Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "philosophical-conversation"

51. The Castle (1997)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

A working-class family from Melbourne, Australia fights city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion.

Director: Rob Sitch | Stars: Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe

Votes: 17,509 | Gross: $0.86M

52. The War (1994)

PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, History, War

A Vietnam veteran helps his kids battle over a tree house while recovering from his traumatic war experience.

Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Elijah Wood, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham, Lexi Randall

Votes: 13,568 | Gross: $16.55M

53. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)

Not Rated | 115 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Escaping war, an immortal girl blessed with Eternal Youth finds a lone surviving infant and decides to raise him as her son.

Directors: Masakazu Hashimoto, Jong Heo, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Tatsuyuki Nagai, Mari Okada, Toshiya Shinohara | Stars: Manaka Iwami, Miyu Irino, Yôko Hikasa, Hiroaki Hirata

Votes: 8,428

54. Shock and Awe (2017)

R | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History

A group of journalists of the Knight-Ridder news service covering President George W. Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the President's claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Woody Harrelson, James Marsden, Rob Reiner, Tommy Lee Jones

Votes: 8,689 | Gross: $0.08M

55. The Andromeda Strain (2008)

44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A crack team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens of a small town and learn how this deadly contagion can be stopped.

Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Christa Miller, Ricky Schroder, Louis Ferreira

Votes: 14,615

56. La Notte (1961)

Not Rated | 122 min | Drama

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki

Votes: 24,077 | Gross: $0.04M

57. Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne (2008)

TV-MA | 276 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Rin Asogi runs a private investigation agency in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, performing odd jobs. Despite attempts at a normal life, she finds herself constantly hindered by the strange cases that come her way.

Stars: Mamiko Noto, Rie Kugimiya, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jamie Marchi

Votes: 2,250

58. Metropolitan (1989)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.

Director: Whit Stillman | Stars: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman, Taylor Nichols

Votes: 12,423 | Gross: $2.94M

59. The Dish (2000)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.

Director: Rob Sitch | Stars: Sam Neill, Billy Mitchell, Roz Hammond, Christopher-Robin Street

Votes: 17,109 | Gross: $2.25M

60. The Hit (1984)

R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Freddie Stuart, Ralph Brown, A.J. Clarke, Terence Stamp

Votes: 9,548 | Gross: $0.88M

61. Breaking and Entering (2006)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A landscape architect's dealings with a young thief cause him to re-evaluate his life.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Robin Wright, Vera Farmiga, Martin Freeman

Votes: 23,242 | Gross: $0.93M

62. Submission (2017)

R | 106 min | Drama, Mystery

A cynical college professor takes a keen interest in a talented young writing student.

Director: Richard Levine | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Kyra Sedgwick, Janeane Garofalo, Addison Timlin

Votes: 1,535 | Gross: $0.04M

63. Water (I) (2005)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama

Set in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of 8-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.

Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas, Sarala Kariyawasam

Votes: 15,366 | Gross: $3.22M

64. As It Is in Heaven (2004)

Not Rated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A famous international conductor returns to his small childhood town in Sweden for early retirement. He's asked to help with the church choir. He affects the lives of all in the choir.

Director: Kay Pollak | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Frida Hallgren, Helen Sjöholm, Lennart Jähkel

Votes: 18,284 | Gross: $0.01M

65. High Ground (2020)

104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

In a bid to save the last of his family, Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man, teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara, the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, his uncle.

Director: Stephen Johnson | Stars: Guruwuk Mununggurr, Wakarra Gondarra, Mark Garrawurra, Neville Namarnyilk

Votes: 2,507

66. No Bears (2022)

106 min | Drama, Romance

Two parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power.

Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Jafar Panahi, Vahid Mobasseri, Bakhtiyar Panjeei, Mina Kavani

Votes: 3,821

67. Somersault (2004)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Romance

A young girl flees her hometown and arrives in the Australian Alps, where new experiences help her learn the differences between sex and love.

Director: Cate Shortland | Stars: Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran, Damian de Montemas

Votes: 8,195 | Gross: $0.09M

68. The Mother of All Lies (2023)

96 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

A Moroccan woman's search for truth tangles with a web of lies in her family history. As a daughter and filmmaker, she fuses personal and national history as she reflects on the 1981 Bread Riots, drawing out connections to modern Morocco.

Director: Asmae ElMoudir | Stars: Mohamed El Moudir, Asmae ElMoudir, Zahra Jeddaoui, Said Masrour

Votes: 327

69. Palm Beach (2019)

Unrated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Lifelong friends reunite for a party at Sydney's Palm Beach.

Director: Rachel Ward | Stars: Frances Berry, Bryan Brown, Matilda Brown, Nell Campbell

Votes: 1,197

70. Looking for Alibrandi (2000)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

At seventeen Josie Alibrandi is about to enter her final year as a scholarship student at an exclusive Catholic College. It's the year her life is turned upside down and changed forever.

