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1. Me Before You (2016)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she's taking care of.
Director: Thea Sharrock | Stars: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer, Charles Dance
Votes: 287,133 | Gross: $56.25M
2. Red Rocket (2021)
R | 130 min | Comedy, Drama
Mikey Saber is a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown, not that anyone really wants him back.
Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son, Brenda Deiss
Votes: 33,053
3. Weathering with You (2019)
PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda, Sakura Kiryu
Votes: 55,570 | Gross: $7.80M
4. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
PG | 105 min | Drama
After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry
Votes: 154,707 | Gross: $106.26M
5. Ramona and Beezus (2010)
G | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An adventurous young girl uses her imagination to escape her reality, that is quickly spinning out of reach.
Director: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum | Stars: Joey King, Selena Gomez, Bridget Moynahan, John Corbett
Votes: 20,142 | Gross: $26.16M
6. Rocky II (1979)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Sport
Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.
Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers
Votes: 231,217
7. Another Earth (2011)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Director: Mike Cahill | Stars: Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, DJ Flava
Votes: 100,012 | Gross: $1.32M
8. The Client List (2010 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama
A young woman takes a job at a massage parlor to support her family when her husband is unable to work, and soon finds her life spiraling out of control.
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Teddy Sears, Sonja Bennett, Lynda Boyd
Votes: 8,261
9. Wildlife (2018)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Director: Paul Dano | Stars: Ed Oxenbould, Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Travis W Bruyer
Votes: 31,381 | Gross: $1.03M
10. In Her Shoes (2005)
PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Strait-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, Anson Mount
Votes: 65,073 | Gross: $32.88M
11. A Star Is Born (1937)
Passed | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
Directors: William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Victor Fleming | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson
Votes: 10,887 | Gross: $4.36M
12. Murphy's Romance (1985)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Emma moves to a ranch with her son after a divorce and befriends the older Murphy, but things turn complicated when her ex shows up.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim
Votes: 7,056 | Gross: $30.76M
13. Under the Same Moon (2007)
PG-13 | 106 min | Adventure, Drama
After his grandmother passes away, a young Mexican boy illegally travels across the border to search for his undocumented mother living and working in the U.S.
Director: Patricia Riggen | Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Kate del Castillo, Adrian Alonso, Maya Zapata
Votes: 7,452 | Gross: $12.59M
14. Mondays in the Sun (2002)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
This is the story of those who live as if every day was a constant Sunday, those who spend their Mondays in the sun. The story of people who worked in a dockyard but are now unemployed.
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Ángel Egido, Nieve de Medina
Votes: 15,392 | Gross: $0.15M
15. To Each His Own (1946)
Approved | 122 min | Drama, Romance
An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, John Lund, Mary Anderson, Roland Culver
Votes: 3,025
16. The Story of Luke (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.
Director: Alonso Mayo | Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, Jayne Eastwood, Pam Hyatt, Cary Elwes
Votes: 3,287
17. Metastases (2009)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Four friends from the neighborhood grapple with maintaining their relationships amid the challenges of alcohol, drugs, hooliganism, crime, and the shadows of their country's history.
Director: Branko Schmidt | Stars: Rene Bitorajac, Franjo Dijak, Robert Ugrina, Rakan Rushaidat
Votes: 4,550
18. Broken Diamonds (2021)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
In the wake of his father's death, a twenty-something writer sees his dream of moving to Paris put in jeopardy when he's forced to temporarily take in his wildly unpredictable, mentally ill sister.
Director: Peter Sattler | Stars: Ben Platt, Lola Kirke, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alphonso McAuley
Votes: 347
19. Do You Know Me? (2009 TV Movie)
R | 89 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When Elsa's friend recognizes her childhood photo on a milk carton as a missing child, Elsa finds herself in a web of dark secrets, sinister family members and murder.
Director: Penelope Buitenhuis | Stars: Rachelle Lefevre, Jeremy London, Ted Whittall, Lynda Boyd
Votes: 662
20. The Glass Cell (1978)
93 min | Crime, Drama
A man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.
Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer | Stars: Brigitte Fossey, Helmut Griem, Dieter Laser, Walter Kohut
Votes: 280
21. O Caminho das Nuvens (2003)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance
A man and his family travel 3200km (1984 miles) by bicycle, from the State of Paraíba to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in search of a job.
Director: Vicente Amorim | Stars: Wagner Moura, Cláudia Abreu, Ravi Ramos Lacerda, Manoel Sebastião Alves Filho
Votes: 1,215
22. Nueba Yol (1995)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
The humble and hardworking Orodoto Balbuena finally gets an opportunity of realizing his lifelong dream of reaching New York and living the "American Dream", but soon finds out that things aren't as pretty as he thought.
