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1. The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Zak, a man with down syndrome, runs away from a residential nursing home to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler. Later, he meets with an outlaw who becomes his friend and coach.
Directors: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz | Stars: Zack Gottsagen, Ann Pierce, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern
Votes: 104,776 | Gross: $13.12M
2. The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
G | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Kermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway only to find it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire
Votes: 22,815 | Gross: $25.53M
3. I Origins (2014)
R | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.
Director: Mike Cahill | Stars: Michael Pitt, Steven Yeun, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Brit Marling
Votes: 133,921 | Gross: $0.33M
4. Infinite Storm (2022)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
When a climber gets caught in a blizzard, she encounters a stranded stranger and must get them both down the mountain before nightfall.
Directors: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert | Stars: Naomi Watts, Billy Howle, Denis O'Hare, Parker Sawyers
Votes: 10,517
5. Her Smell (2018)
R | 136 min | Drama, Music
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Director: Alex Ross Perry | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Agyness Deyn
Votes: 8,217 | Gross: $0.26M
6. Una (2016)
R | 94 min | Drama
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at her much-older former lover's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of their dark past threaten to unravel his new life. What follows is an ... See full summary »
Director: Benedict Andrews | Stars: Ruby Stokes, Rooney Mara, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn
Votes: 11,607
7. Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Family
Eight-year-old Ahmed has mistakenly taken his friend Mohammad's notebook. He wants to return it, or else his friend will be expelled from school. The boy determinedly sets out to find Mohammad's home in the neighbouring village.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Khodabakhsh Defaei, Iran Outari
Votes: 18,818
8. Blackway (2015)
R | 90 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
An ex-logger comes to the aid of a woman who returns to her hometown in the Pacific Northwest and finds herself harassed and stalked by a former cop turned crime lord.
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles, Ray Liotta, Alexander Ludwig
Votes: 10,720 | Gross: $0.02M
9. The Big Kahuna (1999)
R | 90 min | Drama, Comedy
Two veteran salesmen dissect a sales pitch to a particular client, through their young protégé.
Director: John Swanbeck | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Peter Facinelli, Paul Dawson
Votes: 15,063 | Gross: $3.15M
10. Dispatches from Elsewhere (2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery
Feeling as though there's something missing in their lives, four ordinary people stumble across a puzzle hiding just beyond the veil of everyday life, and their eyes are opened to a world of possibility and magic.
Stars: Jason Segel, André 3000, Eve Lindley, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 5,431
11. Copenhagen (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
When the girl of your dreams is half your age, it's time to grow up.
Director: Mark Raso | Stars: Gethin Anthony, Frederikke Dahl Hansen, Sebastian Armesto, Olivia Grant
Votes: 13,895
12. Scarecrows (1988)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Criminals hijack a plane and force the pilot and his daughter to fly them to Mexico. However, an unexpected landing finds them in a cemetery inhabited by killer scarecrows.
Director: William Wesley | Stars: Ted Vernon, Michael David Simms, Richard Vidan, Kristina Sanborn
Votes: 5,677
13. From Me to You (2010)
128 min | Drama, Romance
A girl that resemble "Sadako" of the movie Ring is being feared by her classmates. She is avoided by everyone.While everyone is avoiding her, the popular boy Shota Kazehaya befriends her, and their love begins to grow.
Director: Naoto Kumazawa | Stars: Mikako Tabe, Haruma Miura, Misako Renbutsu, Haru Aoyama
Votes: 2,955
14. Come and Find Me (2016)
R | 112 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
When his girlfriend goes missing, David must track down her whereabouts after he realizes she's not who she was pretending to be.
Director: Zack Whedon | Stars: Aaron Paul, Annabelle Wallis, Garret Dillahunt, Chris Chalk
Votes: 9,858
15. The Festival (2018)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
After Nick's girlfriend dumps him, his best mate Shane has the perfect antidote to his break-up blues: three days at an epic music festival.
Director: Iain Morris | Stars: Joe Thomas, Hannah Tointon, Hammed Animashaun, Hugh Coles
Votes: 7,685
16. Lesson of the Evil (2012)
Unrated | 129 min | Horror, Thriller
A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Takehiro Hira, Hideaki Itô, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 6,811
17. Modern Girls (1986)
PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A pair of women decide to prank their roommate's nerdy blind date after she stands him up, but end up developing a friendship with him after their practical joke sends them on an all-night odyssey through the 1980s club scene.
Director: Jerry Kramer | Stars: Daphne Zuniga, Virginia Madsen, Cynthia Gibb, Clayton Rohner
Votes: 1,721 | Gross: $0.60M
18. Deadly Strangers (1975)
R | 88 min | Thriller
Amidst public warnings of a dangerous patient who's escaped from a mental hospital, a young Belle Adams (Hayley Mills) hitches rides on the highway with various assortment of motorists.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Hayley Mills, Simon Ward, Sterling Hayden, Ken Hutchison
Votes: 749
19. Out 1 (1971)
Not Rated | 776 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.
