Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "bigger-dreams"

51. Idlewild (2006)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Musical

At a sexy, sizzling nightclub, pianist Percival lives life by the rules, while Rooster, the club's flashy lead performer, struts his stuff on the stage. But all changes when greed, fame and murder threaten to destroy them and the joint.

Director: Bryan Barber | Stars: André 3000, Big Boi, Terrence Howard, Paula Patton

Votes: 5,773 | Gross: $12.55M

52. Miss Juneteenth (2020)

Unrated | 99 min | Drama

A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.

Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples | Stars: Nicole Beharie, Liz Mikel, Marcus M. Mauldin, Kendrick Sampson

Votes: 2,181

53. James White (2015)

R | 85 min | Drama

James, a twenty-something New Yorker, struggles to take control of his self-destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges.

Director: Josh Mond | Stars: Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Kid Cudi, Ron Livingston

Votes: 7,125 | Gross: $0.09M

54. The Janky Promoters (2009)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

Two shady concert promoters (Cube and Epps) get into hot water when their chance to book a superstar rapper goes awry.

Director: Marcus Raboy | Stars: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Jeezy, Lahmard J. Tate

Votes: 1,734

55. America America (1963)

Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama

A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis

Votes: 6,005

56. I Served the King of England (2006)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A look at the glamorous life at an old-world Prague hotel.

Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch, Marián Labuda

Votes: 8,202 | Gross: $0.62M

57. In Search of Fellini (2017)

R | 93 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A shy small-town Ohio girl who loves movies but dislikes reality, discovers the delightfully bizarre films of Federico Fellini, and sets off on a strange, beautiful journey across Italy to find him.

Director: Taron Lexton | Stars: Ksenia Solo, Maria Bello, Jay Kunzi, Enrico Oetiker

Votes: 2,847 | Gross: $0.01M

58. Tom of Finland (2017)

Not Rated | 117 min | Biography, Drama

Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.

Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen

Votes: 6,433 | Gross: $0.38M

59. The Small Town (1997)

85 min | Drama

The story of a family living in a small godforsaken town in Turkey seen through the eyes of children and dealing with the growing complexity when one becomes an adult.

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Mehmet Emin Toprak, Havva Saglam, Cihat Bütün, Fatma Ceylan

Votes: 6,636

60. Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Four high school friends that grew up together in a tiny Texas town, plan to leave for the big city the day after graduation. Over a week's time, their backstory and present day realities collide to determine how their plans play out.

Director: Tim McCanlies | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Eddie Mills, Ethan Embry

Votes: 2,601 | Gross: $0.57M

61. The Actress (1953)

Passed | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

This is an account of the real life experience of actress/playwright Ruth Gordon.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright, Anthony Perkins

Votes: 1,511

62. Small Town Saturday Night (2010)

R | 94 min | Drama

One day in the life of a small US town. Donnie, newly released from jail; Tommy the local cop separated from his wife; Rhett, preparing to leave to try his luck in Nashville. The story weaves these characters' stories.

Director: Ryan Craig | Stars: Shawn Christian, Chris Pine, Bre Blair, Kali Majors

Votes: 1,310

63. Occident (2002)

105 min | Comedy, Romance

Occident is a bittersweet comedy that focuses on the growing tendency of Eastern European youth to migrate west. When the amicable Luci (Alexandru Papadopol) and his beautiful lover Sorina ... See full summary »

Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Alexandru Papadopol, Anca Androne, Samuel Tastet, Tania Popa

Votes: 2,641

64. Wolves (I) (2016)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Anthony hopes his basketball skills will get him into Cornell after high school. His only obstacle is his dad's gambling.

Director: Bart Freundlich | Stars: Taylor John Smith, Michael Shannon, Carla Gugino, Zazie Beetz

Votes: 1,356

65. Babes on Broadway (1941)

Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney star in a musical directed by Busby Berkeley as two talented teenagers dreaming of success as Babes on Broadway.

Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler

Votes: 1,656 | Gross: $3.85M

66. Dreamers (I) (1999)

93 min | Drama, Comedy

Two childhood friends dream about escaping to Los Angeles to pursue their fame and fortune as filmmakers.

Director: Ann Lu | Stars: Jeremy Jordan, Mark Ballou, Courtney Gains, Portia Dawson

Votes: 169

67. Cameraperson (2016)

Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Exposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.

Director: Kirsten Johnson | Stars: Kirsten Johnson, Aisha Bukar, Eric W. Davis, Jacques Derrida

Votes: 3,265 | Gross: $0.10M

68. The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)

PG | 109 min | Drama

A story of desperate search for oil.

Director: James Keach | Stars: Robert Duvall, Aidan Quinn, Frances Fisher, Brian Dennehy

Votes: 846 | Gross: $0.10M

69. Fat Girls (2006)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama

A gay theater-obsessed Texan high school senior has his heart set on Broadway stardom with an eye out for love. With the help of his 300-pound best girl friend, he embarks on a winning journey of self discovery.

