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1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne
Votes: 1,078,634 | Gross: $34.40M
2. The Hangover (2009)
R | 100 min | Comedy
Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Ed Helms
Votes: 846,961 | Gross: $277.32M
3. Memento (2000)
R | 113 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 1,323,635 | Gross: $25.54M
4. Irreversible (2002)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon
Votes: 147,763 | Gross: $0.75M
5. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
R | 112 min | Drama
A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Caerthan Banks, Tom McCamus
Votes: 36,747 | Gross: $3.25M
6. Orphan (2016)
111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young woman moves to Paris with a disastrous past. When she becomes a woman and thinks she's finally free from her past's shadows, some characters show up and she gets the chance to become a unique heroine.
Director: Arnaud des Pallières | Stars: Adèle Haenel, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Solène Rigot, Vega Cuzytek
Votes: 1,353
7. Five Times Two (2004)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Five stages in the romance between a woman and a man.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 10,447 | Gross: $0.13M
8. Masum (2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cevdet and his wife retire on their pensions to live in peace on a rural farm, but their lives are destroyed when their son suddenly arrives with terrible news.
Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Nur Sürer, Ali Atay, Okan Yalabik
Votes: 20,225
9. Peppermint Candy (1999)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama
Following a man's suicide, time traverses back to reveal six chapters of his life on why he committed suicide.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Kim Yeo-jin, Moon So-ri, Se-beom Park
Votes: 10,846
10. The Night Watch (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Romance, War
In post-war London, Viv Pearce is dating Reggie and runs a dating bureau with Helen Giniver, who lives with her older lover, authoress Julia Standing. Viv's younger brother Duncan, a gay ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Jenna Augen, Neal Barry, Claudie Blakley, Lucy Briers
Votes: 1,250
11. Betrayal (1983)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
An affair between a literary agent and his best friend's wife. The story unfolds in reverse-chronological order.
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge, Avril Elgar
Votes: 1,746
12. Down River (2018)
70 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Zachary Greene, Cody Poirot, Nicholas Winand
Votes: 589
13. Sekunder (2009)
18 min | Short, Drama
An outraged father takes revenge after his daughter shares a secret.
Director: Anders Fløe | Stars: Tao Hildebrand, Marie Boda, Jens Bo Jørgensen, Pernille Glavind Olsson
Votes: 32
14. Happy End (1967)
73 min | Comedy, Crime
A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an "execution" of the main protagonist and goes ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Vladimír Mensík, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Josef Abrhám, Bohus Záhorský
Votes: 1,415
15. Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
442 min | Biography, Drama
Director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich in this brooding seven-hour masterpiece, which incorporates puppetry, rear-screen projection, and a Wagnerian ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Heinz Schubert, Peter Kern, Hellmut Lange, Rainer von Artenfels
Votes: 906
16. Brakes (I) (2016)
88 min | Comedy
Brakes is an improv-based dark comedy set in London.
Director: Mercedes Grower | Stars: Julian Barratt, Kelly Campbell, Seb Cardinal, Juliet Cowan
Votes: 281
17. Como Desaparecer Completamente (2022)
17 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
This retelling of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind tells the story of Helena is a young woman who decides to undergo a procedure that will erase the memories she has of Celeste, her ex-girlfriend.
Director: Kalel Pessôa | Stars: Maiteh Gil, Beatriz Negrão, Natalia Souza
18. 2 Friends (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama
The evolving relationship of two teenage girls in Sydney backwards through time, from estrangement to the height of their friendship a year earlier.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Kris Bidenko, Emma Coles, Kris McQuade, Peter Hehir
Votes: 495
19. The Directive (2019)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Kyle Abraham, Paul Askedall, Nicholas Winand, Hashim Gari
Votes: 1,315
20. Toka Gettan: The Moonlight Lady Returns (2007)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Toka Kamiazuma encounters a girl named Momoka Kawakabe who stays Kamiazuma clan which brings a chain of events to life.
Stars: Saori Hayami, Mariya Ise, Miki Itô
Votes: 25
21. The Lightest Darkness (2017)
83 min | Mystery, Thriller
When a neurotic private eye who struggles to finish the case takes a train voyage, his own dark secrets begin to reveal themselves.
Director: Diana Galimzyanova | Stars: Rashid Aitouganov, Kolya Neukoelln, Irina Gevorgyan, Marina Voytuk
Votes: 43
22. I Call First (2015)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A touching love story about a couple unable to bridge the gap between their divergent worlds.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Hannah Richter, Mazen Abdelkareem, Nikkolas Soto, Nicholas Winand
Votes: 69
23. Violanchelo (2008)
Not Rated | 86 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A pair of strangers become subconsciously connected after their recurring dreams turn into reality.
