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51. Ruby (1992)
R | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An exploration of certain conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination from Jack Ruby's perspective. Ruby owns a run-down strip club in Dallas, and does what he can for credibility... See full summary »
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn, Frank Orsatti, Jeffrey Nordling
Votes: 1,689 | Gross: $0.92M
52. Bloodbrothers (1978)
R | 116 min | Drama
A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Tony Lo Bianco, Richard Gere, Lelia Goldoni
Votes: 1,022
53. Flowers from Another World (1999)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
In the small town of Santa Eulalia, singles organize a party attended by a coach of women marriages. Damián, Alfonso and Carmelo will seek to establish a relationship with Patricia, a ... See full summary »
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: José Sancho, Luis Tosar, Lissete Mejía, Chete Lera
Votes: 1,011
54. Tropical Manila (2008)
89 min | Drama
Nearly 15 years have passed since Kim Dusik fled to the Philippines after committing a murder in Korea. He presently lives in Manila with his Filipino wife, Medusa, and their 15-year-old ... See full summary »
Director: Sang-woo Lee | Stars: Jerald de Vera, Su-Nam Kim, Maries Chanel Rebucas, Marife Necesito
Votes: 52
55. Intimate Strangers (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
The pressures of problems at home and at work are taking a tremendous toll on a middle-aged husband, and he begins to take it out on his wife.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Sally Struthers, Tyne Daly, Larry Hagman
Votes: 181
56. Himmatwala (1983)
Not Rated | 179 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A poor and wronged woman's son returns from the big city to avenge his father, a honest school teacher.
Director: K. Raghavendra Rao | Stars: Sridevi, Jeetendra, Amjad Khan, Waheeda Rehman
Votes: 383
57. Shattered Dreams (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A woman is abused physically and mentally by her husband, a government employee, for over a decade. Finally she finds the courage to get away from him, but the struggle isn't over yet.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Michael Nouri, Georgann Johnson, James Karen
Votes: 162
58. Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Mario Lopez, Michael Murphy, Jeffrey Meek, Rosemary Dunsmore
Votes: 716
59. Kyatapirâ (2010)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, History, War
The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor.
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Shinobu Terajima, Shima Ônishi, Ken Yoshizawa, Keigo Kasuya
Votes: 1,191 | Gross: $0.00M
60. Aitbaar (1985)
133 min | Romance, Thriller
Widower Mr. Khanna is a very wealthy businessman in Bombay. He has a daughter named, Neha, of whom he adores. Realizing that he is not young anymore he wanted her to get married before he ... See full summary »
Director: Mukul Anand | Stars: Raj Babbar, Dimple Kapadia, Danny Denzongpa, Sharat Saxena
Votes: 204
61. Bas Ek Pal (2006)
R | 150 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Nikhil Kapoor decides to re-locate from Parksville, USA to Bombay; meets with Anamika Joshi and instantly falls in love with her but she does not reciprocate. When he sees her again, she is... See full summary »
Director: Onir | Stars: Juhi Chawla, Urmila Matondkar, Jimmy Shergill, Sanjay Suri
Votes: 562
62. House of Secrets (1993 TV Movie)
120 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill him. However, the outcome turns out to be more than she planned on as ... See full summary »
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Boxleitner, Kate Vernon, Michael Boatman
Votes: 255
63. Dirty Linen (2023)
TV-MA | Action, Crime, Drama
Four houseworkers of a well-known aristocratic family mysteriously vanished one by one without a trace, meanwhile four people are out to get their hellish revenge against the prominent family itself.
Stars: Zanjoe Marudo, Francine Diaz, Janine Gutierrez, John Arcilla
Votes: 181
64. Rakht (2004)
162 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Drishti, a psychic tarot card reader becomes unwittingly mixed up in the disappearance and possible murder of a socialite.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar | Stars: Bipasha Basu, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Dino Morea
Votes: 712
65. They Were Sisters (1945)
115 min | Drama
The story of three sisters and the men they marry. One is happily married but childless; the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriage; the third is tortured by the mental cruelties inflicted by a domineering husband.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Hugh Sinclair, Anne Crawford
Votes: 339
66. Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991 TV Movie)
79 min | Drama
Three dramatic stories inside the walls of a women's prison.
