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1. Chinatown (1974)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez
Votes: 349,806
2. Footloose (2011)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
City teenager Ren MacCormack moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell
Votes: 52,870 | Gross: $51.80M
3. Step Up Revolution (2012)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Director: Scott Speer | Stars: Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Cleopatra Coleman, Misha Gabriel Hamilton
Votes: 58,172 | Gross: $35.07M
4. Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
G | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists.
Directors: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino | Stars: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett
Votes: 150,260 | Gross: $154.53M
5. Ikiru (1952)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
Votes: 87,546 | Gross: $0.06M
6. The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2020)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy
A boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town's church.
Stars: Dawn French, James Fleet, Trevor Peacock, Gary Waldhorn
Votes: 15,473
7. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Horror
Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor
Votes: 40,513
8. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
R | 84 min | Comedy
An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.
Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey
Votes: 30,758 | Gross: $2.92M
9. Boss (2011–2012)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Mayor Tom Kane, diagnosed with a dementia disorder, struggles to keep his grip on power in Chicago.
Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Connie Nielsen, Hannah Ware, Jeff Hephner
Votes: 18,360
10. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
Director: Malik Bendjelloul | Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore
Votes: 72,898 | Gross: $3.97M
11. The House (I) (2017)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime
After the town takes away their daughter's college scholarship, a couple start an illegal casino in their friend's house to make back the money.
Director: Andrew Jay Cohen | Stars: Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Ryan Simpkins, Jason Mantzoukas
Votes: 46,943 | Gross: $25.58M
12. Dr. T & the Women (2000)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy gynecologist's ideal life is thrown into turmoil when the women closest to him begin to affect his life in unexpecting ways.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern
Votes: 20,267 | Gross: $13.11M
13. Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Competition between privately owned Los Angeles, California ambulance companies is played for humor.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield
Votes: 3,370 | Gross: $20.00M
14. Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
The owner of an historic South Side Chicago barbershop is pressured to sell out to a land developer, but must face the impact this would have on his close-knit community.
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: Ice Cube, Cedric The Entertainer, Eve, Queen Latifah
Votes: 15,980 | Gross: $65.11M
15. Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
M | 94 min | Drama, Western
A Texas town's council fires the town's old-fashioned marshal who refuses to resign, thus leading to violence from both sides.
Directors: Don Siegel, Robert Totten | Stars: Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor, David Opatoshu
Votes: 1,620
16. G.B.H. (1991)
567 min | Comedy, Drama
Politician Michael Murray's life entwines with headmaster Jim Nelson's, changing their trajectories when their paths cross unexpectedly.
Stars: Robert Lindsay, Michael Palin, Dearbhla Molloy, Alan Igbon
Votes: 822
17. Blackmail Boy (2003)
100 min | Drama, Romance
In the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day ... See full summary »
Directors: Thanasis Papathanasiou, Michalis Reppas | Stars: Nena Menti, Maria Kavoyianni, Akilas Karazisis, Joyce Evidi
Votes: 1,241 | Gross: $0.02M
18. Storm Center (1956)
Approved | 85 min | Drama
During the 1950s, a small-town librarian is shunned by the locals after she refuses the City Council's request to remove a book on Communism from the library's shelves.
Director: Daniel Taradash | Stars: Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter, Paul Kelly
Votes: 1,648
19. Flint (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama
A woman deals with the toxic water scandal in Flint, Michigan, and the effect it has on her family.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Rob Morrow, Marin Ireland, Queen Latifah, Betsy Brandt
Votes: 433
20. Rome & Juliet (2006)
135 min | Drama, Romance
ROME AND JULIET follows the romantic journey and soul mating of two women caught in a web of forbidden love. Juliet (a conservative pre-school teacher) is a bride to be who befriends and ... See full summary »
Director: Connie Macatuno | Stars: Andrea Del Rosario, Mylene Dizon, Rafael Rosell, Tessie Tomas
Votes: 285
21. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
22. Hands Over the City (1963)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Marcello Cannavale
Votes: 3,286
23. Last Ounce of Courage (2012)
PG | 101 min | Drama, War
Years after his father's death, the son of a fallen soldier tries to reconnect with his grandfather, who is still grieving the loss of his son.
