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51. Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
G | 108 min | Biography, Drama
G.I. Gurdjieff is a spiritual teacher and mystic who, after a lifetime study, developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Dragan Maksimovic, Terence Stamp, Mikica Dimitrijevic, Athol Fugard
Votes: 1,197
52. Whatever (1999)
120 min | Drama
Story of a man whose misanthropy goes out of control due to a business trip together with a colleague.
Director: Philippe Harel | Stars: Philippe Harel, José Garcia, Philippe Bianco, Catherine Mouchet
Votes: 877
53. The Wanderings of Ivan (2018)
Unrated | 75 min | Drama
Ivan is a young Russian vagrant in Paris. Rejected by all, he takes refuge in the woods of Vincennes. But this new haven of peace turns into a nightmare when Ivan tries to resist the traffic of an underworld wildlife.
Director: Claude Chamis | Stars: Aram Arakelyan, Benjamin Baclet, Camille Freychet, Franck Zerbib
Votes: 49
54. Om Jai Jagadish (2002)
Not Rated | 172 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The story of a mother and her three sons. Om has deep-rooted values, Jai is an ambitious car designer, and Jagdish is a carefree youngster.
Director: Anupam Kher | Stars: Waheeda Rehman, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Abhishek Bachchan
Votes: 2,149
55. Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018– )
TV-14 | 840 min | Documentary, History
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Stars: Tilda Swinton, Adjoa Andoh, Jane Fonda, Sharmila Tagore
Votes: 391
56. Yol Ayrimi (2017)
150 min | Drama
He is a boss who dedicates his life to grow up the textile empire he inherited from his father and does not hesitate to follow ruthless methods for it. He decides to choose a different life after a heavy traffic accident.
Director: Yavuz Turgul | Stars: Sener Sen, Çigdem Selisik Onat, Rutkay Aziz, Nihal Yalçin
Votes: 4,310
57. Katy Caterpillar (1984)
G | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Young caterpillar Katy leaves her cherry-leaf tree home and her three sisters one day to learn more about the world and herself. She explores the nearby forest and meets various animals, other insects and even the spirit of Mother Nature.
Directors: José Luis Moro, Santiago Moro | Stars: Cristina Camargo, Alfonso Obregon, Héctor Lee, Francisco Colmenero
Votes: 291
58. Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh (1965)
70 min | Drama
The old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs.
Director: Yuri Ilyenko | Stars: Dmitri Milyutenko, Larisa Kadochnikova, Feodosiya Litvinenko, Nina Alisova
Votes: 428
59. Scream of the Ants (2006)
85 min | Adventure, Drama
A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India. Searching the countryside for a guru called the "perfect man," who fobs ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mamhoud Chokrollahi, Mahnour Shadzi, Karl Maass, Tenzin Chogyal
Votes: 985
60. You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (1971)
R | 85 min | Drama, Comedy
This oddball counterculture comedy/drama follows Zalman King through a series of kooky misadventures while he searches for his life's purpose in New York City.
Director: Peter Locke | Stars: Zalman King, Allen Garfield, Suzette Green, Richard Pryor
Votes: 89
61. The Structure of Crystal (1969)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama
Jan and Marek used to study physics together but after graduation their paths were different. Jan got married and moved to the countryside. Marek stayed in Warsaw and now wants to persuade Jan to follow his path.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Barbara Wrzesinska, Jan Myslowicz, Andrzej Zarnecki, Wladyslaw Jarema
Votes: 1,699
62. God Is Great and I'm Not (2001)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boyfriend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and Jewish. Michèle decides to convert to Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.
Director: Pascale Bailly | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 2,513 | Gross: $0.07M
63. The Genius Club (2006)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Thriller
Seven geniuses, with IQs over 200, are plucked from their lives on Christmas Eve to try to solve the world's problems in one night.
Director: Timothy A. Chey | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Stephen Baldwin, Carol Abney, Jacob Bonnema
Votes: 2,041
64. Pieniadze to nie wszystko (2001)
120 min | Comedy
The story follows Tomasz Adamczyk the businessman who decides to leave the industry..
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Stanislawa Celinska, Sylwester Maciejewski, Cezary Kosinski
Votes: 2,061
65. Something Must Break (2014)
85 min | Drama, Romance
A gritty story taking place in Stockholm, about the passionate love between the self-abusive Sebastian who wants to be a woman, and the easy-going Andreas who is certainly not gay.
Director: Ester Martin Bergsmark | Stars: Saga Becker, Iggy Malmborg, Shima Niavarani, Mattias Åhlén
Votes: 1,596
66. Love Is Better Than Life (2021)
115 min | Drama
Friends since they're out of jail, Gerard, Ary and Philippe swore always to remain honest. 20 years later, Gerard learns he's about to die. His two friends want to offer him a last love, since he always repeated: love is better than life.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Gérard Darmon, Ary Abittan, Philippe Lellouche
Votes: 149
67. La possibilité d'une île (2008)
95 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A futuristic story about a man and his clone.