Directors: Donna Deitch, Joan Micklin Silver, Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Lolita Davidovich, Silvana Gallardo, Kimberly Scott, Edith Fields
Votes: 195
67. Diamond Flash (2011)
128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Violeta is willing to do anything to find her missing kid. Elena keeps a strange secret. Lola wants to settle her debts with the past. Juana needs someone who loves her unconditionally and ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Vermut | Stars: Maria Cuéllar, Inma Isla, Ramos López, Alba Guerrero
Votes: 846
68. Smarty (1934)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Romance
Vicki Wallace (Joan Blondell) takes great pleasure in teasing her husband,Tony Wallace (Warren William), who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Joan Blondell, Warren William, Edward Everett Horton, Frank McHugh
Votes: 565
69. Sophie & the Moonhanger (1996 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
A Black maid discovers that her seemingly friendly employers are in the KKK.
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: David Andrews, Barry Bell, Jason Bernard, Mary Lucy Bivins
Votes: 147
70. La fessée (1937)
88 min | Comedy
Director: Pierre Caron | Stars: Albert Préjean, Marguerite Moreno, Armand Bernard, Mireille Perrey
Votes: 43
71. Sapatos Pretos (1998)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In today's Alentejo, a story of love and death based in a real criminal case.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Ana Bustorff, Vítor Norte, João Reis, Teresa Madruga
Votes: 252
72. Dirt (2001)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
When the mother of Junior and his younger brother Scooter, twenty-something, dies, they realize they need a woman around the house, since they haven't a clue how to cook or keep house. ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Covert, Tracy Fraim | Stars: Tracy Fraim, Michael Covert, Tara Chocol, Jack Kehler
Votes: 438
73. Personal Vendetta (1995 TV Movie)
Unrated | 90 min | Action
After suffering for years at the hands of an abusive husband, Bonnie eventually decides to protect herself by pressing charges against him. With the help of sympathetic police officer Bill ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Lieb | Stars: Mimi Lesseos, Timothy Bottoms, Mark Wilson, Bill Douglas
Votes: 115
74. The Quiet Room (1996)
PG | 92 min | Drama
A seven-year-old girl adopts a vow of silence in protest when her quarrelsome parents grow increasingly hostile to one another.
Director: Rolf de Heer | Stars: Celine O'Leary, Chloe Ferguson, Paul Blackwell, Phoebe Ferguson
Votes: 596
75. Fiffty Fiffty (1981)
136 min | Action, Comedy, Musical
Bihari is jealous of his rich relative, Virendra Singh, and swaps his son with his own, Kishan. Kishan eventually grows up to become a burglar.
Director: Shomu Mukherjee | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Tina Ambani, Om Shivpuri, Nasir Hussain
Votes: 55
76. Uttarayan (2004)
91 min | Drama
Uttarayan is a highly captivating adaptation of Jaywant Dalvi's Marathi play, "Durgi" . Raghuveer , a widower in his 50s has come to live with his computer engineer son Sanjay . He meets ... See full summary »
Director: Bipin Nadkarni | Stars: Shivaji Satam, Neena Kulkarni, Uttara Baokar, Viju Khote
Votes: 138
77. Deadly Summer (1997 TV Movie)
PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
Two British couples on holiday in France become entangled in deaths and drama.
Director: Ian Emes | Stars: Pauline Quirke, Francesca Annis, Bob Peck, Nicholas Farrell
Votes: 105
78. 20 Fingers (2004)
72 min | Drama
A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari, exposing some of issues of men and women within confines of tradition and family life in Iran.
