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1. Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Approved | 136 min | Comedy, Drama
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 7,998 | Gross: $5.45M
2. The Color Purple (1985)
PG-13 | 154 min | Drama
A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery
Votes: 97,585 | Gross: $98.47M
3. The Ten Commandments (1956)
G | 220 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson
Votes: 78,080 | Gross: $93.74M
4. Don't Breathe 2 (2021)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Horror
The sequel is set in the years following the initial deadly home invasion, where Norman Nordstrom lives in quiet solace until his past sins catch up to him.
Director: Rodo Sayagues | Stars: Stephen Lang, Madelyn Grace, Brendan Sexton III, Adam Young
Votes: 71,881 | Gross: $32.64M
5. Joe Dirt (2001)
PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
After being abandoned by his parents at the Grand Canyon, Joe Dirt tells the story of his journey to find his parents.
Director: Dennie Gordon | Stars: David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Dennis Miller, Adam Beach
Votes: 61,168 | Gross: $27.09M
6. 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: 10,577 | Gross: $21.02M
7. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1931, three half-white, half-Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their houses to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a journey across the Outback.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh, Laura Monaghan
Votes: 30,307 | Gross: $6.17M
8. Don't Mess with an Angel (2008–2009)
60 min | Drama, Romance
An orphan girl finds her family and the love of her life, who is from one of the richest families in town. On her road to reunite with her family she faces many obstacles.
Stars: Maite Perroni, William Levy, Erik Corona, Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'
Votes: 1,833
9. Cube Zero (2004)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A young programmer whose job is to watch over the reality-warping Cube defies orders to rescue an innocent mother trapped in one of its rooms.
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Zachary Bennett, Stephanie Moore, Martin Roach, Michael Riley
Votes: 42,765
10. Move Over, Darling (1963)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
After being lost at sea for several years, a missing wife thought long dead returns just after her husband has remarried.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 6,503
11. Irresistible (2006)
R | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.
Director: Ann Turner | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Votes: 6,636
12. The Child (2005)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione
Votes: 19,426 | Gross: $0.65M
13. Without a Trace (1983)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Mystery
Estranged New Yorker (Kate Nelligan) turns to the police after her son disappears.
Director: Stanley R. Jaffe | Stars: Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes, Stockard Channing
Votes: 2,354
14. Lady for a Day (1933)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell
Votes: 4,672
15. Super Mario 64 (1996 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When the evil Bowser steals 120 power stars and traps Princess Peach within the walls of her own castle, it's up to Mario to save her once again.
Director: Shigeru Miyamoto | Stars: Charles Martinet, Leslie Swan
Votes: 7,089
16. Sherrybaby (2006)
R | 96 min | Drama
Sherry tries to integrate again into society and become a good mother.
Director: Laurie Collyer | Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Bottoms, Michelle Hurst
Votes: 12,071 | Gross: $0.20M
17. Trucker (2008)
R | 90 min | Drama
A trucker, leading a life free of depth and on the way to nowhere, is forced to make a decision about her aggressive loner 11-year-old son whom she openly deserted ten years previously.
Director: James Mottern | Stars: Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt, Joey Lauren Adams
Votes: 3,597 | Gross: $0.05M
18. House of Women (1962)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama
Drama about a young woman, Erica, who is wrongly implicated in a crime and sent to prison for five years, where she faces deplorable conditions. With the aid of the warden, she sets out to prove her innocence.
Directors: Walter Doniger, Crane Wilbur | Stars: Shirley Knight, Andrew Duggan, Constance Ford, Barbara Nichols
Votes: 356
19. Trouble at Timpetill (2008)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The children of a small European mountain village end up being its only residents, soon after the adults cannot take their behavior any longer.
