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1. Groundhog Day (1993)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 684,175 | Gross: $70.91M
2. The White Ribbon (2009)
R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 77,572 | Gross: $2.22M
3. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Not Rated | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Votes: 50,236 | Gross: $0.14M
4. The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
188 min | Drama
An unpublished writer returns to his hometown after graduating, where he seeks sponsors to publish his book while dealing with his father's deteriorating indulgence into gambling.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Dogu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yildirimlar, Hazar Ergüçlü
Votes: 27,835 | Gross: $0.03M
5. Manon of the Spring (1986)
PG | 113 min | Drama
A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil, Hippolyte Girardot
Votes: 23,923 | Gross: $3.94M
6. My Little Loves (1974)
123 min | Drama
A boy is left to his own devices when his mother refuses to pay for his schooling.
Director: Jean Eustache | Stars: Martin Loeb, Jacqueline Dufranne, Jacques Romain, Ingrid Caven
Votes: 1,379
7. Kings Row (1942)
Passed | 127 min | Drama
The dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Betty Field
Votes: 5,016
8. Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
A French public servant from Provence is banished to the far North. Strongly prejudiced against this cold and inhospitable place, he leaves his family behind to relocate temporarily there, with the firm intent to quickly come back.
Director: Dany Boon | Stars: Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoé Félix, Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret
Votes: 44,926 | Gross: $1.48M
9. 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: 19,893 | Gross: $0.10M
10. La Cérémonie (1995)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A newly hired maid for a rich countryside family befriends a post-office clerk who encourages her to rebel against her employers.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 13,795 | Gross: $0.08M
11. Die Rosenheim-Cops (2002– )
50 min | Comedy, Crime
A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.
Stars: Max Müller, Marisa Burger, Karin Thaler, Alexander Duda
Votes: 420
12. Cargo 200 (2007)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer gone mad.
Director: Aleksey Balabanov | Stars: Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksey Poluyan, Leonid Gromov, Aleksey Serebryakov
Votes: 11,354
13. Winter Boy (2022)
122 min | Drama
A 17-year-old high school student trying to get to grips with the new challenges posed by death, life, the city and "the temptation of renouncement".
Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Paul Kircher, Vincent Lacoste, Juliette Binoche, Erwan Kepoa Falé
Votes: 1,588
14. Cemetery Junction (2010)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A 1970s-set comedy centered on three young working class friends in a dreary suburb of Reading.
Directors: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant | Stars: Christian Cooke, Felicity Jones, Tom Hughes, Jack Doolan
Votes: 24,176
15. Stromboli (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Drama
Karin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana, Mario Sponzo
Votes: 7,950
16. The Butcher (1970)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Pascal Ferone
Votes: 9,370 | Gross: $0.47M
17. The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
PG | 251 min | Documentary, History, War
An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of the German invasion.
Director: Marcel Ophüls | Stars: Helmut Tausend, Marcel Verdier, Alexis Grave, Louis Grave
Votes: 4,094
18. The Oak (1992)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become as her ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Maia Morgenstern, Razvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc, Dorel Visan
Votes: 3,818
19. Journal d'une femme de chambre (2015)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A scheming servant works for a wealthy couple in France during the late 19th century.
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Clotilde Mollet, Hervé Pierre
Votes: 3,035 | Gross: $0.05M
20. The Truck (1977)
76 min | Drama, Romance
In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script. Occasionally, the director comments about the ... See full summary »
Director: Marguerite Duras | Stars: Marguerite Duras, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 454
21. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984)
924 min | Drama, History, War
The village of Schabbach experiences the shifting fortunes of Germany from 1919 to 1982.
Stars: Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Weigang, Kurt Wagner, Gertrud Bredel
Votes: 3,332
22. The Brontë Sisters (1979)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory
Votes: 1,215
23. Cutting it Short (1981)
93 min | Comedy
An evocation of the childhood memories of Bohumil Hrabal in his provincial town of Nymburk, dominated by the local brewery.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Magda Vásáryová, Jirí Schmitzer, Jaromír Hanzlík, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 2,712
24. Cop Au Vin (1985)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a small provincial French town, Dr Morasseau, Mr Lavoisier and butcher Filiol decide to create a significant estate business but Mrs Cuno and her son Louis do not want to sell their house. Louis presumably provokes the death of Filiol.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Jean Topart
Votes: 2,224
25. The Flower of Evil (2003)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Benoît Magimel, Suzanne Flon, Mélanie Doutey
Votes: 3,575 | Gross: $0.18M
26. Hothead (1979)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The miserable football player becomes a town hero after bringing victory in extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge to the team star for the previous mockeries.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, France Dougnac, Dorothée Jemma, Maurice Barrier
Votes: 2,246
27. My Sweet Little Village (1985)
PG | 98 min | Comedy
The life of a small village runs on its own.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: János Bán, Marián Labuda, Rudolf Hrusínský, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 4,836
28. Der Bulle von Tölz (1996–2009)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
The Bull of Tölz is commissioned by Sat.1 German crime series.
Stars: Ottfried Fischer, Ruth Drexel, Katerina Jacob, Udo Thomer
Votes: 459
29. The Nasty Girl (1990)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.
Director: Michael Verhoeven | Stars: Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner, Elisabeth Bertram
Votes: 2,754 | Gross: $2.28M
30. Madame Bovary (1949)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Romance
A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers, and run up ruinous debts.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan
Votes: 2,879
31. Moy drug Ivan Lapshin (1985)
100 min | Drama
Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well.