Director: Ash Christian | Stars: Ash Christian, Jonathan Caouette, Evan Miller, Ashley Fink

Votes: 583 | Gross: $0.01M

70. Lies My Father Told Me (1975)

PG | 102 min | Drama

A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.

Director: Ján Kadár | Stars: Yossi Yadin, Len Birman, Marilyn Lightstone, Jeff Lynas

Votes: 587

71. The Marc Pease Experience (2009)

PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Former high school musical star, Marc Pease, finds himself still living in the past, eight years after graduating.

Director: Todd Louiso | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick, Jay Paulson

Votes: 2,338 | Gross: $0.00M

72. Dark Horse (2015)

PG | 85 min | Documentary, Drama, Sport

An inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed themselves a racehorse

Director: Louise Osmond | Stars: Jan Vokes, Howard Davies, Brian 'Daisy' Vokes, Angela Davies

Votes: 1,325

73. Hudson's Bay (1940)

Approved | 95 min | Adventure, History, Romance

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the French, and convinces King Charles II to sponsor an expedition of conquest.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Paul Muni, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, John Sutton

Votes: 501

74. Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary

A kaleidoscopic and humanistic view of the Black community in Hale County, Alabama.

Director: RaMell Ross | Stars: Latrenda 'Boosie' Ash, Karmyn Bryant, Korbyn Bryant, Kyrie Bryant

Votes: 2,132 | Gross: $0.11M

75. Kill Me Later (2001)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A suicidal loan officer is about to jump off the bank roof after seeing her lover/boss's pregnant wife, when a bank robber grabs her as hostage. She helps him escape.

Director: Dana Lustig | Stars: Selma Blair, Max Beesley, O'Neal Compton, Lochlyn Munro

Votes: 2,448

76. Stand-ins (1997)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama

A group of dysfunctional, disappointed actresses congregate in a Hollywood bar circa 1937.

Director: Harvey Keith | Stars: Katherine Morris, Costas Mandylor, Jordan Ladd, Daphne Zuniga

Votes: 198

77. The Ring (1952)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, Sport

A young American of Mexican decent in East Los Angeles, California uses the boxing ring to make a better life for himself and his family, and learns as much about being a Latino in a white society as he does about boxing.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Gerald Mohr, Rita Moreno, Lalo Rios, Robert Arthur

Votes: 856

78. Mediterranea (2015)

Unrated | 107 min | Drama

Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and violence in this shocking look at the life-and-death struggle of refugees.

Director: Jonas Carpignano | Stars: Alassane Sy, Koudous Seihon, Adam Gnegne, Mary Elizabeth Innocence

Votes: 1,793 | Gross: $0.01M

79. Satin (2011)

TV-14 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A washed up Vegas lounge singer, Jack Satin (Hamilton von Watts), has no money, no job, and delusional aspirations of fame. When Jack is forced to leave Vegas, he packs up his old Cadillac ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Olness | Stars: Hamilton von Watts, Melissa Joan Hart, Michael Cudlitz, Robert Guillaume

Votes: 269

80. Roughly Speaking (1945)

Approved | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Determined to overcome poverty, Louise Randall attends business school and weds Rodney Crane. Her driven nature leads to marital breakdown. She navigates career growth and family life with new spouse Harold, striving for a better future.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Jack Carson, Robert Hutton, Jean Sullivan

Votes: 882

81. Waiting for Happiness (2002)

90 min | Drama, Music

The story of two people who cross paths in Nouhadhibou.

Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed, Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda

Votes: 1,098 | Gross: $0.00M

82. Großer Mann ganz klein! (2013 TV Movie)

82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Ina Hofmann works in a toy factory. To welcome her egocentric new boss, she gift him a live fish, unaware that a mysterious man had cursed it. Her boss becomes small as a toy.

Director: Sebastian Vigg | Stars: Felicitas Woll, Stephan Luca, Sonja Kirchberger, Thomas Kügel

Votes: 81

83. The Calm (1976 TV Movie)

81 min | Drama

After a three-year sentence, a man tries to start a new life.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Izabella Olszewska, Jerzy Trela, Michal Sulkiewicz

Votes: 689

84. A Nameless Band (1981)

G | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

The misfortunes of a couple of guys who form a music group and think they can get rich and famous easy.

