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51. The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)
310 min | Action, Drama, History
The different aspects of life in Pompeii, a coastal luxury resort near Naples catering for the very rich of imperial Rome, mainly before but culminating in the eruption of the Vesuvian ... See full summary »
Stars: Ned Beatty, Brian Blessed, Ernest Borgnine, Nicholas Clay
Votes: 628
52. Cry of the Banshee (1970)
GP | 91 min | Horror
In 1500s England, a cruel witch-hunting magistrate, who often tortures innocent villagers for his entertainment, runs afoul of a witch who conjures a banshee to kill the magistrate and his family.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Vincent Price, Elisabeth Bergner, Essy Persson, Hugh Griffith
Votes: 2,910
53. Man Hunt (1941)
Passed | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine
Votes: 6,450
54. Shahid (2012)
Not Rated | 129 min | Biography, Drama
The account of Human Rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary commitment to justice.
Director: Hansal Mehta | Stars: Rajkummar Rao, Prabhleen Sandhu, Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub, Baljinder Kaur
Votes: 17,775
55. Golgo 13: The Professional (1983)
Not Rated | 91 min | Animation, Action, Crime
After killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an infamous hit-man is targeted by American governmental forces and superhuman killers.
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Tetsurô Sagawa, Gorô Naya, Toshiko Fujita, Kôsei Tomita
Votes: 3,380
56. Mudhalvan (1999)
Not Rated | 169 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A man accepts a challenge to act as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for one day only, and makes such a success of it that soon he is embroiled in political intrigue.
Director: S. Shankar | Stars: Arjun Sarja, Manisha Koirala, Raghuvaran, Vadivelu
Votes: 8,465
57. Romero (1989)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez
Votes: 2,458 | Gross: $1.32M
58. Two Men in Town (1973)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Mimsy Farmer, Victor Lanoux
Votes: 5,050
59. Noah's Ark (1928)
Passed | 135 min | Drama, War
The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda
Votes: 923 | Gross: $1.37M
60. Witchhammer (1970)
107 min | Drama, History, Horror
In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Vladimír Smeral, Elo Romancik, Josef Kemr, Sona Valentová
Votes: 2,852
61. Il demonio (1963)
98 min | Drama, Horror
A lonely, sexually-uninhibited young peasant is subjected to an exorcism after she hexes a man who rejects her advances.
Director: Brunello Rondi | Stars: Daliah Lavi, Frank Wolff, Anna María Aveta, Tiziana Casetti
Votes: 1,145
62. American Dreamer (1984)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan, a dashing international spy, and wins a trip to Paris. While there, she is involved in an accident, and ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti, Giancarlo Giannini, Coral Browne
Votes: 1,768 | Gross: $5.02M
63. Stars in My Crown (1950)
Approved | 89 min | Family, Western
In 1865, the small Southern town of Walsburg has become so dangerous that Parson Josiah Doziah Gray gives his sermons while holding a gun.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell, Alan Hale
Votes: 2,513
64. Mausam (2011)
Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Romance, War
A war, religious conflicts, and misunderstandings create obstacles for a couple of different faiths.
Director: Pankaj Kapur | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Sonam Kapoor, Supriya Pathak
Votes: 5,656 | Gross: $0.73M
65. Dirty Linen (2023)
TV-MA | Action, Crime, Drama
Four houseworkers of a well-known aristocratic family mysteriously vanished one by one without a trace, meanwhile four people are out to get their hellish revenge against the prominent family itself.
Stars: Zanjoe Marudo, Francine Diaz, Janine Gutierrez, John Arcilla
Votes: 185
66. The Rape of the Vampire (1968)
Not Rated | 95 min | Horror
After a psychoanalyst unsuccessfully tries to convince four sisters that they are not 200-year-old vampires, the Queen of the Vampires promulgates the cause of the Undead.
Director: Jean Rollin | Stars: Solange Pradel, Bernard Letrou, Catherine Deville, Ursule Pauly
Votes: 1,377
67. The Pied Piper (1972)
G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Keith Buckley, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett, Paul Hennen
Votes: 918
68. The Cormorants (2016)
89 min | Adventure, Drama
Two tweens going through the lighting fast stage of life where nothing matters except what is passing through present time.
