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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: 103,307 | Gross: $13.12M

2. 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: 133,645 | Gross: $0.33M

3. 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: 10,387

4. 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: 8,198 | Gross: $0.26M

5. 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: 11,578

6. 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: 18,716

7. 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: 22,719 | Gross: $25.53M

8. 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: 5,402

9. 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: 10,699 | Gross: $0.02M

10. 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: 13,858

11. 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: 9,846

12. 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: 1,717 | Gross: $0.60M

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: 2,945

14. 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: 7,671

15. 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: 5,651

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: 6,795

17. 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: 1,554 | Gross: $0.03M

18. 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: 15,035 | Gross: $3.15M

19. 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: 479

20. 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

21. 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: 2,824 | Gross: $0.05M

22. 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: 6,711

23. 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: 3,632 | Gross: $0.69M

24. 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: 2,230

25. 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: 744

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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: 9,315

29. 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: 1,109

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: 503

31. 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: 221

32. 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

33. 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: 1,670

34. 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: 456

35. 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: 303

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: 192

37. 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: 1,050

38. 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: 2,749

39. 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: 63

40. 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: 626

41. 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

42. 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: 69

43. 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

44. 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.

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. 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

47. 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: 13

48. 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

49. 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

50. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Liar, Liar (1985)

Adventure, Drama, Family

A troublemaking boy pretends to be a victim of a hit-and-run, winning attention from his enabling parents. When a witness and the Hobo move to expose him, he threatens retaliation.

Director: Jack Nixon-Browne | Stars: London, Tod Woodcroft, Lee-Max Walton, Barbara Kyle

Votes: 11