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51. Thalapathi (1991)
Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An orphan named Surya raised in a slum befriends a good crime boss named Devaraj and works for him. Their existence is threatened when a new honest district collector arrives.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Rajinikanth, Mammootty, Shobana, Arvind Swamy
Votes: 13,279
52. No Man of Her Own (1950)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad-crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter
Votes: 2,915
53. Forbidden (1932)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Romance
A librarian takes a cruise and falls for an unobtainable man, a district attorney married to an invalid.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy, Dorothy Peterson
Votes: 1,717
54. Ho Goo's Love (2015)
Comedy, Romance
Hogu meets his high school crush at a school reunion and falls in love all over again. But, she is dealing an unplanned pregnancy and a few dark secrets.
Stars: Kim You-Jin, Choi Woo-sik, Lee Soo-kyung, Im Seul-ong
Votes: 309
55. Rembetiko (1983)
110 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.
Director: Costas Ferris | Stars: Sotiria Leonardou, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Michalis Maniatis, Themis Bazaka
Votes: 3,129
56. Hideaway (2009)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama
Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling ... See full summary »
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Isabelle Carré, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Pierre Louis-Calixte, Melvil Poupaud
Votes: 2,974 | Gross: $0.03M
57. The Quiet Duel (1949)
95 min | Drama
A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjô, Kenjirô Uemura
Votes: 3,925
58. Gervaise (1956)
116 min | Drama
A poor laundrywoman tries to cope with a depressing burden of society.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus
Votes: 1,653
59. Torch Singer (1933)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer.
Directors: Alexander Hall, George Somnes | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, Lyda Roberti
Votes: 791
60. I'm Taraneh, 15 (2002)
110 min | Drama
Fifteen year old Taraneh, whose widowed father is in jail, refuses the unwanted attentions of carpet salesman Amir - until Amir's mother talks Taraneh into accepting Amir's marriage ... See full summary »
Director: Rasoul Sadrameli | Stars: Taraneh Alidoosti, Negar Javaherian, Hossein Mahjoub, Mahtab Nasirpour
Votes: 3,820
61. Karnan (1964)
187 min | Action, Drama, History
Story of the central hero of Mahabharata who rises from nothing to becoming the world's greatest warrior ever born in history and emerges as the hero of the Kurukshetra war.
Director: B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, N.T. Rama Rao, S.A. Ashokan, R. Muthuraman
Votes: 622
62. Love in the City (1953)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Six separate episodes: would-be suicides discuss their despair. A provincial dance hall. An investigative reporter posing as a husband-to-be. A young unwed mother. Girl-watching techniques of Italian men. A glimpse into prostitution.
Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli, Dino Risi, Cesare Zavattini | Stars: Rita Josa, Rosanna Carta, Enrico Pelliccia, Donatella Marrosu
Votes: 1,473
63. Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh (1966)
99 min | Drama, Romance
About gentle, tender and proud love of Asya, a lame woman, and the driver Stepan who is a good-for-nothing person.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Iya Savvina, Lyubov Sokolova, Aleksandr Surin, Gennady Yegorychev
Votes: 643
64. The Round Tower (1998– )
150 min | Romance
Vanessa is the daughter of wealthy parents. Son of their housekeeper, Angus, is accused of being the source of scandal threatening her family. This bonds the pair & fuels ambitions for their future.
Stars: Emilia Fox, Ben Miles, Jan Harvey, Keith Barron
Votes: 346
65. Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Heather is the lead singer for a band that is on its way to fame and fortune. Things get complicated when she becomes pregnant and has three men willing to be both husband and father. But her boss isn't one of them.
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Sandra Dee, George Hamilton, Celeste Holm, Bill Bixby
Votes: 571
66. Sex in a Cold Climate (1998 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, History
Interlocking interviews of 4 women interred in various Magdalene asylums and/or orphanages because of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, being sexually assaulted, or just being "too pretty".
Director: Steve Humphries | Stars: Dervla Kirwan, Martha Cooney, Christina Mulcahy, Phyllis Valentine
Votes: 405
67. Marihuana (I) (1936)
Not Rated | 57 min | Crime, Drama
A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.
Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Harley Wood, Hugh McArthur, Pat Carlyle, Paul Ellis
Votes: 974
68. Kuduz (1989)
105 min | Drama
After the release from prison, small-time criminal is marrying his girlfriend and lives a straight and poor, but happy life with her and her daughter. However, his happiness is shattered by... See full summary »
Director: Ademir Kenovic | Stars: Slobodan Custic, Snezana Bogdanovic, Bozidar Bunjevac, Branko Djuric
Votes: 791
69. Geet (2010–2011)
22 min | Romance
The story revolves around a small town Woman Geet and how she tackles all the difficulties that come in her way with an unconditional support from a business tycoon Maan Singh Khurana.
