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1. The Old Oak (2023)
113 min | Drama
The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Claire Rodgerson, Trevor Fox
Votes: 8,709
2. Sleep Tight (2011)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cesar, a miserable man who works as an apartment concierge, takes a special interest in an attractive woman who lives there. He goes to great lengths to trouble her.
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan, Petra Martínez
Votes: 46,859
3. All Your Faces (2023)
118 min | Drama
Victims of violent crime and perpetrators meet up in a restorative justice group in order to have a dialogue and heal from their trauma.
Director: Jeanne Herry | Stars: Birane Ba, Leïla Bekhti, Anne Benoît, Dali Benssalah
Votes: 3,312
4. Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Family
Eight-year-old Ahmed has mistakenly taken his friend Mohammad's notebook. He wants to return it, or else his friend will be expelled from school. The boy determinedly sets out to find Mohammad's home in the neighbouring village.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Khodabakhsh Defaei, Iran Outari
Votes: 18,857
5. The Girl from Nowhere (2012)
91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A retired mathematics professor spends his days writing, when one day he comes across a young injured girl with no home or history. As he takes her in and cares for her, he begins to suspect that she is the reincarnation of his late wife.
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Virginie Legeay, Claude Morel, Lise Bellynck, Anne Berry
Votes: 1,073
6. Mansfield Park (1983)
261 min | Drama, Romance
Impoverished Fanny Price is sent to live with her more affluent uncle and aunt. The arrival of new neighbors brings a chance for romance to Fanny and her cousins.
Stars: Anna Massey, Angela Pleasence, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Nicholas Farrell
Votes: 1,135
7. The Koala Brothers (2003–2007)
TV-Y | 15 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Follow the adventures of the Koala Brothers, Frank and Buster, living in the Australian outback whose mission in life is to help others.
Stars: Jonathan Coleman, Lucinda Cowden, Rob Rackstraw, Keith Wickham
Votes: 740
8. Nazarin (1959)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Marga López, Rita Macedo, Ignacio López Tarso
Votes: 6,481
9. Autumn Marathon (1979)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Middle-aged university professor desperately tries to strike a balance in his life between his wife and his mistress, slowly getting bogged down in his own lies.
Director: Georgiy Daneliya | Stars: Oleg Basilashvili, Natalya Gundareva, Marina Neyolova, Evgeniy Leonov
Votes: 3,672
10. Ariane's Thread (2014)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
On her birthday anniversary, the unhappy middle-aged celebrator, Ariane, finds herself abandoned by her family and winds up in a picturesque seaside café in sun-kissed Marseilles. Will she follow her heart to untangle her creative thread?
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jacques Boudet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Anaïs Demoustier
Votes: 368
11. Monsieur Batignole (2002)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In 1942, in occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When Pierre-Jean Lamour, his future ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Jugnot | Stars: Jules Sitruk, Gérard Jugnot, Michèle Garcia, Jean-Paul Rouve
Votes: 3,459
12. Invisibles (2018)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Following a municipal decision, SDF Women's Shelter, will close. There are only three months left for social workers to reintegrate at any cost the women they care for: falsification, pistons, lies - From now on, everything is allowed.
Director: Louis-Julien Petit | Stars: Patricia Mouchon, Khoukha Boukherbache, Bérangère Toural, Patricia Guery
Votes: 1,619
13. News from Planet Mars (2016)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
Philippe Mars is a pleasant 40-something whose meeting with a psychotic college friend who is in search of love profoundly changes his life.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: François Damiens, Vincent Macaigne, Veerle Baetens, Jeanne Guittet
Votes: 1,345
14. 125 rue Montmartre (1959)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Pascal (Lino Ventura) sells newspapers. He is a simple man who one day resting on the banks of the Seine sees a drowning stranger. Pascal saves his life and begins his adventure next to a ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Lino Ventura, Andréa Parisy, Robert Hirsch, Dora Doll
Votes: 638
15. Escape by Night (1960)
TV-PG | 82 min | Drama, War
During the Second World War three allied prisoners: a Soviet, an American, and an Englishman, attempt to escape Rome with the help of a young couple who are residents of the city.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Leo Genn, Giovanna Ralli, Sergey Bondarchuk, Hannes Messemer
Votes: 774
16. Looking for Hortense (2012)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A wife pressures her husband to solicit work papers from his civil servant father.
