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51. Betty Blue (1986)
Unrated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland
Votes: 23,382 | Gross: $2.00M
52. Running Scared (2006)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his crime boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things get out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.
Director: Wayne Kramer | Stars: Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Chazz Palminteri, Vera Farmiga
Votes: 103,774 | Gross: $6.86M
53. The Sword in the Stone (1963)
G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin in the path to become one of the most beloved kings in English history.
Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand | Stars: Rickie Sorensen, Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews
Votes: 106,628 | Gross: $22.18M
54. New Jack City (1991)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock
Votes: 38,895 | Gross: $47.62M
55. The Howling (1981)
R | 91 min | Horror
After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone
Votes: 40,264 | Gross: $17.99M
56. Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
While planning her family reunion, a pistol-packing grandma must contend with other dramas, including her love-troubled nieces and the runaway who was placed in her care.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe
Votes: 12,032 | Gross: $63.32M
57. Let Him Go (2020)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.
Director: Thomas Bezucha | Stars: Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Kayli Carter, Ryan Bruce
Votes: 35,014
58. Tell It to the Bees (2018)
TV-MA | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1950s small town Britain, a doctor develops a relationship with her young patient's mother.
Director: Annabel Jankel | Stars: Billy Boyd, Gregor Selkirk, Anna Paquin, Euan Mason
Votes: 6,817
59. Once Were Warriors (1994)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga
Votes: 36,897 | Gross: $2.20M
60. Cops (1989–2023)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Reality-TV
Camera crews follow police officers while they work.
Stars: Ruben Barela, Andrew Fincher, Alex Cox, Heather Ashley Chase
Votes: 7,199
61. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Mia Bendixsen, Alfred Lutter III
Votes: 27,522 | Gross: $18.60M
62. Made for Love (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young woman, on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to a tech billionaire, suddenly realizes that her husband has implanted a revolutionary monitoring device in her brain that allows him to track her every move.
Stars: Cristin Milioti, Billy Magnussen, Ray Romano, Dan Bakkedahl
Votes: 12,532
63. American Woman (2018)
R | 111 min | Drama, Mystery
A woman raises her young grandson after her daughter goes missing.
Director: Jake Scott | Stars: Sienna Miller, Sky Ferreira, Kentucker Audley, Christina Hendricks
Votes: 7,719 | Gross: $0.24M
64. W.E. (2011)
R | 119 min | Drama, History, Romance
The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.
Director: Madonna | Stars: Abbie Cornish, James D'Arcy, Andrea Riseborough, Oscar Isaac
Votes: 13,640 | Gross: $0.58M
65. Unforgettable (II) (2017)
R | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman sets out to make life a living hell for her ex-husband's new fiancée.
Director: Denise Di Novi | Stars: Rosario Dawson, Katherine Heigl, Geoff Stults, Isabella Kai
Votes: 16,749 | Gross: $11.27M
66. Good Morning, Verônica (2020–2024)
TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After witnessing a suicide, an unobtrusive police clerk decides to investigate two neglected cases on her own, both involving abused women.
Stars: Tainá Müller, Adriano Garib, Silvio Guindane, Elisa Volpatto
Votes: 6,448
67. The Titan (2018)
TV-MA | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A military family takes part in a ground-breaking experiment of genetic evolution and space exploration.
Director: Lennart Ruff | Stars: Sam Worthington, Taylor Schilling, Tom Wilkinson, Agyness Deyn
Votes: 33,487
68. Carrie (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering, religious mother.
Director: David Carson | Stars: Angela Bettis, Patricia Clarkson, Rena Sofer, Kandyse McClure
Votes: 11,490
69. I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance Is Mine (2015)
Unrated | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Jennifer is still haunted by the memory of being gang raped and almost killed years ago. At her therapist's advice, she joins group therapy and meets similar women. She befriends one and they want more than just talk - justice/vengeance.
Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: Sarah Butler, Jen Landon, Doug McKeon, Gabriel Hogan
Votes: 15,575
70. An Unfinished Life (2005)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Desperate to provide care for her daughter, down-on-her-luck Jean moves in with her father in-law from whom she is estranged. Through time, they learn to forgive each other and heal old wounds.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Josh Lucas
Votes: 33,997 | Gross: $8.59M
71. No One Would Tell (1996 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A shy high school student's seemingly perfect relationship with a popular jock quickly turns abusive and dangerous.
Director: Noel Nosseck | Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Fred Savage, Gregory Alan Williams, Heather McComb
Votes: 2,994
72. Life After Life (2022)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy
Ursula Todd dies one night in 1910 before she can draw her first breath. On that same night in 1910, Ursula is born and survives.
Stars: Lesley Manville, Isla Johnston, Thomasin McKenzie, Sian Clifford
Votes: 2,201
73. Barfly (1987)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance
Votes: 22,009 | Gross: $3.22M
74. The Kitchen (2019)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.
Director: Andrea Berloff | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 22,994 | Gross: $12.05M
75. Blue Steel (1990)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A rookie in the police force must engage in a cat-and-mouse game with a pistol-wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Peña
Votes: 17,800 | Gross: $8.22M
76. Kohrra (2023– )
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a bridegroom is found dead days before his wedding, two police officers must unravel the troubling case as turbulence unfolds in their own lives and threatens to ruin the case.
