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1. Papillon (I) (2017)
R | 133 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter, Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Damijan Oklopdzic, Christopher Fairbank, Jason Ryan
Votes: 86,479 | Gross: $2.34M
2. Johnny English (2003)
PG | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a sudden attack on MI5, Johnny English, Britain's most confident, yet unintelligent spy, becomes Britain's only spy.
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Tasha de Vasconcelos
Votes: 174,447 | Gross: $28.08M
3. Ricochet (1991)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A District Attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak
Votes: 20,449 | Gross: $21.76M
4. Ragtime (1981)
PG | 155 min | Drama
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Brad Dourif
Votes: 10,572 | Gross: $21.02M
5. Curtains (1983)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.
Director: Richard Ciupka | Stars: John Vernon, Samantha Eggar, Linda Thorson, Anne Ditchburn
Votes: 5,753
6. The Big Red One (1980)
R | 113 min | Drama, War
A hardened sergeant and the four core members of his infantry unit try to survive World War II as they move from battle to battle throughout Europe.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco
Votes: 21,421
7. Titus (1999)
R | 162 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Osheen Jones, Dario D'Ambrosi
Votes: 21,484 | Gross: $1.92M
8. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina
Votes: 23,881 | Gross: $0.74M
9. Haider (2014)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle, whom he suspects of playing a role in his father's fate.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon
Votes: 57,948 | Gross: $0.90M
10. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 18,424 | Gross: $7.09M
11. Shock Corridor (1963)
Approved | 101 min | Drama, Mystery
Bent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best
Votes: 13,096
12. Animal Factory (2000)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 14,669 | Gross: $0.04M
13. Brainstorm (1965)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
Director: William Conrad | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Dana Andrews, Anne Francis, Viveca Lindfors
Votes: 745
14. Royal Deceit (1994)
R | 107 min | Adventure, Drama
An old Norse legend of revenge, power and human spirit, that subsequently inspired William Shakespeare on his tragedy - Hamlet.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale, Brian Cox
Votes: 2,470
15. Seven Beauties (1975)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.
Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore
Votes: 6,499 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Imaginary Friend (2012 TV Movie)
86 min | Thriller
A talented artist is haunted by the presence of a childhood imaginary friend, and her psychiatrist husband wants to have her committed to a mental institution.
Director: Richard Gabai | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Ethan Embry, Amanda Schull, Paul Sorvino
Votes: 1,308
17. Critical Condition (1987)
R | 97 min | Comedy
Con man Kevin Lennihan, framed in a jewel smuggling, tries for an insanity plea, and is sent to a hospital for review, where he is confused for a doctor and takes over the hospital when a major storm hits.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Rubén Blades, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 3,912 | Gross: $20.24M
18. Midnight (1939)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer
Votes: 5,619
19. Aankhen (1993)
Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two good-for-nothing brothers are embroiled in a conspiracy involving a political assassination and try their best to save the country.
Director: David Dhawan | Stars: Govinda, Chunky Pandey, Raj Babbar, Kader Khan
Votes: 2,295
20. Color Me Kubrick (2005)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Director: Brian W. Cook | Stars: John Malkovich, Jim Davidson, Richard E. Grant, Tom Allen
Votes: 6,908 | Gross: $0.07M
21. Down River (2018)
70 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Zachary Greene, Cody Poirot, Nicholas Winand
Votes: 592
22. Insanitarium (2008 Video)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
After he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths.
Director: Jeff Buhler | Stars: Jesse Metcalfe, Kiele Sanchez, Peter Stormare, Kevin Sussman
Votes: 4,852
23.
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
Episode:
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
(1980)
TV-14 | 210 min
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Directors: Rodney Bennett, John Gorrie | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Patrick Stewart, Eric Porter
Votes: 665
24. Yaarana (1981)
Not Rated | 138 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Bishan loses his fortune while helping his friend Kishan in his singing career. Now successful, would Kishan return the favour?
Director: Rakesh Kumar | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh, Tanuja Samarth, Aruna Irani
Votes: 1,963
25. Love Crazy (1941)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick, Jack Carson
Votes: 3,439
26. Junglee (1961)
150 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A humorless and pompous businessman goes wild when he falls in love. Now if only his domineering mother could understand his new lease on life.
Director: Subodh Mukherji | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Shashikala Jawalkar, Anoop Kumar
Votes: 554
27. Bitter Victory (1957)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, War
A commander receives a citation for an attack on Erwin Rommel's headquarters, which is actually undeserved, as the commander is unfit for his job. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his officers.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin
Votes: 2,296
28. The Strange Door (1951)
Approved | 81 min | Horror, Thriller
Noble-born cad Denis (Stapley) has been tricked into a forced stay at the eerie manor of the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), an evil madman who can't get over the death of his beloved, 20 ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley
Votes: 1,260
29. The Patsy (1928)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell, Marie Dressler, Lawrence Gray
Votes: 2,780
30. Are All Men Pedophiles? (2013)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
What is the difference between us and pedophiles?