Director: Pascal Bonitzer | Stars: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Isabelle Carré, Kristin Scott Thomas, Marin Orcand Tourrès
Votes: 952
17. Manuel (II) (2017)
95 min | Drama
Manuel, who is now eighteen years old, leaves the education center where he was placed five years before when his mother Veronica was jailed. Happy to feel free again, he has just one ... See full summary »
Director: Dario Albertini | Stars: Andrea Lattanzi, Francesca Antonelli, Giulia Gorietti, Raffaella Rea
Votes: 294
18. Etaten (2006– )
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Norwegian comedy series centered around Tor (played by Atle Antonsen), the clumsy department head of Planning and Building Services.
Stars: Atle Antonsen, Jan Sælid, Siw Anita Andersen, Ingar Helge Gimle
Votes: 513
19. O Tamtakos sto Naftiko (1988 Video)
Comedy
To avoid marriage, a spirited Romani lover-boy puts on his utility uniform to begin a rigorous training as the Navy's newest recruit. But, will he ever settle down?
Director: Takis Vougiouklakis | Stars: Mihalis Mosios, Yiouli Stamoulaki, Spiros Misthos, Vilma Tsakiri
Votes: 40
20. Rakkaudella, Maire (1999)
101 min | Drama, Thriller
Middle-aged Maire's husband spends most of his time abroad on business. Alone in their large house, Maire fills her empty life by absorbing other people's tragedies from tabloid newspapers.... See full summary »
Director: Veikko Aaltonen | Stars: Eeva Litmanen, Minna Haapkylä, Matti Onnismaa, Esko Salminen
Votes: 350
21. Their Last Night (1953)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Madeleine arrives in Paris looking for a job as an English teacher. She finds a room in a boarding house where she meets and takes interest in Pierre Ruffin, a quiet librarian, who actually lives a double life.
Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson, Michel Barbey, Gaby Basset
Votes: 177
22. Allou to oneiro, ki allou to thavma (1957)
77 min | Comedy
The poor best friends, Kokovios and Nikolakis, take on odd jobs in the port of Piraeus to eke out a living. In the meantime, the kind Kokovios supports a partially paralysed woman. Will the miracle-working Virgin Mary grant her wish?
Directors: Petros Giannakos, Dimitris Loukakos | Stars: Petros Giannakos, Nikos Fermas, Sylvia Zagana, Rita Tsakona
Votes: 18
23. Paris la blanche (2017)
83 min | Drama, Romance
At the age of 70, Rekia decides to leave her village in Kabylie to go to Paris. All by herself, she travels across the Mediterranean sea to bring Nour, her husband, back home. But her hero,... See full summary »
Director: Lidia Terki | Stars: Tassadit Mandi, Zahir Bouzerar, Karole Rocher, Marie Denarnaud
Votes: 65
24. Vaarallista vapautta (1962)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
The thriller Vaarallista vapautta (Dangerous Freedom) (1962), is based on Tuuli Reijonen's novel. Nurse Sinikka (Pirkko Peltonen) wants to help a prisoner (Toivo Lehkonen) who defected ... See full summary »
Director: Veikko Itkonen | Stars: Toivo Lehkonen, Pirkko Peltonen, Ville-Veikko Salminen, Maija Karhi
Votes: 51
25. La famille Duraton (1939)
85 min | Comedy
Reality show on the radio circa 1939.
Director: Christian Stengel | Stars: Noël-Noël, Jules Berry, Blanchette Brunoy, Julien Carette
Votes: 35
26. Kielipuolipotilas (1978 TV Movie)
41 min | Comedy
Man in a foreign country, where he doesn't speak the local language, has a series of mishaps.
Director: Esko Leimu | Stars: Tim Steffa, Toivo Lehto, Liisa Roine, Mauri Saikkonen
Votes: 45
27. Empaine, Kitso! (1968)
85 min | Comedy
To convince a cantankerous landlord to accept his friend as his son-in-law, a kind concierge poses as a gullible man, unbeknownst to him that the bride-to-be is in love with the singer, Giannis Vogiatzis. Can he solve this romantic puzzle?