Director: Fabio Bobbio | Stars: Matteo Turri, Samuele Bogni, Valentina Padovan, Lorenzo Bruno
Votes: 247
69. Rodin (2017)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
An account of the famous French sculptor's romance with Camille Claudel.
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Izïa Higelin, Séverine Caneele, Bernard Verley
Votes: 1,443 | Gross: $0.04M
70. Back from Eternity (1956)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
After a commercial plane crash lands in a South American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk
Votes: 1,640
71. One Million Yen Girl (2008)
121 min | Drama
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.
Director: Yuki Tanada | Stars: Yû Aoi, Mirai Moriyama, Pierre Taki, Terunosuke Takezai
Votes: 1,734
72. Stars of Eger (1968)
157 min | Adventure, History, Romance
1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lives.
Director: Zoltán Várkonyi | Stars: István Kovács, Vera Venczel, Imre Sinkovits, György Korga
Votes: 2,653
73. Vampire in the Garden (2022)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the divided world of the future, two girls want to do the forbidden: the human wants to play the violin, and the vampire wants to see a wider world.
Stars: Kellen Goff, Megumi Han, Xanthe Huynh, Paul Castro Jr.
Votes: 1,797
74. I, the Worst of All (1990)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
This fact-based film examines the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna), a Roman Catholic nun from Mexico City who, in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition, established herself... See full summary »
Director: María Luisa Bemberg | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Dominique Sanda, Héctor Alterio, Lautaro Murúa
Votes: 722 | Gross: $0.05M
75. A.D. (1985)
600 min | Drama, History
Set just after the death of Jesus Christ, this mini-series chronicles the life & adventures of Jesus's disciples, and events in Rome during the reigns of the Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
Stars: Anthony Andrews, Colleen Dewhurst, Ava Gardner, David Hedison
Votes: 537
76. Brigham Young (1940)
Approved | 114 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 1,144
77. Clarita (2019)
85 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman is apprehended and held by police when they suspect that she is possessed by a demon.
Director: Roderick Cabrido | Stars: Jodi Sta. Maria, Ricky Davao, Arron Villaflor, Alyssa Muhlach
Votes: 542 | Gross: $0.04M
78. Eternal Quon 1: The Ephemeral Petal (2011)
TV-14 | 48 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
In the future where dormant powers awaken in certain people, a secret organization is formed to hunt these people down. A mysterious powerful boy Quon will stop at nothing to end this persecution.
Directors: Hiroshi Haraguchi, Umanosuke Iida, Takeshi Mori | Stars: Leraldo Anzaldua, Marcy Bannor, Jessica Boone, Elizabeth Bunch
Votes: 215
79. The Nun (1966)
GP | 140 min | Drama
Suzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé
Votes: 3,250 | Gross: $0.03M
80. Rogue Male (1976 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Thriller
In 1939 when an English hunter takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a rifle, he is captured, tortured and left for dead. He escapes but his captors pursue him to England.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Peter O'Toole, John Standing, Alastair Sim, Harold Pinter
Votes: 1,033
81. A Secret Love (2020)
TV-MA | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Falling in love in 1947, two women -- Pat Henschel and pro baseball player Terry Donahue -- begin a 65-year journey of love and overcoming prejudice.
Director: Chris Bolan | Stars: Terry Donahue, Pat Henschel, Diana Bolan, Kim Donahue
Votes: 4,945
82. The Crusades (1935)
Passed | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, History
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 1,296
83. The Iron Heart (2022–2023)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An undercover agent goes on a dangerous mission to bring down a crime ring. Fueled by a bitter and painful past, Apollo and his allies face the grueling task that will challenge his resolve and strength.
Stars: Richard Gutierrez, Sue Ramirez, Albert Martinez, Anthony Jennings
Votes: 65
84. New World Order: The End Has Come (2013)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
The end has come, and a New World Order has arisen. Demi and Christen find themselves living in the apocalyptic era, foretold in the Holy Bible. Now three years already, since the inception of the New World Order.
Director: Duane McCoy | Stars: Erin Robinson, Melissa Farley, Daniel Spalding, Daniel Spaulding
Votes: 317
85. A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Whitney Cameron suspects his sister-in-law has poisoned his brother and niece, but without proof how does he prevent the murder of his nephew?