Director: Aleksey German | Stars: Andrei Boltnev, Nina Ruslanova, Andrey Mironov, Aleksey Zharkov
Votes: 2,642
32. Wedding in Blood (1973)
PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Michel Piccoli, Claude Piéplu, Clotilde Joano
Votes: 2,042
33. Aswang (2011)
TV-PG | 110 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
This is a remake of the 1992 Aswang (Shapeshifting Monster) film starring Alma Moreno. In this version, two kids witness their parents' murder and escape into a town plagued by a subspecies... See full summary »
Director: Jerrold Tarog | Stars: Lovi Poe, Paulo Avelino, Albie Casiño, Jillian Ward
Votes: 90
34. Eugénie Grandet (2021)
103 min | Drama
Felix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugenie lead a distraction-free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not take a favorable view of ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Dugain | Stars: Joséphine Japy, Olivier Gourmet, Valérie Bonneton, César Domboy
Votes: 353
35. Braunschlag (2012)
45 min | Drama
To save his town from bankruptcy, the mayor of Braunschlag decides to fake a Marian apparition. This black-humored farce revolves around greed, corruption, Christianity, and alcohol.
Stars: Robert Palfrader, Maria Hofstätter, Nicholas Ofczarek, Nina Proll
Votes: 1,571
36. Mga munting tinig (2002)
109 min | Drama
A young idealistic teacher enters her kids in a city choral competition. A victory there would not only gain funds for the school, but prove to these children of poverty how even they can afford to hope.
Director: Gil Portes | Stars: Alessandra De Rossi, Dexter Doria, Gina Alajar, Amy Austria
Votes: 134
37. Spreewaldkrimi (2006– )
Crime
Spreewaldkrimi is a German television crime series by ZDF.
Stars: Christian Redl, Thorsten Merten, Claudia Geisler-Bading, Rike Schäffer
Votes: 86
38. Green Paradise (2007)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Directors: Kant Leung, Bing P. Santos | Stars: Cristine Reyes, Andrew Schimmer, Kris Martinez, Joel Torre
Votes: 31
39. The Stationmaster's Wife (1977 TV Movie)
201 min | Drama
Lackluster, plodding stationmaster Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town's siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious trouble when she beds nearly every available guy.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Elisabeth Trissenaar, Kurt Raab, Bernhard Helfrich, Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Votes: 788
40. A Few Hours of Spring (2012)
108 min | Drama
Alain Evrard, a trucker who has just finished serving a prison sentence, is forced to temporarily move back to his mother Yvette's house. This forced co-habitation causes all the violence ... See full summary »
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuelle Seigner, Olivier Perrier
Votes: 870
41. The Structure of Crystal (1969)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama
Jan and Marek used to study physics together but after graduation their paths were different. Jan got married and moved to the countryside. Marek stayed in Warsaw and now wants to persuade Jan to follow his path.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Barbara Wrzesinska, Jan Myslowicz, Andrzej Zarnecki, Wladyslaw Jarema
Votes: 1,685
42. Aswang (1992)
125 min | Horror
Alma Moreno plays the aswang attacking residents of a remote barrio. Catlyn (Aiza Seguerra) and her yaya Veron (Manilyn Reynes) are accompanied in the countryside by family driver Dudoy (... See full summary »
Directors: Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes | Stars: Alma Moreno, Manilyn Reynes, Ice Seguerra, Berting Labra
Votes: 437
43. Wherever You Are (1993)
TV-PG | 101 min | Drama, Romance
Amanda searches for her husband Miguel who is presumed dead after an ambush by bandits. Her venture is met with shock when she finds out her lost spouse's true fate.
Director: Carlos Siguion-Reyna | Stars: Richard Gomez, Dawn Zulueta, Charito Solis, Sharmaine Arnaiz
Votes: 31
44. Effi Briest (1974)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, History
In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town.... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Karlheinz Böhm
Votes: 2,694
45. 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: 464
46. Siya'y nagdadalaga (1997)
95 min | Drama
Director: Neal 'Buboy' Tan | Stars: Aya Medel, Isko Moreno, Elizabeth Oropesa, Pen Medina
47. Slunce, seno, jahody (1984)
83 min | Comedy
The life of a small Czech village is suddenly in turmoil when a college student, Simon, arrives, who is introducing revolutionary innovations in dairy farming.
Director: Zdenek Troska | Stars: Pavel Kikincuk, Bronek Cerny, Veronika Kánská, Petra Pysová
Votes: 1,569
48. Woman of Mud (2000)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Mark is a college student with hidden ambitions of being a horror novelist. In his quest to write a story that will showcase his talents, a true horror invades his private life in the form ... See full summary »
Director: Rico Maria Ilarde | Stars: Carlos Morales, Klaudia Koronel, Marcus Madrigal, John Arcilla
Votes: 52
49. The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
26 min | Short, Drama
An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.
Director: Germaine Dulac | Stars: Germaine Dermoz, Madeleine Guitty, Jean d'Yd, Yvette Grisier
Votes: 2,941
50. Salome (1981)
105 min | Drama
A persistent suitor is stabbed to death by Salome, the wife of a coconut farmer. From the simple crime of passion three conflicting versions of the truth are given - by Salome herself, by ... See full summary »
Director: Laurice Guillen | Stars: Gina Alajar, Johnny Delgado, Dennis Roldan, Bongchi Miraflor
Votes: 37