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1. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
G | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 227,654 | Gross: $4.00M
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Charlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter
Votes: 529,837 | Gross: $206.46M
3. Coronation Street (1960– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Romance
The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.
Stars: William Roache, Helen Worth, Barbara Knox, Sally Dynevor
Votes: 6,025
4. North & South (2004)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
North and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.
Stars: Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack
Votes: 35,007
5. Dark Shadows (2012)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter
Votes: 280,668 | Gross: $79.73M
6. Dead Man (1995)
R | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 103,182 | Gross: $1.04M
7. Klute (1971)
R | 114 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider
Votes: 29,667 | Gross: $17.44M
8. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace | Stars: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie
Votes: 61,054 | Gross: $14.40M
9. Freaks of Nature (2015)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers - one human, one vampire, and one zombie - have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
Director: Robbie Pickering | Stars: Nicholas Braun, Mackenzie Davis, Josh Fadem, Denis Leary
Votes: 13,382
10. The Collini Case (2019)
Not Rated | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Elyas M'Barek, Alexandra Maria Lara, Heiner Lauterbach, Manfred Zapatka
Votes: 13,053
11. Chairman of the Board (1997)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy
A surfer becomes the head of a major company.
Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Larry Miller, Raquel Welch
Votes: 6,489 | Gross: $0.31M
12. Summer of Rockets (2019)
60 min | Drama
Cold war drama following a Russian Jewish inventor and his family living in Britain.
Stars: Toby Stephens, Keeley Hawes, Lily Sacofsky, Linus Roache
Votes: 2,167
13. A Promise (2013)
R | 98 min | Drama, Romance
A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's protégé. Separated first by duties and then by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden, Toby Murray
Votes: 4,520
14. The Colour Room (2021)
112 min | Drama
Clarice Cliff breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionizes the workplace at a pottery factory in 1920s England.
Director: Claire McCarthy | Stars: Phoebe Dynevor, Matthew Goode, Kerry Fox, Darci Shaw
Votes: 1,668
15. Our wonderful years (2020–2023)
270 min | Biography, Drama, History
The history of the Wolf family in post-war Germany in the 1940s and 1950s.
Stars: Elisa Schlott, Vanessa Loibl, Anna Maria Mühe, Katja Riemann
Votes: 783
16. The Efficiency Expert (1991)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
An expert on productivity shows wacky workers in 1966 Australia how to run their moccasin factory like clockwork, despite laying off more than half the workforce.
Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Alwyn Kurts, Bruno Lawrence
Votes: 2,206 | Gross: $0.10M
17. The Third Murder (2017)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Koji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Votes: 8,011 | Gross: $0.09M
18. The Young Karl Marx (2017)
Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 7,287 | Gross: $0.13M
19. Passion (1982)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A film director has an inspirational crisis while working on the production, Passion, and struggles with the nature of work and art.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Radziwilowicz
Votes: 2,847
20. The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982)
108 min | Drama
A mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in.
Director: Hans Alfredson | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Johansson, Hans Alfredson, Per Myrberg
Votes: 3,714
21. Romantics Anonymous (2010)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
Jean-René, owner of a chocolate factory, and Angélique, a talented chocolate maker, are too shy to admit their love for each other. Will they come together thanks to their common passion?
Director: Jean-Pierre Améris | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Lorella Cravotta, Lise Lamétrie
Votes: 12,041
22. Les Misérables (1935)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
In early-19th-century France, an ex-convict who failed to report to parole is relentlessly pursued over a 20-year period by an obsessive policeman.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 3,931
23. Guru (2007)
Not Rated | 166 min | Drama
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay 1958, and rises from its streets to become the GURU, the biggest tycoon in Indian history.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhavan
Votes: 25,017 | Gross: $2.09M
24. Midnight's Children (2012)
Not Rated | 146 min | Drama
A pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from Britain grow up in the country that is nothing like their parents' generation.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Rajat Kapoor, Vansh Bhardwaj, Anupam Kher, Neha Mahajan
Votes: 3,396 | Gross: $0.14M
25. We Have Never Been Modern (2023)
117 min | Drama, Mystery
Helena is about to give birth and face a rosy future in a modern city as the wife of a successful young factory manager.
Director: Matej Chlupacek | Stars: Eliska Krenková, Miloslav König, Milan Ondrík, Lubos Veselý
Votes: 432
26. Fear (1954)
84 min | Drama
Irene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lover's jealous ex-girlfriend. The plot, an experiment in causing fear, drives her into a rage.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt, Kurt Kreuger
Votes: 1,779
27. I'm All Right Jack (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy
A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 4,370
28. Pot o' Gold (1941)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Jimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger
Votes: 2,092
29. Hidden in Silence (1996 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Poland June 1941, as German troops take over the Eastern side of the city of Przemysl from the Russians. To save their belongings from the Nazis, the Jewish family Diamant transfers them to... See full summary »
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Kellie Martin, Tom Radcliffe, Marc Warren, Gemma Coughlan
Votes: 549
30. Borrowed Hearts (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Kathleen's a hard-working single mother, who's saving to buy a house for herself and her daughter, Zoe. Sam's a businessman who has to pretend he has a family in order to close a deal with ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Roma Downey, Eric McCormack, Shawn Thompson, Janet Bailey
Votes: 2,410
31. Murderers Among Us (1946)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Elly Burgmer, Erna Sellmer, Hilde Adolphi
Votes: 2,547
32. Psychout for Murder (1969)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Shortly after her release from a mental hospital, a young woman begins a campaign of revenge against those who placed her there.