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill, Catherine McLeod
Votes: 1,839
86. Pig (2018)
104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Iranian directors are getting slaughtered by an unknown serial killer and a blacklisted director, Hasan Kasmai, is curious about only one thing: Why isn't the killer after him?
Director: Mani Haghighi | Stars: Mohammad Hassan Madjooni, Leila Hatami, Leili Rashidi, Parinaz Izadyar
Votes: 2,297
87. The Banker (1989)
R | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim.
Director: William Webb | Stars: Robert Forster, Shanna Reed, Duncan Regehr, Jeff Conaway
Votes: 736
88. The Female Executioner (1986)
94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Martine is a tough female cop trying to solve the kidnapping of a young girl by a gang of pornographers.
Director: Michel Caputo | Stars: Brigitte Lahaie, Michel Modo, Pierre Oudrey, Michel Godin
Votes: 346
89. The Cost of Deception (2021)
125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a young, ambitious market researcher finds out her boss is involved in the leaking of a scandalous Prime Minister speech, she decides to investigate the case to gain a position among the big-shots. Based on actual events.
Director: Keith English | Stars: Vivianne Bánovits, András Mózes, Barna Bokor, Gabriella Gubás
Votes: 40,559
90. The Blue Light (1932)
85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
When the moon is full, young men die attempting to reach the mysterious blue light in the mountains.
Directors: Leni Riefenstahl, Béla Balázs | Stars: Leni Riefenstahl, Mathias Wieman, Beni Führer, Max Holzboer
Votes: 1,394
91. Francesco (1989)
PG-13 | 119 min | Biography, Drama, History
Docudrama about the life of St-Francis of Assisi.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Andréa Ferréol, Nikolaus Dutsch
Votes: 1,699
92. Codebreaker (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life... See full summary »
Directors: Clare Beavan, Nic Stacey | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Henry Goodman, Paul McGann, Asa Briggs
Votes: 1,136
93. He Who Must Die (1957)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
After WW1,ordinary citizens of a small Greek village plays the Passion Play in order to rebel against Turkish rulers during Turkish-Greek relations in 1920's.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Grégoire Aslan, Gert Fröbe
Votes: 926
94. Charlatan (2020)
Unrated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of successful Czech healer Jan Mikolasek, who diagnosed and healed people using his intuition and strong familiarity with plants, set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Juraj Loj, Jaroslava Pokorná
Votes: 3,228
95. Welcome to Chechnya (2020)
TV-MA | 107 min | Documentary
A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.
Director: David France | Stars: Olga Baranova, David Isteev, Ramzan Kadyrov, Maxim Lapunov
Votes: 3,150
96. Hajde da se volimo (1987)
87 min | Comedy, Musical
Story of Lepa Brena, and her journey and adventures during one of her tours through Yugoslavia.
Director: Aleksandar Djordjevic | Stars: Lepa Brena, Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra, Milutin 'Mima' Karadzic, Svetislav 'Bule' Goncic
Votes: 854
97. Kardec (2019)
110 min | Biography
Tells the story of Allan Kardec, from his days as an educator to his contribution to the spiritist codification.
Director: Wagner de Assis | Stars: Leonardo Medeiros, Sandra Corveloni, Paulo Azevedo, Christian Baltauss
Votes: 1,767
98. Inquisition (1977)
90 min | Horror
A witch-finder general falls in love with the village beauty, who has supposedly made a pact with the devil.
Director: Paul Naschy | Stars: Paul Naschy, Daniela Giordano, Mónica Randall, Ricardo Merino
Votes: 632
99. Policías, en el corazón de la calle (2000–2003)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
National Police officers from a precinct in Madrid, Spain, deal with all kinds of situations in the streets as well as in their homes.
Stars: Adolfo Fernández, Josep Maria Pou, Diego Martín, Laura Pamplona
Votes: 195
100. Stealing Heaven (1988)
R | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
In medieval Paris, a young religious scholar and the beautiful niece of a local patrician fall madly in love and consummate their passion for each other. In the religious uproar that follows, they are condemned and brutally punished.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Derek de Lint, Kim Thomson, Denholm Elliott, Bernard Hepton
Votes: 829