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51. Salome (1981)
105 min | Drama
A persistent suitor is stabbed to death by Salome, the wife of a coconut farmer. From the simple crime of passion three conflicting versions of the truth are given - by Salome herself, by ... See full summary »
Director: Laurice Guillen | Stars: Gina Alajar, Johnny Delgado, Dennis Roldan, Bongchi Miraflor
Votes: 37
52. Bahay kubo: A Pinoy mano po! (2007)
130 min | Comedy, Drama
Farmer Eden goes to town selling her produce and finds and adopts Lily which, eventually lead to adoption of several children. Whenever the officials intervene, Eden friends helped Eden out by claiming some of the children are theirs.
Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Maricel Soriano, Eric Quizon, Marian Rivera, Shaina Magdayao
Votes: 69
53. The Wayward Wife (1953)
91 min | Drama
Gemma, daughter of a lodger, is in love with her half-brother, but since she cannot marry him she ends up marrying a teacher. She doesn't love him and betrays him but is blackmailed by a ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Interlenghi, Nanda Primavera
Votes: 330
54. Mój Nikifor (2004)
97 min | Biography, Drama
Story of the last eight years of life of Nikifor Krynicki, famous "naive artist".
Director: Krzysztof Krauze | Stars: Krystyna Feldman, Roman Gancarczyk, Jerzy Gudejko, Jowita Budnik
Votes: 871
55. Venice (2010)
115 min | Drama
Marek is in his early teens and dreams of going to Venice. Although the war makes his plans highly unlikely, the boy won't let his dreams drift away too easily.
Director: Jan Jakub Kolski | Stars: Magdalena Cielecka, Marcin Walewski, Agnieszka Grochowska, Grazyna Blecka-Kolska
Votes: 529
56. Wherever You Are (1993)
TV-PG | 101 min | Drama, Romance
Amanda searches for her husband Miguel who is presumed dead after an ambush by bandits. Her venture is met with shock when she finds out her lost spouse's true fate.
Director: Carlos Siguion-Reyna | Stars: Richard Gomez, Dawn Zulueta, Charito Solis, Sharmaine Arnaiz
Votes: 32
57. Pas son genre (2014)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Parisian philosophy teacher Clément is sent to Arras where he meets pretty hairstylist Jennifer who becomes his lover. Free in their hearts and bodies, they could share this perfect love if the cultural and social divide were not as deep.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Loïc Corbery, Sandra Nkake, Charlotte Talpaert
Votes: 2,058
58. Sosy Problems (2012)
TV-PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four socialists--Lizzie, Danielle, Margaux, and Claudia--face the biggest problem of their lives as their favorite hangout, The Polo Club which reminds them of all the memories of their ''... See full summary »
Director: Andoy Ranay | Stars: Heart Evangelista, Rhian Ramos, Bianca King, Solenn Heussaff
Votes: 46
59. A Few Hours of Spring (2012)
108 min | Drama
Alain Evrard, a trucker who has just finished serving a prison sentence, is forced to temporarily move back to his mother Yvette's house. This forced co-habitation causes all the violence ... See full summary »
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuelle Seigner, Olivier Perrier
Votes: 873
60. Herbstmilch (1989)
111 min | Drama, War
This cinematic adaptation of the autobiography of Anna Wimschneider depicts her life's experiences and workaday routines as a woman born on a farm in lower Bavaria, Germany in the 1920s. ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Dana Vávrová, Werner Stocker, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Eva Mattes
Votes: 476
61. The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
26 min | Short, Drama
An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.
Director: Germaine Dulac | Stars: Germaine Dermoz, Madeleine Guitty, Jean d'Yd, Yvette Grisier
Votes: 2,948
62. Wyjscie awaryjne (1982)
89 min | Comedy
When her daughter unexpectedly gets pregnant, authoritative mother Jadwiga, who is a local government official, starts looking for a fictional husband. To make matters worse, she only finds a guy with a criminal record.
