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1. Parasite (2019)
R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 960,574 | Gross: $53.37M
2. American Beauty (1999)
R | 122 min | Drama
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
Votes: 1,211,415 | Gross: $130.10M
3. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
PG | 105 min | Drama
After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry
Votes: 154,791 | Gross: $106.26M
4. My Girl (1991)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis
Votes: 88,953 | Gross: $59.85M
5. Long Shot (2019)
R | 125 min | Comedy, Romance
Journalist, Fred Flarsky, reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field; now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to run for president, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter, and sparks fly.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael, O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Votes: 121,781 | Gross: $30.32M
6. A Separation (2011)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini
Votes: 258,646 | Gross: $7.10M
7. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 137,940 | Gross: $8.18M
8. Carousel (1956)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Fifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick
Votes: 6,804
9. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Approved | 170 min | Drama, Romance, War
Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Teresa Wright
Votes: 70,585 | Gross: $23.65M
10. 99 Homes (2014)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Clancy Brown
Votes: 38,273 | Gross: $1.41M
11. Four Good Days (2020)
R | 100 min | Drama
A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Mila Kunis, Carla Gallo, Glenn Close, Stephen Root
Votes: 12,280
12. The Escort (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Desperate for a good story, a sex-addicted journalist throws himself into the world of high-class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute.
Director: Will Slocombe | Stars: Lyndsy Fonseca, Michael Doneger, Tommy Dewey, Bruce Campbell
Votes: 14,220
13. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 38,512 | Gross: $0.20M
14. The Lost Weekend (1945)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 40,213 | Gross: $9.46M
15. The Humans (2021)
R | 108 min | Drama
During one evening, the Blake family gathers to celebrate thanksgiving in a broken-down flat newly rented by the daughter and her new man. As the darkness falls, we find that all have less to be thankful about.
Director: Stephen Karam | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein
Votes: 10,819
16. Cheap Thrills (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A scheming couple put a struggling family man and his old friend through a series of increasingly twisted dares over the course of an evening at a local bar.
Director: E.L. Katz | Stars: Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton, David Koechner
Votes: 20,457 | Gross: $0.06M
17. ReLIFE (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A young man, failing at life, is offered a new start as a 10 years younger high-school student.
Stars: Jessie James Grelle, Micah Solusod, Jeannie Tirado, Kristen McGuire
Votes: 6,460
18. The Big City (1963)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Anil Chatterjee, Madhavi Mukherjee, Jaya Bachchan, Haren Chatterjee
Votes: 4,967
19. Nothing But a Man (1964)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
Director: Michael Roemer | Stars: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster
Votes: 1,989 | Gross: $0.02M
20. Raining Stones (1993)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix, Ricky Tomlinson
Votes: 4,918 | Gross: $0.09M
21. To Each His Own (1946)
Approved | 122 min | Drama, Romance
An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, John Lund, Mary Anderson, Roland Culver
Votes: 3,025
22. The Entitled (2011)
R | 91 min | Crime, Thriller
A young man, broke and jobless, abducts three rich college kids to try and get money from their fathers.
Director: Aaron Woodley | Stars: Kevin Zegers, Ray Liotta, Laura Vandervoort, Victor Garber
Votes: 6,835
23. Buffet Froid (1979)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Alphonse lives in an empty building. Empty but for one neighbour, the police captain Morvandieu. When the man who have killed Alphonse's wife appears, the three men will be thrown in a serie of event in a surrealist world.
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Denise Gence
Votes: 6,507
24. Where Is Kyra? (2017)
R | 98 min | Drama
In Brooklyn, New York, Kyra (Michelle Pfeiffer) loses her job and struggles to survive on her ailing mother's income. As the weeks and months go on, her problems worsen. This leads her on a risky and enigmatic path that threatens her life.
Director: Andrew Dosunmu | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kiefer Sutherland, Suzanne Shepherd, Anthony Okungbowa
Votes: 1,858 | Gross: $0.06M
25. Prosopo me prosopo (1966)
84 min | Drama, Romance
Penniless and without a future, an English teacher agrees to tutor a pampered woman, only to become enmeshed in a strange reality and a downward spiral of desire and illusion, guilt and self-contempt. Will the ugly truth set him free?
Director: Roviros Manthoulis | Stars: Costas Messaris, Eleni Stavropoulou, Theano Ioannidou, Labros Kotsiris
Votes: 243
26. Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995)
Not Rated | 160 min | Drama, Romance
An estranged couple battle for the custody of their only son.
Director: Mansoor Khan | Stars: Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala, Master Adil, Deven Verma
Votes: 5,470
27. Polina (2016)
108 min | Drama
A young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.
Directors: Valérie Müller, Angelin Preljocaj | Stars: Anastasia Shevtsova, Veronika Zhovnytska, Juliette Binoche, Aleksey Guskov
Votes: 1,974 | Gross: $0.17M
28. 24 City (2008)
Not Rated | 112 min | Documentary, Drama
When a factory is being torn down in Chengdu, China, workers reflect on their experiences and the importance of the factory in their lives.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Jianbin Chen, Joan Chen, Liping Lü, Tao Zhao
Votes: 2,339
29. Crime in the Streets (1956)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Social worker tries to befriend local slum gang.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, Mark Rydell
Votes: 1,388
30. Garm Hava (1974)
146 min | Drama
In post-partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.
Director: M.S. Sathyu | Stars: Balraj Sahni, A.K. Hangal, Geeta Kak, Jamal Hashmi
Votes: 829
31. 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
32. The Eavesdropper (2016)
91 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
The unemployed Duval is contacted by a mysterious organization to transcribe intercepted calls. He accepts the job with no suspicions, since it restores stability to his life, but it will soon result in political shenanigans of all kinds.
