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1. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 802,086 | Gross: $7.56M
2. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.
Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor
Votes: 878,507 | Gross: $141.32M
3. Capernaum (2018)
R | 126 min | Drama
While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad
Votes: 105,696 | Gross: $1.66M
4. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri
Votes: 175,375 | Gross: $0.33M
5. Gomorrah (2008)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama
Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Toni Servillo, Simone Sacchettino
Votes: 51,241 | Gross: $1.58M
6. Between Two Worlds (2021)
106 min | Drama
It is based on French journalist Florence Aubenas's bestselling non-fiction work Le Quai de Ouistreham, investigating rising precarity in French society through her experiences in the northern port city of Caen.
Director: Emmanuel Carrère | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Louise Pociecka, Steve Papagiannis, Aude Ruyter
Votes: 2,305
7. Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood (1985 Video)
42 min | Short, Horror
Late at night, a woman is kidnapped by an unknown assailant and taken back to his blood-spattered dungeon, where he turns her into a "flower of blood and flesh" through a series of dismemberment and evisceration.
Director: Hideshi Hino | Stars: Hiroshi Tamura, Kirara Yûgao, Anja Blagojevic
Votes: 4,493
8. Alcarràs (2022)
120 min | Drama
The life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood.
Director: Carla Simón | Stars: Josep Abad, Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Albert Bosch
Votes: 7,864
9. Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama
Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Shafiq Syed, Anjaan, Amrit Patel, Murari Sharma
Votes: 10,104 | Gross: $2.08M
10. Primo amore (2004)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Vittorio, a goldsmith looking for his perception of beauty, meets Sonia and manages to convince her to lose weight to an unhealthy degree.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Michela Cescon, Vitaliano Trevisan, Roberto Comacchio, Alberto Re
Votes: 1,857
11. I Am Not a Witch (2017)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
In a remote Zambian community a girl is denounced as a witch and sent on a trajectory of exploitation, as a tethered member of a witches' camp, a witch for hire and a tourist exhibit.
Director: Rungano Nyoni | Stars: Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Murilo, Margaret Spinella
Votes: 4,211 | Gross: $0.05M
12. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
Not Rated | 186 min | Drama, History
Peasant life in a feudal farm in rural Italy at the end of the 19th century.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari
Votes: 6,905
13. Bubble (I) (2005)
R | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Debbie Doebereiner, Omar Cowan, Dustin James Ashley, Phyllis Workman
Votes: 8,430 | Gross: $0.15M
14. La Pointe Courte (1955)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Follow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Silvia Monfort, Marcel Jouet, Albert Lubrano
Votes: 4,307
15. Strangers in Good Company (1990)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama
A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives.
Director: Cynthia Scott | Stars: Alice Diabo, Constance Garneau, Beth Webber, Catherine Roche
Votes: 1,305 | Gross: $1.00M
16. Reality (II) (2012)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
Luciano is a charming fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession with being a contestant on a reality show leads him down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Aniello Arena, Paola Minaccioni, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone
Votes: 5,777 | Gross: $0.06M
17. The Embalmer (2002)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A solitary embalmer meets a charming and unemployed waiter who becomes his assistant, but the two get involved in a morbid and unhealthy professional and personal relationship.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Ernesto Mahieux, Valerio Foglia Manzillo, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Lina Bernardi
Votes: 2,973 | Gross: $0.06M
18. Suzaku (1997)
95 min | Drama
Depicts the dissolution of a small family in a remote Japanese timber village.
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono, Sachiko Izumi, Kôtarô Shibata
Votes: 1,485
19. In Vanda's Room (2000)
Not Rated | 171 min | Drama
The film follows the daily life of Vanda Duarte, a heroin addict in Lisbon, and the community she lives in.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Vanda Duarte, Lena Duarte, Zita Duarte, Manuel Gomes Miranda
Votes: 1,734
20. Toad Road (2012)
Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A portrait of contemporary youth culture, where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.