Director: Michel Houellebecq | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Patrick Bauchau, Jordi Dauder, Jean-Pierre Malo
Votes: 338
68. Broken Poet (2020)
106 min | Music
A journalist is sent to Paris by Rolling Stone magazine to investigate the rumour of an old rock star being alive after he is presumed to have committed suicide 40 years ago
Director: Emilio Ruiz Barrachina | Stars: Elliott Murphy, Joana Preiss, Marisa Berenson, Françoise Viallon
Votes: 94
69. Parade of the Planets (1984)
97 min | Drama, Fantasy
In a surreal puzzler, this story of a fantasy lived by a disparate group of men captures the visual imagination with its images and leaves a large question mark in the meantime. A rare ... See full summary »
Director: Vadim Abdrashitov | Stars: Oleg Borisov, Liliya Gritsenko, Aleksey Zharkov, Pyotr Zaychenko
Votes: 528
70. Resident of the Middle Floor (2014)
88 min | Drama, Fantasy
'Resident of Middle Floor' tells the quirky tale of a depressive writer (Shahab Hosseini) struggling for inspiration. He immerses himself into each new idea, playing the roles of his ... See full summary »
Director: Shahab Hosseini | Stars: Shahab Hosseini, Farhad Aslani, Shima Akbarzade, Alin Bagheri
Votes: 608
71. Laboratory Greece (2019)
165 min | Documentary
A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.
Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos
Votes: 32
72. Three Days (1991)
75 min | Drama
In Kaliningrad two Lithuanian boys meet two Russian girls. They have difficulties in finding places where they can sleep together. But this is the only problem they do solve. All four ... See full summary »
Director: Sharunas Bartas | Stars: Yekaterina Golubeva, Rimma Latypova, Arunas Sakalauskas, Audrius Stonys
Votes: 758
73. One: The Movie (2005)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, War
In a divided post 9-11 world, first-time filmmaker Ward Powers asks life's ultimate questions of world renowned spiritual leaders and ordinary people. ONE: The Movie weaves the diverse ... See full summary »
Director: Ward Powers | Stars: Scott Carter, Mantak Chia, Deepak Chopra, Ram Dass
Votes: 183
74. José and Pilar (2010)
117 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on Nobel Prize Winner José Saramago and his feelings over his wife, his country and life, as a whole.
Director: Miguel Gonçalves Mendes | Stars: João Afonso, Àngels Barceló, Pilar del Río, Juan Echanove
Votes: 2,490
75. The Big Bang (1989)
R | 81 min | Documentary
Filmmaker James Toback poses basic questions in philosophy, such as why we're here and where we're going, to various celebrities and ordinary people.
Director: James Toback | Stars: Emma Astner, Missy Boyd, Max Brockman, Darryl Dawkins
Votes: 208
76. Davy Wallace (2022)
151 min | Drama
As he graduates from college in North Carolina, a troubled, young artist must confront his traumatic childhood, with support from an older, grieving high school teacher.
Director: Drew Bowen | Star: Drew Bowen
77. Di Gi Charat Nyo (2003–2004)
13 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Dejiko continues her training to become the Princess of Di Gi Charat, along with her two friends Rabi~En~Rose and Puchiko!
Stars: Shion Hirota, Taliesin Jaffe, Megumi Hayashibara, Carol-Anne Day
Votes: 42
78. In the Country (1967)
65 min | Drama
During the Vietnam War, a young revolutionary, isolated with his lover in a country house, struggles to comprehend his self-inflicted inactivity and his alienation from former political associates.
Director: Robert Kramer | Stars: William Devane, Catherine Merrill, Jane Kramer, Henry Heifitz
Votes: 25
79. One Night (2007)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change. Larry, an A&R executive, has been sublimating his deep fear of getting older by carrying... See full summary »
Director: Michael Knowles | Stars: Jordan Bayne, Laurence Blum, Kevin Cahoon, Christian Campbell
Votes: 159
80. Kurosawa's Way (2011)
52 min | Documentary
Eleven major filmmakers from Europe, Asia and America talk about Akira Kurosawa and explore some ways on which he influenced their own work.