Director: Alfonso Pineda Ulloa | Stars: Bárbara Mori, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Marina de Tavira, Joaquín Cosio
Votes: 424
24. Spoilsbury Toast Boy (2004–2005)
TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A backwards running series about a boy in a surreal world with anthropomorphic beetles.
Star: David Firth
Votes: 169
25. Villa-Lobos: Uma Vida de Paixão (2000)
132 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his ... See full summary »
Director: Zelito Viana | Stars: Antônio Fagundes, Marcos Palmeira, André Ricardo, Letícia Spiller
Votes: 297
26. T.R.A.N.S.I.T. (1998)
12 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
A passionate love story in the 1920s, told through a series of flashbacks around the world.
Director: Piet Kroon
Votes: 224
27. F=ma (2012 Video)
2 min | Short
How Fuad face the exam results and how his loved ones reacted towards it.
Director: Jaffer Shadiq
Votes: 16
28. Fried (2022)
M | 12 min | Short, Comedy, Mystery
A man's attempts to eat breakfast are constantly interrupted, by the repeated appearances of a stoned out time traveler.
Director: Mars Fargo | Stars: Mars Fargo, Brian Lachowski
29. Nachttanke (2008)
7 min | Short
Director: Christian Schleisiek | Stars: Alexander J. Beck, Andreas Konzack
30. En historie om en pigetrio (2009)
5 min | Short
'Aarhus Stories' is the result of an unconventional partnership between film directors and song writers. The song writers' songs replace the traditional manuscript and challenge the ... See full summary »
Director: Kasper Winding | Stars: Emma Leth, Sara Hjort Ditlevsen, Cathrine Bjørn, Søren Højen
31. Robert McAtee: Absorbing the Night (2017 Music Video)
Music
What if one could go back to the beginning of the night before things took an injurious turn? Could catastrophes be corked inside a bottle, averting drops of red blood and wine, or is it ... See full summary »
Director: Robert McAtee | Star: Robert McAtee
32.
Red Dwarf (1988– )
Episode:
Backwards
(1989)
TV-14 | 28 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
As Rimmer is taking Kryten for a driving lesson in Starbug they find themselves being whisked away through a time hole and end up on Earth, where time is running backwards.
Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Hattie Hayridge
Votes: 1,136
33.
Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Episode:
The Betrayal
(1997)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
Elaine and the gang head to India to attend a wedding; Jerry betrays George by having sex with his prospective girlfriend; Kramer grapples with a malignant wish.
Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Jason Alexander, Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld
Votes: 5,046
34.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Redrum
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man lives the most recent 5 days of his life backwards and finds out that he is the main suspect in the murder of his wife.
Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Joe Morton, Bellamy Young
Votes: 3,274
35.
Sealab 2021 (2000–2005)
Episode:
Shrabster
(2005)
TV-14 | Animation, Short, Comedy
Quinn creates a hybrid crustacean to reproduce enough larvae as a way to end world hunger, but was thwarted by Grizzlebee's corporate agents (via Sparks) and Captain Shanks. This is presented in a reverse narrative.
Directors: Adam Reed, Matt Thompson | Stars: Bill Lobley, Brett Butler, Kate Miller, Ellis Henican
Votes: 49
36.
Artifact (2013)
Episode:
CruxEnigma
(2017)
Action, Adventure, Drama
In a Stroy by Allan Linder, a fallen Astronaut searches the unknown for a way home. What he finds will change the future of humanity forever.
Votes: 22
37.
Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
Episode:
Two of One
(2022)
TV-MA | 39 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Tallinn helps Picard and the crew infiltrate a gala on the eve of a joint space mission to protect an astronaut they believe is integral in restoring the timeline - Renee Picard; Kore makes a startling discovery about her father's work.
Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd
Votes: 3,462
38.
Son amores (2002–2004)
Episode:
Episode #1.237
(2002)
Comedy, Romance, Sport
Director: Lucas Ruiz Barrea | Stars: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Nicolás Cabré, Mariano Martínez, Mario Pasik
39.
Son amores (2002–2004)
Episode:
Episode #1.242
(2002)
Comedy, Romance, Sport
Director: Lucas Ruiz Barrea | Stars: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Nicolás Cabré, Mariano Martínez, Mario Pasik
40.
Artifact (2013)
Episode:
First Contact (Pilot)
(2013)
Action, Adventure, Drama
An excavation team's Captain must save his crew from being consumed and driven mad by a recovered artifact.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Daniel Begus, Cesar D' La Torre, David Fichtenmayer, Rich Finley
Votes: 28
41.
Artifact (2013)
Episode:
Dissimulation
(2015)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A Captain searching for an Artifact on a desolate planet, exposes the truths of his mission.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel
Votes: 27