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51. The Soul Keeper (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Seduced by Jung, killed by hate, redeemed by history. In 1905 a 19-year-old Russian girl suffering from severe hysteria is admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Zurich. A young doctor, ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Faenza | Stars: Iain Glen, Emilia Fox, Craig Ferguson, Caroline Ducey
Votes: 1,812
52. Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back (2018)
TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
After his ninth unsuccessful attempt on his own life, a young man outsources his suicide to an ageing assassin. "If you're serious about ending it, you need professional help"
Director: Tom Edmunds | Stars: Tom Wilkinson, Aneurin Barnard, Marion Bailey, Freya Mavor
Votes: 6,813
53. Cash Truck (2004)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mysterious vengeful man takes a job as a security guard for a money transport company amidst a series of violent robberies.
Director: Nicolas Boukhrief | Stars: Albert Dupontel, Jean Dujardin, François Berléand, Claude Perron
Votes: 4,389
54. Day of Wrath (1943)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
The young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Kirsten Andreasen
Votes: 11,144
55. The Gypsy Moths (1969)
R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman, Scott Wilson
Votes: 2,472
56. Living Out Loud (1998)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Judith Nelson quit her medical studies to marry. Years later, her husband, a physician, divorces her to be with another doctor. Deeply frustrated, she now lives alone in her luxury ... See full summary »
Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito, Queen Latifah, Martin Donovan
Votes: 5,063 | Gross: $12.90M
57. Mansquito (2005 TV Movie)
R | 92 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
A scientist and her subject turn into mutant insects.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Corin Nemec, Musetta Vander, Matt Jordon, Patrick Dreikauss
Votes: 1,983
58. Ben X (2007)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
As an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games.
Director: Nic Balthazar | Stars: Marijke Pinoy, Greg Timmermans, Cesar De Sutter, Gilles De Schryver
Votes: 19,393 | Gross: $0.00M
59. Feeders (1996)
Unrated | 69 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two friends on a road trip pass through a town where aliens are landing and feeding upon some of the civilians.
Directors: Jon McBride, John Polonia, Mark Polonia | Stars: Jon McBride, John Polonia, Sebastian Barran, Maria Davis
Votes: 1,144
60. Deadly Circuit (1983)
120 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 2,691
61. Hornblower: Mutiny (2001 TV Movie)
98 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but obviously mentally unstable captain and eventually must mutiny.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, David Warner, Nicholas Jones
Votes: 4,482
62. Flocking (2015)
TV-14 | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
A 14-year old girl reports that she has been raped, but is not believed. The entire village turns against her and her family.
Director: Beata Gårdeler | Stars: Fatime Azemi, John Risto, Eva Melander, Malin Levanon
Votes: 940
63. The Submarine Kid (2015)
Unrated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
Despite a returning Marine's mundane reality, his haunting wartime past shepherds him into a magical and destructive new existence to expose his ultimate truth.
Director: Eric Bilitch | Stars: Emilie de Ravin, Dylan Wittrock, Paul Eiding, Nancy Travis
Votes: 927
64. Growing Up Smith (2015)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his family's ideals than ever before.
Director: Frank Lotito | Stars: Jason Lee, Anjul Nigam, Brighton Sharbino, Hilarie Burton Morgan
Votes: 1,434 | Gross: $0.01M
65. September Dawn (2007)
R | 111 min | Drama, History, Romance
A love story set during a tense encounter between a wagon train of settlers and a renegade Mormon group.
Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara Hope, Terence Stamp
Votes: 3,077 | Gross: $1.07M
66. The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
Approved | 92 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 1,709
67. Voodoo Island (1957)
Approved | 76 min | Horror
A scholarly type is asked to investigate the possible island site for a large resort hotel--an island rumored to be infested with zombies.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Boris Karloff, Beverly Tyler, Murvyn Vye, Elisha Cook Jr.
Votes: 916
68. The Oily Maniac (1976)
88 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
Director: Meng-Hua Ho | Stars: Danny Lee, Ping Chen, Lily Li, Lun Hua
Votes: 986
69. Rage (2017)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action
When the violence of a drug war becomes all too personal, a troubled Special Forces veteran seeks bloody revenge against criminals.
Director: Ara Paiaya | Stars: Lou Ferrigno, Jerry Anderson, Tania Staite, Jade Fearon
Votes: 712
70. Woman in a Box 2 (1988)
73 min | Drama, Horror
Director: Masaru Konuma | Stars: Shihori Nagasaka, Miyuki Kawamura, Mami Ogawa, Natsumi Asai
Votes: 129
71. Kill Me Later (2001)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A suicidal loan officer is about to jump off the bank roof after seeing her lover/boss's pregnant wife, when a bank robber grabs her as hostage. She helps him escape.