Director: Roman Zaluski | Stars: Bozena Dykiel, Jerzy Michotek, Maria Gladkowska, Andrzej Golejewski
Votes: 539
63. U Pana Boga w ogródku (2007)
115 min | Comedy
Marian, the worst graduate of police academy, joins the police force in the small town of Krolowy Most and immediately falls in love with pregnant daughter of the police chief. Meanwhile, crown witness in the mafia case comes to the town.
Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Krzysztof Dzierma, Andrzej Beja-Zaborski, Wojciech Solarz, Emilian Kaminski
Votes: 830
64. All in This Tea (2006)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
During the 1990s, David Lee Hoffman searched throughout China for the finest teas. He's a California importer who, as a youth, lived in Asia for years and took tea with the Dali Lama. ... See full summary »
Directors: Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht | Stars: David Lee Hoffman, Song Diefeng, Werner Herzog, Angela Justice
Votes: 322
65. U Pana Boga za miedza (2009)
110 min | Comedy
After 20 years abroad Stas comes back home and he's seeking for a wife. Big breasted Ludmila looks promising but he's catholic and she's orthodox. Meanwhile big city policewoman Marina is going to show local policemen how to use computers.
Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Krzysztof Dzierma, Andrzej Beja-Zaborski, Wojciech Solarz, Emilian Kaminski
Votes: 525
66. 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
67. Strangers in the House (1942)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole. Abandoned by his wife about 20 years ago, he has sunk into alcoholism. One day, the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the attic of his residence.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Raimu, Juliette Faber, Gabrielle Fontan, Héléna Manson
Votes: 465
68. Elise (1985)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Elise (Ann-Mari Max Hansen) is an outgoing, happy woman married to Henry (Ole Ernst), the town doctor. Because of a mix-up one day, she finds herself romantically involved with William (Henning Jensen), a captain of the Dragoons.
Director: Claus Ploug | Stars: Ann-Mari Max Hansen, Kirsten Olesen, Anne Birch, Frits Helmuth
Votes: 16
69. Sabel (2004)
94 min | Drama
After enduring a troubled childhood, a woman struggles to find herself in this provocative tale about life's vagaries and ultimate redemption. The film follows the emotional journey of ... See full summary »
Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Judy Ann Santos, Wendell Ramos, Sunshine Dizon, Iza Calzado
Votes: 32
70. A Simple Heart (2008)
105 min | Drama
Unable to forget her first love, Félicité, a simple and kind maid, devotes herself completely to her new master, Mathilde Aubain. As the passing of time doesn't heal her wounds, she gives ... See full summary »
Director: Marion Laine | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Marina Foïs, Pascal Elbé, Patrick Pineau
Votes: 348
71. Un si joli village... (1979)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bertin is a wealthy and respected man in his town. His power is put in jeopardy when he accidentally kills his wife in a domestic argument.
Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Victor Lanoux, Jean Carmet, Valérie Mairesse, Michel Robin
Votes: 163
72. Di ingon 'nato (2011)
101 min | Horror
Life in a remote village in the Visayas turns upside down when villagers are stricken by an unknown disease. As the village chief and doctor try to control the situation, they discover that the dead are rising from their graves.
Directors: Brandon Relucio, Ivan Zaldarriaga | Stars: Rez Cortez, Franco Reyes, Mercedes Cabral, Donna Gimeno
Votes: 40
73. Nostalgia for Countryland (1995)
116 min | Drama, Romance
The dynamics of a Vietnamese rural village change when an urban woman returns to the village she originally belonged to and begins a love triangle.
Director: Dang Nhat Minh | Stars: Tat Binh Dang, Yen Hoang, Vân Lê, Bich Ngoc
Votes: 168
74. Spasatel (1980)
101 min | Drama, Romance
Student Asya Videneeva, her husband, school teacher Larikov, rescuer Vilya Tishin, residents of a provincial town. A strange interweaving of the fates of the heroes, a moral conflict, the uncertainty of relations.
