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51. Bang Bang You're Dead (2002)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.
Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Tom Cavanagh, Ben Foster, Randy Harrison, Janel Moloney
Votes: 13,154
52. Cinderfella (1960)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A gender-swapped retelling of Charles Perrault's classic, where Cinderfella is visited by a fairy godfather to help him escape from his wicked stepmother and stepbrothers.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Judith Anderson, Henry Silva
Votes: 3,785 | Gross: $4.70M
53. Holy Hell (2016)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama
An inside look at Buddhafield, a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.
Director: Will Allen | Stars: Will Allen, Dimitrius Pulido, Phillipe Coquet, David Christopher
Votes: 6,077 | Gross: $0.02M
54. Bully (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary
A documentary on peer-to-peer bullying in schools across America.
Director: Lee Hirsch | Stars: Alex Libby, Lona Johnson, Kelby Johnson, Bob Johnson
Votes: 10,553 | Gross: $4.04M
55. Himizu (2011)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Fumi Nikaidô, Tetsu Watanabe, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Votes: 4,734
56. Dark Gathering (2023– )
TV-MA | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
A withdrawn college kid with psychic powers teams up with a strange little girl who's searching for her dead mother's abducted soul.
Stars: Yû Sasahara, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kana Hanazawa, Yoshihiro Nakamura
Votes: 529
57. Who's Watching Oliver (2017)
TV-MA | 87 min | Drama, Horror
Oliver aimlessly wanders the streets on what can only be described as a truly shocking and humiliating killing spree. His only savior is the beautiful Sophia with her sweet eccentricity and naivety to the danger she has put herself in.
Director: Richie Moore | Stars: Russell Geoffrey Banks, Sara Malakul Lane, Margaret Roche, Kelly Woodcock
Votes: 1,285
58. Dear Brother (1991–1992)
25 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Sixteen-year-old Nanako Misonoo deals with high school drama and gossip at her prestigious academy by writing letters to her brother.
Stars: Hiroko Kasahara, Keiko Toda, Mami Koyama, Ken'yû Horiuchi
Votes: 295
59. The Nun (2013)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
1760s France. Suzanne is shocked when her bourgeois family sends her to a convent. There she faces oppression and torment, leading her to fight back and expose the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life.
Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Pauline Etienne, Isabelle Huppert, Louise Bourgoin, Martina Gedeck
Votes: 1,997
60. Mommy's Little Girl (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Growing up under terrible circumstances in a loveless home, a girl who finally finds happiness refuses to let anyone take it from her.
Director: Curtis Crawford | Stars: Fiona Gubelmann, Emma Hentschel, James Gallanders, Mikael Conde
Votes: 552
61. Bergen (2022)
145 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Bergen, a valuable Turkish Arabesque singer, fights to stay afloat despite all the difficulties in her life.
Directors: Caner Alper, Mehmet Binay | Stars: Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tilbe Saran, Nergis Öztürk
Votes: 6,247
62. Woo (1998)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
Gorgeous and extravert Woo meets insecure and straight-laced law clerk Tim at a blind date.
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer | Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Duane Martin, Michael Ralph
Votes: 2,260 | Gross: $8.03M
63. Julie (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A terrified wife tries to escape from her insanely jealous husband who is bent on killing her.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan, Frank Lovejoy
Votes: 2,233
64. Screamtime (1983)
R | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A trilogy of three improbable stories of horror and the supernatural are combined into this low budget thriller: "That's the Way to Do It," "Dreamhouse,," and "Do You Believe in Fairies?"
Directors: Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long | Stars: Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto, Kevin Smith
Votes: 1,016
65. Prima Donnas (2019– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Married couple Jaime, the sole heir to the affluent Claveria Group of Companies, and Maita, having trouble starting their family, hire Lilian, daughter of their most-trusted house helper, ... See full summary »
Stars: Katrina Halili, Wendell Ramos, Chanda Romero, Jillian Ward
Votes: 106
66. Cause for Alarm! (1951)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An invalid husband (Barry Sullivan) wrongly believes his wife (Loretta Young) and doctor (Bruce Cowling) are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in a letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling, Margalo Gillmore
Votes: 2,660
67. Horror High (1973)
PG | 85 min | Horror
A shock-filled tale of a serious and shy but brilliant science student who, when wrongfully forced to consume a new drug he'd created, becomes a modern day Jekyll and Hyde.
Director: Larry N. Stouffer | Stars: Pat Cardi, Austin Stoker, Rosie Holotik, John Niland
Votes: 1,186
68. Call-center (2020)
44 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the 12th floor of the Moscow skyscraper, is the office of the call center "Online Store for Adults." One morning, as usual, having come to work, twelve people who are in the office ... See full summary »
Stars: Pavel Tabakov, Yuliya Khlynina, Vladimir Yaglych, Sabina Akhmedova
Votes: 802
69. The Penalty (1920)
Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A deformed criminal mastermind plans to loot the city of San Francisco as well as revenge himself on the doctor who mistakenly amputated his legs.