Director: Thomas Kruithof | Stars: François Cluzet, Denis Podalydès, Sami Bouajila, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 2,606
33. À la vie, à la mort! (1995)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
In Estaque, a northern suburb of Marseilles, stuck between oil refinery smokestacks and the Mediterranean sea, a handful of die-hards has taken refuge in a cabaret. There is José, the owner... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jacques Boudet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Jacques Gamblin
Votes: 176
34. The Minister (2011)
115 min | Drama
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Schoeller | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman, Laurent Stocker
Votes: 2,910
35. Uncontrollable Circumstances (1989)
86 min | Drama
Philippe (Patrick Bruel) and Daniel (François Cluzet) go on vacation to southeast Asia, where they meet Hans (Thom Hoffman), a resident of the area who acts as their patron and guide. ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Jolivet | Stars: Patrick Bruel, François Cluzet, Kristin Scott Thomas, Alan Bates
Votes: 493
36. Ena exypno exypno... moutro (1965)
84 min | Comedy
Telemachus a clever guy, succeeds to find work in a pharmaceutical company, when he finds out that the owners have hidden mistresses.
Directors: Andreas Andreadakis, Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Vasilis Avlonitis, Nikos Rizos, Antigoni Koukouli
Votes: 260
37. A Bun in the Oven (2016)
100 min | Comedy
The test is positive! Nicole, 49 year old mom, is pregnant again. Calamity or good news? The whole family is upside down.
Director: Nadège Loiseau | Stars: Karin Viard, Philippe Rebbot, Hélène Vincent, Manon Kneusé
Votes: 583
38. Du bist nicht allein (2007)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The upholsterer Hans Moll and his wife, the television announcer Mrs. Wellinek and her husband, as well as the German-Russian Jewgenia have a lot of things that one needs to live: food, drink, an apartment. What they don't have is work.
Director: Bernd Böhlich | Stars: Katharina Thalbach, Axel Prahl, Ekaterina Medvedeva, Karoline Eichhorn
Votes: 328
39. Extérieur, nuit (1980)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Jazz musician Leo and his writer friend Bony get acquainted with a woman taxi driver called Cora.
Director: Jacques Bral | Stars: Christine Boisson, André Dussollier, Gérard Lanvin, Jean-Pierre Sentier
Votes: 257
40. The Wings of the Kirin (2011)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man is stabbed to death in Tokyo's Nihonbashi area. The victim staggers with the knife still in the wound for eight minutes before collapsing under the winged statues of two Kirin on the ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yui Aragaki, Junpei Mizobata, Tôri Matsuzaka
Votes: 884
41. 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: 148
42. Encore heureux (2015)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Ogill's family struggles to connect the two ends. From deep debts to private bailiffs, through quick wealth schemes, Sam, Mary and their two children survive by collecting, repairing, and selling them on eBay.
Director: Benoît Graffin | Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Edouard Baer, Carla Besnaïnou, Mathieu Torloting
Votes: 455
43. The Right of the Weakest (2006)
116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Liège, a group of men gathers every day in a café situated near the steel factory which once reigned supreme. They play cards in a warm atmosphere but that hardly masks their quiet ... See full summary »
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Éric Caravaca, Lucas Belvaux, Claude Semal, Patrick Descamps
Votes: 714
44. One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)
15 min | Short, Drama
Griffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the other is poor. Time passes, and in desperation over joblessness, the poor husband ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Charles West, Dorothy Bernard, Edwin August, Blanche Sweet
Votes: 331
45. So This Is Africa (1933)
Passed | 61 min | Comedy, Musical
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey play a couple of broke, hungry vaudevillians who are holed up in a hotel room with a few (tame) lions. They are hired by a movie producer who wishes to send ... See full summary »
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Robert Woolsey, Bert Wheeler, Raquel Torres, Esther Muir
Votes: 155
46. In Turmoil (2011)
107 min | Drama, Thriller
Shocked by the discovery that his boss plans to take a fortune Transporting now outside the borders , a worker of the factory decides to take action
Director: Christophe Ruggia | Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Mathilde Seigner, Yvan Attal, Céline Sallette
Votes: 186
47. The Hustler (1964)
74 min | Comedy
A hapless young man decides to fill in for his ill tour-guide cousin; however, a string of unforeseen situations and the cousins' synonymity will lead to a betrayed ex and her tough brother. Now, how will he manage to get out of this mess?
Director: Kostas Strantzalis | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Simoni Kyriakidou, Tasos Giannopoulos, Nikos Fermas
Votes: 144
48. J'veux du soleil! (2019)
76 min | Documentary
Documentary devoted to Yellow Vests.
Directors: Gilles Perret, François Ruffin | Stars: Jean-Michel Aphatie, Christophe Barbier, Yves Calvi, Christophe Castaner
Votes: 243
49. Tapeinos kai katafronemenos (1968)
169 min | Drama, Music
A proud self-starter arrives in Athens, only to realise that, even though he starts to taste the fruit of his labour, the faceless metropolis is a cruel place for those who dare to dream big. Is there hope for the humble and the scorned?
Director: Apostolos Tegopoulos | Stars: Nikos Xanthopoulos, Antzela Zileia, Giorgos Moutsios, Pantelis Zervos
Votes: 66
50. Prego (2015)
13 min | Short, Comedy
Prego is a short comedy film by Usher Morgan that tells the story of Emily (played by Katie Vincent), a young woman confronting a one-night stand (played by Taso Mikroulis) with the revelation that she's pregnant.
Director: Usher Morgan | Stars: Katie Vincent, Taso Mikroulis, Marah Vanbeekom, J.W. Harvey
Votes: 267