Director: Ángel Muñiz | Stars: Luisito Martí, Caridad Ravelo, Raúl Carbonell, Rafael Villalona
Votes: 506 | Gross: $0.98M
23. Return of the Ewok (1982 Video)
24 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
Young Warwick Davis decides he wants to be in pictures, so he gets himself an agent. The agent gives him an Ewok outfit and points him towards Elstree Studios. There Warwick wanders from set to set looking to find the other Ewoks.
Director: David Tomblin | Stars: Warwick Davis, Jeremy Bulloch, Patricia Carr, Anthony Daniels
Votes: 371
24. Her Life as a Man (1984 TV Movie)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
To land a sportswriting job on a national magazine run by a chauvinistic editor, an aspiring female reporter convincingly disguises herself as a man to get the inside story.
Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Robyn Douglass, Marc Singer, Laraine Newman, Miriam Flynn
Votes: 113
25. Repossession (2019)
96 min | Drama, Horror
50-year-old Jim has constructed a perfect life in the world's most expensive city. When he is unexpectedly laid off, he desperately clings onto the symbols of his success, while wrestling with resurfacing demons from his past.
Directors: Ming Siu Goh, Scott C. Hillyard | Stars: Gerald Chew, Amy Cheng, Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Rachel Wan
Votes: 62
26. Last Wedding (2001)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Three couples in Vancouver navigate their relationships: first jobs, first crises, professional jealousy, an affair, and lack of communication. Noah and Zipporah marry after a brief ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Sweeney | Stars: Ben Immanuel, Frida Betrani, Tom Scholte, Nancy Sivak
Votes: 357
27. La moitié gauche du frigo (2000)
90 min | Comedy
Christophe agrees to be filmed by his roommate Stéphane, while he is searching for a meaningful engineering job. Since he voluntarily resigned his job when he was to be moved to quality ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Paul Ahmarani, Stéphane Demers, Geneviève Néron, Jules Philip
Votes: 566
28. Nanimono (2016)
97 min | Drama
Looking for jobs, five young friends regularly meet at one's apartment. Judging and gauging one another by their ability to land job pits the friends as also competitors. When one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Daisuke Miura | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Fumi Nikaidô, Masaki Okada, Takeru Satoh
Votes: 753
29. Trohonomos... Varvara (1981)
94 min | Comedy
Achilleas desperate from being unemployed, tries to impersonate his sister, Varvara, and work as a traffic policeman.
Director: Omiros Efstratiadis | Stars: Giannis Gionakis, Stathis Psaltis, Jenny Zaharopoulou, Mari Karavia
Votes: 343
30. Entry Level (2007)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
A 38-year old former chef starts all over again when he interviews for entry-level corporate jobs--and can't get one.
Director: Douglas Horn | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Missi Pyle, Cedric Yarbrough, Lisa Ann Walter
Votes: 391
31. Wesh, Wesh, What's Happening? (2001)
83 min | Crime, Drama
Kamel, a young man from the french ghetto, near Paris, is coming back to France. He was arrested for dealing drugs, he spent five years in jail and was banned from France for two years. He ... See full summary »
Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Stars: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Ahmed Hammoudi, Brahim Ameur-Zaïmeche, Farida Mouffok
Votes: 357
32. Swing It (1936)
Passed | 16 min | Short, Music
Louis Prima and His Band are offered a Hollywood contract and when the movie doesn't materialize, the boys' agent absconds with the funds and they are stranded and forced to entertain in a roadside tavern, elevating the band to celebrity status.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Louis Prima, Louis Prima and His Band, Lucille Ball, Pee Wee Russell
Votes: 15
33. The Way Out (2014)
103 min | Drama
The Way Out tells a story of a young Romani couple, Zaneta and David, the parents of little Janicka. Their efforts to live a decent and dignified life run up against the "Romani social trap... See full summary »
Director: Petr Václav | Stars: Klaudia Dudová, David Istok, Milan Cifra, Zdenek Godla
Votes: 178
34. Ray of Sunshine (1933)
87 min | Drama
Vienna, at the height of the Great Depression. Like so many others, Hans has no work, no money, nowhere to live. Having lost his livelihood as a taxi driver, he decides that the only ... See full summary »
Director: Pál Fejös | Stars: Annabella, Gustav Fröhlich, Paul Otto, Hans Marr
Votes: 189
35. The Happiest Place on Earth (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama, Mystery
A daycare teacher's dreams of a home and family of her own are threatened by the loss of her husband's newspaper job and his subsequent disappearance.