Director: Sergey Solovyov | Stars: Tatyana Drubich, Vasiliy Mishchenko, Sergey Shakurov, Olga Belyavskaya
Votes: 141
75. Young Husbands (1958)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
A movie about the mixed feelings of young adulthood. Main characters rather casually enter into marriage, never intending true fidelity to their spouses. When they realize that they're ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Isabelle Corey, Antonio Cifariello, Franco Interlenghi, Raf Mattioli
Votes: 176
76. My Juan en Only (1982)
999 min | Romance
This romantic comedy is Dolphy's first team-up with Charo Santos.
Director: Frank Gray Jr. | Stars: Dolphy, Charo Santos-Concio, Panchito, Paquito Diaz
77. Le sang à la tête (1956)
83 min | Drama
François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife, leaves the home without warning, Cardinaud sees her life cracking little by little.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Claude Sylvain, Georgette Anys
Votes: 269
78. Mga munting tinig (2002)
109 min | Drama
A young idealistic teacher enters her kids in a city choral competition. A victory there would not only gain funds for the school, but prove to these children of poverty how even they can afford to hope.
Director: Gil Portes | Stars: Alessandra De Rossi, Dexter Doria, Gina Alajar, Amy Austria
Votes: 134
79. Disco Polo (2015)
107 min | Comedy, Music
Fabulous story of two boys from province, who want to become top stars of Polish popular disco genre.
Director: Maciej Bochniak | Stars: Dawid Ogrodnik, Piotr Glowacki, Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig
Votes: 1,836
80. Salat sa ligaya (2004)
Drama
Director: Arturo San Agustin | Stars: Yani Garcia, Kim Vasquez, Aisha Melendrez, Mark Dionisio
81. 5 i 1/2 Bladego Józka (1970)
80 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A young journalist from Warsaw goes to a small town of Kamienica to prepare a report on a motorcycle gang.
Director: Henryk Kluba | Stars: Anna Dymna, Andrzej Malec, Wladyslaw Hancza, Halina Golanko
Votes: 25
82. ...à la campagne (1995)
108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Living a peaceful life in a house in the country surrounded by his friends is a lifestyle Benoît has opted for on mature reflection. One day, Lila, a young woman, arrives in Brionne, the ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Poirier | Stars: Benoît Régent, Judith Henry, Sergi López, Jean-Jacques Vanier
Votes: 95
83. One Way Ticket to the Moon (2013)
123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1969, two young brothers travel through Poland not only to send one of them to his army unit at the seaside, but also to become real grown-ups and learn something about themselves.
Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Filip Plawiak, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Bozena Adamek, Alicja Bach
Votes: 519
84. Okraina (1933)
98 min | Drama, War
Outskirts is an internationally renowned masterpiece of early sound cinema. In a remote Russian village during World War I, colorful and nuanced characters experience divided loyalties: ... See full summary »
Director: Boris Barnet | Stars: Yelena Kuzmina, Mikhail Zharov, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Nikolay Kryuchkov
Votes: 1,123
85. Lastikman (2004)
Action, Comedy, Fantasy
After a magical rubber tree coats him with a sap that grants him incredible stretching abilities. Adrian uses them to fight against a father-and-son werewolf duo and a villainess who shares the powers as him.
Directors: Mac Alejandre, Regiben Romana | Stars: Mark Bautista, Sarah Geronimo, Cherie Gil, John Estrada
Votes: 52
86. Times Square Playboy (1936)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Drama
A stock broker's best man thinks the bride-to-be and her family are just out for the groom's money, so he does everything he can to prevent the wedding.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Warren William, June Travis, Barton MacLane, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 250
87. Hotdog (1989)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A spectacular movie about a depressed hotdog that has this itch to become the world's coolest hotdog so he can fulfill his father's dying wish to become a professional skier.
Director: Jose 'Pepe' Wenceslao | Stars: Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey De Leon, Lotlot De Leon
Votes: 16
88. Eugénie Grandet (1994 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
When the daughter of the miserly cooper Grandet is up for marriage, both families Des Grassins and Cruchot want to marry their sons to her and her substantial dowry. But the girl shows more... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Alexandra London, Jean Carmet, Dominique Labourier, Jean-Claude Adelin
Votes: 110
89. Travesti (2006)
Romance
A capital actor finds himself working at a provincial theatre without right to be transferred back. Soon he finds the only way to come home: he should start an affair with the sweetheart of his director.
