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1. The Virgin Suicides (1999)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner
Votes: 169,571 | Gross: $4.86M
2. The Village (2004)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 278,140 | Gross: $114.20M
3. Good Time (2017)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.
Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Buddy Duress
Votes: 140,543 | Gross: $2.03M
4. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
Director: Stephen Chow | Stars: Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen, Siu-Lung Leung
Votes: 151,038 | Gross: $17.11M
5. Death to Smoochy (2002)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A kids' show host, Rainbow Randolph, is fired in disgrace while his replacement, Sheldon Mopes, A.K.A. Smoochy the Rhino, finds himself a rising star. Unfortunately for Sheldon, the business of kids' television isn't all child's play.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito
Votes: 42,668 | Gross: $8.36M
6. Notes on a Scandal (2006)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson
Votes: 84,670 | Gross: $17.51M
7. Charlie Bartlett (2007)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rich kid becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school.
Director: Jon Poll | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Kat Dennings
Votes: 66,732 | Gross: $3.95M
8. The Rider (2017)
R | 104 min | Drama, Western
After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.
Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau
Votes: 20,665 | Gross: $2.42M
9. Junebug (2005)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A dealer in "outsider" art travels from Chicago to North Carolina to meet her new in-laws, challenging the equilibrium of this middle class Southern home.
Director: Phil Morrison | Stars: Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, David Kuhn, Alicia Van Couvering
Votes: 23,440 | Gross: $2.68M
10. Palindromes (2004)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ellen Barkin, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Matthew Faber
Votes: 12,878 | Gross: $0.55M
11. House of D (2004)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
By working through problems stemming from his past, Tom Warshaw, an American artist living in Paris, begins to discover who he really is, and returns to his home to reconcile with his family and friends.
Director: David Duchovny | Stars: David Duchovny, Téa Leoni, Robin Williams, Anton Yelchin
Votes: 9,821 | Gross: $0.37M
12. 10th & Wolf (2006)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Director: Bobby Moresco | Stars: James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro, Piper Perabo
Votes: 6,961 | Gross: $0.05M
13. Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Gerard McSorley, Catherine McCormack
Votes: 4,037 | Gross: $2.29M
14. The Bullocks (1953)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi, Leopoldo Trieste
Votes: 19,936 | Gross: $0.10M
15. Another You (1991)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime
A mental out-patient is mistaken for a missing wealthy man and a con man takes advantage of the situation.
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Mercedes Ruehl, Stephen Lang
Votes: 4,345 | Gross: $2.87M
16. The Safety of Objects (2001)
R | 121 min | Drama
Meet four neighboring, suburban families, each with their own problems.
Director: Rose Troche | Stars: Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Mary Kay Place, Patricia Clarkson
Votes: 4,372 | Gross: $0.32M
17. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
Not Rated | 186 min | Drama, History
Peasant life in a feudal farm in rural Italy at the end of the 19th century.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari
Votes: 6,907
18. Waterland (1992)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery
In 1974 Pittsburgh, a high-school history teacher seeking closure tells his class about his experiences as teenager in England during World War II.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack, Ethan Hawke, Grant Warnock
Votes: 2,462 | Gross: $1.03M
19. Digging to China (1997)
PG | 98 min | Drama
10 y.o. Harriet's divorced mom owns and runs a motel. Harriet's an outsider and wants to leave. A woman stays there with her adult, disabled son who befriends Harriet.
Director: Timothy Hutton | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Bacon, Mary Stuart Masterson, Marian Seldes
Votes: 2,985 | Gross: $0.03M
20. Toto the Hero (1991)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Thomas believed he was switched at birth with Alfred. Feeling cheated, Thomas spent his life plotting revenge against Alfred, his perceived lifelong adversary who he felt stole the privileged life that should have been his.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Jo De Backer, Thomas Godet
Votes: 6,348 | Gross: $1.23M
21. Music from Another Room (1998)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man's search for his one true love whose birth he assisted in as a five-year-old.
Director: Charlie Peters | Stars: Jude Law, Jennifer Tilly, Gretchen Mol, Martha Plimpton
Votes: 5,419
22. Visitor of a Museum (1989)
136 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, in which a large part of the population consists of demented and deformed mutants being kept in reservations, a man embarks upon visiting the ruins of a museum ... See full summary »
Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy | Stars: Viktor Mikhaylov, Vera Mayorova, Vadim Lobanov, Irina Rakshina
Votes: 1,373
23. Mozart and the Whale (2005)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
Director: Petter Næss | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley
Votes: 9,307 | Gross: $0.04M
24. Fists in the Pocket (1965)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A young man takes drastic measures to rid his dysfunctional family of its various afflictions.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace
Votes: 4,925
25. Let Him Have It (1991)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, History
This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Christopher Eccleston, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston
Votes: 3,809
26. 13: Game of Death (2006)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After losing his job, his car and his money, Phuchit, Krissada Sukosol, races against time to complete 13 tasks ordered by an anonymous caller who promised 100,000,000 Thai Baht upon completion.
Director: Chookiat Sakveerakul | Stars: Krissada Sukosol, Achita Sikamana, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Nattapong Arunnate
Votes: 6,409
27. Any Day Now (I) (2012)
R | 98 min | Drama
In the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.
Director: Travis Fine | Stars: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher
Votes: 6,575 | Gross: $0.20M
28. Land of Plenty (2004)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War
A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce, Shaun Toub
Votes: 4,120
29. Murderball (2005)
R | 88 min | Documentary, Sport
Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Directors: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro | Stars: Joe Soares, Keith Cavill, Mark Zupan, Robert Soares
Votes: 10,460 | Gross: $1.52M
30. Orphans (1987)
R | 115 min | Drama
Brothers Treat and Philip have lived alone since they were kids. Interdependent, they dwell in a loft house and live on little thefts, until an aging minor criminal moves in with them and takes over the role of a father.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Albert Finney, Matthew Modine, Kevin Anderson, John Kellogg
Votes: 940 | Gross: $0.25M
31. Greener Mountains (2005)
89 min | Drama, Romance
Greener Mountains is a family friendly, coming-of-age story about finding your place in the world.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Nick Daley, Chris Heuisler, Kimberly McCullough, Brad Raider
Votes: 175
32. Dogtown (1997)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Romance
Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that, returns to the town for a visit. There he is uniformally met like ... See full summary »
Director: George Hickenlooper | Stars: Rory Cochrane, David Shackelford, Trevor St. John, Price Carson
Votes: 488
33. Hit Me (1996)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Sonny lives with his intellectually disabled older brother, and works as a bellhop at a second-rate hotel. This changes when Monique a beautiful, suicidal nut-case checks in. Sonny is offered a part in a heist that goes wrong.
Director: Steven Shainberg | Stars: Elias Koteas, Laure Marsac, Jay Leggett, Bruce Ramsay
Votes: 518 | Gross: $0.00M
34. Daltry Calhoun (2005)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In small town Tennessee, a ne'er-do-well man (Knoxville) wrestling for control over his fading golf club is reunited with his estranged daughter, a 14-year-old musical prodigy.
Director: Katrina Holden Bronson | Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Elizabeth Banks, Beth Grant, Laura Cayouette
Votes: 2,458 | Gross: $0.01M
35. Night Slaves (1970 TV Movie)
72 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man and his wife find themselves stranded in a small western town. He discovers that a strange force has turned the residents into zombies, and runs into a beautiful woman who he believes is the key to the mystery.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Franciscus, Lee Grant, Scott Marlowe, Andrew Prine
Votes: 379
36. Jane Wants a Boyfriend (2015)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman with Asperger's syndrome tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.
Director: William Sullivan | Stars: Louisa Krause, Gabriel Ebert, Eliza Dushku, Polly Draper
Votes: 2,174
37. Shower (1999)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A young wealthy businessman's icy attitude toward his working-class background is about to thaw as he is forced to reconnect with his elderly father and mentally challenged younger brother, who together run a public bathhouse.