Director: Nicolas Bary | Stars: Raphaël Katz, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léo Legrand, Baptiste Bétoulaud
Votes: 1,113
20. Effi Briest (2009)
118 min | Drama, Romance
Ambitious German imperial hussars veteran baron Geert von Instetten takes office as coastal district administrator, hoping to e promoted to the colonies. His childhood love, Luise, married ... See full summary »
Director: Hermine Huntgeburth | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Heike Warmuth, Mirko Lang, Ludwig Blochberger
Votes: 888
21. Stranger Inside (2001 TV Movie)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A mother daughter reunion set in the harsh reality of a women's correctional facility
Director: Cheryl Dunye | Stars: Yolonda Ross, Davenia McFadden, Rain Phoenix, Ella Joyce
Votes: 598
22. Anche libero va bene (2006)
108 min | Drama
A young father and his two children struggle to find harmony after his wife leaves them for another man.
Director: Kim Rossi Stuart | Stars: Alessandro Morace, Kim Rossi Stuart, Barbora Bobulova, Marta Nobili
Votes: 2,676
23. The Wyvern Mystery (2000 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After hastening the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice falls in love with one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Pillai | Stars: Naomi Watts, Derek Jacobi, Iain Glen, Jack Davenport
Votes: 626
24. Birds in the Spring (1933)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two birds rejoice over the hatching of their three eggs; as they grow, the hatchlings are taught to sing and fly. One falls from the nest and has adventures with a rattlesnake and a beehive before finding his way home.
Director: David Hand | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Marion Darlington, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen
Votes: 333
25. Ombline (2012)
95 min | Drama
The journey of a young mother in a prison with her baby boy.
Director: Stéphane Cazes | Stars: Mélanie Thierry, Nathalie Bécue, Corinne Masiero, Catherine Salée
Votes: 306
26. My Monster Mom (2008)
98 min | Comedy
Single-mom Esme gives her daughter for adoption to her elder brother who immediately goes to America. Twenty-seven years later, daughter Abby goes back to the Philippines to meet her real ... See full summary »
Director: Jose Javier Reyes | Stars: Rhian Ramos, Cherrie Madrigal, Richard Gutierrez, Ces Aldaba
Votes: 35
27. Eila (2003)
94 min | Drama
A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge.
Director: Jarmo Lampela | Stars: Sari Mällinen, Ilkka Koivula, Hannes Suominen, Kristiina Halkola
Votes: 348
28. Conflit (1938)
94 min | Drama
Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: Annie Ducaux, Marguerite Pierry, Armand Bernard, Raymond Rouleau
Votes: 45
29.
Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode:
Visiting Time
(2000)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama
Julie J gets news that her children will be in England for their grandfathers funeral and Yvonne helps her to see them. New officer, Di Barker, arrives to replace Fenner. Karen becomes the ... See full summary »
Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: Joe Shaw, Lara Cazalet, Alicya Eyo, Debra Stephenson
Votes: 46
30.
Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode:
Renegade's Child
(1976)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Barnaby helps reunite a mother with her daughter on the day the daughter is released from prison. Then they ask him to find the daughters little boy who on the run with the ex-boyfriend, and he also happens to be involved in arms dealing.
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Don Johnson
Votes: 80
31.
Dinotopia (2002–2003)
Episode:
The Matriarch
(2002)
43 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A Chasmosaur egg from the hatchery has been replaced with a T-Rex egg. A distraught woman named Iridia claims an Outsider child did it. Le Sage denies it but refuses to cooperate any further. Matriarch Rosemary questions Iridia's story.
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Michael Brandon, Jonathan Hyde, Georgina Rylance, Shiloh Strong
Votes: 27
32.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Confession
(1973)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Abel Norton, personal manager for diva singer Darlene Clark, snaps. His son has died in an operation. Darlene had told Abel she'd arrange for a top surgeon to perform the operations but -- ... See full summary »
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Shelly Novack, Frank Bonner
Votes: 23
33.
Police Rescue (1989–1996)
Episode:
The Holliman Kid
(1996)
Crime, Drama
When a little girl disappear every one wonders what happened to her. Meanwhile Georgia learn she's pregnant.
Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: Gary Sweet, Sonia Todd, Steve Bastoni, John Clayton
34.
Soldier Soldier (1991–1997)
Episode:
Second Chances
(1995)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
The Tuckers receive help from Nancy to find the truth about Macaulay. Jo Farrell seeks Marsha Stubbs help to woo Collette but it starts to backfire when their partners become suspicious.