Stars: Suvinder Vicky, Barun Sobti, Manish Chaudhari, Varun Badola
Votes: 8,978
77. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin
Votes: 74,608 | Gross: $5.43M
78. Affliction (1997)
R | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A deeply troubled small-town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while other events jeopardize his sanity.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Brigid Tierney
Votes: 19,133 | Gross: $6.30M
79. Grace Under Fire (1993–1998)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
Grace is a recovering alcoholic, now divorced from an abusive husband, struggling to bring up three children on her own.
Stars: Brett Butler, Casey Sander, Kaitlin Cullum, Dylan Sprouse
Votes: 4,514
80. Beyond the Lights (2014)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Danny Glover
Votes: 17,393 | Gross: $14.62M
81. Moon Garden (2022)
97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A comatose five-year-old girl journeys through an industrial wonderland to find her way back to consciousness.
Director: Ryan Stevens Harris | Stars: Augie Duke, Brionne Davis, Haven Lee Harris, Morgana Ignis
Votes: 1,066
82. The Final Cut (2004)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Set in a world with memory recording implants, Alan Hakman is a cutter, someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories. His latest assignment is one that puts him in danger.
Director: Omar Naim | Stars: Robin Williams, Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Mimi Kuzyk
Votes: 34,536 | Gross: $0.55M
83. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Passed | 98 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 15,837 | Gross: $2.79M
84. Tromeo and Juliet (1996)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
Tromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him.
Director: Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Jane Jensen, Will Keenan, Valentine Miele, William Beckwith
Votes: 6,876
85. A Vigilante (2018)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life's mission to help free others in danger. After months of rigorous training in survival skills, boxing, and lethal martial arts, she is back with a vengeance.
Director: Sarah Daggar-Nickson | Stars: Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector, Kyle Catlett, Estefania Tejeda
Votes: 10,487
86. Sweet Dreams (1985)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon
Votes: 5,397 | Gross: $9.09M
87. Men Don't Tell (1993 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and the wife the abuser.
Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Peter Strauss, Judith Light, James Gammon, Noble Willingham
Votes: 405
88. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
53 min | Drama
An adaptation of Anne Bronte's novel; a young widow takes her son and moves to Yorkshire.
Stars: Toby Stephens, Tara Fitzgerald, Rupert Graves, Sarah Badel
Votes: 3,017
89. The Burning Bed (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An abused battered wife has had enough of her husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat, Richard Masur, Grace Zabriskie
Votes: 3,449
90. Reviving Ophelia (2010 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 92 min | Drama
The difficulties two sisters face raising their teenage daughters.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Jane Kaczmarek, Rebecca Williams, Nick Thurston, Carleigh Beverly
Votes: 1,082
91. Til Death Do Us Part (II) (2017)
PG-13 | 101 min | Thriller
Michael and Madison had planned to spend the rest of their lives together, until one day Michael's controlling ways turned their perfect marriage. Madison meets Alex Stone and learns to love again, until Michael re-appears in her life.
Director: Chris Stokes | Stars: Taye Diggs, Annie Ilonzeh, Stephen Bishop, Malik Yoba
Votes: 1,557 | Gross: $3.45M
92. Nil by Mouth (1997)
R | 128 min | Drama
A rough, short-tempered patriarch of a working-class family sees his life and the relationships around him slowly unravel.
Director: Gary Oldman | Stars: Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse
Votes: 10,206
93. The Good Mothers (2023– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama
Three women who were born into the deadliest and wealthiest of the Italian mafia clans work with a courageous female prosecutor to bring it down from the inside.
Stars: Micaela Ramazzotti, Andrea Dodero, Valentina Bellè, Gaia Girace
Votes: 1,670
94. Dark Gathering (2023– )
TV-MA | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
A withdrawn college kid with psychic powers teams up with a strange little girl who's searching for her dead mother's abducted soul.
Stars: Yû Sasahara, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kana Hanazawa, Yoshihiro Nakamura
Votes: 507
95. Minding the Gap (2018)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Sport
Filmmaker Bing Liu searches for correlations between his skateboarder friends' turbulent upbringings and the complexities of modern masculinity.
Director: Bing Liu | Stars: Kent Abernathy, Mengyue Bolen, Nina Bowgren, Keire Johnson
Votes: 10,489 | Gross: $0.01M
96. Fireflies in the Garden (2008)
R | 99 min | Drama
The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children.
Director: Dennis Lee | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss
Votes: 13,608 | Gross: $3.39M
97. ExTerminators (2009)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Three women who meet in an anger-management class decide to form a traditional business with very untraditional methods.
Director: John Inwood | Stars: Heather Graham, Jennifer Coolidge, Matthew Settle, Amber Heard
Votes: 2,699
98. To Our Loves (1983)
R | 99 min | Drama, Romance
An erratic young woman's family desperately tries to prevent her increasingly erotic ways.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Christophe Odent, Dominique Besnehard
Votes: 7,276
99. Assassination Games (2011)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two assassins agree to work together as one tries to avenge his wife and the other collects a reward for a job.
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, Ivan Kaye, Valentin Teodosiu
Votes: 18,447
100. Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
92 min | Horror, Comedy
Six scientists investigate a strange phenomenon at the creepy Headstone Manor, the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier that took the lives of 18 guests in one night.
Director: Ray Cameron | Stars: Kenny Everett, Vincent Price, Pamela Stephenson, Gareth Hunt
Votes: 2,771