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1. Empire of the Sun (1987)

PG | 153 min | Drama, War

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers

Votes: 134,492 | Gross: $22.24M

2. Highlander (1986)

R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart

Votes: 147,781 | Gross: $5.90M

3. Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, Sigourney Weaver

Votes: 179,437 | Gross: $65.01M

4. The New World (2005)

PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale

Votes: 90,000 | Gross: $12.71M

5. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 99,619 | Gross: $46.41M

6. Paint Your Wagon (1969)

PG-13 | 164 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.

Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Harve Presnell

Votes: 14,910 | Gross: $31.68M

7. Ravenous (1999)

R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

In a remote military outpost in the 19th century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.

Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies

Votes: 43,312 | Gross: $2.06M

8. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

R | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.

Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mía Maestro, Mercedes Morán

Votes: 104,853 | Gross: $16.78M

9. The Grand Illusion (1937)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War

During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim

Votes: 38,901 | Gross: $0.17M

10. David and Bathsheba (1951)

Approved | 116 min | Drama, Family, History

After King David sees the beautiful Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, he enters into an adulterous affair which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey, Kieron Moore

Votes: 2,658

11. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance

A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie

Votes: 9,802

12. Khartoum (1966)

Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).

Directors: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon | Stars: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson

Votes: 8,283 | Gross: $6.54M

13. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)

Passed | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, Ann Gillis, May Robson

Votes: 2,244

14. Melody Time (1948)

Approved | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

An anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dennis Day, Laverne Andrews

Votes: 6,963

15. The Lovers (I) (2015)

R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

An epic, sweeping and riveting tale of an impossible love set across two time periods and continents.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Bipasha Basu, Tamsin Egerton, James Mackay

Votes: 3,435

16. The Road Home (1999)

G | 89 min | Drama, Romance

Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng, Yulian Zhao

Votes: 13,927 | Gross: $1.28M

17. Behind the Sun (2001)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

When ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother, a young man questions the tradition of violence between two rival families.

Director: Walter Salles | Stars: José Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro, Rita Assemany, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

Votes: 7,413 | Gross: $0.06M

18. Mother India (1957)

Not Rated | 172 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

In this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, she always sticks to her own moral code.

Director: Mehboob Khan | Stars: Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Raaj Kumar

Votes: 9,867

19. Variety Lights (1950)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A beautiful, ambitious young woman joins a traveling troupe of third-rate vaudevillians and inadvertently causes jealousy and emotional crises.

Directors: Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, Giulietta Masina, John Kitzmiller

Votes: 3,870

20. Dynamite Warrior (2006)

Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

The story is set in 1890s Siam. Siang (Dan Chupong) is a young Muay Thai warrior and rocketry expert who steals back water buffalo taken from poor Isan farmers by unscrupulous cattle ... See full summary »

Director: Chalerm Wongpim | Stars: Dan Chupong, Panna Rittikrai, Samart Payukaroon, Leo Putt

Votes: 1,693 | Gross: $0.01M

21. The Journey of August King (1995)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama

A multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in April 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need ... See full summary »

Director: John Duigan | Stars: Jason Patric, Thandiwe Newton, Larry Drake, Sam Waterston

Votes: 1,055

22. Fiorina la vacca (1973)

96 min | Comedy

The story of a cow named Fiorina, sold by a farmer to seek his fortune as a mercenary. From here the cow will changing hands, sometimes legitimately, sometimes not.

Director: Vittorio De Sisti | Stars: Janet Agren, Felice Andreasi, Ewa Aulin, Rodolfo Baldini

Votes: 187

23. In This World (2002)

R | 88 min | Drama

A refugee family is trying to reach more peaceful lands illegally inside trucks.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha, Hiddayatullah

Votes: 4,414

24. Pitaah (2002)

Not Rated | 126 min | Action, Drama

Thakur Avadh Narayan Singh rules Shekhapur village.Due to his fear villagers don't dare to go against him for his wrong doings.His son Bhola and Bacchu are also to follow his part who spend... See full summary »

Director: Mahesh Manjrekar | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Nandita Das, Sachin Khedekar, Tanvi Hegde

Votes: 770

25. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)

Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama, History

The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi, Pippo Agusta

Votes: 3,709

26. Mexican Bus Ride (1952)

74 min | Comedy

A newly-wed country boy receives the terrible news that his mother is dying, and takes a long and dangerous bus trip to the city to contact a notary for her last will and testament. Will he resist temptation and do the right thing?

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Lilia Prado, Carmelita González, Esteban Mayo, Luis Aceves Castañeda

Votes: 1,455

27. Bhuvan Shome (1969)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

A lonely bureaucrat goes on holiday to a Gujarat village where a young peasant woman helps him see beyond his job and develop a newfound empathy for people.

Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Utpal Dutt, Suhasini Mulay, Shekhar Chatterjee, Sadhu Meher

Votes: 581

28. Byzantine Blue (1993)

88 min | Fantasy, Romance

The search for the everlasting blue paint from Byzantine church murals turn into a sensual love story in which Europe meets the Balkans. Based on a story by Milorad Paviæ, the ... See full summary »

Director: Dragan Marinkovic | Stars: Katarina Zutic, Lazar Ristovski, Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic, Uliks Fehmiu

Votes: 508

29. Xun qiang (2002)

PG-13 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Small-town policeman Ma Shan wakes up one morning to discover that his gun is missing. During his search, things take a sinister turn when his first love turns up dead and the bullet appears to be from his gun.

