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1. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
420 min | Drama
Follows a young girl, Alice Hart, whose violent childhood casts a dark shadow over her adult life.
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Asher Keddie, Leah Purcell, Frankie Adams
Votes: 12,817
2. Notorious (1946)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
The daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern
Votes: 107,456 | Gross: $10.46M
3. Phenomenon (1996)
PG | 123 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall
Votes: 83,919 | Gross: $104.64M
4. Little Lips (1978)
77 min | Drama
A writer returns home from World War I. He has developed a very bad case of post traumatic stress disorder. He contemplates suicide, but becomes interested in the 12 year old niece of the innkeeper at the place where he is recuperating.
Director: Mimmo Cattarinich | Stars: Pierre Clémenti, Katya Berger, Ugo Bologna, Michele Soavi
Votes: 928
5. A Week in Paradise (2022)
PG-13 | 99 min | Romance
An international film star's world collapses when her film director husband is outed by the paparazzi as having a baby with his new young leading lady. Seeking solace and healing, she escapes to a Caribbean boutique hotel resort.
Director: Philippe Martinez | Stars: Malin Akerman, Connie Nielsen, Philip Winchester, Jack Donnelly
Votes: 458
6. Delicious (2021)
112 min | Comedy, Drama, History
France, 1789, just before the Revolution. With the help of a surprising talented young woman, a chef who has been sacked by his noble master finds the strength to free himself from his position as a servant and opens the first ever restaurant.
Director: Éric Besnard | Stars: Grégory Gadebois, Isabelle Carré, Benjamin Lavernhe, Guillaume de Tonquédec
Votes: 5,693
7. Serving Sara (2002)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A process server tries to serve an elusive female target.
Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Bruce Campbell, Vincent Pastore
Votes: 18,846 | Gross: $16.93M
8. Avanti! (1972)
R | 144 min | Comedy, Romance
A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body--and discovers that Dad died with his long-time mistress.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews
Votes: 11,692 | Gross: $3.30M
9. On the Beach (2000 TV Movie)
195 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jacqueline McKenzie
Votes: 4,165
10. Valley of Love (2023 TV Movie)
86 min | Romance
Kathleen is an upcoming fashion designer living in New York City with a successful lawyer/boyfriend. She thinks she has it all until her grandmother dies and leaves her a house and farm in ... See full summary »
Director: Todor Chapkanov | Stars: Brittany Ashworth, Max Brown, Nigel Barber, Cristina Serafini
Votes: 53
11. A Hazard of Hearts (1987 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley (Christopher Plummer) has lost his estate and all of his money playing dice, he realizes that he only has one thing left of value: his daughter ... See full summary »
Director: John Hough | Stars: Diana Rigg, Edward Fox, Helena Bonham Carter, Fiona Fullerton
Votes: 1,357
12. Love Field (1992)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
Devastated by President Kennedy's assassination, Dallas-based hairstylist Lurene Hallett boards a bus for the funeral in Washington D.C. where she meets a perplexing father and his daughter who greatly impact her journey.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, Stephanie McFadden, Brian Kerwin
Votes: 4,370 | Gross: $1.95M
13. The Fighting Temptations (2003)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A New York advertising executive travels to a small Southern town to collect an inheritance but finds he must create a gospel choir and lead it to success before he can collect.
Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé, Mike Epps, Nigel Washington
Votes: 7,631 | Gross: $30.24M
14. Madame (I) (2017)
TV-14 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rich man's fortune cookie: "Tonight you'll meet someone special." He meets a maid, made aristocrat for the evening to avoid 13 at the dinner party in Paris. They spend the night together, while the hostess stalks them.
Director: Amanda Sthers | Stars: Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, Rossy de Palma, Michael Smiley
Votes: 8,604
15. Last Chance Harvey (2008)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Romance
In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.
Director: Joel Hopkins | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 22,446 | Gross: $14.88M
16. Laughing Sinners (1931)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance
Cabaret performer Ivy Stevens in an affair with a low-rent traveling salesman is dumped in a 'Dear Jane' letter and finds solace in joining the Salvation Army.
