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51. Earth (1998)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance, War
It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl witnesses tragedy as her ayah (nanny) is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna
Votes: 8,120 | Gross: $0.53M
52. Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Swanberg | Stars: Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Andrew Bujalski, Ry Russo-Young
Votes: 2,290 | Gross: $0.02M
53. Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
Approved | 111 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1920s Ireland, I.R.A. members are being led by the war mongering Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), as they fight oppressive British forces.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns
Votes: 1,532
54. The Little Soldier (1963)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, War
During the Algerian War, a man and woman from opposing sides fall in love with one another.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anna Karina, Michel Subor, Henri-Jacques Huet, Paul Beauvais
Votes: 8,172 | Gross: $0.02M
55. April Morning (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History, War
On the morning of April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began with the "shot heard 'round the world".
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Blakely, Chad Lowe, Robert Urich
Votes: 786
56. Blood Suckers (1971)
R | 82 min | Horror
A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that, wherever he has been, certain unsolved murders ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Peter Cushing, Alexander Davion, Johnny Sekka
Votes: 730
57. After School (2022)
Drama
After being accused of a crime she didn't commit, heartbroken bad-girl Heidi gets stuck in detention with school geek Saffron and sparks fly.
Director: Samuel Galloway | Stars: Caylen Forbes, Holly Monks, Emily Mutimer, Liv Rian
Votes: 78
58. Hey Ram (2000)
Not Rated | 186 min | Crime, Drama, History
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country and sets out to kill him.
Director: Kamal Haasan | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Hema Malini
Votes: 14,038 | Gross: $0.27M
59. I Like It Like That (1994)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Money issues and misunderstandings divide a couple who struggle to raise their children in the Bronx.
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Luna Lauren Velez, Jon Seda, Tomas Melly, Desiree Casado
Votes: 1,853 | Gross: $1.78M
60. Drunk History (2007–2011)
TV-14 | 48 min | Short, Comedy, History
The original sketches from Funny or Die where someone gets drunk and tries to recount a historical event.
Stars: Derek Waters, Jen Kirkman, Jack Black, Eric Falconer
Votes: 2,107
61. Back to Bataan (1945)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, War
In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Fely Franquelli
Votes: 4,378
62. The Strange Woman (1946)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
In 1820s New England beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old man Isaiah Poster but also seduces his son and his company foreman.
Directors: Edgar G. Ulmer, Douglas Sirk | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 2,466
63. Rebellion (2011)
136 min | Action, Drama, History
Dissidents in a French overseas territory attack a police station and take hostages.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Iabe Lapacas, Malik Zidi, Alexandre Steiger
Votes: 2,879
64. Bhowani Junction (1956)
Approved | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers, Abraham Sofaer
Votes: 2,090
65. Something of Value (1957)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, War
In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez
Votes: 1,310
66. Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
R | 111 min | Drama
Conjoined twins have their relationship tested when a woman takes interest in one of them.
Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Michael Polish, Mark Polish, Michele Hicks, Jon Gries
Votes: 5,254 | Gross: $0.99M
67. Tuntematon sotilas (2018–2019)
270 min | Drama, History, War
The story of a Finnish Army machine gun company operating in the Karelian front during the Continuation War from mobilization in 1941 to the Moscow Armistice in 1944.
Stars: Aku Hirviniemi, Andrei Alén, Jussi Vatanen, Hannes Suominen
Votes: 2,462
68. Like Normal People (1979 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
A mentally-challenged man and woman meet, fall in love, and are determined to get married, despite the initial objections of their families and friends. Based on a true story.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Shaun Cassidy, Linda Purl, Zalman King, James Keach
Votes: 248
69. Time of Eve (2010)
106 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
In a not too distant future, a young man's outlook on his home android begins to change after tracking the android's behavioral log to a mysterious cafe.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Kenji Nojima, Rie Tanaka, Rina Satô
Votes: 4,084
70. The Wall (1983)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Teens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions.
Director: Yilmaz Güney | Stars: Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Malik Berrichi, Nicolas Hossein
Votes: 4,438
71. Sleeping Beauty (1995 Video)
Unrated | 48 min | Animation, Drama, Family
When the King and Queen forget to invite fairy Odelia to their daughter's Christening feast, the wicked fairy takes revenge by vowing that the Princess will prick her finger and die on her sixteenth birthday.
Directors: Toshiyuki Hiruma, Takashi Masunaga | Stars: Stevie Louise Vallance, Kathleen Barr, Ian James Corlett, Garry Chalk
Votes: 261
72. Three Times (2005)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005. Two actors play the two main characters in each story.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Fang Mei, Shu-Chen Liao
Votes: 6,158 | Gross: $0.15M
73. The Weight of Chains (2010)
Not Rated | 125 min | Documentary, History, News
The Weight of Chains is a Canadian documentary film that takes a critical look at the role that the US, NATO and the EU played in the tragic breakup of a once peaceful and prosperous ... See full summary »
Director: Boris Malagurski | Stars: Rade Aleksic, James Bissett, John Bosnitch, Michel Chossudovsky
Votes: 4,544
74. Battlefield Constantinople (1970)
136 min | War, Drama
After two decades, the poisoned memories of WWII still haunt a selfless patriot. Will she ever forget her former conservatoire classmate and relentless SS leader; the tortures, or her Resistance fighter husband? Can she forgive and forget?
Director: Nikos Foskolos | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Kostas Karras, Spyros Kalogirou
Votes: 1,123
75. Jinnah (1998)
110 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of the Indian politician Muhammad Ali Jinnah who successfully campaigned for an independent Pakistan and became its first Governor-General.
