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1. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
PG-13 | 157 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis, Dexter Sol Ansell
Votes: 118,176
2. Juno (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes a selfless decision regarding the unborn child.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman
Votes: 549,483 | Gross: $143.50M
3. That Thing You Do! (1996)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.
Director: Tom Hanks | Stars: Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron, Tom Everett Scott
Votes: 73,630 | Gross: $25.81M
4. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi
Votes: 15,117 | Gross: $1.19M
5. In the Bedroom (2001)
R | 131 min | Crime, Drama
A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.
Director: Todd Field | Stars: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei
Votes: 42,446 | Gross: $35.93M
6. The Flowers of War (2011)
R | 146 min | Drama, History, Romance
An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang, Tianyuan Huang
Votes: 55,744 | Gross: $0.01M
7. The Canterbury Tales (1972)
NC-17 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Pasolini's artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer's most erotic tales.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti
Votes: 8,235
8. The Proposition (2005)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Western
A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Ray Winstone, Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, Richard Wilson
Votes: 54,998 | Gross: $1.90M
9. American Pop (1981)
R | 96 min | Animation, Drama, History
The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.
Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Mews Small, Ron Thompson, Jerry Holland, Lisa Jane Persky
Votes: 5,512 | Gross: $6.00M
10. Barefoot in the Park (1967)
G | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.
Director: Gene Saks | Stars: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick
Votes: 20,504 | Gross: $19.99M
11. He's Out There (2018)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
Director: Dennis Iliadis | Stars: Yvonne Strahovski, Anna Pniowsky, Abigail Pniowsky, Ryan McDonald
Votes: 9,526
12. Viy (1967)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.
Directors: Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin, Nikolay Kutuzov
Votes: 9,358
13. The Dead (1987)
PG | 83 min | Drama
Gabriel Conroy and wife Gretta attend an early January dinner with friends at the home of his spinster aunts, an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany
Votes: 8,910 | Gross: $4.37M
14. Bound for Glory (1976)
PG | 147 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland
Votes: 5,593
15. Coven (2020)
TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, History
Basque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea and Amaia takes part for the first time in the nightly dances in the woods with the other villager girls. She is only 20. At dawn, they are all arrested.
Director: Pablo Agüero | Stars: Amaia Aberasturi, Alex Brendemühl, Daniel Fanego, Garazi Urkola
Votes: 5,788
16. Songcatcher (2000)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Music
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in ... See full summary »
Director: Maggie Greenwald | Stars: Janet McTeer, Michael Harding, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin
Votes: 3,684 | Gross: $3.05M
17. Paheli (2005)
Not Rated | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A folk tale - supernatural love story about a ghost who falls in love with a newlywed woman.
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 14,271 | Gross: $1.41M
18. Grbavica (2006)
90 min | Drama
A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Bosnian War.
Director: Jasmila Zbanic | Stars: Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Zimic Mijovic, Leon Lucev, Kenan Catic
Votes: 6,889 | Gross: $0.04M
19. The Blue Beads from Greece (1967)
94 min | Comedy, Musical
A rich girl causes problems in a traditional, folk neighborhood of Athens when she opens a shop that plays modern music.
Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Zoi Laskari, Kostas Voutsas, Martha Karagianni, Faidon Georgitsis
Votes: 741
20. Song of Granite (2017)
104 min | Biography, Drama
Born in a remote village on Ireland's west coast, Joe Heaney conquered the shyness of his youth to become one of his country's most revered traditional vocalists, as chronicled in this lyrical biopic.
Director: Pat Collins | Stars: Colm Seoighe, Michael O'Chonfhlaola, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Jaren Cerf
Votes: 356 | Gross: $0.02M
21. Leadbelly (1976)
PG | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biography of the legendary folksinger, Huddie Ledbetter, master of the 12-string guitar and long-time convict on Texas and Louisiana chain gangs.
Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Roger E. Mosley, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair, James Brodhead
Votes: 903
22. Yellow Earth (1984)
TV-PG | 89 min | Drama, History, Music
A communist soldier travels to Shanbei to collect folk songs for propaganda while visiting a poor peasant family, giving hope to the teenage daughter in escaping an arranged marriage.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Xueqi Wang, Bai Xue, Quiang Liu, Tuo Tan
Votes: 2,575
23. Misty (1976)
100 min | Drama
Misty arrives in a small town to look for her mother who abandoned her 22 years ago. She stays with a bisexual artist and her friends and models for her. Meanwhile, a Christian woman with a secret tries to save her perverted niece.
Director: Joseph W. Sarno | Stars: Mary Mendum, Jennifer Jordan, Jamie Gillis, Jennifer Welles
Votes: 116
24. Stonewall (1995)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of homosexual people try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.
Director: Nigel Finch | Stars: Guillermo Diaz, Frederick Weller, Brendan Corbalis, Duane Boutte
Votes: 1,740 | Gross: $0.62M
25. Hallelujah (1929)
Passed | 109 min | Drama, Musical
A sharecropper decides to become a preacher after falling for a vamp from the city.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William Fountaine, Harry Gray
Votes: 2,000
26. Ashik Kerib (1988)
73 min | Drama
A talented but poor minstrel is forced to wander throughout the world because of impossibility to be with his true love - a rich merchant's daughter.
Directors: Sergei Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze | Stars: Yuri Mgoyan, Sofiko Chiaureli, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Konstantin Stepankov
Votes: 2,251
27. Passion (1999)
102 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The complicated relationship between Percy Grainger, famous Australian-born early 20th century folk musician, and his abusive unstable mother that lead to his interest in S&M, instability and failed relationships with women.
Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Richard Roxburgh, Emily Woof, Claudia Karvan
Votes: 313
28. La Habanera (1937)
98 min | Drama
Trapped in Puerto Rico, a beautiful young Swede is torn between her passionate, but mildly abusive Caribbean oligarch husband and her longing for her European homeland.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Zarah Leander, Julia Serda, Ferdinand Marian, Karl Martell
Votes: 637
29. Ploning (2008)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Ploning, is a story of one mans search for the enigmatic woman who has deeply wounded him in the past. Having grown up in an illegal Taiwanese fishing vessel, Rodrigo (30 years old) returns... See full synopsis »
Director: Dante Nico Garcia | Stars: Judy Ann Santos, Gina Pareño, Mylene Dizon, Meryll Soriano
Votes: 127
30. **** (1967)
TV-MA | 1,500 min | Drama
Originally a twenty five hour film made up of shorter film segments. It consists of 83 reels each lasting approximately 33 minutes. A short story odyssey of film designed to be shown with two projectors playing simultaneously.
Director: Andy Warhol | Stars: Brigid Berlin, Tally Brown, David Croland, Joe Dallesandro
Votes: 103
31. Tovarich (1937)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy
After the Russian revolution, a married Russian couple of nobility must take up jobs in Paris in order to survive.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone, Anita Louise
Votes: 626
32. One Moment (2021)
114 min | Comedy
Middle-age siblings struggle to manage their lives while caring for their recently widowed aging father. Welcome to the "sandwich generation."
Director: Deirdre O'Connor | Stars: Danny Aiello, Adria Tennor, Frankie Ingrassia, Natalie Seus
Votes: 233
33. I Hate Mondays (1971)
98 min | Comedy
An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.
Director: Tadeusz Chmielewski | Stars: Kazimierz Witkiewicz, Zygmunt Apostol, Bogusz Bilewski, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz
Votes: 2,284
34. The Singing Revolution (2006)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary, History, Music
Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of ... See full summary »
Directors: James Tusty, Maureen Castle Tusty | Stars: Heiki Ahonen, Gustav Ernesaks, Linda Hunt, Mari-Ann Kelam
Votes: 639 | Gross: $0.33M
35. Commune (2005)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
A documentary on the Black Bear Ranch Commune, an alternative living community founded in 1968 in the remote North Californian wilderness.
Director: Jonathan Berman | Stars: Mahaj Seeger, Peter Coyote, Cedar Seeger, Mel Kramer
Votes: 431
36. War Dance (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Documentary, Music, War
Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.
Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix | Stars: Dominic, Nancy, Rose, Jane Adong
Votes: 1,199 | Gross: $0.11M
37. In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
105 min | Drama, History
In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Magni | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Danilo Mattei, Carmen Scarpitta, Giovannella Grifeo
Votes: 654
38. The Irish Rovers (1971–1975)
30 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Irish folk songs, and comedy skits featuring the boys as mischievous leprechauns. A multitude of guest stars. Filmed in-studio and on location throughout Canada.
Stars: The Irish Rovers, Will Millar, George Millar, Jim Ferguson
Votes: 59
39. ...a pozdravuji vlastovky (1972)
90 min | Biography, Drama, War
Towards the end of 1942 a young prisoner Maruska awaits in her cell in prison in Breslau (after war Polish Wroclaw) her execution. After death sentence it was ninety nine days of grace of ... See full summary »
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Magda Vásáryová, Viera Strnisková, Július Vasek, Václav Helsus
Votes: 179
40. Surname Viet Given Name Nam (1989)
108 min | Documentary, History, Romance
Trinh T. Minh-ha combines archival footage, text, and interviews to paint portraits of Vietnamese women past and present. She explores the fiction of documentary and the truth of subjective experience and all their inherent contradictions.
Director: Trinh T. Minh-ha
Votes: 188
41. Throw Down Your Heart (2008)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Family, Music
A film crew follows the well-known banjo player Bela Fleck on his travels to Africa, where he learns about the instrument's origins.
Director: Sascha Paladino | Stars: Bela Fleck, The Jatta Family, Bassékou Kouyaté, Anania Ngoliga
Votes: 209 | Gross: $0.09M
42. Sing Your Song (2011)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.
Director: Susanne Rostock | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Marge Champion, Fran Scott Attaway
Votes: 502 | Gross: $0.05M
43. Hating kapatid (2010)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Romance
Rica (Judy Ann Santos) and Cecil (Sarah Geronimo) are sisters who grow up with their Lola Amor (Gina Pareño) while their parents (Tonton Gutierrez & Cherry Pie Picache) work abroad. Rica ... See full summary »
Director: Wenn V. Deramas | Stars: Judy Ann Santos, Sarah Geronimo, Gina Pareño, Tonton Gutierrez
Votes: 60
44. The Animals: The House of the Rising Sun (1965 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
Stars: The Animals, Eric Burdon, Chas Chandler, Alan Price
Votes: 73
45. The Days on Earth Are Flowing (1979)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
An old sea captain has lived on his own as long as he has been able to. Between his pension and the portraits he paints for a little spending money, he has done all right. However, the day ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Dimitrije Vujovic, Obren Helcer, Sarlota Pesic, Mila Keca
Votes: 131
46. The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1981)
PG | 78 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary about the blacklisted folk group, "The Weavers," and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.
Director: Jim Brown | Stars: Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Arlo Guthrie
Votes: 221
47. Geraldine (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Janey Edwards, working for Cambria Records, is managing the personal appearance tour of sobbing songster Billy Weber, and Janey is disgusted when Billy leaves her at Santa Fe College with ... See full summary »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: John Carroll, Mala Powers, Jim Backus, Stan Freberg
Votes: 70
48. The Blackbird (1958)
Not Rated | 4 min | Animation, Short
Cut out animation set to the French-Canadian nonsense song 'Le merle' (The Blackbird)
Director: Norman McLaren
Votes: 539
49. Snegurochka (1969)
90 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
A Russian fairy tale about a maiden named Snegurochka, who is made out of snow.
Director: Pavel Kadochnikov | Stars: Eugenia Filonova, Evgeniy Zharikov, Irina Gubanova, Boris Khimichev
Votes: 280
50. Argentina (2015)
85 min | Documentary, Music, Musical
Poetic, riveting and moving, Argentina explores the heart of traditional Argentine folklore and its stunning musical heritage.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Pedro Aznar, Juan Falú, Marian Farías Gómez, Gabo Ferro
Votes: 210 | Gross: $0.01M