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Neil Hamilton, Marjorie Rambeau
Votes: 837
17. Soldier in the Rain (1963)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The bond of friendship between a worldly-wise Army Master Sergeant and his naive worshiper.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Steve McQueen, Jackie Gleason, Tuesday Weld, Tony Bill
Votes: 1,977 | Gross: $2.09M
18. Butterflies Are Free (1972)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A blind man moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother and befriends the freethinking young woman next door.
Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart, Paul Michael Glaser
Votes: 5,972 | Gross: $0.25M
19. I.Q. (1994)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from him and his friends.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau, Lou Jacobi
Votes: 26,661 | Gross: $26.37M
20. Charm City Kings (2020)
R | 125 min | Drama
Fourteen-year-old Mouse desperately wants to join the Midnight Clique, an infamous group of Baltimore dirt-bike riders who rule the summertime streets.
Director: Angel Manuel Soto | Stars: Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Meek Mill, William Catlett, Donielle T. Hansley Jr.
Votes: 3,035
21. Seven Sweethearts (1942)
Passed | 98 min | Musical, Romance
Henry falls in love with Billie, one of seven daughters of an eccentric hotel owner. Billie loves him back but refuses marriage because family tradition demands that the eldest daughter must marry first.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt, Cecilia Parker, Peggy Moran
Votes: 573
22. Bleeder (1999)
98 min | Crime, Drama
Two stories for the price of one: Lenny works in a video shop and tries to get aquainted with the waitress Lea. Leo beats his pregnant wife, Louise, which is a VERY bad idea, as her brother, Louis, is a violent racist.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Rikke Louise Andersson, Liv Corfixen
Votes: 9,208
23. China Sky (1945)
Approved | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, War
The conflicts of war-torn China are reflected in miniature within an American mission hospital.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ruth Warrick, Ellen Drew, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 548
24. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, War
Set in the early '40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify. Mamie settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life. Though ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 1,014
25. The Tenth Man (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, War
Based on the novel by Graham Greene, this is a story of a French advocate Chavel (Sir Anthony Hopkins), who, while imprisoned by the Germans during the occupation, trades his material ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 1,916
26. LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2008)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
When Lola's boyfriend is unfaithful to her on his summer holiday, she dumps him and flirts with his best friend as punishment. But as their class prepares to leave on an excursion to London, the relationship heats up.
Director: Lisa Azuelos | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Christa Théret, Jérémy Kapone, Marion Chabassol
Votes: 9,643
27. Love Sarah (2020)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma.
Director: Eliza Schroeder | Stars: Celia Imrie, Shannon Tarbet, Shelley Conn, Candice Brown
Votes: 3,949
28. Crazy About You (2019)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Dumped by his girlfriend and sponsored by media scoundrel Brian King, desolate Jake walks all-but-naked up Western Australia's coast for charity, in the hope his gesture will win back Jasmine, until he meets mesmerizing backpacker Valerie.
Director: Alan Lindsay | Stars: Angus McLaren, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, John Cleese, Sophie Kennedy Clark
Votes: 845
29. Tashan (2008)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
What happens when you throw 2 guys who hate each other together? Add for good measure a beauty and a gangster and the trouble is no one can be trusted.
Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Anil Kapoor
Votes: 5,847 | Gross: $0.43M
30. The Magic Flute (1975)
G | 135 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
The story of the prince Tamino and his zestful sidekick Papageno, who are sent on a mission to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila, Håkan Hagegård
Votes: 5,276
31. Escape (1940)
Passed | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1936, a young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his missing German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt, Alla Nazimova
Votes: 1,163
32. The Man in Possession (1931)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy
A charming bailiff's assistant poses as a young woman's butler until she can pay her debts.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Charlotte Greenwood, Irene Purcell, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 402
33. The Viking Queen (1967)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure
Saline inherits the kingdom of England on the eve of the signing of the treaty sharing power with the Roman Empire. However, revolt was brewing, threatening the fragile peace.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Don Murray, Carita, Donald Houston, Andrew Keir
Votes: 974
34. City Girl (1930)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David Torrence, Edith Yorke
Votes: 3,736
35. Erik the Conqueror (1961)
Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Two estranged brothers confront each other as rivals when war breaks out between Britain and the Vikings for control of England.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Alice Kessler, Ellen Kessler, George Ardisson
Votes: 963
36. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, War
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey
Votes: 1,861
37. Christmas at the Golden Dragon (2022 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a beloved Midwestern Chinese restaurant announces its closure right before Christmas, their clientele re-examines their relationships in a series of interconnected stories amid the chaos of its busiest week of the year.
