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1. Roots (1977)
TV-14 | 74 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 18,886
2. Paprika (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
Votes: 96,989 | Gross: $0.88M
3. Okja (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun, Jake Gyllenhaal
Votes: 132,197
4. At Eternity's Gate (2018)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen
Votes: 40,040 | Gross: $2.29M
5. The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Alex, a 12-year-old boy, and his friends fight an evil sorceress with the help of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur, in a bid to save the world from her atrocities.
Director: Joe Cornish | Stars: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Denise Gough, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor
Votes: 18,726 | Gross: $16.79M
6. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
R | 139 min | Drama
The life histories of four East Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin
Votes: 18,250 | Gross: $32.86M
7. Pure Country (1992)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Dusty gets tired of all the smoke and light effects, wonders what happened to doing it the way that made him famous and happy. Takes a walk to find what seems to be missing and finds himself and his music again!
Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: George Strait, Lesley Ann Warren, Isabel Glasser, Kyle Chandler
Votes: 5,380 | Gross: $15.16M
8. Thunderheart (1992)
R | 119 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward
Votes: 17,142 | Gross: $22.66M
9. The Chamber (1996)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Robert Prosky
Votes: 16,133 | Gross: $14.55M
10. Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.
Stars: Debbi Morgan, Dorian Harewood, Paul Koslo, Stan Shaw
Votes: 2,786
11. The Woods (2006)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery
Set in 1965 New England, a troubled girl encounters mysterious happenings in the woods surrounding an isolated girls school that she was sent to by her disinterested parents.
Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Lauren Birkell, Agnes Bruckner, Jane Gilchrist, Emma Campbell
Votes: 12,386
12. Psychomagic, A Healing Art (2019)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Director Alejandro Jodorowsky unveils his theory of trauma therapy.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Star: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Votes: 695
13. Roots: The Gift (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History
On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., LeVar Burton, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew
Votes: 668
14. The Hidden Life of Trees (2020)
PG | 101 min | Documentary
When Peter Wohlleben published his book "The Hidden Life of Trees" in 2015, he quickly entered bestseller lists. The forester wrote vividly about his experience that trees are able to communicate with each other, a thesis explored here.
Directors: Jörg Adolph, Jan Haft | Stars: Peter Wohlleben, Achim Bogdahn, Markus Lanz, Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt
Votes: 789
15. Eden Log (2007)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A man wakes up in an underground cave, next to a dead body. He has no memory of how he got there and starts to try and work his way to the surface and escape from the network of tunnels, which seem to be some kind of ancient civilisation.
Director: Franck Vestiel | Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Vimala Pons, Zohar Wexler, Sifan Shao
Votes: 6,846
16. Care Bears: Adventures in Care-A-Lot (2007–2009)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Family
CARE BEARS: ADVENTURES IN CARE-A-LOT focuses on the colorful bears' escapades and highlights how each one shares his or her unique way of caring with friends. Each Care Bear relies on his ... See full summary »
Stars: Tracey Moore, Tabitha St. Germain, Ian James Corlett, Scott McNeil
Votes: 176
17. Double Negative (1980)
96 min | Thriller
Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Director: George Bloomfield | Stars: Michael Sarrazin, Susan Clark, Anthony Perkins, Howard Duff
Votes: 182
18. Syncopation (1942)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, History, Music
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie) from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock market crash, the depression and the ... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, George Bancroft, Todd Duncan, Connee Boswell
Votes: 331
19. Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies (2013 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the life and career of Bruce Willis, featuring never-before-seen photos and videos from the Willis family collection. Narrated by Bruce Willis.
Director: Robert Uncles | Stars: Bruce Willis, Emma Heming Willis, Kevin Costner, M. Night Shyamalan
Votes: 47
20. Stealth (2006)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
Lionel is a happy gay man with a great career and an open-minded family that accepts his loyal lover, Serge. But things start to unravel when he meets a pretty Polish immigrant who is about to be deported and decides to marry her.
