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1. The Commitments (1991)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Votes: 38,793 | Gross: $14.92M
2. Death Wish (1974)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks. In self-defense, the vengeful man kills muggers on the mean streets after dark.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats
Votes: 44,044 | Gross: $22.00M
3. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music
A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown, Johnny Carson
Votes: 41,484 | Gross: $1.72M
4. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck
Votes: 27,293
5. Stakeout (1987)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 28,519 | Gross: $65.67M
6. The Casagrandes (2019–2022)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Spin-off of "The Loud House (2014)" featuring Ronnie Anne Santiago, who moves to the big city with her mother and older brother Bobby and meets her extended Hispanic family.
Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Izabella Alvarez, Alex Cazares, Ruben Garfias
Votes: 1,695
7. Absolute Beginners (1986)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In London in 1958, a young photographer seeks media stardom to keep the love of a beautiful, aspiring fashion designer.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Patsy Kensit, Eddie O'Connell, David Bowie, James Fox
Votes: 3,728 | Gross: $0.93M
8. News from Home (1976)
85 min | Documentary
Impersonal and beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Star: Chantal Akerman
Votes: 2,808
9. Vive L'Amour (1994)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment used for sexual trysts.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Chen Chao-jung, Kang-sheng Lee, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yi-ching Lu
Votes: 4,794
10. Autumn in the City (2022 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
Piper moves to New York for a fresh start and meets Austin, a jaded writer. Together, they experience autumn in the city and try to figure out who they're truly meant to be.
Director: Michael Robison | Stars: Aimee Teegarden, Evan Roderick, Laura Soltis, Adam Beauchesne
Votes: 833
11. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary
This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night.
Director: Walter Ruttmann | Star: Paul von Hindenburg
Votes: 4,794
12. Spank (1999)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
Paulie, an Italian man returns to his hometown of Adelaide, Australia after spending three years in a monastery. Upon returning home, he finds his buddies have not grown beyond where they ... See full summary »
Director: Ernie Clark | Stars: Vince Poletto, Victoria Dixon-Whittle, Lucia Mastrantone, Mario Gamma
Votes: 91
13. Tailor (2020)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
The bank threatens Nikos to repossess his tailor shop and his father fall ill. Nikos with a tailor shop on wheels, reinvents himself while bringing style and confidence to the women of Athens.
Director: Sonia Liza Kenterman | Stars: Dimitris Imellos, Tamilla Koulieva, Thanasis Papageorgiou, Stathis Stamoulakatos
Votes: 817
14. Forever Green (1989–1992)
60 min | Drama
Jack Boult, a former rally driver, and his second wife Harriet, who used to be a nurse, move from the bustle of London to start a new life in a cottage in the Somerset countryside, together... See full summary »
Stars: Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Paola Dionisotti, Wendy van der Plank
Votes: 98
15. Navigating the Heart (2000 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 91 min | Drama, Romance
An unlikely romance between a cosmopolitan career woman and a small town fisherman.
Director: David Burton Morris | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Tim Matheson, David Andrews, Tantoo Cardinal
Votes: 375
16. Hotel Sorrento (1995)
R | 112 min | Drama
Meg (Caroline Goodall), Pippa (Tara Morice), and Hilary (Caroline Gillmer) are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, Australia. Meg, who has lived in England for ten years, has just written a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Caroline Goodall, Caroline Gillmer, Tara Morice, Joan Plowright
Votes: 344 | Gross: $0.09M
17. The Man on Her Mind (2014)
97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Girl meets boy - or has she? For her, the image taps into her dreams. For him, it's an equally enchanting but otherworldly experience. Then reality intervenes. For both - or is it the four of them?
Directors: Bruce Guthrie, Alan Hruska | Stars: Shane Attwooll, Bronwen Hruska, Martin Hyde, Samuel James
Votes: 39
18. Munkey in the City (2017– )
Comedy, Drama
A delusional young novelist strives to become a writer in the big City, despite his misadventures in life, love, and everything in-between.
Stars: Kenny Leu, Heather Mignon, Sean Mann, Henry Lee
19. Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The last of Tex Avery's variations on Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the rudiments of civilised behaviour when watching... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Daws Butler, Colleen Collins, Pinto Colvig, Imogene Lynn
Votes: 1,366
20. Friday the 3rd
90 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories happening in one city. Three different life dilemmas. One Friday evening and one unexpected end.
