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1. The Outsiders (1983)

PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama

In a small Oklahoma town in 1964, the rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, heats up when one gang member accidentally kills a member of the other.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze

Votes: 97,495 | Gross: $25.60M

2. Downfall (2004)

R | 156 min | Biography, Drama, History

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler

Votes: 375,132 | Gross: $5.51M

3. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama

A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough

Votes: 666,453 | Gross: $42.34M

4. Splice (2009)

R | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use.

Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon

Votes: 101,760 | Gross: $17.00M

5. Clerks (1994)

R | 92 min | Comedy

A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer

Votes: 232,312 | Gross: $3.15M

6. A Serious Man (2009)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed

Votes: 149,878 | Gross: $9.19M

7. Inland Empire (2006)

R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern

Votes: 61,915 | Gross: $0.75M

8. Solaris (1972)

PG | 167 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy

Votes: 98,225

9. Yi Yi (2000)

Not Rated | 173 min | Drama, Romance

Each member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.

Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee

Votes: 28,391 | Gross: $1.14M

10. The Meaning of Life (1983)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Musical

The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.

Director: Terry Jones | Stars: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones

Votes: 125,308 | Gross: $14.93M

11. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger

Votes: 24,249

12. The Trial (1962)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Arnoldo Foà, Jess Hahn, Billy Kearns

Votes: 24,013

13. The Case for Christ (2017)

PG | 112 min | Biography, Drama

An investigative journalist and self-proclaimed atheist sets out to disprove the existence of God after his wife becomes a Christian.

Director: Jon Gunn | Stars: Mike Vogel, Erika Christensen, Faye Dunaway, Frankie Faison

Votes: 10,296 | Gross: $14.68M

14. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff, Françoise Bertin

Votes: 24,881 | Gross: $0.06M

15. School Days (2007)

TV-14 | 300 min | Animation, Drama, Romance

Makoto Itou has a crush on Kotonoha Katsura, who rides the same train as him daily. Following urban legend, he sets her photo as his phone wallpaper - a love charm. When classmate Sekai Saionji notices, it seems his luck really does change.

Stars: Daisuke Hirakawa, Shiho Kawaragi, Tae Okajima, Keiko Imoto

Votes: 2,924

16. Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013)

Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

As Jamie travels in Chile, he invites an eccentric woman to join his group's quest to score a fabled hallucinogen, a move that finds him at odds with his new companion, until they drink the magic brew on a beach at the edge of the desert.

Director: Sebastián Silva | Stars: Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann, Juan Andrés Silva, Agustín Silva

Votes: 9,053 | Gross: $0.19M

17. World on a Wire (1973)

Not Rated | 212 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His ... See full summary »

Stars: Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben, Karl Heinz Vosgerau

Votes: 6,776

18. Little Black Book (2004)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman snoops through her boyfriend's palm pilot and reveals his former girlfriends, which causes her to question why they're still listed in his little black book.

Director: Nick Hurran | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Ron Livingston, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates

Votes: 18,956 | Gross: $20.42M

19. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Phoebe Brand, George Gaynes, Jerry Mayer

Votes: 5,158 | Gross: $1.75M

20. I Start Counting (1970)

Not Rated | 105 min | Mystery, Thriller

A 15 year-old girl coming to terms with her sexuality suspects her foster brother may be guilty of a murder.

Director: David Greene | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Bryan Marshall, Clare Sutcliffe, Simon Ward

Votes: 1,139

21. HyperNormalisation (2016)

166 min | Documentary

Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.

Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum

Votes: 7,368

22. Phoenix Forgotten (2017)

PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Two decades after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.

Director: Justin Barber | Stars: Florence Hartigan, Luke Spencer Roberts, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews

Votes: 6,998 | Gross: $3.60M

23. The Killing of America (1981)

R | 90 min | Documentary, Crime

A documentary of the decline of America. It features footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much, much more.

Director: Sheldon Renan | Stars: Chuck Riley, Ed Dorris, Thomas Noguchi, Sirhan Sirhan

Votes: 2,369

24. 23 (1998)

99 min | Drama, Thriller

When the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers, an acquaintance senses that there is money in computer cracking - and travels to east Berlin to try to contact the KGB.

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris, Jan-Gregor Kremp

Votes: 7,285

25. Flocking (2015)

TV-14 | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

A 14-year old girl reports that she has been raped, but is not believed. The entire village turns against her and her family.

