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1. The Worst Person in the World (2021)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner
Votes: 98,429
2. The Girl on the Train (2016)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux
Votes: 199,662 | Gross: $75.40M
3. Beowulf (2007)
PG-13 | 115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie, Robin Wright
Votes: 174,271 | Gross: $82.16M
4. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama
A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis
Votes: 80,047
5. From Here to Eternity (1953)
Passed | 118 min | Drama, Romance, War
At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed
Votes: 50,898 | Gross: $30.50M
6. House of Sand and Fog (2003)
R | 126 min | Crime, Drama
An abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her house's new owners.
Director: Vadim Perelman | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher
Votes: 72,679 | Gross: $13.01M
7. The Bad Seed (1956)
Approved | 129 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Rhoda Penmark seems like your average, sweet eight-year-old girl. After her rival at school dies in mysterious circumstances at the school picnic, her mother starts to suspect that Rhoda was responsible.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Gage Clarke, Jesse White
Votes: 15,803
8. I'm Your Man (2021)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw
Votes: 12,687
9. 45 Years (2015)
R | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.
Director: Andrew Haigh | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells
Votes: 35,176 | Gross: $4.25M
10. Under the Sand (2000)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Mystery
When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot, Alexandra Stewart
Votes: 11,416 | Gross: $1.45M
11. Six Shooter (2004)
Not Rated | 27 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A black and bloody Irish comedy about a sad train journey where an older man, whose wife has died that morning, encounters a strange and possibly psychotic young oddball....
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Rúaidhrí Conroy, David Wilmot, Aisling O'Sullivan
Votes: 14,346
12. Désirée (1954)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie
Votes: 3,486 | Gross: $9.81M
13. Unrelated (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A woman in an unhappy relationship takes refuge with a friend's family on holiday in Tuscany.
Director: Joanna Hogg | Stars: Kathryn Worth, Harry Kershaw, Emma Hiddleston, Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Votes: 2,963
14. A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)
PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.
Director: Natalie Portman | Stars: Natalie Portman, Gilad Kahana, Amir Tessler, Moni Moshonov
Votes: 4,355 | Gross: $0.57M
15. The Long Gray Line (1955)
Approved | 138 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1898, Irish immigrant Martin Maher is hired as a civilian employee at West Point where, during a 50-year career, he rises to the rank of NCO and instructor.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis, Donald Crisp
Votes: 3,289
16. To Each His Own (1946)
Approved | 122 min | Drama, Romance
An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, John Lund, Mary Anderson, Roland Culver
Votes: 3,029
17. Shelley (2016)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Louise and Kasper want to become parents but Louise is unable to have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear Louise's child, but things don't turn out as they planned.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Cosmina Stratan, Peter Christoffersen, Björn Andrésen
Votes: 4,081
18. Sacrifice (II) (2016)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After digging up a bizarrely mutilated corpse on her land, physician Tora Hamilton uncovers a lethal connection to ancient pagan rituals.
Director: Peter A. Dowling | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Rupert Graves, Ian McElhinney, Joanne Crawford
Votes: 4,832
19. Sixtynine 69 (1969)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Tuula's husband Jukka takes care of all domestic chores. Tuula seems to have no idea that her husband spends his evenings working as a major league ice hockey referee. She also finds out ... See full summary »
Director: Jörn Donner | Stars: Ritva Vepsä, Sven-Bertil Taube, Seija Tyni, Jörn Donner
Votes: 261
20. The Baby Maker (1970)
R | 109 min | Drama
After Tish Gray gives up her baby for adoption, she is contacted by a childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to conceive. She accepts the ... See full summary »
Director: James Bridges | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Sam Groom, Scott Glenn
Votes: 350
21. Divided We Fall (2000)
PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia), a childless couple agree to hide a Jewish friend at great personal risk of discovery and execution.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Bolek Polívka, Csongor Kassai, Jaroslav Dusek, Anna Sisková
Votes: 5,395 | Gross: $1.32M
22. Birthgap (2023)
105 min | Documentary
"Birthgap - Childless World" sets out to understand why birthrates have been falling across the industrialized world and beyond for decades through a journey of discovery across 24 ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen J Shaw | Stars: Jack Ma, Elon Musk, Richard Nixon, Stephen J Shaw
Votes: 54
23. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Approved | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
After losing her young son, Edna Gladney opposes the unfair laws discriminating against children whose parents are unknown, and opens an orphanage for those children.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt
Votes: 2,296
24. Mélo (1986)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance
In Paris in the 1920s, a concert violinist meets and falls in love with a stylish young flapper who's the wife of an old friend. Romaine instigates the affair with Marcel, and carries it ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, André Dussollier
Votes: 1,840
25. Tsunami (2020)
177 min | Drama, Thriller
The effects of the 2004 tsunami in Thailand on a number of fictional Swedish characters.