Director: Dana Lustig | Stars: Selma Blair, Max Beesley, O'Neal Compton, Lochlyn Munro
Votes: 2,449
72. The Dragon Painter (1919)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.
Director: William Worthington | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Edward Peil Sr., Toyo Fujita
Votes: 695
73. Mondo Weirdo (1990)
55 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Young girl becomes Alice in dreamland during menstruation. Wild dreams and nightmares about sexuality, vampirism, death, obsessions and other bizarre things.
Director: Carl Andersen | Stars: Soledad Marceignac, Frank Khunne, David Hollman, Jessica F. Manera
Votes: 249
74. Slave Wife (1976)
73 min | Drama, Thriller
When a stuck-up and privileged lady of a wealthy family is left to fend for herself, her butler decides to teach her some overdue humility through BDSM.
Director: Akira Katô | Stars: Naomi Tani, Yû Mizushiro, Akira Takahashi, Rainer Gessmann
Votes: 52
75. Ab-normal Beauty (2004)
R | 101 min | Drama, Horror
Jiney, an artist, witnesses a car crash. She photographs the victim, becoming obsessed with death. She receives a snuff video. Her friend Jas realizes it's real. Jiney gets another disturbing tape, leaving her terrified.
Director: Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Race Wong, Rosanne Wong, Anson Leung, Michelle Yim
Votes: 2,604
76. Ménilmontant (1926)
38 min | Short, Drama
A couple is brutally murdered in the working-class district of Paris. Later on, the narrative follows the lives of their two daughters, both in love with a Parisian thug and leading them to separate ways.
Director: Dimitri Kirsanoff | Stars: Nadia Sibirskaïa, Yolande Beaulieu, Guy Belmont, Jean Pasquier
Votes: 2,735
77. Jack's Law (2006)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An undercover cop, accused of a crime he did not commit, regains his freedom and decides to take revenge.
Director: Gil Medina | Stars: Danny Trejo, 50 Cent, Houston Alexander, Rocky Anderson
Votes: 172
78. Bewitched (1945)
Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young woman has two distinct personalities, one of whom is evil and constantly gets her in trouble.
Director: Arch Oboler | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Phyllis Thaxter, Henry H. Daniels Jr., Addison Richards
Votes: 676
79. Jûsan-nin renzoku bôkôma (1978)
60 min | Horror
A chubby, bicycle-riding killer dispatches 13 people in a cold, bloody, detached rampage.
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Kumiko Araki, Rara Chinami, Mayuko Hino, Kayoko Sugi
Votes: 486
80. Break of Dawn (2002)
110 min | Action, Drama
The story of two ex-legionnaires in a mission of political assasination in Romania. A candid portrayal of the human side of assassins.
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Richard Berry, Saïd Taghmaoui, Joaquim de Almeida, Anouk Grinberg
Votes: 444
81. Subject Two (2006)
R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
A doctor invents a resurrection formula and tests it by killing his assistant over and over and over again.
Director: Philip Chidel | Stars: Christian Oliver, Dean Stapleton, Courtney Mace, Jürgen Jones
Votes: 1,616
82. Shirome (2010)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror
Horror mockumentary about a school haunted by a wish-granting ghost that drags people off into hell if it deems their wish to be impure.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Kanako Momota, Akari Hayami, Shiori Tamai, Ayaka Sasaki
Votes: 384
83. You Will Know What to Do with Me (2015)
R | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Artistic Nicolás and enigmatic Isabel share a sudden and intense affair while grave issues simmer just beneath the surface for them both.
Director: Katina Medina Mora | Stars: Mora Ferriol Avails, Arturo Barba, Rosa María Bianchi, Jose Angel Bichir
Votes: 569
84. The Passion of Bernadette (1990)
TV-G | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
Bernadette knows she's been chosen to be the Bride of the Lord.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Sydney Penny, Emmanuelle Riva, Catherine de Seynes, Malka Ribowska
Votes: 158
85. Seishun no satsujinsha (1976)
132 min | Crime, Drama
Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.
Director: Kazuhiko Hasegawa | Stars: Yutaka Mizutani, Mieko Harada, Etsuko Ichihara, Ryôhei Uchida
Votes: 369
86. Central Airport (1933)
Unrated | 72 min | Drama
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
Directors: William A. Wellman, Alfred E. Green | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Sally Eilers, Tom Brown, Grant Mitchell
Votes: 477
87. Dot and the Whale (1986)
75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Young girl Dot and her friend Nelson the dolphin find Tonga, a beached whale who lost her family in whalers attack and wants to die. Dot believes that Moby Dick could convince Tonga to live, so Nelson takes Dot to Antarctica to find him.