Director: Beata Gårdeler | Stars: Fatime Azemi, John Risto, Eva Melander, Malin Levanon

Votes: 934

26. The Dark Tapes (2016)

98 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A genre-defying mixture of horror, sci-fi, myth, mystery and thrills told as four interlocking tales in one intelligent anthology. Ghosts, spirits, creatures, demons and more from the paranormal world collide with rational curiosity.

Directors: Michael McQuown, Vincent J. Guastini | Stars: David Banks, Sara Areyano, Cortney Palm, David Rountree

Votes: 3,289

27. True Love (I) (1989)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Romance

Donna and Michael are getting married. But first, they have to plan the reception, get the tux, buy the rings, and cope with their own uncertainty about the decision. Michael fears ... See full summary »

Director: Nancy Savoca | Stars: Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard, Aida Turturro, Roger Rignack

Votes: 819 | Gross: $1.35M

28. The Day After Trinity (1981)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography

Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect on the Manhattan project and its fascinating leader, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who upon ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Else | Stars: Hans Bethe, Holm Bursom, Haakon Chevalier, Stirling Colgate

Votes: 1,234

29. Four Hours at the Capitol (2021)

TV-MA | 92 min | Documentary, Crime

A chronicle of the incursion at the U.S. Capitol, when thousands of citizens from across the country gathered in Washington D.C., many with the intent of disrupting the certification of Joe Biden's presidency.

Director: Jamie Roberts | Stars: Eddie Block, Buddy Carter, Jim McGovern, Leah Han

Votes: 3,851

30. Thirteen or So Minutes (2008)

Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Lawrence Jefferies and Hugh Greerey have just met. They both have had girlfriends in the past...they're both straight. Thirteen or so minutes later, however, something's happened and things have changed.

Director: William Branden Blinn | Stars: Nick Soper, Carlos Salas

Votes: 1,313

31. American Deep State (2020)

PG-13 | 139 min | Documentary

For the first time, American people see the possibility that elected governments have to follow rules set by Washington D.C.'s bureaucratic institutions. From 1963 JFK's assassination to 2016 Russia Collusion Conspiracy.

Director: Bernie Olaf | Stars: Betty Adams, William Barr, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden

Votes: 586

32. Hav Plenty (1998)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

Lee Plenty is a flailing, wannabe writer, homeless and apartment-sitting for his friend, the wealthy Havilland Savage, while she is off visiting family. So Lee jumps at the chance to see Havilland, whom he has secretly loved for years.

Director: Christopher Scott Cherot | Stars: Christopher Scott Cherot, Chenoa Maxwell, Hill Harper, Tammi Jones Tanaka

Votes: 1,130 | Gross: $2.30M

33. A Perfect Crime (2020)

40 min | Documentary, Crime

In April 1991, Detlev Rohwedder, the head of Treuhand, the East German Privatization and Restructuring Agency, was assassinated in Dusseldorf. This documentary details the strange evidence recovered.

Stars: Sam Booth, Theo Waigel, Rainer Hofmeyer, Klaus-Dieter Matschke

Votes: 1,692

34. 1612: Khroniki smutnogo vremeni (2007)

Not Rated | 144 min | Adventure, Drama, History

The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles.

Director: Vladimir Khotinenko | Stars: Pyotr Kislov, Michal Zebrowski, Artur Smolyaninov, Violetta Davydovskaya

Votes: 2,295

35. The Secret (1974)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marlène Jobert, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Adam

Votes: 927

36. The President's Plane Is Missing (1973 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

An incompetent Vice President is in control of the government after the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board.

Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Peter Graves, Arthur Kennedy, Raymond Massey

Votes: 295

37. Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1996)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Romance

Plot is centered around a young woman who works as a movie theatre employee who wrestles with coming of age. Death, puberty, sex and friendships are the themes.

Director: Sarah Jacobson | Stars: Lisa Gerstein, Chris Enright, Greg Cruikshank, Beth Allen

Votes: 440 | Gross: $0.03M

38. Mama, I'm Home (2021)

104 min | Drama

Together with her daughter, Tonya is eagerly awaiting the return of her only son, who is said that has been killed in action but Tonya refuses that there's a mistake and believes that her son is still alive.

Director: Vladimir Bitokov | Stars: Kseniya Rappoport, Yura Borisov, Ekaterina Shumakova, Aleksandr Gorchilin

Votes: 290

39. Room (I) (2005)

Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Mystery

An overworked, middle-aged Texas woman embezzles from her employer and abandons her family to seek out a mysterious room that has been appearing to her in visions during seizure-like attacks.