Director: Stanislav Mitin | Stars: Ilya Noskov, Anna Brenner-Vartanyan, Sergey Barkovskiy, Irina Sotikova
Votes: 14
90. La chambre obscure (2000)
107 min | Drama
In the fourteenth century, the young Aliénor managed to treat the king of France, victim of a fistula. As a reward, she asks the sovereign to marry Bertrand de Roussillon she loves since childhood.
Director: Marie-Christine Questerbert | Stars: Caroline Ducey, Melvil Poupaud, Mathieu Demy, Sylvie Testud
Votes: 57
91. Zhoorek (2003)
72 min | Drama, Comedy
A Christmas story. Shame, promises, and secrets in a border town in Poland. Iwonka, who's 15 and blood simple, has a baby, and her mother Halina has promised her recently-dead husband that ... See full summary »
Director: Ryszard Brylski | Stars: Katarzyna Figura, Natalia Rybicka, Marek Kasprzyk, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Votes: 376
92. Grenzverkehr (2005)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
When three teenage boys from Bavaria try to lose their innocence in the neighboring Czech Republic, they get themselves and a young pregnant Ukrainian immigrant into trouble with local pimps.
Director: Stefan Betz | Stars: Andreas Buntscheck, Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow, Joseph M'Barek, Henriette Richter-Röhl
Votes: 332
93. Teraz ja (2005)
85 min | Drama
Hanka is a young woman who suddenly abandons her stable life for no obvious reason, and undertakes a trip without any clear destination, meeting strangers on her way. At the same time, her boyfriend desperately tries to find her.
Director: Anna Jadowska | Stars: Agnieszka Warchulska, Maciej Marczewski, Dariusz Bajkowski, Grzegorz Bednarek
Votes: 40
94. Das falsche Gewicht (1971 TV Movie)
140 min | Drama
Director: Bernhard Wicki | Stars: Helmut Qualtinger, Agnes Fink, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Evelyn Opela
Votes: 94
95. VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise (2009 Video)
TV-Y7 | 52 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Abe and the Amazing Promise is a Veggie-spun Bible classic that tells the story of Abraham and Sarah and their wait for a promised child. Bob the Tomato responds to a fan's letter about "... See full summary »
Director: John Wahba | Stars: Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, Lisa Vischer, Delilah
Votes: 173
96. Alle haben geschwiegen (1996 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama
Director: Norbert Kückelmann | Stars: Dorothee Hartinger, Wolfram Berger, Heinz-Josef Braun, Robert Giggenbach
Votes: 27
97. Dandin (1988)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dandin is a rich peasant who gets a noble title and a wife, but there is a man who not only courts the woman, but always makes a fool of him.
Director: Roger Planchon | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Zabou Breitman, Daniel Gélin, Nelly Borgeaud
Votes: 44
98. Dwa zebra Adama (1964)
82 min | Comedy, Romance
After a long stay abroad, engineer Wiktus returns to his small town and faithful Polish wife. Soon his Italian wife arrives, and the three start living peacefully together. But is it possible in a conservative town?
Director: Janusz Morgenstern | Stars: Renata Kossobudzka, Zygmunt Kestowicz, Ewa Wawrzon, Joanna Kostusiewicz
Votes: 74
99. In Heaven as It Is on Earth (1998)
100 min | Comedy
Russian woman is robbed after crossing Polish border and has to wait until the local policemen catch the thieves. The priest, who is the main authority in the town, orders that she stays at organist's house.
Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Jan Wieczorkowski, Krzysztof Dzierma, Andrzej Beja-Zaborski, Anna Yanovskaya
Votes: 1,120
100. The Bleeding Statues (1982)
120 min | Drama, Adventure
Three inmates of a prison escape and seize the archaeological museum of a provincial town shortly before its official inauguration, threatening to destroy the statues if their demands are ... See full summary »
Director: Tonis Lykouresis | Stars: Vera Krouska, Lazaros Andriotis, Kostas Bakalis, Mihalis Giannatos
Votes: 20