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1. Gran Torino (2008)

R | 116 min | Drama

After a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her

Votes: 815,588 | Gross: $148.10M

2. Arthur (1981)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

Alcoholic billionaire playboy Arthur Bach must marry a woman he does not love, or he will be cut off from his $750,000,000 fortune. But when Arthur falls in love with a poor waitress, he must decide if he wants to choose love or money.

Director: Steve Gordon | Stars: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald

Votes: 31,135 | Gross: $95.46M

3. Pacific Heights (1990)

R | 102 min | Thriller

A couple work hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately, one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, Michael Keaton, Mako

Votes: 22,803 | Gross: $29.38M

4. Their Finest (2016)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.

Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Richard E. Grant

Votes: 21,319 | Gross: $3.60M

5. Arthur (I) (2011)

PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like.

Director: Jason Winer | Stars: Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig

Votes: 52,978 | Gross: $33.04M

6. The Raspberry Reich (2004)

Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A left-wing terrorist group, consisting of several homosexual men and a female leader, kidnaps the son of a wealthy industrialist.

Director: Bruce La Bruce | Stars: Susanne Sachße, Daniel Bätscher, Andreas Stich, Dean Monroe

Votes: 1,761

7. A Thousand Acres (1997)

R | 105 min | Drama

A family is torn apart after a father gives his valuable farm land to his daughters.

Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Robards

Votes: 5,819 | Gross: $7.94M

8. Beyond Erotica (1974)

R | 89 min | Drama, Thriller

A mentally unstable man living with his mother in their sprawling farm estate plays cruel games with the new servant girl.

Director: José María Forqué | Stars: David Hemmings, Francisco Rabal, Alida Valli, Andrea Rau

Votes: 329

9. Basil (1998)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance

A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England stuggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves.

Director: Radha Bharadwaj | Stars: Christian Slater, Jared Leto, Claire Forlani, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 2,104

10. Desire Under the Elms (1958)

Approved | 111 min | Drama, Romance

Desperation and secret passions on a family farm lead to tragedy.

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Frank Overton

Votes: 1,450

11. Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

In the last days of the Shogunate, a resourceful grifter seeks to outwit competing prostitutes, rebellious samurai and other inhabitants of a brothel in order to survive the hardened times.

Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Furankî Sakai, Sachiko Hidari, Yôko Minamida, Yûjirô Ishihara

Votes: 1,328

12. The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)

Passed | 68 min | Mystery

Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as "The Eye of the Daughter of The Moon."

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Craig Reynolds

Votes: 991

13. When a Man Loves (1927)

Passed | 111 min | History, Romance

A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, Sam De Grasse

Votes: 418 | Gross: $0.89M

14. Oliver Sherman (2010)

82 min | Drama, Thriller, War

Feeling lost and disconnected, with no family of his own, veteran Sherman Oliver sets out to the countryside in search of the soldier who saved him back in the war. That man, Franklin Page,... See full summary »

Director: Ryan Redford | Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Molly Parker, Donal Logue, Fiona Highet

Votes: 317

15. Eine Liebe für den Frieden - Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel (2014 TV Movie)

88 min | Biography, Drama, History

An unusual woman, a dramatic life: Bertha von Suttner never had it easy. Although she was born as Countess Kinsky and was highly educated, she and her family do not enjoy a good reputation.... See full summary »

Director: Urs Egger | Stars: Birgit Minichmayr, Sebastian Koch, Philipp Hochmair, Sona MacDonald

Votes: 145

16. The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)

Approved | 66 min | Comedy

A widow and her daughter are threatened with eviction by an unscrupulous lawyer.

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Anita Louise, Alan Mowbray, Buster Keaton

Votes: 356

17. The Burning Court (1962)

110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Nadja Tiller, Jean-Claude Brialy, Perrette Pradier, Edith Scob

Votes: 418

18. Sherman's Way (2008)

97 min | Comedy

An odd couple take to the open road. Having followed his girlfriend out to California's Wine Country for the summer, Yale law student Sherman finds himself dumped, and cut off from his ... See full summary »

Director: Craig M. Saavedra | Stars: James Le Gros, Enrico Colantoni, Michael Shulman, Lacey Chabert

Votes: 567 | Gross: $0.01M

19. The Shanghai Chest (1948)

Approved | 65 min | Mystery

Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three murder sites.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roland Winters, Mantan Moreland, Tim Ryan, Victor Sen Yung