Director: Bruce MacDonald | Stars: Rosie Rowell, Robson Green, Jerome Flynn, Holly Aird
Votes: 10
35.
Close to Home (2005–2007)
Episode:
Escape
(2006)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a kidnapped prison librarian is found, Annabeth must resolve inconsistencies in her story in order to prosecute the correct perpetrator.
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Jennifer Finnigan, Kimberly Elise, John Carroll Lynch, Christian Kane
Votes: 48
36.
Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode:
Episode #1.134
(1966)
TV-G | 21 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Laura's return continues to send shock waves through Collinsport. David eagerly anticipates meeting his mother.
Director: John Sedwick | Stars: Joan Bennett, Louis Edmonds, David Henesy, Diana Millay
Votes: 64
37.
Nip/Tuck (2003–2010)
Episode:
Willy Ward
(2006)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama
A ventriliquist requests surgery from Sean to make him look like his hand puppet.
Director: Michael M. Robin | Stars: Dylan Walsh, Julian McMahon, John Hensley, Roma Maffia
Votes: 359
38.
Rahti (2021)
Episode:
Kohti tuntematonta
(2021)
46 min | Crime, Drama
Sammy confronts Yonah while Riku finds the money to help Kiki. Maria's husband discovers her deception.
Director: Matti Kinnunen | Stars: Evelyn Rasmussen Osazuwa, Johannes Holopainen, Alain Azerot, Oona Airola
Votes: 12
39.
The Palace (2021–2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2022)
45 min | Drama, Music
When Marlene is unable to fill her role as Chris's stand-in, the guest choreographer, Steven Williams, gives Chris's rival, Bettina, her solo role. Meanwhile, Chris, in Bamberg, has a fight with her father, Roland Winninger.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Svenja Jung, Anja Kling, Hermann Beyer, Ursula Werner
Votes: 49
40.
World on Fire (2019–2023)
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(2023)
TV-14 | 57 min | Drama, Romance, War
Harry returns to Manchester, but Kasia is determined to leave. In Europe, Marga and Henriette must each make their escape, while north Africa becomes even more brutal for Rajib.
Director: Barney Cokeliss | Stars: Jonah Hauer-King, Jonathan Harden, Ahad Raza Mir, Jay Sajjid
Votes: 164
41.
Inspector George Gently (2007–2017)
Episode:
The Lost Child
(2012)
TV-MA | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gently and Bacchus are given an insight into the complexities of the emotionally wrought world when the adopted child of a middle-class couple is kidnapped.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Simon Hubbard, Mark Gatiss
Votes: 375
42.
White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode:
Digging Deeper
(2013)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Neal and Peter take on an unprecedented asset recovery case for the Museum of Natural History: a stolen Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton and its egg.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason
Votes: 631
43.
Roots (2016)
Episode:
Part 4
(2016)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, War
Chicken George returns to the Lea farm after 20 years; Tom, nurses a grudge against his father; George and Cyrus join the Memphis Colored Battery; Tom returns home after the war to embark on a new life with his family.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Herman Netzhammer, Lane Garrison, Tip 'T.I.' Harris
Votes: 377
44.
The Walking Dead (2010–2022)
Episode:
Scars
(2019)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An outsider's arrival forces Alexandria to rehash devastating old wounds; eye-opening secrets from the past are revealed.
Director: Millicent Shelton | Stars: Norman Reedus, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Alanna Masterson
Votes: 8,337
45.
Deutschland 86 (2018)
Episode:
Total Onslaught
(2018)
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Lenora is grounded and demoted after the cruise ship plan is uncovered.
Director: Arne Feldhusen | Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 234
46.
Charité (2017– )
Episode:
Verschüttet
(2019)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi
Margot and Jung catch Miss Fritsch and Kolbe red-handed. Anni and Artur suffer a setback. Sauerbruch goes to Switzerland, leaving Dohnanyi vulnerable.
Director: Anno Saul | Stars: Mala Emde, Ulrich Noethen, Jannik Schümann, Artjom Gilz
Votes: 140