Director: Yang Zhang | Stars: Jiayi Du, Zheng Fang, Bing He, Wu Jiang
Votes: 4,227 | Gross: $1.15M
38. The Curse of Styria (2014)
Not Rated | 99 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Depicts the intense and fractured relationship between a lonely teenager and a beautiful stranger.
Directors: Mauricio Chernovetzky, Mark Devendorf | Stars: Stephen Rea, Eleanor Tomlinson, Julia Pietrucha, Jacek Lenartowicz
Votes: 3,575
39. 25 Watts (2001)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
24 hours in the life of three street youths in Montevideo.
Directors: Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Jorge Temponi, Alfonso Tort, Valentín Rivero
Votes: 1,690
40. Ceiling Zero (1936)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline in Newark. Dizzy is flirting with the girlfriend of a younger pilot and, due to this, he feigns illness to... See full summary »
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 785
41. The Horror of It All (1964)
TV-PG | 75 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
When an American salesman and his English fiancee visit her eccentric family who live in a remote old mansion in the country, he discovers that someone is trying to kill everyone there to get the family fortune.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Pat Boone, Erica Rogers, Dennis Price, Andree Melly
Votes: 433
42. Love, Ludlow (2005)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
When Myra agrees to date the charming but vulnerable Reggie, her eccentric brother Ludlow is threatened, forcing Myra to finally take charge of her own life.
Director: Adrienne Weiss | Stars: Alicia Goranson, David Eigenberg, Brendan Sexton III, Jay Patterson
Votes: 661
43. Brighton Wok: The Legend of Ganja Boxing (2008)
90 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Vafan Cuolo the Italian Ninja takes over Brighton with his milita of kung-fu fighters. Ryu, a young man just out of a care home, is surprised to discover that he is Brighton's last hope. ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriel Howard | Stars: Richard Forsyth, Samson Byford-Winter, Randolph Barrington, Laura Byford-Winter
Votes: 193
44. Joe & Joe (1996)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
Joe and Joe are two likeable losers living in Cape Cod who mow lawns for a living, but their equipment is quite antiquated. Their lives change one day when a mysterious woman appears and ... See full summary »
Director: David Wall | Stars: David Wysocki, Sean Patrick Brennan, Tracy Griffith, Dianne Brennan
Votes: 95
45. Every Little Thing (1997)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary. The tranquil woods of the Loire Valley embrace the La Borde psychiatric clinic, an asylum in the truest sense of the word, where patients find sanctuary and repose. Patients ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Philibert
Votes: 216
46. Song to Say Goodbye (2006)
8 min | Short, Drama, Music
A 9 years old boy is peering over the steering wheel as he drives down a Los Angeles Freeway. The young boy looks after a middle aged man, presumably his father, sitting at the back of the ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Andre | Stars: Michael Joseph Carr, Field Cate
Votes: 109
47.
Screen One (1985–2002)
Episode:
A Foreign Field
(1993)
95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Veterans return to Normandy on the 50th anniversary of D-Day for their own special and poignant reasons, among them two looking for an old love who turns out to the same woman for both.
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Edward Herrmann, John Randolph
Votes: 694
48.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
A Case of Coincidence: Part One
(1996)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After four attractive women are found strangled in and around the local river, the free-spirited wife of a London doctor is killed while on an extramarital assignation.
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Caroline Bliss, Robin Summers, Keith Barron, Ronald Pickup
Votes: 99
49.
Father Murphy (1981–1983)
Episode:
A Horse from Heaven
(1981)
G | Drama, Family, Western
While in town to sell two cows for much-needed money, Father Parker receives a sign to purchase a horse, Thunder, to enter into the town's $1000-jackpot horse race. With Mr. Rodman ... See full summary »
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Merlin Olsen, Moses Gunn, Katherine Cannon, Timothy Gibbs
Votes: 15
50.
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996–1998)
Episode:
Runaways
(1996)
TV-14 | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When the mentally challenged daughter of a local mayor runs away from the institution she lives in with her challenged boyfriend, they come across a dead body.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Patricia Routledge, Derek Benfield, Dominic Monaghan, John Graham-Davies
Votes: 112