Director: Mania Akbari | Stars: Bijan Daneshmand, Mania Akbari
Votes: 489
79. The Conviction of Kitty Dodds (1993 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
An abused woman escapes from prison, is recaptured, and sent back then tries to get her sentence reduced. Based on a true story.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Veronica Hamel, Kevin Dobson, Lee Garlington, Mark Rolston
Votes: 72
80. Is Zat So? (1927)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
Two brothers , a boxer and his manager, are hired by a wealthy man to teach him how to fight. The wealthy man is dealing with a larcenous brother-in-law, who is seeking to control his and his sister's inheritance.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: George O'Brien, Edmund Lowe, Katherine Perry, Cyril Chadwick
Votes: 10
81. A Married Woman (1982)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
Irene is a young housewife and mother who tries to raise her young family, love her husband and keep her home all the while studying her masters' degree. Mario, her husband, is a good man, ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Bojórquez | Stars: Alma Muriel, Gonzalo Vega, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Votes: 78
82. He Was Her Man (1937)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A poor, mistreated wife who has to bring all her money home to her lazy, shiftless husband is left by that one, because he found a new girl to hang on to. When she spots him with his new ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Lionel Stander, Jeane Cowan, Abe Dinovitch, Martha Wentworth
Votes: 107
83. El honorable señor Valdez (1973–1974)
30 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Fernando Larrañaga, María Elena Marqués, Ignacio López Tarso, Irma Lozano
84. Snake's Fang (1990)
105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Reza, the veteran worker of a print house whose sight is adversely affected because of his job, loses his mother. Finding the gloom reigning over the home beyond bearing, he departs to ... See full summary »
Director: Masud Kimiai | Stars: Faramarz Sadighi, Golchehre Sajadieh, Ahmad Najafi, Fariba Kowsari
Votes: 285
85. En el mundo a cada rato (2004)
116 min | Documentary, Family
Five documentary shorts about various children from the third world.
Directors: Javier Corcuera, Patricia Ferreira, Javier Fesser, Chus Gutiérrez, Pere Joan Ventura | Star: Vicenta N'Dongo
Votes: 98
86. Leona's Sister Gerri (1995 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
Director: Jane Gillooly | Stars: Leona Gordon, Geraldine 'Gerri' Santoro
Votes: 39
87. Alma (1985 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Christian Brym | Stars: Minken Fosheim, Svein Tindberg, Lieselotte Holmene, Julie Øksnes
88. Fairytale (2001)
Short, Crime, Drama
Director: Danny O'Dwyer | Stars: John McGrath, Tricia Doyle, Shauna Morrissey, Karen O'Connor
Votes: 17
89.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
The Samurai
(1994)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A descendant of one of Duncan's teachers comes to him claiming a long-ago promise of help, that pits Duncan against cruel Immortal Michael Kent.
Director: Dennis Berry | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Philip Akin, Jim Byrnes
Votes: 223
90.
The Hitchhiker (1983–1991)
Episode:
Man at the Window
(1985)
TV-MA | 27 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Faded playwright Arthur Brown uses electronic equipment to record private chats of other people as inspiration for his work. His subject Diane is having an affair with Carla Magnuson. When Diane's husband finds out, everyone is in danger.
Director: Christopher Leitch | Stars: Edward Albert, Michael Madsen, Penelope Milford, Belinda Montgomery
Votes: 86
91.
Poldark (1975–1977)
Episode:
Episode #2.12
(1977)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, History, Romance
Warleggan wagers Adderly that he will not be able to seduce Demelza, and when he fails at that, he goads Ross into challenging him to a duel.
Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees, Ralph Bates, Jill Townsend
Votes: 22
92.
Zindagi inShort (2020)
Episode:
Sleeping Partner
(2020)
22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After years in a loveless, sexually abusive marriage, a housewife is compelled by an unexpected turn of events to take action for herself.
Director: Punarvasu Naik | Stars: Divya Dutta, Sanjay Kapoor, Jitin Gulati, Rishi Kulshreshtha
Votes: 100
93.
Countdown (2007–2008)
Episode:
Calle de Orfeo y Eurídice, 2. 21:38 horas
(2008)
Crime
Director: Sandra Gallego | Stars: Dani Martín, Álex González, Bárbara Lennie, Teresa Hurtado de Ory
94.
Taboo (2017)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2017)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A duel at dawn takes a surprising turn, Zilpha is met with darkness, the East India Company is under investigation, and Delaney faces a race against time to keep his plot a secret.
Director: Anders Engström | Stars: Tom Hardy, Jessie Buckley, Jefferson Hall, Oliver Powell
Votes: 3,872
95.
Horace and Pete (2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.10
(2016)
TV-MA | 54 min | Comedy, Drama
Horace resurfaces the pub history by revealing the conditions of wrong bringing up attitudes of the previous generations.
Director: Louis C.K. | Stars: Louis C.K., Steve Buscemi, Edie Falco, Steven Wright
Votes: 609