Director: Lionel Baier | Stars: Natacha Koutchoumov, Lionel Baier, Alicja Bachleda, Stéphane Rentznik
Votes: 274
21. Wake (III) (2010)
20 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
'Everybody knows if you're fixin' to GOSSIP, you gotta have a little dirt on somebody. And everybody knows if you're fixin' to BURY, you gotta throw a little dirt on somebody. But don't ... See full summary »
Director: Bree Newsome | Stars: Sahr Ali, Christina Faison, Benton Greene, Tyrone Hicks
Votes: 54
22. The Perfect Model (1988)
R | 89 min | Drama
When an African American actor returns home from Hollywood, his enterprising boyhood buddy, now a sleazy beauty pageant promoter who uses the contestants to satisfy his sexual urges, hires him to host an upcoming pageant.
Director: Darryl Roberts | Stars: Stoney Jackson, Antonio McKay, Catero Alain Colbert, Liza Cruzat
Votes: 22
23. Roots Rock Reggae (1979)
60 min | Documentary, Music
Roots Rock Reggae depicts an unforgettable moment in Jamaica's history when music defined the island's struggles and immortalised its heroes.
Director: Jeremy Marre | Stars: The Abyssinians, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff, Joe Higgs
Votes: 116
24. They Are We (2014)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, History
Afro-Cubans preserve ancestral traditions. A filmmaker traces roots to Sierra Leone, where villagers recognize lost kin's customs. A joyous festival reunites the long-separated family through shared cultural heritage.
Director: Emma Christopher | Stars: Joe Allie, Lucy Amara, Cuco Casanova, Emma Christopher
Votes: 35 | Gross: $0.00M
25. Desperate Man Blues (2003)
52 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary of the life of record collector Joe Bussard.
Director: Edward Gillan | Stars: Joe Bussard, Susannah Anderson, Barbara Brown, John Cooper
Votes: 170
26. Off and Running (2009)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers - one mixed-race and one Korean-Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. But when her curiosity about ... See full summary »
Director: Nicole Opper
Votes: 142 | Gross: $0.02M
27. Väärät juuret (2009)
99 min | Drama
In this stylish Finnish drama, the secrets and desires of a family can no longer be suppressed. Mikko turns out to have a hereditary illness. Since then he has been worried. How long can he... See full summary »
Director: Saara Saarela | Stars: Pertti Sveholm, Milka Ahlroth, Niko Saarela, Emma Louhivuori
Votes: 221
28. Reis naar je roots (2023)
20 min | Reality-TV
Stars: Nohaly Oehlers, Marcus Nabibaks Prinz zu Fürstenberg, Stephanie van Eer
29. Ital Reign (2018)
40 min | Short, Family
The story of a man who has to choose fame or fatherhood, friends who have to choose loyalty or desire and a girl who has to choose to believe in herself.
Directors: Dominic Lofters, Steffan Zachiyah Thompson | Stars: Darryl Bradford, Selwyn Brown, Tonia Daley-Campbell, Diegoff
Votes: 12
30. Blue Hope
Short | Announced
In Rome, a young girl deals with her pregnancy alone and considers giving her child up for adoption. In Mumbai, a young woman travels to India for a job, having been adopted herself.
Director: Maja Astrid Diedenhofen | Stars: Ashleen Struyven, Chiara Rogora
31. Vatten tjockt som blod (2009)
58 min | Documentary
Emilio's adoptive father Bengt feels abandoned when his son moves from Sweden back to his birth-country Colombia. Bengt travels there to try to reestablish a relationship between them. ... See full summary »
Director: Mattias Olsson | Stars: Eugenia Castaño, Emilio Cuesta, Bengt Svensson, Eva Svensson
32. Tree Hugger (II) (2015)
14 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
In search of magic, high school freshmen Clara gets involved with Leo, an older boy, but the fantasy world in her head darkens when Leo takes advantage of her.
Director: Kira Bursky | Stars: Thatcher Welden, Sam Bible-Sullivan, Jack Fulghum, Grace Mark
Votes: 12
33. Rooted in Peace (2016)
88 min | Documentary
ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman invites viewers on a film journey to take notice of the world we live in, proactively seek ways to find personal and ecological peace, and stop the cycle of violence.