Stars: Henrik Norlén, Liv Mjönes, Rufus Glaser, Louise Peterhoff
Votes: 336
26. Ushpizin (2004)
PG | 90 min | Drama
An Orthodox Jewish couple's faith is tested after praying to the Lord for a child on the Succoth holiday.
Director: Gidi Dar | Stars: Shuli Rand, Michal Bat-Sheva Rand, Shaul Mizrahi, Ilan Ganani
Votes: 2,131 | Gross: $1.40M
27. Close to My Heart (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Drama
A columnist and his wife deal with obstacles when they try to adopt an abandoned baby.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Ray Milland, Gene Tierney, Fay Bainter, Howard St. John
Votes: 542
28. Rahti (2021)
45 min | Crime, Drama
A young Eritrean woman's life is turned upside down when she is forced to flee to Finland with her husband and daughter.
Stars: Evelyn Rasmussen Osazuwa, Johannes Holopainen, Alain Azerot, Oona Airola
Votes: 223
29. Producing Adults (2004)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Longtime couple Venla and Antero come to a serious impasse: After years with Antero, Venla wants to start a family, but her boyfriend, worried that parenthood will stifle his speed-skating ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä | Stars: Minna Haapkylä, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Minttu Mustakallio, Tommi Eronen
Votes: 1,322
30. Women (1996)
98 min | Drama
Love, family expectations, and religion mix in 19th century Jerusalem. Jacob and Rebecca marry; he's a rabbi, she's dutiful and loving. But she has no children. Months become years. ... See full summary »
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Michal Bat-Adam, Amos Lavi, Boris Ahnov, Arieh Elias
Votes: 34 | Gross: $0.01M
31. Gorilla My Dreams (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Mrs. Gorilla want to adopt Bugs; Mr. G. only wants to chase him.
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,302
32. Lyubov v bolshom gorode 2 (2010)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Our three hapless heroes - Igor, Artyom, and Sauna - return for another lesson from St. Valentine. This time they must learn the true value of fatherhood.
Director: Marius Vaysberg | Stars: Aleksey Chadov, Vera Brezhneva, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Svetlana Khodchenkova
Votes: 1,313
33. Bananas!* (2009)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Juan "Accidentes" Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility.
Director: Fredrik Gertten | Stars: Byron Rosales Romero, Juan J. Dominguez, Duane Miller, Rick McKnight
Votes: 961
34. Navodneniye (1993)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This is 1920: Sophia and Trofim Ivanytch have been living on Vassilievski Island, which is part of Petrograd, for thirteen years. In their house, which looks like a ship wreck, the ... See full summary »
Director: Igor Minaiev | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Boris Nevzorov, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Mariya Lipkina
Votes: 153
35. Female Ninja Magic: 100 Trampled Flowers (1974)
76 min | Drama
This action-packed softcore melodrama concerns a group of female ninjas who use sexual magic along with their considerable fighting skills to protect their province from takeover by a ruthless shogun and his band of fighters.
Director: Chûsei Sone | Stars: Junko Miyashita, Hitomi Kozue, Yuko Katagiri, Hiroshi Chô
Votes: 47
36. Zonen (1996)
336 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The Military evacuates a zone in the Lapland mountains, under the pretext that there is an ongoing exercise. The district doctor gets suspicious when one of his patients, who lived inside ... See full summary »
Stars: Jacob Nordenson, Peter Haber, Thomas Hanzon, Sissela Kyle
Votes: 189
37. Ystävät, toverit (1990)
132 min | Drama
Arno Jurmala is an appreciated nickel tycoon. He has an elegant wife and he owns a huge nickel factory somewhere in Northern Finland. When he is celebrating his birthday in the late 1930s, ... See full summary »
Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Mikk Mikiver, Stina Ekblad, Hannu Lauri, Paavo Liski
Votes: 124
38. Nishi Padma (1970)
90 min | Drama
Pushpa is thrown out of her house by her husband, is pushed into prostitution by someone she trusts, and has a complex relationship with an unhappily married businessman, but finally gets what she has always longed for, i.e. becoming a mother.