Director: Giorgos Papakostas | Stars: Tasos Giannopoulos, Liza Alexiou, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Takis Miliadis
Votes: 20
29.
Going Straight (1978)
Episode:
Going Sour
(1978)
TV-PG | Comedy
Whilst in a cafe Fletch sees a young punk girl try to steal another man's wallet. He steps in to save the situation and, on learning that the girl, Penny, has run away from home, takes her ... See full summary »
Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Ronnie Barker, Patricia Brake, Roberta Tovey, Freddie Earlle
Votes: 69
30.
Queer Eye (2018– )
Episode:
On Golden Kenny
(2019)
TV-14 | Reality-TV
The Fab Five help a kind but lonely bachelor find unconditional love and get his dusty home ready for visitors, the first guests he's had in years.
Director: Hisham Abed | Stars: Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski
Votes: 353
31.
Yogi's Gang (1973–1975)
Episode:
Dr. Bigot
(1973)
23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Dr. Bigot and his henchmen, Haggling and Bickering, from their blimp hidden in a black cloud, train their bigot beam on Mr. Cheerful and, later, Yogi Bear.
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Daws Butler, Josh Albee, Julie Bennett, Tom Bosley
Votes: 25
33.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
CWSA 05/22/24
(2024 Podcast Episode)
News
Scott Adams discusses misleading edits in political news, the RFK Jr. debate proposal by Elon Musk, Biden's controversial comments, 50 Cent's new documentary on P. Diddy, and more.
Star: Scott Adams
34.
L'île aux enfants (1974–1976)
Episode:
Casimir marchand de ballons
(1975)
10 min | Comedy, Family
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Yves Brunier, Patrick Bricard, Éliane Gauthier, Jean-Louis Terrangle
35.
Yakari (2005– )
Episode:
The Angry Bear
(2005)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family
Honeycomb, Yakari's bear cub friend, comes to him for help after his mother's strange behaviour. As Yakari discovers the angry bear-mother and the culprit, only a clever plan will make things right again. Will he succeed?
Director: Xavier Giacometti
36.
Yakari (2005– )
Episode:
The Starflower of the Plairie
(2005)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family
Speedy Turtle, the tribe's oldest woman, is feeling sick, and the only thing that can heal her is the extraordinary Prairie Starflower. Only the Queen of the bees knows where to find them, but will she share the secret with Yakari?
Director: Xavier Giacometti
37.
Yakari (2005– )
Episode:
Promised
(2005)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family
The good-hearted and well-meaning Yakari is having trouble keeping his promises to his mother and his friends. After all these promises, will he manage to fulfil at least one of his duties?
Director: Xavier Giacometti
38.
Yakari (2005– )
Episode:
The Gift to the Tribe
(2005)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family
As a proud member of the Sioux tribe prepares himself for an ancient ceremony, much to his amazement, he discovers that everything inside his teepee has vanished into thin air. Can Yakari find the sneaky thief?
Director: Xavier Giacometti
Votes: 5
39.
Superstore (2015–2021)
Episode:
Shots and Salsa
(2015)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
Amy fights racial stereotypes, while Jonah learns why you should never lend a helping hand.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn
Votes: 1,376
40.
A Cow, a Cat and the Ocean (2006)
Episode:
L'Île aux Petites Bêtes
(2006)
Animation, Family
In need of some rest, the fearless swimmer, the Cow, makes a stop at a quiet green island, where a reclusive and grouchy black spider spins her web. The Cat is very afraid of her; however, will he learn not to judge a book by its cover?
Director: Prakash Topsy | Stars: Laura Préjean, Donald Reignoux
41.
Yakari (2005– )
Episode:
The Bear Cub's Escape
(2009)
TV-Y | 13 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Convinced of being capable of taking care of himself without the help of his mother, an inexperienced bear cub sets off on his own, while two hunters have set their sights on him. But where is his mother, and can Yakari help?
Director: Xavier Giacometti