Director: Kate Woods | Stars: Greta Scacchi, Anthony LaPaglia, Elena Cotta, Kerry Walker

Votes: 3,593

71. The Stone Tape (1972 TV Movie)

90 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A research team from an electronics company moves into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director... See full summary »

Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Michael Bryant, Jane Asher, Iain Cuthbertson, Michael Bates

Votes: 1,899

72. Children of the Stones (1977)

173 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Scientist Adam Brake and his son Matthew arrive in the sleepy English village of Milbury to find it under the grip of weird psychic powers unleashed by the sinister village squire, Hendrick, and whose power they struggle to break.

Stars: Gareth Thomas, Veronica Strong, Peter Demin, Ruth Dunning

Votes: 856

73. Art College 1994 (2023)

118 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Set in China in the 1990s, takes a look at youth featuring a group of art students.

Director: Jian Liu | Stars: Zijian Dong, Dongyu Zhou, Xu Changchu, Yilei Jiang

Votes: 133

74. While We Watched (2022)

94 min | Documentary, Biography, News

How independent news reporting in India and beyond is increasingly under threat by budgetary cuts and especially, extremists leveraging alternative platforms to spread misinformation.

Director: Vinay Shukla | Stars: Ravish Kumar, Sushil Bahuguna, Deepak Chaubey, Sushil Mohapatra

Votes: 2,267

75. 2040 (2019)

92 min | Documentary

Practical solutions to environmental concerns are addressed with the hope that the filmmaker's daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.

Director: Damon Gameau | Stars: Damon Gameau, Eva Lazzaro, Zoë Gameau, Davini Malcolm

Votes: 1,409

76. The Time Machine (1978 TV Movie)

99 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for.

Director: Henning Schellerup | Stars: John Beck, Priscilla Barnes, Andrew Duggan, Rosemary DeCamp

Votes: 454

77. Public Eye (2021)

120 min | Comedy, Drama

A children's entertainer falls from grace when NSFW content of him circulates online.

Director: Davo Hardy | Stars: Davo Hardy, Caroline McQuade, British Flower, Ethan Taylor

Votes: 132

78. Pimped (2018)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Two twisted housemates lure an unbalanced woman into a sexual trap, with murderous results.

Director: David Barker | Stars: Ella Scott Lynch, Benedict Samuel, Heather Mitchell, Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Votes: 908

79. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)

Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary

Director Martin Scorsese talks to actor Steven Prince about his past. As the night goes on, Prince reveals some very amusing and moving stories of his experiences with drugs and violence.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Steven Prince, Julia Cameron, Mardik Martin, Kathi McGinnis

Votes: 1,900

80. Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)

Unrated | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The night before the school festival, things seem to be repeating themselves. Gradually, all the world functions come to a stop, the only ones that are not affected are a select group of student friends.

Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Akira Kamiya, Kazuko Sugiyama

Votes: 2,230

81. Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015)

TV-MA | 113 min | Animation, Action, Crime

In this sequel to Psycho-Pass TV show, Inspector Tsunemori is sent to a neighboring war-torn nation, where the Sibyl System is being introduced as an experiment, to find Shinya Kogami, her former enforcer who went rogue three years ago.

Directors: Naoyoshi Shiotani, Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Bryn Apprill, Major Attaway, Z. Charles Bolton, Cole Brown

Votes: 4,535 | Gross: $0.14M

82. Last Ride (2009)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama

A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law for committing a violent crime.

Director: Glendyn Ivin | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell, Anita Hegh, John Brumpton

Votes: 2,609 | Gross: $0.01M

83. Charlie's Country (2013)

Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Drama

Displeased with the intervention of whitefella laws, Charlie takes off to live the old way and sets off a chain reaction of enlightening difficulties.

Director: Rolf de Heer | Stars: David Gulpilil, Peter Djigirr, Luke Ford, Lizzie Durrurrnga

Votes: 2,800

84. The Tale of Genji (1987)

110 min | Animation, Drama, History

An animated film based on the novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet he ... See full summary »

Director: Gisaburô Sugii | Stars: Morio Kazama, Miwako Kaji, Reiko Tajima, Jun Fubuki

Votes: 292

85. Standing Up for Sunny (2019)

105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An isolated guy with cerebral palsy is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love and acceptance through stand up comedy.

Director: Steven Vidler | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Sam Reid, RJ Mitte, Matt Nable

Votes: 628

86. Street Scenes (1970)

75 min | Documentary, History

In the late Spring of 1970, nationwide protests against the war in Vietnam focused in the Wall Street area of New York City and ultimately in a major anti-war demonstration in Washington, ... See full summary »

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Verna Bloom, Jay Cocks, Harvey Keitel, William Kunstler

Votes: 399

87. Moon Rock for Monday (2020)

100 min | Adventure, Drama

Set in Sydney, 1999, after an unlikely encounter at a train station, a young girl befriends a fugitive teenage boy and they travel to visit a moon rock that the girl believes will heal her.

