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51. Bells Are Ringing (1960)
Not Rated | 126 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Brooklyn answering service operator becomes involved in the lives of her clients, including a struggling playwright with whom she begins to fall in love.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark, Eddie Foy Jr.
Votes: 3,826 | Gross: $6.16M
52. Antoine and Colette (1962)
32 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Antoine Doinel is 17, lives in a hotel and works in a factory making records; he loves music. He falls in love with a woman he meets at a concert. She sees him as a friend, but her parents love him.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay, Jean-François Adam
Votes: 6,396
53. H-8... (1958)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
A bus and a truck are destined to collide with each other on a highway. Their passengers go on about their lives without knowing what will happen.
Director: Nikola Tanhofer | Stars: Boris Buzancic, Djurdja Ivezic, Antun Vrdoljak, Vanja Drach
Votes: 1,706
54. The Silence of the Sea (1949)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance, War
In occupied France, an elderly man and his niece are forced to give shelter to a German army lieutenant who seemingly loves their country and culture.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain, Ami Aaröe
Votes: 5,680
55. The Other Side of Sunday (1996)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
The Other Side of Sunday criticizes the small, and often tight church community. We follow the Preachers Daughter; Maria, in her journey to liberate herself from the stiff church community and her strict religious father.
Director: Berit Nesheim | Stars: Marie Theisen, Hildegun Riise, Bjørn Sundquist, Sylvia Salvesen
Votes: 1,284
56. Hurdy-Gurdy Hare (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs, the entrepreneurial bunny, reads a classified ad for a hurdy gurdy and monkey and decides to go into the music business.
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 722
57. Suffering Man's Charity (2007)
93 min | Comedy, Horror
Jonathan Vandermark is a music teacher with a weakness for young men with great aspirations and without a pot to piss in. When Sebastian enters his life and takes advantage of John's charity, his life and afterlife will be changed forever.
Director: Alan Cumming | Stars: Alan Cumming, Alison Guh, David Boreanaz, Anne Heche
Votes: 899
58. The Filth and the Fury (2000)
R | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A film about the career of the notorious punk rock band, the Sex Pistols.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock
Votes: 6,212 | Gross: $0.61M
59. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman
Votes: 14,859
60. The Sweet Escape (2015)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
Michel, a fifty year old man, graphic designer, decides to change the urban lifestyle and go on an adventure. Fascinated by airmail, he dreams at Jean Mermoz when he's on scooter. One day, Michel sees a picture of a kayak.
Director: Bruno Podalydès | Stars: Bruno Podalydès, Sandrine Kiberlain, Agnès Jaoui, Vimala Pons
Votes: 1,674
61. The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
Passed | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
In a turn-of-the-century Renaissance Italian mansion, its tyrannical owner, a wheelchair-bound one-handed pianist with a strong belief in the occult is murdered.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen
Votes: 3,019
62. Strike Up the Band (1940)
Passed | 120 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A high school boy wants to become a professional musician, and his gal pal wants to become his best girl. They work together staging big band shows with fellow classmates in the hopes of hitting it big.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman, June Preisser
Votes: 1,941
63. Caprice Italian Style (1968)
95 min | Comedy
The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.
Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Steno, Pino Zac, Franco Rossi | Stars: Totò, Ugo D'Alessio, Regina Seiffert, Dante Maggio
Votes: 636
64. The Sea (2002)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
A rich father in a fisher village plans to take on the project of writing his life story. But first he has to take on his own family, and everybody wants something...
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Gunnar Eyjólfsson, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Hélène de Fougerolles, Kristbjörg Kjeld
Votes: 1,752 | Gross: $0.06M
65. The Heavenly Body (1944)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
The neglected wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.
Directors: Alexander Hall, Vincente Minnelli | Stars: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, James Craig, Fay Bainter
Votes: 1,039
66. Seymour: An Introduction (2014)
PG | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Meet Seymour Bernstein: a beloved pianist, teacher and true inspiration who shares eye-opening insights from an amazing life. Ethan Hawke helms this poignant guide to life.
Director: Ethan Hawke | Stars: Seymour Bernstein, Ethan Hawke, Sam Bachelder, Sam Bachelor
Votes: 1,153 | Gross: $0.58M
67. À nous les petites Anglaises! (1976)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
After failing their exam, Jean-Pierre and Alain are sent to England. But all they want are girls.
