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1. The Revenant (I) (2015)
R | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 874,289 | Gross: $183.64M
2. San Andreas (2015)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.
Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Colton Haynes
Votes: 256,681 | Gross: $155.19M
3. Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A babysitter must battle her way through the big city after being stranded there with the kids she's looking after.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp
Votes: 49,115 | Gross: $34.37M
4. A Little Princess (1995)
G | 97 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Sara is sent to a strict boarding school after her father enlists in WWI. When he is presumed dead, the headmistress, knowing she will not receive any more money, forces the girl to become a servant.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Rusty Schwimmer
Votes: 36,706 | Gross: $10.02M
5. A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Romance
Paul Sutton, a young married soldier, befriends a pregnant lady who is petrified her father will disown her, and agrees to pose as her boyfriend. As time passes, they start growing fond of each other.
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Anthony Quinn, Giancarlo Giannini
Votes: 36,612 | Gross: $50.01M
6. Bad Samaritan (2018)
R | 110 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob.
Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Carlito Olivero
Votes: 26,098 | Gross: $3.44M
7. Firewall (2006)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he's protecting, as a bid to pay off his family's ransom.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen, Paul Bettany, Carly Schroeder
Votes: 59,617 | Gross: $48.75M
8. The Death of Superman (2018 Video)
PG-13 | 81 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Superman battles against an insurmountable foe named Doomsday.
Directors: Jake Castorena, Sam Liu | Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Rebecca Romijn, Rainn Wilson, Rosario Dawson
Votes: 19,542
9. The Fable (2019)
123 min | Action, Comedy
Trained as a ruthless assassin since childhood, a mob hitman is ordered to become a normal law-abiding citizen.
Director: Kan Eguchi | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Mizuki Yamamoto, Sôta Fukushi
Votes: 2,789
10. Paper Lives (2021)
TV-MA | 96 min | Drama
Mehmet is a cherished fellow who runs the solid waste warehouse in the neighborhood, he helps everyone in need, especially homeless children and teenagers since he was one too.
Director: Can Ulkay | Stars: Çagatay Ulusoy, Emir Ali Dogrul, Ersin Arici, Turgay Tanülkü
Votes: 13,779
11. Hero at Large (1980)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
A struggling actor buying milk stops a robbery while wearing a superhero uniform, promoting a movie. The unknown hero decides to try again. Can he impress his cute neighbor?
Director: Martin Davidson | Stars: John Ritter, Anne Archer, Bert Convy, Kevin McCarthy
Votes: 1,828 | Gross: $15.93M
12. The Aviator's Wife (1981)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
A young student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her lover.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Philippe Marlaud, Marie Rivière, Anne-Laure Meury, Mathieu Carrière
Votes: 5,179
13. The Good Nanny (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Thriller
When strong-willed Summer Pratt takes a job at a beautiful estate as the new nanny to a sweet but sad little girl named Sophie, she soon starts to suspect something is very wrong with the ... See full summary »
Director: Jake Helgren | Stars: Briana Evigan, Ellen Hollman, Peter Porte, Sophie Guest
Votes: 658
14. Bringing Up Bobby (2011)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
A con artist moves her son to a conservative neighborhood in Oklahoma in an effort to build a better future, but it doesn't take long for her past to catch up with her, and for her son's behavior to cause problems of its own.
Director: Famke Janssen | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, Marcia Cross, Spencer List
Votes: 2,046 | Gross: $0.00M
15. Flying Colors (2015)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Nanami Abe, Morio Agata, Atsushi Itô
Votes: 4,006
16. Little People: Big Discoveries (1999– )
TV-G | 5 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Claymation show about a group of savvy ethnically diverse preschool friends who have fun adventures in their idyllic little town, Discovery City, and are always ready to help animals and others in need. Based on a popular toy brand.
