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1. About Time (I) (2013)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson

Votes: 386,484 | Gross: $15.32M

2. God's Own Country (2017)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.

Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart

Votes: 35,654 | Gross: $0.34M

3. Giri/Haji (2019)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective from Tokyo scours London for his missing brother, who's been involved with the Yakuza and accused of murder.

Stars: Takehiro Hira, Kelly Macdonald, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Will Sharpe

Votes: 16,909

4. The Glass Castle (2017)

PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama

A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson

Votes: 38,605 | Gross: $17.27M

5. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama

Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson

Votes: 53,460 | Gross: $17.57M

6. Song to Song (I) (2017)

R | 129 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Two intersecting love triangles. Obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman

Votes: 22,583 | Gross: $0.44M

7. The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such thing as werewolves.

Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Riki Lindhome, Robert Forster, Chloe East

Votes: 24,293

8. Summertime (2015)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader in this drama set in 1970s France.

Director: Catherine Corsini | Stars: Cécile de France, Izïa Higelin, Noémie Lvovsky, Jean-Henri Compère

Votes: 5,683 | Gross: $0.04M

9. Pinocchio (2019)

PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Old woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini

Votes: 14,764

10. Catch That Kid (2004)

PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A girl and her two friends raid a bank, looking for the money needed for financing the cure of her dying father.

Director: Bart Freundlich | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Sam Robards, Jennifer Beals, Corbin Bleu

Votes: 10,987 | Gross: $16.70M

11. Germany Year Zero (1948)

Not Rated | 78 min | Drama

A young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post-WWII Berlin.

Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger

Votes: 13,731

12. And Then We Danced (2019)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance

A passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.

Director: Levan Akin | Stars: Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili, Kakha Gogidze

Votes: 14,379

13. Cross the Line (2020)

TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, Thriller

A good-natured man has an unexpected deadly confrontation. Instincts kick in to clean up the mess caused in the name of self-defense but does one really get away free after killing someone?

Director: David Victori | Stars: Mario Casas, Milena Smit, Elisabeth Larena, Fernando Valdivielso

Votes: 3,676

14. Dream Home (2010)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror

Cheng Li-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the deal falls through, she is forced to keep her dream alive - even if it means keeping her would-be neighbors dead.

Director: Ho-Cheung Pang | Stars: Josie Ho, Ching Wong, Helen To, Man Jan San

Votes: 5,894

15. Alabama Moon (2009)

PG | 99 min | Drama, Family

After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven-year-old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.

Director: Tim McCanlies | Stars: Jimmy Bennett, Gabriel Basso, Uriah Shelton, Clint Howard

Votes: 1,719

16. Skin (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Drama

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Director: Anthony Fabian | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge

Votes: 3,720

17. The Escort (1999)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

A London gigolo persuades an impoverished French writer to join his profession.

Director: Michel Blanc | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Julie Wilson Nimmo, Luisa Bradshaw-White, Michelle Gomez

Votes: 1,334

18. Vamos a la playa (2022)

91 min | Drama, Romance

3 Young Germans travel to Cuba in search of one of the younger brother's friend who is there researching Manatees. One arrogantly searching for love, while the other is denied and the third... See full summary »

Director: Bettina Blümner | Stars: Leonard Scheicher, Victoria Schulz, Maya Unger, Eugenio Torroella

Votes: 136

19. Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young man's personality is shaped, involving some weird happenings around.

Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Slavko Stimac, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ljiljana Blagojevic, Mira Banjac

Votes: 6,801

20. Zombie ja Kummitusjuna (1991)

88 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the ... See full summary »

Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Silu Seppälä, Marjo Leinonen, Matti Pellonpää, Vieno Saaristo

Votes: 1,125

21. Erotiki symfonia (1972)

109 min | Drama, Romance

A distinguished classical pianist reunites with her twin sister and her ill father after ten years, only to face an irrevocable tragedy and an equally doomed clandestine affair. But, even in the name of love, can one go on living a lie?

Director: Kostas Kazakos | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Kostas Kazakos, Andreas Filippides, Notis Peryalis

Votes: 156

22. The House by the Sea (2017)

107 min | Comedy, Drama

Three grown children gathered at the picturesque villa of their dying father reflect on where they are, who they have become, and what they have inherited.

Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Jacques Boudet

Votes: 1,810

23. Secret Ingredient (2017)

104 min | Comedy, Drama

An underpaid train mechanic gives his father a cake made of stolen marijuana to relieve his cancer pain, but he is cornered by the criminals who are searching for their drugs and the nosy neighbors who want a recipe for the "healing" cake.

Director: Gjorce Stavreski | Stars: Blagoj Veselinov, Anastas Tanovski, Aksel Mehmet, Aleksandar Mikic

Votes: 1,364

24. About a Father (2017)

30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A short gay themed Czech film by Roman Nemec.

Director: Roman Nemec | Stars: Antonín Procházka, Alena Mihulová, Jakub Krejca, Jirí Vojta

Votes: 112

25. '68 (1988)

R | 99 min | Drama

'68 covers exactly one year (January 1st through December 31st) in the lives of Zoltan Szabo and his family, Hungarian immigrants, working hard to make a life in San Francisco in 1968. The ... See full summary »

Director: Steven Kovacs | Stars: Eric Larson, Robert Locke, Neil Young, Sándor Técsy

Votes: 95

26. Top Kids (1987 TV Movie)

116 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Computer hackers with a time-travel simulator send a Formula One driver (Niki Lauda) back to a 1904 race.

Director: Michael Pfleghar | Stars: Anthony Ko, Scott Nemes, Jared Rushton, Niki Lauda

Votes: 34

27. Sr. Pig (2016)

100 min | Drama

A beautiful road movie, and a chance to talk about love for Mexico through the eyes of an American.

Director: Diego Luna | Stars: Danny Glover, Maya Rudolph, José María Yazpik, Joel Murray

Votes: 1,267

28. La madrastra (1974)

82 min | Comedy, Drama

In Segovia at the beginning of the thirties the hoarder widower and Marcos must be prudent but has relations with the sterile prostitute Mercedes every week.

Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Amparo Rivelles, John Moulder-Brown, Ramiro Oliveros, Ismael Merlo

Votes: 36

29. Women on the Run (2019)

93 min | Comedy, Romance

Women on the Run. Vera has lived a wonderful life with Jindrich, and she is fully determined to fulfill his last wish - running a marathon. The emancipated and spirited mother of three ... See full summary »

Director: Martin Horský | Stars: Zlata Adamovská, Tereza Kostková, Veronika Khek Kubarová, Jenovéfa Boková

Votes: 842

30. Le fils préféré (1994)

100 min | Drama

A film shows a family through an adult man's figure, and his weekdays. The main character is one of the sons of an old and ill man who is in hospital nowadays. The father has 2 other sons ... See full summary »

Director: Nicole Garcia | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Marc Barr, Roberto Herlitzka

Votes: 471

31. Chicken Tikka Masala (2005)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jimi is surprised when his family announces an arranged wedding to Simran, especially as he is gay and has a boyfriend, Jack. The easy way out? No-- he decides to arrange something a little unorthodox instead.

Director: Harmage Singh Kalirai | Stars: Chris Bisson, Saeed Jaffrey, Sally Bankes, Peter Ash

Votes: 555

32. The Land of Rain Trees (I) (2015)

Drama

Nobuyuki found a review website of his favorite book. He felt the same way as the website owner (Rika) about the book's story. Since then, he has interested in Rika with sensorineural hearingloss.

Director: Yoshishige Miyake | Stars: Mariya Nishiuchi, Yûta Tamamori, Jôji Abe, Yumi Asô

Votes: 84

33. Daughter (2019)

15 min | Animation, Short, Drama

The bond between a father and a daughter is imperiled by matters that go unspoken and hurts that are slow to heal.

Director: Daria Kashcheeva

Votes: 1,294

34. Tirana, année zéro (2001)

89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A film tells the story of a young couple in post-communist Albania, at the time when many Albanians left the country in search for a better life abroad. The protagonist is Nik, who lives in... See full summary »

Director: Fatmir Koçi | Stars: Nevin Meçaj, Ermela Teli, Raimonda Bulku, Robert Ndrenika

Votes: 167

35. Le cancre (2016)

116 min | Drama, Romance

Laurent is seeking a path in life after living his childhood and teenage years in laziness. He has a conflictual relationship with Rodolphe, his father, and both are too emotional to ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Vecchiali | Stars: Paul Vecchiali, Pascal Cervo, Catherine Deneuve, Mathieu Amalric

Votes: 127

36. Thicker Than Water (2018)

103 min | Comedy, Drama

Kazunari, a quiet and well-behaved young man, works at a printing company. On the other hand, his older brother, Takushi, is a short-tempered, typical troublemaker who was just released ... See full summary »

Director: Keisuke Yoshida | Stars: Masataka Kubota, Hirofumi Arai, Keiko Enoue, Miwako Kakei

Votes: 209

37. A Respectable Family (2012)

90 min | Drama

Upon returning home to Iran after more than two decades abroad, visiting professor Arash is quickly thrust into a past he's spent his whole life trying to escape.

