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1. The Green Knight (2021)
R | 130 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Director: David Lowery | Stars: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury
Votes: 118,019
2. Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Based on Celeste Ng's 2017 bestseller, "Little Fires Everywhere" follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lexi Underwood
Votes: 54,783
3. The Awful Truth (1937)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy
Votes: 21,378
4. Cinderella (1950)
G | 74 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
Votes: 173,969 | Gross: $85.00M
5. Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Approved | 127 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford
Votes: 25,212 | Gross: $12.32M
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
R | 93 min | Horror
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, John Beckman, Kisha Brackel
Votes: 61,648 | Gross: $49.37M
7. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 99,485 | Gross: $46.41M
8. South Pacific (1958)
Approved | 157 min | Musical, Romance, War
On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston
Votes: 9,805
9. Ma (I) (2019)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, McKaley Miller
Votes: 59,643 | Gross: $45.37M
10. The Great Waltz (1972)
G | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Composer Johann Strauss becomes the "Waltz-King" and woos a baron's mistress in 19th-century Austria.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Mary Costa, Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell
Votes: 282 | Gross: $0.89M
11. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 79,826
12. Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, Romance
The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie
Votes: 22,643 | Gross: $8.72M
13. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 18,403 | Gross: $7.09M
14. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
G | 126 min | Adventure, Family
A Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro
Votes: 18,170 | Gross: $40.36M
15. The Baby (1973)
PG | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor
Votes: 4,380
16. The Ref (1994)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.
Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
Votes: 26,554 | Gross: $11.44M
17. Humoresque (1946)
Approved | 125 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 4,954 | Gross: $2.28M
18. A Jazzman's Blues (2022)
R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Follows an investigation into an unsolved murder unveiling a story full of forbidden love, deceit and a secret.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Joshua Boone, Amirah Vann, Solea Pfeiffer, Austin Scott
Votes: 4,314
19. Flower Drum Song (1961)
Approved | 133 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo
Votes: 3,708 | Gross: $10.90M
20. The Naughty Room (2012)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama
Child abuse, drug abuse, adolescent masturbation, self pity, heartache, redemption and how to dispose of a soiled sock if you happen to be locked inside of a bathroom.
Director: Cosmo Jarvis | Stars: David Egan, Cosmo Jarvis, Tom Hannaford, Anita Scrivener
Votes: 312
21. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
Votes: 7,237
22. In Family I Trust (2019)
TV-MA | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
After discovering that her boyfriend is cheating on her with a famous TV reporter, a woman returns to her family home to find herself.
Director: Patricia Font | Stars: Clara Lago, Álex García, Alexandra Jiménez, Paula Malia
Votes: 3,650
23. The Influence (2019)
TV-MA | 99 min | Horror
After moving back to her family home to care for her dying mother, a nurse haunted by her childhood memories must struggle with an evil force in the house.
Director: Denis Rovira van Boekholt | Stars: Manuela Vellés, Maggie Civantos, Alain Hernández, Claudia Placer
Votes: 4,193
24. The Reckless Moment (1949)
Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill
Votes: 5,653
25. Remember the Night (1939)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 7,190 | Gross: $0.17M
26. Sins of the Mother (1991 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A charismatic Real Estate agent, Kevin Coe, is publicly proud of his mother, a prominent socialite, but privately he must put up with her constant belittlement's and taunts. And while his ... See full summary »
Director: John Patterson | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dale Midkiff, Heather Fairfield, Talia Balsam
Votes: 458
27. Fumando espero (2013)
6 min | Short
She only smokes and waits the man she most loves. Sometimes we fall for the person less adequate even sometimes we are aware of it but blind love, insane love can fight against all and 100 ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Casanova | Stars: Cristina Fenollar, Adrián Expósito, Eduardo Velasco
Votes: 110
28. Sons and Lovers (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Drama
A young man with artistic talent lives in a close-knit coal-mining town and finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative mother.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure
Votes: 1,772
29. Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
A flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Nils Asther, Dorothy Sebastian
Votes: 1,967 | Gross: $0.76M
30. Cold shivers (2016)
19 min | Short, Drama
Kristoffer brings a girl home for the first time, that which at first seems as a fragile and tender love story makes a tragic shift. Bodies, intimacy, love.
Director: Marius Myrmel | Stars: Victor Johansen, Trude-Sofie Olavsrud Anthonsen, Tiril Marie Olsen
Votes: 32
31. Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, May Robson
Votes: 3,869
32. Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
Not Rated | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: George Hamilton, Susan Oliver, Red Buttons, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 863
33. Return to Peyton Place (1961)
Approved | 123 min | Drama
The residents of Peyton Place are not happy when its most famous resident, Alison Mackenzie, writes a "shocking" novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town.