Director: Jason Banker | Stars: James Davidson, Sara Anne Jones, Whitleigh Higuera, Jamie Siebold
Votes: 1,442
21. A Ciambra (2017)
Unrated | 118 min | Crime, Drama
In A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region's factions - ... See full summary »
Director: Jonas Carpignano | Stars: Pio Amato, Iolanda Amato, Koudous Seihon, Damiano Amato
Votes: 2,942 | Gross: $0.03M
22. The Postman's White Nights (2014)
100 min | Drama
The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat and a postman became the only connection with the outside world. A... See full summary »
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Aleksey Tryapitsyn, Irina Ermolova, Timur Bondarenko, Viktor Kolobkov
Votes: 2,103
23. Paris Is Us (2019)
83 min | Drama
Anna misses the flight she should have taken to find Greg in Barcelona. The plane crashes.
Director: Elisabeth Vogler | Stars: Noémie Schmidt, Grégoire Isvarine, Marie Mottet, Lou Castel
Votes: 1,509
24. Good Mother (2021)
99 min | Drama
After her son is arrested in a gas station robbery, housekeeper Nora does everything she can to help him as he remains incarcerated awaiting trial.
Director: Hafsia Herzi | Stars: Halima Benhamed, Sabrina Benhamed, Jawed Hannachi Herzi, Mourad Tahar Boussatha
Votes: 284
25. Birdwatchers (2008)
Unrated | 104 min | Drama
When a tribe of indigenous Guarani Indians attempts to re-inhabit their ancestral land, which lies on the border of a wealthy landowner's fields, tensions escalate.
Director: Marco Bechis | Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Alicélia Batista Cabreira, Chiara Caselli, Pedro Abrísio da Silva
Votes: 922
26. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
27. Colossal Youth (2006)
Not Rated | 156 min | Drama
With the destruction of Fontainhas nearly complete, the old man Ventura wanders around a bleak housing project and the ruins of the slums, meeting with his kids and old friends.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Ventura, Vanda Duarte, Beatriz Duarte, Gustavo Sumpta
Votes: 1,745
28. India: Matri Bhumi (1959)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage.
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Votes: 732
29. Ostia (1970)
103 min | Drama
Two brothers live by petty thievery and try to recover from their upbringing. Bandiera and Rabbino were children when they pushed their drunken father out of a window for killing their pet ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Citti | Stars: Laurent Terzieff, Franco Citti, Anita Sanders, Ninetto Davoli
Votes: 320
30. Vanaja (2006)
111 min | Drama
Vanaja, the 15 year old daughter of a financially troubled fisherman goes to work in the local landlady's house in hopes of learning Kuchipudi dance. She does well, but when the Landlady's ... See full summary »
Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli | Stars: Mamatha Bhukya, Urmila Dammannagari, Ramachandriah Marikanti, Krishnamma Gundimalla
Votes: 551 | Gross: $0.15M
31. Ossos (1997)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A suicidal young woman gives her newborn child up to his deadbeat father in the Fontainhas slums of Lisbon.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz, Mariya Lipkina, Isabel Ruth
Votes: 1,737
32. Putty Hill (2010)
Unrated | 85 min | Drama
A young man's untimely death unites a fractured family and their community through shared memory and loss.
Director: Matthew Porterfield | Stars: Sky Ferreira, Zoe Vance, James Siebor Jr., Dustin Ray
Votes: 771 | Gross: $0.05M
33. Thanks Maa (2009)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama
A homeless petty thief attempts to find the biological mother of an abandoned baby.
Director: Irfan Kamal | Stars: Master Shams, Master Salman, Master Jaffer, Master Fayaaz
Votes: 744
34. L'intrusa (2017)
95 min | Drama
Social worker in Naples confronts moral dilemma risking her life's work after battling criminal mindsets in the city's daily conflicts.
Director: Leonardo Di Costanzo | Stars: Raffaella Giordano, Valentina Vannino, Martina Abbate, Anna Patierno
Votes: 434
35. The White Ship (1941)
77 min | Drama, War
Non professional actors, filmed in a semi documentary style, show the lives of sailors and their officers ,some of whom are transferred to a hospital ship ,during WWII in Italy .