Director: Kurt Martin | Stars: Aaron Jeffery, Jessica Napier, David Field, Nicholas Hope

Votes: 3,195

88. Me Myself I (1999)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Romance

Pamela Drury is unhappy and alone. On her birthday she stumbles across a photo of Robert Dickson and wonders what would've happened had she said yes to his proposal. A freak accident causes... See full summary »

Director: Pip Karmel | Stars: Rachel Griffiths, David Roberts, Sandy Winton, Yael Stone

Votes: 2,670 | Gross: $0.57M

89. The Sky Crawlers (2008)

PG-13 | 122 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi

The Kildren, a group of eternally young fighter pilots, experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds.

Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Rinko Kikuchi, Ryô Kase, Shôsuke Tanihara, Megumi Yamaguchi

Votes: 5,910

90. Sea of Shadows (2019)

PG-13 | 105 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The vaquita, the world's smallest whale, is near extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia, who harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, the "cocaine ... See full summary »

Directors: Richard Ladkani, Sean Bogle, Matthew Podolsky | Stars: Romel Eduardo Ledezma Abaroa, Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Hector Capetillo, Andrea Crosta

Votes: 797

91. Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2016 TV Movie)

70 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

Director: Kaku Arakawa | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Yuhei Sakuragi, Yukinori Nakamura

Votes: 876 | Gross: $0.19M

92. Soft Fruit (1999)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

Three sisters and their ex-con brother return home to nurse their mother, who is dying of cancer.

Director: Christina Andreef | Stars: Jeanie Drynan, Linal Haft, Russell Dykstra, Geneviève Lemon

Votes: 568 | Gross: $0.01M

93. Zhou Yu's Train (2002)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance

Zhou Yu, a beautiful artisan, indulges in a torrid affair with Chen Ching, her poet-lover. United by their passion, he finds in Zhou the ultimate muse, while she believes Chen to be her ideal soul mate.

Director: Zhou Sun | Stars: Gong Li, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Honglei Sun, Zhixiong Li

Votes: 1,587 | Gross: $0.14M

94. Healing (I) (2014)

R | 112 min | Drama

Inspired by true events, HEALING is a story of redemption, the discovery of hope and the healing of the spirit - in the most unlikely place for the most unlikely men.

Director: Craig Monahan | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Don Hany, Xavier Samuel, Mark Leonard Winter

Votes: 1,092

95. Zoe.mp4 (2023)

90 min | Thriller

Zoe is abducted by a suburban single mother named Alina, who just so happens to be a deranged yet altruistic serial killer. As Zoe battles for survival, she finds herself asking what in her life is even worth fighting for.

Director: Jeremy Lutter | Stars: Julia Sarah Stone, Emily Tennant, Osric Chau, Freya Snow Edwards

96. Lost Song (2018)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Rin, a young girl blessed with the power of song goes through on a journey trying to get to the capital to sing, little does she know, there's another girl who also has the power of song named finis.

Stars: Konomi Suzuki, Yukari Tamura, Cherami Leigh, Todd Haberkorn

Votes: 440

97. Arion (1986)

R | 118 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Arion begins with his journey to discover a world of poverty and horror where ordinary people are barely surviving through the war. He falls in love with a blind slave girl who is then ... See full summary »

Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Stars: Shigeru Nakahara, Miki Takahashi, Mayumi Tanaka, Hirotaka Suzuoki

Votes: 460

98. Off Beat Cinema (1993– )

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Beatnik late-night-movie hosts wax philosophical at the Hungry Ear Coffeehouse, with the main topic of conversation being tonight's movie. Movie offerings range from B-movie schlock to forgotten classics and highbrow foreign films.

Stars: Tony Billoni, Constance Caldwell, Eddy Dobosiewicz, Jeffrey Roberts

Votes: 42

99. Tennessine (2023)

85 min | Drama, Romance

Arash arrives in Australia to reunite with the love of his life, Nazanin. After heading to a cabin in the woods, Arash soon realizes his elusive lover is harboring deep secrets, leading him down a path of self-destruction.

Director: Amin Palangi | Stars: Osamah Sami, Faezeh Alavi, Robert Rabiah, Shalane Connors

Votes: 23

100. A Story of Children and Film (2013)

106 min | Documentary, History

A Story of Children and Film is the world's first movie about kids in global cinema. It's passionate, poetic, portrait of the adventure of childhood: its surrealism, loneliness, fun, ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Ben, Laura

Votes: 712