Director: David I. Strasser | Stars: Kara Wang, Osric Chau, Sara Canning, Barbara Niven
Votes: 1,023
38. The Black Marble (1980)
PG | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers.
Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Babcock
Votes: 905
39. Love by Design (2014 TV Movie)
120 min | Romance
After a fashion editor is fired from her highpowered job in New York, she has no choice but to go back to her hometown, where she reconnects with her roots and rediscovers her life's passion.
Director: Michael Damian | Stars: Giulia Nahmany, David Oakes, Jane Seymour, Olivia Hallinan
Votes: 816
40. Beyond Suspicion (2000)
R | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
An insurance salesman's humdrum existence takes a turn when a stranger, ex-con Auggie Rose, unexpectedly dies in his arms. Assuming the identity of the dead man, the salesman embarks on a ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Tabak | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Anne Heche, Nancy Travis, Timothy Olyphant
Votes: 1,743
41. My Best Summer (2019)
109 min | Drama, Romance
Geng Geng was an ordinary girl before her entry to the best high school in the province by chance. She doesn't like her life there until she meets Yu Huai, her seatmate--their names make up... See full summary »
Director: Disa Zhang | Stars: Arthur Chen, Haha He, Kara Wai, Huimin Tao
Votes: 336
42. Hold Your Man (1933)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A woman is sent to a reformatory when her con artist lover flees after killing a man during a botched blackmail scheme.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Burgess
Votes: 1,816
43. Mail Order Bride (2008 TV Movie)
PG | 88 min | Romance, Western
Diana McQueen notorious con-woman has had enough. She leaves town and her boss, Tom Rourke, behind. She takes the place of her dying friend, who was to become some man's mail-order bride. Can she pull off this last con?
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Daphne Zuniga, Greg Evigan, Cameron Bancroft, Vincent Gale
Votes: 501
44. Seasoned with Love (2021 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Winona Applegate is on the fast track to becoming a celebrity chef, already running a very successful bistro in Pittsburgh. With nerves building, she leaves for New York to audition for her... See full summary »
Director: Claude Desrosiers | Stars: Julia Benson, Peter Benson, Tori Barban, Kolton Stewart
Votes: 299
45. Salem Falls (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama
A man with a troubled past tries to settle down in a small town, finds love and then ends up being the target of a witch hunt.
Director: Bradley Walsh | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Sarah Carter, AJ Michalka, Rick Roberts
Votes: 747
46. Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
Peggy is 21 and bored. She has just been awarded a certificate for starting work on time for 1000 days. She decides that she needs a change so she leaves a note, which is taken to be ... See full summary »
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, May Whitty
Votes: 882
47. Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A high society Boston girl goes from the Bowery to the opera with the help of her sister.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson, Lauritz Melchior, Jimmy Durante
Votes: 697
48. The House of the Seven Hawks (1959)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
The film follows an American captain searching for sunken treasure who becomes entangled with criminals and is arrested by the Dutch police.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Nicole Maurey, Linda Christian, Donald Wolfit
Votes: 525
49. Homecoming (1948)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
At the end of WW2, aboard a repatriation ship, an Army doctor reminisces about his war years while being interviewed by a reporter.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter, John Hodiak
Votes: 1,093
50. The Next One (1984)
105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An astronaut's widow and her young son meet a stranger from the future on a Greek island.
Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Keir Dullea, Adrienne Barbeau, Peter Hobbs, Jeremy Licht
Votes: 1,184