Director: Rares Abraham | Stars: Rares Abraham, Crina Andriuca, Dorian Boguta, Adrian Cucu
21. Tales of Mystery (2015)
Horror, Mystery
The film tells three suspenseful and terrifying stories.
Directors: Egan Hsien, Meng Tian, Wai-Man Yip | Stars: Zhu Zhu, Feiyang Yang, Yufei Shi, Wenjuan Feng
Votes: 21
22. Tunten zwecklos (2021)
83 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
The Hamburg Bollenmädels stand for many homosexuals who suffered their coming out in the German province in the early 80s. Nine very different men met in Hamburg at the end of the 80s, ... See full summary »
Directors: Mirek Balonis, Jutta Riedel | Stars: Die Hamburger Bollenmädels, Willi van Buggenum, Ralf Christmann, Volker Deutschmann
Votes: 7
23. Dark City Beneath the Beat (2020)
65 min | Documentary
Musical documentary reimagines the narrative of Baltimore, a city rising above social and economic turmoil to develop a vibrant and close-knit community for the arts through its homegrown sound, Baltimore club music.
Director: TT the Artist | Stars: Michael Antonio Hunter, Colada Pen, Jimmy Pope, Terry Wedington
Votes: 165
24. Rocket Perelman (2017)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
In the artist colony Rocket Perelman ten people strive to live their version of freedom and independence - everybody for themselves and all together. But that's hard work, since the joined ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Alaluukas | Stars: Liv Lisa Fries, Tobias Lehmann, Gordon Kämmerer, Stefan Lampadius
Votes: 96
25. Dominic Day
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Post-production
Jeffrey is stuck in another city...in another person's body. Apparently he has a date with his body's girlfriend, Alex. In survival mode, he plays along as his body. But as the night progresses, so do their relationship.
Director: Neo Bryce | Stars: Jerrick Luy, Patricia Teoxon, Casper Dela Cruz, David Shem Calida
26. Aurora - A rua que queria ser rio (2021)
10 min | Animation, Short, Drama
If the streets could talk, what would they say? Aurora is a sad and lonely street of a big city. On a rainy day, she remembers her trajectory and dreams about the future asking herself: is it possible for a street to die?
Director: Radhi Meron | Star: Priscila Paes
Votes: 12
27. Sistas in the Sector: A Film About Aboriginal Women in the South Australian Public Sector (2006 Video)
29 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Shalom Almond
28. Footprints (III)
Crime, Drama | Announced
Chris has battled with his mental health since he was a teenager, something he's kept hidden inside. He's about to be pushed to his limits and tested in a way that threatens his entire family.
Stars: Fady Elsayed, Rita Bernard-Shaw
29. The Adelaide Story (1982 TV Movie)
159 min | Documentary, History
Director: Peter Vaughton | Star: Dennis Olsen
30. Village of Swimming Cows (2018)
TV-14 | 78 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
What happens when eco-minded, city-dwelling Berliners move in with Polish farmers in the country? Is there something tangible and enlightening to the substantive changes healthy living can ... See full summary »
Director: Katarzyna Trzaska | Stars: Raig Ballinger, Anna i Stanislaw Bielenia, Bronislawa Bielenia, Kasia i Szymon Bielenia
Votes: 49
31. The Woman and the Car (2018)
30 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: Kate Blackmore | Stars: Kate Blackmore, Margaret Dodd
32. City of Contrasts (1969)
22 min | Short
A somewhat-humorous look at the city of Dakar, its people, architecture, politics, social behavior, and even the white French tourists, and especially the influence of France's culture and ... See full summary »
Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty
Votes: 152
33. Witch Hunt (2016)
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Upon moving to a new city, Anna discovers she is no normal girl: She is a witch. Drawn into a battle she never knew existed, she and her new found friends and coven, must hold their own ... See full summary »
Stars: Vincent van Ommen, Lillian Stewart, Tom Richards, Laurel Kennemer
34. Onde O Céu Acerta Seus Ponteiros (2017)
15 min | Short, Romance
After his mother's passing, Tomas' life turned black and white. Days change when he meets Gabriel, a photographer with a red jacket who helps him see other colors.
Director: Marco Aurélio Gal | Stars: Henrique de Paula, Fernanda Faran, Carlos Jordão, Suia Legaspe
Votes: 46
35. Dear Neighbor (2021)
7 min | Short, Comedy
In this series of vignettes, we hear the internal monologues of two characters as they encounter different tenants in their apartment building.