Director: Michel Lang | Stars: Rémi Laurent, Stéphane Hillel, Véronique Delbourg, Sophie Barjac
Votes: 589
68. 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
69. Just This Once (1952)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy
Mark MacLene owes the IRS, the banks, and others a lot of money. The problem is that his trust makes $1,000,000 a year, but he spends $150,000 every month. His trustee Sam uses the power of... See full summary »
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Lewis Stone, Marilyn Erskine
Votes: 452
70. Shadow Realm (2002 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Anthology film created from two unaired episodes of Night Visions. A mental patient mustn't stop behaving in patterns. A maze on collage campus is actually a time portal. A town fears music. A court employee can hear thoughts of a killer.
Directors: Keith Gordon, Tobe Hooper, Paul Shapiro, Ian Toynton | Stars: Miguel Ferrer, Malcolm McDowell, Anna Hagan, John Dadey
Votes: 154
71. The Black Monocle (1961)
88 min | Comedy, Crime
The Marquis de Villemaur reunite stranges visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the 3rd Reich. There is an Italian fascist ; Heinrich, a German ; Matthias, a russian ; and Dromard, a blind French war hero, with a black monocle.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen, Bernard Blier, Pierre Blanchar
Votes: 389
72. Brain Sex (1988)
62 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A teenage couple drive around improvising radio shows, following night stalkers and rapists or peeping on various sexual escapades, describing what they see in detail, feigning shock and screams as the attackers become more violent.
Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Marino Fujisawa, Kiyomi Itô, Reika Kazami, Simon Kumai
Votes: 97
73. Storyteller (2014)
Crime, Drama, Romance
Storyteller is a love story of a man balancing on the edge of love , passion and lies.
Director: Vladimír Michálek | Stars: Jirí Machácek, Eva Herzigova, Anna Geislerová, Matej Hádek
Votes: 116
74. Itzhak (2017)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
A look at the life, work and religious heritage of violinist Itzhak Perlman.
Director: Alison Chernick | Stars: Itzhak Perlman, Toby Perlman, Alan Alda, Billy Joel
Votes: 355 | Gross: $0.61M
75. In Search of Chopin (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary
In a quest to discover new insights into Fryderyk Chopin, the man and his musical genius, Grabsky traveled the globe over four years recording performances by world-class musicians and interviewing respected historians and musicologists.
Director: Phil Grabsky | Stars: Juliet Stevenson, David Dawson, Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Barenboim
Votes: 119
76. Georgica (1998)
109 min | Drama
Quiet Tarkovskian drama about an old man who lives alone on a deserted island which the Soviet fighter planes use for nighttime target practicing. A young mute boy is sent from the mainland... See full summary »
Director: Sulev Keedus | Stars: Evald Aavik, Mait Merekülski, Ülle Toming, Rein Oja
Votes: 285
77. 30 panen a Pythagoras (1977)
68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Thirty female students in a second-year grammar school are resisting the efforts of old professor Machacek to teach them Pythagoras' theorem. But then, via a collective classroom vision, ... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Hobl | Stars: Milena Asmanová, Vlastimil Brodský, Petr Brukner, Marie Drahokoupilová
Votes: 87
78. Rue de Paris (1959)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times but he also has a better side that will not stay buried.
Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Jean Gabin, Marie-José Nat, Claude Brasseur, Roger Dumas
Votes: 382
79. Krik (1964)
80 min | Drama
TV mechanic Slávek (Josef Abrhám) takes his wife Ivana (Eva Límanová) to the maternity hospital. From the moment they say goodbye, the couple can't stop thinking about each other. Their ... See full summary »
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Eva Límanová, Josef Abrhám, Eva Baborovská, Ladislava Bissingerová
Votes: 221
80. Philipp, der Kleine (1976)
70 min | Family, Fantasy
A little boy wishes to be taller in order to be noticed by the others. Then he comes across a magical flute.
Director: Herrmann Zschoche | Stars: Fred Delmare, Petra Kelling, Horst Papke, Volkmar Kleinert
Votes: 40
81. The Spooks (2016)
Comedy, Fantasy
A young clerk is delegated to sort out the affairs of a certain property. It is an old castle belonging to the city with a garden, in which nobody is really interested, but the tenants of ... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Troska | Stars: Bronislav Kotis, Tereza Kostková, Carmen Mayerová, Jirí Dvorák
Votes: 78
82. Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution with Howard Goodall (2017 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, Music
With visually striking elements and never-heard-before recording session outtakes, award-winning composer and music historian Howard Goodall looks back at the creation and ongoing influence of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
Director: Francis Hanly | Stars: Howard Goodall, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
Votes: 315
83. Draußen in meinem Kopf (2018)
99 min | Drama
Christoph starts working in a nursing home and takes care of 28-year-old Sven. The seriously ill young man suffers from muscular dystrophy, the nursing room is his microcosm in which he has... See full summary »
Director: Eibe Maleen Krebs | Stars: Samuel Koch, Nils Hohenhövel, Eva Nürnberg, Lars Rudolph
Votes: 89
84. Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest (2021)
98 min | Documentary
Kim Kanoin arm is a guy from Denmark who has played Gyruss so much since the 80s that he one of the biggest experts. I have seen him many times in bipbip bar and can attest to his greatness. He is very good at what he does in Gyruss.
