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1. Blast from the Past (1999)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A naive man comes out into the world after spending 35 years in a nuclear fallout shelter.

Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek

Votes: 72,024 | Gross: $26.49M

2. Easy Rider (1969)

R | 95 min | Adventure, Drama

Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.

Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Antonio Mendoza

Votes: 117,623 | Gross: $41.73M

3. Adaptation. (2002)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.

Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton

Votes: 204,138 | Gross: $22.25M

4. The Way of the Dragon (1972)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.

Director: Bruce Lee | Stars: Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Nora Miao, Ping-Ou Wei

Votes: 41,279 | Gross: $4.06M

5. Leviathan (2014)

R | 140 min | Crime, Drama

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Votes: 57,250 | Gross: $1.09M

6. Martin (1977)

R | 95 min | Drama, Horror

A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a Pennsylvania small town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Elyane Nadeau

Votes: 12,639 | Gross: $0.10M

7. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau

Votes: 24,962 | Gross: $0.06M

8. The Day of the Locust (1975)

R | 144 min | Drama, Thriller

An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton

Votes: 6,391 | Gross: $17.79M

9. Don't Make Waves (1967)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy

Carlo goes on a vacation to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easygoing local culture and becomes entangled in two beach-side romances.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Webber, Joanna Barnes

Votes: 1,961

10. The Harder They Fall (1956)

Passed | 109 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport

An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane

Votes: 9,064

11. The Long Voyage Home (1940)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, War

A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, Ward Bond

Votes: 4,969

12. Chairman of the Board (1997)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy

A surfer becomes the head of a major company.

Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Larry Miller, Raquel Welch

Votes: 6,524 | Gross: $0.31M

13. O Lucky Man! (1973)

R | 178 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.

Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe

Votes: 8,819

14. Paanch (2003)

Not Rated | 130 min | Crime, Thriller

Kidnapping plot gone wrong when four friends plans to kidnap their own friend who accidentally got killed.

Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastav, Joy Fernandes, Vijay Maurya

Votes: 2,499

15. Artists and Models (1955)

Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Rick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis for a successful comic book.

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone

Votes: 4,406 | Gross: $9.35M

16. The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)

Approved | 84 min | Comedy

A young school teacher tries to master the art of flirtation using his neighbor's skills.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford, Donal Donnelly

Votes: 3,760

17. Dev.D (2009)

Not Rated | 144 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After breaking up with his childhood sweetheart, a young man finds solace in drugs. Meanwhile, a teenage girl is caught in the world of prostitution. Will they be destroyed, or will they find redemption?

Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill, Kalki Koechlin, Dibyendu Bhattacharya

Votes: 32,415 | Gross: $0.01M

18. Someone Behind the Door (1971)

GP | 97 min | Crime, Drama

A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.

Director: Nicolas Gessner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Anthony Perkins, Jill Ireland, Henri Garcin

Votes: 1,733

19. Joseph Andrews (1977)

R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Lady Booby alias "Belle" (Ann-Margret), the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews (Peter... See full summary »

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid

Votes: 689 | Gross: $0.84M

20. Ants in the Pants (2000)

95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A late bloomer, 15-year-old Flo experiences his sexual awakening, relentlessly targeting his gorgeous classmate Leonie. Flos friends eagerly try to help him out. The only problem may be Leonie's boyfriend.

Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Tobias Schenke, Axel Stein, Luise Helm, Mina Tander

Votes: 4,456

21. Virgin Mountain (2015)

94 min | Drama

Fusi, a 43 year old man, still lives with his mother. His daily life is characterized by monotonous routine. The appearance of vibrant Sjöfn and young neighbour Hera will upset his old bachelor habits.

Director: Dagur Kári | Stars: Gunnar Jónsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir

Votes: 9,763

22. Katanagatari (2010)

TV-PG | 50 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Kyotoryuu, is the legendary fencing school. However, instead of a sword, it uses one's hands and legs as weapons. Shichika and his sister Nanami are the sole remaining descendants of the ... See full summary »

Stars: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yukari Tamura, Masako Ikeda, Haruka Tomatsu

Votes: 1,597

23. King, Queen, Knave (1972)

R | 94 min | Comedy

Adopted by his rich uncle from Germany, British teenager Frank falls in-love with his uncle's Italian wife Martha, and has conflicting feelings when she suggests he should kill his uncle in order to have her and the family fortune.

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: David Niven, Gina Lollobrigida, John Moulder-Brown, Mario Adorf

Votes: 292

24. Dalaal (1993)

160 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Naive, illiterate Bhola Nath lives in a small village in India, which has yet to receive electricity. Bhola is helpful to everyone around him, and even speaks out against the local ... See full summary »

Director: Partho Ghosh | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka, Ravi Behl, Indrani Banerjee

Votes: 142

25. Sailor Beware (1952)

Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Although allergic to kissing girls, Seaman Melvin Jones, through a fluke TV appearance, gets the undeserved reputation of a great kisser dubbed "Mr. Temptation" and is pursued by amorous young females.

Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet, Marion Marshall

Votes: 1,399

26. The Diamond Arm (1969)

Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

An ordinary Soviet citizen accidentally intervenes into a huge operation of international criminal group that trades illegally obtained jewelry.

Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Yuriy Nikulin, Nina Grebeshkova, Andrey Mironov, Anatoliy Papanov

Votes: 16,281

27. Crazy for Love (1952)

80 min | Comedy

To inheritate his oncle's hotel and restaurant Hyppolyte, a naive and simple man, must pass his primary school exam.

Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Bourvil, Pierre Larquey, Jane Marken, Georges Baconnet

Votes: 409

28. Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1960)

167 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A simple-minded small-time singer joins a group of bandits and becomes the cause for their moral transformation and turnaround.

Director: Radhu Karmakar | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Padmini, Pran Sikand, Chanchal

Votes: 503

29. The Shopworn Angel (1938)

Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance

Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins.

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel

Votes: 1,659

30. Horror Stories 2 (2013)

95 min | Horror

In an insurance company, Se-young, who has a power to see people's past and read their minds. Mr.Park, Se-Young's boss, assumes that she has some kind of special power, decides to test her ... See full summary »

Directors: Sung-ho Kim, Jung Bum-shik, Hwi Kim, Kyu-dong Min | Stars: Jung In-sun, Kim Ji-won, Baek Jin-hee, Sung Jun

Votes: 423

31. Verboten! (1959)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A young American serviceman stationed in Germany after the fall of the Third Reich jeopardizes his position with the Marshall Plan relief effort by breaking the non-fraternization rule and ... See full summary »

Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: James Best, Susan Cummings, Tom Pittman, Paul Dubov

Votes: 1,007

32. 'Ctyri vrazdy stací, drahousku' (1971)

103 min | Comedy, Crime

Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply ... See full summary »

Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Lubomír Lipský, Jirina Bohdalová, Iva Janzurová, Marie Rosulková

Votes: 789

33. Young People (1940)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, Musical

A show-business family leaves the Great White Way and heads for a farm in New England. What results is the difficulties they have before they are accepted by the community.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood, Arleen Whelan

Votes: 466

34. Fric-Frac (1939)

92 min | Comedy

Marcel works as assistant to a jeweller whose bossy daughter Renée keeps hitting on him. When he meets lovely Loulou and her lazy friend Jo, he is fascinated by the girl and somehow ... See full summary »

Directors: Maurice Lehmann, Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Fernandel, Michel Simon, Arletty, Hélène Robert

Votes: 561

35. Le viager (1972)

101 min | Comedy

The greedy Galipeaus, thinking the old Martinet is about to die, provide him a life annuity to own his house after his death. But Martinet continues living for years, so the Galipeaus opt for radical actions.

Director: Pierre Tchernia | Stars: Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claude Brasseur, Rosy Varte

Votes: 1,273

36. Le schpountz (1938)

Passed | 160 min | Comedy

Meeting a movie team on location near his house, a young man gets a lot of encouragement for his dreaming career as a movie star in what was only sarcasm from the members of the team. This ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Fernandel, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin, Léon Belières

Votes: 790

37. Goha (1958)

83 min | Drama

In Egypt, an old man decides to marry a beautiful young woman, who happens to be in love with another poor young man.