Director: José Ferrer | Stars: Carol Lynley, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor
Votes: 1,005
34. Wells Fargo (1937)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, History, Western
The life and career of a Wells Fargo official frames this fictionalized account of the express company's formation.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Joel McCrea, Bob Burns, Frances Dee, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 641
35. Prisla v noci (2023)
85 min | Comedy, Horror
When a couple of thirty-somethings let the mother of one of them cross the threshold into their home, they have no idea that they have just entered a kind of purgatory. Their peaceful life ... See full summary »
Directors: Tomás Pavlícek, Jan Vejnar | Stars: Simona Peková, Annette Nesvadbova, Jirí Rendl, Judit Bárdos
Votes: 151
36. The Patsy (1928)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell, Marie Dressler, Lawrence Gray
Votes: 2,775
37. The Third Day (1965)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
A man involved in a car crash and suffering from amnesia, appears he has killed his sleazy nymphomaniac mistress, and is treated hostilely and coldly by his wife and despised by her cousin.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: George Peppard, Elizabeth Ashley, Roddy McDowall, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 428
38. Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
Dancing teacher Anastacia "Stacie" Macaboy (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) falls in love with smart theatre agent Jud Parker (Larry Parks). He likes her too, just not enough to give up his exciting... See full summary »
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor, Josephine Hutchinson, Tom Tully
Votes: 620
39. Ants in the Pants (2000)
95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A late bloomer, 15-year-old Flo experiences his sexual awakening, relentlessly targeting his gorgeous classmate Leonie. Flos friends eagerly try to help him out. The only problem may be Leonie's boyfriend.
Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Tobias Schenke, Axel Stein, Luise Helm, Mina Tander
Votes: 4,429
40. Black Journal (1977)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Lea's only son Michele has to endure his mother's zealous affection . She is convinced she rescued him by making a deal with Death. When his son gets engaged to a woman, Lea is ready to make a new deal with Death.
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Shelley Winters, Max von Sydow, Renato Pozzetto, Alberto Lionello
Votes: 528
41. The Baroness and the Butler (1938)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: William Powell, Annabella, Helen Westley, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 693
42. Lazybones (1925)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing a scandal in his small town. Many years later, having returned from World War I, he discovers that he loves the grown-up girl.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Buck Jones, Madge Bellamy, Virginia Marshall, Edythe Chapman
Votes: 574
43. Welcome to Hell (2018)
93 min | Horror
A terrifying coven of tales designed to take viewers into the nether reaches of insanity, shock and horror.
Directors: Michael Aguiar, James Cullen Bressack, Brad Bruce, Colin Clarke, Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen, Jeff Kacmarynski, Sam Mason-Bell, Tony Newton | Stars: Bill Oberst Jr., Calico Cooper, Nicholas Adam Clark, Tim Moran
Votes: 242
44. Their Own Desire (1929)
Approved | 65 min | Drama, Romance
Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays Polo. After 23 years of marriage, he decides to divorce his wife, and marry Mrs. Chevers. This sours Lally on all men, while on ... See full summary »
Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: Norma Shearer, Belle Bennett, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery
Votes: 790
45. The Silver Cord (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Joel McCrea, Laura Hope Crews, Eric Linden
Votes: 630
46. I bastardi (1968)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
Jason and Adam are brothers who specialize in jewel heists. Jason is betrayed by Adam, who steals his girlfriend, and has him beaten and left for dead. A female doctor nurses him back to health, and he sets about planning his revenge.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Giuliano Gemma, Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee
Votes: 470
47. Another Language (1933)
Approved | 77 min | Drama
Stella and Victor meet in Europe, fall deeply in love, and marry soon thereafter. Then they sail back to the States to meet Victor's family, and the honeymoon is over: Victor's family, ... See full summary »
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Louise Closser Hale, John Beal, Henry Travers, Margaret Hamilton
Votes: 399
48. Kept Husbands (1931)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Daughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Clara Kimball Young, Joel McCrea, Dorothy Mackaill, Ned Sparks
Votes: 618
49. That Brennan Girl (1946)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A mother encourages Ziggy, her teen daughter, to grow up quickly, and her boyfriend recruits Ziggy into his racket. Living fast and loose, Ziggy is soon a single mother herself.
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall, June Duprez
Votes: 359
50. Honey Bunny (2017)
97 min | Comedy
An over-protective mother helps her twenty-ish son get over a break up while neglecting her own marriage.
Director: Frédéric Forestier | Stars: Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Isabelle Nanty, Thomas Solivérès, Manon Valentin
Votes: 477