Director: Mads Hedegaard | Stars: Kim Cannon Arm, Walter Day, Shigeru Miyamoto
Votes: 266
85. Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic (1985 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles | Stars: Vladimir Horowitz, Wanda Toscanini-Horowitz, Franz Mohr, Richard Probst
Votes: 104
86. Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie' (1983 Video)
25 min | Short
This documentary foreshadows Jean-Luc Godard's film "Hail Mary" and one of its aims is to find sponsors for its production. Many of the film's hidden mechanisms are exposed here while they are being contemplated and invented.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville, Thierry Rode
Votes: 130
87. Jen ho nechte, at se bojí (1978)
89 min | Comedy, Musical
The song "Ribwort and Rosemary" by Ales Brabec (Ludek Sobota), a shy supply teacher of musical school, wins the music festival in Krumlov. The song interpreter Marcela (Helena Vondrácková) ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Ludek Sobota, Helena Vondrácková, Petr Nározný, Miloslav Simek
Votes: 132
88. Ceny Andel 2018 (2019 TV Special)
99 min | Music
Director: Mojmír Kucera | Stars: Tomás Mechácek, Thom Artway, Jirí Burian, Tereza Cernochová
Votes: 8
89. L'esprit du loup (2016)
18 min | Short
Director: Katia Scarton-Kim | Stars: Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Jochen Hägele, Gintare Parulyte, Charlton Guttin
Votes: 14
90. Sébastien Llinares master class: 3 ways to keep your guitar dynamic (2020 Video)
14 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Director: Nicolas Lestoquoy | Star: Sébastien Llinares
91. Víc nez prípad (1984 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama
Director: Jirí Vanýsek | Stars: Vladimír Kratina, Ivana Plíhalová, Monika Malácová, Hana Zaoralova
Votes: 8
92. Great Chat with Jesse Lee Peterson (2018 Video)
21 min | Short
In this segment from Jesse Lee Peterson's radio show, Peterson interviews the comedian Owen Benjamin. They discuss Hollywood, political correctness, fatherhood, Christianity, the word "racism", and more.
Stars: Jesse Lee Peterson, Owen Benjamin
93. Jean-Philippe Rameau: L'incompris magnifique (2014 TV Movie)
93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Olivier Simonnet | Stars: Ivan Alexandre, Sylvie Bouissou, Louis Castelain, Eliane Lochot
95. Kufr (1973 TV Movie)
46 min | Comedy
A sequence of gags and pranks that the actors Milos Kopecký and Frantisek Filipovský want to trick their fellow men with. In the finale, they are fooled too.
Director: Petr Schulhoff | Stars: Vlastimil Bedrna, Josef Bláha, Jirina Bílá, Frantisek Filipovský
96. Harp Dreams (2010 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography, Music
Thirty-two competitors from around the world compete in the triennial international harp competition in Indiana. This film presents a taste of the grueling challenges of preparing for this ... See full summary »
Director: Susanne Schwibs
Votes: 27
97. Concert de Julius Katchen et Myriam Solovieff (1963 TV Special)
51 min | Music
Stars: Miriam Solovieff, Julius Katchen, Jacqueline Clair, Guy Erismann
98.
Dekalog (1989–1990)
Episode:
Dekalog, dziewiec
(1989)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
Following the discovery of his sexual impotence a man urges his wife to take a lover.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Ewa Blaszczyk, Piotr Machalica, Artur Barcis, Jan Jankowski
Votes: 3,614
99.
Dead of Night (1972)
Episode:
The Exorcism
(1972)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Four friends gather for Christmas dinner at an old cottage. Suddenly, there's a power failure and the phone goes dead. Then their wine turns to blood and the turkey makes them violently ill. Then things really get strange!
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Anna Cropper, Sylvia Kay, Edward Petherbridge, Clive Swift
Votes: 213
100.
The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode:
Toccata und Fuge
(1977)
58 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman called Anna Colucci has been killed by strangulation in the train from Trieste to Munich and the Commissioner in a special TV program is asking for help to find the murderer.Tina Colucci was looking the program.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, Heidelinde Weis
Votes: 46