Directors: Jacques Rivette, Suzanne Schiffman | Stars: Michèle Moretti, Hermine Karagheuz, Karen Puig, Pierre Baillot
Votes: 1,558 | Gross: $0.03M
20. The ComDads (1983)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Crime
A woman, whose troubled son has left home, informs two different men from her past that each of them is a real father. Too different men.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Anny Duperey, Michel Aumont
Votes: 6,738
21. Lost in Paris (2016)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy
Fiona visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic Aunt Martha. Catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom, a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he was afraid of expressing.
Directors: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon | Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Pierre Richard, Emmy Boissard Paumelle, Céline Laurentie
Votes: 3,635 | Gross: $0.69M
22. Vamos a la playa (2022)
91 min | Drama, Romance
3 Young Germans travel to Cuba in search of one of the younger brother's friend who is there researching Manatees. One arrogantly searching for love, while the other is denied and the third... See full summary »
Director: Bettina Blümner | Stars: Leonard Scheicher, Victoria Schulz, Maya Unger, Eugenio Torroella
Votes: 136
23. Before We Vanish (2017)
R | 129 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Three aliens travel to Earth in preparation for a mass invasion, taking possession of human bodies.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hiroki Hasegawa, Masahiro Higashide
Votes: 2,839 | Gross: $0.05M
24. Leila (2019– )
48 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a near-future world where an oppressive regime segregates society, one woman skirts the system to search for the daughter taken from her years ago.
Stars: Huma Qureshi, Rahul Khanna, Siddharth, Leysha Mange
Votes: 9,322
25. Moontide (1942)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In California, Bobo and his mooching pal Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery.
Directors: Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang | Stars: Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell, Claude Rains
Votes: 2,236
26. Kung Fu Divas (2013)
TV-PG | 115 min | Action, Comedy
Charlotte is a veteran beauty-queen aspirant from a small village in the Philippines. She belongs to a family of beauty queens and her mother employs every trick she knows to make Charlotte... See full summary »
Director: Onat Diaz | Stars: AiAi Delas Alas, Marian Rivera, Roderick Paulate, Gloria Diaz
Votes: 64
27. 2 Alone in Paris (2008)
94 min | Comedy
Everybody in Paris has vanished exept a clueless cop and the robber he's been pursuing for years.
Directors: Ramzy Bedia, Eric Judor | Stars: Ramzy Bedia, Eric Judor, Hafid F. Benamar, Élodie Bouchez
Votes: 2,761
28. Voices in the Wind (2020)
139 min | Drama
Inspired by an actual occurrence in Japan Haru who has relocated to Hiroshima in southern Japan comes across a rogue telephone booth in the middle of nowhere when she returns to Iwate ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Suwa | Stars: Shoko Ikezu, Shinsuke Kato, Tomokazu Miura, Serena Motola
Votes: 483
29. Deadly Force (1983)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disgraced former police officer returns to Los Angeles as a private detective and vigilante to catch a mass murderer. When he crosses paths with his estranged wife, he tries to rekindle their relationship.
Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Wings Hauser, Joyce Ingalls, Paul Shenar, Al Ruscio
Votes: 498 | Gross: $1.71M
30. Stray Dolls (2019)
Unrated | 97 min | Crime, Thriller
One petty crime spirals into the next.
Director: Sonejuhi Sinha | Stars: Cynthia Nixon, Olivia DeJonge, Robert Aramayo, Shiloh Verrico
Votes: 504
31. Grain (2017)
128 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
This film was inspired by a chapter from the Noble Quran. It is a post-apocalyptic story set in a world where those that survive, are divided between the remnants of cities and agricultural... See full summary »
Director: Semih Kaplanoglu | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Ermin Bravo, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Cristina Flutur
Votes: 1,675
32. Catch Me Daddy (2014)
R | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
Laila, a girl on the run from her family is hiding out in West Yorkshire with her drifter boyfriend Aaron. When her brother arrives in town with a gang of thugs in tow, she is forced to flee for her life and faces her darkest night.
Directors: Daniel Wolfe, Matthew Wolfe | Stars: Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Conor McCarron, Gary Lewis, Nichola Burley
Votes: 1,534
33. Ya ne vernus (2014)
110 min | Drama
A young woman who grew up in orphanage is longing to be loved, but does not have it in her to love others. Her teenage looks help her while falsely accused of committing a crime to hide in ... See full summary »
Directors: Ilmar Raag, Dmitry Sheleg | Stars: Polina Pushkaruk, Vika Lobachova, Andrey Astrakhantsev, Sergey Yatsenyuk
Votes: 1,112
34. There Was a Little Boy (1993 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Wealthy Gregg and his wife, English teacher Julie, were happy parents until their little boy Robby was stolen while she took a bath. Their lives have taken off again, but they keep hoping ... See full summary »
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Cybill Shepherd, John Heard, Scott Bairstow, Elaine Kagan
Votes: 304
35. Au Revoir L'Ete (2013)
125 min | Drama
After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town. Sakuko gets to know the people of the town, including Takashi, a shy relative of her childhood friend.