Director: Rossano Brazzi | Stars: Adrienne Larussa, Rossano Brazzi, Nino Castelnuovo, Paola Pitagora
Votes: 454
33. Potiche (2010)
R | 103 min | Comedy
A housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard
Votes: 11,365 | Gross: $1.62M
34. Miss Golem (1972)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
The inventor Petr takes Vera to his laboratory. There he works on a machine to create perfect "golems" or "human doubles". Vera unwittingly creates her own golem.
Director: Jaroslav Balík | Stars: Jana Brejchová, Jan Tríska, Martin Ruzek, Josef Somr
Votes: 51
35. Lessons of a Dream (2011)
113 min | Drama, Sport
An English teacher brings soccer from England to Germany in the late 19th Century by teaching it to his class.
Director: Sebastian Grobler | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Burghart Klaußner, Thomas Thieme, Justus von Dohnányi
Votes: 2,596
36. Kaalia (1981)
Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Drama
Jailed for robbing his brother's unscrupulous employer, a simpleton has a transformation while in prison, emerging with a violent mission for revenge.
Director: Tinnu Anand | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Asha Parekh, Parveen Babi, Amjad Khan
Votes: 1,701
37. 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: 4,032
38. Freies Land (2019)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two cops investigate the disappearance of two teen sisters in a remote town, where it seems like everyone has something to hide - including the bodies.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Trystan Pütter, Nurit Hirschfeld, Felix Kramer, Oleksandr Pecherytsia
Votes: 1,414
39. Namak Haraam (1973)
Not Rated | 146 min | Drama
Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad... See full summary »
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Simi Garewal, Rekha
Votes: 1,806
40. Kid Blue (1973)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Western
At the turn of the century, with the Old West fading away, Texas train robber Kid Blue goes straight and takes a factory job but old habits die hard.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, Ben Johnson
Votes: 814
41. Paris Pick-Up (1962)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
On a Christmas night, an ex-convict, Robert Herbin, meets a beautiful Italian married woman Marthe Drévet, who has got a lot of things to hide.
Director: Marcel Bluwal | Stars: Robert Hossein, Lea Massari, Robert Dalban, Maurice Biraud
Votes: 250
42. Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Friends of a recently deceased minor painter Jean-Baptiste take a train in Paris for Limoges, where he wished to be buried, and all the people on the train have their problems.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Pascal Greggory, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Votes: 2,001 | Gross: $0.06M
43. Florida (2015)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Although he's now eighty years old, Claude Lherminier is still as imposing as he ever was. His moments of forgetfulness and confusion are becoming increasingly more frequent, but he stubbornly refuses to admit that anything is wrong.
Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Sandrine Kiberlain, Laurent Lucas, Anamaria Marinca
Votes: 771
44. The Rag Trade (1975–1978)
30 min | Comedy
Follows the humorous struggles of workers in a London clothing factory.
Stars: Peter Jones, Diane Langton, Miriam Karlin, Christopher Beeny
Votes: 64
45. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in the Playroom (2012 Video)
7 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Stars: Jessica Fildes, James Fildes
Votes: 38
46. Konets Sankt-Peterburga (1927)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
A peasant comes to St. Petersburg to find work. He unwittingly helps in the arrest of an old friend who is now a labor leader. The unemployed man is arrested and sent to fight in World War I. After three years, he returns to rebel.
Directors: Vsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail Doller | Stars: Aleksandr Chistyakov, Vera Baranovskaya, Ivan Chuvelyov, Vladimir Obolensky
Votes: 1,863
47. Hot Chocolate (1992 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
B. J. Cassidy, a rich businesswoman, has to invest several billion dollars for fiscal reasons. She undertakes to buy back a small French factory, specialized in chocolate truffles...
Director: Josée Dayan | Stars: Bo Derek, Robert Hays, François Marthouret, Patricia Millardet
Votes: 223
48. Laughter Is a Gift from Heaven (1963)
92 min | Comedy
A successful industrialist tries to persuade his daughter to marry his gangling and kind partner. A bogus affair with the seductive femme fatale, Gisela Dali, would do the trick; however, what happens if her jealous fiancé finds out?
Director: Giorgos Papakostas | Stars: Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Giorgos Konstadinou, Marika Nezer, Voula Avramidou
Votes: 116
49. Back to Even (1998)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When an expert counterfeiter gets into debt with a dangerous bookie, who's on the run from the mob, the only way he can settle his debt is to join forces with the bookie in this thriller. ... See full summary »
Director: Rod Hewitt | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Michael Paré, Herb Mitchell, Angela Jones
Votes: 204
50. The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres, Gilbert Roland, Karen Morley
Votes: 306