars: Stefan Kvietik, Manfred Krug, Valentina Thielová, Józef Kondrat
Votes: 388
55. The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night (1990)
103 min | Drama, Mystery
A bus arrives to the village, carrying a group of traveling actors who begin to perform passion plays from the Bible. Editor Alena (Kveta Fialová), lover of one of the actors, Baritone (... See full summary »
Director: Evald Schorm | Stars: Jan Libícek, Václav Babka, Josef Bek, Karel Belohradský
Votes: 121
56. Martha (I) (1974 TV Movie)
116 min | Drama, Thriller
After the death of her abusive father, the lonely librarian Martha marries an equally vile businessman - Helmut. The cruel and torturous nature of their relationship leads Martha to believe Helmut might be trying to kill her.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Valentin, Peter Chatel
Votes: 3,008
57. When I Am Dead and Gone (1967)
79 min | Drama, Music
The story about Jimmy the Dingy, a young vagabond who works as a seasonal worker. Having been sacked from the job, his dreams are to become a singer. As most of the things in the Balkans happen, he is destined to failure.
Director: Zivojin Pavlovic | Stars: Dragan Nikolic, Ruzica Sokic, Neda Spasojevic, Dara Calenic
Votes: 1,457
58. Rok dábla (2002)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Documentary maker Jan Holman follows the ultrafamous singer/songwriter Jaromír Novahica during his tour with the band Cechomor. The combination is very succesful, but it draws a heavy toll on the band members and Jan Holman.
Director: Petr Zelenka | Stars: Jaromír Nohavica, Karel Plíhal, Jan Prent, Karel Holas
Votes: 1,148
59. The Measure of a Man (2015)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller, Yves Ory
Votes: 6,779 | Gross: $0.11M
60. V ogne broda net (1968)
95 min | Drama, War
A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war that split the nation.
Director: Gleb Panfilov | Stars: Inna Churikova, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Mikhail Kononov
Votes: 483
61. Berlin Blues (2003)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Barkeeper Frank, semi-formally called "Herr Lehmann", is part of a lethargic West Berlin-microcosm. His lifestyle is disturbed when his parents show up for a visit, things go awry with his girlfriend and his best friend acts strange.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Christian Ulmen, Katja Danowski, Detlev Buck, Janek Rieke
Votes: 7,630
62. It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz, Michel Simon
Votes: 5,583
63. Der Untertan (1951)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wants to wield power himself. ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Werner Peters, Paul Esser, Renate Fischer, Ernst Legal
Votes: 946
64. Repentance (1984)
PG | 153 min | Drama
Varlam, the despotic mayor of a small town, dies. After his funeral, his body is repeatedly unearthed and buried again. Through flashbacks and dreamlike scenes, we witness his rise, power and ambiguities.
Director: Tengiz Abuladze | Stars: Avtandil Makharadze, Zeinab Botsvadze, Ia Ninidze, Ketevan Abuladze
Votes: 4,897 | Gross: $0.22M
65. Shine, Shine, My Star (1970)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of a young actor during the Civil War years who drives around the countryside giving free performances in order to bring art to the masses.
Director: Aleksandr Mitta | Stars: Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Efremov, Evgeniy Leonov, Elena Proklova
Votes: 527
66. Joseph Kilian (1963)
38 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A man borrows a cat and when he goes back to return it, the place where he got it is no longer there. He begins his search.
Directors: Pavel Jurácek, Jan Schmidt | Stars: Karel Vasicek, Consuela Morávková, Ivan Ruzicka, Pavel Bartl
Votes: 531
67. All That Jack's (1980)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
The staff of elementary school prepare the retirement party for their cleaning woman. The complicated relations within the school will emerge to the surface on the same night.
Director: Goran Markovic | Stars: Semka Sokolovic-Bertok, Bogdan Diklic, Snezana Niksic, Predrag Lakovic
Votes: 1,624
68. Cielo Negro (1951)
113 min | Drama
A woman who works as employee in a fashion store has to care for her ill mother. At the same time she falls in love with a bohemian man.
