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1. Joker (I) (2019)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy
Votes: 1,486,690 | Gross: $335.45M
2. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 1,272,717 | Gross: $333.18M
3. Suspiria (I) (2018)
R | 152 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Doris Hick, Malgorzata Bela
Votes: 92,105 | Gross: $2.47M
4. Riddle of Fire (2023)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Three mischievous children embark on a woodland odyssey when their mother sends them on an errand.
Director: Weston Razooli | Stars: Lio Tipton, Weston Razooli, Charles Halford, Lorelei Olivia Mote
Votes: 657
5. Red Sparrow (2018)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 201,456 | Gross: $46.87M
6. Code 8 (2019)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A super-powered construction worker falls in with a group of criminals in order to raise the funds to help his ill mother.
Director: Jeff Chan | Stars: Kari Matchett, Robbie Amell, Penny Eizenga, Lawrence Bayne
Votes: 52,164
7. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Votes: 379,886 | Gross: $1.11M
8. Marrowbone (2017)
R | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young man and his three younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
Director: Sergio G. Sánchez | Stars: George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Mia Goth
Votes: 39,395 | Gross: $0.00M
9. Minari (2020)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Director: Lee Isaac Chung | Stars: Steven Yeun, Han Yeri, Alan Kim, Noel Cho
Votes: 96,839
10. Teeth (I) (2007)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman
Votes: 46,443 | Gross: $0.35M
11. Ammonite (2020)
R | 117 min | Drama, History, Romance
1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle
Votes: 23,311
12. Amour (2012)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
Votes: 105,646 | Gross: $6.74M
13. Sliding Doors (1998)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Votes: 71,471 | Gross: $11.88M
14. Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A pair of star-crossed lovers in Ireland get caught up in their family's land dispute.
Director: John Patrick Shanley | Stars: Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Christopher Walken
Votes: 12,061
15. Sleep Tight (2011)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cesar, a miserable man who works as an apartment concierge, takes a special interest in an attractive woman who lives there. He goes to great lengths to trouble her.
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan, Petra Martínez
Votes: 46,671
16. No One Gets Out Alive (2021)
R | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After being forced to take a room in a boardinghouse, an immigrant in search of the American Dream finds herself in a nightmare she can't escape.
Director: Santiago Menghini | Stars: Phil Robertson, Joana Borja, Victoria Alcock, Cristina Rodlo
Votes: 20,844
17. Our Friend (2019)
R | 124 min | Drama, Romance
After receiving life-altering news, a couple finds unexpected support from their best friend, who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater and more profound than anyone could have imagined.
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Stars: Jason Segel, Isabella Kai, Violet McGraw, Casey Affleck
Votes: 15,268
18. The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Two teens live the same day repeatedly, enabling them to create a map of things to remember.
Director: Ian Samuels | Stars: Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Jermaine Harris, Anna Mikami
Votes: 27,848
19. Blood Red Sky (2021)
TV-MA | 121 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight.
Director: Peter Thorwarth | Stars: Peri Baumeister, Carl Anton Koch, Alexander Scheer, Kais Setti
Votes: 54,638
20. Project Power (2020)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its creation.
Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Rodrigo Santoro
Votes: 97,681
21. Angst (I) (1983)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.
Director: Gerald Kargl | Stars: Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Silvia Ryder, Karin Springer
Votes: 13,447
22. Woodshock (2017)
R | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A woman, consumed by profound grief after a personal loss, aided by a potent drug meant for the terminally ill, delves into her psyche for solace set in the hauntingly beautiful redwood forests.
Directors: Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Joe Cole, Pilou Asbæk, Steph DuVall
Votes: 2,305 | Gross: $0.04M
23. Johnny Dangerously (1984)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 16,404
24. The Dinner (I) (2017)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two sets of wealthy parents meet for dinner to decide what to do about a crime their sons have committed.
Director: Oren Moverman | Stars: Michael Chernus, Taylor Rae Almonte-Roman, Steve Coogan, Charlie Plummer
Votes: 9,591 | Gross: $1.32M
25. I Kill Giants (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Barbara Thorson struggles through life by escaping into a fantasy life of magic and monsters.
Director: Anders Walter | Stars: Madison Wolfe, Zoe Saldana, Imogen Poots, Sydney Wade
Votes: 32,992
26. Let It Snow (2019)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
In a small town on Christmas Eve, a snowstorm brings together a group of young people.
Director: Luke Snellin | Stars: Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Odeya Rush, Liv Hewson
Votes: 24,947
27. Anaïs in Love (2021)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows Anaïs, a 30-year old woman who is broke and has a lover she doesn't think she loves anymore. She meets Daniel, who immediately falls for her, but Daniel lives with Emilie - who Anaïs also falls for.
Director: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet | Stars: Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès, Jean-Charles Clichet
Votes: 1,916
28. Honeyland (2019)
Unrated | 89 min | Documentary, Drama
The last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.
Directors: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov | Stars: Hatidze Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam
Votes: 19,395 | Gross: $0.82M
29. Fatima (2020)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, War
Three young shepherds in Fátima, Portugal report visions of the Virgin Mary, inspiring believers and angering officials of the Church and the government, who try to force them to recant their story. Based on historical events.