Votes: 315

20. The Lady in Scarlet (1935)

Approved | 65 min | Mystery, Romance

When a wealthy art dealer is murdered, the private investigator hired for the case discovers a web of blackmail, corruption and stolen bonds.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Reginald Denny, Patricia Farr, Jameson Thomas, Dorothy Revier

Votes: 190

21. The Lady (1925)

96 min | Drama

A young woman marries the wastrel son of a British aristocrat. Her husband, who has been disinherited by his father, loses what little money he has left gambling in casinos and then dies, ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Wallace MacDonald, Brandon Hurst, Alfred J. Goulding

Votes: 174 | Gross: $0.19M

22. That Certain Thing (1928)

Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Molly Kelly wants to marry a millionaire. When she runs into Andy Charles, heir to a restaurant fortune, she jumps at the chance and marries him. Andy's father is furious and disinherits ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Viola Dana, Ralph Graves, Burr McIntosh, Aggie Herring

Votes: 293

23. Die Beautiful (2016)

TV-14 | 120 min | Comedy, Drama

Friends attend the wake of Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman. They look back into her life and how she faced the adversities and triumphs of living as a transgender in Filipino society.

Director: Jun Lana | Stars: Paolo Ballesteros, Christian Bables, Joel Torre, Gladys Reyes

Votes: 952

24. The Girl from Georgia (1933)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Johnny, the son of a rich man, is an idling, good-for-nothing loafer who leads a wild, hectic life, flunks out of college, and is disinherited and made to leave home by his father, who has ... See full summary »

Director: Warren Millais | Stars: Sari Maritza, William Collier Jr., Alan Mowbray, Ivan F. Simpson

Votes: 27

25. My Father's Guests (2010)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy

Lucien Paumelle has been a human-rights activist for decades and his relatives are not astonished when he announces that he is determined to help illegal immigrants by giving them shelter ... See full summary »

Director: Anne Le Ny | Stars: Karin Viard, Flore Babled, Michel Aumont, Fabrice Luchini

Votes: 845

26. Rose of Santa Rosa (1947)

Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music

Angry because his father, Don Manuel Ortega (Fortunio Bonanova), had arranged a marriage with a girl he has never met, Dolores de Garfias (Patricia Barry as Patricia White), Ramon Ortega (... See full summary »

Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Patricia Barry, Eduardo Noriega, Fortunio Bonanova, Eduardo Ciannelli

Votes: 13

27. The Golden Dolphin (1986)

TV-PG | 52 min | Family

Parents provide the spiritual answers for life's daily problems as they deal with hidden passages, lost deed, a kidnapping, intrigue, and danger in an inherited English manor.

Director: Mike Pritchard | Stars: Ian Cullen, Dawn Brickel, Ann Marie Cullen, Jeremy Culumber

Votes: 16

28. Hell Morgan's Girl (1917)

50 min | Drama

Oliver Curwell disowned his son Roger because he declined to abandon art and go into business, Roger gradually drifted from bad to worse until he was a derelict on the streets of San ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph De Grasse | Stars: Dorothy Phillips, William Stowell, Lon Chaney, Lillian Rosine

29. The House of the Tolling Bell (1920)

60 min | Mystery

According to the will of old Anthony Cole, his heir must live for one year in the spooky residence known as "the house of the tolling bell." The dread of the house and the superstitions ... See full summary »

Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: May McAvoy, Bruce Gordon, Morgan Thorpe, Edward Elkas

30. What Happened Then? (1934)

58 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

Young Raymond Rudford,sculptor, is on trial for slitting the throat of his uncle, who had adopted and raised him after Raymond's parent's died when he was a young boy. The prosecution ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Summers | Stars: Richard Bird, Lorna Hubbard, Geoffrey Wardwell, Francis L. Sullivan

Votes: 33

31. The Sunbeam (1916)

50 min | Drama

Big-hearted Prue, living in the slums, and Danny O'Maddigan, a reformed crook, want to buy a birthday cake for Prue's 75-year-old grandmother. They live across the hall from Ellen ... See full summary »

Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Mabel Taliaferro, Helen Alexandria, Raymond McKee, Gerald Griffin

32. Their Mutual Child (1920)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Ruth Bannister, the only daughter of a millionaire, is very much influenced by her Aunt Lora's interest in eugenics and other "modern" ideas, much to the annoyance of her conservative ... See full summary »

Director: George L. Cox | Stars: Margarita Fischer, Joseph Bennett, Margaret Campbell, Nigel Barrie

33. Every Million Comes Handy (2016 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

Vibrant lady Irena Ditrichová owns a large prosperous firm with subsidiaries abroad. After being involved in a serious car crash, she decides to sell the firm and use the proceeds for ... See full summary »

