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1. The French Connection (1971)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco
Votes: 135,802 | Gross: $15.63M
2. Where Hope Grows (2014)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Family
A baseball player whose professional career was cut short due to his personal problems is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.
Director: Chris Dowling | Stars: Kristoffer Polaha, David DeSanctis, McKaley Miller, Michael Grant
Votes: 3,924 | Gross: $1.10M
3. Victoria (2016)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Thirtysomething lawyer Victoria is struggling with her past and looking for stability and true love in her life. Finally she realizes that love should not always be sought.
Director: Justine Triet | Stars: Virginie Efira, Vincent Lacoste, Melvil Poupaud, Laurent Poitrenaux
Votes: 4,729
4. Suntan (2016)
Unrated | 104 min | Drama
On a hedonistic Greek island, a middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard partying friends.
Director: Argyris Papadimitropoulos | Stars: Makis Papadimitriou, Elli Tringou, Hara Kotsali, Milou Van Groesen
Votes: 8,092
5. The Bedford Incident (1965)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.
Director: James B. Harris | Stars: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam
Votes: 5,977
6. The Good Boss (2021)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
Awaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, the owner of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time.
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Óscar de la Fuente
Votes: 13,338
7. Madame Bovary (1991)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne
Votes: 4,484 | Gross: $1.94M
8. Sink or Swim (2018)
121 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A depressed man joins a synchronized swimming team made up of middle aged men.
Director: Gilles Lellouche | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Votes: 11,957
9. Samba (2014)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Senegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to leave France. Chemistry?
Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Izïa Higelin
Votes: 17,333 | Gross: $0.15M
10. Jupiter's Moon (2017)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Aryan is a Syrian refugee trying to make his way into Hungary from Serbia, along with his father and many other wretched souls. They are all caught, and find themselves in a web of cynicism and corruption.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Merab Ninidze, Zsombor Jéger, György Cserhalmi, Mónika Balsai
Votes: 3,521
11. Love Lesson (1975)
85 min | Drama
A German governess is hired to give German and piano lessons to the teenager son of a rich traditional family, in the 20s. But soon they get involved, and she teaches him love lessons instead.
Director: Eduardo Escorel | Stars: Lilian Lemmertz, Rogério Fróes, Irene Ravache, Marcos Taquechel
Votes: 185
12. Rabin, the Last Day (2015)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime minister, and what led to his murder.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Ischac Hiskiya, Yitzhak Hizkiya, Pini Mittelman, Michael Warshaviak
Votes: 448 | Gross: $0.03M
13. Corporate (I) (2017)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Emilie is a bright young manager in HR for a huge agro-food company. Ambitious and dedicated, she is ready to put ruthless methods into practice to meet the requirements. But one day, one of the employees commits suicide in front of her.
Director: Nicolas Silhol | Stars: Céline Sallette, Lambert Wilson, Stéphane De Groodt, Violaine Fumeau
Votes: 1,175
14. Judith Therpauve (1978)
125 min | Drama
The widow of a resistance leader, Judith Therpauve, agrees to take over a large daily, established after the liberation of France. But she is soon under pressure from dirty dealings, on the one hand, and labor demands, on the other.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Simone Signoret, Philippe Léotard, Robert Manuel, François Simon
Votes: 184
15. Byways (2004)
101 min | Drama
After a tragedy a restless father and his teenage son go on a car trip in their Mercedes, trying to find some reasoning in this world and to find each other as well.
Director: Manuel Poirier | Stars: Sergi López, Kevin Miranda, Lucy Harrison, Jacques Bosc
Votes: 150