Stars: Gurmeet Choudhary, Drashti Dhami, Ranjeev Verma, Abhinav Shukla
Votes: 484
70. Feast of July (1995)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones, James Purefoy
Votes: 605 | Gross: $0.29M
71. Aradhana (1969)
Not Rated | 169 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Arun meets Vandana during a vacation and very soon they secretly get married. Arun is an Air Force pilot and dies in a crash, leaving pregnant Vandana heartbroken--and unable to prove that ... See full summary »
Director: Shakti Samanta | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Sujit Kumar, Farida Jalal
Votes: 2,020
72. Take Three Girls (1969–1971)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Three single women, including cellist Victoria and art student Avril, navigate life, relationships, careers, and family dynamics while living in bedsits in London's SW3 area.
Stars: Liza Goddard, Barra Grant, Angela Down, Susan Jameson
Votes: 32
73. So Young, So Bad (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Drama
A psychiatrist and nurse overthrow the abusive heads of a girls' reform school in order to teach the unfortunate young women that they have a chance at healthy lives.
Directors: Bernard Vorhaus, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Paul Henreid, Catherine McLeod, Grace Coppin, Cecil Clovelly
Votes: 581
74. Himalay Putra (1997)
Action, Drama, Romance
Misunderstandings cause ACP Suraj Khanna (Vinod Khanna) to be separated from Seema (Hema Malini) with Suraj unaware she is expecting their child. Seema moves away to the Himalayan Mountains... See full summary »
Director: Pankaj Parashar | Stars: Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Akshaye Khanna, Anjala Zaveri
Votes: 151
75. The Missing Children (2021 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A documentary about the Tuam mother and baby home in Galway, Ireland which closed in 1961.
Director: Tanya Stephan
Votes: 68
76. Love Lives On (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A 15-year-old girl must choose between continuing her pregnancy and undergoing treatment for her fast-growing cancer.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Mary Stuart Masterson, Sam Waterston, Christine Lahti, Ricky Paull Goldin
Votes: 142
77. The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a tendency to continue to direct the lives of ... See full summary »
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Glenn Ford, Charles Coburn, Gloria DeHaven, Janet Leigh
Votes: 504
78. Chacha Bhatija (1977)
161 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Teja's family consists of himself, his wife, Sita, his brother, Shanker, and a son, Sunder. They all live happily. Things take a turn for the worse, when Sita passes away. Teja decides to ... See full summary »
Director: Manmohan Desai | Stars: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Randhir Kapoor, Yogeeta Bali
Votes: 264
79. Ya somos hombres (1971)
108 min | Drama
Director: Gilberto Gazcón | Stars: Valentín Trujillo, Octavio Galindo, Gabriel Retes, Arturo Alegro
Votes: 14
80. Unwed Mother (1958)
Approved | 74 min | Drama
Betty (Norma Moore) moves from a farming community to Los Angeles. She falls into the clutches of a super-cad (Robert Vaughn) and ends up abandoned and pregnant. After visiting a drunken ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Norma Moore, Robert Vaughn, Diana Darrin, Billie Bird
Votes: 106
81. Only Yesterday (1933)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn't even remember her, but tries to seduce her.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, John Boles, Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke
Votes: 422
82. A Quiet Girl (2024)
86 min | Documentary
When filmmaker Adrian Wills sets out to discover the story behind his adoption, his voyage reveals startling truths he could never have imagined, and shocking details he had tried to forget.