Director: Massoud Bakhshi | Stars: Babak Hamidian, Mehrdad Sedighian, Mehran Ahmadi, Ahoo Kheradmand

Votes: 551

38. Trouble Makers (2017)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

Two hooligan friends are drawn into a series of different adventures after they decide to join a reality television show.

Directors: Xiaopan Gao, Jibin Sun, Alan Zeng | Stars: Xiaopan Gao, Xianchao You, Ziming He, Yu Bu

Votes: 9

39. Fate's Turning (1911)

17 min | Short, Romance

A young girl working as a waitress at a resort for the wealthy is swept off her feet by a rich young gentleman, and before she knows it, she's pregnant.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Charles West, Stephanie Longfellow, Grace Henderson, Dorothy Bernard

Votes: 80

40. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Yellow He (1977)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Derrick investigates a case that first seems like a robbery homicide. Then, jealousy is considered a possible motive. But is this all just a smoke screen?

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Susanne Beck, Martin Semmelrogge

Votes: 97

41. Affairs of the Heart (1974–1975)
Episode: Bessie (1974)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Bessie and Lord Lambeth meet in Newport and both seem smitten. Everyone assumes that when Bessie visits London the next spring, she is set on marrying him.

Director: John Sichel | Stars: Sinéad Cusack, Anna Palk, Christopher Cazenove, Geoffrey Whitehead

Votes: 8

42. Si c'était vous? (1957–1958)
Episode: Étudiant en médecine (1958)

Drama

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Director: Marcel Bluwal | Stars: Nicole Berger, Jean Bertho, Colette Castel, Jacques Castelot

43. The Spoils of Babylon (2014)
Episode: The War Within (2014)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

Eric Jonrosh (Will Ferrell) returns with his epic mini-series. War breaks out & Devon (Tobey Maguire) joins the struggle, leaving Cynthia (Kristen Wiig) behind. Another woman threatens to come between the star-crossed lovers.

Director: Matt Piedmont | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Tim Robbins, Carey Mulligan

Votes: 169

44. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres à l'Abbaye de Rouen (2014)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A police captain learns that his ailing father could be connected to a murder at Rouen Abbey.

Director: Christian Bonnet | Stars: Frédéric Diefenthal, Isabel Otero, Natalia Dontcheva, Saïda Jawad

Votes: 133

45. Frühling (2011– )
Episode: Einmal Frühling und zurück (2014)

90 min | Drama

When Katja Baumann and Conny Aigner were leaving the office they saw a wedding: A man Philipp was marrying a woman called Marie.In the this wedding there was a young boy called Gary who ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Stauch | Stars: Simone Thomalla, Marco Girnth, Carolyn Genzkow, Mareike Carrière

Votes: 24

46. Please Love Me! (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (2016)

TV-14 | 54 min | Comedy, Romance

Michiko is pinching herself and double checking to make sure it was not all a dream. She was really propose to. Her fiance is organized and has a list,a schedule, plans and eager to meet ... See full summary »

Director: Shô Tsukikawa | Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Dean Fujioka, Shôhei Miura, Maho Nonami

47. Hapimari: Happy Marriage!? (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2016)

36 min | Romance

Hokuto succeeds in persuading Chiwa into getting married and they are now officially husband and wife. Chiwa expects to have romantic dates but Hokuto tells her that is a waste of time. ... See full summary »

Stars: Aya Enjôji, Dean Fujioka, Norika Fujiwara, Joe Hyûga

48. Hapimari: Happy Marriage!? (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.10 (2016)

Romance

The boy's father dies in the hospital despite a late surgery, but his son is by his side at least. The family unveils his will, but stipulates that the Mamiya president take a DNA test to ... See full summary »

Stars: Aya Enjôji, Dean Fujioka, Norika Fujiwara, Joe Hyûga