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1. The Creator (2023)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney
Votes: 160,197
2. Blood Diamond (2006)
R | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers
Votes: 586,159 | Gross: $57.37M
3. Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission.
Director: Adrian Grunberg | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza
Votes: 109,532 | Gross: $44.82M
4. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Passed | 129 min | Drama
An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 99,959 | Gross: $0.06M
5. Automata (I) (2014)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Human race is at edge of the end. Robot race is at edge of the beginning.
Director: Gabe Ibáñez | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Dylan McDermott, Melanie Griffith
Votes: 59,400
6. Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a dystopian near future America, a young man infiltrates a powerful drug dealing rollerblading youth gang that runs his town in order to end their reign for good.
Director: Rick King | Stars: Corey Haim, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Collet, Julius Harris
Votes: 2,771
7. Eraser: Reborn (2022)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
It is based on U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard who is specialized in engineering the fake deaths of witnesses that leaves no trace of their existence.
Director: John Pogue | Stars: Dominic Sherwood, Jacky Lai, McKinley Belcher III, Eddie Ramos
Votes: 2,476
8. Wild River (1960)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, History, Romance
A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi
Votes: 6,183
9. Annie Live! (2021 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A young orphan opens the heart of billionaire Sir Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.
Directors: Lear Debessonet, Alex Rudzinski | Stars: Harry Connick Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess, Megan Hilty
Votes: 2,272
10. Menino da Calca Branca (1962)
21 min | Short, Drama
When a young boy from a shanty town near Rio de Janeiro gets a coveted pair of white trousers for Christmas his joy knows no bounds. Not getting them dirty, however, presents certain difficulties for a lively slum kid.
Director: Sérgio Ricardo | Stars: Zezinho Gama, Laura Figueiredo, Sérgio Ricardo, Wanda Daniel
Votes: 30
11. Bernie (1996)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
A 30 year old orphan finds his life's official version hard to swallow. His parents couldn't possibly have abandoned him in a trash can as a baby. No, they were victims of a mafia plot and today, if they're still alive, they need his help.
Director: Albert Dupontel | Stars: Claude Perron, Albert Dupontel, Roland Blanche, Hélène Vincent
Votes: 4,038
12. Tiempo de silencio (1986)
111 min | Drama
Adaptation of the novel by Martin Santos, which describes the society of the late 1940s, where humans lived like rats.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Imanol Arias, Victoria Abril, Charo López, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 293
13. Alpha: The Right to Kill (2018)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Set against the backdrop of the Philippines Government's crackdown on illegal drugs, a SWAT-led police force launches an operation to arrest Abel, one of the biggest drug lords in Manila. ... See full summary »
Director: Brillante Mendoza | Stars: Allen Dizon, Elijah Filamor, Apollo Abraham, Eli Alamares
Votes: 348
14. De nuevo a la vida (1973)
98 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Stars: Benjamín Arce, Luis Cabrera, Leonidas Carvajal, Gerardo Casavilca
Votes: 14
15. Lovey Mary (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lovey Mary, an orphan girl, reluctantly takes charge of her sister's child when her sister Kate is jailed.
Director: King Baggot | Stars: Bessie Love, William Haines, Mary Alden, Vivia Ogden
16. Aspectos y personajes de Barcelona (1964)
25 min | Documentary, Short
An amateur documentary filmed on the streets of Barcelona in 1964 in which, with surprising rapidity, the images lead us from the most bourgeois and luxurious spaces of the Catalan capital ... See full summary »
Stars: Joaquim Barraquer, Pedro Basauri 'Pedrucho', La Bella Dorita, Josep Mestres Cabanes
17. Days of Oblivion II: Frozen Eternity (2000 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
The poles have melted and the world has become a giant ocean with 20 million people living in floating cities. You're back in Twin Town one year after the events of the first game to deal with its villain once and for all.
Stars: Alexandra Nelke, Lea Gabriel, Al Viz, Ant Arlsen
18. Non tacere (2007)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Fabio Grimaldi | Stars: Matteo Amati, Emidio Bianchi, Leucio Bianchi, Carla Camilli
20. The Mexicans (1983 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
John Pilger reports on political repression in Mexico.
Director: David Munro | Stars: John Pilger, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Larry Hall
21.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
El Mundo Gira
(1997)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A desperate illegal immigrant who can't speak any English becomes patient zero for a mysterious illness and goes on the run from INS, the FBI and his own brother who blames him for the death of his girlfriend.
Director: Tucker Gates | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Rubén Blades
Votes: 3,819
22.
Pole to Pole (1992– )
Episode:
Evil Shadow
(1992)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
In Zambia Palin meets a witch doctor who tells him that he has an "evil shadow" and bad things lie ahead for him. Palin then moves on to Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, where he goes ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 93
23.
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997– )
Episode:
Peru/Colombia
(1997)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Michael journeys on into the Amazon Basin, and then grabs a plane and boat into Colombia before arriving in Bogota and taking a first hand look at the drug issues.
Director: Clem Vallance | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 74
24.
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997– )
Episode:
Vietnam/Philippines
(1997)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Michael sees Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue, the Mekong Delta, Saigon and then on to the Philippines including Manila, Zamboanga and faith healers.
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 75
25.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode:
The Storm (1920-1933)
(2014)
TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
FDR's battle with polio. Eleanor's independence and political activism. Political division within the Roosevelt clan. FDR returns to politics in a big way. The Great Depression ends the Roaring Twenties. Assassin targets FDR.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Geoffrey C. Ward, Doris Kearns Goodwin, George F. Will
Votes: 146