Director: Adrian Wills | Stars: Adrian Wills, Ellen Cousins Pellerin, Mara Pellerin, Johannah Cousins Malti
83. Butterbox Babies (1995)
94 min | Drama
A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Susan Clark, Peter MacNeill, Catherine Fitch, Michael Riley
Votes: 181
84. A Loss of Innocence (1996 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, Romance
Erik Eriksen, who has become a successful pianist in New York, is back in Templeton, his Mormon community, where he is still treated distrustfully by its members, including his family, for ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Jennie Garth, Rob Estes, Polly Holliday, Mike Doyle
Votes: 268
85. Holiday Camp (1947)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Flora Robson, Dennis Price, Jack Warner, Hazel Court
Votes: 553
86. Breaking Amish: LA (2013– )
Reality-TV
Trading in buggies, green pastures and the strict rules of their rural communities for the beaches of Los Angeles, a new cast of young Amish and Mennonite men and women come together to ... See full summary »
Stars: Betsy Yoder, Matt, Devon, Samuel
Votes: 239
87. El rebozo de Soledad (1952)
PG | 108 min | Drama
Melodrama about Dr. Alberto Robles, an idealistic city physician living in a rural community ruled by macho customs and feudalistic landowners, who falls for Soledad, a peasant woman.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Pedro Armendáriz, Estela Inda, Domingo Soler
Votes: 151
88. Shirley (2011 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography, Drama
In 1938 mixed race baby Shirley Bassey, her mother and eight siblings are living in a poor area of Cardiff after her father is imprisoned for sexual offences. The teen-aged Shirley will ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Teague | Stars: Ruth Negga, Lesley Sharp, Babou Ceesay, Victoria Pugh
Votes: 203
89. The Simian Line (2000)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
In addition to declaring that Katharine's (Lynn Redgrave) head and heart line are hopelessly fused into one "simian line", eccentric palm reader/fortune-teller Arnita (Tyne Daly) makes a ... See full summary »
Director: Linda Yellen | Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Jamey Sheridan, Harry Connick Jr., Cindy Crawford
Votes: 424
90. Dhool Ka Phool (1959)
153 min | Drama
Mahesh and Meena fall in love but he marries another girl at his father's behest. When Meena takes their baby to Mahesh, he rejects her saying their relationship was a mistake.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Mala Sinha, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Nanda Karnataki, Manmohan Krishna
Votes: 201
91. Her Own Rules (1998 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama, Romance
A woman starts a new romance while struggling with nightmares from her upbringing.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Jeremy Sheffield, Lorraine Pilkington, Ginny Holder
Votes: 196
92. Baby Money (2021)
93 min | Action, Thriller
When a home invasion turns into a bloody shoot-out, a pair of ragtag fugitives take refuge in the house of a single mother as they wait on their fiery (and very pregnant) getaway driver to hatch an escape plan in time for a major payday.
Directors: Mikhael Bassilli, Luc Walpoth | Stars: Danay Garcia, Joey Kern, Jean St. James, Michael Drayer
Votes: 332
93. Zakhmi Dil (1994)
Not Rated | 151 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Jaidev Anand is a celebrity, and lives a fairly isolated life. One day he comes to the rescue of a young woman, Vandana Acharya, and falls in love with her. Vandana respects him, but falls ... See full summary »
Director: Raju Subramaniam | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Ashwini Bhave, Ravi Kishan, Anjali Kadam
Votes: 508
94. Aakhri Khat (1966)
153 min | Drama
The illegitimate toddler son of a poor village woman and a city-based artist is lost on the streets of Bombay after his mother's untimely demise.
Director: Chetan Anand | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Indrani Mukherjee, Master Bunty, Manvendra Chitnis
Votes: 154
95. Sin of Esther Waters (1948)
Passed | 108 min | Drama
Esther (Kathleen Ryan) goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William (Sir Dirk Bogarde), who then takes off with his employer's daughter. ... See full summary »
Directors: Ian Dalrymple, Peter Proud | Stars: Kathleen Ryan, Dirk Bogarde, Cyril Cusack, Ivor Barnard
Votes: 262
96. Las colegialas (1946)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Miguel M. Delgado | Stars: María Elena Marqués, Sara Guasch, Gustavo Rojo, Marga López
Votes: 19
97. Mater amatísima (1980)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Clara, an attractive unmarried woman, and her autistic child who transforms and absorbs her life, provide an extreme dissection of the mother-child bond in an uneasily honest way.
Director: J.A. Salgot | Stars: Victoria Abril, Julito de la Cruz, Jaume Sorribas, Consol Tura
Votes: 111
98. Twilight Women (1952)
Not Rated | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Vivanne is thrown on her own when her lover is arrested for murder. Searching for a place to live, she eventually finds a room in a boarding-house run by a woman who provides room-and-board for unmarried mothers with an ulterior motive.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Freda Jackson, Rene Ray, Lois Maxwell, Laurence Harvey
Votes: 215
99. Muchachas de Uniforme (1951)
83 min | Drama
Irasema Dilián stars as the orphan Manuela whose passionate crush on her teacher Lucila (Marga Lopez) scandalizes their all-girl Catholic school. An exceptional Mexican remake of the 1931 German original, Maedchen in Uniform.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Marga López, Alicia Caro, Rosaura Revueltas, Irasema Dilián
Votes: 66
100. Pas în doi (1985)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Two friends, closer than brothers, working together, staying in the same room, playing together.
Director: Dan Pita | Stars: Claudiu Bleont, Petre Nicolae, Ecaterina Nazare, Anda Onesa
Votes: 273