Director: Catherine Cadou | Stars: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Votes: 152
81. Choking Hazard (2004)
81 min | Comedy, Horror
Motel Halali is an ideal place. Isolated deep in the forest, not a living soul turns up all the livelong year except the staff. This is a perfect place for Dr. Reinis's (Jaroslav Dusek) ... See full summary »
Director: Marek Dobes | Stars: Jan Dolanský, Jaroslav Dusek, Eva Nádazdyová, Anna Fialkova
Votes: 486
82. Caps (2017)
80 min | Drama
Radu, 45, rich and single, manages his business with a strong, unwavering hand and no scruples. His competition is now leading a charge against him on the stock market, which prompts Radu to remember a childhood game of beer bottle caps, a game that required risk-taking, effort and skill. A heart attack and the news that he might need a heart transplant determines him to head to a remote place, ... See full summary »
Director: Sorin Marin | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Vlad Ivanov, Adina Eady, Mihai Stanescu
Votes: 221
83. Power Racer (2020–2022)
20 min | Animation, Action, Drama
This is a story about growth, friendship and passion. Through the continuous improvement of racing skills, the in-depth understanding of the concept of racing, the understanding of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Kai Wang, Jiang Bian, Jun Chu, Zhao Yi
84. What's Love Got to Do with It (2016)
131 min | Documentary
Are we born knowing how to love? Or is it something we learn? Does time cause love to blossom and grow or contract and diminish? Love is a word often used to emphasize extreme emotion such ... See full summary »
Director: Sofia Wellman | Stars: Dan Siegel, Michael Beckwith, James Van Praagh, Allan Schore
85. Superwelt (2015)
120 min | Drama
Gabi is a cashier at a local supermarket in a small town in Austria. A middle aged plump woman, she is married to a community worker and has two grown kids. Her life consists mainly of ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Markovics | Stars: Ulrike Beimpold, Rainer Wöss, Sybille Kos, Nikolai Gemel
Votes: 135
86. Dovzhenko. Ukrainian Homer of Cinema (2013)
Documentary, Short, Biography
An inspiring portrait of Dovzhenko, one of the greatest film directors, known as Homer of Cinema.
Director: Vyacheslav Bihun | Stars: Aleksandr Dovzhenko, Serhiy Trymbach, Sergei Eisenstein, Aleksandr Muratov
Votes: 97
87. Les Vieux Chums (2020)
123 min | Drama
After years living in Maroc, and now suffering from terminal lung cancer, Pierrot has decided to return to his hometown in Québec, in order to see his old chums and settle his affairs, but ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Gagnon | Stars: Patrick Labbé, Paul Doucet, Luka Limoges, Marie-Pier Labrecque
Votes: 57
88. Suplement (2002)
108 min | Drama, Romance
An examination of the relationship between an indecisive medical student and his fiancee.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Pawel Okraska, Monika Krzywkowska, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Szymon Bobrowski
Votes: 255
89. Glenn Owen Dodds (2010)
17 min | Short, Comedy
Michael Radcliffe was catching the bus this morning, like he does every day of his everyday life. He didn't expect to have a five-minute sit-down with God, Glenn Owen Dodds that is, a ... See full summary »
Director: Frazer Bailey | Stars: David Wenham, Abe Forsythe, Bella Heathcote, Bob Newman
Votes: 188
90. The Ultimate Rally (2018)
PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Racing for the ultimate bet through the most dangerous tarmac roads and off-road trails in the Americas, Europe, and Scandinavia.
Director: Hotrod Ponce | Stars: Hotrod Ponce, Brigita Ortl, Kristine Bang, May Ingrid Wilk
Votes: 51
91. Act of God (I) (2009)
TV-G | 75 min | Documentary
A look at the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning.
Director: Jennifer Baichwal | Stars: Paul Auster, Fred Frith, Chris Frith, James O'Reilly
Votes: 214 | Gross: $0.01M
92. A Reckoning (2011)
101 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The story of a lone man, trapped in a barren, desolate landscape, and his only companions: a village of straw people. They are his friends and neighbours; he teaches straw children at the ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew David Barker | Stars: Leslie Simpson, Axelle Carolyn, Daniel Tee, Marcus Green
Votes: 67
93. Death: The Ultimate Mystery (1975)
97 min | Documentary
An examination of reincarnation, regression, and other life-after-death subjects.
Directors: Robert Emenegger, Allan Sandler | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Gloria Prince, Don Felipe, Harry G. Armstrong
Votes: 23
94. Odwet (1983)
96 min | Drama
Director: Tomasz Zygadlo | Stars: Leon Niemczyk, Roman Wilhelmi, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Ewa Wisniewska
Votes: 20
95. Carlo et Charles (2022)
17 min | Short, Drama
Charles, old, rich, weighed down by years, meets Carlo, young, poor, in good shape, who has just immigrated to Switzerland, at a small train station.
Director: Nino Ilacqua | Stars: Luca Colucci, Gil Pidoux, Dino Tassotti, Petros Christidis
96. Awake in the Dream (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
A deeply enriching journey of a woman who finds herself in a deep crisis and sets of to find the meaning of life.
Director: Catharina Roland | Stars: Arjuna Ardagh, Ruediger Dahlke, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Tom Kenyon
Votes: 20
97. The Curious Child (2019)
3 min | Animation, Short
An inquisitive girl inhabits a world of natural wonder and delight, until one day she asks a profound question - "Why am I alive?". Her animal friends can't help her with an answer - and ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Vause | Star: Bethan Dixon Bate
98. L'homme sans ombre (2004)
9 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A solitary man without a shadow rises from his desk, dons his hat, and leaves his apartment. He walks through a city to a large door, knocks, shows his invitation, and is admitted to a ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Schwizgebel
Votes: 514
99. Just Call Me Jack
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, Musical | Post-production
Living under the shadow of his estranged rock-star father, a college-bound musician turns to a retired high school teacher for guidance as he comes of age.
Director: Benjamin Nichols | Stars: Kaleb Rich-Harris, Ken Farrell
100. Ladder of Philosophy
Documentary, History | Announced
Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.
Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher