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1. The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama
When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
Director: Ilker Çatak | Stars: Leonie Benesch, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Rafael Stachowiak, Michael Klammer
Votes: 15,528
2. Downton Abbey (2019)
PG | 122 min | Drama, Romance
1927. The Crawleys prepare to host King George V and Queen Mary at Downton Abbey.
Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Michael Fox, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera
Votes: 63,338 | Gross: $96.85M
3. 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: 150,788 | Gross: $17.11M
4. Mommy (I) (2014)
R | 139 min | Drama
A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard
Votes: 61,806 | Gross: $3.49M
5. French Kiss (1995)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman flying to France to confront her straying fiance gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton, Jean Reno
Votes: 52,959 | Gross: $38.90M
6. Dark Places (2015)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Libby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Chloë Grace Moretz
Votes: 47,782
7. All Summers End (2017)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Romance
After a summer prank goes awry, a teenage boy falls in love while grappling with his guilty conscience.
Director: Kyle Wilamowski | Stars: Pablo Schreiber, Kaitlyn Dever, Tye Sheridan, Annabeth Gish
Votes: 2,924
8. Pickpocket (1959)
Not Rated | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Michel passes the time by picking pockets, careful to never be caught despite being watched by the police. His friend Jacques may suspect, while both men may have their eyes on Jeanne, the pretty neighbor of Michel's ailing mother.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri, Dolly Scal
Votes: 25,334
9. Ernest & Celestine (2012)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The story of an unlikely friendship between a bear, Ernest, and a young mouse named Celestine.
Directors: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner, Anne-Marie Loop, Patrice Melennec
Votes: 22,246 | Gross: $0.29M
10. Sister (2012)
Unrated | 97 min | Crime, Drama
A drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
Director: Ursula Meier | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Martin Compston, Gillian Anderson
Votes: 7,208
11. Jealousy (2013)
77 min | Drama
As a man leaves his wife and daughter, a series of brief conversations, observed gestures, chance encounters and impulsive acts, tell the story of the relationships that flounder and thrive in the wake of this decision.
Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Louis Garrel, Anna Mouglalis, Rebecca Convenant, Olga Milshtein
Votes: 1,970 | Gross: $0.06M
12. Taxi (III) (2015)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Jafar Panahi, Nasrin Sotoudeh
Votes: 16,532 | Gross: $0.32M
13. Poor White Trash (2000)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
A white-trash family must resort to crime to send their teenage son to college.
Director: Michael Addis | Stars: Sean Young, William Devane, Tony Denman, Jacob Tierney
Votes: 1,395 | Gross: $0.00M
14. Joe the King (1999)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
A disadvantaged, abused, neglected, exploited but basically decent kid slips into criminality while trying to cope with his harsh, inescapable reality.
Director: Frank Whaley | Stars: Noah Fleiss, Karen Young, Camryn Manheim, Austin Pendleton
Votes: 2,960 | Gross: $0.06M
15. The Right Kind of Wrong (2013)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Leo the dishwasher falls in love with a bride on the day of her wedding - to another man.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Kristen Hager, Maria Menounos, Jamani
Votes: 10,059 | Gross: $0.00M
16. The Selfish Giant (2013)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Two thirteen year-old working-class friends in Bradford seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal.
Director: Clio Barnard | Stars: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Lorraine Ashbourne
Votes: 12,728 | Gross: $0.01M
17. Oxygen (1999)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two guys kidnap the wife of a rich man and bury her in a box with 24 hours of oxygen. Tough NYPD Detective Maddy and others get the case. Will they get to her in time?
Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, James Naughton, Laila Robins
Votes: 4,706
18. Thieves (1996)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The fates of four different people - a thief, a cop, a female professor of philosophy, a suicidal girl - unexpectedly collide.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Laurence Côte, Benoît Magimel
Votes: 2,274 | Gross: $0.94M
19. Nazarin (1959)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Marga López, Rita Macedo, Ignacio López Tarso
Votes: 6,451
20. Age Out (2018)
PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Drama
Fresh out of foster care at age 18, a young drifter turns to petty crime to survive, and discovers an impossible love in an unlikely friend.
Director: A.J. Edwards | Stars: Tye Sheridan, Imogen Poots, Caleb Landry Jones, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 1,100
21. Rage of Bahamut: Genesis (2014)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The story first starts off around Favaro Leone who is a bounty hunter, collecting money off of bounties he collects (demons). Favaro Leone soon runs into Amira who has no clue what is ... See full summary »
Stars: Tia Lynn Ballard, Chris Rager, Kyle Phillips, Brian Mathis
Votes: 1,668
22. The Measure of a Man (2015)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller, Yves Ory
Votes: 6,778 | Gross: $0.11M
23. The Big Night (1959)
95 min | Crime, Drama
In Rome, small-time thieves Scinttilone and Ruggeretto steal four rifles and catch prostitutes Anna and Supplizia on the street to mislead the police. They seek the jobber Mosciarella, but ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Rosanna Schiaffino, Elsa Martinelli, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 720
24. The Thief (1997)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama
A woman meets a man who isn't the right man for her - but she hasn't realised it yet...
Director: Pavel Chukhray | Stars: Vladimir Mashkov, Yekaterina Rednikova, Mikhail Filipchuk, Dima Chigaryov
Votes: 5,623 | Gross: $1.13M
25. Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega (2001)
131 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Desperate for money, three men plot to kidnap a woman and hold her for ransom.
Director: Eeshwar Nivas | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Fardeen Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Sonali Bendre
Votes: 1,813
26. Strangers in the House (1942)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole. Abandoned by his wife about 20 years ago, he has sunk into alcoholism. One day, the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the attic of his residence.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Raimu, Juliette Faber, Gabrielle Fontan, Héléna Manson
Votes: 465
27. Kaç Para Kaç (1999)
100 min | Drama
The monotonous life of Selim,a shirt store owner changes when he finds a suitcase full of American dollars in a taxi.
Director: Reha Erdem | Stars: Taner Birsel, Bennu Yildirimlar, Zuhal Gencer, Engin Alkan
Votes: 3,760
28. Run Sister Run! (2010)
113 min | Drama
Emilia is a teenager and a good girl, who never forgets her homework or her little sister, Elsa. Siiri is just one year older than Emilia but not at all like her. When Emilia and Siiri ... See full summary »
Director: Marja Pyykkö | Stars: Ada Kukkonen, Sara Melleri, Anna-Leena Uotila, Seppo Pääkkönen
Votes: 1,378
29. The Passionate Thief (1960)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Tortorella tries to spend New Year's Eve with her wealthy friends, but ends up with an actor in decay and a pickpocket.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara, Fred Clark
Votes: 916 | Gross: $0.03M
30. Violent Playground (1958)
108 min | Drama, Crime
The struggle between a Liverpool Juvenile Liaison officer and a dangerous young pyromaniac.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Stanley Baker, Anne Heywood, David McCallum, Peter Cushing
Votes: 839
31. The Delinquents (1960)
80 min | Crime, Drama
A bunch of scoundrels and members of the Spanish youth, who until now have not paid attention more than in the police stations. They are a group of friends who survive as they can in the suburbs of Madrid.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Manuel Zarzo, Luis Marín, Óscar Cruz, Juanjo Losada
Votes: 337
32. Ratas, ratones, rateros (1999)
107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The world of Salvador, a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a hideout. Salvador gets wrapped up in ... See full summary »
Director: Sebastián Cordero | Stars: Carlos Valencia, Marco Bustos, Cristina Dávila, Fabricio Lalama
Votes: 910
33. Tea in the Harem (1985)
110 min | Drama
In a depressing concrete Parisian suburb in the seventies two friends are keeping boredom at bay with loitering and petty crime.
Director: Mehdi Charef | Stars: Kader Boukhanef, Rémi Martin, Laure Duthilleul, Saïda Bekkouche
Votes: 461 | Gross: $0.02M
34. PawParazzi (2019)
G | 97 min | Family
London Bridges, a fast rising Hollywood starlet, with her pampered pomeranian Latte in tow, arrives on location for "There Will Be Oil" to see that she won't be receiving the star treatment she is used to.
Director: Ari Novak | Stars: Sara Fletcher, Russell Bradley Fenton, Jay Mohr, Richard Riehle
Votes: 102
35. Incoherence (1994)
31 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Three seemingly unrelated men commit petty crimes on the eve of an important televised discourse on social disorder in Korea.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Yeon-su Yu, Sang-hyo Lim, Yun Il-ju, Dong-hwan Shin
Votes: 582
36. Bodybuilder (2014)
104 min | Drama
Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his ... See full summary »
Director: Roschdy Zem | Stars: Vincent Rottiers, Yolin François Gauvin, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Votes: 676
37. A Better Life (2011)
110 min | Drama
Yann (Guillaume Canet) and Nadia (Leïla Bekhti) fall in love. Nadia has acquired a crumbling building in a Paris suburb and the couple decide to renovate it to launch a restaurant. But ... See full summary »
Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Slimane Khettabi, Abraham Belaga
Votes: 1,797
38. Geronimo (I) (2014)
107 min | Romance
South of France. In the sultry August heat, Geronimo, a young social educator, tries to ease tensions between the youngsters of the St Pierre neighborhood. The mood changes when Nil Terzi, ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Céline Sallette, Rachid Yous, David Murgia, Nailia Harzoune
Votes: 604
39. Murder in Batz (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Manon cleans-up crime scenes to fund her medical studies. One day she is sent to an island in Brittany where an unknown stranger was killed in an abandoned and reputedly haunted house. The island's first murder in a century.
Director: Edwin Baily | Stars: Stéphane Freiss, Flore Bonaventura, François Marthouret, Sophie Le Tellier
Votes: 255
40. Die rote Zora (2008)
99 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A female-led gang of orphaned teenagers fights corruption.
Director: Peter Kahane | Stars: Linn Reusse, Jakob Knoblauch, Nora Quest, David Berton
Votes: 307
41. The Guiding Light (1953)
111 min | Drama
13-year old Bruce Lee plays San, a child up for adoption. Finally accepted by his surrogate parents, he is faced with a dilemma when his real parents show up and want him back.
Director: Kim Chun | Stars: Yin Pak, Cho-Fan Ng, Ying Cheung, Wood-Yau Cheung
Votes: 65
42. Life Is to Whistle (1998)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Luis Alberto García, Coralia Veloz, Claudia Rojas, Ana Victoria Pérez
Votes: 705 | Gross: $0.06M
43. We, the Children of the 20th Century (1994)
84 min | Documentary
A collage of interviews with the youth of troubled post Communist Russia: drug addicts, petty thieves, even murderers.They talk of their alcoholic family members who brought them up, and are encouraged by the interviewer to sing.
Director: Vitali Kanevsky | Stars: Dinara Drukarova, Vitali Kanevsky, Pavel Nazarov
Votes: 76
44. Jerome (1998)
R | 91 min | Drama
Jerome is a day in the life of a dreamer. Wade Hampton has found himself trapped by responsibility and lack of understanding by those closest to him. As a result, Wade simply leaves his old... See full summary »
Directors: David Elton, Thomas Johnston, Eric Tignini | Stars: Drew Pillsbury, Wendie Malick, Scott McKenna, Beth Kennedy
Votes: 143 | Gross: $0.00M
45. Ciudad de M (2000)
Unrated | 102 min | Crime, Drama
After exhausting all legal channels in his search for a job, "M" struggles with the decision of whether or not to enter a life of crime by helping his friends deliver drugs to Miami.
Director: Felipe Degregori | Stars: Santiago Magill, Christian Meier, Jorge Madueño, Vanessa Robbiano
Votes: 300
46. Bottled Up (III) (2013)
R | 84 min | Drama
In this modern-day drama, Oscar-winner Melissa Leo beautifully conveys the heart-wrenching struggle that comes with love and addiction, while also lightheartedly depicting a woman ... See full summary »
Director: Enid Zentelis | Stars: Melissa Leo, Marin Ireland, Josh Hamilton, Jamie Harrold
Votes: 269
47. Battement de coeur (1940)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Danielle Darrieux plays an impoverished reform-school escapee who finds a new lease on life when she enrolls in a school for pickpockets run by Fagin-like Saturnin-Fabre.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Claude Dauphin, André Luguet, Junie Astor
Votes: 328
48. Nèg maron (2005)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
Two childhood friends, Joshua and Flint, are adrift in boredom in their area of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe. They're involved in petty theft and ordinary System D, until the arrival of Marcus.
Director: Jean-Claude Flamand-Barny | Stars: Admiral T., Didier Daly, Stomy Bugsy, Alex Descas
Votes: 78
49. Prisoners (1929)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Austrian cabaret dancer Riza Rigi (Corinne Griffith) is not above a bit of petty thievery once in a while, and she steals to attract the attention of Nicholas Cathy (Ian Keith), a young ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Corinne Griffith, Ian Keith, Otto Matieson, Baron Hesse
Votes: 37
50. Los que tocan el piano (1968)
96 min | Comedy
Paco (AKA as 'Cocosabio'), his girlfriend Cayetana and Venancio 'el Torralba' commit petty thefts and, from time to time, spend a few days in jail, which is why "they play the piano" (in ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Aguirre | Stars: Tony Leblanc, Concha Velasco, Alfredo Landa, José Sazatornil
Votes: 134