Director: Arabinda Mukhopadhyay | Stars: Gangapada Basu, Premangshu Bose, Nripati Chatterjee, Savitri Chatterjee
Votes: 44
39. The Conspirator (1961)
110 min | Action, Drama
Two hostile clans had reached an artificial reconciliation which involves the marriage of a person from each family. The boy's father is away to serve the emperor, and his highly despotic ... See full summary »
Director: Daisuke Itô | Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Kaneko Iwasaki
Votes: 62
40. Bettkantengeschichten (1983–1990)
30 min | Drama, Family
At the beginning of each episode, a child makes an evil experience.
Stars: David Bredel, Thomas Hodin, Gerrit Schmidt-Foß, Heinrich Sauer
Votes: 20
41. The Actor (1993)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
It is about a burly film actor who wants to act only in art films but is forced by his family's economic demands to do a string of trashy commercial movies. His tormented wife, infertile ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Azita Hajian, Hamideh Kheirabadi, Fatemah Motamed-Aria
Votes: 711
42. Manon sur le bitume (I) (2007)
TV-MA | 15 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A woman gains a new insight of life while she's near death.
Directors: Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont | Star: Aude Léger
Votes: 351
43. The Wind Carpet (2003)
111 min | Drama, Family
A Japanese designer wants to have a custom woven Persian carpet to take part in a splendid Art Festival held in her hometown, Takayama. However, the weaver suddenly dies before the rug is ready.
Director: Kamal Tabrizi | Stars: Reza Kianian, Rentarô Mikuni, Takaaki Enoki, Miyu Yagyu
Votes: 430
44. Foetus (1994)
102 min | Drama
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Adél Kováts, Aliona Antonova, Jan Nowicki, Barbara Hegyi
Votes: 44
45. Cape of Good Hope (2004)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are intertwined.
Director: Mark Bamford | Stars: Debbie Brown, Farouk Valley-Omar, Parinita Jeaven, David Isaacs
Votes: 291
46. Labyrinten (2000)
259 min | Drama, Thriller
In a small Swedish coastal village, a female prosecutor, Louise Rehnström, gets renewed interest in a series of economic crimes that took place several years ago.
Stars: Kirsti Eline Torhaug, Peter Schildt, Björn Granath, Stefan Sauk
Votes: 36
47. Rakkauselokuva (1984)
72 min | Comedy, Drama
The Torniainen are a couple consisting of Raija, a flight attendant, and Hanski, a civil engineer. They have long wanted to have a child. Tests show that Hanski is infertile, and the doctor offers little hope.
Director: Anssi Mänttäri | Stars: Liisa Halonen, Antti Litja, Markku Toikka, Erkki Saarela
Votes: 48
48. Onnen varjot (2005)
99 min | Drama
Onnen varjot is a drama about human relationships, about love and forgiveness.
Director: Claes Olsson | Stars: Tiina Lymi, Nicke Lignell, Milka Ahlroth, Santeri Kinnunen
Votes: 303
49. Verden er fuld af børn (1980)
93 min | Drama
A young couple wants to have children but cannot have them. When it turns out that it is due to the man's sterility, a crisis arises in the relationship.
Director: Aase Schmidt | Stars: Karen-Lise Mynster, Jesper Christensen, Kurt Ravn, Sidsel Agensø
Votes: 22
50. Lucy (VII) (2016)
17 min | Short, Drama
A day which clarifies the love between an elderly, childless couple who have just lost their pet dog Lucy. Feelings buried or suppressed find a chance to come out forcing them to reconsider their love for whatever they have left.
Director: Stamatis Giannoulis | Stars: Aggelos Flessas, Rania Oikonomidou, Lena Drosaki, Despoina Founta
Votes: 6