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1. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels

Votes: 101,310 | Gross: $31.56M

2. D.E.B.S. (2004)

PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the elite national-defense group, D.E.B.S.

Director: Angela Robinson | Stars: Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Devon Aoki, Jill Ritchie

Votes: 17,847 | Gross: $0.10M

3. The Crimson Rivers (2000)

R | 106 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A murder detective must follow the footsteps of a brutal killer within the secrets of a classist college.

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda

Votes: 65,650 | Gross: $0.63M

4. Devil in the Flesh (1986)

X | 114 min | Drama, Romance

A sizzling, erotic thriller about a triangle between a teenage boy, an older woman an her fiance, an imprisoned terrorist, set in a world of intrigue, betrayal and erotic pleasure, from which may be no escape.

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Maruschka Detmers, Federico Pitzalis, Anita Laurenzi, Alberto Di Stasio

Votes: 1,812 | Gross: $0.55M

5. A Dry White Season (1989)

R | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

A white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a target.

Director: Euzhan Palcy | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow

Votes: 6,198 | Gross: $3.77M

6. Peyton Place (1964–1969)

30 min | Drama, Romance

People married and divorced, loved and lost. Murder, illicit passion, insanity, and secrets were the staples of Peyton Place.

Stars: Ed Nelson, Barbara Parkins, Warner Anderson, Dick Tufeld

Votes: 715

7. A Call to Spy (2019)

PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency - SOE - to recruit and train women as spies.

Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher | Stars: Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache

Votes: 9,353

8. Liberté (2019)

Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History

Madame de Dumeval, the Duke de Tesis and the Duke de Wand, libertines expelled from the court of Louis XVI, seek the support of the Duc de Walchen, German seducer and freethinker, lonely in a country where hypocrisy and false virtue reign.

Director: Albert Serra | Stars: Helmut Berger, Marc Susini, Iliana Zabeth, Laura Poulvet

Votes: 1,397

9. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)

Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary

A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige

Votes: 40,912

10. El diputado (1978)

Unrated | 110 min | Drama

Sex and politics collide in this tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician, a teenage hustler discovers himself ... See full summary »

Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: José Sacristán, María Luisa San José, José Luis Alonso, Enrique Vivó

Votes: 742

11. The Official Story (1985)

Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, History

During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.

Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana

Votes: 10,865 | Gross: $0.03M

12. A World Apart (1988)

PG | 113 min | Drama

1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa. Race is a non-issue ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Menges | Stars: Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé

Votes: 1,801 | Gross: $2.33M

13. Les 1001 nuits (1990)

98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Zany subversion of the 1001 Nights myth that skips all of the stories and simply focuses on the lovely Scheherazade's escape from the lustful king with the help of a magic lamp and a time traveling astrologist.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gérard Jugnot, Stéphane Freiss, Thierry Lhermitte

Votes: 1,042

14. Brave New World (1980 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt to their repressive ways.

Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Julie Cobb, Bud Cort, Keir Dullea, Ron O'Neal

Votes: 1,149

15. Danton (1983)

PG | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche

Votes: 7,776

16. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)

PG | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History

Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.

Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham

Votes: 4,947

17. The Front (1976)

PG | 95 min | Drama

In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy

Votes: 9,677

18. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)

PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Crime

A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.

Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, J.A. Preston

Votes: 1,567 | Gross: $1.00M

19. The Tracker (2002)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Western

Fanatic is a government trooper who is heading an expedition to find an Aboriginal man accused of murdering a white woman. Others in the expedition are the Follower, a greenhorn trooper, the Veteran, and the Tracker.

Director: Rolf de Heer | Stars: David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page

Votes: 3,298

20. Closet Land (1991)

R | 89 min | Drama, Thriller

In a drab police state, an author of children's books is interrogated by a sadistic, secret policeman. She's under suspicion of embedding anti-government messages in her stories.

Director: Radha Bharadwaj | Stars: Madeleine Stowe, Alan Rickman

Votes: 3,050 | Gross: $0.26M

21. The House on 92nd Street (1945)

Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a German spy ring.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart

Votes: 3,295

22. Steal This Movie (2000)

R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

After years of hiding, the notorious American leftist radical, Abbie Hoffman, discusses his life, his cause and the opposition he endured.

Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Janeane Garofalo, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kevin Pollak

Votes: 2,408 | Gross: $0.08M

23. Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute (1971)

72 min | Drama

A young girl, already a jaded sexual veteran, embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery to find out the true reasons for her dissatisfaction and total desensitization.

Directors: Masao Adachi, Haruhiko Arai | Stars: Aki Sasaki, Hiroshi Saitô, Makiko Kim, Yûji Aoki

Votes: 440

24. Call Me Lucky (2015)

106 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

Barry Crimmins is pissed. His hellfire brand of comedy has rained verbal lightning bolts on American audiences and politicians for decades, yet you've probably never heard of him. But once ... See full summary »

Director: Bobcat Goldthwait | Stars: Barry Crimmins, Jack Gallagher, Martin Olson, Steve Sweeney

Votes: 2,164

25. The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)

PG-13 | 99 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.

Directors: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld | Stars: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Stew Albert, Tariq Ali

Votes: 5,689 | Gross: $1.10M

26. The Affair (2010)

115 min | Drama

An ex-seminarian/Communist runs a hotel in Baguio and meets a handsome, up-and-coming lawyer. An annual trip to Baguio by the lawyer and conversations with the hotelier develop into an ... See full summary »

Director: Adolfo Alix Jr. | Stars: Cogie Domingo, Sid Lucero, Rocky Salumbides, Max Eigenmann

Votes: 65

27. Sir! No Sir! (2005)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History, War

NO! SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who forced the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War

Director: David Zeiger | Stars: Michael Alaimo, Edward Asner, Joe Bangert, Tom Bernard

Votes: 838 | Gross: $0.11M

28. The Beatles and India (2021)

96 min | Documentary, Music

Documentary exploring how John, Paul, George and Ringo fell in love with Indian culture while visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his Himalayan ashram in 1968.

Directors: Ajoy Bose, Peter Compton | Stars: Shankara Angadi, Sidharth Bhatia, Steve Turner, Ajoy Bose

Votes: 502

29. The Can (1994)

70 min | Sci-Fi

In a future society where soft drinks are only for the rich and powerful, one man owns the last remaining cans of Coca-Cola. After the last can is consumed we beginning a mind melting ... See full summary »

Director: David Schendel | Stars: Brent David Fraser, Eldon Hagen, Ross Kinney, Sheryl Lee

Votes: 13

30. Blue, Painful and Brittle (2020)

118 min | Adventure, Drama

Kaede and Hisano form a club. When Hisano vanishes, Kaede throws himself into bringing change to the club.

Director: Shunsuke Kariyama | Stars: Ryô Yoshizawa, Hana Sugisaki, Amane Okayama, Honoka Matsumoto

Votes: 222

31. Eureka Stockade (1949)

Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Western

In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.

Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing

Votes: 210

32. Funny Dirty Little War (1983)

Unrated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ... See full summary »

Director: Héctor Olivera | Stars: Federico Luppi, Víctor Laplace, Héctor Bidonde, Rodolfo Ranni

Votes: 565

33. But Forever in My Mind (1999)

88 min | Comedy

Silvio is sixteen and is more interested in girls than politics. When his high school is occupy by students, he takes the chance to find his soulmate. He and his friend Ponzi experience the... See full summary »

Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Silvio Muccino, Giuseppe Sanfelice, Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, Giulia Carmignani

Votes: 1,683

34. Urinal (1988)

100 min | Drama

A mystery man brings together a group of dead, gay artists to investigate a police response to the dilema of wash-room sex in Toronto. The artists have seven days in which to report on the ... See full summary »

Director: John Greyson | Stars: Pauline Carey, Paul Bettis, George Spelvin, Keltie Creed

Votes: 76

35. Rabbit in the Moon (1999)

85 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This documentary is about the internment of Japanese Americans in camps during World War II.

Director: Emiko Omori | Stars: Emiko Omori, Chizuko Omori, Frank Emi, Aiko Yoshinaga-Herzig

Votes: 128

36. Traceroute (2016)

120 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

A Personal Journey Into The Uncharted Depths Of Nerd Culture, A Realm Full Of Dangers, Creatures And More Or Less Precarious Working Conditions...

Director: Johannes Grenzfurthner | Stars: Johannes Grenzfurthner, Eddie Codel, Jenny Marx, Johannes Riha

Votes: 1,796

37. Spin (1995)

57 min | Documentary

Pirated satellite feeds revealing U. S. media personalities' contempt for their viewers.