Director: Manuel Mur Oti | Stars: Susana Canales, Fernando Rey, Luis Prendes, Teresa Casal
Votes: 364
69. The Confession (1970)
GP | 139 min | Drama, Thriller
A high-ranking official is forced to confess to high treason.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti, Michel Vitold
Votes: 4,811 | Gross: $0.33M
70. Three Poplars on Plyuschikha Street (1968)
79 min | Romance
In Moscow from a distant village comes a rustic Russian woman. The first person she meets is a surprisingly intelligent cab driver. They meet by chance and do not even go out on a date, yet... See full summary »
Director: Tatyana Lioznova | Stars: Tatyana Doronina, Oleg Efremov, Vyacheslav Shalevich, Alevtina Rumyantseva
Votes: 1,199
71. Capricious Summer (1968)
Unrated | 74 min | Comedy
The friends enjoy the charms of nature - and of their guests.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Frantisek Rehák, Míla Myslíková
Votes: 1,624
72. Special Flight (2011)
103 min | Documentary
A 9 months immersion in the administrative detention center of Geneva, one of the 28 deportation centers in Switzerland.
Director: Fernand Melgar
Votes: 242
73. The Rabbit Is Me (1965)
110 min | Drama, Romance
The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair with a judge who once sentenced her brother for... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Angelika Waller, Wolfgang Winkler, Alfred Müller, Irma Münch
Votes: 405
74. Distant Thunder (1973)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation while his generous wife Ananga conversely tries to help and support the community.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita, Sandhya Roy, Chitra Banerjee
Votes: 1,720
75. Nobody's Daughter (1976)
Unrated | 83 min | Drama
An orphan girl suffers abuse from her adopting parents.
Directors: László Ranódy, Gyula Mészáros | Stars: Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Anna Nagy, Sándor Horváth, Marianna Moór
Votes: 602
76. Man on the Tracks (1957)
89 min | Drama
In 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. An inquiry immediately follows. Testimony takes the form of flashbacks. Tuszka, ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Munk | Stars: Kazimierz Opalinski, Zygmunt Maciejewski, Zygmunt Zintel, Zygmunt Listkiewicz
Votes: 805
77. Oznamuje se láskám vasim (1989)
93 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1944, in Dresden, a young Czech sailor plans to steal a shipment of tobacco and sell it by himself. Things complicate when he and a beautiful daughter of a German officer fall in love just before the allied bombing of the city.
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Lukás Vaculík, Markéta Hrubesová, Antonín Procházka, Zdenek Martínek
Votes: 148
78. El mundo sigue (1965)
121 min | Drama
Two sisters who have a tumultuous sibling rivalry each try to find success, love, and status in 1960s Madrid.
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Lina Canalejas, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Gemma Cuervo, Milagros Leal
Votes: 743
79. Los niños de Rusia (2001)
93 min | Documentary
Documentary about the evacuation in different countries, during the Spanish civil war, of thousands of Spanish children to remove them from the conflict. Approximately three thousand ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Camino | Stars: Araceli Sánchez, Francisco Vega de la Iglesia, Piedad Vega de la Iglesia, Josefina Iturrarán
Votes: 76
80. The Idiot Returns (1999)
99 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama
Frantisek, the main character is returning to his family. Until now he's been, "successfully" avoiding all relationships. He is an ingenuous and a pure person and thus, is regarded as an ... See full summary »
Director: Sasa Gedeon | Stars: Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Tatiana Dyková, Jirí Langmajer
Votes: 1,094
81. Nunca pasa nada (1963)
95 min | Drama
A young French cabaret showgirl spends a few days in a provincial Spanish city recovering from an operation, altering with her brash self-confidence the narrow-minded customs of the place ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Corinne Marchand, Antonio Casas, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Julia Gutiérrez Caba
Votes: 234
82. The Fortress (2008)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary
The personal stories of the people from all around the world waiting for a decision in an asylum-seekers centre in one of most restrictive countries in the world, Switzerland.
Director: Fernand Melgar
Votes: 154
83. The Enemy (2011)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Serbian soldiers discover a man locked in a basement at the end of the war. After he is freed, people start disappearing.
Director: Dejan Zecevic | Stars: Aleksandar Stojkovic, Vuk Kostic, Tihomir Stanic, Ljubomir Bandovic
Votes: 2,781
84. I Am the Keeper (2014)
88 min | Drama, Romance
Small town guy «Goalie» lands in prison for not ratting out his childhood friend Ueli to the police. After a year spent in jail, he heads back to his hometown Schummertal. He sets for a ... See full summary »
Director: Sabine Boss | Stars: Marcus Signer, Sonja Riesen, Pascal Ulli, Michael Neuenschwander
Votes: 462
85. Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Dafne Fernández, Eulàlia Ramon
Votes: 2,306 | Gross: $0.72M
86. Russian Symphony (1994)
108 min | Drama, Fantasy
Parable on the Last Judgement which comes to Russia of our days. Everything appeared not so simply as behind all events a certain ambiguity, some game was read. There was a terrible ... See full summary »
Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy | Stars: Viktor Mikhaylov, Aleksandr Ilin, Valentin Golubenko, Kira Kreylis-Petrova
Votes: 196
87. Special Education (1977)
110 min | Drama
A troubled young boy is sent to a juvenile detention center where he meets a teacher who has an unusual pedagogical approach.
