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1. Chronicle (2012)

PG-13 | 84 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery underground. Soon they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.

Director: Josh Trank | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly

Votes: 264,778 | Gross: $64.58M

2. Things to Come (2016)

PG-13 | 102 min | Drama

A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, losing her book deal, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her.

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob

Votes: 14,763 | Gross: $0.28M

3. Lust in the Dust (1984)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Western

A group of unscrupulous characters seek buried treasure in the old west.

Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Tab Hunter, Divine, Lainie Kazan, Geoffrey Lewis

Votes: 3,854 | Gross: $0.73M

4. Antonia's Line (1995)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

A Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.

Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Jan Decleir, Veerle van Overloop, Els Dottermans

Votes: 9,486 | Gross: $4.82M

5. Max Dugan Returns (1983)

PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

An English teacher and struggling single mother's life is disrupted when her long-lost father, who abandoned her as a child, returns with some shady money in the hope of spending some time with her and the grandson he's never met.

Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Jason Robards, Marsha Mason, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick

Votes: 3,976 | Gross: $17.61M

6. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Phoebe Brand, George Gaynes, Jerry Mayer

Votes: 5,166 | Gross: $1.75M

7. Chinese Puzzle (2013)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A 40-year-old father's life is complicated when the mother of his two children moves to New York. Since he can't bear them growing up far away from him, he decides to move there as well.

Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 15,295 | Gross: $0.34M

8. Max (I) (2002)

R | 106 min | Drama, War

A film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler.

Director: Menno Meyjes | Stars: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker

Votes: 8,798 | Gross: $0.53M

9. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)

Approved | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In Europe at the start of World War II, a woman notices that wherever her husband goes, the Germans seem to follow. Meanwhile, a charming reporter is following them.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker

Votes: 3,268 | Gross: $0.86M

10. David's Birthday (2009)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Two couples are enjoying their summer at the beach, but when the grown son of one couple arrives, it surprisingly stirs something in the husband of the other couple, will the forbidden feelings end badly?

Director: Marco Filiberti | Stars: Alessandro Gassmann, Maria de Medeiros, Massimo Poggio, Michela Cescon

Votes: 2,545

11. Little City (1997)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

San Francisco is a little city, where you keep running into the same 6 people, here 5 around 30 y.o. and a cougar on the prowl for young women, all going in and out of relationships.

Director: Roberto Benabib | Stars: Jon Bon Jovi, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Bellan, Robert Elross

Votes: 1,139

12. Having Wonderful Time (1938)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Romance

Bored New York office girl Teddy Shaw goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Peggy Conklin, Lucille Ball

Votes: 1,004

13. Mansome (2012)

PG-13 | 82 min | Documentary

A documentary that explores the question: In the age of manscaping, metrosexuals, and grooming products galore - what does it mean to be a man?

Director: Morgan Spurlock | Stars: Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Morgan Spurlock, Zach Galifianakis

Votes: 2,939 | Gross: $0.02M

14. Hjärta av sten (2000)

79 min | Action, Thriller

A xenophobic and bigoted police officer returns to Sweden from Russia, and is tasked to arrest an assassin gone rogue, who is also spiraling into a mental breakdown.

Director: Martin Munthe | Stars: Ilja Jakerson, Allan Svensson, Therese Grankvist, Vladimir Dikanski

Votes: 1,187

15. Why Do We Love? A Philosophical Inquiry (2016)

6 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

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Director: Avi Ofer | Star: Addison Anderson

16. Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)
Episode: We've Got Magic to Do (2005)

TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Drama

Rory's World War II-themed DAR bash is a piperoo (even when suddenly impoverished Paris joins the proletariat as a server). But the bash goes smash when Richard confronts Mitchum Huntzberger.

Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Scott Patterson

Votes: 1,117

17. EWTN Live (2002– )
Episode: G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense (2010)

57 min | Family, Talk-Show

G.K. Chesterton enthusiast Dale Ahlquist joins Fr. Mitch to provide pithy quotations and profound insights from Chesterton, and to preview the sixth season of his popular EWTN series, G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense.

Director: Mike Holmes | Stars: Mitch Pacwa, Dale Ahlquist, Kevin O'Brien

18. Merlí (2015–2018)
Episode: Plotí (2017)

TV-MA | 48 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Tània overhears Pol making a rude remark about her and gets sweet revenge. Merlí takes Joan's father out for a night of fun. Ivan comes clean to Berta.

Directors: Eduard Cortés, Menna Fité | Stars: Francesc Orella, Carlos Cuevas, Carlota Olcina, Pere Ponce

Votes: 137