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Augusto Basso, Elena Fondi
Votes: 303
36. Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh (1966)
99 min | Drama, Romance
About gentle, tender and proud love of Asya, a lame woman, and the driver Stepan who is a good-for-nothing person.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Iya Savvina, Lyubov Sokolova, Aleksandr Surin, Gennady Yegorychev
Votes: 642
37. Estate romana (2000)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A former theatre actress comes back to Rome and meets old and new friends.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Rossella Or, Monica Nappo, Salvatore Sansone, Victor Cavallo
Votes: 331
38. A Film Like Any Other (1968)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Workers on a car factory argue with revolutionary students.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 359
39. La bocca del lupo (2009)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary, Romance
The story of a criminal Vincenzo and his trans lover Mary, who waited for him for many years while he served his prison sentence.
Director: Pietro Marcello | Stars: Vincenzo Motta, Mary Monaco, Franco Leo, Stefano Carappa
Votes: 676
40. A Polar Year (2018)
94 min | Adventure, Drama
A teacher in Denmark takes a job in rural Greenland where he struggles to fit in with the locals.
Director: Samuel Collardey | Stars: Anders Hvidegaard, Asser Boassen, Thomasine Jonathansen, Gert Jonathansen
Votes: 407
41. Land in Between (1996)
78 min | Drama
Three episodes of everyday immigration in 90s Italy: a group of Nigerian prostitutes, one-day Albanian workers, an Egyptian worker at an oil station.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Pascal, Barbara, Tina, Euglen Sota
Votes: 212
42. Time Stood Still (1959)
83 min | Drama
Two workers at an isolated Alpine dam grow closer when an avalanche traps them in their hut without power or contact.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Natale Rossi, Roberto Seveso, Paolo Quadrubbi
Votes: 483
43. The Days on Earth Are Flowing (1979)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
An old sea captain has lived on his own as long as he has been able to. Between his pension and the portraits he paints for a little spending money, he has done all right. However, the day ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Dimitrije Vujovic, Obren Helcer, Sarlota Pesic, Mila Keca
Votes: 131
44. I recuperanti (1969 TV Movie)
101 min | Drama
The story of Gianni, returned from the front in his home village, who digs weapons and shells in the mountains and resells them to survive.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Antonio Lunardi, Andreino Carli, Alessandra Micheletto, Pietro Tolin
Votes: 148
45. Los hongos (2014)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
Ras is a construction worker and graffiti artist in his neighborhood of east Cali, Colombia. After he loses his job he sets off on a journey across the city to find another graffiti artist.
Director: Óscar Ruiz Navia | Stars: Jovan Alexis Marquinez, Calvin Buenaventura, Atala Estrada, Gustavo Ruiz Montoya
Votes: 451
46. La veuve blanche (2019)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
On a rocky plateau, endlessly, the same ritual is repeating: people come and wander, lost, amazed. They are trying to remember their last moments, why the police arrived, arrested them, ... See full summary »
Director: Benoît Mars | Stars: Christopher Amurat, Diren Aydin, Ninon Clerc, Bastien Comard
47. Guests (1998)
68 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Julian Sota, Llazar Sota, Corrado Sassi, Pasqualino Mura
Votes: 215
48. The Road to San Diego (2006)
98 min | Comedy
A young Argentine learns that soccer star Diego Maradona is ailing in a Buenos Aires hospital, and resolves to bring him a tree root he's discovered.
Director: Carlos Sorin | Stars: Ignacio Benítez, Carlos Wagner La Bella, Paola Rotela, Silvina Fontelles
Votes: 736
49. The Slow Game (2009)
10 min | Short, Sport
A stylistic and unusual exercise by director Paolo Sorrentino capturing a decisive rugby match, with a father and son playing for the same team. It involves the team's preparation, their ... See full summary »
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Monica Dugo, Roberto Bernardini, Renato Gnani, Francesco Iacorossi
Votes: 199
50. Hell Bent (1994)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama
Set in the modern suburbs of Winnipeg, this bleak and uncompromising drama follows four teenagers as they wreak increasingly violent havoc with a sociopathic detachment. Over two days, the ... See full summary »
Director: John Kozak | Stars: Danial Sprintz, Kevin Doerksen, Alison Northcott, Edward Raethorne
Votes: 73