Director: Jacques Baratier | Stars: Omar Sharif, Zina Bouzaiade, Lauro Gazzolo, Gabriel Jabbour

Votes: 115

38. Rock'n Roll Never Dies (2006)

131 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

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Director: Juha Koiranen | Stars: Samuli Edelmann, Marjukka Halttunen, Risto Tuorila, Seppo Halttunen

Votes: 350

39. Cowboy Forever (2006)

Not Rated | 27 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Fictionalized from a true story, this docu-drama takes us on a journey through Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul and into the lives of Brazilian gauchos. Beautifully shot landscapes form the ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Baptiste Erreca | Stars: Govinda Machado de Figueiredo, Jones Carlos Fialho de Araújo, Ronald Rosa, Patativa Flower

Votes: 358

40. Dick Punch (2012–2013)

Comedy

Josh and Ian have spent their post-college days (and months and years) blissfully holed up rent-free in their mother's house masturbating and watching Steven Seagal movies. But every Eden ... See full summary »

Stars: Ian McWethy, Josh LaCasse, Jan Maxwell, Zack Robidas

41. Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci (1981)

79 min | Comedy

The brother and sister Zuzana (Dagmar Havlová) and Petr (Jirí Lábus) are quite a notorious couple. They are fond of preparing people unpleasant surprises and are amusing by it. They dress a... See full summary »

Director: Tomás Svoboda | Stars: Ludek Sobota, Dagmar Havlová, Jirí Lábus, Ladislava Kozderková

Votes: 39

42. It'll Come to You (2006 Video)

2 min | Short, Drama

An ironic story of a filmmaker not really thinking about what he is thinking about.

Director: Kane Arcadia | Stars: Kane Arcadia, James Kelly, Corey Sheridan, Courtney Sheridan

Votes: 25

43. Good Guy (1951)

73 min | Comedy

Kokkovios is a naive but well-intentioned little man, who, despite the fact that he tries to help the people around him, he is always getting in hot water.

Directors: Petros Giannakos, Yiorgos Karydis | Stars: Petros Giannakos, Marina Biouti, Mitsi Konstadara

44. The Book Worm (1928)

11 min | Short, Comedy

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Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Ethel DeVoe, Duncan Harris, Harry Conley

Votes: 19

45. Der Optimist (1938)

84 min | Comedy

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Director: E.W. Emo | Stars: Viktor de Kowa, Gusti Huber, Henny Porten, Theo Lingen

Votes: 10

46. O Giannis takane thalassa (1964)

85 min | Comedy

A naive countryman who fails to keep a job for more than a few days, becomes the perfect husband for a young woman, after returning a suitcase to its owner. But, she is already in a relationship. Will she see that beauty is only skin-deep?

Director: Odysseas Kosteletos | Stars: Giannis Gionakis, Vasilis Avlonitis, Kleo Skouloudi, Popi Lazou

Votes: 35

47. The Fox and the Bear (1975 TV Short)

9 min | Animation, Short, Drama

Based on a Russian folk tale, a deceitful wandering fox abuses naive bear's hospitality to stay at his home and secretly eat the food he had collected for the winter.

Director: Natalya Golovanova | Stars: Lyusena Ovchinnikova, Roman Filippov

Votes: 16

48. Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1990)
Episode: Fric-Frac (1971)

115 min | Comedy

A jewelry employee, distracted by his fondness for the boss's daughter, mistakenly gives out some information that could be useful to a couple of crooks plotting a break in.

Director: Pierre Sabbagh | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darras, Catherine Samie, Jean Le Poulain, Françoise Fleury

49. The Adventures of Champion (1955–1956)
Episode: Mystery Mountain (1956)

30 min | Western

When a naive Easterner is duped into performing gold assays for a swindler, Ricky and Sandy come to the rescue.

Director: John English | Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Blaze

50. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Tödliche Beziehungen (1992)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Prof. Martin Willrod is the director of psychiatric clinic and this morning he asks his wife Marion and the nurse Hannes Weber about Bruno Franke. Hannes Weber answers that he lent his ... See full summary »

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 20