Director: Zdenek Zelenka | Stars: Jirina Bohdalová, Ondrej Vetchý, Tatiana Dyková, Viktor Preiss

Votes: 34

34. The Lady of the Photograph (1917)

Comedy, Drama

When Lord Latimer dies leaving nothing to his wanton son, young Ferdy is left penniless. Although his cousin, Eric Latimer, offers to show Ferdy a loophole in the will in exchange for a ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Turbett | Stars: Shirley Mason, Raymond McKee, Royal Byron, Dudley Hill

35. The Wheel (1925)

80 min | Drama

Ted Morton, the son of a wealthy banker, loses heavily at roulette and, urged to settle down by his gravely concerned parents, informs them that he is engaged to Kate O'Hara, a milliner. ... See full summary »

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Margaret Livingston, Harrison Ford, Claire Adams, Mahlon Hamilton

36. High Finance (1917)

50 min | Drama

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Director: Otis Turner | Stars: George Walsh, Doris Pawn, Willard Louis, Charles Clary

37. Help! (1916)

TV-G | 15 min | Comedy, Short

Percival Montague marries a penniless American and is disowned by his father, Lord Battleaxe, an English Duke. Monty and wife Mary head to the United States, promising to make a fortune. A ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Drew | Stars: Sidney Drew, Mrs. Sidney Drew, Wilna Wilde

Votes: 92

38. Omnibus (1952–1961)
Episode: King Lear (1953)

Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, History, Music

An old king, stepping down from the throne, disinherits his favorite daughter on a mad whim and gives his kingdom to his two older daughters, both of whom prove treacherous.

Director: Andrew McCullough | Stars: Orson Welles, Natasha Parry, Arnold Moss, Bramwell Fletcher

Votes: 191

39. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode: Body in the Barn (1964)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A domineering wife is suspected of murdering her husband when the body of an unrecognizable man is found buried in her barn.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Lillian Gish, Maggie McNamara, Peter Lind Hayes

Votes: 426

40. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Deliberate Disclosure (1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Richard buys the McKay vineyard and Lance files for divorce.

Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 47

41. Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode: Double Jeopardy (1997)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

When an Immortal uses poison gas to rob a jewelry store, killing several mortals, Duncan recognizes the MO of Xavier St. Cloud, who is dead -- isn't he?

Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Stacey Travis

Votes: 156

42. The Pallisers (1974–1975)
Episode: Part Five (1974)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance

After Glencora confesses to Plantagenet of her love for Burgo, he turns down an appointment to the Exchequer in order to take her abroad and work on their marriage.

Director: Hugh David | Stars: Susan Hampshire, Philip Latham, Roland Culver, Roger Livesey

Votes: 16

43. Sheena (2000–2002)
Episode: Stranded in the Jungle (2002)

TV-PG | Action, Adventure

Unaware of the civil war in the area, Cutter drops off a group of inept rich survivalist celebrities in the middle of a jungle to compete for 5 million dollars. Among them are Cutter's NFL idol and a writer whom Sheena met as a child.

Director: Carl Weathers | Stars: Gena Lee Nolin, John Allen Nelson, Margo Moorer, Kevin Quigley

Votes: 22

44. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Danger Point (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A rancher disinherits his nephew in favor of his young son. When the rancher is murdered the young man is blamed. Sky hopes that by faking a jailbreak, the real murderer will be forced into... See full summary »

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ron Hagerthy, Keith Richards

Votes: 7

45. Royal Pains (2009–2016)
Episode: In Vino Veritas (2010)

TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy, Drama

At a winery, HankMed deals with a young owner apt to sudden onsets of sleep and an uninsured wine taster gobbling pain pills. Evan discovers a personal talent.

Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Flint, Reshma Shetty

Votes: 170

46. Living in Your Car (2010– )
Episode: Chapter Four (2010)

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Director: David Steinberg | Stars: John Ralston, Ingrid Kavelaars, Colin Cunningham, Mariah Horner

Votes: 5

47. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Downstairs, Upstairs (2011)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dark secrets surface at the Jenkins household when Murdoch questions the family and servants of murdered patriarch Percival Jenkins.

Director: Harvey Crossland | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 337

48. Patrick Melrose (2018)
Episode: Mother's Milk (2018)

TV-MA | 58 min | Drama

Patrick reverts to his old destructive behavior.

Director: Edward Berger | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Blythe Danner

Votes: 1,254