Director: Jamil Dehlavi | Stars: Christopher Lee, Shireen Shah, James Curran, Zafar Hameed
Votes: 3,145
76. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama, History
The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi, Pippo Agusta
Votes: 3,718
77. Tanguy (2001)
108 min | Comedy
Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan...
Director: Étienne Chatiliez | Stars: Sabine Azéma, André Dussollier, Éric Berger, Hélène Duc
Votes: 7,435
78. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look at the life of 19th-century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister (1791-1840), who lived openly as a lesbian and kept diaries chronicling the details of her daily life.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch, Christine Bottomley
Votes: 2,255
79. The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of a young revolutionary who raised an armed resistance against the British rule in India.
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Sushant Singh, D. Santosh, Akhilendra Mishra
Votes: 17,311
80. The Herd (1978)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family in eastern Turkey decides to sell its sheep in far away Ankara.
Director: Zeki Ökten | Stars: Tarik Akan, Melike Demirag, Tuncel Kurtiz, Savas Yurttas
Votes: 5,350
81. Outside the Law (2010)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, War
A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa
Votes: 4,125
82. Come as You Are (2011)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
Three guys in their twenties love wine and women but they are still virgins. Under the guise of a wine tour they embark on a journey to Spain hoping to have their first sexual experience. ... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Charlotte Timmers, Roos Van Vlaenderen, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Karel Vingerhoets
Votes: 7,795
83. The Matchmaker (1958)
Approved | 103 min | Romance, Comedy
Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.
Director: Joseph Anthony | Stars: Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Ford
Votes: 1,215
84. Half Moon (2006)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he... See full summary »
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtian, Farzin Sabooni, Kambiz Arshi
Votes: 3,093 | Gross: $0.00M
85. How the War Started on My Island (1996)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Although being one of the first movies to take humoristic approach towards violent break-up of Yugoslavia, this motion picture is partly based on real events that took place in September of... See full summary »
Director: Vinko Bresan | Stars: Vlatko Dulic, Ljubomir Kerekes, Ivan Brkic, Predrag 'Predjo' Vusovic
Votes: 2,929
86. Astitva (2000)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
Happiness of Shrikant and Aditi's twenty seven year old marriage is over. After it's reveled that Aditi is beneficiary to the property of late Malhar Kamat. Which opens many streets from the past.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar | Stars: Tabu, Sachin Khedekar, Mohnish Behl, Smita Jaykar
Votes: 805
87. The Gandhi Murder (2019)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History
This is a conspiracy theory period movie based on true events, that led to the eventual assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The movie demonstrates a violent India, at the backdrop ... See full summary »
Directors: Karim Traïdia, Pankaj Sehgal | Stars: Stephen Lang, Luke Pasqualino, Joseph K. Bevilacqua, Om Puri
Votes: 194
88. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019)
Not Rated | 148 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and her resistance to the British Rule.
Directors: Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, Kangana Ranaut | Stars: Kangana Ranaut, Danny Denzongpa, Suresh Oberoi, Atul Kulkarni
Votes: 16,240
89. El Presidente (2012)
162 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The life story of the first Philippine President. The story of the man who led the Filipino people to victory against its Spanish conquerors.
Director: Mark Meily | Stars: Jorge Estregan, Nora Aunor, Christopher De Leon, Cristine Reyes
Votes: 140
90. Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sugata returns to prove his judo mastery in a match against Western opponents.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Akitake Kôno
Votes: 2,717
91. Kranti (1981)
187 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of India's freedom struggle between the years 1825 and 1875.
Director: Manoj Kumar | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini
Votes: 1,077
92. The Outsider (1979)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A young American man joins the IRA in Ireland but soon finds out that he is being used for political purposes and propaganda.
Director: Tony Luraschi | Stars: Craig Wasson, Sterling Hayden, Patricia Quinn, Niall O'Brien
Votes: 323
93. McGuire, Go Home! (1965)
114 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During Cyprus' war of independence against Britain, Juno Kozani (Susan Strasberg), an American archeology student visiting Cyprus, is caught between the two warring sides.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, George Chakiris, Susan Strasberg, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 337
94. Lumumba (2000)
Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo Patrice Lumumba.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto
Votes: 2,083 | Gross: $0.68M
95. Papaflessas (1971)
130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Under the Ottomans' reign of terror in early-1820s Greece, Papaflessas played a key role in the nation's uprising to gain its independence, until his heroic fall against the tyrants' brutal multitudes, on May 20, 1825.
Director: Errikos Andreou | Stars: Dimitris Papamichael, Alekos Alexandrakis, Angelos Antonopoulos, Katia Dandoulaki
Votes: 923
96. The Wrong Way Out (1938)
Passed | 17 min | Crime, Short, Drama
In this entry in the "Crime Does Not Pay" series, young Ann Stevens and "Windy" Brown, against the advice of both sets of parents, run away and get married as they yearn for "independence."... See full summary »
Director: Gustav Machatý | Stars: Kenneth Howell, Linda Perry, William Bailey, Robert Elliott
Votes: 165
97. Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, History
On the glorious battlefields of the American Revolution, two great generals distinguished themselves; George Washington and Benedict Arnold. Washington is remembered as America's founding ... See full summary »
Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Jane Brennan, Laura Brennan, Anthony Brophy, Frank Coughlan
Votes: 541
98. Chained for Life (1952)
Not Rated | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Siamese twin kills the husband who left her. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had nothing to do with the crime?
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Violet Hilton, Daisy Hilton, Mario Laval, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 501
99. The Irish Revolution (2019– )
154 min | Documentary
The story of the Irish war of independence 1919 to 1922
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Conor Mulvagh, Heather Jones, Michael Laffan
Votes: 103
100. The Clay Bird (2002)
95 min | Drama, History
A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.
Director: Tareque Masud | Stars: Nurul Islam Bablu, Russell Farazi, Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy
Votes: 4,242