Director: Wallace Worsley | Stars: Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Lon Chaney
Votes: 2,640
70. Stoic (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama
A heated game of poker causes three men incarcerated for nonviolent offenses to brutalize their cellmate before taking drastic measures in order to cover up their crime.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Edward Furlong, Shaun Sipos, Sam Levinson, Steffen Mennekes
Votes: 2,886
71. Confession of a Child of the Century (2012)
TV-MA | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Paris, 1830: Octave, betrayed by his mistress, sinks into despair and debauchery. His father's death leads him to the country where he meets Brigitte, a widow who is ten years his elder. ... See full summary »
Director: Sylvie Verheyde | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pete Doherty, August Diehl, Lily Cole
Votes: 666
72. My Son (2006)
79 min | Drama
Tragedy strikes a young boy and his over-protective mother.
Director: Martial Fougeron | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Victor Sévaux, Olivier Gourmet, Marie Kremer
Votes: 836
73. The Renata Road (2022)
Unrated | 121 min | Mystery, Thriller
Looking for peace, solitude and an escape from the outside world a mysterious stranger checks into a remote hotel. Reluctantly drawn into the lives and activities of the hotel's guests it ... See full summary »
Director: Ed Greenberg | Stars: CJ de Mooi, Rebekah Bowman, John Sharp, Ed Theakston
Votes: 2,041
74. Guest in the House (1944)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself.
Directors: John Brahm, John Cromwell, André De Toth, Lewis Milestone | Stars: Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon, Ruth Warrick
Votes: 1,016
75. The Birthday Party (1968)
G | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The down-at-heel lodger in a seaside boarding house is menaced by two mysterious strangers, who eventually take him away.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler, Dandy Nichols
Votes: 1,172
76. Scattered Dreams (1993 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Drama
A loving couple is trying to make a living in 1951 Florida when they are arrested for a crime they didn't commit.
Director: Neema Barnette | Stars: Tyne Daly, Gerald McRaney, Sonny Shroyer, Andrew Prine
Votes: 307
77. The Maddening (1995)
R | 95 min | Thriller
A deranged father who'll stop at nothing to protect his family's secrets.
Director: Danny Huston | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson, Mia Sara, Brian Wimmer
Votes: 892
78. My Family's Secret (2010)
PG-13 | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Grady suffers from multiple personality disorder. Lara doesn't know she just angered the most dangerous one.
Director: Curtis Crawford | Stars: Nicholle Tom, Dylan Neal, Peter MacNeill, Janet-Laine Green
Votes: 482
79. Surrender Dorothy (1998)
Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lahn is a heroin addict who will do anything for his dose. He robs a dealer and bumps into Trevor, who works at a restaurant. He gives him shelter, but for that turns him into his slave, makes him dress in drag, and names him Dorothy.
Director: Kevin DiNovis | Stars: Peter Pryor, Kevin DiNovis, Jason Centeno, Elizabeth Banks
Votes: 399
80. We Won't Grow Old Together (1972)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A husband and wife in a loveless marriage struggle to remain ignorant to their failed relationship.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Marlène Jobert, Jean Yanne, Christine Fabréga, Patricia Pierangeli
Votes: 2,193 | Gross: $0.01M
81. Malina (1991)
125 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A female writer and her relationships with two different men, one joyous and one introverted.
Director: Werner Schroeter | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Lisa Kreuzer, Mathieu Carrière, Can Togay
Votes: 1,217
82. Ram Aur Shyam (1967)
Not Rated | 171 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Abused by an oppressive brother-in-law Gajendra (Pran), Ramchandra (Dilip Kumar) runs away from home, and ends up in a small village where he is mistaken for Shyamrao (also Dilip Kumar), ... See full summary »
Director: Tapi Chanakya | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Mumtaz Askari, Farida Dadi
Votes: 1,038
83. Ram Balram (I) (1980)
169 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Ram and Balram are 2 young boys who live with their loving parents. Their scheming uncle, Jagatpal, however kills the boy's father and mother. Jagatpal lies to the boys that their parents ... See full summary »
Director: Vijay Anand | Stars: Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Rekha
Votes: 576
84. House of Fools (2002)
R | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the midst of the Chechen War, a remote psychiatric institution is left without staff leaving the patients to fend for themselves. Based on a true story.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Yuliya Vysotskaya, Sultan Islamov, Bryan Adams, Evgeniy Mironov
Votes: 2,906 | Gross: $0.06M
85. Alice and Martin (1998)
R | 124 min | Drama, Romance
A young man starts an affair with a woman - his brother's friend. Their relations are being tested because of obscure secrets hidden in the past.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret, Mathieu Amalric, Carmen Maura
Votes: 1,892 | Gross: $0.50M
86. All Light Will End (2018)
TV-MA | 84 min | Horror, Mystery
When a capricious young author hiding a dark secret returns home for her brother's graduation, she finds herself haunted by the past and tormented by grim night terrors.
