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1. Silent Hill (2006)
R | 125 min | Horror, Mystery
A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.
Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 244,726 | Gross: $46.98M
2. Dan in Real Life (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A widower finds out the woman he fell in love with is his brother's girlfriend.
Director: Peter Hedges | Stars: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Alison Pill
Votes: 107,181 | Gross: $47.64M
3. Fright (1971)
PG | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
An English baby sitter is terrorized by her friend's ex-husband, escaped from an asylum.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Honor Blackman, Susan George, George Cole, Tara Collinson
Votes: 1,941 | Gross: $0.17M
4. A Girl Named Sooner (1975 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
A young girl in the hills of Indiana, who had been abandoned by her family and raised by a bootlegging old woman, is taken by the authorities and made the ward of a childless couple.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Lee Remick, Richard Crenna, Don Murray, Anne Francis
Votes: 304
5. That Brennan Girl (1946)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A mother encourages Ziggy, her teen daughter, to grow up quickly, and her boyfriend recruits Ziggy into his racket. Living fast and loose, Ziggy is soon a single mother herself.
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall, June Duprez
Votes: 361
6. Mark of an Angel (2008)
95 min | Drama
Elsa, a woman with a long history of depression, in the midst of a divorce from her husband of twelve years, develops an obsession with a seven year old girl she sees at a birthday party ... See full summary »
Director: Safy Nebbou | Stars: Catherine Frot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Wladimir Yordanoff, Antoine Chappey
Votes: 906
7. Bantú Mama (2021)
77 min | Drama
After being arrested in the Dominican Republic, an Afropean woman escapes and is sheltered by three minors in a dangerous district of Santo Domingo. By becoming their protégée and maternal figure, she sees her destiny change inexorably.
Director: Ivan Herrera | Stars: Clarisse Albrecht, Euris Javiel, Johnny Morales, Arturo Perez
Votes: 212
8. La hembrita (2023)
90 min | Drama
A high-class woman with "empty nest syndrome" ends up with one of her maid's granddaughters under her care. She must decide between giving the girl back or keeping her in the family.
Directors: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | Stars: Cecilia Garcia, Cuquín Victoria, Juan Maria Almonte, William Junior Caminero
Votes: 30
9. The Great Love (1931)
76 min | Drama
Ten years after the end of World War I, Austrian soldier Franz leaves Russia and returns to his village, where he is reunited with Frieda, a woman who believes he is her long-lost son.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Hansi Niese, Attila Hörbiger, Betty Bird, Hugo Thimig
Votes: 108
10. Dziecko szczescia (1991)
99 min | Comedy
Director: Slawomir Krynski | Stars: Ewa Gawryluk, Marek Cichucki, Monika Bolly, Piotrus Walczewski
Votes: 44
11. Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family & Me (2016– )
120 min | Documentary
Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan attempts to gain the trust of a family of African elephants in Kenya to allow him to observe them up close.
Stars: Gordon Buchanan, Benjamin Kyalo
Votes: 48
12. An Open Door (I) (2006)
Unrated | 19 min | Short, Drama
Forgotten as a wife and co-worker, Michelle Watson, in a last ditch effort to save her marriage, convinces her husband, William, to take a much-needed vacation. When their son falls ill, she must cancel their plans and share with William a painful secret that can save their marriage.
Director: Sean Jourdan | Stars: Heidi Bower, Susie Cornett, Tim Cunningham, Stacie Doublin
Votes: 21
13.
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001)
Episode:
Post-Nasal Dick
(1996)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
The whole crew gets ill after Tommy catches a bug while kissing a girl.
Director: Robert Berlinger | Stars: John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Votes: 598
14.
Poldark (1975–1977)
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(1977)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, History, Romance
Ross and his men successfully bring Dwight back from Frace, but Drake is wounded severely, and Watleggan's son develops a serious case of the rickets.
Stars: Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees, Duncan Lamont, Kevin McNally
Votes: 25