Director: John Goshorn | Stars: Jennifer Faith Ward, Tom Kemnitz Jr., Marco DiGeorge, Peg O'Keef
Votes: 111
36. Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Musical
George Pearson, who works for a underwear firm that is 20 years out of date, invests his own money in a new type of thread. The company are not interested in changes, and he quits. Later ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: George Formby, Peggy Bryan, Elliott Mason, Edward Chapman
Votes: 245
37. Too Many Wives (1937)
61 min | Comedy
Betty Jackson, a socialite, and Barry Trent are attracted to each other upon first sight. They met running into each other in the park as they walked their respective dogs day after day. ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Anne Shirley, John Morley, Gene Lockhart, Dudley Clements
Votes: 159
38. Odd Brodsky (2014)
93 min | Comedy
A quirky dramedy about a woman who quits her steady job to become an actress.
Director: Cindy Baer | Stars: Tegan Ashton Cohan, Matthew Kevin Anderson, Scott Deckert, Cindy Baer
Votes: 170
39. Papierowe malzenstwo (1992)
84 min | Drama
A young and pretty Polish woman arrives in Newcastle to marry a British doctor she met in Poland, only to find that he's changed his mind. Not wanting to return to Poland and in need of ... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Lang | Stars: Gary Kemp, Joanna Trzepiecinska, Rita Tushingham, Richard Hawley
Votes: 141
40. Aaj Ki Dhara (1979)
Drama
Director: Mukul Dutt | Stars: Ranjeet Bedi, Danny Denzongpa, Padma Khanna, Pradeep Kumar
41. Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Romance
A young man from Kansas goes to New York to work for his tycoon-hero. His superiors won't listen to his ideas about business, but the boss and his daughter do.
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Brenda Joyce, Bruce Edwards, George Barbier, Hardie Albright
Votes: 36
42. The Go Getter (1937)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
Billy Austin served on the crew of the USN airship Macon until it crashed at sea during a storm. In the hospital, the captain has given him a watch with the motto of the crew 'It Shall Be ... See full summary »
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: George Brent, Anita Louise, Charles Winninger, John Eldredge
Votes: 247
43. I gynaikara ap' to Kilkis (1985)
75 min | Comedy
Fed up with her unbearable and good-for-nothing husband, a proud Pontian-Greek woman from Kilkis decides to try her luck in the bustling city of Athens in search of a better future. But, can she make it big all alone?
Director: Ilias Mylonakos | Stars: Natasa Gerasimidou, Kostas Tsakonas, Hristos Valavanidis, Themis Manesis
Votes: 132
44. To vary... peponi (1977)
95 min | Drama
Mimis, owner of a coffee shop in Chalkidiki has to come to Athens and work as a waiter. Life in Athens isn't easy for Mimis.
Director: Pavlos Tasios | Stars: Mimis Hrysomallis, Katerina Gogou, Lida Protopsalti, Antonis Antoniou
Votes: 195
45. I'll Love You Always (1935)
Passed | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Nora Clegg, an actress, marries Carl Brent, an unemployed young engineer, whose estimation of his worth and ability keeps him from getting a job. He finally acquires a position that will ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Bulgakov | Stars: Nancy Carroll, George Murphy, Raymond Walburn, Arthur Hohl
Votes: 28
46. Mile End (2015)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Paul meets John while he's out running. A sinister chain of events arouses his suspicions about his new friend. But by then it's too late - their lives are bound together by a shared fate.
Director: Graham Higgins | Stars: Alex Humes, Mark Arnold, Heidi Agerholm Balle, Valmike Rampersad
Votes: 119
47. Black Paradise (1926)
Passed | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In San Francisco, Sylvia Douglas and her fiancée, James Callahan, a reformed crook, make their getaway after Jim, disgusted with his inability to find a job, un-reforms and steals a diamond... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Madge Bellamy, Leslie Fenton, Edmund Lowe, Edward Peil Sr.
Votes: 27
48. Pame gia... kafe?! (1981)
92 min | Comedy
In search of a better future, two cousins join forces and find a job at a factory; however, the vague rumour of the founder's son imminent assassination turns one of them into the perfect decoy. But, is he ready to fill the quarry's shoes?
Director: Kostas Bakodimos | Stars: Giorgos Pantzas, Stathis Psaltis, Dimitris Ioakeimidis, Nelli Gini
Votes: 65
50. The Magic of David Copperfield III: Levitating Ferrari (1980 TV Special)
50 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the third CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Jack Klugman, and is the first one to be numbered. In fact it is officially titled "The Magic Of DAVID COPPERFIELD III",... See full summary »
Director: Stan Harris | Stars: David Copperfield, Jack Klugman, Debby Boone, Mary Crosby
Votes: 38