Director: Chris Blake | Stars: Ashley Pereira, Ted Welch, Graham Outerbridge, Alexandra Harris
Votes: 1,600
87. Flipped (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A famous model, trapped inside an upside-down car, reaches a mysterious man on her damaged cell phone. However, roadside assistance is the last thing on the stranger's mind.
Director: Harris Demel | Stars: Stella Maeve, Michael Madsen, Evan Taubenfeld, Ashley Acarino
Votes: 550
88. El Bosque de Karadima (2015)
98 min | Drama
Real-life powerful Catholic priest Fernando Karadima committed crimes of child abuse and pedophilia between the 1980s and 2000s. The film follows the struggle of his victims, to be able to reveal the truth and look for justice.
Director: Matias Lira | Stars: Luis Gnecco, Benjamín Vicuña, Ingrid Isensee, Pedro di Girolamo Campos
Votes: 1,003
89. The Bofors Gun (1968)
105 min | Drama
A national service non-commissioned officer (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Williamson) who is determined to humiliate him.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm, David Warner, Peter Vaughan
Votes: 318
90. Mourir d'aimer... (1971)
GP | 101 min | Drama
A love story between a teacher, Daniele, 32 years and one of her students Gerard, 17 during the heated atmosphere of May 68. Daniele is a fiery young woman, very involved politically. ... See full summary »
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Annie Girardot, Bruno Pradal, Claude Cerval, Jean Bouise
Votes: 589
91. Untamed Love (1994 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama
A girl of six years who has suffered various abuses is treated by a special psychologist in an institution. There she begins an intense relationship with her teacher.
Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Cathy Lee Crosby, John Getz, Gary Frank, Jaime Gomez
Votes: 263
92. Edgeplay (2004)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary feature film about the 1970's seminal all girl band, The Runaways.
Director: Victory Tischler-Blue | Stars: Kari Krome, Kim Fowley, Suzi Quatro, Toby Mamis
Votes: 506
93. The Forgotten Maggies (2009)
51 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
The documentary focuses on the human rights aspect of the Magdalene Laundries and shows how State and Church colluded to remand and keep these women against their will. The film challenges ... See full summary »
Director: Steven O'Riordan
Votes: 19
94. Run for Your Life (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A journalist must make a decision to flee with her two children from her abusive ex-husband or kill him before he kills her.
Director: Michael M. Scott | Stars: Amy Smart, Mark Humphrey, Aislyn Watson, Genea Charpentier
Votes: 376
95. Love Come Down (2000)
R | 99 min | Drama
Two brothers in their early 20s, one black, one white, each the other's keeper since their family was torn apart by a decade old tragedy.
Director: Clement Virgo | Stars: Larenz Tate, Deborah Cox, Martin Cummins, Rainbow Sun Francks
Votes: 334
96. See What You Made Me Do (2021– )
Documentary
A 3-part documentary series that explores one of the most complex and urgent issues of our time - domestic abuse. Presented by investigative journalist Jess Hill, this series examines the fine lines between love, abuse and power.
Director: Tosca Looby | Star: Jess Hill
Votes: 47
97. Mrs. Munck (1995)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A wronged woman takes revenge on her wheelchair bound father-in-law.
Director: Diane Ladd | Stars: Diane Ladd, Bruce Dern, Kelly Preston, Shelley Winters
Votes: 221
98. Join Us (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Award winning filmmaker, Ondi Timoner, follows four families as they leave an abusive church in South Carolina and realize they have been in a cult. The film documents them as they enter ... See full summary »
Director: Ondi Timoner | Stars: Raymund Melz, Deborah Melz, Joaquin Sullivan, Liz Shaw
Votes: 148
99. Iraq in Fragments (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, War
Stories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.
Director: James Longley | Stars: Marmar Alhilali, Mohammed Haithem, Suleiman Mahmoud, Mohamed Qasim Sainakh
Votes: 1,548 | Gross: $0.20M
100. Keep Smiling (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
10 women, seven of them belonging to the poorest population, are desperately trying to win a beauty contest for mothers who have more than 3 children. The winner will get an apartment and $25000.
Director: Rusudan Chkonia | Stars: Ia Sukhitashvili, Gia Roinishvili, Olga Legrand, Tamar Bukhnikashvili
Votes: 614