Director: Goran Markovic | Stars: Slavko Stimac, Bekim Fehmiu, Ljubisa Samardzic, Aleksandar Bercek
Votes: 1,955
88. Skvernyy anekdot (1966)
87 min | Comedy
A high ranking official in St. Petersburg accidentally attends a wedding of one of his subordinates, embarrassing himself and the entire wedding party. Based on a novel by F. M. Dostoyevsky.
Directors: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov | Stars: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Viktor Sergachyov, Georgiy Georgiu, Aleksandr Gruzinsky
Votes: 201
89. Variola Vera (1982)
110 min | Drama, History, Horror
This is a true story of the famous Variola epidemic outbreak in Belgrade.
Director: Goran Markovic | Stars: Rade Serbedzija, Erland Josephson, Dusica Zegarac, Varja Djukic
Votes: 3,044
90. Wodzirej (1978)
104 min | Drama
An ironic look at a climber who decides to do anything, including throwing mud at his best friend, to get a job he thinks will launch him into a better career.
Director: Feliks Falk | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Slawa Kwasniewska, Wiktor Sadecki, Michal Tarkowski
Votes: 851
91. Journey of Hope (1990)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Drama
The story of a poor Turkish family who try to emigrate illegally to Switzerland.
Director: Xavier Koller | Stars: Necmettin Çobanoglu, Nur Sürer, Emin Sivas, Erdinç Akbas
Votes: 2,249 | Gross: $0.26M
92. Príbehy obycejného sílenství (2005)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A black comedy based on director Petr Zelenka's successful stage play. It treats a simple theme: Jana has left Petr (Ivan Trojan), a boy 'who's not doing very well at the moment,' and he ... See full summary »
Director: Petr Zelenka | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Zuzana Sulajová, Zuzana Stivínová, Miroslav Krobot
Votes: 1,745
93. Dällebach Kari (1970)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Karl Tellenbach, called "Dällebach Kari", was one of Bern's legendary characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Born with a strong hare lip which left him disfigured and gave his ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Früh | Stars: Walo Lüönd, Annemarie Düringer, Margret Neuhaus, Renato Cibolini
Votes: 149
94. Hour of the Star (1985)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Macabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time she listens... See full summary »
Director: Suzana Amaral | Stars: Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman, Fernanda Montenegro
Votes: 1,437
95. I Am Not a Witch (2017)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
In a remote Zambian community a girl is denounced as a witch and sent on a trajectory of exploitation, as a tethered member of a witches' camp, a witch for hire and a tourist exhibit.
Director: Rungano Nyoni | Stars: Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Murilo, Margaret Spinella
Votes: 4,194 | Gross: $0.05M
96. Silence and Cry (1968)
77 min | Drama
Miklós Jancsó's Silence and Cry is set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror, which permeates every corner of post-WWI Hungarian society. In 1919, after just a ... See full summary »
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Mari Törőcsik, József Madaras, Zoltán Latinovits, Andrea Drahota
Votes: 776
97. Mirror for a Hero (1987)
139 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Two casual acquaintances, Sergey Pshenichnyy and Andrey Nemchinov, are transferred almost 40 years ago by the will of mysterious circumstances. This day - May 8, 1949 - begins to repeat itself for them with inexorable constancy.
Director: Vladimir Khotinenko | Stars: Sergey Koltakov, Ivan Bortnik, Boris Galkin, Feliks Stepun
Votes: 732
98. Hot Years (1966)
85 min | Romance, Drama
A story about two people who didn't find their way in big city. He came from the countryside and works in steel factory, she's working in factory restaurant. Their lives change when they meet and fall in love.
Director: Dragoslav Lazic | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Ana Matic, Dusica Zegarac, Stojan 'Stole' Arandjelovic
Votes: 48
99. Custody (2017)
93 min | Drama, Thriller
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Director: Xavier Legrand | Stars: Léa Drucker, Denis Ménochet, Thomas Gioria, Mathilde Auneveux
Votes: 10,318 | Gross: $0.08M
100. Sopyonje (1993)
112 min | Drama, Music
Despite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).
Director: Im Kwon-taek | Stars: Kim Myung-gon, Jung-hae Oh, Kim Kyu-chul, Sae-kil Shin
Votes: 1,115
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