Director: Allie Costa | Stars: Giselle Muise, Socks Whitmore
36. Adelaide Advances (1954)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Hugh Alexander, Bern Gandy, Joan Long | Stars: David Low, Hans Heysen
37. Strong in the City (2011 Video)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Shalom Almond | Star: Karen Williamson
38. Spring at the patriarchal ponds (2019)
4 min | Documentary, Short
The spring arrived in the center of Moscow, including the patriarchal ponds.
Director: Sergey A.
Votes: 30
39. Pourquoi l'Amérique (1970)
G | 100 min | Documentary
A film about America between the world wars that attempts to capture and interpret the vital moving forces in American society that caused the United States to emerge by the end of World War II as a dominant world power.
Director: Frédéric Rossif | Stars: Françoise Christophe, Pia Colombo, Pierre Andrieux, Jacques Castelot
40. The Girl from the Country (II) (1912)
Drama, Short
Nellie is preparing herself for a stenographer's position by diligent study in her hometown. As her proficiency increases she begins to hear the call of the city, and when old school chum ... See full summary »
Director: Harold M. Shaw | Stars: Bessie Learn, Mrs. William Bechtel, Augustus Phillips, Robert Brower
41. Entre Baldosas (Cracks in the Pavement) (2019)
Short, Animation
A beautiful and delicate flower grows in the middle of the asphalt jungle. A street rubbish bin witnesses the mistreatment of the Flower in the polluted public way. Concerned about her torment, the rubbish bin seeks a way to protect her.
Director: Nicolás Conte
42. The Relinquished (2018)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Haleck is an ordinary hard working man whose life take a major turn for the good when the homeless man he encounters every day has a heart attack leaving Haleck with millions of dollars in ... See full summary »
Director: Colby Kordas | Stars: Preston Hazard, Haleck De Leon, Colby Kordas, Jillin Lesieur
43. Origini (2017)
3 min | Short
"Origini" is an italian tale about the city of Turin and a part of its beauties.
Directors: Andrea Ventura, Federico Alvaro | Stars: Oscar Tuzza, Giovanna Donnarumma, Valerio Varesio, Antonio Affatato
44. Missing Bucharest (2023)
33 min | Short, Documentary
7 citizens of Bucharest try to pinpoint what makes Bucharest their home, while musing on how they grew up in the city or adapted to it.
Director: Robert Antonescu | Stars: Diana Andrei, Arina Bican, Erps, Razvan Petrescu
45.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Persuasion
(1995)
PG | 103 min | Drama
Theatrical film of Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds & Amanda Root. Directed by Roger Michell.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave
Votes: 11,397 | Gross: $5.46M
46.
A Country Life for Half the Price with Kate Humble (2020– )
Episode:
The Cook Family
(2020)
45 min | Documentary
The Cook family leave their terraced house on a busy rat run in Exeter, to make a new start on Yell in the Shetland Islands. They plan to fund their new life through AirBnB and an isolated space for authors.
Director: Iain Robson | Star: Kate Humble
47.
A Country Life for Half the Price with Kate Humble (2020– )
Episode:
The Goldby Family
(2020)
45 min | Documentary
Kate meets the Goldby family from Epsom, where Vicki, Phil and their nine children have outgrown their four-bedroom house. They have found a farmhouse in Shropshire with scope for seven bedrooms, as well as more than two acres of land.
Director: Iain Robson | Star: Kate Humble
48.
A Country Life for Half the Price with Kate Humble (2020– )
Episode:
The Augur-Forbes Family
(2020)
45 min | Documentary
Kate meets a family from Essex who have bought 4 acres of woodland in Suffolk. They plan to develop bird photography and beekeeping businesses, while a vegetable garden offers the opportunity to become self-sufficient.
Director: Iain Robson | Star: Kate Humble
49.
A Country Life for Half the Price with Kate Humble (2020– )
Episode:
The MacDonald Dibb Family
(2020)
45 min | Documentary
Kate meets a couple from Hemel Hempstead starting a new life in a traditional Welsh farmhouse. They plan to make the 31 acres of land work for them by building glamping pods and keeping pigs, cows, sheep and chickens.
Director: Iain Robson | Star: Kate Humble
50.
A Country Life for Half the Price with Kate Humble (2020– )
Episode:
The Monaghan Family
(2020)
45 min | Documentary
Georgie and Robin Monaghan have decided to swap their bungalow in East Sussex for a stunning character packed detached house in the gorgeous village of Shebbear in Devon.
Director: Iain Robson | Star: Kate Humble