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1. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench
Votes: 297,220 | Gross: $102.83M
2. The French Dispatch (2021)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, LĂ©a Seydoux
Votes: 151,027
3. The Decameron (1971)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, History
An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron".
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic, Vincenzo Amato
Votes: 12,133
4. The Leopard (1963)
PG | 186 min | Drama, History
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 28,886
5. The Painted Bird (2019)
Unrated | 169 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many different characters.
Director: Václav Marhoul | Stars: Petr Kotlár, Nina Sunevic, Alla Sokolova, Stanislav Bilyi
Votes: 7,663
6. Andrei Rublev (1966)
R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko, Nikolay Sergeev
Votes: 57,139 | Gross: $0.10M
7. Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Horror
The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.
Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Peter Cushing
Votes: 7,141
8. Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986 TV Movie)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Lang
Votes: 2,298
9. Tea with Mussolini (1999)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, War
An orphaned Italian boy is raised amongst a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during World War II.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Cher
Votes: 14,210 | Gross: $14.35M
10. Roma (1972)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
A fluid, unconnected and sometimes chaotic procession of scenes detailing the various people and events of life in Italy's capital, most of it based on director Federico Fellini's life.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Britta Barnes, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence, Pia De Doses
Votes: 13,823 | Gross: $0.73M
11. Lisa and the Devil (1973)
Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Mystery
A tourist spends the night in a derelict Spanish villa seemingly held in the supernatural grip of an eccentric butler, who resembles a depiction of the Devil she had seen on an old fresco.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Alessio Orano
Votes: 5,364
12. A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic artist becomes obsessed with a beautiful countess who died there many years prior.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges GĂ©ret, Gabriella Boccardo
Votes: 2,048
13. Satan's Baby Doll (1982)
Not Rated | 75 min | Horror
In the crypt of the remote castle of the Aguilars lies the recently-deceased body of Maria. Her husband Antonio is a jealous bully, his mute brother Ignazio is in a wheelchair peeping on ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Bianchi | Stars: Jaqueline Dupré, Mariangela Giordano, Aldo Sambrell, Giuseppe Carbone
Votes: 772
14. Love Aaj Kal (2009)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An old-fashioned romantic tells his personal love story to a modern man who has just broken up with his girlfriend. Has love really ever changed?
Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Khanna
Votes: 17,024 | Gross: $2.43M
15. The Taste of Others (2000)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The lives of 6 people over 35 in Rouen, France, and their relationship to each other.
Director: Agnès Jaoui | Stars: Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Alain Chabat, Agnès Jaoui
Votes: 10,384 | Gross: $0.64M
16. Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb (2020)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History
After unearthing a tomb that had been untouched for 4,400 years, Egyptian archaeologists attempt to decipher the history of the astonishing find.
Director: James Tovell | Stars: Ahmed Zikrey Abdellhak, Ghareeb Ali Mohammed Abushousha, Nabil Eldaleel, Sabry Mohyeldin Farag
Votes: 7,190
17. The Dead Are Alive! (1972)
R | 106 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.
Director: Armando Crispino | Stars: Alex Cord, Samantha Eggar, John Marley, Nadja Tiller
Votes: 1,064 | Gross: $0.11M
18. The House of Exorcism (1975)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery
A troubled priest attempts to exorcise the soul of a tourist who has been possessed by the Devil after witnessing supernatural events at a Spanish villa.
Directors: Lamberto Bava, Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone | Stars: Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Alessio Orano
Votes: 822
19. The Battle of Kosovo (1989)
117 min | Drama, History, War
On June 28th 1389, at Kosovo Polje, an army of the Serbian Prince Lazar made a stand against the advancing Ottoman forces of Sultan Murad.
Director: Zdravko Sotra | Stars: Milos Zutic, Gorica Popovic, Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic, Zarko Lausevic
Votes: 2,782
20. The Rape of Europa (2006)
Unrated | 117 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.