Directors: Darrel Campbell, Kevin McAfee | Stars: Marshall R. Teague, Jennifer O'Neill, Rusty Joiner, Fred Williamson
Votes: 2,116 | Gross: $3.31M
24. Stag (1997)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A group of men are having a bachelor party. But when misfortune befalls one of the strippers at the stag, a convoluted scheme is hatched by the party-goers to avoid blame.
Director: Gavin Wilding | Stars: John Stockwell, Mario Van Peebles, Jerry Stiller, Gerald Anthony
Votes: 1,080
25. Life at the Top (1965)
117 min | Drama
In this sequel to Room at the Top (1958), Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) thinks he has really made it by marrying the boss's daughter in his northern mill town. But he finds he is being sidelined at work and his private life manipulated by his father-in-law.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman, Michael Craig
Votes: 704
26. Care (2000 TV Movie)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A troubled boy (Steven Mackintosh) endures physical abuse by the staffers at a children's home.
Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Jaye Griffiths, Maria Pride, Charlotte Cornwell
Votes: 290
27. The Perfect Gift (2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
A spoiled schoolgirl, her overworked executive mother, and a disillusioned young minister each receive an uplifting message about friendship, commitment, and the truest meaning of Christmas from a friendly but mysterious drifter.
Director: Jefferson Moore | Stars: Jefferson Moore, Christina Fougnie, Matt Wallace, Tom Luce
Votes: 478
28. Key to the City (1950)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Two mayors meet at a convention and, despite their contrasting personalities and views, find themselves attracted to one other.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Frank Morgan, Marilyn Maxwell
Votes: 896
29. A Very Merry Toy Store (2017 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Two rival toy shop owners reluctantly join forces when an unscrupulous toy magnate opens a box store in their town.
Director: Paula Hart | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, Dan Amboyer, Kurt Cole
Votes: 1,128
30. Jud Süß (1940)
98 min | Drama
Infamous anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George, Werner Krauss
Votes: 3,368
31. The Square Peg (1958)
85 min | Comedy, War
A British road repairman gets into a feud with the army, gets drafted, and is mistakenly parachuted into German-occupied France where his physical resemblance to the local German commandant triggers a hilarious chain reaction.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman, Campbell Singer
Votes: 1,595
32. Dandelion (2004)
R | 94 min | Drama, Romance
In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Then Mason ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Milgard | Stars: Vincent Kartheiser, Taryn Manning, Arliss Howard, Mare Winningham
Votes: 2,025
33. The Overnighters (2014)
PG-13 | 102 min | Documentary, Drama
Broken, desperate men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor risks everything to help them.
Director: Jesse Moss | Stars: Jay Reinke, Andrea Reinke, Alan Mezo, Shelly Schultz
Votes: 2,552 | Gross: $0.11M
34. After Tiller (2013)
PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
This thought provoking, sometimes troubling documentary examines the personal and ethical imperatives that drive abortion providers to continue in the face of often dangerous legal and personal harassment.
Directors: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson | Stars: George Tiller, Warren Hern, Leroy Carhart, Susan Robinson
Votes: 1,116 | Gross: $0.07M
35. Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the village of Little Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Eddie Byrne, Jane Barrett, Robert Brown, Raymond Lovell
Votes: 301
36. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)
G | 83 min | Documentary
A homeless musician finds meaning to his life when he starts a friendship with dozens of parrots.
Director: Judy Irving | Stars: Mark Bittner, Maggie McCall, Ivan Stormgart, Gary Thompson
Votes: 3,103 | Gross: $3.06M
37. L'educanda (1975)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Sex comedy about 18-year-old Patrizia and her three friends who learn the art of seduction from the local prostitute, Marilena, and seduce the members of town council to stop a shady lawyer from demolishing their favorite hangout place.