Director: Greg Reitman | Stars: Pete Seeger, Deepak Chopra, Desmond Tutu, David Lynch
Votes: 41
34. Our Leading Citizen (1939)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
Lem Schofield practices law in a formerly small-town that has grown to be an industrialized big city, He bases his ideals on the examples set by Abraham Lincoln and never waivers in them ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Bob Burns, Susan Hayward, Joseph Allen, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 68
35. Mojo
Drama | Announced
Mojo is a drama/fantasy about an eccentric white southern family that discovers their black slave ancestry.
Director: Darlene Eliopoulos | Stars: Eva Ndachi, Judith Eisenberg, Isabella Del Fosse, Sarah Ladick
37. Hiraeth (V) (2022)
3 min | Short, Family
Director: Anirudh Kaushal | Stars: Mehak Bhatia, Manu Kaushal, Vedant Sharma
38. MTL's
Documentary, Drama | Filming
After an argument with a sibling, a man goes on a journey to discover his family background in the city, towns and interior of a South American country - before his Mum "forgets".
39. La Casa de Mama Icha (2021)
85 min | Documentary
Decades earlier, Mama Icha moved to the US to help her daughter with her children's care. However, she never lost sight of her town in Colombia. Now, at the end of her life, Mama Icha boards a plane back home finding joy and heartbreak.
Director: Oscar Molina | Stars: María Dionisia Navarro, Epifanía Ortiz, Michelle Ángela Ortiz, Gustavo Niño Navarro
Votes: 34
40. The Puppet (2016)
27 min | Short, Crime, Drama
" The Doctor", owner of "The Pharmacy", hardly escapes from two unknown men who hunt him. Or not? Does danger loom inside his own shop? The Doctor has a big quarrel with the love of his ... See full summary »
Director: Yiannis Sykovaris | Stars: Dimitris Fargoulis, Dimitra Haritopoulou, Alexandros Kioroglou, Alexandros Koch
Votes: 14
41. Awake Zion (2013)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary
Through one woman's musical odyssey exploring the meaning of Jewish identity, Awake Zion uncovers the mysterious connections between Reggae, Rasta and Judaism. Awake Zion unites Jewish and ... See full summary »
Director: Monica Haim | Stars: Super Dane, Bongo Daniel, King Django, 'Sister' Carol East
Votes: 9
42. Remarkable Renmark (2019 Video)
60 min | Documentary, Adventure
Director: Simon Denny | Stars: Fred Wright, Jackson Beavis, Callum Benda, Matt Burnett
44. Mein erstes Leben - Adoptierte Menschen ergründen ihre Wurzeln (2015)
50 min | Documentary
A documentary, which depicts how people handle their situation of not knowing who their parents are and why they were given away. This film highlights the destiny of three adults, who decided to start a journey to find their roots.
Director: Daniel Stadelmann
45. Roots: Celebrating 25 Years (2002 TV Movie)
60 min
Director: Judith Leonard | Stars: LeVar Burton, Tina Andrews, Maya Angelou, Edward Asner
Votes: 81
46. The Year of Return: Full Circle Festival (2019)
Documentary, Short
Director: Gerald Sagoe | Stars: Anthony Anderson, Boris Kodjoe, Gabourey Sidibe, Michael Jai White
47. Rootz the Breakthrough (2014)
76 min | Drama
When the past is in the present.
Director: Brian Harris
49. Fatima (III) (2015)
18 min | Documentary, Short
This film is a voices and icons' collection. My voice tells the story of my grandmother's exile from Algeria to France. The film scrolls in black and white, I tell her fights for her ... See full summary »
Director: Nina Khada
50. The Healing Passage: Voices from the Water (2004)
90 min | Documentary
Prominent cultural artists explore the present-day residuals of the trans- Atlantic slave trade and use music, ritual, dolls, spoken word and visual art to create paths to healing.
Director: S. Pearl Sharp | Stars: Riua Akinshegun, Ysaye M. Barnwell, Oscar Brown Jr., Katrina Browne
Votes: 20