Director: Jan-Willem Breure | Stars: Jan-Willem Breure, Dick Swaab, Corine de Ruiter, Savannah van Zweeden
Votes: 6,332
31. Inocente de ti (2004–2005)
60 min | Romance
From the city of Zacatecas, Florecita takes off on a large trip to the United States with the company of her sister Isela and her grandmother Cleotilde. The girls are going to reunite with ... See full summary »
Stars: Camila Sodi, Valentino Lanus, Helena Rojo, Karla Álvarez
Votes: 215
32. Fingers at the Window (1942)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An unemployed actor in Chicago aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of axe murders, apparently committed by a "lunatic".
Director: Charles Lederer | Stars: Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone, Walter Kingsford
Votes: 1,146
33. Shock Treatment (1964)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An actor hired to locate $1 million in stolen loot endures the rigors of an insane asylum.
Director: Denis Sanders | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 616
34. The Unholy Four (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Mystery
A man on a fishing trip with three of his friends receives a blow to the head that makes him lose his memory. Three years later it all comes back to him, but on the day it does one of the men who was on the trip with him turns up dead.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Paulette Goddard, William Sylvester, Patrick Holt, Paul Carpenter
Votes: 475
35. The Spies (1957)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Short of cash for his private clinic, a French psychiatrist accepts money from a NATO Intelligence agent to shelter a defecting Soviet-bloc scientist but enemy spies are closing-in.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Peter Ustinov, O.E. Hasse, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 1,100
36. Behind Locked Doors (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A well-known judge has become a fugitive from the police, with a large reward on his head. A reporter believes that the judge is hiding in a private sanitarium, so she seeks out a private ... See full summary »
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson, Douglas Fowley, Ralf Harolde
Votes: 1,007
37. Qi sha jie (1973)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action
A Chinese doctor's assistant fights the morphine-dealing criminals who run a Japanese nightclub.
Director: Chiang Shen | Stars: Tien-Lung Yu, Ching-Ping Wang, Feng Chang, Shao-Chun Chang
Votes: 103
38. Ulysses Against Hercules (1962)
99 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Ulysses offends the gods by blinding the Cyclops, so they send Hercules to capture him and bring him to them.
Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Georges Marchal, Mike Lane, Alessandra Panaro, Dominique Boschero
Votes: 244
39. Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! (1977)
90 min | Comedy
Stuck in military training in Germany, four friends find new ways to get girls and mess with their colonel.
Director: Michel Gérard | Stars: Stéphane Hillel, Rémi Laurent, Michel Bonnet, Frédéric Duru
Votes: 147
40. Road Show (1941)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. T
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 545
41. Indiscreet (1931)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Monroe Owsley, Barbara Kent
Votes: 1,553
42. Ximalaya wang zi (2006)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
An adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in ancient Tibet.
Director: Sherwood Hu | Stars: Purba Rgyal, Duobujie, Zomskyid, Sonam Dolgar
Votes: 109 | Gross: $0.01M
43. The Deerslayer (1943)
Approved | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Deerslayer, a white man who was brought up by the Mohicans, helps his old tribe when the Hurons steal Princess Wah Tah, the betrothed of his friend Jingo-Good. His friends, the Hutters, are... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Bruce Kellogg, Jean Parker, Larry Parks, Warren Ashe
Votes: 41
44. Indrudu Chandrudu (1989)
Not Rated | 158 min | Comedy, Drama
A corrupt mayor decides to live honest life.
Director: Suresh Krishna | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Vijayshanti, Charan Raj, Narayana P.L.
Votes: 375
45. Udaan (1997)
Not Rated | 128 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A wealthy industrialist who refuses to doctor his product is killed by his corrupt business partners (the great trio of Danny Denzongpa, Dilip Tahil, and Prem Chopra), and his share of the ... See full summary »
Director: Govardhan Asrani | Stars: Rekha, Saif Ali Khan, Madhoo, Prem Chopra
Votes: 175
46. Halaku (1956)
122 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical
Halaku (Pran), the powerful emperor of Iran, rules the country wisely and with an iron hand. When he comes upon one of his subjects, Niloufer (Meena Kumari), he stakes his claim on her and ... See full summary »
Director: D.D. Kashyap | Stars: Meena Kumari, Ajit Khan, Pran Sikand, Veena
Votes: 53
47. Ganga Ki Lahren (1964)
Drama
Seema and Uma belongs to a Thakur family which earns their bread & butter through stage & dance performances and this leaves Seema disowned by groom's father, right at the time of marriage ... See full summary »
Director: Devi Sharma | Stars: Azra, Brahm Bhardwaj, Dharmendra, Nasir Hussain
Votes: 40
48. Mama (1999)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A chronicle of a Soviet family folk-band founded by a mother of six.
Director: Denis Evstigneev | Stars: Nonna Mordyukova, Vladimir Mashkov, Oleg Menshikov, Evgeniy Mironov
Votes: 467
49. Angels with Broken Wings (1941)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Charlotte Lord, a widow in her early forties and owner of Manhattan's smartest modiste shop, is about to marry Guy Barton, a wealthy businessman. The marriage has the full approval of ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Binnie Barnes, Gilbert Roland, Mary Lee, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 80
50. Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
Not Rated | 25 min | Short, Comedy
Two rich families arrange a marriage between their children. The kids rebel, each running away, and run into each other at the train station. Not knowing the other's identity, they fall for each other and work to sabotage the plan.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, William V. Mong, Martha Sleeper
Votes: 303