Directors: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham | Stars: Joan Allen, E. Randol Schoenberg, Maria Altmann, Wolfgang Fischer
Votes: 1,661
21. Goodbye Morocco (2012)
102 min | Drama
Tangier, beginning of autumn. Dounia Abdallah, Moroccan, and Dimitri Barbarossa, Franco-Serbian, are lovers. They work together at the construction of a luxurious villa for a Gibraltar ... See full summary »
Director: Nadir Moknèche | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Radivoje Bukvic, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Grégory Gadebois
Votes: 221
22. Francofonia (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, History
A history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath, Vincent Nemeth, Johanna Korthals Altes
Votes: 3,005 | Gross: $0.30M
23. Sacred Silence (1996)
114 min | Crime, Drama
A young priest crusades against organized crime in his Naples neighbourhood but falls in love with a 13-year old boy. It's the chance the gangsters were waiting for to get rid of the thorn ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Capuano | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Emanuele Gargiulo, Tonino Taiuti, Rosaria De Cicco
Votes: 438
24. A Christmas Without Snow (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Music
A divorced woman moves to a new city, trying to rebuild her life. She joins the choir of a local church and is inspired by the choirmaster, a curmudgeonly old gentleman who will accept ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Michael Learned, John Houseman, Ramon Bieri, James Cromwell
Votes: 411
25. Secha pri Kerzhentse (1971)
10 min | Animation, Short, War
The film is set to music by Rimsky-Korsakov and uses Russian frescoes and paintings from the 14th-16th centuries.
Directors: Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Yuri Norstein
Votes: 638
26. Behold the Monkey (2016 TV Movie)
G | 30 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A well-intentioned parishioner restores a church fresco in a small Spanish town, which leads him to become a global overnight internet sensation.
Director: Adam Wimpenny | Stars: Tamsin Greig, Imma Colomer, Assumpta Serna, Amparo Moreno
Votes: 100
27. Sentinels of Silence (1971)
G | 18 min | Documentary, Short
An 18-minute helicopter-based aerial visit across the archaeological ruins in Mexico.
Director: Robert Amram | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Orson Welles
Votes: 181
28. Mali vojnici (1967)
92 min | Drama
After the end of World War II a blonde boy arrives at an orphanage made for the children of partisans or people killed in the war. The headmaster knows that the boy's parents were Nazis but... See full summary »
Director: Bahrudin 'Bato' Cengic | Stars: Stojan 'Stole' Arandjelovic, Marija Tocinoski, Zaim Muzaferija, Zlatko Madunic
Votes: 154
30. Les trésors de Marcel Pagnol (2019 TV Movie)
110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The works of Marcel Pagnol are a veritable monument of French cultural heritage. Based on previously unseen archive material, film extracts, novels, plays, interviews and letters, the film ... See full summary »
Director: Fabien Beziat | Stars: Marcel Pagnol, Fabrice Luchini, Nicolas Pagnol, Marcel Achard
Votes: 13
31. The Story of the Pope (1942)
70 min | Documentary
The public and private life of Eugenio Pacelli, elected Pope Pius XII.
Directors: Romolo Marcellini, Luis Trenker | Star: Pope Pius XII
Votes: 32
32. The Suspended Vocation (1978)
90 min | Drama
Divergent factions within the Catholic Church are plagued by internal ideological quarrels.
Director: RaĂşl Ruiz | Stars: Didier Flamand, Pascal Bonitzer, Gabriel Gascon, Maurice BĂ©nichou
Votes: 170
33. Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman (2017 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Waldemar Januszczak explores the impact of Mary Magdalene's myth on art and artists. In art all Christian saints are inventions but Mary Magdalene has been the subject of more invention and re-invention than any other.
Director: Waldemar Januszczak | Star: Waldemar Januszczak
Votes: 75
34. Frescoes of Studenica: Thoughts of Eternity (2019)
26 min | Documentary, Short, History
A poetic vision of the last restoration work of the unique frescoes of one of the largest male monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Studenica.