Director: Marco Pontecorvo | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Goran Visnjic, Stephanie Gil, Alejandra Howard
Votes: 4,100
30. Light of Day (1987)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Music
A pair of siblings must choose whether to pursue their dream of touring with their rock band or support their family and stay in Cleveland, Ohio.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett, Michael McKean
Votes: 3,213 | Gross: $10.49M
31. Little Odessa (1994)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A cold-blooded hitman visits his estranged Russian immigrant family in Brooklyn.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 9,139 | Gross: $1.10M
32. First Kill (2017)
R | 97 min | Action, Thriller
A Wall Street broker is forced to evade a police chief investigating a bank robbery as he attempts to recover the stolen money in exchange for his son's life.
Director: Steven C. Miller | Stars: Bruce Willis, Hayden Christensen, Ty Shelton, Megan Leonard
Votes: 12,438
33. Two Girls and a Guy (1997)
R | 84 min | Drama
Two girls wait outside a young actor's door and find out he's had them both as "only" girlfriend the last ten months. They wait inside after breaking in. When Blake comes home he just can't stop lying but they stay.
Director: James Toback | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Angel David
Votes: 8,708 | Gross: $1.95M
34. Toast (2010 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960s Britain.
Director: S.J. Clarkson | Stars: Oscar Kennedy, Victoria Hamilton, Colin Prockter, Ken Stott
Votes: 10,458
35. Being 17 (2016)
Unrated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father is on a tour of duty abroad. He is bullied by Thomas, whose mother is ill. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Kacey Mottet Klein, Corentin Fila, Alexis Loret
Votes: 7,252 | Gross: $0.05M
36. The Lady (2011)
R | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Jonathan Woodhouse
Votes: 11,287 | Gross: $0.36M
37. Bad Ronald (1974 TV Movie)
Unrated | 74 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A perverted teenage boy who lives in the walls of a house finds the house sold to a family after his mother dies, then he falls for one of the new residents.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 2,410
38. Good (2008)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War
John Halder, a German literature professor in the 1930s, is initially reluctant to accept the ideas of the Nazi Party. He is pulled in different emotional directions by his wife, his mother, his mistress, and a Jewish friend.
Director: Vicente Amorim | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Steven Mackintosh
Votes: 7,835 | Gross: $0.02M
39. All I Wish (2017)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An aspiring fashion designer struggles to find success and love. The story cuts into her life once a year, always on the same date: her birthday.
Director: Susan Walter | Stars: Sharon Stone, Tony Goldwyn, Ellen Burstyn, Liza Lapira
Votes: 1,826
40. Loot (1970)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Crime
Based on the play by Joe Orton, this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately one of them works in a funeral parlor ... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Hywel Bennett, Milo O'Shea
Votes: 627
41. A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)
PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.
Director: Natalie Portman | Stars: Natalie Portman, Gilad Kahana, Amir Tessler, Moni Moshonov
Votes: 4,350 | Gross: $0.57M
42. 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: 2,840 | Gross: $0.01M
43. The Influence (2019)
TV-MA | 99 min | Horror
After moving back to her family home to care for her dying mother, a nurse haunted by her childhood memories must struggle with an evil force in the house.
Director: Denis Rovira van Boekholt | Stars: Manuela Vellés, Maggie Civantos, Alain Hernández, Claudia Placer
Votes: 4,187
44. A Night in the Fields (2020)
56 min | Drama
In a working-class town, Anthony and Dylan, two inseparable 14-year-olds, decide to go for a walk to a retro house party in a nightclub called the Komplex. While one wants to join Océane, a... See full summary »
Director: Guillaume Grélardon | Stars: Jérémy Gillet, Félix Lefebvre, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Yoann Zimmer
Votes: 95
45. Where Is Kyra? (2017)
R | 98 min | Drama
In Brooklyn, New York, Kyra (Michelle Pfeiffer) loses her job and struggles to survive on her ailing mother's income. As the weeks and months go on, her problems worsen. This leads her on a risky and enigmatic path that threatens her life.
Director: Andrew Dosunmu | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kiefer Sutherland, Suzanne Shepherd, Anthony Okungbowa
Votes: 1,857 | Gross: $0.06M
46. Apartment Zero (1988)
R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In early 1980s Buenos Aires, a struggling movie theater owner takes in a roommate but suspects he is responsible for a series of political assassinations.
Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith
Votes: 4,235 | Gross: $0.67M
47. Cop Au Vin (1985)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a small provincial French town, Dr Morasseau, Mr Lavoisier and butcher Filiol decide to create a significant estate business but Mrs Cuno and her son Louis do not want to sell their house. Louis presumably provokes the death of Filiol.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Jean Topart
Votes: 2,229
48. (Girl)Friend (2018)
82 min | Comedy, Romance
Vincent and Nefeli just moved in together. They're best friends and swore to never fall in love again. That is until Vincent meets Julie.
Director: Victor Saint Macary | Stars: William Lebghil, Margot Bancilhon, Jonathan Cohen, Camille Razat
Votes: 884
49. Mia madre (2015)
R | 106 min | Drama
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti
Votes: 7,756 | Gross: $0.30M
50. Faultless (2016)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
Having been fired from her old job as a real estate agent, 40 years old Constance thinks her former boss will hire her in a vacancy, but he chooses a younger and prettier woman. Constance can't take that and starts her stalking.
Director: Sébastien Marnier | Stars: Marina Foïs, Jérémie Elkaïm, Joséphine Japy, Benjamin Biolay
Votes: 1,032