Director: Chuan Lu | Stars: Wen Jiang, Yujuan Wu, Xiao-Fan Wang, Ji Pei

Votes: 1,350

30. Walking, Walking (1983)

171 min | Drama, History

The assuming of responsibility by individuals, the use of science for man and not against him, the duty of truth to increase the stature of people, all together: these are the important ... See full summary »

Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Alberto Fumagalli, Antonio Cucciarrè, Eligio Martellucci, Renzo Samminiatesi

Votes: 159

31. One Big Affair (1952)

Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Jean Harper, a Pomona school teacher on vacation, is taking a bus tour through Mexico. Bored, she misses the bus and soon finds herself looking at Jimmy Donovan...30 years old and six feet ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Evelyn Keyes, Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Anderson, Connie Gilchrist

Votes: 81

32. The Oregon Trail (1971 Video Game)

Adventure, Family, History

The player takes on the role of a wagon leader guiding a group of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley on the Oregon Trail via a covered wagon in the year 1848.

Star: Richard Ellman Kennedy

Votes: 198

33. Warrior Empire: The Mughals of India (2006 TV Movie)

Documentary

A documentary highlighting the technological and cultural advantages given to one of the last nomadic empires: the Mughals.

Director: Sally Aitken | Star: Tom McCamus

Votes: 39

34. Kentucky Days (1923)

Passed | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In 1853, young Southerner Don Buckner goes west in search of gold to recoup his dwindling fortune, spent mostly on his new bride, Elizabeth. During the years of his absence he fails to ... See full summary »

Director: David Selman | Stars: Dustin Farnum, Margaret Fielding, Miss Woodthrop, Bruce Gordon

Votes: 18

35. With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail (1926)

Passed | 54 min | Action, History, Romance

Buffalo Bill performs kindnesses for a native American and a runaway slave, and plans to build a new town along a planned train route.

Director: Frank S. Mattison | Stars: Roy Stewart, Kathryn McGuire, Cullen Landis, Sheldon Lewis

Votes: 24

36. Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan (1986)

80 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom.

Director: Anssi Mänttäri | Stars: Paavo Piskonen, Harri Nikkonen, Susanna Haavisto, Riitta Havukainen

Votes: 51

37. Nice-a Da Banan' (1919)

5 min | Documentary, Short

Before bananas can be sold by street vendors in American cities, Fiji Islanders work on banana plantations to grow and pick the crop, and ship the bananas overseas.

38. Xinghua san yue tian (1993)

R | 90 min | Drama, Romance

In Northern China, Xinghua lives with her husband, who makes money by selling stones from the Great Wall. But she is unable to give him a son to inherit this wealth. When her husband ... See full summary »

Director: Li Yin | Stars: Wenli Jiang, Xingli Niu, Shaojun Tian, Guoli Zhang

Votes: 61

39. Cavalcade of San Francisco (1940)

Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short

A Technicolor travelogue celebrating San Francisco - past and present

Star: James A. FitzPatrick

Votes: 277

40. Adventures in Africa No. 1: Into the Unknown (1931)

18 min | Documentary, Short

The gripping film of Father Wynant D. Hubbard's safari shot in Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa showing wild life, native tribal customs and a fight between a lion and a hyena.

Director: Wynant D. Hubbard | Stars: Wynant D. Hubbard, Mrs. Wynant D. Hubbard

41. In Cambodia (1911)

Documentary, Short

On the banks of the Gulf of Siam, we witness the loading of oxen bound for Manila, the bustling disembarkation of a boat loaded with sugar cane, the picking of bananas, and a train at the market.

42. Native Industries in Cochin, China (1910)

Documentary, Short

Here is another Pathe picture showing the industries of the people in the Far East. You will see the people of Cochin-China in native dress working in the fields, the shops and the mills. ... See full summary »

43. L'enfant guidait ses pas (1909)

Drama, Short

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Stars: Philippe Garnier, Louis Gauthier, Berthe Bovy

44. India's Millions (1938)

Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short

A colorful argosy into some of India's southern cities and adjacent locales showing the marked contrast between the ancient and modern. Many shots of market-places, temples, and the natives... See full summary »

Director: Ira Genet | Star: Basil Ruysdael

45. The Worst Jobs in History (2004– )
Episode: Dark Ages (2004)

Documentary

Some of the worst jobs of the Dark Ages in Britain were mining gold for the Romans, plowing fields with a wooden plow and other difficult and disgusting jobs of the period.

Director: Brendan Hughes | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Baker, Damian Brooke

Votes: 29

46. Taboo (2002–2014)
Episode: Bloodsports (2002)

TV-14 | Documentary

Taboo looks at dangerous and violent sports including cockfighting in the United States, bullfighting in Mexico, and bare-knuckle brawling ritual in Bolivia.

Stars: Glen Comeaux, Tony Lemaire, Peter Marsh, David McCallum

47. Centennial (1978–1979)
Episode: The Wagon and the Elephant (1978)

TV-PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the mid 1800s, Levi Zendt, a Mennonite, leaves Pennsylvania with his new wife Elly; the two head west for Oregon and along the way cross paths with Alexander McKeag.

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: William Atherton, Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain

Votes: 146

48. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Out West (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

The development of the uniquely American film genre, the Western, is shown from its inception with archival footage and interviews with surviving artists.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Karl Brown, Yakima Canutt, Olive Carey

Votes: 60

49. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 Things You Take For Granted That Never Actually Existed (2022)

10 min | Documentary

Not all you know is as it is. But that may not mean you're wrong.

Star: Simon Whistler

50. Planet Egypt (2011– )
Episode: Pharaohs at War (2011)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History

For centuries the Pharaohs managed to shield Egypt from the outside world. But in the second millennia BC, foreign tribes began to infiltrate the north. From now on, foreign kings would regularly threaten the Nile Kingdom.

Stars: Eric Cline, Israel Finkelstein, Donald Redford, Cheryl Ward

Votes: 25