Director: Yoram Gross | Stars: Kim Deacon, Robyn Moore, Keith Scott
Votes: 168
88. As Filhas do Fogo (1978)
98 min | Horror, Thriller
Woman living in São Paulo goes to Gramado, South of Brazil, to visit a friend of hers. Together, they meet an odd woman who engages in strange experiences in parapsychology. From then on, bizarre events are bound to happen.
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Paola Morra, Karin Rodrigues, Rosina Malbouisson, Maria Rosa
Votes: 149
89. Scent of a Spell (1985)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
A young man returns home from the bar only to find a woman who was about to kill herself. Taking her home and protecting her, he learns that she's escaped from a violent husband - but ... See full summary »
Director: Toshiharu Ikeda | Stars: Mari Amachi, Johnny Ohkura, Yuki Kazamatsuri, Chôei Takahashi
Votes: 64
90. Dear Summer Sister (1972)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Story is about a Tokyo girl looking round Okinawa island for her long-lost brother and finding he is the tourist guide with whom she has had an affair.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Hiromi Kurita, Shôji Ishibashi, Lily, Hôsei Komatsu
Votes: 223
91. Chikan densha: Iyarashii kôi (1993)
54 min | Drama
A boy, abandoned by the whole family - torn apart by obsessions, perversions and problems of every kind-start looking at everything around him through the eye of the camera, so that nothing... See full summary »
Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Yumika Hayashi, Kôichi Imaizumi, Kiyomi Itô, Yuri Ishihara
Votes: 71
92. Alaverdi (2012)
103 min | Drama
Evridika, a neglected teenager, lives with her mother Sona in Alaverdi, a small Armenian town. While Sona, a conductor of a world famous choir, is often away, Evridika struggles with her ... See full summary »
Director: Mariya Saakyan | Stars: Arina Adju, Armine Anda, Maria Atlas, Evgeniy Tsyganov
Votes: 100
93. Erinnerungen (2011)
16 min | Short, Drama, Romance
They've just fallen in love, yet know little about each other. During a walk, they try to connect. Answering her questions, he reveals himself to her. But his questions don't elicit the answers he'd hoped to find ...
Director: Dennis Knickel | Stars: Enrico Guzy, Luana Bellinghausen, Jutta Buß, Wolfgang Knickel
94. Chipper (2023)
20 min | Short, Drama
After receiving a mysterious letter, a wayward son returns to his childhood home to wrestle with a dark family secret.
Director: Shaun MacLean | Stars: Jayson Warner Smith, Brittany Deneen, Rick Andosca, Kathrine Barnes
Votes: 14
95. În fiecare zi Dumnezeu ne saruta pe gura (2001)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Dumitru is a two-faceted killer: he kills animals and called a hunter, and kills people, and branded as an assassin. Dumitru is just out of prison, for the first time since the fall of ... See full summary »
Director: Sinisa Dragin | Stars: Dan Condurache, Ana Ciontea, Horatiu Malaele, Dan Astileanu
Votes: 238
96. Sangre en el ruedo (1969)
100 min | Drama
Manuel still remembers the postwar days in which he was a famous bullfighter, and together with his friend Juan, the most popular pair. That was before an unfortunate accident destroyed their friendship.
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Alberto Closas, Ángel Teruel, Francisco Rabal, Cristina Galbó
Votes: 31
97. The Saga of Biorn (2011)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Action
An old Viking is determined to reach Valhalla, the warrior's afterlife full of excessive drinking and debauchery. To gain entry he has to die honorably in battle, but he discovers that the right death isn't so easy.
Stars: Phillip Sacramento, Alberte Thorning Agerskov, Jack E. Sovtar
Votes: 640
98. Urge for Life (1986)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Struggling to make ends meet, a talented actor is bent on ending his loveless and miserable life; however, he plays it safe when attempting suicide, since he knows that his best friend will always be there for him. Will he ever find peace?
Director: Pavlos Tasios | Stars: Giorgos Kimoulis, Kostas Arzoglou, Fanis Hinas, Katerina Razelou
Votes: 265
99. Victor's Last Class (2016)
89 min | Documentary, Drama
A brazen acting teacher suffering from chronic pain announces he is going to end his life, and spends the next five months hashing the decision out with the young filmmaker who attempts to change his mind.
Director: Brendan Brandt | Stars: Brendan Brandt, Clint Clark, Victor D'Altorio, Gabby Eubank
Votes: 31
100. Kultainen noutaja (2007)
143 min | Drama
Stars: Heikki Nousiainen, Juhani Laitala, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Robin Svartström
Votes: 18