Director: Brian Springer | Stars: Larry Agran, Jim Bakker, Bill Beutel, Tom Brokaw

Votes: 523

38. Soviet Subversion of the Free World Press (1984 Video)

81 min | Documentary

A conversation with Yuri Bezmenov, former propagandist for the KGB.

Stars: Yuri Bezmenov, G. Edward Griffin

Votes: 34

39. FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (2004)

82 min | Sci-Fi

France. A near and probable future. The Sisterhood of Metacontrol governs Europe. Angeline, an exemplary and irreproachable citizen has just joined the order... But her relationship with a ... See full summary »

Director: Carlos Atanes | Stars: Xavier Tort, Anne Céline Auche, Manel Solás, Raúl Mena

Votes: 260

40. TV Party (2005 Video)

91 min | Documentary, Music

From 1978 to 1982 Glenn O'Brien hosted an insane punk rock New York City cable TV show called TV Party. Co-hosted by Chris Stein, from Blondie, and directed by filmmaker Amos Poe, the hour ... See full summary »

Director: Danny Vinik | Stars: Robert Aaron, Babs, Jean Michel Basquiat, Edo Bertoglio

Votes: 74

41. Quito 2023 (2013)

TV-14 | 90 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Quito 2023 is a thriller/Sci-Fi feature film that focuses on the Ecuadorian capital, some years from now. After several internal political problems, a coup has left the country under ... See full summary »

Directors: César Izurieta, Juan Fernando Moscoso | Stars: Silvio Villagómez, Jose Luís Vergara, Enrique Carvajal, Elvira Durango

Votes: 67

42. On Company Business (1980)

Not Rated | 174 min | Documentary, History

A controversial three part critical documentary on the history of the CIA.

Director: Allan Francovich | Stars: William Colby, Philip Agee, Harry S. Truman, George C. Marshall

Votes: 58

43. Fighting Youth (1935)

Approved | 85 min | Drama, Mystery

Communist subversives try to take over a college.

Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Charles Farrell, June Martel, Andy Devine, J. Farrell MacDonald

Votes: 38

44. Y a Dios que me perdone! (2017)

103 min | Crime, Drama

Toribio's wife has been diagnosed with postpartum leukemia. Cornered between the lack of reliable health plans and his low income as a police officer, Toribio takes his gun and goes out to do everything he can to save his wife.

Director: Ángel Muñiz | Stars: Johnnie Mercedes, Juan Maria Almonte, Angela Bernal, Francis Cruz

Votes: 154

45. The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis (1987 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, History, War

This special report by Bill Moyers illustrates and evidences about the contradictions revolving U.S. government when it comes to actually follow and obey the Constitution and its rulings. ... See full summary »

Stars: Scott Armstrong, Richard Bissell, Jackson Browne, Carl Channel

Votes: 39

46. On the Line (2007)

Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary

An act of civil disobedience at America's largest ongoing protest brings graduate student Brian DeRouen face-to-face with the pressing constitutional issues of today. His non-violent action... See full summary »

Directors: Peter Glenn, Jason A. Schmidt | Stars: Roy Bourgeois, Brian DeRouen, John Perkins, Helen Prejean

Votes: 35

47. The Governess

Short, Comedy, Crime | Pre-production

A young woman is extorted by a petty crook into stealing from her employer to pay off her late father's debts, but is further horrified to discover that her employer and his family are hiding a very dark and dangerous secret.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Stars: Craig Walker, Gareth James, Hunter Clarke, Jaydan Danes

48. Trampa para un gato (1994)

90 min | Action, Drama, War

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Director: Manuel de Pedro | Stars: Amado Zambrano, Alejandro Faillace, Gregorio Milano, Jazmín Hernández

Votes: 14

49. Antonio Pode (2007)

12 min | Short

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Director: Ivan Morales Jr. | Stars: Lourenço Mutarelli, Heitor Goldflus, Luiza Violin Schafer

Votes: 16

50. Navire Europe (2023)

86 min | Documentary

Trude was the director's grand-mother. An admirable woman, a survivor, a terrible woman. Survival was everything. Her grand-daughter didn't want to hear of death, didn't want survival, she ... See full summary »

Director: Marina Deak