Director: Kôji Fukada | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Mayu Tsuruta, Taiga Nakano, Kanji Furutachi
Votes: 458
36. Hozier: Take Me to Church (2013 Music Video)
4 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The song's music video has contributed to its widespread popularity. The clip, directed by Brendan Canty and Conal Thomson of small production company Feel Good Lost, follows the ... See full summary »
Directors: Brendan Canty, Conal Thomson | Stars: Daniel Coughlan, Christopher Flaherty, Emmet O'Riabhaigh, Patrick Sheahan
Votes: 197
37. Revenge Girl (2017)
110 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A young woman with a big ego plots political revenge after she is duped by a man with an even bigger ego.
Director: Kôichirô Miki | Stars: Mirei Kiritani, Fumika Baba, Shô Kiyohara, Yuki Saitô
Votes: 262
38. Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
130 min | Adventure, Comedy
A pompous, adventure-seeking businessman journeys through Africa with a clumsy employee to find his own disappeared brother-in-law.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Bernard Blier, Alfredo Marchetti, Franca Bettoia
Votes: 1,055
39. Final Mission (1984)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, War
Vince Deacon, a higly decorated Vietnam War veteran, serves as a SWAT team captain for LAPD. When his family gets attacked by thugs and he kills one of them in self defense he's being ... See full summary »
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Richard Young, Christine L. Tudor, Jason Ross, John Dresden
Votes: 222
40. Snow Job (1995 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Retired NY cop Jaques 'Jock' Lamont must return to the Big Apple to track down Snowman, a mysterious mob hitman sent to take out his ex girlfriend and present NY assistant DA, Lara Calabreze.
Director: Michael Seitzman | Stars: Tracy Scoggins, Richard Todd Aguayo, Jerry Bowan, Bob Bowman
41. Aunque nos pese (2018)
10 min | Short, Drama
Marcos wants to be a writer. He spends most of his time in the park of his neighborhood. One evening he meets Pedro. An unexpected complicity will arise between them.
Director: Diego Roma | Stars: Jon Baquero, José Luis Valverde
Votes: 12
42. Fine, Totally Fine (2008)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
A tragicomedy about two listless friends who fall for the same girl and try to find out what they want from their life.
Director: Yosuke Fujita | Stars: Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yoshino Kimura, Yoshinori Okada, Yûka Arai
Votes: 628
43. Emmanuelle (1989 Video Game)
M | Adventure
Adventure p&c game. Search the South American classy beach hotspots to find and seduce Emmanuelle. You can also try to seduce other gorgeous women you meet during your search. Nudity is censored in some versions of the game.
44. L'autre monde (2001)
95 min | Crime, Drama, War
A young French-Algerian woman travels to Algeria in search for her fiance. Determined to find his whereabouts, she is facing political and religious obstacles in a country that is struggling with the aftermath of a civil war.
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Marie Brahimi, Karim Bouaiche, Nazim Boudjenah, Michèle Moretti
Votes: 70
45. Nadia et les hippopotames (1999)
102 min | Drama
November/December 1995, and France is paralysed by the transportation strikes. The huge traffic jams oblige Parisians to walk or cycle their way through the winter months. Nadia is a young ... See full summary »
Director: Dominique Cabrera | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Marilyne Canto, Thierry Frémont, Philippe Fretun
Votes: 109
46. Paris la blanche (2017)
83 min | Drama, Romance
At the age of 70, Rekia decides to leave her village in Kabylie to go to Paris. All by herself, she travels across the Mediterranean sea to bring Nour, her husband, back home. But her hero,... See full summary »
Director: Lidia Terki | Stars: Tassadit Mandi, Zahir Bouzerar, Karole Rocher, Marie Denarnaud
Votes: 65
47. Alizzz: Dónde estás (2024 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Music video for Alizzz's song "Dónde estás" from his album Conducción Temeraria. Directed by Félix Bollain.
Director: Félix Bollaín | Stars: Alizzz, Ferran Gisbert, Claudia Traisac, Abelo Valis
48. À la recherche de Tom (2013)
12 min | Short, Drama
A young Chinese woman who travels alone in Paris goes in search of the author of a letter she found.
Director: Chengcheng Chi | Stars: Alice Yin, François-Marie Nivon, Guan Chen, Jean-Claude Tran
49.
The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
Episode:
The Pink Pearl
(1957)
Adventure, Family
Hired to find the island where an Englishman has disappeared among friendly pearl-diving natives, Long John senses something is wrong when the native's don't answer his questions truthfully.
Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Billy Kay
Votes: 18
50.
A Country Practice (1981–1993)
Episode:
Fruit of the Vine: Part 2
(1983)
Drama, Romance
Vicky is held at gunpoint by Robert McNichol when she is called out to the McNichol farm. A phone call from Mrs. McNichol brings Simon out to the farm and he goes off into the bush in search of Vicky.
Director: Bruce Best | Stars: Shane Porteous, Joyce Jacobs, Brian Wenzel, Lorrae Desmond