Director: Luca Damiano | Stars: Patrizia Gori, Umberto D'Orsi, Gabriella Giorgelli, Andrea Aureli
Votes: 44
38. Mayor (2020)
83 min | Documentary
A look at the life of Musa Hadid, the charismatic mayor of Palestinian city Ramallah, who aspires to lead the city into the future.
Director: David Osit | Stars: Musa Hadid, Mahmoud Abbas, Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh, Chris Ship
Votes: 587
39. Rag and Bone (1998 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The life of a priest seconded to a New Orleans police department begins to fall apart when he is wrongly implicated in the shooting of a suspect. However, it comes to light that the ... See full summary »
Director: James D. Parriott | Stars: Dean Cain, Robert Patrick, Stan Shaw, Alexondra Lee
Votes: 236
40. O, My Darling Clementine (1943)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music
"Dapper Dan" Franklin (Frank Albertson) and his small troupe of actors become stranded in the small town of Harmony, Tennessee. The town is shackled by Blue Laws imposed upon it by a City ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Acuff, Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys and Girls, The Radio Rogues, Isabel Randolph
Votes: 33
41. The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales (2022)
87 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Abigail Disney examines income inequality at her family's company, asking why the American dream seems so out of reach for so many.
Directors: Abigail Disney, Kathleen Hughes
Votes: 199
42. Small Town Gay Bar (2006)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
The story of community in the Deep South that is forced to deal with the struggles of ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression.
Director: Malcolm Ingram | Stars: Jim Bishop, Terry Capps, Jackie Cox, Bill Curtis
Votes: 1,174
43. Christmas with a Capital C (2011)
81 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An attorney returns to his small home town in Alaska and quickly rocks the boat by getting an injunction against the nativity display tradition and attacking Christmas.
Director: Helmut Schleppi | Stars: Ted McGinley, Brad Stine, Nancy Stafford, Daniel Baldwin
Votes: 1,127
44. The Lottery (2010)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, Drama, News
Four children enter a high-stakes lottery. If they win, they can attend one of the best schools in New York. A look at the crisis in public education, The Lottery makes the case than any child can succeed.
Director: Madeleine Sackler | Stars: Cory Booker, Geoffrey Canada, Candice Fryer, Gregory Goodwine Jr.
Votes: 592 | Gross: $0.05M
45. South Riding (1938)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Romance
Winifred Holtby realised that local government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda, but the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn, Ann Todd
Votes: 184
46. Splatter Disco (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Horror
The owner of a fetish club finds out that, along with dealing with his wife who wants to leave him, his dying father, and the city wanting to close his club, he now has to deal with a psycho killer that's offing his employees and patrons.
Director: Richard Griffin | Stars: Ken Foree, Lynn Lowry, Trent Haaga, Debbie Rochon
Votes: 258
47. Strip Club King: The Story of Joe Redner (2008)
TV-MA | 80 min | Documentary
STRIP CLUB KING - Loved..Admired..Hated!!! Charismatic to some and revolting to others. Joe Redner owns one of the most famous nude clubs in America, the Mons Venus. Although Joe has been ... See full summary »
Director: Shelby McIntyre | Stars: Joe Redner, Joy Redner, Edie Burns, Lorelei Jackson
Votes: 58
48. Vella kalpi (1970)
90 min | Action, Comedy
Three young men fight to prevent surrender of the city of Riga city to Swedish and Polish enemies.
Director: Aleksandrs Leimanis | Stars: Lolita Cauka, Haralds Ritenbergs, Eduards Pavuls, Olga Drege
Votes: 425
49. Camera Shy (2012)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy
This dark comedy follows a corrupt city councilman whose life spins out of control after a mysterious cameraman begins terrorizing him. When no one believes that the cameraman exists, Larry... See full summary »
Director: Mark Sawers | Stars: Nicolas Wright, Gerard Plunkett, Crystal Balint, Hilary Jardine
Votes: 54
50. City of Borders (2009)
66 min | Documentary
Interviews with the owners and diverse patrons of a Jerusalem gay bar called "Shushan."
Director: Yun Suh | Stars: Boody, Ravit Geva, Sa'Ar Netanel, Adam Russo
Votes: 81