Director: Kyle Henry | Stars: Cyndi Williams, Kenneth Wayne Bradley, Alex Kiester, Hannah Nicolas

Votes: 456

40. István, a király (1984)

100 min | Drama, History, Music

After the death of Géza, the Hungarian monarch, his son István and his brother Koppány gets in a conflict for the Hungarian throne. Their battle should settle the fate of Hungary: whether it adopts Christianity or remains in Paganism.

Director: Gábor Koltay | Stars: László Pelsöczy, Miklós Varga, Gyula Vikidál, Katalin Berek

Votes: 1,119

41. RWD (2015)

TV-MA | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Two men went searching for ghosts, but they found themselves instead...

Director: Matt Stuertz | Stars: Adam Hartley, Matt Stuertz, Aj Meadows

Votes: 507

42. Diamond Tongues (2015)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Edith dreams of being a successful actress but just can't seem to make things happen. When she can't figure out what she's doing wrong, she begins to do everything wrong.

Directors: Pavan Moondi, Brian Robertson | Stars: Leah Fay Goldstein, Abe Sanjakdar, Morgan Osbourne, Catherine Stockhausen

Votes: 215

43. The Feeling of Being Watched (2018)

86 min | Documentary

When journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest FBI terrorism probes conducted before 9/11 and reveals its enduring impact on the community.

Director: Assia Boundaoui | Stars: Gamal Abdel-Hafiz, Christina Abraham, Assia Boundaoui, Iman Boundaoui

Votes: 159

44. Maple Palm (2006)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lesbian couple of fifteen years lives with the secret that one is an illegal immigrant. With no legal way to protect their relationship, the couple lives in fear of deportation. After an ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Torjan | Stars: Deborah Stewart, Taymour Ghazi, Andrea Carvajal, Robert J. Feldman

Votes: 409

45. False Alarm (2021)

53 min | Documentary

The surreal, traumatic, and revelatory fallout from the morning when everyone on Hawai'i thought a nuclear missile strike was imminent.

Director: Nick Lyell

Votes: 12

46. The Room (2012)

84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Yumi moves into her boyfriend's Tokyo apartment but on the night of the move, he is called away for business in New York. The couple communicates over Skype and over the course of four ... See full summary »

Director: David Shin | Stars: Ayumi Ito, Shogen, Shûgo Oshinari

Votes: 69

47. Élve vagy halva (1980)

80 min | Drama, History, Western

The ex-revolutionary Gáspár Noszlopy escapes from prison in 1852. His plan to capture the emperor Franz Joseph and force him to sign the Declaration of Hungarian Independence. He is only able to find four fanatic men.

Director: Tamás Rényi | Stars: Lajos Balázsovits, György Cserhalmi, Dezsö Garas, Djoko Rosic

Votes: 193

48. One (Nine)

83 min | Drama | Completed

During the COVID-19 pandemic Nine filmmakers Isolating in different parts of the world Join to make a collective experiment ONE(NINE) is a timeless multiversal experience of what it means to find connection in a time of isolation

Directors: Isa Benn, Slater Jewell-Kemker, Jennifer Podemski, Carmen Sangion, Mina Shum, Ingrid Veninger, Dorothee Wenner, Shengze Zhu, Lydia Zimmermann | Stars: Derek McGrath, Jennifer Podemski, Michael Podemski-Bedard, Hallie Switzer

49. Cilantro's Picnic (2019)

28 min | Short, Drama, Family | Completed

Cilantro's Picnic is an emotional drama of a poor father's misery to pay off his son's school fees, and a dream of a mother to educate her son in a private school. A Twist of destiny changes its course, thereby shattering their hopes.

Director: Abhijeet Saha | Stars: Pooja Joshi, Caron Rawnsley, Shreyansh Mali, Umaid Bhati

Votes: 8

50. Tell Me (II) (2021)

Documentary

At a time when people are feeling so much but have few outlets to express it, 19 filmmakers from 12 countries have set up a series of voicemail boxes around the world. People are encouraged... See full summary »

Directors: Marta Pulk, Rodrigo Baptista, Agustin Barrutia, Sebastian López Borda, Rupert Clague, João Carlos Couto, Antonio Hamburger, Quentin Lazzarotto, Cesar Malaga, Tanya Marar, Ashley Mosher, Sonja Ortiz, Brett Pedersen, Fermin Pedros, Pablo Radice, Norika Sefa, Wei Shen, Gerónimo Tanoira, Natu Trcina, Lucia Valdemoros, Kevin Zayat, Amr Hisham | Stars: Pääsu-Liis Kens, Joonas Tagel

Votes: 9