Director: Narcisa Darijevic
Votes: 5
35. Tina in Mexico (2002)
77 min | Documentary, History, War
Using reenactments, newsreel footage, and photographs, Longfellow tells the story of Tina Modotti (1896-1942), from 1920 when she's living in LA with artist Robo Richey to the assassination... See full summary »
Director: Brenda Longfellow | Stars: Allegra Fulton, Karl Pruner, Arturo Fresolone, Tanja Jacobs
Votes: 23
37. Taakkasi on minun (1973 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography
Director: Eeli Aalto | Stars: Eeli Aalto, Lennart SegerstrĂĄle, Marie-Louise SegerstrĂĄle
38. Buon Fresco Foundations: Fresco Painting - Color (2013 Video)
G | Documentary
Introduces students to the foundational principles and techniques of True (Buon) Fresco Painting.
Director: Ilia Anossov
39. In Residence: Mattia Bonetti, Lago di Lugano, Switzerland (2017)
5 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Max Hemmings | Star: Mattia Bonetti
40. Buon Fresco Foundations: Fresco Painting - Verdaccio (2013 Video)
G | Documentary
Introduces students to the foundational principles and techniques of Verdaccio Underpainting.
Director: Ilia Anossov
41. Maisons d'Ă©crivains: La Tour de Montaigne (2020)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Violaine Giacomotto-Charra, Anne-Marie Cocula, Alain Legros
42. Bilder finden (2003)
106 min | Documentary
When Ukraine was occupied by the Nazis, the Jewish painter Bruno Schulz decorated a villa with frescoes
Director: Benjamin GeiĂźler
43. Buon Fresco Foundations: Fresco Pigments and Paint (2013 Video)
Documentary
Buon Fresco Foundations - Fresco Pigments & Paint DVD introduces a student to the foundational principles and techniques of preparation and use of fresco pigments and paint.
Director: Ilia Anossov
44. Exploring Spain (1999)
25 min | Short
Spain is a country rich in history, art, music, culture and color.
Director: Fred Heiman | Star: Peggy Heiman
45.
Relic Hunter (1999–2002)
Episode:
The Book of Love
(1999)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Sydney and Nigel are in Milan, Italy to search for Casanova's lost Book of Love.
Director: Paolo Barzman | Stars: Tia Carrere, Christien Anholt, Lindy Booth, Joseph Di Mambro
Votes: 119
46.
Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode:
Highland Fling: Part Two
(1992)
TV-14 | 54 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovejoy helps the Brooksbys save their estate by discovering the secrets of the 18th Century Greek Revival pigsty in the woods near the manor.
Director: Francis Megahy | Stars: Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury
Votes: 55
47.
Amazing Train Journeys (2011– )
Episode:
Roumanie
(2012)
Documentary
Beginning of the journey in Iasi (or Jassy): Phillipe takes the train to Burdujeni (Bukovina): talk about the identity of the Romanian people (they are the most Latin of the Latin people).... See full summary »
Director: Stéphane Rossi | Star: Philippe Gougler
Votes: 7
48.
Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance (2004– )
Episode:
Medici Popes
(2004)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Florence, 1501: 26-year-old Michelangelo carves a giant masterpiece which will come to symbolize his struggle against a family he once adored. Raised from a young age alongside the Medici ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Massimo Marinoni, Ian Bustard, Niccolò Cioni, Ross King
Votes: 30
49.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
Egypt's Darkest Hour
(2019)
TV-PG | 84 min | Documentary, History, War
A look into what took down the Egyptian Empire.
Director: Davina Bristow | Stars: Fabio Abraham, Salima Ikram, Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 42
50.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
Sinking Atlantis
(2008)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, History, War
Scientists of various disciplines uncover what really happened to the Minoans on the Island of Crete and find strong evidence of a disaster that correlates with Atlantis's fabled demise.
Director: Harvey Lilley | Stars: Hendrik Bruins, Jan Driessen, Stuart Dunn, Alexander MacGillivray
Votes: 26