Director: Lyudmil Kirkov | Stars: Velko Kynev, Filip Trifonov, Pavel Popandov, Georgi Mamalev

Votes: 2,299

85. The Season of Men (2000)

122 min | Drama

The gulf between men and women in Tunisia, political, psychological, and physical, is explored in this downbeat drama. A woman and her two daughters return to the female community on the ... See full summary »

Director: Moufida Tlatli | Stars: Rabiah Ben-Abdullah, Sabah Bouzouita, Ghalia Benali, Hind Sabri

Votes: 318

86. Monrak Transistor (2001)

Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Phaen is a suburban young man with a great love for music. He never misses a chance to show off his voice at temple fairs in his village. It is at one of the fairs that he meets and falls ... See full summary »

Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Stars: Supakorn Kitsuwon, Siriyakorn Pukkavesh, Black Phomtong, Somlek Sakdikul

Votes: 1,022

87. '68 (1988)

R | 99 min | Drama

'68 covers exactly one year (January 1st through December 31st) in the lives of Zoltan Szabo and his family, Hungarian immigrants, working hard to make a life in San Francisco in 1968. The ... See full summary »

Director: Steven Kovacs | Stars: Eric Larson, Robert Locke, Neil Young, Sándor Técsy

Votes: 95

88. Soul Boys of the Western World (2014)

Unrated | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary about Spandau Ballet, who were one of the biggest pop groups of the 1980s and a defining act of the New Romantic scene.

Director: George Hencken | Stars: Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp

Votes: 618

89. Triptych (1980)

74 min | Drama

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Director: Ali Khamraev | Stars: Dilorom Kambarova, Gulcha Tashbayeva, Zukhra Abdurakhmanova, Anvara Alimova

Votes: 42

90. Stand Up (I) (2007)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Avi Rosen knows what's really funny: the laughs come with dollar signs in Hollywood. Bidding farewell to his crotchety grandmother, who wishes he'd find a nice Jewish girl and open a ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Rainin | Stars: Max Alexander, Aesop Aquarian, Janette Barber, Joanne Baron

Votes: 98

91. One Summer Night (2019)

Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, Romance

Before heading off to college, an overthinking teenager asks out a former girlfriend in an effort to reconnect and hold on to his past.

Director: Conner Keesling | Stars: Julia Dent, Conner Keesling

Votes: 43

92. LaLaLand (2013– )

30 min | Comedy

LaLaLand follows a group of 6 diverse individuals as they share their triumphs and failures while navigating their way through the growing pains of Life in LA.

Stars: Jayda Aslan, Marinna Engwall, Precious Holloway, Lawrence Kao

Votes: 98

93. Jiyan (2002)

102 min | Drama, Romance, War

Five years following the infamous chemical and biological bombing of Halabja, Diyari, a Kurdish/ American good Samaritan, returns to his homeland to build an orphanage in what is left of ... See full summary »

Director: Jano Rosebiani | Stars: Kurdo Galali, Pirshang Berzinji, Choman Hawrami, Enwer Shexani

Votes: 119

94. Little Zizou (2008)

96 min | Drama, Family

A boy's view of his community in modern day Mumbai.

Director: Sooni Taraporevala | Stars: John Abraham, Sohrab Ardeshir, Iyanah Bativala, Jahan Bativala

Votes: 384

95. Center Stage (2021– )

Animation

A group of aspiring performers pursue their theatrical dreams, but being of school age means that they must also contend with homework, school politics, and all the other pitfalls of growing up.

Stars: Ross K. Foad, Sky Blue, Maggie Maddie, Kemba Waffle

96. Men at Lunch (2012)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Mystery

The story of "Lunch atop a Skyscraper," the iconic photograph taken during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Director: Seán Ó Cualáin | Stars: Fionnula Flanagan, Peter Quinn, Ric Burns, Christine Roussel

Votes: 351 | Gross: $0.00M

97. Jia ru wo shi zhen de (1981)

99 min | Drama

Taiwanese film about the dark days of the Cultural Revolution and the young people who were destroyed by it, centered on a group of students who perform Nikolai Gogol's play The Inspector General.

Director: Toon Wang | Stars: Alan Tam, Kuan-Chen Hu, Lin Hsiang, Feng Chang

Votes: 140

98. Nattliga toner (1918)

61 min | Drama, Romance

The rich Baron Von Meislingen dreams of being a poet. Unfortunately he has no talent what so ever. In one of his apartments lives the talented but poor poet Peter Långhår. Von Meislingen ... See full summary »

Director: Georg af Klercker | Stars: Gabriel Alw, Sture Baude, Johnny Björkman, Hugo Björne

Votes: 47

99. The Unknown Torres (2019)

93 min | Documentary, Sport

Sergio Torres left everything in pursuit of his dream. In this documentary, filmmaker Jasper Spanjaart captures his journey as the two retrace a story of sacrifice and perseverance to find out what pursuing dreams is all about.

Director: Jasper Spanjaart | Stars: Fernando Angelini, Lucho Angelini, Sebastián Arana, Carlos Aurelio

Votes: 15

100. I Fell in Love with a Sanki (2019– )

Comedy, Drama, Family

Two introverts fall hopelessly in love with one another while dealing with their personal struggles and trying to find their footing in life. Revolving on the lives of filmmakers in Mumbai,... See full summary »

Stars: Swati Negi, Shubham Gupta, Shivaanii Rai, Vikram Kochhar

Votes: 23