Stars: Philip Craig, Julie Lemieux, Susan Roman, Karen Bernstein
Votes: 63
17. Her Name Was Jo (2020)
104 min | Adventure
Ten year old Jo spends her days along the Shenandoah River with her imaginary best friend Selma, fishing, scrapping for metal-surviving. But when her abusive junkie stepdad dies, Jo decides... See full summary »
Director: Joe Duca | Stars: Mary Cate Williams, Elisa Duca, Jim Constable, Nichole Naccash
Votes: 255
18. Revenge Girl (2017)
110 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A young woman with a big ego plots political revenge after she is duped by a man with an even bigger ego.
Director: Kôichirô Miki | Stars: Mirei Kiritani, Fumika Baba, Shô Kiyohara, Yuki Saitô
Votes: 263
19. Christmas Angel (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Family
Christmas wishes made before a long-abandoned house that start coming true lead an elementary-school girl to discover a reclusive woman living inside.
Director: Brian Herzlinger | Stars: Della Reese, Teri Polo, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Kevin Sorbo
Votes: 1,289
20. Perfect World (2018)
102 min | Drama, Romance
Kawana Tsugumi works at an interior design company. She happens to meet her first love Ayukawa Itsuki from her high school days. He is now an architect and in a wheelchair because of an accident.
Director: Kenji Shibayama | Stars: Hana Sugisaki, Takanori Iwata, Sei Ashina, Kazue Itô
Votes: 201
21. Have a Little Faith (2011 TV Movie)
PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama
Writer Mitch Alboms reluctantly agrees to pen the eulogy of his childhood rabbi.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Bradley Whitford, Anika Noni Rose, Mykelti Williamson
Votes: 588
22. The Girl in the Sun (2013)
128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai, a friend from his middle school days. Back then Mao was bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a secret.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Masaki Suda, Tôko Miura, Tetsuji Tamayama
Votes: 1,023
23. Inakunare Gunjo (2019)
105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An island in Japan is the site for the dumped and the refuse. Nanakusa and Yu who were childhood and school friends meet on this island that is called Kaiden, a scary name that only refers ... See full summary »
Director: Akina Yanagi | Stars: Ryûsei Yokohama, Marie Iitoyo, Honoka Miki, Kôdai Matsuoka
Votes: 122
24. 2 to Tangle (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
2 men who have never met inadvertently confuse other people.
Director: Caleb Johnson | Stars: Clay Doss, Payton Patrone, Caleb Johnson, Stephanie Minix
Votes: 103
25. Sabina K. (2015)
125 min | Drama
Sabina, a divorced mother of two small children, falls in love with an old friend from the Bosnian war. The two plan to marry, but things go terribly wrong.
Director: Cristobal Krusen | Stars: Dragan Micanovic, Alena Dzebo, Alban Ukaj, Asja Talic
Votes: 146
26. One Peace at a Time (2009)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
Filmed in 20 countries, with the insights of Nobel Laureates: Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize), Steve Chu (Nobel Prize Physics and President Obama's Secretary of Energy) & Desmond Tutu (... See full summary »
Director: Turk Pipkin | Stars: Donna Berber, Philip Berber, Caroline Boudreaux, Steve Chu
Votes: 71 | Gross: $0.01M
27. Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home (1994 TV Movie)
30 min | Animation, Comedy
Director: Tamara Varga | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Thom Sharp, Amy Ziff, Pamela Adlon
Votes: 51
28. 18 Seconds (2008)
7 min | Short, Drama
A lonely man and woman go through their daily routine with their lives never intersecting--until one day, when a slight change in schedule bring them into each other's path, with a shocking result.
Directors: MacGregor, Bruno Zacarías | Stars: Jordi Boixaderas, Jack Daniel Stanley, Amy Kim Waschke
Votes: 35
29. Ha da venì... don Calogero (1952)
94 min | Comedy
A good-natured priest inherits a large sum of money from a former student at his elementary school and must decide wisely on how to use it best.
Director: Vittorio Vassarotti | Stars: Barry Fitzgerald, Tina Pica, Lauro Gazzolo, Lois Maxwell
30. 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
31. The Date Team (2019)
9 min | Short, Comedy
The Date Team is an elite group of secret agents whose sole mission is to help people on dates.
Directors: Cameron LaPrairie, Tyler Morgan, Andrew Oporto | Stars: Tyler Morgan, Andrew Oporto, Cameron LaPrairie, Tej Sangani
32. Kobieta z prowincji (1985)
104 min | Drama
A look back at the life of an ordinary 60-year-old woman named Andzia. Although she has faced numerous difficulties, she has always tried to do her best for the sake of her two children.
Director: Andrzej Baranski | Stars: Ewa Dalkowska, Ryszarda Hanin, Bozena Dykiel, Magdalena Michalak
Votes: 45
33. Priepast (2016)
3 min | Short, Drama
A short story dealing with the problems of today's youth and about selflessly helping each other in a way how many people have forgotten these days.
Director: Katarína Koysová | Stars: Simona Pavlíková, Michal Jurícek, Peter Hutyra
34. Zaark and the Night Team in the Search for Symbols (1995 Video Game)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Kids puzzle game about symbols like flags, words and numerals. Solve puzzles to help various quirky characters in three separate game sections. Part of a series.
35.
Andromeda (2000–2005)
Episode:
Slipfighter the Dogs of War
(2002)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Trance mourns the loss of her relative, Mesmer, but in the middle of the ceremony the Andromeda is hit by many massive shockwaves, sending the ship reeling. They discover that the ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Rohl | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Lisa Ryder, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Laura Bertram
Votes: 188
36.
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode:
All Shook Up
(1994)
TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Superman flies into space to stop an asteroid headed toward Earth. The impact leaves him with no memory. It's up to Martha and Jonathan to make him remember who he is and how to use his powers before the asteroid wipes out all human life.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Michael Landes
Votes: 355
37.
Popular (1999–2001)
Episode:
Slumber Party Massacre
(1999)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Carmen invites the cheer-leading squad to her sweet 16 slumber party, causing Sam to question their motives. At the party Nicole tries to impress Carmen's older brother, Leo.
Director: Michael M. Robin | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham
Votes: 92
38.
Taxi (1978–1983)
Episode:
Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey
(1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
The guys run into Reverend Jim and try to get him a job, but first they have to convince Louie to hire him and help him pass the exam.
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner
Votes: 453
39.
Iryû: Team Medical Dragon (2006– )
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(2006)
54 min | Drama
There is lots of hand wringing and regret with the Batista team betrayed and its achievement ignored by the press and medical community. The North Japan rivals had brought in foreign help. ... See full summary »
Director: Naruhide Mizuta | Stars: Kenji Sakaguchi, Sadao Abe, Masako Chiba, Tetsuhiro Ikeda
40.
Izakaya Bottakuri (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.11
(2018)
Drama
An old recipe does not turn out the way the cook hoped it would. An old women wonders whether her old childhood friends are still around and what they are up to. Perhaps social media could ... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Kuma | Stars: Moemi Katayama, Sara Takatsuki
41.
Surface (2022– )
Episode:
The Myth of California
(2022)
TV-MA | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
James is finally honest with Sophie about their marriage and their past. His betrayals run deep, but not as deep as her own.
Director: Sam Miller | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ari Graynor, François Arnaud
Votes: 159
42.
Castle (2009–2016)
Episode:
Kill Shot
(2011)
TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A case involving a sniper brings back memories for Beckett of her own shooting.
Director: David Barrett | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas
Votes: 1,510
43.
Yakari (2005– )
Episode:
Red Cloud
(2012)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family
Yakari and Little Thunder notice that Small Leaf is only happy in the presence of horses. The wild mustang, Red Cloud, is the right companion; however, another man wants him, too. Can they convince him that those two are a perfect match?
Director: Xavier Giacometti | Stars: Eden Gamliel, Maxime Nivet, Yoann Sover
44.
Please Love Me! (2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2016)
TV-14 | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
Thirty-year-old woman has been let go from her last job and, while she is interviewing and seeking work, remains unemployed. She has a boyfriend, but the relationship is one-sided. She is ... See full summary »
Director: Hayato Kawai | Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Dean Fujioka, Shôhei Miura, Maho Nonami